Congrats you've made it to chapter 3! Thank you for your continued reading and feedback-I love it all!

Newly edited- I was so fucused on getting the tory back to the movie I made a huge mistake. Thank you so much for pointing that out. As I said in the first chapter, Grace is currently studying to be a doctor. She is not a nurse. Again, I'm so sorry. I hope you all continue reading and try to forget that stupid mistake on my part. Thank you!

Sorry this chapter took a while. I am trying to get this to go more with the Dark Knight Rises plot since I just saw it (The movie is amazing BTW.)

SPOILER ALERT: Things in this chapter are from Dark Knight Rises. I do not want to ruin any of the surprises the movie has for anyone who hasn't seen it yet.


A Few Days Later (After Bruce Goes to See Gordon in the Hospital)

"Oh my God." Was all Grace could say. "Someone knows your Batman?"

"Technically, I was Batman; that cape was hung up eight years ago."

"Regardless," Grace pushed her hair back out of frustration. "Who was this guy?"

"One of Gotham's many cops. He just kind of put it together. When Gordon was shot, he came here to tell me that Gotham needs Batman again, and after speaking with Gordon, I couldn't agree more."

"Are you crazy? You think that you can be Batman again?" Grace was shocked. Her brother, in plain terms, looked like hell. He'd visibly lost weight, and the injuries sustained as Batman were showing themselves in terms of his health. How could he be Gotham's protector as he once was?

"Well, thanks sis. I can always count on you for encouragement." He continued typing on the computer in his Bat Cave(Grace sometimes laughed at herself for uttering those words).

"Bruce, I'm not trying to crush your dreams, but it's been eight years. I just want to make sure you're okay." Grace sat on the edge of the desk and rested her hand on Bruce's shoulder. She loved her brother more than anything in this world. He was the only family she had and couldn't imagine life without him. "I don't want anything to happen to you."

"Nothing will." He stood up and kissed her forehead. "Gotham needs Batman. This guy, Bane, he means business. I'm not sure what he wants, but he'll put up a fight for it. Don't tell me you're going to turn on me too about this one." Alfred had already quit knowing he couldn't stand watching Bruce not moving on which was what he so desperately needed.

"I'll never turn on you, big guy." Grace exhaled deeply. "I guess I'm on call again as Batman's personal nurse."

"I couldn't dream of doing it without you." Bruce looked at the young woman his baby sister had become and felt proud knowing he played a part in her upbringing. "Now, I have to go talk to Lucius. I want to see if there's any more gear."

"Have fun. I'll be watching the news for you. Be careful." Grace said as she left.

"I always am."

As Grace walked out, her phone rang. It was the cop she'd met at Harvey's memorial John. "Hey there." She said in as calm a voice to hide her extreme excitement he'd called so soon after their second date.

"Hey," he replied. John Blake was in a tough spot. He had no idea if Grace knew that her brother was Batman and even though they'd only known each other for a little while he felt an immediate connection to her. She had a unique, dry sense of humor that was really similar to his and felt weird not mentioning he fact he'd gone to see her brother earlier that day revealing the fact he knew that Bruce was Batman. "I was just calling to see if you wanted to do dinner tomorrow night."

"Let me think about this for a second, I have some classes in the morning tomorrow so I was just planning on running some errands in the afternoon but after that I'm all good. I'd love to Officer Blake. What time and where were you thinking?" Grace smiled. Something about this guy just made her feel at ease. He was cute, funny, and he laughed at all of her attempts to be funny.

"Well, future Doctor Wayne, I was thinking seven-ish at Catch 35. Or are you allergic to seafood?"

"I am not allergic to seafood, but thank you for asking first. Sounds great."

"Alright, I can pick you up or do you just want to meet there?"

"Oh gosh, I don't mind either way; whatever is easiest for you. I live on Adams and First. Is that on your way?"

"Yeah, that's definitely on my way. So, I'll pick you up at seven?"

"Sounds great, I'll see you then."

"Can't wait, bye Grace."

"Bye John." And with that the two ended the call.

Next Morning- Grace's Apartment 6;30 AM.

The alarm clock rang in a way that made Grace question why she'd ever purchased an alarm clock that was so annoying. Today, Grace was very anxious. As if knowing her brother was running around Gotham once again toting a black mask and cape fighting the city's criminals as only a vigilante could weren't bad enough, now John was picking Grace up at her apartment. The apartment Grace had bought only so she could pay rent on a the small salary she earned on waitressing and other mall jobs she got without any of her brother's help, and it showed. It was in a decent building but it was small. Grace had done her best to decorate it to the T, but it was less than perfect.

Grace shrugged off her worries (or at least pushed them all to the pit of her stomach and prayed they wouldn't come back up ), and after showering, getting ready, and eating her breakfast, Grace went to work knowing all she could do was hope for the best.

The day went on without a hitch until about one o'clock when Grace was notified of a hostage situation occurring at the stock exchange. Goddamn it, she thought, why couldn't today go on without any problems so Batman didn't even need to come. But sure enough, this was happening. Apparently, the new criminal that Bruce had mentioned earlier, some ex-mercenary (or current mercenary, Grace wasn't quite sure) named Bane, had broken into the building and was now holding everyone inside hostage. So far, there was hardly any information coming out and this made Grade even more uneasy. Where was Bruce? It was blatantly obvious to her that Batman would make his first appearance at this. The cops didn't seem to be able to do much, and if Bane and his men escaped, only Bruce had the means to catch them.

So Grace went on waiting. The classroom went on as usual but everyone else was worried too. The same thought had crossed everyone else's mind had also gone through Grace's: is this guy another Joker? Finally, a change occurred. About a half hour after the first mention of the hostage situation, Bane left the building. The news was reporting on the incident with a helicopter showing live footage of the scene when some kind of black plane flew out from over the stock exchange.

Oh boy Bruce, Grace thought to herself, you've always made quite the entrance. Grace grabbed her coffee and took a big swig. She put her phone down and tried to pay attention to the end of the professor's lecture, but she ultimately knew she couldn't. Batman was back, and she had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach this go as Batman may be worse than the last.