Sorry for not updating for so long. I've been focusing on my other stories, and I've had a bad week. Like I explained in my other story, I didn't want to my bad mood to mess up my writing.
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17) My Stalker Comes Back To Haunt Me Part 2
"Now, explain what happened in the Himalayas." Dad demanded once we got to the bat cave.
Sadly we made it right after patrol, meaning everyone was in the cave and listening. "It's... complicated. And you might not believe me." I said awkwardly as we walked towards the computer.
"Try me." Dad said, giving me a glare.
"Fine. It started out as nothing but a phrase Klarion used for me when I asked him why he sent me back into time. He called me an Antist, and I didn't know what could make Klarion so scared he wanted to get rid of me. I searched, but never found answers, so I stopped thinking about it. Then I got hit by that fear gas, and it came up in that dream I had. Then I asked Zatanna at the Watch Tower what it meant, and she said she didn't know what it meant, but did know a guy. So that's why I asked to go to the Himalayas, and I met Master Hisako there.
I trained with him, figuring out what the term Antist means. Niel was the only person there the same age as me, so we trained together. The first week he acted normal. The second week, he changed. He started giving me looks, his body language was off. The last night I was there, Niel showed me alien tech he touched. It must have been some kind of ship's log for some alien crash landing, because it showed him images. He thought they were past memories, and than got convinced we were reincarnated lovers. It was complete and utter bullshit, but he believed it. Right when I was about to leave, he told me he would find me after he was done training, and prove to me that he loved me more than Roy. I never thought he would actually find me since no one used my real name there. I mean, they made nicknames for me, Fuyu, Kana, and Venatrix. I guess he found me by seeing my face in a magazine." I said, explaining it without bringing up the magic resistance.
Everyone took this info in, most of them looking overprotective. Even Alfred. "And you saw him meeting a drug dealer?" Dad asked, his voice low.
"Yes. I have to admit, I never thought that's how I would find him if he ever did find me." I said with a nod.
"Your benched till this mess is over with. Then your grounded for 5 months." Dad said, turning to his computer to look for Niel.
"Of course you would do that, you hypocritical asshole! You get to deal with your missions that are too personal and say that you have to do it, but then turn around and say I can't do the same? You know, you need to get a reality check Dad, because some day somebody is going to get pissed off with you being a hypocrite." I said, storming out of the cave right after.
I went straight to my room, flopping onto the bed after changing out of my costume. "Why didn't you tell them about the magic thing, Baby Bird?" Jason asked, standing in the doorway of my room.
I sighed and said, "Because, how do I know they'll except that. Even if it's not a power, how do I know they won't see it as one? I don't want to create that gap." I said into my pillow.
"You do realize you have to tell them about this at some point, right?" Jason asked.
"No, I don't." I said stubbornly.
"Yes, you do, kid. Do you really think Dad won't figure out you're a Venatrix? Besides, this is something he needs to know." Jason said, walking and sitting on my bed.
I didn't respond, and Jason didn't leave. "Jay, I've been kicked out of my family with Talia, I don't want to be kicked out of this one." I said so quietly he barely heard me.
"Kid, I thought you were past this." Jason said, pulling me to sit up.
"I was. Then I found out I was Venatrix." I muttered, leaning into his side.
"We've told you time and time again, no one will kick you out of the family." Jason said, rubbing my back.
"...Jay?" I asked.
"What, Baby Bird?" Jason asked.
"Can you stay in here tonight? I just... I don't want to deal with the nightmares alone." I said, wrapping my arms around myself.
"Yeah, okay. Scoot over, Princess." Jason said.
"I'm not a princess, Jay." I said, scooting over.
"Yes you are. You're the prissy-ist teenage girl I've ever met." Jason said, kicking his shoes to my floor.
"That's because I'm the only teenage girl you've met with OCD." I said, closing my eyes to sleep. That night I didn't have nightmares, and I finally got my mind off of Niel.
(Breakline)
"See you later, Tori." Xavier said, walking away from me and the school with Alex.
