I Do Not Own Batman or anything else, except my OC(s)!
During the morning I sat in my room with John asleep on the bed still from the sedative I gave him. I laid my head on my knees as I looked down at his sleeping face. Penelope had put a bandage on his cheek. I touched it gently and then ran a hand through his hair that was getting a bit long.
I had changed my mind not to tell him who I was just yet. He wasn't ready to know. He still thinks with his anger, and it's just better to wait.
I let out a sigh and ran a hand through my hair. My phone began to ring. I got out of my bed carefully and left the room to answer it.
"Hello?" I asked into the little flat device.
"Hello, Lily. How are you?" Papa asked.
"I am fine" I told him shutting the door behind me and made my way into the kitchen.
"Are you? I heard that there's been some trouble in Gotham" He said.
"There is, but it's not that hard to take care of, plus I have help" I told him.
"I hope you can. It's a hard life to have" He said.
"I know, Papa" I told him, "So how is everything in Florence?" I asked him.
"Wonderful. Simply wonderful" He said and I could hear the smile on his face.
"That's good. So when are you coming back to Gotham?" I asked him.
"I don't know. Maybe in a few weeks" He said.
I nodded my head even though I knew he couldn't see it.
"Papa" I began, "Um, never mind"
"Lily, what is it?" He asked.
"Well, it's just that one of the villains thinks that Bruce is alive and is searching all over Gotham. He almost hurt John because of it. Is there a chance that Bruce could have survived that explosion and is somewhere living another life or in hiding?" I asked him.
Papa let out a sigh.
"There are things that I can't explain, but Bruce is alive" He said and I gasped nearly falling from the shock I felt.
"Oh my God! What!? He's alive! Where is he?" I asked him.
"I can't tell you, Lily. He's living his life now" Papa said and I shook my head.
"Papa, I need to speak with Bruce. Find something out that he had locked away" I told him.
"I'm sorry Lily, but I won't tell you" He said and frowned knowing that he wouldn't.
"Okay, fine. I need to go and check on John" I told him and hung up after we said our goodbyes.
I sat on a stool staring at the counter deep in thought. Bruce was alive! He has been since the explosion! I just couldn't believe it! Why didn't he come back though? To Gotham as Bruce Wayne? Why go somewhere else and be someone different? Unless he wanted a fresh new start. Not be Bruce Wayne the hermit who used to be the playboy billionaire, who lost all of his money.
"Lily?" I heard John say walking into the kitchen.
I put on a fake smile and turned to him.
"I see you're awake sleepy head" I told him with a small chuckle, "You've must had worked very hard last night to sleep as long as you have"
"Uh, yeah" He said shaking his head for a second, "What time is it?"
"A quarter til two" I told him and he let out a groan.
"I'm so going to kill her" I heard him mutter under his breath.
"Hm? You say something?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I said, I can't believe I slept that long" He said and I chuckled.
"Yeah, well since you're awake now, I'm going to go to work" I told him getting off of the stool.
I walked over to John and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"You're seriously going to work?" He asked me and I nodded.
"Why not?" I asked him.
"I-I ran into Batgirl last night while I was working. She told me that some is after you and she also told me that you know about it" He said and I bit my lip.
"Don't worry about it okay. I'm going to work and we'll talk about this later" I told him and walked into our room.
I got ready and left the penthouse.
-Third Person P.O.V-
Lily was forced to work late and wasn't able to leave, because Anderson wife was sick and wasn't able to take care of the baby, so he had to stay home that night. When Lily had found out about that, she couldn't believe her luck! Sh asn't able to leave the restaurant and go out patrolling with John or Penelope, but what with Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, Harley and all the other criminals that were running around, she couldn't take a night a patrolling off.
"I guess I'm going to have to let Penelope and John go on there own tonight" She muttered to herself inside of the empty women bathroom, so she called Penelope and informed her about the new patrolling arrangement
Upon hearing about the new arrangement for that night Penelope was happy and excited! She was finally able to boss John around. Unlike Penelope had been when she had heard the news that Batgirl was busy and couldn't make it, John was feeling the opposite. He hated that fact that Penelope was the boss of him, especially when she started to tease him about it.
"Come on, junior" Penelope grinned at him as she got into the Tumbler.
"I'll take the bat-cycle" He said and began to walk over to the vehicle, but Penelope had stopped him.
"Not tonight you aren't. I have no idea what you'll get yourself into tonight, like you did last night" She said with the grin still on her face.
John let out a growl and muttered something that Penelope couldn't understand as he walked over to the Tumbler.
"Can I at least drive? You don't have your license yet" He said looking at Penelope as he stood.
"Fine you can drive, but you go where I tell you to go" She said causing John to roll his eyes at her.
"Okay" He said getting into the Tumbler.
Once Penelope got into the Tumbler they drove off into the night. As for Lily, she was busy apologizing to a customer who had tripped over a table. She let out a sigh as the customer had walked off angrily
"Should of watched where you were going" She muttered as she walked over to the podium where the greeter was at.
She froze for a second before cursing and turning around quickly after seeing Dr. Crane walking through the front doors. Lily made her way into the dinning hall and glanced behind her to see him pushing his way through some people over to where she was. Lily bumped into a waiter causing the man dump the tray of food onto some people. She shouted out an apology as she ran towards an exit.
