Chapter 8: His Past
Alfred helped Diana get her mother and the Bat-man onto two beds in a spare room. Alfred examined both and found out the severeness of their wounds. Hippolyta had minor concussion from the fall and needed some stitches on her face. The Bat-man had a minor concussion, several severe wounds and a few pulled muscles. Hippolyta woke up an hour or two later and the first thing she saw was her daughter's face. Diana had been sitting on the bed waiting for her mother to wake up.
"Diana?" Hippolyta moaned.
"Yes," Diana said.
"Where are we?" Hippolyta asked.
"Safe," Alfred told her. He walked over to her bed. "You had a minor concussion and some scratches but you'll be fine as long as you get plenty of rest."
"Wait a minute. If you're here then that means we're…" Hippolyta realized. She sat up and turned to her daughter. "Why did you bring us back here?!"
"Mother I…" Diana began.
"No, why did you bring us back here?" Hippolyta demanded. "You brought us back here and for what to make us prisoners again!?"
"Mother, you were injured," Diana told her. "And he was going to die if I left him there. And it would be better for him if he woke up here then anywhere else."
"He?" Hippolyta asked. Diana turned her head to look at the occupant in the left bed. Hippolyta and Alfred turned to see The Bat-man sleeping in it. Hippolyta turned back to her daughter. "Why did you save him?" Diana turned to her mother.
"He save us mother," Diana answered. "I couldn't just leave him to die could I?" Hippolyta turned to look at Alfred.
"Why do you stay here?" Hippolyta asked Alfred.
"What do you mean?" Alfred asked.
"Why stay here?" Hippolyta repeated. "Why stay here with him?" She put emphasis on him. "What has he ever done for you?"
"I'm in debt to him if that's what you're asking," Alfred told her. "I stayed here because an eight year old boy needed a guardian while undergoing this curse."
"What?" Diana asked. They both turned to look at Alfred but Alfred wasn't looking at them he was looking at Bat-man.
"He and his parents went to see a play in a nearby town when he was eight," Alfred began. "They were heading toward their carriage through an ally. A man approached them with a bow and arrows. He had one and was ready to release it. He wanted the money that they had and they gave it to him. But the man wasn't stratified." Alfred sighed. "He released the string on the bow and shot his father and his mother screamed. He pulled an arrow out off his quiver and stabbed her in the heart and he left. He saw the whole thing and he watched them bleed to death." He paused. "A woman then came out of the shadow and then forced him to host her parasite bat monster. The thing bit him in the heart and poisoned his body and his mind with The Bat. He's been stuck with this form ever since. The worst part is that The Bat had control of him most of his mental childhood and I didn't see the actual child for long periods of time. When he mental became an adult he was more in control and The Bat almost never shows. When he attacked you, Hippolyta that was The Bat in control. He never meant to hurt you. And the reason I stayed is because he needed help through that difficult time and he still does. He is a good person despite appearances and The Bat it just takes a while to see it." Both women were looking at him at this point. Diana looked at the sleeping Bat-man and she couldn't help but feel pity for him. He was just a child when he was forced to bind with that thing it wasn't his fault, he did nothing wrong. He wasn't a monster she realized he was a victim.
"Is he going to be alright?" Diana asked Alfred.
"He'll be alright in a few days," Alfred told her. Alfred walked toward the door and opened it. "I'd better get dinner ready." Alfred left the room and closed the door. Diana eyes near left Bat-man as she watched him sleep soundly. She then began to wonder what more was there to his hidden-away heart that seemed to be golden.
Note: Sorry if it's taking a while to get this and the next chap. for my other story but I've had writer block for that one and I'm giving some of the blame to my final exams but most of it to me and my blank mind. Well I'm out for the summer since Friday. Yeah! I'll be sure to get some more chaps out soon.
