Chapter Fifty-Three: A Matter of Family Part Four.

Selina Kyle's eyes lit up, needless to say that she looked like a kid on Christmas Morning. There were so many possibilities, she couldn't even begin to count them all.

"Sorry, excuse me….." Selina said, nearly bumping into the next man who had walked up to her. The man had been drinking a bit too much, Selina could smell it on his breath but that was just something that came with the territory. Never the less, she was able to snatch a few dollars from this somewhat charitable individuals.

Not exactly a good take from one man, she had caught him a bit too late, he had lost most of it tonight on gambling but overall, Selina was not going to really complain all that much.

Faora could tell that this woman was having the time of her life and how trusting people were for a pretty face, it was almost rather amusing. Some of these people deserved to have a bit taken off of the top and knowing Selina, she had a front row seat to all of the tricks of the trade.

'Nine, actually it's ten now,' Faora thought, she decided to step back and watch the master at work, because it was amusing to see exactly what she was doing and how people weren't observant. Therefore they were falling for everything.

Sure enough, Selina just that she was just warming up. She saw a really big catch over there, given the size of him, the boy could afford to eat a little bit.

Faora watched her for a little bit longer and then she heard someone get in her ear.

'Just thought to let you know, the fat man has taken the bait,' Kara thought, she was rather eager and kind of anxious as well. Given some of the situations that Harry managed to put himself in, despite him having limited access to his powers, it was hard not to worry.

Faora sensed Kara's anxiousness and gave her sister Alpha a reassuring smile through the bond. Then she turned to Selina.

Despite the fact that she didn't really want to deprive Selina of all of her fun, she had an enchantingly nasty idea flickering through the back of her mind. The grin that went across her face was something that she thought that would work.

She leaned over, and grabbed Selina by the shoulder. The woman wasn't in the middle of a heist so she wouldn't take the girl's hand off like normal. Turning on her heal, she went to face the female behind her.

Faora Dru-Zod, known to the human world as Alexandra Potter, the cousin of Harry Potter, had the tantalizing suggestion. "How would you like to have some real fun?"

Selina raised her eyebrow and she waited for Alexandra to continue to suggest what fun could be had.

"So, how do you propose we do that?" Selina asked her and Alexandra was only too happy to tell her.

"Well, the bird, he's going to be distracted with other business with Harry," Faora whispered into her ear quietly and the woman nodded. "His office is wide open, there's no one inside and I don't even need to tell you what that presents a perfect opportunity for."

Selina's eyes brightened up with malice flickering through then and she turned to Alexandra, wickedness dancing through her eyes. "Honey, I like the way that you think."

"I figured that you would," Faora said barely keeping the grin off of her face and the two of them leaned over.

Naturally the eye popping sight that was to follow got the attention of every straight male on the dance floor and most of the women as well. The two hot dark haired females locked their arms around each other and exchanged in a loin burning kiss with each other, their hands roaming all over each other.

The kiss was brief but it packed a punch and caused many to be light headed after they saw it.

Faora smiled, happy to see that she had drawn some attention and offered her hand for Selina to take. The woman took it firmly and the two slunk off into the night. The men were left there.

'I think that you made an impression,' Diana thought in amusement, even though her mind was still half on Harry. Still anything to lighten the mood and not have them lose their minds, that was much appreciated.

The two females walked hand in hand, making their way to Cobblepot's office and for anyone who was observing casually, it would look like she was being lead off for an illicit tryst.

'It's obvious that they've taken the bait,' Faora thought, she was trying to keep the worry out of her voice but never the less, it was hard not to allow it to creep in. That being said, security in this part of the Lounge became pretty much non existent.

Diana, almost sensing her sister Alpha's worry, swooped in. 'Don't worry, we're keeping our eye on Harry, so far nothing to be concerned about, besides you need to focus on your part of the operation for it to go seamlessly.'

'Right, right, right, I'm aware,' Faora said, trying not to lose her head, which was very easy to do in a situation like this.

'Sapphire and Veronica have returned, carrying a very large briefcase full of money,' Kara said in amusement and it was Karen who chimed in.

'Just how much money did he win?' Karen asked.

'Hopefully more enough to take a huge chunk out of Cobblepot's ass,' Jaime thought, clasping her hand but it was that time, that Selina managed to pick the lock with an old stand by, a hair pin that she was using to hold her hair in place.

