The Creature of the Night
East End
Selina's Apartment
In the silent apartment of the Kyle residence, six years old Jason was sleeping peacefully in his bed dreaming away but in the other room wasn't so peaceful. Selina was tossing, turning and panting in fear cause of her dream.
Selina's Dreams
Coldest. Coldest was all Selina felt on the ground. It's was a dark night and the moon looked so bright in the night. She couldn't move for some reasons and can feel that she wasn't alone. Than that when she hear Jason screaming for me and a whisper of a woman.
"Mommy! Mommy where are you?!" Her Jaybird screamed for her.
She had the strength to got off the cold ground and tried to walk to her son, but a hand grabbed her. She turned around to see a woman body with a black cat head as a mask and shouted, "It's your time to continue the legacy and your destiny!"
Selina gasped at this scary cat-creature than hear Jason screams again. "Let me go! My son need me!"
"No, our legacy is what you need for survival Selina Kyle! This is your destiny!" The creature screeched as it tighten it grip on her hand.
"No, I know what I need to survive but my son need me. Now let me go!" The creature backed away as Selina pushed it away.
"So be it, Selina Kyle." The creature smirked with a growl as it's eyes glowing greener, "Soon you will Selina Kyle need it for your kitten. Soon you will become the next Catwoman!"
Dream Ended
Selina gasped out of her dream with swears pouring down. The clock showed 12:47 am way to early for her and Jason to be up.
Jason! Selina jumped out of the bed and dashed to her son room. She made it there to see that he was sound sleep. Oh thanks goodness, he still asleep and safe in his bed and in his Batman's pajamas. She walked close to his bed and rubbed his mop black hair slowly with a smile. The lovely mother and son scene ended when she hear scratches on the window. Selina gasped and walked to the noise to see it was an Egyptian Mau on the window.
Selina exhaled in release than stared at this little creature. "How did you get up here, Kitty? Are you okay?" The cat meowed as Selina petted her head. She stopped petting the cat then sighed in shame, "Just great! I'm talking to a freaking cat and myself now! You've no life, Selina."
Of course you got a life, Ms. Kyle, the cat mowed.
She backed up in fear. Did that she just talked and know her name? Selina rubbed her head and closed her eyes. "Your just tired, Selina. There no way a cat can...talk."
But as she opened her eyes and see that the Egyptain Mau was gone. It's like it disappear without a trace in the nite. That was when she decided to close the window and when to bed. Thanks the Gods that it Saturday.
After seven hours and some minutes later, Selina and her little Jaybird was up and about doing their thing. She would be making breakfast while Jason be watching TV or sometime helping his mother. The Kyle residence would be greatful on weekends because that's when mother and son had a day to themselves.
"Jaybird, breakfast ready!" She hollow.
"Just a second!" He hollow back enjoying his Saturday cartoon.
Selina sighed with her eyes rolling, every time when his cartoon is on. "Well, we were having your favorite- a Batrang style pancakes, some eggs, bacon and hash browns." That mean little Jason raise his head up. She smiled and turn her back, "But if you don't want-"
"No, I want my breakfast!" A victory smile play on her face as Jason ran to get his breakfast. "Mommy, please I want my breakfast!"
She smiled than place the plate on the table, "Sure my little Jaybird, you can eat your breakfast."
"Thanks mommy," he said as he sat down and started eating with his mother. "I'm so glad to have you all day, mommy."
"Me too, Jason. So what are we going to do today anyway?"
"Well, we can visit grandma then go to the park," he suggested.
Ah, seeing her mother were a great idea to do. Her mother now live in a nursing home since she can't keep up with the payment and didn't want to be a third mouth to feed for her hard working, single parent daughter.
"Now, that's an idea I can do. Hurry so we can see she now."
After their finish with breakfast and cleaning the kitchen, mother and son was watching some TV or play some games until the early afternoon come. Their gotten ready to leave to visit first grandma and than enjoy a day at the park.
"You ready Jason?" She asked, while she was getting her purse and phone.
"No, I'm looking for my drawings- No wait, I got it, mommy! See you outside!" He dashed to the door and left his mother alone in their home.
She grunted in frustratingly at her son. She would always tell that boy to never ran outside out of the apartment without her or an adult he know. These people are just as dangerous as the people out of East End and the City and that she doesn't want anything happening to her little Jaybird. She exit out of the home, locked the door and walked to the elevator and waited. But as she was waiting, she hear foot steps walking slowly and slowly echoing the quite hallways. Selina thought it was just another person that live in the apartment coming or exiting their home but it was something worse.
"Soon you willing become the Catwoman, Selina Kyle," an all to familiar voice said.
