Okay guys, first chapter with a new character, and I think you'll be quite happy XD
Chapter 7: Thomas Wayne JR returns
Selina sits on the TV room couch watching the morning news. This time it was totally different news than the days before, because this time they couldn't find Sean Ornelas to bug. Even though Selina was happy they couldn't find him either, a part of her wished they could because that would mean she could at least see a glimpse of him. Then she would know if he was fine or not.
"Selina, are you coming?" Loïc asks as he passes the open TV room door as he's on his way to the stairs. "Alfred is waiting in the front to give us a lift to school."
Selina, not having the strength to disobey stands up from the couch and grabs her school bag, hurling it on her back as she strolls out the door, her head hanging sadly. Loïc wraps his arm around her for comfort and says softly; "We will find Sean, you'll see."
The normally happy gang stroll outside with their heads hanging sadly and step quietly into the waiting car, squeezing together onto the backseat. The spot where Sean mostly sits looks very empty. It even makes Alfred feel sad. The butler steps behind the wheel and starts steering the car upon the Mansion Gate, driving out and onto the main road to Anderson Prep. The normally hectic and crazy ride is this time very depressing. Alfred almost starts to miss it the normally hectic ride.
For the past few days they have tried to find Sean on the streets, but never succeed. Which was normal, of course, because if Sean didn't want to be found, you didn't find him. Even Selina's strong cat-like nose couldn't pick up Sean's smell. Obviously Sean masked them somehow.
They even tried to search for the street kid in his local and favorite nightclubs. Also no one had seen him there, and even the bouncer couldn't give them more information. It was like the street boy just vanished.
Detective Gordon and Bullock tried to question some street kids. Bribed them to tell Sean's location, but they couldn't tell because they didn't know. It was so frustrating. Even so frustrating that Selina had stopped eating, and had stopped her daily antics. Instead she was busy all day with trying to find new leads that could bring her to Sean Ornelas.
Alfred parks the car in front of the school, and the kids all step equally sad out and heading up the big stairs that leads to the front doors. Without them knowing it, a quiet and athletic boy stares at them from the shadows. He feels horrible about his choice, but there was no other way. Slowly the street boy turns around and walks off, leaving the school grounds. Maybe one day he will reunite with them.
The teachers however, were all quite happy with Selina's new mood. It means they finally have a normal school day without having to tell the street girl to stop her strange antics. And some of them even didn't miss Sean. They were quite happy one of them finally decided they were more street boy than billionaire. No, to them, Sean and Selina doesn't belong in that fancy manor live. Nor did Hien and Loïc. Maybe one day, they all decided to not come back to school. How perfect would that be?
But even if Selina didn't do any strange antic, she also didn't pay attention to what they were saying. She was too busy with drawing out places they still have to look for Sean. And after school she would check all of them. Sean couldn't just have vanished. He couldn't.
The school bell finally rings and the crowd of happy school kids run to freedom. So does Selina and her friends, but not as quiet as their other students. They stop just outside the school when Selina turns to face all of them and tells them they will head to the city instead to Alfred and the car. They all nod agreed.
Stealing glances at the waiting Alfred who's standing against the car and reads the newspaper, the kids run around the school and head into the city. Without them knowing it, a street kid follows them up to the city. This time it was someone else, and not the same street kid that watched them earlier, before school.
Once arriving in the city the kids decide to split up and check Selina's new list of; "Sean's possible hideout". Annie leaves with Loïc, Hien and Rikki, and Bruce teamed up with Selina while Johnny is forced to team up with the Bullock twins and Jack. The mysterious street boy follows Selina and Bruce.
Hien and Rikki try some new clubs, but they don't spot Sean there neither. Annie and Loïc look at the docks and ask the local fishermen if they have seen Sean, who all give a negative answer. Jack and the twins don't really look for Sean as they are too busy with scaring Johnny. But Bruce and Selina are trying the pizza places, the hotdog stands and all other food places Sean liked to visit.
When they walk out the sandwich shop they suddenly bump into the mysterious street boy as they walk into an alleyway. The street boy hadn't seen them coming and was caught by surprise.
"Get out of the way!" Selina growls angrily, shoving the street boy out of the way, but then the kid starts to laugh, deranged. They know that laugh way too well. "You!" Selina barks.
"Yes, me!" The street boy takes off his hoodioe and a light blonde haired kid with blue eyes stares back at them, tauntingly. It's no other than Luke. The kid that tried to hurt them to get Sean. "I've been watching you guys for a while now, and it seems someone is missing. So, did he split again? Yeah, he does that, a lot."
Selina takes a step closer and zooms her face dangerously close to Luke as she says between clenched teeth; "Don't talk about Sean like you know him. You don't know anything about Sean, and you better scram before I hurt you so bad you won't be able to walk for weeks."