"Sure it's cliché, but I think that it works out pretty well," Selina said, more to herself than anyone else, and made her way to the office.

"Very well and clichés are clichés because they work," Alex said and Selina smiled.

"So, shall we, my dear?"

Selina lead the way. Faora followed and the second that the door was shut behind them, Selina grabbed her around the waist and pushed her back towards the kiss. She was half sitting, half leaning on Penguin's desk and her lips were met with a very aggressive and smoldering kiss.

The two of them broke apart with each other, and Faora was about to open her mouth but suddenly, Selina shushed her.

"Work later….." Selina commented, kissing her on the jaw line and the woman closed her eyes, feeling her tender affections against her jaw line. "Play now."

Faora grabbed Selina from behind and caused her to mewl in pleasure. If that was the case, then two of them could play that game.


After a few rounds, both of them got dressed, amazed by the fact that they got put through the paces, but they didn't really regret it in the slightest.

"Now it's time to go for the real prize," Selina said, her eyes averting to the Penguins' safe.

Faora moved her way towards the Penguin's computer and started to hack into it but found that it was well equipped with the latest encryption technology. He managed to make sure he got his money's worth and then some out of what he got. But given that he had incriminating data on this computer, it was just as well.

"Okay, so you want to be difficult, that's not a problem," Faora said, deciding to install a program in it. Not Kryptonian, because Kryptonian computer programs that might as well have been created thousands of years in the future and they most certainly did not play well with Earth technology that was Stone Age compared to Kryptonians.

Oracle could pick apart at it later at her leisure.

"Well, guess that's nothing but a lemon," Selina said with a suggestive wink. There was nothing in the vault but stacks of bills. Nothing for anything too incriminating, at least nothing that would have caught the eye of the woman, but at least it had not been a total bust going into that office.


It was time for Harry Potter to "wake up" and he saw that he was tied to a metal chair in the back of the club.

Naturally he had been awake the entire time, but he needed to feign being unconscious to get him in position for this plan of his to work. Faking taking a blow with a cricket bat was difficult but doable, it just was a matter of seeing it coming and taking a fall before it really hit you.

That being said, he was there and he was glad that he was in the sense, in the back room of the club. The Penguin seemed to be hit all of the marks to win cliché Bond Villain bingo or something like that.

'And thank Rao they didn't strip me naked,' Harry said, he felt like he needed to shower in acid just from the thought, so he was glad that said thought did not turn into somewhat of a reality. That being said, he tried to shake the cobwebs from where he stood, as hard as it might have been. There were still a lot of goons around and there was Dudley. 'He's hit all of the Bond villain clichés, hasn't he?'

'Well if he comes in stroking a pussy, then I'm out of there,' Karen commented and Harry raised an eyebrow but nodded. That might be a step too far.

He looked up to see Dudley pacing back and forth like a caged animal, he was always someone who…..well he always was someone who wasn't patient at all. Then the Penguin turned towards Harry, his suit jacket completely off, looking like the cat that ate the canary.

Harry stirred away, and made sure that Dudley knew that he was awake.

"The Freak is waking up," Dudley grunted and the Penguin cackled in amusement. "Not so smug now, when we're about to finish you off."

"Please, popkin, the only thing you could ever finish off was an all you can eat buffet," Harry said dryly and Dudley looked at him, his eyes narrowing. Despite the fact that he lost a lot of weight, Harry still hit a nerve with him. "Ah, what's the matter Diddy Duddydums, did I touch a nerve? You know, I'll give you credit, you managed to come out from behind Mummy's skirt to become a man, well done, I'd clap for you if my hands weren't tied"

Dudley growled and his hand wrapped around the cricket bat, but the Penguin gave him a sharp look.

"Not yet," Penguin growled.

"You know, I really have no idea what you have against me, something could be slipping my mind, because I got whacked in the head, but could you do me the pleasure in refreshing my memory to see what's going on because I really have no idea. And you know, I'm kind of rambling so….."

"Shut up, you're giving me a headache," the Penguin growled.

"Funny, we're in a good company then," Harry said and he looked at him. "So what's the deal anyway?"

Cobblepot considered something before nodding.

