Note: I do not own any of the characters included.
Well, I am cutting this short. So basically, I'm making this story dead. So I'm not going to be updating anymore. I know this is kind of an abrupt place to stop, so sorry if this is a cliffhanger. The fact that I'm cutting this off is kind of the reason it took me so long to even get this out. Anyhow, I did still make a last chapter, although it's super duper short, only about half as long as normal. I probably wouldn't have even made this, but in 's rules, it says you can't have chapters that are just author's notes, so I had to write something. Anyway, goodbye! If you liked this story, though, I'd really appreciate it if you could check my profile ever so often to see whether or not I've made anything similar. You know, if you want to read more stories like this. I really like writing brutalia (and just Talia in general) so I'll definitely be writing a lot of stories in the future for them. In fact, I'll probably try to write some stuff for Talia Al Ghul Fan Week, which is coming up in just over a week!
A WEEK LATER
Talia was seated on a couch, silently flipping through the pages of a large book. The book was filled with names, all sorts of them. A lot of them were quite old and formal, but there were still a few more modern ones that could be found among the old-fashioned. Talia swayed away dust as she read through each name, imagining calling her child it. None of them so far had really seemed beautiful enough to fit her beautiful child, nor had the right ring to it. She continued to flip, and flip, and flip through even more pages, endlessly searching for the right one.
Talia had never really thought about what she'd name her second child. Damian had always seemed like an appealing name since childhood, but she didn't really have more than one favorite name. As a child, most people think about having children, and what they would name the child, but a lot of people only thought of the first one. Talia, unfortunately, was one of these people. She sighed as she rejected yet another name.
Her hand brushed the side of the book, making her realize she had already sped through more than half of it. In fact, it seemed like she only had about 10 pages left. There was one more book of names that the league of assassins had, but most of the names in it were simply duplicates of the names this book contained.
"Well, it's not like there aren't plenty of other ways to look for the right name than books." Talia assured herself, turning yet another page, "I just need to be patient. I have plenty of time until the baby is born, so there's no need to rush." She heard a small crinkle as she slowly pushed her way past a couple more pages.
After a few more minutes of rejecting name after name, Talia found a name that made her smile. Her arm paused flipping, letting her fingers trace along the lines of the letters in the name. "Athansia…" She mumbled the name to herself. After thinking for a few seconds, she felt herself smile with acceptance to the name. "It's beautiful."
She looked down at the name one more time, quickly realizing it was on the last page. Not only that, but it was the last name on the last page. It was just waiting there for her to find it, after searching the entire rest of the book hopelessly. But it was beautiful. It was perfect. It felt right, of course she quickly reminded herself she also had to find a boy's name, as well. Athansia was only a girl's name. Talia sighed at this realization, pulling herself over to pick up the other book.
Her arms went right back to flipping, her mind going back to rejecting along with it. None of these would do, it seemed. None but Athansia. Talia had to come up with some boy's name, though, even if -for the name's sake- she kind of hoped it would be a girl.
"I can continue this another time. For now, I've found a name that I like. A lot." Talia decided, putting the books back where they belonged. She touched a hand to her belly. "I love you, my sweet little Athansia… or probably Athansia. I love you."