"Helena, I've sacrificed many things so that you wouldn't know about Selina," Bruce said.
"Oh, so she has a name?" Helena said with attitude. "Selina. Yeah, that sounds way more real than Grace."
"Helena, you need to understand," Bruce said, his voice raising. "I am Batman." Helena gasped and almost tripped.
"Y-you're Batman?" she asked. Bruce nodded.
"So I suggest you sit down and listen before my other personality decides to hold you by the collar of your shirt over the roof of a fifty-story building," Bruce said. Helena sat down immediately and closed her mouth. "I met your mother many years ago. She seemed to have a romantic interest in me. And of course I fell for her."
"Fell for her?" Helena asked. "So she was just faking her love." But then a second later Helena covered her mouth with her hand.
"I mean 'fell for her' as in, she didn't even love me as much as I love her," Bruce said. "Your mother is a seductress. Her mission was to lure me to the villains of Gotham, but instead she fell in love with me. We worked on a mission together against all of Gotham's villains, but she had sudden cramps and had to leave without telling me. And that's when you were born." Helena widened her eyes. "Two days later we met at a jewelry store, where she tripped the silent alarm to get my attention. She gave me a basket and I saw you as a newborn baby inside. Your mother gave you to me and left."
"W-what..?" Helena whispered, beginning to cry. "She doesn't love me…"
"Helena, of course she loves you," Bruce said. "You're her child. But taking care of a baby would be too hard for her. I bet she thinks about you every day and wants to see you." A long silence.
"So, you two are married?" Helena asked. She looked at his hand. "I never saw a ring on your finger."
"We never got married," Bruce said. "I never purposed, but we both knew that we loved each other. So we kind of married each other in our minds, without mentioning it to the other."
"So you love each other," Helena said. Bruce hesitated.
"It was stronger before. But now it is very faint," he said. "It's almost gone."
"Why?" Helena asked.
"It's almost gone because of you," Bruce answered. Helena gasped.
"W-what? No! I never wanted that! I want a mother! I don't want to be the one thing that separates you from the love of your life!" Helena said.
"I told you I had to sacrifice things," Bruce said. "I had to sacrifice seeing your mother. You couldn't know about her. Even if I was able to keep our meetings a secret, it wasn't worth the risk." Helena began to cry.
"No, I want you to see her! Go meet my mother," she said.
"After not seeing her for fourteen years, I don't think things will be the same," Bruce said. "But of course, you can see her." Helena smiled. Bruce wrote down Selina's phone number on a piece of paper that was on the coffee table and handed it to Helena. "Go call her now," he said with a smile. Helena looked at the phone number and smiled. She stood up and hugged Bruce.
"Thanks, dad," she said as tears fell down her face. "I love you." Bruce hugged her back.
"Now go," he said. Helena jumped in excitement and ran to her room. She jumped on her bed and screamed into her pillow with excitement. She quickly dialed Selina's number and bit her lip.
"Hello, this is Selina Kyle," she answered. "Is this call for work or for a social visit?"
"I-I don't know," Helena answered nervously.
"I'm sorry, could you say that again?" Selina said. Helena was silent.
"Hi, mom! I miss you so much I haven't seen you in so long like since I was a baby, right? I remember your face when you gave me to Bruce and you were so beautiful. Hey did you know that Bruce kept you a secret from me because it was to protect me I didn't get it at first but then I understood because one: he's Batman and I don't want to fight with him. Anyways I really want to see you and I am so excited to be calling you right now!" Helena said at a speed nobody could understand. Selina was silent for a long moment.
"Excuse me, did you just call me 'mom'? And did you say Bruce?" Selina asked. A longer pause. "Is this… Helena?"
"Yes!" Helena yelled. "It's me! It's your daughter after fourteen years!"
"Oh, Helena!" Selina squealed. "My darling, how are you?"
"To be honest, right now I'm thrilled and going to barf," Helena said. "I really want to see you."
"Oh, I do too!" Selina said. "Darling, I apologize for giving you away to Bruce."
"It's alright. I've been having a great life in the mansion," Helena said.
"No, darling. I mean, I should have kept you. I shouldn't have given you away. I was tired and had mixed feelings. I didn't want to have the responsibility of a child for who knows how long. But the moment I gave you away, I regretted it," Selina said. "I wanted you back. But I knew you would be much safer with Bruce."
"What do you mean safer with dad?" Helena asked.
"He's a hero, darling," Selina said. "And I'm the villain."
"No, you're not!" she protested. "You went on that mission with dad, remember? Right before you had me. You're a hero." Selina laughed.
"Helena, thank you for the support, but I've done many things that are the opposite of being a hero. Countless times I've stolen. I've dedicated my life to steal jewelry and money. I've only done one good thing in my life, and that was giving you to Bruce," Selina said. "I knew he would protect you at all costs, because he's the hero. Me? A villain or thug would come to my house and get through my cheap security. He'd kill you. But Bruce is a wealthy, young man who also has a Bat Cave to hide in."
"I still want to see you," Helena said.
"And you will," Selina said. "Just not today. When the day is right." Suddenly Helena's bedroom door opened and Bruce appeared.
"Oh," Helena said. "Hi, dad."