"It's not completely on you, it is more about Wayne, but I'll get to him soon enough, the Waynes, they ran my family into the ground, do you realize how hard it took for me to build my empire back up to the point where I can be respectable?" Penguin asked and Harry didn't answer the question. The umbrella with the trick blade in it hung to his hand. "My old man died in shame, the Waynes undercut him at every opportunity. You see, he tried to keep up with them, but he couldn't hand it. They were entitled, and spoiled, and they ruined my family. I was someone who needed to pull the scratch together, and I learned about the economics and the criminal world, which really if you look into some of the white collar crime, the line is blurred."

He gave a sharp squawk off of a laugh, the smoke from his cigarette coming from him.

"I went to Smeltings, that's where I met good old Vern, Vernon Dursley, and we had some fun times together, drinking, shooting the shit, chasing some skirts," The Penguin said with a wicked grin. "But then he had to go and marry a fucking Evans bitch. And it wasn't even one of the good looking ones either. No accounting for taste. He ran his little business until you and your cunt of a cousin ruined that…you see, I lost a lot of money when Vernon went down, drills weren't the only thing that Grunnings shipped, if you catch my drift."

"Sorry that I'm not sorry," Harry said in a flat voice, staring back at him the Penguin.

"Just like an Evans, just like your mother, she never knew when to keep her mouth shut," Penguin said.

'Thanks, Ozzie, I'll take that as a compliment,' Lily said, to much amusement and the Penguin was getting flustered.

"You see, I heard about Vernon's misfortune and well let's face it, Petunia, that cunt was just used to being nosy, that's all she was good for, for all I know she's in a gutter somewhere right about now."

Penguin gave another squawking cough but paused once again.

"So I stepped in, just like any good godfather would, and make sure, make sure I gain a good bit of old fashioned revenge against the man who stole his father away from him. You see, you were damn lucky that Vernon felt sorry for you, and took you in, because, hate to say it, but the old bird, she had the boy done whipped, she did."

Harry waited until he was done talking and he nodded. "Oookay, I get the deal with me, but you have an axe to grind with the Evans family? Might I ask why?"

"You see, the Waynes might have been responsible for ruining my family in Gotham but it was the bloody Evans family that was responsible for ruining my family across the pond."

'Mum, Aunt Rose, um….were they?' Harry asked.

'I don't have the slightest idea,' Rose said, racking her brain.

'Maybe we did, I don't know,' Lily said with a shrug. She didn't know, that was all on her parents, maybe her grandparents, and considering that they were both dead, it wasn't like she could answer.

"So it makes it doubly personally for me," Penguin said. "That entire kidnapping thing….was to bait a trap, but the boys mucked it up. Would have been pissed off but your dumb fucking ass walks right here through the front door."

Penguin looked over towards the table and picked up the stone to show it to Harry.

"You see this, this might have cost me a pretty penny, but I picked it up from some guy named Faust ages ago."

That got the reaction that everyone expected from certain members of the bond link.

"You see it prevents you from doing any of that hocus pocus to get yourself out of here," Penguin said and Harry smiled.

"So what you're going to say, is that stone leeches all of the ambient magic out of the area?"

"Whatever you want to call it, it's been doing its thing that entire time, and you've been sitting pretty the entire time, just being softened up for the kill," Penguin said and he turned to Dudley, who cracked his knuckles. "You see, it's so my boy can beat you to death with his bare hands in a fair fight."

"Yeah, this is a fair fight, sure, Ozzie," Harry told to him, rolling his eyes slightly.

"But first since I got you hear, the boy has agreed to let me have the first hit," Penguin said, picking up a large cane. "This is what should have been coming to you a long time ago."

The cane swung towards him but Harry blocked it with his hands. He had been holding up the ropes this entire time and dropped it with that position. Harry ripped the cane from the Penguin's hand, violently, cracking his elbow in the process.

"Nice tactic, but you're doing it wrong," Harry said, and he swung the cane, shattering it over Cobblepot's head, causing him to land on the ground with a thud.

Dudley turned towards him, his mouth wide open.

"You know, I almost forgot how that look looked like but really I didn't miss it."

Dudley's brain finally booted up and a grim smile crossed over his face. He did a dance that looked like he was having a seizure, banging on his chest, and resembling an Albino Irish Gorilla. "Bring it Freak!"

Harry punched Dudley right in the face, shattering his jaw, and breaking him out with one punch.

"Oh and for the record, you hit like a wand waver."

Penguin managed to scramble up to his feet, blood dripping from his face and he looked at the thugs.

"Well don't just stand their with your thumbs up your bloody arses, a million dollars to the man who brings me his head."