"Now, now, bad kitty!" Luke starts circling around Bruce and Selina, staring at them tauntingly. "All I want to know is, where Sean is. So you better tell me."
"We won't tell you!" Bruce spits angrily as he tries to keep his body as protection between Selina and Luke. Selina rolls her eyes a little at Bruce, but is still a little flattered that Bruce tries to protect. Even though he doesn't have to. She can fight her own battles if she has to.
Luke however, isn't threatened by it either. He keeps circling around them like a bee around honey. "So, it seems Sean taught you some fighting poses, huh?" Luke eyes Bruce up and down who's clenching his fists slowly in case he needs to use them. Behind him, Selina reaches slowly to the knife in her jacket. "Relax. I'm not here to hurt you. Not yet, anyway. Right now I want to find Sean and ask him why he chose for his new, lousy team of friends instead of his parents."
"Because Sean somehow knew you were lying!" Selina barks angrily, for the fact the idiotic boy had the nerve to call her and her small group of friends lousy. Okay, maybe Jack, Jeremy and Jacky were on the lousy side, but still. "Beside, how dare you to call us lousy. Did you ever look into a mirror, because from where I see it, you have no friends. And the only "possible friend" you've once had, you chased away by stabbing him in the back!"
"You don't know anything about me and my friendship with Sean!" Luke spits and about to hurl himself and his angry body onto her, but a blur bumped into him and Annie popped up with Loïc beside her. Luke makes through the collapse a short trip through the air and lands into a trash-skip.
Selina skips merrily up to the trash container, takes the lid in her hand while holding her thumb up to Annie with the other; "Well done, Annie! That's what we do with trash!" And with that, the kitty-girl closes the container lid with a big thud, before skipping off with her friends. "You know what, the streets look a lot cleaner now."
Meanwhile, at the Gotham train station a young boy arrives, around the age of fourteen with long dark hair and brown eyes. With a cold and emotionless face he tosses his suitcases into the cab driver's arms and steps into the back, telling the driver with firm voice to take him to Wayne Manor.
Across the same street, on a tall building's rooftop stands Sean Ornelas who's staring suspiciously at the newly arrived boy. Sean has been waiting for his arrival for days, because someone had given him the tip this boy would show up. And Sean Ornelas knew after hearing only the young boy's name he would mean trouble. Trouble for Gotham, but most importantly; trouble for Bruce Wayne.
The cab rides away and Sean follows it by jumping from building to building. It's not hard for him to follow the car, but when his ears pick up familiar voices and he looks down the building into the alleyway for like two seconds, the car is gone.
Aggravated the street boy looks back down to the culprits who caught his attention. Jack, Jeremy and Jacky, trying to scare the crap out of Johnny, again. Sean rolls his eyes. What are they doing here?
"Guys, leave Johnny alone!" Selina strolls into the same alleyway with Bruce, Annie and Loïc. Johnny sighs relieved as he sees them and quickly hides behind them for protection. "We are here to find Sean before Alfred finds us and forces our butts back to the mansion. Did you see him?"
"Who?" Jeremy asks with a confused frown.
"Who?, ugh…" Selina slaps her forehead. "Sean, you idiot."
"Hey, you don't have to start calling names!" Jeremy says offended, and Jack and Jacky nod agreed, standing tall behind Jeremy. "I mean, you could have meant Alfred."
"We are not looking for Alfred, we are looking for Sean!" Selina zooms her face dangerously close to Jeremy's. "Well, have you seen him?"
The three kids give each other a questioned look and then look back to Selina and her other friends, shaking their heads in sync. "Did you?" Jack asks with a grin.
Selina groans tiredly; "If I'd seen him, would I have asked you if you see him? I mean, I already would have known where he was, so it wouldn't have asked you, would I?"
"Relax, Cat-face. It's a complete normal question to ask. Everyone does." Jack grins maniacally, but then drops to the ground with a painful groan escaping his lips. Selina had kicked him in his private parts.
"That's for calling me Cat-face. No one, except for Sean, is allowed to call me Cat-face." Selina heaves up her elbow and plants it forcefully on the back of Jack's head. "And that's for smart mouthing me. It's not a complete normal question to ask."
"Selina and Sean, sitting in the tree…." Jeremy starts singing softly.
"Tree? Rooftop, more likely," Jacky guffaws loudly, and Selina spins her head so fast at the twins, they back away anxiously. Selina would have pummelled them for singing stupid songs about her and Sean – even though she would have loved kissing in trees or on rooftops with him- but Hien and Rikki walked up to them.
"Hey guys, have you seen Sean?" Bruce asks them, and they shake their heads.
"You?" Hien asks.
"See?!" Jack asks with a scowl to Selina, still holding his sore parts as he lies flopped out in the alleyway. "I told you it was a normal-
Selina kicks Jack in his stomach to shut him up and Hien and Rikki stare confused down onto the street maniac. "It's a normal question if Hien asks it! It sounds stupid if it rolls from your lips!"
