Legacy of Bats & Iron
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Legacy of Bats & Iron
Seven: Symbols
Stark Manor
Toni didn't exactly know: what she was doing here? She would have prefer being in Malibu or Gotham. She also didn't expect be fighting with her Father once more. Thought she shouldn't have been surprise.
"Antonia listen to me." Howard told her.
"What do you want now?" Toni asked. "I have the company running at one hundred percent, what more can you want?"
"We need to talk about Benjamin." He told her. Toni turned to look at him; here was a crux of the matter. Benjamin Parker, her boyfriend the man she loved her Father hated him.
"What about him? Ben is great he's smart."
"He isn't good for you?" Howard said.
"Really this coming from you?" Toni said both of them didn't notice Steve was coming inside. He had been exercising when he came to hear screaming, something he knew that Howard tried to avoid, but he heard it anyway. It was surprising and at the same time not, Howard and Toni he had notice didn't get along very well.
"I am you Father."
"Since when?" Toni asked. "When your sperm gave half of my genetics, I don't know Howard because I don't recall you actually being there."
"I am trying to protect you." Howard snapped. "Do you honestly think I don't know, I wasn't the greatest Father, I am trying to make up for my mistakes, I know you don't think I can do it." Toni looked at him in surprise.
"Howard, look I'm very happy with Ben, he makes me happy." Toni said Howard looked at his daughter and pulled the only card he knew will make her see reason, he didn't like Benjamin Parker, he had a feeling about him, that wasn't right.
"Alright if he makes you as happy as you say, why haven't you brought him over to dinner, or better yet why haven't you presented him formally to Martha?" Howard asked. "It is a simple process Antonia if you bring him over to dinner were Martha of course will be present she would be able to tell you if the man is worthy enough for you, as you don't trust my judgement."
He left her standing there and Toni looked around the room.
"He has a point you know." Steve said. Toni turned to look at him.
"Not you too." Toni groan ignoring the fact that her stomach was doing flips that shouldn't happen as she was dating Ben for a reason. "Of course you would take his side."
"Toni you don't really know Benjamin he is just someone you see once in a while." Steve told her gently. He knew of course he knew he had grumbled about it to Howard a few times, that Ben was not someone he trusted, he had seen the man once with Toni and he didn't like him at all, there was just something about it that he couldn't stand.
"I see him plenty of times." Toni said, she knew she was lying.
"Look, why don't you do as your Father asks and you bring him over to Mrs. Wayne." Steve asked her.
"I don't…" Toni stopped when her phone rang. "Sorry, Cap I must take this."
"Hello Aunt Martha." Toni said and her face changed to something he noticed was shock. "No...Seriously!"
"I'll be right there." Toni said with a smile before hanging up.
"Is everything alright Toni?" he asked her.
"Yeah, everything is great." Toni told him giving him a quick hug out of nowhere. Steve was surprised but hugged her back.
"Is Mrs. Wayne fine, I know that losing her..."
"She lost nothing Steve that fucker Earl just wants control of Wayne Enterprises and he is not going to get it. Bri is alive and well."
"How can you be so sure?"
"She's coming home." Toni said with a bright smile, it was something he liked about her in a pure platonic friendship way.
"I suppose I will be seeing you later?" Steve told her.
"Maybe, bye Cap." She said moving and giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. He watched her leave and didn't notice Howard standing there.
"Never." Steve said.
"What do you think of Benjamin?" he turned to see Howard standing there.
"Well I really shouldn't have an opinion should I?" Steve told him.
"Steve you've been unfrozen for 4 years, tell me I am asking you what do you think of this man?"
"I think he is hiding something." Steve told hi honestly there was a dark part of him that was saying this, but another part of him knew his gut wasn't lying.
"I'm going to find out, what it is?" Howard told him. "If Antonia won't listen to advice than she is going to listen to facts."
Steve didn't think so, he knew Toni; she was stubborn and she wouldn't stop dating.
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Gotham
"They believe I'm what?" Brianna asked Alfred, she was still dressed in a hobo outfit.
"Mister Earl went to search for you in England, when he couldn't find you he asked for a search and declared you dead a year ago your Mother slapped him." Alfred told her.
"God, Mum is going to kill me."
"I believe she might not be the only one." Alfred told her. Brianna breathed in, after everything she had gone through and saving Henry and Ducard, she didn't know exactly, what to do?
When she saw the city through the window, Alfred looked at her. He could tell that she had changed.
"What do you plan to do?" Alfred asked her.
"Change, Alfred a lot of change." She told him. "No longer will Gotham suffer fear, well not its citizens."
The jet landed and Brianna breathed in, she was going to see two of the most important people in her life. She got to the door and was able to see them. She climbed the stairs fast and hugged her Mum, who couldn't hold her tears back.
