A/N: I received a very interesting review on chapter two already. I LOVE you guys! You're getting into the story, thinking about the characters, their origins and how they're reacting. I'd love to tell you how right you are or how it's going to happen soon, but that's the point of writing the story for you guys to read. But you're so awesome so, here's another chapter!
It was early morning when the trio reached the batcave. Richard had long resigned to stay that night, so he followed the speeding batmobile back to the cave. When it was parked safely in the cave Batman jumped out and headed straight upstairs, not talking to anyone. "Wow, was Bruce in that mood the whole ride?" Dick asked as Damian slowly exited the car.
"Yes. He didn't talk at all, just had that same really pissed look on his face." Damian said as he too headed upstairs. Dick gave a dejected sigh before following. Damian made it up to his bedroom and undressed to his boxers, putting his suit safely away. And once his head hit the pillow he was asleep. It wasn't too long after he fell asleep that he was woken up to the sound of a car, his father's car to be precise. Damian lazily looked out the window and saw that Bruce was taking a fancier sports car, one that Alfred was not needed to chauffeur. Damian rolled his eyes, knowing exactly where his father had gone.
It was only a few hours later when Damian's alarm began to blare. He angrily slammed his fist on the top to shut it up. A few minutes later Alfred was at his door, giving him a wakeup call. "I'm up Alfred. I'll be down in a second." Damian yelled through his pillow, loud enough for Alfred to hear through the door. Alfred replied as normal and went down stairs to get breakfast laid out.
After a quick shower Damian was headed downstairs, fully dressed in his Gotham Academy uniform. He scarfed down his food in the politest manner he could before standing up and grabbing his coat and bag. "Alfred, are you coming?" The young boy called from the hallway.
"Master Damian, I do believe you promised to ride with a very nice girl who has been sitting outside waiting for quite some time." Alfred responded, the smile heard in his voice. Damian couldn't believe his ears so he peeked through the curtains. There she was, her long hair flowing in the slight morning breeze, the top down once again. She had on a different pair of Chanel sunglasses and seemed to be looking at the clock on the radio display. "Goodbye Alfred." Damian called. Alfred stepped out to watch a smirking Damian leave. "The young these days." Alfred said to no one in particular before turning around and heading back into the kitchen.
Damian walked down the steps and immediately her eyes went to him. He dropped his bag in the back with hers and slid into the passenger seat. "How did you get through the gate?" Damian asked as he leaned into the seat. "You're butler let me in darling, so it wasn't very hard." Lina replied with a smile. She leaned over closer to Damian, and he froze. Why was she going to greet him with a kiss? Had they not met just yesterday? Many thoughts exploded through Damian's mind in that split second but stopped when he saw she fell short.
"Do you want to hang out today? You know, skip school and have some fun? I know a great place we can go." Lina's voice was filled with excitement. She started the car, and Jessie J's 'Do It Like A Dude' blared before Damian could respond. Lina laughed as she sped off through the manor grounds and out the open gates. Instead of taking a left and heading towards the school, Lina took a right and headed away from Gotham. Damian looked at her and saw she wasn't kidding about skipping school today. "What the hell right?" Damian yelled over the music as he removed his school blazer and shoved it under the seat.
They came to a light, only a few blocks before the out skirts of Gotham. There were a few dilapidated buildings looming over them. Lina kept staring at the top of one, the building had been completely boarded up, but the very top penthouse suite looks like a garden had been growing on top. "Looks like people still live in these buildings." Damian astutely interrupted Lina's thoughts. Her eyes never left that building until the ding of the green light caused her to look at the road ahead.
On the outskirts of town there seemed to be a carnival set up. It wasn't Haley's circus, this had rides like the Ferris wheel touching the sky before them. Damian looked at Lina like she was crazy. "We're skipping school for a carnival?" He asked as she pulled into one of the spots. Lina giggled as the engine died down. "Of course. We can play games, go on rides. Just be a pair of kids for a while." She said as she hopped out of the car. Damian was shaking his head but he too got out of the car.
"Let's go through the funhouse first!" Lina called excitedly as she took Damian's hand and led him away.
Further into the depths of Gotham:
"Who was she Selina?" Bruce asked for the hundredth time. "It's only a matter of time before I figure it out."
"I told you already Bruce, she's my daughter." Selina spoke in her poised manner.
"No she is not. You weren't pregnant when you met Damian, you weren't pregnant before that either. So how is your daughter around the same age?" Bruce asked getting more and more frustrated.
"Bruce, she has my DNA you can run it all you want and the results will be the same. She is mine." Selina spoke through gritted teeth to him.
"Selina, if this is to get back at me for not telling you about Damian I already told you. I didn't know he existed until a few weeks before you came back. Talia had him hidden from me, training him to be the next assassin. She dropped him off with me and left. Then something happened, and I refused to leave my son fatherless." Bruce stood from his seat and walked over to Selina. He grasped her arms a bit rougher than necessary. "I didn't know I had a son but now I do, and I intend to help keep him on the right path. Now Selina who was the girl?"
Selina retreated from Bruce's grasp and slid into a seat. Before responding she let out a sigh. "She is my daughter Bruce, I named her Lina Kyle. Lina is a miniature version of myself and I mean that. She has my DNA and no one else's." Selina looked away from Bruce's face, defeated.
"DNA…She's your clone?" Bruce's brows furrowed together with thought.
"Yes, Bruce. As I said she is a mini-me. But she has been raised as my daughter, and I treat her as no less." Selina got up and headed to the fridge. She made herself a drink and downed it.
"There's something you're not telling me Selina." Bruce walked to her and turned her to face him.
"I told her last night why I had her made. What her duty was. She's mad at me. She disappeared not too long after and I haven't seen her since." Selina did all she could to avoid eye contact.
"Tell me Selina, what was her purpose?" Bruce demanded as he shook her.
"To destroy Damian, to seduce him away from you then destroy him." As she spoke tears began to stream down her face. Bruce turned from her and left hastily.
"Alfred? Where is Damian? You saw him to school this morning right?" Bruce asked without breath between.
"No sir, Master Damian left with a young lady friend from school this morning. He should be there now. Is something wrong?" Alfred asked with his a concerned voice.
"So he should be at school? I'm heading there now." Bruce growled and turned the receiver off. He sat behind the wheel of his car and gunned the engine. By the time Selina made it to the door, Bruce was gone in a trail of smoke.
A/N: Does anyone remember that I said I got the idea for this story after watching Young Justice? See where it plays in. I'm so mean. I'll be stopping it here for today. Keep checking back to find out what happens between Lina and Damian, coming in the next chapter!