Selina, Bruce, Rikki, Annie, Loïc, Hien and Johnny walk off, leaving the other three kids behind in the alleyway. The twins help Jack up, and Jeremy says; "We better find this crazy Ornelas kid, because Selina is not a happy camper when he's not around."
"Yeah, it's like she's heartbroken about it," Jacky fills in, importantly.
"Yeah, well, to be heartbroken you need a heart, and Cat-face hasn't one at all." Jack groans in pain as he limps after the twins. "I mean, the way she man handled my balls proofs she's heartless. Also, heartbroken you only get when you date, and they didn't date. They didn't, did they?"
Jack stares at the twins in shock of the idea of Sean and Selina dating. That would mean he can't date her anymore. Of course the crazy kid knew that there was a lot of competition if it came to "dating Selina Kyle" but they were easily to get rid off. Especially Bruce and Johnny, two most easiest targets. But if Sean had also a crush on Selina, then… then… Jack whimpers anxiously about the idea what Sean can do to him.
As the twins and Jack stroll after the other kids and out the alleyway, Sean climbs down the fire escape to the street and follows them quietly. Once on the streets a car parks in front of the team of kids. It's a police car, and Jim jumps out of it and shouts; "Get your butts in the car, now!"
"No!" Selina stomps her foot down angrily. "We are looking for Sean, and we won't return to the manor until we found him. Sean belongs with us." The other kids nod agreed. Jim slumps his head into his hand and drags it along his face. Then the cop wants to open his mouth to say something but he stops and locks his eyes on the alleyway behind them.
Selina turns around to see what Jim sees and finds Sean, walking out of the alleyway upon them. But only for a few steps, and then stops again. Selina turns around completely and steps toward Sean, slowly, but Sean takes a few steps back. Knowing that he otherwise will run she stops.
"Sean, we've been looking for you everywhere," Selina says softly as she takes a step closer, very slowly. She doesn't want to spook him and scare him off. "You have to come back with us to Wayne Manor."
The street boy shakes his head as he hides his face in his hoody. He's been having another street fight again and is pretty bashed up afterwards. Sean doesn't want them to see because it will make them only more worried.
"You all have to get back to Wayne Manor without me," Sean says firmly as he takes a few steps back into the alleyway. "It's not safe for you to be with me." Sean turns around completely and makes a break for it.
Selina however, not wanting to let Sean leave again hurls herself around her friend Annie who knows the drill and pursues the street boy with the speed of light. It doesn't take long for them to catch up Sean, grab him around his waist and drag him somewhere secluded.
"Let go of me!" Sean bellows angrily as they finally come to a halt. Annie lets them go but Selina keeps a tight grip onto her Kitty Toy Sean. "I told you, in the letter, to not try search me!"
"Ehm, no you didn't," Selina says, pinning the angry Sean to a wall. "I read that letter a thousand times, and you never wrote that."
"Well, then I should have written that!" Sean spits angrily, freeing himself from Selina's tight grip. "Look, I explained everything in that letter, so stop searching for me, okay?"
Sean turns around and wants to make another run for it when Selina suddenly screams; "NO, SEAN!" Sean turns back and sees Selina's eyes are starting to get wet of tears. And then with a much lower voice, barely harder than a whisper; "Don't leave me."
Sean cocks his head to one side and his hoody slides down at one side, exposing his busted lip and black eye. Selina gasps, and her eyes start to fill with fear. "What happened to you."
"Nothing," Sean says firm and quickly covers his face with the hoody again, lowering his face down so he won't have to look into Selina's eyes. It will only make him change his mind, and he can't. Not this time. "Look, you two better head home."
"No, not without you!" Annie says, standing beside Selina and folding her arms. "You know, you can keep running and running, but we will catch you up all the time."
"Yeah, and besides, Wayne Manor is empty without you. It's your home now too," Selina adds importantly.
"No, it's not. I mean, not really."
"Yes, it is!" Selina steps closer, and this time Sean doesn't step back. "Home is where your heart is, Sean. And I can tell you miss us as much as we miss you, otherwise you wouldn't have come up to us."
"I only did that to tell you to stop-
"STOP, SEAN!" Selina grabs Sean tight with both her hands. "Stop lying, and honestly tell what it is what you want, because running is not the thing you want." Sean looks away, trying to fight back his tears.
Annie sighs; "Look, Sean, we know you do this because you think you become weak, but you don't. In fact, you become stronger. You saved us from the avalanche, and you saved us from "deranged" Luke".
"Yeah, and you saved me from Professor Strange!"
