The next day upon arriving in Gotham, Iris was upset that she couldn't come, Lu went shopping for the ball in a few hours. She was almost mugged, till she beat them up and then Batman showed up, he said in a gruff voice 'It's not safe for a lady like yourself to out alone, Miss..' Lu smiled 'Call me, Lu, Batman. Or is it Bruce Wayne?' Batman looked in shock at Lu and said 'How?' Lu said 'You're not the only hero, Cosmic Dreamer from Central City.'
Batman said 'You work with the Arrow; by any chance you could give me a hand with a case in Gotham.' Lu tapped his nose and said 'You have yourself a deal but I get a dance with Bruce Wayne at Commissioner's Ball plus technically I'm still married but separated till he sorts his feelings out.' Batman said 'Fine get in the car up around the corner, my butler Alfred will drop you off at your hotel and pick you up for the Ball.' Lu said 'Mr Wayne are you asking me to be your date?' Batman said 'Yes only for tonight during the dance I'll tell you about the Joker and you tell me about yourself. As you know much about me.'
The evening couldn't have come quicker, Lu met Barry Joe Singh and the others most of them were just police men in tuxedos, she wore black flowing evening gown with a half a metal corset over the breasts it then cascaded into black lace trailing on the floor showing of her sparkly black heels. Her vibrant hair pulled into an elegant knot/bun with a few curls hanging down a clutch bag matching the shoes Smokey eyed look with ruby red lips and a simple vintage necklace. (The person I have in mind for playing Lu is Emilia Clarke.)
Joe said 'You look beautiful.' And then Bruce Wayne came in, walking up to Lu looking shell shocked at Lu, Joe said 'Mr. Wayne it's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Joe West.' Bruce chuckled shook Joe's hand and said 'Please call me Bruce, you must be Lu's father we met in Gotham and went for coffee. Shall we Lu? Alfred is waiting outside for us.'
They arrived quickly at the commissioner's Ball, the paparazzi were there taking pictures of Bruce Wayne with Lu, smiling she waved her hand and all the cameras malfunctioned. As they walked in, Bruce grabbed the pair of them a drink with a slow song playing in the background Bruce handed her a glass of sparkling apple. Commissioner Gordon showed and shook Bruce's hand he said 'Nice to see one of Gotham's elite at the commissioner's Ball Mr. Wayne. Who is the lovely woman with you I don't believe we have met before?' Bruce said 'This is Lu West-Allen from Central City.' Lu said 'CSI from CCPD, I worked at STAR Labs before the explosion that put me in a coma for 4 months. I met Bruce while I bumped into him in Gotham my husband and I are going through a rough patch and I agreed to be Bruce's date for the evening.'
Gordon said 'Please call me Jim and it was a pleasure meeting you I hope we meet again think Central City could lend you for a bit, in the hopes of tracking down the joker.' Lu said 'Talk with my Captain, I think he might. It was great meeting you, Jim. I hope we get to work together.' An hour later they sat together, as Jim stood at the podium and said 'Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to annual commissioner's Ball last year it was held in Starling City. This year it is hosted in the city that is known as Gotham and know that we have a notorious crime rate but since the Batman has shown his face to Gotham, our levels have dropped. We celebrate the achievements of policemen and women over their time on the force also the best CSI of the year over our districts from Midway City all the Way to Coast City but for now let's eat.'
As everyone finished eating Gordon went back up giving awards to the policemen and women, 'Now to man who lost his partner in the field over 10 months ago, but continues to show and uphold the laws of what it means to be a policeman. Let's give a round of applause, to policeman of the year, Joseph West.' Joe went accepted the award then Barry was named CSI of the year. Bruce brought Lu up for a dance and began to tell he of the Joker.
Bruce said 'he's been terrorizing Gotham for the last 2 years most gang members have shown up dead. He has a select group of people that work for him that I can't seem to know who works for him. He has many different aliases that he goes under when he's not in Gotham. I've been trying to get your help for the last month but for some reason none of my letters have been getting through.'
Lu asked 'What address have you been sending them to?' Bruce said honestly 'Your home address I asked Alfred to help me track you down.' Lu muttered 'Barry! He's been hiding them.' A woman said 'Mind if I cut in.' Bruce smiled 'Rachel, not at all.' Lu let go of Bruce and said 'Nice to meet you Rachel I don't mind I was going to sit down anyway.' Slipping away she grabbed Barry, Barry said 'What's wrong is it the baby?' 'No tit's not.' Lu said seething pulled Barry into the empty foyer 'Why did you hide me letters from Batman?'