The group of thugs were advancing on Harry, although many bolted, knowing that they needed to get why the getting was good.

A dark brooding figure appeared and the God damn Batman crashed through the skylight, shattering the glass and causing it to fly in every direction possible.

Harry saw, Jaime, Diana, and Dinah make their way in still dressed in their waitress uniforms, just as Batman was doing what Batman did best, and was about to engage the thugs in battle.

From an outside observer, all they were going to see was Harry Fucking Potter, the god damn Batman, and three waitresses about ready to rumble against a group of thugs.


It was much later into the evening and things quieted down. Batman showed up, broke some skulls, and disappeared into the night. After proving his point, Harry and his girls decided that they had overstayed their welcome.

The GCPD coming to potentially investigate the ruckus was likely, although money would be exchanging hands. Harry figured the Penguin would not be pressing charges out of pride.

That being said, Harry was escorting Veronica and Sapphire back to their apartment. Both women looked quite tipsy and giggly to be honest, they had a bit too much to drink. Penny had insisted on driving them home and she dropped them off here, before taking all of the girls completely back home.

That being said, Harry could tell that they were insist about spending more time with him and if he was to be honest, who was he to disagree with a beautiful woman?

"You know, you haven't let go of that thing all not," Veronica said, her eyes averted to Sapphire and the blonde gave a beautiful grin on her face, the trio was up in the elevator.

She was referring to the briefcase that Sapphire as holding, and the blonde leaned up against Harry. Mostly because she needed to be held up in her state of mind but also because that she just wanted to and who was Harry to argue with that situation to be honest.

"Well it's something that…..it's something that we should all be happy about," Sapphire said wit a hiccup, shaking her head a little bit.

In the past month, she had moved to a brand new place and come to think of it, it was much nicer than the previous place that she had been in. Harry had not really had a chance to check out her new place, so he was really looking forward to seeing what was going on here.

Then again, his eyebrow raised and he saw Roman Sionis of all people, heading to the direction of the elevator, passing Harry, Veronica, and Sapphire like two ships in the night, when they were stepping forward.

Harry averted his eyes towards Sapphire in a questioning manner and she smiled, waving off what he was saying. "Oh his girlfriend lives in the building, across the hallway in fact."

Harry smiled and Sapphire decided that there would need to be further elaboration needed.

"Well my father and him….he was friends with Roman's parents," Sapphire said and she smiled, waiting for Harry's reaction but given that there wasn't much of one, Sapphire took it as her opportunity to continue to press forward. She managed to fumble with her purse, looking for her keys.

It was by sheer force of will or perhaps sheer force of dumb luck that she didn't knock all of her things out of her purse onto the floor.

"So anyway…..he wouldn't do anything to hurt me…..even though he's Black Mask," Sapphire said, shaking her head.

'Well, she seems confident about the fact,' Diana thought, her adrenaline was still at a heightened pace from the hunt and the fight earlier tonight. Then again, she wasn't the only one.

'Can she be certain about that, though?' Faora thought and she watched Sapphire who was opening the door.

'Well, to be fair, I'm sure that Roman might know that Sapphire's father would bury him alive if he even had a wrong thought about her,' Kara thought, he just seemed like the type to do so.

Sapphire managed to hold the door open and Veronica invited herself in.

"Well, honey, I've liked what you've done with the place," Veronica said, whistling when she looked around and Sapphire could not help but keep the smile that was spreading off of her face.

"Yeah, it's really great," Harry commented and Sapphire smiled, she took half of a step forward.

She could stand up straight, so she didn't drink as nearly as much she could. It just sudden movements caused her a great deal of discomfort. That being said, she ambled her way to the count, her heart drumming against her chest.

With good grace and better will, caught sight of Veronica making her move, grabbing Harry's shoulders and playfully pushing him into the direction of the couch.

She couldn't really aim completely right but that being said, Harry was able to hit the couch. It was at that moment that Sapphire made her way to the kitchen.

'Points for effort, even though the execution is off,' Amanda added and the girls in the bond all nodded in agreement.

Veronica pushed herself onto Harry's lap, straddling it, and a grin filled her face, her eyes sparkling bright with delight.

Sapphire returned from her trip to the kitchen, carrying a bottle of champagne along with two glasses. She joined the group on the couch.

"So, I guess that I'd like to propose a toast,' Veronica said with a smile.