"Well, actually, it was you who saved me-
"Shut up Sean!" Selina barks with a grin on her face. She meant the "shut up" part sarcastically and she knows Sean knows it. "That's beside the point. Look, we know you try to be strong to help your family. To find them, but let us help you, Sean. You helped us, so many times, because that's what friends do. But friends also accept help from friends. Now, are we friends, or has all this month's meant nothing to you and you still don't see us as friends?"
Sean looks at the toes of his shoes, trying to swallow down the big lump in his throat. Of course all these month's meant something to him. And he wanted nothing else than be with them. Be with Selina. But it's not save.
"Please, Sean, say something…" Selina swallows down a tear, battling with her own heart. Should she hug him or not? Should she kiss him, or would that scare him even more? Instead she sighs deeply, and takes Sean's hand into hers. "Please, Sean. I need you."
Sean looks up and stares into Selina's green eyes for a moment, which are wet with tears. Sean looks over to Annie, who leans against the stoned wall and tries to fight her own tears. Why do they care about him so much? Are they really missing him? But why would they miss a person like him? He's a nothing, people on the streets always said he was worth nothing.
But since he lived at the Manor he heard nothing else than that he was handsome, and good looking, nice warm and sweet. Was he wrong all this time? Where those people who said he was ugly and worthless lying?
The street boy looks back into Selina's eyes, and a gentle half-smile forms on her lips. "What you're looking for is not out there, Sean. It's in here!" Selina places her hand over Sean's heart, which starts to beat rapidly. "Ba-boom!"
Sean takes the wrist of Selina's hand into his as he keeps it over his heart, and whispers softly; "Let's get back at Wayne Manor." Selina yips excitedly and wraps her arms tightly around Sean's neck. This time tears of joy flows down her cheeks.
"So, we walk back to the manor like normal people do, or will it be the fast way?" Annie says, drying her eyes with her sleeve as she walks up to her friends.
"Yes, we will hurl ourselves around you," Sean says with a smirk. And with that, the two street kids wrap themselves around Annie and they speed off.
Jim arrived in the meantime at Wayne Manor with the remaining kids. Though he had no choice, the cop was scared Alfred would go bonkers if he explained Annie and Selina had escaped and followed Sean. To his surprise the butler was quite the opposite of bonkers. But maybe that was because there was a visitor.
The visitor happens to be the same young man that arrived earlier. The man Sean was watching at. He introduced himself as March Lincoln, or as his parents named him, Thomas Wayne Jr.
Bruce was quite taken aback by hearing this. This means that the stranger is his brother, who he'd never had heard from before. But then again, his parents kept so many things hidden from him, so why not a mysterious older brother?
The young man explained to Bruce he was quite a troublesome boy when he was younger, and at the age of five Mrs and Mrs Wayne send him abroad to a boys boarding school. Alfred sadly couldn't confirm it because it was before his time. He came working for the Wayne's when Mrs. Wayne was expecting Bruce.
Thomas explains to Bruce he felt quite abandon by his mom and dad, and that also motivated him to change his name to March Lincoln. Only a few weeks ago he heard what happened to his mom and dad, and he felt terribly sorry that the news reached him so late, but then again he never told anyone who he truly was.
At first he wanted to move on with his life but then he heard he had a little brother, and that was his reason for the visit. Of course he didn't want to bother Bruce by staying at the manor and said he had a hotel room. Also due to too many memories he didn't want otherwise.
All Bruce could do was nod understandably. His already full mind came even more crowded with all this new developed news. But Bruce also agreed he wanted to get to know his brother. But for the time being it was best Thomas kept his hotel room.
Suddenly Annie and Selina swooped into the room with Sean, who spins with glee on his feet. His way of fast is cool, but this speed is beyond amazing. Thomas Wayne Jr looks a little stupefied at them as they pop up out of nowhere. But since no one else seems bewildered with it, the young man shrugs it off and thinks he imagined it.
"Sean! Your back!" Bruce and the other kids jump up to their feet and pat the street boy on his back to welcome him back to the house. Selina beams like the sun. Now the manor is complete again.
"Hey, who's this?" Selina points at the stranger with creepy similarities to Bruce Wayne. Unaware to everyone else, Sean clenches his fists in anger.
Bruce, sitting beside the boy smiles reluctantly; "My twin-brother, Thomas Wayne Jr."
So, what do you think? I know, Luke showed up again, but only for this chapter. He might later again, but I won't tell too much. For now he will stay away for quite a while LOL
Anyway, again a very romantic moment between Sean and Selina. You guys like that, don't you?
Also, I'm thinking to add a love interest for Bruce Wayne, but not Silver. I was thinking a OC, but TEDOG told me it would be a great idea to use Rachel Dawes. But a part of me still doubts a little, because this "love interest" has bad plans for the group. I can't tell what XD Anyway, that's why I doubt because I'm not sure how many of you would like to see Rachel in this story as a bitch.
So, my question is; Rachel or rather a Original character? Please tell me in a review. It will help a lot LOL