Barry said 'About the joker, for you to help. He's a mass murdering psychopath that Gotham can handle and the Batman is nothing like what we are benefiting Central City. He leaves a path of destruction behind him.' Lu said 'You may be my husband, but you do not dictate my life.' The sounds of screams reached their ears slipping into her costume before Barry even could holding a whip of energy in her hand standing in front of the joker who had a knife at Rachel's face. Running it across her cheek. He said 'And aren't the both of you beautiful.' Laughing to himself, muttering that he once had a wife and just wanted her to smile, he said 'But you know the beautiful thing about this is that one of beautiful young ladies is going to die.'
Throwing Rachel out the open window Batman then came in and fought the joker, Cosmic ran for the window, the energy whip wrapped around Rachel holding her in place the flash ran gabbed he and placed her on the ground the joker had left. Batman left, Cosmic and Flash disappeared Lu and Barry joined back up. They all arrived back at the hotel pack and were on the next flight to Central City. A day later standing in the
cortex of STAR Labs, Joe said 'Not, you are not going back to Gotham to help the Batman with the joker. Barry was right in hiding them from you.' Lu said 'I am not a child that needs to be told what to do. He needs the help and asked me.' Wells said 'Lu I think you should listen to you father.'
Lu said 'I leave in a week then I'll be back when it's over I'll be back.' A week later she packed a bag Cisco said 'Are you sure that you don't have to I mean coast city is really nice this time of year.' Lu hugged Cisco and disappearing, Bruce had filled her in on what had happed while she had been gone, Rachel had died Harvey dent had one side of his face permanently scared, driven crazy by the joker. Over the next couple of weeks coming into October, Dent, kidnapped Gordon's youngest son, arriving at a broken-down factory in the slums of Gotham. Comic stood there to stall Dent while Batman was finishing off the joker.
Dent said 'You wouldn't dare try to justify. yourself if you knew what I lost. Have you ever had to talk to the person you love most? To tell them it's going to be all right, when you know that it's not? Well, you're about to know what it feels like, Gordon. Then you can look me in the eye and tell me you're sorry.' Dent then place the gun to his son's temple who was now crying his eyes out as Gordon looked on, Lu stepped out and said 'Harvey you don't want to do this.' Dent said 'You don't know what it's like to lose someone you love.' Cosmic said 'Yes, I do. When I was 11 my mother was murdered the wrong man imprisoned from her murdered. Every day I miss her four years previous my father walked out on me and my mother then my husband tells me that he is in love with another woman that isn't me.'
The cops were outside, Dent shot at cosmic who then had a bullet stuck in her shoulder, Batman jumps on through the window battling Dent off of Gordon's son who nearly slipped over the ledge Cosmic encased him as best as she could in bubble and set him down next to her as she grasped her shoulder that was in pain. Gordon helped her sit up pulling the bullet out as quickly as he could and said 'Thank you for saving my son.' Supporting Cosmic, Gordon brought her out seeing Dent dead at the side of the building his son huddled close to him, they talked Batman said 'Gotham needs a true hero like Cosmic.' He then turned Dents face to his good side, Gordon looked from Cosmic to Batman to Dent understanding Gordon said 'You can't.'
'Yes, I can.' Batman said, now supporting Cosmic. 'You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. I can do these things because I am not the hero, like Dent, like Cosmic. I killed those people not cosmic she helped you get dent and your family away from me, that is her I will not have her tarnished just because of something simple like that. That is what I can be.' Batman took Cosmic in his arms and disappeared into the night arriving at his bunker when Alfred is there waiting to clear up her wounds and checks the progress of her baby.
She stayed for the funeral of Harvey Dent, and looks at the tabloids at what had been posted looking at the daily planet from Metropolis, 'Superman saves lives from burning building,' By Clark Kent Lu laughed 'Oh Superman hiding in plain sight.' Then looked at the Gotham Central 'Batman: brander, judge and murderer. Cosmic dreamer hero of Gotham in the war against the joker.' 'Follow the story on page 5 to 8 as the Joker goes to Arkham Asylum.'
Unknown to Lu, an African American woman stared at her then looked down at a file she was holding then smiled, 'First person, for the task force,' she thought. At Arkham Asylum, the joker arrived to his first therapy session, a tall blonde with baby blue eyes sat in front of the joker who's look had changed with damaged tattooed across his forehead a little j under his eye his face totally white with a silver grill in his teeth. As he laughed 'Ha! Ha! Ha!' His Physiatrist was none other than, Dr. Harleen Quinzel. Joker said 'I need you to do something for me.' Harleen looker=d at the Joker and as if something inside her had snapped she looked a teenage girl that wanted to have sex for the first time 'What?' she whispered. The joker said 'I want you to get me a machine gun.'
Lu arrived back in Central City not even bothering to do anything she crashed onto her bed as if she had done the rightest thing in the world she could have done
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'What's this?' Oliver exclaimed, Fel followed Oliver's eyes as he looked over Lu's four-month baby bump. Fel hugged her close, she said 'Your starting to show have you bought anything?'