"Look at you, all grown up." Martha said touching Brianna's face.
"Sorry for being gone so long." Brianna said with a smile before turning to Toni.
"Come here your jerk." Toni said and both girls hugged each other.
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Malibu
"You must be incredibly exited?" Ben told Toni and they were lying on the couch. It was one of their date nights, Pepper was in charge for a while and she had freedom for a bit.
"What do you mean?" Toni asked.
"About your best friend being back from the dead." Ben told her. He knew that Fury didn't like it, that things had changed more now; he wanted Richard to get more involved with Toni. Mary had not been incredibly happy, but Fury had asked something of him that he didn't know if would be able to go through it.
"I'm happy because that means Aunt Martha won't be crying anymore." Toni said. "Now, why don't we worry about something else." She said with a smile and Richard looked at her, he knew why he was doing this but he felt guilty he had been feeling the guilt for a while now.
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Gotham
"You changed." Richard told Brianna.
"How?" Brianna asked.
"You're not the same anymore." Richard told her. Brianna part of her knew that she was changed if what she had been doing at night was any kind of explanation.
"I think I'm being as always." Brianna told him.
"No, Brianna don't you get it, you almost burned your house down, I don't know but I think that is something daughters don't do." he told her.
"What are you trying to say?" Brianna demanded, she was sort grateful that the only thing that the League was able to burn down was the kitchen or then Mum would have killed her.
"It means this is the mask." Richard said touching her face. "Batwoman is your face your true one is the one that criminals fear out there."
"Richard…" Brianna began but he kissed her.
"When Brianna returns the one I knew, I'll be here." He said walking away. Brianna saw as he left before she looked at her mother who was coming out.
"You heard." Brianna said.
"No." Martha told her and saw the heartbreak there. "Now come inside, you have to help with the Kitchen remodel since your want-to-be Father in law burned my kitchen down."
"Ew, Mum!" Brianna said walked back. Martha grabbed her hand.
"If it was meant to be it will happen." Martha told her. She had a feeling though something weighing in her mind that Richard was not meant for Brianna.
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Stark Manor
Toni was moving all around the place Brianna and Martha were looking as she moved around.
"Toni?" Brianna asked.
"Are you sure Alfred is preparing everything?" Toni asked.
"Yes, Toni." Martha said.
"Well it seems Mr. Parker is late." They heard Howard said.
"He will be here." Toni told him.
"Now Howard give the poor boy a chance, he has a job you know." Martha said. "What does he do dear?"
"He is a scientist in Oscorp." Toni said.
"We'll make sure all of our secrets are hidden then, shouldn't we Martha, let me take you to the dining room." Howard said moving Martha's wheelchair toward the dining room.
"Toni, Miss Wayne, should I escort you?" Steve asked. Brianna looked at him and smiled knowing that he was trying not to make Toni feel bad.
"Yes." Brianna said. The doorbell rang and Toni almost flew to the door leaving Brianna and Steve standing there. "I guess you will be escorting me, I hope that isn't a disappointment Captain."
"Not at all." he told her. Brianna could tell he was a bit disappointed. Toni came back with a smile and a man on her arm. Brianna looked at him and something wasn't right.
"Bri! This is Benjamin my boyfriend." Toni said exited.
"Nice to meet you Benjamin." Brianna said and shook his hand and she felt the calluses and something occurred to her. This man wasn't who he was pretending to be.
"Nice to meet you; Miss Wayne." Richard Parker replied he had to keep the façade up and soon it will be over.
"Shall we go to dinner my Mother and Mr. Stark have been waiting to meet you?" Brianna said.
Dinner was one word: Awkward
Not many of them talked and the questions that Howard asked were really polite which surprised all the people at the table.
"So Benjamin, I hear from Antonia that you work as a Scientist for Oscorp it must be interesting." Howard said.
"Yes, it is." Richard replied and he didn't notice that he twitched but two people did.
"So should I be expecting a happy announcement soon, because I know you're not playing around with my little girl?"
"Dad." Toni said blushing.
"Howard, don't you think it's too soon." Steve said and both Martha and Brianna looked at each other.
"It's a normal question it's a natural one Martha asked that or Richard when he began dating Brianna a few months ago isn't that right?" Howard said.
"Well Howard that is correct and my Brianna has been dating Richard a bit less. I do hope you're not playing around with my oldest Mister Parker." Martha said and there was warning there. Richard saw.
"Well we are not getting married anytime soon." Toni said.
The dinner continued with veiled questions and both Howard and Martha weren't the only ones asking them. Steve and Brianna were asking them too. Something was really getting to them. Brianna because she suspected something wasn't right, Steve because he was pretending not to be jealous of the man.
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