Chpt.7

Livy smiled at the familiarity of the warehouse in Gotham. The same warehouse that Jason had took her to when they first met.

They had reached Gotham at nightfall, so Jason and the team were quickly in their costumes.

"We'll be back soon. Are you going to be alright here?" Jason questioned and Livy nodded.

"Yeah, but can I leave to see Mom for a moment? I'll come straight back home after I see her." Livy informed quickly. Jason sighed, but nodded.

"Alright. Just be careful, okay?" Jason questioned, and Livy nodded quickly.

Jason, Roy, and Kor'i left quickly to get down to their business, and Livy slipped on a red sweatshirt on top of her black t-shirt. She laced her black boots tightly, her jeans warm on her legs.

The little girl then ran into the city. She stopped at a flower shop and got a yellow rose, and a Lily.

She then made her way to her mother's cemetery.

"Hey Mom." She said with a smile as she walked up to the headstone with the words 'Indira Xavier Rispoli' engraved onto it. She gently set the yellow rose in front of the grave.

"Dad is still teaching me things. He's really cool. It's weird to call him dad sometimes though. Calling him Jason's just… feels right. I dunno. You'd probably want me to call him dad though, right? I'm not sure. I wish I knew you. You sound really cool." Livy sighed. She talked about her stay at Puerto Rico and how she ran into Tito. She just talked about life.

"I'm gonna go now Mom. This Lily is for my adopted mother. She liked Lilies. I hope you don't mind. Just… she raised me, y'know. I know that it wasn't your fault, but she was there for me, and she really did love me." Livy waved, then left the cemetery to get where her adoptive mother's remains were buried.

The remains were buried in a nice cemetery. The Penguin paid for it since her adoptive mother was so kind to his business. Livy had met the man before, and she thought that he was polite. He was hard to contact though, because once her mother died, she didn't know where to find him, and his guards explained that he couldn't raise a child.

But then Jacob found her, and there wasn't much Livy could do about the issue of trying to get Penguin to help her.

As she entered the graveyard, to her surprise she thought she saw someone at the gravestone, but it was a black shadow, and when she got closer, the shadow seemed to disappear.

Weird. She thought.

She walked up to her mother's grave and placed the Lily down in front of it. However, she noticed a bouquet of lilies that was already there.

"Hi." She whispered. "I know it's been… awhile since I have come to see you, but at least someone also cares about you." She smiled. "Was it Mr. Cobblepot? I know that he liked you because you were nice to him and his men." Livy said with a small smile, and then sat down in front of the grave.

"I miss you. Every day I think about you. I found my Dad though, and I learned about my biological mom. I went to all these places and it's been just… crazy. I never forget you though. Never." Livy rubbed her eyes. "I'm sorry I'm crying Mommy... Martha… what should I call you?" she said softly. "I just miss you. I'll try to visit you again soon." She whispered, then stood to her feet.

She couldn't help but feel like she was being watched.

She slowly left the cemetery while looking around nervously.

This doesn't feel right. She thought to herself, then started to walk down the dark streets of Gotham city.

Livy didn't want to head back to the warehouse if she really was being tracked.

As she walked down the street, she turned around and saw a figure melt into the shadows. "I know you're following me." she stated. "Show yourself."

"Alright." Stated a familiar voice, but it wasn't a good voice. And it came from behind her.

Livy turned around and her eyes widened as she recognized someone from her past surrounded by a group of men.

"Tom?" she questioned and he smirked at her.

"So ya recognize me? I didn't know if ya would 'cuz of my crooked nose." He stated. It was crooked from when the girl broke it about a year ago.

"What do you want?" Livy inquired, getting into a fighting stance.

"Some revenge." Tom informed with a shrug. "Your friend messed Jacob up pretty bad. So bad that he's still stuck in that stupid body cast. I'm now the leader." He chuckled. "And as leader, I say that since your friend messed Jacob up, we mess you up."

Two of the men from the group charged at her, but she easily took them down. The men fought clumsily and didn't know how to fight properly.

Tom chuckled.

"Looks to me that ya grew a back bone." The rest of his group charged at her, but they were no match for her skills. She had knocked four of them unconscious, however, all it took was one guy who punched her roughly on the face, and kicked her in the stomach.

Tom chuckled as he watched his one man left mercilessly kicking the girl on the ground.

"I forgot how much fun it was to beat ya up, Little Livy." He informed as he walked up to the girl, and roughly grabbed her hair, making her stand to her feet.

"Get away from me!" she exclaimed as she spat in the man's face.

"It's gonna be fun having you around again." He smirked, and Livy glared at him. she refused to let that happen to her.

She elbowed the man behind her, and then punched Tom in the face. she took down the two men in a matter of seconds.

"Never again." Livy growled, and started to limp away from the unconscious men. She was injured badly. She was kicked right where she was shot a few months prior, and then around the area. Her body ached from the kicks and the punch in the face, but she knew that she needed to get home.

However, she heard a gunshot, and Livy collapsed on the ground. Tom was up again, and shot her in the shoulder.

"Did ya really think that you'd get away that easily?" Tom questioned as he chuckled, watching the girl shake with pain on the ground.

"I'm sure Jacob would love to see you again." He added. "He can tell me how he wants you to die. I'll kill you for everything that happened to me and Jacob. Perfect revenge."

"Sorry hun." Tom whirled around and his face was met by claws at his eye and slicing down his face.

Tom screamed in pain, but was quickly silenced as he was knocked unconscious.

Livy's breathing was heavy, and she was trying to focus on what was going on around her. She saw the shadow like figure that was at her mother's grave, who was following her.

The figure approached Livy and she noticed that it was a beautiful woman dressed in a black cat-suit and she wore a cowl with cat ears.

"Don't hurt me." Livy growled as she weakly stood to her feet and got into a fighting stance.

"I won't hurt you, Kitten." The woman said gently, but Livy didn't move.

"Kitten, you're hurt. Let me help you." She said softly, but Livy shook her head.

"No. I need to get back home. Get away from me." she said weakly, her voice along with her body loosing it's strength.

Livy could feel her head getting dizzy.

Crap! Blood loss! Livy thought to herself, but the world spun around her and next thing she knew she could feel herself falling, but the woman easily caught her and was at her side.

"I'm sorry I didn't help you sooner, Kitten." The woman whispered. "I was too busy admiring watching you fight that I didn't think to help." She informed as she lightly stroked Livy's hair. "But you'll be alright now."

Livy's vision started to get filled with black spots and she was fading in and out of consciousness.

"Wha… huh…?" Livy didn't know what to say or do.

"Shhh, it'll be alright kitten. Sleep." The woman said gently. "I have you now, safe. Sleep." She whispered again, and Livy drifted off into darkness.