"See you guys later. Oh, by the way, I need you to hurry with your part of our art project. I'm going to finish my drawing soon, so I need you to finish your sculpture so we can present it." I said at their backs.
"Will do!" Alex said, waving to me before following Xavier to his apartment.
"I'm guessing he's not your boyfriend?" I heard a voice say behind me, and I paled.
"Niel, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in England?" I asked, turning around and taking a few cautious steps back.
His head cocked to the side, looking at me with a smile. "I told you I would find you after I was done with my training. Did you think I would fail at it?" Niel asked.
That would have been nice, I thought bitterly. "Niel, leave me alone, please. I really don't time to deal with you right now." I said, rubbing my forehead tiredly.
After the fight with me and Dad yesterday, I didn't want to deal with him face to face. After all, he was the one who got me in trouble. "Oh, I already know about the vigilante thing if that's what you're talking about." Niel said with a grin at my shocked face.
"How do you-?" I said shocked.
"Know? Tori, if I couldn't tell who my soul mate is when you only hide your eyes and cheek bones, then we wouldn't be soul mates, now would we?" Niel said with his grin widening.
I groaned, holding back the urge to face palm myself. "Niel, I've said it before and I'll say it again, we are not soul mates! Now leave me alone!" I said, getting out my phone to call Alfred.
"Hey Alfred, can you pick me up?... Yeah, I'm in the front of the school... I know I said I would walk, but I would really like a-" I was cut off by a needle being poked into my skin, and sedatives being injected to my system.
"Sorry, Tori, but I can't let you get away this time." Niel whispered into my ear as I dropped my phone and started blacking out from the sedatives.
Nobody saw me get taken away by Niel since I was staying after school, meaning he took me without a problem. "Alf...r..e.d." I managed to get out before blacking out completely.
Bruce POV
I sighed as I walked into the Manor, rubbing the bridge of my nose. Work was a pain to deal with, not to mention the fight I had with Tori yesterday. I suppose she was right, I might have been hypocritical, but she needed to realize that this was different. "Master Bruce, we have a problem." Alfred said, walking up to me with a frown.
"What is it?" I groaned.
"Mistress Christina is missing." Alfred said seriously.
I froze, then started going down to the cave steps. "Have you checked her tracker?" I asked him.
"Yes, right after she called me then dropped her phone. It was online for a while, but then it stopped moving, as if someone took it off." Alfred said, his frown deepening.
"Where are the rest of the kids?" I asked, making sure they were fine as well.
"Searching for Mistress Christina." Alfred said as we made it down to the cave.
I walked straight to the batcomputer and started a camera analysis for Niel on all the cameras we had. "If I may Master Bruce, whom are you calling?" Alfred asked as I picked up a phone.
"If the computer comes up with no match for Niel, then it means he must have taken Tori. Jason said he had gotten sedatives from the drug dealer, meaning he could have injected it into her, making her drop the phone while she called. If Niel did take her, he will probably go after Roy. Ollie will need the heads up." I said, staring at the screen.
After waiting half an hour, we finally got the results. There was no sign of Niel or Tori anywhere in Gotham. "I'm calling Ollie. Call the others, tell them to look for Niel." I said before walking away to make a call.
Tori POV
Waking up from sedative induced sleep, is not fun. It hurts like crazy, and gives you a massive headache. That's why when I first woke up, I groaned loudly due to the pain. "Ow, my head."
"Sorry about that, but you wouldn't let me explain why I went to your school. The reason I came was to convince you to runaway with me, but obviously it was a bit forced." Niel said from where he sat on my bed.
I tried to move my hands, but found they were handcuffed to the top of the headboard with multiple different cuffs. "Niel, where am I? Let me go!" I said, yanking on the cuffs. Obviously he knew how to keep a member of the batfamily locked up.
"Where we are, I cannot tell you. I cannot let you out either. You'll run out of here." Niel said, shaking his head.
"Yeah, because you KIDNAPPED ME!" I yelled trying to kick at him.