Harry naturally returned fire with a raised eyebrow and his mouth was half open. "A toast, to what, pray tell?"

The champagne was poured and Veronica said what it was, without missing a beat. "To making a lot of money."

Much laughter was shared following that and Harry wasn't going to lie, he really was not going to argue with that.

The moment that they got there, Harry figured out that something was going to happen, given the circumstances.

"And now, I think that tonight's fun should end with a real….bang," Veronica commented, whispering in Harry's ear and she could feel him against her. The smile crossed her face. "I think that you get my drift."

Veronica's warm hot lips met Harry's and the two shared a blistering kiss. It was the kind of kiss that curled toes, and she grinded herself against Harry's land, her dress riding up slightly. He placed his hands on her bare thighs to hold her into place as the passionate tango of tongues continued, both of them trying to outdo the other as they pressed on and forward.

Sapphire's whine cut the kiss rather short. Veronica slipped to the side, with a small grin appearing on her face and she turned straight towards her. "Oh, you poor dear."

Veronica grabbed Sapphire around the face and their lips met in a passionate tango, their tongues binding together in this moment.

Harry watched the erotic scene before him and things were getting hotter and they were just going to really heat up from there.


Tonight's night was a fucking mess. One could say that this was one of the worst nights in the life of Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot, and he kept cursing up a storm. His injuries from the night were bad, physically speaking but there was nothing more bad that the wounds that he had to his pride.

"Fucking son of a bitch brat, thinks he's better than me, thinks that he can do this to me, well he hasn't seen the last of me, no mark my words, I'm going to…..he's not going to ruin me, not now."

Oswald Cobblepot, better known as the Penguin, began to mutter furiously under his breath. His elbow was completely shattered, but that was nothing compared to the job that Potter did on Dudley's jaw. He aimed for the fences and struck hard, shattering the boy's jaw. That was an annoyance to say the least.

The Penguin returned to see the aftermath, the club was long since cleared out. This was supposed to be the greatest day of his life but yet it turned out to be bloody horrifying to put things bluntly.

His fist clenched together, along with his teeth, anger flashed through his eyes.

He made his way towards the club once again. Patrons cleared out, so did the police, but he was sure that the state of his back room was a mess. The god damn Batman showed up as well, which really added to his pain in the ass.

"Fucking hell," Penguin said, looking at one of the chairs that got busted. The tables that were overturned in the club and he groaned.

Mr. Walrus would be out of action once again and the Penguin stopped, seeing Tracey joining him someway there. All he wanted to do was get into his office, have a smoke, maybe a drink, and just pretend this fucking night never happened.

"Ozzie….."

"Tracey, not one word," he said shortly, his temper had a chance to cool down a little bit on his way back but all of what happened tonight was an ugly reminder of all that he lost and all that he would have had to rebuild once again.

One gruesome hand was placed on the door, he was caught off guard by a smell. Cobblepot paused and he sniffed.

Surely not….another sniff once again and the Penguin shook his head, he smelled something.

The smell of sex…..combined with smoke could be heard from the office door. That being said, Penguin turned around, and looked at Tracey, his eyes narrowing.

"What?" she asked, a look of surprise on her face at the sharp look that her boss was giving her and the female took half of a step back.

"I find it funny, that only two people can get in there is you and I and it sure as shit wasn't me who got it on in here," Cobblepot said, his eyes flashing towards her and her mouth opening in protest but Cobblepot caught him off. "And the smoke in here, it doesn't smell like the cigars that I normally favor….."

He followed his nose and looked around; the desk was completely and utterly destroyed to put things bluntly. That being said, his cough got even more prominent the more that he walked forward.

Tracey, in her own elegant way, summed up the situation quite nicely. "It smells like shit in here, Ozzie."

"No shit, it smells like shit," Cobblepot said and after some prodding he managed to see it was coming from his safe.

Cobblepot worked quickly, dialing up the combination and opened the safe up with a tug. No sooner did the safe open, did a blast of smoke nail him full on in the face. There was an ugly scowl that crossed his face, and he slowly shook his head, his teeth gritting in fury.

Someone torched the contents of the safe and he kicked the side of his desk, but that only did more to add more clutter to the office. He was not getting his way tonight to put things bluntly and things were getting from bad to worse, that being said.

