Sorry i haven't updated over the weekend. i was really busy. lets just say, a nice warm day, 36 teenagers, 500 water balloons and 5 water guns.
The fresh air helped. I felt the wind flow through my hair. I walked through the forests behind the manor. That's when I bumped into someone.
"Sorry sir." I excused myself.
"No need to apologise little lady." the man laughed.
"I'm twelve." I insisted. "I'm not that little."
"Sorry miss." the man continued to laugh. "But you need to come with me."
"Why?" I asked.
The man took off his hat, revealing his unnaturally white face.
"Are you the Joker?" I asked, realising that I was in for it.
"You guessed right." he smiled cheerfully. "And your prize? Being abducted by yours truly!"
I felt my head throb as I fell to the ground. Then everything went black.
When I woke up, I was tied to a chair. I could feel my necklace and my watch were still on. When I realised I was surrounded in shadows. That was a mistake. I thought to myself.
"Well I see our little Grayson is awake." The Joker chuckled.
"Grayson?" I asked, going for the dumb girl approach.
"Flying Grayson." He chuckled. "Or should I say, Dove Grayson. You're meant to be dead."
"And you aren't?" I asked. "With the amount of times you've failed against the Batman, you should be dead ten times over."
Surprisingly, he chuckled at my comment.
"You make a fair point." he laughed. "But I must leave so I can send a ransom note for you."
With that, he left. Big mistake. I thought. I used the shadows around me to shadow travel to camp.
I felt stupid when I arrived a camp. Since I had been thinking about kicking the Joker's butt, I arrived in the arena, right in the middle of Nico and Percy sword fighting. They looked at me in shock.
"Hi guys" I said.
Percy came over and cut the ropes binding me to the chair.
"I'm guessing Gotham isn't treating you that well." Percy laughed.
I stood up, putting my hands on my hips and giving him my best daughter of Hades glare.
"What do you think genius? Oh wait, your head is full of seawater!" I said.
Nico burst out laughing, as did everyone else in the arena.
"Now if you don't mind," I said, storming out of the arena. "I'm going to sleep."
I stormed off to the Hades cabin, dived into bed, and went to sleep.
After what felt like minutes of being asleep, I woke up to find Nico shaking me awake.
"You may want to come and see the news." Nico said.
We ran out the door and up to the Big House. Nico grabbed my hand and lead me into a room. Chiron was watching a flat screen T.V.
In news from Gotham, Flying Grayson, Dove Grayson, has been kidnapped by The Joker. Her older brother, Richard Grayson, who lives with adopted father, Bruce Wayne, has been sent a ransom note for $500,000. Mr Wayne has said that they will not give up on twelve year old Dove so easily. Batman has made contact and is currently tracking her down.
I just stared at the T.V. I had completely forgotten that the Joker had gone off to write a ransom.
"I should get back to my brother." I said. "If you would excuse me."
I walked over to the shadows and shadow travelled to the Hades cabin.
I had to get changed into my Nightshade costume. As soon as I was changed and walked to the corner and shadow travelled into the Bat cave.
"Why can't I find her?" Batman yelled at the computer.
"Calm down Bruce." Barbs said calmly. "We'll find her."
"Find who?" I asked, walking out of the shadows.
"Not now Nightshade." Batman complained.
"When I heard that you were on the case, I came as quickly as I could." I said, walking towards him.
"Unless you can help, leave." Dick said.
"It's alright Richard." I said, slightly sympathetic. "She's safe."
"How do you know that?" Dick asked, suddenly angry.
"Can't you just trust me?" I asked.
"No." The three heroes said in unison.
"You can't be more than thirteen." Bruce said. "We can't trust a child when we need to be saving on from the Joker."
I took a deep breath. I didn't want to blow my cover. Or give away the gods.
"I know where the Joker is." I sighed.
The three heroes stared at me.
"Gotham docks." I said, giving in. "Warehouse 15."
I knew this as I had seen it printed on the inside on the warehouse, and Warehouse 16 printed on the wall of the one out the window.
"How do you know this?" Dick asked. "Why didn't you save her?"
"I was in the area." I said, not giving all the information. "And I wasn't going to go against the Joker. That's your fight."
"You can come." The Batman said. "You can grab her and bring her back here while we do the fighting."
I was honoured that he trusted me, but I was going to have to tell him. There was no other way around it.
"Do you know about the Greek gods?" I asked.
"What does that have anything to do with this?" Batman asked. "A child's life is at risk."
"Trust me." I said calmly. "The Greek gods still exist. Sometimes, they come to earth and 'hock up' with mortals. Sometimes they change how they look so that they look like mortals, especially if the mortal is married. There is a place where children who are half-god and half-mortal can train and learn to protect themselves. From when I was seven, I lived there. I'm twelve now. Each demi-god has the powers of their godly parent. My dad is Hades, god of the underworld and darkness."
"That's how you got your powers." Bruce breathed, taking in the information.
"The last thing I'm going to give you Bruce is my mortal identity." I said. "But you'll find out after we defeat the Joker.
The three heroes pulled their hoods up and ran for the Bat mobile. Batgirl pulled me aside and put a helmet on my head.
"You're riding with me." she smiled, pulling me to her motorbike