"Wait! Lily!" She heard Dr. Crane shout at her as she ran.
Lily made it to the door and tried to open it. It wouldn't budge at all. She let out a groan and turned to see Dr. Crane walking over towards her. She took off running again towards another exit. It too like the other was locked on the outside. Why were the exits locked?
"Lily!" Dr. Crane shouted before the lights went out.
People began to scream and shout. Lily looked around for any sign of Crane. She didn't and made her way through the crowd of panicked people. She tripped and someone helped her by her arm. The hand that held her gripped tightly and she was being dragged.
"You're in danger" the voice of Dr. Crane growled into her ear, "He's here"
Lily's eyes went wide at hearing that.
"Why are you helping me?" She asked him.
"Because you're the on-" Dr. Crane began, but Lily cut him off.
"The other reason" She told him and if the lights were on he could she her brown eyes glaring at him.
"Yeah, I'm not going to tell you" He said and stopped when a figure with a suit that blue and red little lights on it stepped in the door way.
Dr. Crane let out a curse and pulled Lily behind him.
"Run, I'll distract him" He whispered to her.
"Are you insane?" She asked him and he laughed at that.
"Yes, I am. Hold your breath" He said and pushed her away from him, "Let's see what you're afraid of"
Lily held her breath as Dr. Crane threw a can of smoke at Mr. Freeze. The frozen man began to laugh at him and walked over to the insane doctor. He picked him and tossed Dr. Crane away.
"Come out and I will not hurt you!" Mr. Freeze shouted over the screams of people who had breathed in the fear gas.
Lily began to feel light headed from holding her breath as she ran towards the kitchen where it was safe from the gas. She was gasping for air when pushed the doors opened. Lily ran to the exit at the end of the room hoping that they weren't locked like the others. She let out a silent thank God when she pushed open the door. However it was short lived when she was hit with a tazer. She fell the ground unconscious
The clown, Harley Quinn stepped out of the shadow laughing as she looked at the unconscious brunette.
"That was easy" She laughed bending down next to her.
-Back to John and Penelope-
For the last three hours John and Penelope rode through Gotham arguing back and forth at each other on where to go, what to do with a criminal they had caught and what music station to play as John drove the Tumbler.
"Oh come on! Lady Gaga is so much better than that Nirvana is crap!" Penelope muttered as John turned the radio station back to the station that was playing a Nirvana song that he liked.
"Lady Gaga is not real music. Nirvana is way better then that auto tuned art project" John told her.
"You have no taste in music, old man" She muttered at him.
John stopped the Tumbler and looked at her with wide eyes. He couldn't believe what she had just called him an old man. He was only 30!
"I am not an old man! I just have better taste in music than you do" He told her and she glared at him.
"Well at least I can fight better than you" She told him.
"Do you want to prove it?" He asked her.
"Is this really happening? You want to have a round with me?" She asked him a little shocked.
"It's looks like it doesn't it?" He asked her a smirk coming to his face.
Penelope smirked and got out of the Tumbler. John followed after her and the two were standing in front of each other.
"Who goes first?" She asked.
"Ladies first" John said and Penelope smiled before running at John.
Penelope punched John a couple of time, until he flipped her. She landed on her feet and tried to kick him in the gut, but John was faster and caught her foot. He pushed it away roughly causing her to fall to the ground.
"Ow! That really hurt!" She cried out.
John walked over to her and bent down to check on her. With him distracted Penelope flipped him onto his back and stood up quickly putting her foot on his chest. She looked down at him grinning.
"Never check to see if your opponent is actually hurt, Nightwing. Specially for someone like me" She grinned, and removed her foot from him, "I win!"
John got up from the ground and shook his head at her.
"That was cheating, Huntress" He told her.
"No it wasn't. It was smarts" She told him and turned her head quickly to the sound of sirens.
She looked at John and ran the two ran to the Tumbler. They got in and drove quickly to where the police cars were going.
"Oh no! Lily!" John gasped seeing the police cars, fire department and ambulances in front of the restaurant.
He stopped the Tumbler and got out of it quickly along with Penelope. They ran over to a police officer.
"What's happened here?" Penelope asked him before John could.
"That ice freak and his clown came in looking for someone. Who ever it was either ran drawing them away or they took 'em" He told them and John felt like his body go ice cold, "Also that Scarecrow freak showed up and used that fear gas thing he made"
"Where is Scarecrow?" Penelope asked him.
"He was taken down to the station" The cop said and Penelope nodded her head before turning to John.
"We don't know if they got her, Nightwing" Penelope told him placing a hand on his shoulder.
John didn't say anything to her as he turned and walked over to the Tumbler. Penelope followed him and got into the passenger side hoping that Lily was okay and safe.
"Where are we going?" Penelope asked John as he drove quickly through the streets of Gotham.
"I need to speak with Scarecrow" John growled and Penelope frowned getting her phone out.
Are you safe?
PW
Penelope looked at the screen hoping she would get a reply soon.
I'm so sorry, but Lily can't reply back, she has a very bad case of the poison ivy rash
HQ
"Shit" Penelope hissed.
"What?" John asked looking over at Penelope.
"I texted her phone. She's been taken" She told him and John's eyes lit up with anger that scared her a bit, "We'll find her, John, and we will save her"