"Bruce?" Selina said on the phone. "Hello, handsome."
"Selina, you don't need to call me that anymore," Bruce said.
"Helena, here's something about Bruce," Selina said. "He's always the sourpuss." Helena giggled but Bruce rolled his eyes.
"Helena, I want you to stay in your room for the rest of the night. Go to bed early. We are going somewhere early tomorrow," Bruce said. Helena raised an eyebrow, confused.
"You're acting weird," she said.
"Just go to bed, alright?" Bruce said. He walked to her and kissed her forehead. "Good night." He left her room. Helena made a suspicious face.
"Let me guess," Selina said on the phone. "You usually go to bed way later, and he doesn't talk to you like that when it's bedtime."
"Yup," Helena said.
"I say spy on him," Selina said. "Text me when something happens."
"Alright," Helena said. "I love you, mom."
"I love you, too, Helena," Selian said and hung up. Helena inhaled, then slowly opened her door. She walked through the dark hallway and peeked from the corner. Bruce was sitting on his chair in front of the fireplace, just staring into the fire. As Helena looked at him more carefully, she realized he was wearing his Batman suit. She smiled and was excited to see if he would bust out with some criminal fighting. Then there was a small knock Helena knew that she would have never heard from her bedroom. Batman stood up and opened the door. A beautiful, young woman was standing outside.
"Talia," Batman said. She stepped inside. "It's been a while."
"Three years," she said. "I missed you, beloved." Batman held her close to him and their noses touched each other's.
"I missed you, too, Talia," he said. Then suddenly they kissed and Helena almost yelped out loud in surprise. Talia broke from the kiss and smiled. Batman took her hand and they walked towards the fireplace. They sat down on the rug and faced each other. "I haven't seen your beautiful eyes in so long," Batman said.
"And I haven't ever seen your face," Talia said and touched his mask. "I'll keep it a secret. You don't need to hide it." Batman hesitated. "You trust me, right, beloved?"
"Whenever we meet you always end up putting a gun to my head," Batman said. "Even as much as you love me, you are more loyal to your father, Ra's al Ghul, aren't you?"
"He's my father," Talia said. "Be brought me to life. And this is how I repay him. But you never had to deal with that, correct?" Batman stood up and looked down at her.
"I bring you into my home and you say that," he said. Talia grabbed his hand and pulled him back down.
"I apologize, beloved," she said. "It's just that… you'll never understand."
"You're right," Batman said. "I'll never understand how you are so beautiful." Talia smiled and leaned forward and kissed him. Batman slowly fell onto his back and Talia was on top of him. They mushed their lips together and Batman grabbed the zipper on her suit that ran down her chest. He pulled it down and touched her breast. Talia moved her right hand (while her left hand held her up) down towards his utility belt and rubbed it around his private area.
Helena silently gasped and widened her eyes. She was confused- if he loved Selina, why wasn't he with her instead of Talia? Embarrassed- her father was making out with a lady she had never met, while in an illegal marriage with Selina! Disgusted- okay, you know why!
She wondered whether to ask him "What the heck?" or to run away. But she couldn't move a muscle. She just stood there as Batman undressed Talia in the darkness, while the fire was their only light. But Helena was finally able to move and quietly took out her phone. SHe took a picture of Talia on top of Batman, then realized she was sweating, and sweating hard. Her palms were slippery and she couldn't even grab anything without her hands sliding off. Her forehead felt like it was raining, and her body under her clothes felt on fire. She slowly and carefully took a step closer to her room. Helena placed her sweaty hand on the wall to keep balance, so her bare feet wouldn't slip. She slowly walked away. But when she heard Talia begin to moan loudly she almost screamed and sprinted back to her room. She leaped onto the floor and somersaulted to a safe landing, then quietly closed her door.
Helena turned her phone on and sent the picture of Selina, also saying, I had no idea about this. Did you?
((In Selina's home))
"Isis, do you think Batman's still into me?" Selina asked her cat. Isis meowed in response. "It's hopeless. I'm still in love with him. I wish he would just purpose to me!" Suddenly her phone alerted someone had texted her. Selina sat up on the couch and grabbed her phone. When she saw the picture Helena had sent her, she gasped and almost dropped her phone. It looked like Batman and a woman kissing, but…
Selina closed-up and saw that a woman was on top of Batman. She saw his hand
touching her breast and the woman touching his private area. She felt more angry than she had ever felt before. Selina felt like her eyes were on fire while her body was just ready to explode. But besides anger, she felt hurt. Very, very hurt.
In a few moments, Selina called Helena. Helena accepted and held the phone to her ear. "Mom," Helena began in a whisper. "I'm really confused. Who is that lady?"
"I know exactly who she is," Selina said in a voice full of hate. "Talia al Ghul. Daughter of Ra's al Ghul, a well-known criminal."
"W-what should I do?" Helena asked desperately. "Run away? Talk to Bruce?" Selina remained silent for a long moment. She walked to her bedroom and opened her closet. She pressed her hand against the wall and the wall split, revealing her Catwoman suit.
"Helena," Selina said, an idea sparking in her head. "I think it's time you've come home." She looked at her Catwoman suit and smirked.
