Fourteen years later...
"Dad! Look at me!"
Bruce smiled at his daughter, watching her do back flips in the garden. His mind flashed back to all those years ago when... If she hadn't have been at the doctors when the bombs went off... At least some good came out of that day.
She bounced up to him and hugged him, grinning from ear to ear.
"Miss McAllister thinks I'll be able to do my exam soon, she says I'm best in the class!"
"You definitely are love. You're an absolute star!"
"Daddy!" She giggled and did some cartwheels, ever the show off.
He didn't know it at the time, but she was exactly what he needed in his life. An anchor, something personal to him that was worth protecting. Of course he still went out and fought, but he had help now. He gaze flickered to her again. Fourteen years old... Perhaps it was the time. She'd asked before, but she was mature enough now, and had a better understanding of the world.
"Is Uncle Dick coming over today? I wanted to show him my routine!"
"Yes, he'll be here in an hour. Your mother would have been very proud of you. You're the spitting image of her..."
She smiled up at him, a lot of people had said that she looked like her mother. Whoever she was. Except, they always said it in a way that was... Odd. Not like her dad. She knew that Bruce wasn't her real dad, she'd come to terms with that a long time ago. Still, she was still quite curious about her biological parents. They walked over to the gazebo and sat underneath it, out of the blaring summer sun.
"Holly... I suppose that you've always wanted to know about your real parents right?"
"Yeah... I mean, you and Uncle Dick are the only people who talk about them. But I heard you say that they were famous!"
"I did..." He closed his eyes briefly, memories passing through his mind. Oh, they were famous, that's for sure.
"Please dad?"
It was time to let go; The past was the past. He wouldn't go too deep. But he would let her know how much she meant to both of them.
"Have you heard of Harleen Quinzel and Jack Napier?"
"No..."
"How about The Joker and Harley Quinn?"
