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Faye went into the office just so she would hear the intercom better in case Bruce needed her for something. She was not as cold anymore now that her hair had finally dried. No sooner did she sit down in the chair did she hear the intercom.

"Faye, can you come down here?" Said Bruce between a fit of coughs. His voice was so hoarse it sounded like someone was trying to strangle him while he talked like Batman. When she got down to the cave, she found him sitting on the metal table opening the first aide kit. She noticed he had a rather nasty looking cut on his arm and on once of his shoulders a rather painful looking bruise was already beginning to form. When she came around the table to face him she noticed his face looked rather flushed. She put a hand to his forehead and her suspicions were confirmed.

"Bruce, you're burning up." Said Faye grabbing a needle and tread out of the first aide kit.

"I'm fine." He said coughing again.

"Oh course you are." Said Faye rolling her eyes.

"I ran into The Joker again, and then I had to deal with another robbery from The Riddler, who left yet another annoying clue, and then I had to talk with the Commissioner and then I was in the Narrows and it must have been the rain but I thought I saw someone who shouldn't be there."

"Who did you think you saw?" Said Faye thinking her secret might be out.

"Someone who I thought was dead." Said Bruce a finality to his tone that suggested he did not wish to discuss the matter further. Faye then sewed up the wound and the couple went to bed.

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The next morning Bruce woke to find that his throat was very sore, it felt very much like he had swallowed a piece of sand paper. It did not help either that he had suddenly began to cough violently irritating his throat even more. It took him moment to notice that Faye was already up and dressed for work. She was groggily putting on a pair of shoes.

"Faye…" He started to say but stopped talking after that because it hurt to talk as well. He sat up in bed.

"I told you were going to get sick. I called the doctor last night well rather really early this morning but he says you probably have acute laryngitis, which is cause by an over use of the vocal cords, he said you should try to avoid using talking and get plenty of rest."

"I…" Started Bruce before Faye interrupted him.

"Whatever you're about to say write it down." Said Faye pointing to the small white board and expo market sitting on the night stand. Bruce rolled his eyes before grabbing the board.

"I don't have time to rest!"

"Well you're going to, plus I don't think you could even talk like Batman right now if you wanted to. I bet that's what caused the laryngitis in the first place."

"Batman can't be sick." He wrote on the board.

"You're a danger to yourself more than anything if you try and go out into the city." Said Faye.

"Mrs. Wayne you are going to be late for work if you don't leave now." Said Alfred coming into the room.

"Alright, I'm coming. Alfred I'm leaving you in charge of him, make sure he at least tries to get some rest." Said Faye leaving.

Once she was gone Alfred said "Will you be requiring anything Master Wayne?"

"Something to make me heal faster." Wrote Bruce on the board.

"Cough drops will ease the throat irritation, and to help the fever break I suggest drinking lots of fluids and getting some rest, but other than that no."

"I can't just sit here all day."

"Here." Said Alfred handing him a newspaper. "Work on you problem solving skills, try the cross word." He said heading over to the door. "If you need anything just…actually I suppose I will just have to keep checking on you." Said Alfred.

Bruce ignored the crossword and instead decided to focus on the riddle that had been left at the crime scene last night. What he did not take into account however was the fact that he was in fact exhausted and soon drifted off to sleep.

Faye decided to come home early from work afternoon. She quietly enter the room to check on Bruce. He was still fast asleep. She put a hand to his forehead his fever was going down a little, which was good. She noticed the white board he was clutching in one of his hands hand something written on it. She took it from him and took it into the living room to read it.

It was a riddle. "What goes around the world but stays in a corner?" under the riddle was the answer "A stamp." Oh course it made perfect sense; she was happy that Bruce had been able to solve it.

She went back into the room to check on him. This time he was awake.

"Feeling a little better at least?" She asked handing him back the white board.

"A little, what time is it?"

"Around 3 in the afternoon."

"You're home early."

"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure you're okay. Plus, I don't think I've had a descent nights sleep in a couple of days, I'm really tired so I thought I might try and get some sleep before I have to go to my class." Said Faye changing into a pair of sweats and a tank top.

"Maybe we should both take the night off." Wrote Bruce as Faye climbed into bed next to him.

"I can't I only have a few more lessons left." Said Faye with a sigh, she had a feeling tonight's lesson would be even more difficult because she had not been able to find Ra's last night. She soon drifted off to sleep. She hadn't realized how long she had sleep for but she noticed that when she woke it was not only dark outside but also that Bruce was not in bed. Luckily she knew he wouldn't be going anywhere tonight, last night she had hide the keys to the tumbler and motorcycle as well as his mask. She went down to the Batcave and sure enough found a rather frustrated Bruce coughing while walking around looking for his stuff. He was already dressed in his suit.

"I hide them you won't find them here." She said coming into the main part of the room.

"Why?" He said angrily.

"Because I knew you were going to try and go out into the city, you should be resting Bruce."

"I rested all morning!" He said in a strained tone. "Plus I need to talk to Gordon."

"Look I leave for my class in an hour, I'll be sure to tell him that you solved the riddle."

"And tell him to get ready, The Riddler is planning something for next week, at the presentation of the new stamp with the new mayor on it."

"I will. Now go back upstairs, you still sound awful and you still have a fever." Said Faye ushering him back up the stairs. Faye then at dinner because Bruce had already eaten while she was sleeping and had gone to bed.

She headed over to the canning factory in the Narrows only to find that Ra's was not there. Perhaps he still wanted her to try and find him. She went back out onto the street and spend a good hour walking all around the Narrows. She was over in a alley when a thought occurred to her. Why was she chasing him? If he was just constantly going trough the Narrows wouldn't she have a better chance of catching him by staying put? She climb up onto the fire escape and hide in the shadows and waited. She waited for almost and hour when she suddenly saw Ra's walking down the alley. She took this as the opportune moment to strike. She jumped down from the fire escape and knocked him to the ground. She stood above him ready in case he tried to kick her feet out from under her. She let him get to his feet.

"It's about time, you found me." He said in a disapproving tone though the look in his eyes suggested that she had actually done quite well. Faye picked up her cell phone that had fallen out of her pocket. She looked at the time, it was almost 2 in the morning.

"I should probably go." She said.

"We will continue tomorrow then." Said Ra's with a nod.

Faye then began to walk home. As she did she looked up in the sky, tonight there was no sign of rain which was good, but she did notice a certain symbol coming from a flood light on the police building. She decided that instead of trying to go through the building to get up to the roof and talk to Gordon she would just take the fire escape instead. So she took the train over to the center of town and then make her way over to the station.

Once she reached the roof she noticed Gordon was facing the other direction. She didn't really know what else to do so she just said "I need to talk to you about something."

Gordon seemed to jump slightly before turning around. "God heavens Mrs. Wayne how did you get on the roof, and what are you doing here?"

"Well I climbed up the fire escape and he sent me here with a message."

"So he's not coming then?"

"No. But he solved the riddle the answer is a stamp."

"So he's planning to strike again at the unveiling of the new stamp?"

"It would seem so." Said Faye.

"I should get Ramirez." Said Gordon turning away for a few minutes to radio the detective. Faye thought she didn't really need to stick around any longer so she made her way back over to the fire escape. By the time Gordon turned around she was out of sight, but still close enough that she could here him say "I think she's been spending two much time with him, I think they just like to vanish out of thin air…" He said mumbling the last bit.

Faye couldn't help but laugh, perhaps she had been spending too much time with Bruce, maybe she would see what Silvia was doing tomorrow.

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