He grabbed my legs, stopping their movement. "Tori, I know how this looks, but you need to calm down. Nothing bad will happen to you." Niel said, standing up to pin my legs down better.
"No, I will not calm down! I don't know where I am, I'm chained to a bed, and if I'm not let out soon I will be more pissed off then all my brother's anger issues combined!" I said trying to free my legs.
"Tori, if you don't calm down, I will sedate you again." Niel threatened.
I froze, becoming like a statue as I glared at him. "Niel, tell me at least what building I'm in. An apartment, house, a secret base by the Gotham docks?" I asked, my teeth gritting.
"I guess I can. We're in a house my parents own next to a woods, don't worry we're still in the US." Niel said, nodding.
I looked down to groan at the vague info, but then saw what I was wearing. It wasn't my school uniform that I had worn when Niel kidnapped me. No, I was wearing a long, strapless, black dress that came down to my ankles. "You dressed me into this?!" I asked, my anger rising again.
"Yes and no. I used one of the magical wands my father stored here to dress you into this without undressing you at all." Niel said, smiling at my blush. He probably thought it was cute, just like Roy.
"I was perfectly fine in what I was in." I growled.
"But you look better in this then your school outfit." Niel said with a frown.
I felt the urge to kick him, but then remembered his threat. "Whatever. Is it night-time already?" I asked, looking out of a window. It was pitch black with stars doting the sky, but no moon.
"Yes. I had to give you multiple doses to keep you under this long, but I managed to get you here in only two doses." Niel said, starting to run his hand through my hair.
Roy did this sometimes when he stayed over the night and heard me having nightmares. He would run his hand through my hair, murmur things like 'everything will be okay' even when we both knew it wouldn't.
Usually it was comforting, but with Niel, it was only creepy. "Stop touching my hair." I snapped, trying to move my head away from his hand.
Before he could answer to that, my stomach growled loudly, making me close my eyes in pain. I hadn't eaten yesterday at all except for the coffee I had at the Watch Tower because of a small relapse, and didn't eating at all during the day. Even if I wasn't really hungry, my stomach still made the sounds. Niel smiled at me kindly, walking out of the room, the door gently closing shut as he left.
I felt along the cuffs, searching for the key hole where I could fit my nails in. My nails had grown long, and Steph had been teaching me how to lock pick with them, but I wasn't sure if I could get them all off in time.
Niel made that decision for me, walking in just when I was going to start picking the lock. He was carrying a bowl of soup I think, steam rising from the bowl. "Niel, how am I supposed to eat when my hands are handcuffed?" I asked, glaring at him.
"Well, I cannot risk you trying to leave, so for the moment, you will have to settle for me feeding you." Niel said, putting a spoon next to my lips.
"No way. I will not be fed like some bab-!" I got cut off by him forcing the spoon into my mouth, then forcing my jaw close with one hand, his other hand pinching my nose shut.
I swallowed quickly, my cheeks blushing full force. This wasn't the first time someone had done this to me. Jason had been the first one to do it when I was 10, making it to where I either ate on my own, or I sat on his lap as he forced fed me. Roy also did it when I relapsed sometimes, only he usually teased me into eating myself. "Do I really have to do that again?" Niel asked with a raised eyebrow, his light green eyes showing he didn't want to, but would.
To avoid further embarrassment, I opened my mouth, but glared at him the entire time he fed me. About half way through, I started to feel like I would throw up if I ate anymore, but that didn't seem to matter to him. He made me eat more anyways, saying that I should eat the entire bowl of soup. Asshole.
"I'll see you in the morning, beloved." Niel said, kissing me on the cheek as I cringed.
When he left, I found out minutes later that I couldn't break all the locks with the angle my hands were at. I slumped on the bed, staring at the ceiling. "I hope you find me soon Dad." I whispered, looking outside.
A few tears slid down my face as I remembered Roy might be in trouble, and my fists clenched.
I hated feeling useless, but I could do nothing to help Roy or my Dad if I was stuck in these chains. I would have to figure out a way to get Niel to unlock the chains, bu whatever means necessary.
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