Tracey didn't even recognize half of the words that were spoken underneath Ozzie's breath and she held her tongue, her arms crossed against each other. She waited for him to get it all out of his system, knowing that he was going to be a pill to deal with when he was like this.

His night was shot but he huffed and puffed, managing to get himself into a calm tone or at least as calm as he was going to be tonight. Teeth gritted, Cobblepot managed to speak one more ominous statement before he collapsed in his chair.

"If he thinks that I'm just going to let this shit go he's got another thing coming."


After the last night, Bruce Wayne decided that now was the proper time to wrap up his morning workout. It was the next morning; the sun was just beginning to bring its first rays of sunlight into the world. That being said, the man who was a bat by night made his way forward.

He picked the towel off of the work out bench and swiped it off of his forehead, wiping the sweat off of it. Now that he was done, he really was about in the mood for some breakfast. He thought that he could have a quick bite to eat and see if any of the news from what happened last night was heard.

It was quite the night and from he might to deduce, it was just beginning. Anyway, breakfast awaited but Bruce stopped and his keen instincts picked up something. He was about ready to make some himself, but he really caught the smell of something already being hooked.

Bruce further moved his way down the hallway from the gym area towards the kitchen and he most certainly head Alfred's voice in the midst. The other voice, well he could make out that it was female but he really couldn't make out anything further other than that. The key point was that it was someone that he was really comfortable talking with.

It might as well have been Penny come to think about, she could have swung by to help her Uncle after the ordeal that he went through.

Bruce opened the door and he stopped suddenly, his mouth opening. He was caught off guard.

Granted, Alfred was sitting at the table as he expected that much was not a surprise and you did not have to be even a great detective to deduce that one. That being said, the other party that was sitting at the table with Alfred caught him off guard.

It was a young Asian female, dressed in a sleek black bodysuit with silky dark hair that looked up from her conversation. She looked to be about Bruce's age and the young man turned towards Alfred, a questioning gaze penetrating the man's face.

Alfred thought that an introduction would most certainly be in order. "Master Bruce, this is Yamashiro Tatsu, Tatsu, this is Master Bruce."

"A pleasure to meet you, Mr. Wayne," Tatsu said in a respectful tone, shaking hands with Bruce and Alfred decided to get down to business. His elbow was in a sling.

"I've taken the liberty of hiring Tatsu as your new body guard," Alfred said and Bruce gave him one of those looks. "You'll find that she is extremely competent and Mr. Kane would take the liberty of hiring another bodyguard for you, someone who might be more…stifling then the last one."

Bruce nodded. "I was going to….."

"Knowing how busy you get, sir, you would procrastinate in doing so," Alfred said and Bruce would have to agree that he would procrastinate in the matter, thus there would be a choice that would be given to him that would be less than desirable.

Bruce conceded that fact and he nodded, a lump that was in his throat. "Very well, your qualifications….."

"I have done bodyguard work before, and I was trained in several disciplines and I've worked with the government, although I'm afraid the exact details of the matter are confidential," Tatsu told him.

"Well if Alfred says that you're qualified, then I believe you," Bruce said and he looked at her.

"I prefer to show not tell over time," she commented and there was a challenging tone to her voice to contradict her. There were other things that drew her to Gotham City, then essentially babysitting a billionaire, who apparently had more than a few people that were after his head.

"The best people don't talk about their accomplishments, that's something that's refreshing," Bruce said and Alfred nodded in agreement. "And the funeral of my former bodyguard, make sure it's paid for in full, I don't want his family to be left with any expenses."

Tatsu thought that the fact that he talked so casually about the funeral of her predecessor was kind of foreboding but never the less she enjoyed the challenge.

Bruce didn't say anything, but he thought that given what happened to Cobblepot, the fact that his elbow was shattered, it was only fair, given what he did to Alfred indirectly on his orders.

"So, what is it that you do have the clearance to tell me?" Bruce asked her, raising his eyebrow. She could tell that she had her secrets, as much as he had hers, but it wasn't really fun in spilling them out.

"Well Alfred, is my godfather," she admitted and Bruce turned towards him with a questioning gaze in his eyes.

"It never came up in casual conversation, sir," Alfred admitted and Bruce nodded, that was fair enough.

"He made sure that I was taken care of after my father….well after he died," Tatsu said. "When I was barely a year old."

"I'm sorry to hear that," Bruce said sincerely.

"Yes, I know that you know what it's like to lose your parents…."

