Chapter Fourteen
Selene's mouth feel open in shock. "You are Batman!" She exclaimed.
"Selene!" Bruce shouted, surprised. He reached for his mask. "Give me that back..."
Selene jumped out of his reach and hid the mask behind her back. "Not until you tell me what's going on."
"I won't tell you unless you give me the mask back," Bruce argued, lunging at her. Selene jumped out of the way and held the mask in front of her.
"Lung at me again and the mask breaks," Selene said, holding the mask over her head.
Bruce rolled his eyes. "Okay, fine, I'll tell you. Just give me the mask back," Bruce said, giving in. Selene smirked and handed him his mask.
"And tell the truth," Selene said, "Because I think we both know that I'm not going to believe that your in a Halloween costume."
Bruce gave a short, annoyed sigh and tucked his mask under his arms. "Well, as you can see" - He gestured toward the bat symbol on his suit - "I am Batman."
"I knew it!" Selene shouted and did a little victory dance. "Ya know, if more people compared Batman and Bruce Wayne's mouth, they'd be no possible way you'd be able to hide this!" Suddenly, Selene stopped, her eyes turned serious and she turned to Bruce. "Why couldn't you just tell me you were Batman?"
Bruce let out a long breath and ran a hand through his hair. "I didn't want to put you in harms way," He said.
Selene let this flop around in her mind. "How would it put me in harms way?"
"It just would, okay?" Bruce said, obviously not having a very good answer. Suddenly, he frowned. "Hey, were you the noise me and Alfred heard today?" Selene gave him a sheepish smile, palms spread out helplessly. "So it was you! How on earth did you get here?"
"I stowed away in Alfred's car?" Selene offered, which earned her a angry look from Bruce. "What! Alfred wouldn't have let me come! I heard you two talking about making something up so I wouldn't become suspicious."
"Wait, you heard that conversation?"
"Duh."
Bruce rolled his eyes, yet again before Selene asked her next question: "What did you mean about these kids might actually be Selene's siblings?"
"Oh... That..." Bruce muttered. He moved over to a group of computers in the corner of the room and sat down. He punched something into the computer and two profile pages popped up. "These," He said, gesturing to the pictures. Selene stepped forward and scanned over the profiles. One had a picture of a five-year boy with blonde/brown hair and grey eyes and it said Calden Fuse above the picture. He was born in 2008 and died in 2012. The next had a picture of a young girl. She had jet black hair and dark brown eyes and it said Laurel Fuse above the picture. She was eight years old and was born in 2002.
Selene nodded. "These are them," She said, tears pooling in her eyes. "These are the kids I saw in my memory."
Bruce nodded. He pointed at Calden's profile. "It said he died recently; didn't you have a memory about you asking someone how they could kill your little brother?"
Selene nodded, too scared to speak because she knew if she did, she'd cry. She read over the profile. "It says he had kidney failure," Selene said, sniffing and wiping a tear from her eye. "I wonder if that has to do with anything?"
Bruce shrugged then turned his attention to Laurel's profile. "It says she went missing a few days after her sister disappeared..." He muttered. Suddenly, he punched something into the computer and another profile showed up.
It was Selene's profile.
It had a picture of her smiling, looking happy. The information said she was born in 1993 and was seventeen years old. Selene frowned. "Seventeen? I'm seventeen?"
"Apparently," Bruce said, sounding just as shocked. He looked Selene up and down. "You don't look seventeen."
Selene turned to him, hands on her hips. "And what is that suppose to mean?"
"Nothing," Bruce said quickly, "It's just... Well..." He looked up at Selene. "Let's face it Selene, you're kinda short for your age."
"Shut up," Selene said, annoyed, and playfully slapped him on the shoulder.
Bruce chuckled and turned back to the computer. "It says your mother was taken away and you were put into the care of a distant uncle..." Bruce frowned and started to type more things into the computer. "That's strange..."
"What?" Selene asked. "What's strange?"
"They didn't say who took care of you," Bruce said, eyes glued to the computer screen. "Usually, it would have said..." Bruce leaned back in his chair. "They're hiding something."
Selene bit her lip and Bruce started to punch more stuff into the computer. Suddenly, a profile popped up. "Whoops!" Bruce exclaimed and instantly closed to profile.
"Hey!" Selene said, "Show that page again."
"What?"
"Just do it!" Selene demand and Bruce had no option but to obey. The screen popped back up and Selene eyes went wide. "That's him! That's they guy I saw in my memory!" Selene squinted her eyes, reading his name. "Jonathan Crane... Who on earth is that?"
There was a long silence before Bruce said, "I have no idea," and went back to typing.
"You're lying."
"How do you know?"
"Why else would his profile be on your computer if you didn't know who he was?"
Bruce sighed. "Wow, you're good at this," He said and turned in his chair to face her. "Jonathan Crane was a psychiatrist and work at Arkham Asylum. Eventually, he went crazy and turned into the Scarecrow."
"I know who that is!" Selene exclaimed. "Alfred said, and I quote" - She cleared her throat - "He's a crazy loon that made a drug that makes you delusional when you inhale it."
Bruce raised an eyebrow, then turned back to his work. "I've been tracking the Scarecrow all over Gotham. He keeps experimenting, but with different drugs... So far, I haven't been able to find out what he plans to do."
Selene nodded. The two of them stayed down in the Bat Cave, looking for more clues to what happened to Selene and her siblings. Eventually, Selene's eyes drooped and she fell asleep.
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Selene rolled over, moaning. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself in her bedroom. Bruce must have taken her home. Selene sat up and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She was still in her clothes from last night, so she changed then went out to the kitchen. Alfred was there, but Bruce wasn't.
"Where's Bruce?" Selene asked.
Alfred looked up from what he was doing, then, seeing it was Selene, went back to his work, saying, "After you fell asleep, Bruce took you home then went back to the Bat Cave."
"Bat Cave?" Selene said. "So that's what you call it... It works."
Alfred smiled. "Would you like some breakfast Miss?"
"Yes, I would," Selene replied, "And stop calling me 'Miss'. You make me feel like I'm forty."
Alfred chuckled, then went to fetch her some breakfast. Selene sat at the table, thinking. She was staring at the candle in the middle of the table, just staring at it. Next to it was a lighter. Selene picked it up and lit the candle, watching the flame. Selene sat, concentrating on the little flame, flickering ever so slightly. For a moment, Selene let her eyes wander, then went back to focusing on the flame. Then she let her eyes wander again...
Wait.
It moved.
The flamed had moved with her gaze.
Selene frowned. She had to be imagining it. She watched the flame and slowly moved her eyes. It followed. Selene's eyes went wide with shock, but at the same time, the flame got bigger. Selene relaxed and the flame returned to normal size. Slowly, she stretched out her hand toward the flame. She closed her eyes and touched the flame.
Then instantly drew back.
Selene clenched her hand. There was a little pain, but not much. That had to be the most stupidest thing she had ever done. Selene was confused. She had controlled the flame, why couldn't she touch it.
Then it hit her.
"Maybe I don't have to," Selene muttered. She put both hands on the table, bracing herself. She stared at the flame, concentrating. She looked up and flame came off the wick and into mid air. Once again, Selene's eyes went wide and the flame expanded.
"Alfred?" Selene shouted. "Alfred!"
Alfred came running from the kitchen to her. "Yes?"
Selene turned to face him, flame still in front of her. "I have control over things."
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Yes, another cliffhanger... Please, don't hate me :) Review please!
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