"At least I got to know my father for eight years."

"Which might be even worse than not knowing him, that one taste," Tatsu argued but she shook her head. "I'm not really the type to get all sentimental. So are attempts on your life all that common?"

Bruce flashed back to the church basement. Truth be told, it was not the fact that Bruce Wayne was in danger that caused for the majority of his problems.

"There's a disgruntled employee and…The Penguin appears to have had it out for me," Bruce said and Alfred looked towards him.

"The Penguin, sir?" Alfred asked, acting like this was news to him.

"Yes, I've heard of him, I made sure to look into some of the more….unsavory characters before I came into Gotham City," Tatsu said, and it obviously confirmed that this was in the works for a bit longer than Alfred let on at first. "But perhaps you should have some breakfast, because you'd be a lot easier to protect if you had your strength."

Bruce was not about to argue with that point and it was time to have his proper amount of nourishment to start out the day.


Harry was an early riser, even after the work out that he had the previous night. After several rounds, he left both of the girls smiling. And breakfast was good as well, dessert might have been better.

Now after a trip back home to change, Harry was back in his official lab in the RAO tower, and ready to get back to work.

"Good morning, Harry," Tamara said, nearly passing by him on her way down but she put the breaks on and smiled to greet him.

"Good morning, Tamara, how are you this morning?" Harry asked her and the woman responded to him.

"I'm very good, I have some paperwork for you to take care of….whenever you're ready," Tamara said and Harry smiled. The woman was splitting her time between the Wayne Enterprises tower and the RAO tower. Harry flipped through it but the woman looked at him. "Do you want a summary of it?"

"Yes, please."

Tamara cleared her throat, taking a deep breath. "Well the building is going to be staffed soon, as it's finished."

"Right, right," Harry said, he wanted to figure this was all in order and it was good that she was summarizing it.

"You're going to have to conduct some interviews, at least until you'll able to hire a human resources manager," Tamara said and she smiled with Harry verifying some of what she said. "But I'd figure that you would want a hands on touch to things to make sure the right kind of people are staffed."

"Of course, it all seems to be in order," Harry said, signing off on the papers. He could read things in a fraction of a second. "So, how are things going for the launch on the fifth?"

Tamara shared Harry's excitement because this was going to be a big thing for both Wayne and RAO. "Things are good to go…..my father made a suggestion that you might be able to use. He thinks that more units should be made, because the demand is going to exceed the supply. You know, it's more than initially expected."

"That's a good idea," Harry agreed, he was mulling over the idea himself but it was good to have more feedback. "Will that be all?"

"That's all for now, I'll let you know if anything else breaks," Tamara told him and Harry smiled.

"Thank you very much, you have a good morning."

Harry turned around and heard the chatter; someone beat him to the lab already. He made his way towards the lab and saw Pamela speaking in an animated discussion with Nora Fries. She did mention that she wanted to stop by some time to see the facilities that RAO had to offer, and Pamela wanted to meet with her.

"So the cells would not die…..although you got to be careful not to overdo the process because if you overdo it too much, you'll kill them, just as much as you'd kill any human cells. But a similar process is applied to it."

Harry listened to them converse for another couple of moments more but it was time for him to get down to business.

"Doctor Potter, I didn't hear you come in," Nora said and she watched in amusement as Pamela greeted Harry with a tight hug and a warm kiss to the lips, which he returned.

"I just got here, had a couple things come up this morning….sorry if I was….."

"No it wasn't a problem, in fact I was running a little bit late," Nora told him and she smiled. "So, as I mentioned, there are a few things that I would have liked to run by you."

"Why don't you tell me all about it as I take you on a tour?" Harry asked and she smiled, she thought that was a good idea.

She smiled and motioned for him to lead the way.


To Be Continued on September 22nd 2014.

A very rare, two lemon chapter. Granted one of them didn't feature Harry, but it featured one of the Alphas so there you go. Faora's busy recruiting.

Selina making assholes that deserve it will never get old.

We see Cobblepot's vendetta against Harry, Bruce, and pretty much their entire families. Harry snarking Dudley by using the names his Mummy gave him might have been the key point in this scene. And Harry's casual escape worked well. Yeah, he was distracting Cobblepot while they fucked with his club, the ramifications haven't been fully felt.

Hi, Tatsu, fancy meeting you here.

So see you on Monday as we continue this six part arc.