Selina eyes widened in fear knowing who voice it was. She turned around quickly and saw it was nothing there. It felt that she was losing her mind from that nightmare.
"Your just having a rough day, Selina." The elevator door opened and she enter it and push down button. "Now, let's hurry before Jason tried leaving me."
Gotham's Retirement Home
As the Kyle made it to Marie Kyle's door, Jason knocked on the door and hear, "Who is it?"
"Good morning grandma, it's me and mommy!"
The door open and Marie squealed when seeing her daughter and grandson here. "Ah, look what cat dragged here my daughter and my little grandson. Come in, come in." They entered the little apartment room and sat on the couch. The TV was on and smell of a hot breakfast was in then air too.
"Good morning mom." Selina greeted.
"Good morning to you, too Selina and to you, little Jaybird." She gotten up and when to the kitchen, "Hey you guys want something?" Both the mother and son shaken their head no. She came back with her lunch and asked, "So what bring my daughter and her son here?"
"We wanted to spend sometime with you, grandma," Jason replied. He went to his backpack and got his drawings of a cat, "Look what I draw at school. I'd be seeing her by the window."
Marie gasped, "This drawing is beautiful, Jason. But do you what this is?" He shaken his no and smiled, "This is an Egyptian Mau, Jason. It would be rare to see it here in Gotham."
"Oh," he said unreality how important it was to his grandma.
Marie stared in worry now. If Selina seen the messenger of the goddess Bast or start having dreams/nightmares it would be soon before it happened. And change everyone to the better or worse.
"Would you tell me how was your first day at school when?" Jason smiled as he told about his first day and how he met Dick and Bruce Wayne. "You and your mother met Bruce Wayne and his son?!"
"Yeah, he hit mommy with the door."
"Mom it was an accident and he apologize for it," Selina intervened their little conversation.
Marie stared at her only daughter in amaze. Never before she would thought that her daughter would met the prince of Gotham. Than subtly an idea came to mind she can use him to save her daughter from the danger of become the Cat.
"Was he stared at your mommy?" Marie asked playfully.
"Yeah, and he was holding her hand."
Selina when to her big month son and started ticking him. "That was suppose to be our little secret, Jason!"
"Mommy stop it."
"No, Jason! Not until you said sorry, okay?" He nodded and tried to slow his laughter down. "Now, that's my cute little Jaybird," Selina purred and rubs her check with her son making the boy fall asleep in the his mother arms. She smiled than laid him down on the couch, "Sleep tight, Jaybird."
The old woman smiled as her daughter was being a great mother to her son. Mr. Wayne and his son maybe be the chance to save Selina from this gift. But she need to know how serious their are and lucky for her little Jason is fast asleep perfect timing for mother and daughter talk about Mr. Wayne.
"So what about this Mr. Wayne?" Marie asked.
Selina blushed, "Mom, I know what you're thinking and no there nothing between me and Mr. Wayne."
"Ah, but is he sexy like what the news said."
"Yes, in father figure way."
"Ooh Selina, look at you. My daughter trying to get me more grandchild!"
"Mom!" Selina shouted, than gasped to see Jason still sleeping. "I just said there nothing between me and Mr. Wayne. Plus I bet he would liked someone that more living and know around the world than me."
Marie sighed, "My daughter, what is more living? Or knowable? Girls that live the high life to show off to the cameras. Plus who know what the billionaire industrialist, notorious playboy and father Bruce Wayne would like."
"Maybe, you think he would like a girl that have a son and live in East End? Even if our sons seen to get along just well."
"Another reason to opened up, Selina." She said than looked at the clock and it show '2:45'. "Oh dear, you should be getting ready to leave and enjoy the day instead of being around this old cat with other old people."
"Are you sure, mom?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Now go enjoy your day off with your Jaybird before something happen at dark."
Selina nodded and went to awake her son. Their both waved goodbye and start heading to the park. The grandmother watched them until she doesn't see them anymore by the window than started praying to her god.
"Great cat goddess Bast, I asked you that can you give my daughter your strength and your best service to guided her on this destiny. And for whatever she seek, that she have someone there to save her from herself. Thank you."
East End
The Sun went down the Moon, the dark sky, the city lights and the shady people come out. After a fun day at the park and shopping for new school uniforms, the Kyles lost track of time and had to walked home since Selina didn't have even for cab. And now their must walk home with bags of clothes in their hands.
Selina sighed sadly, "I'm sorry that we've to walk home, Jason."
"It's okay, mommy," Jason said not knowing what she mean.
No, it isn't okay. Selina sadly thought. The company she worked at doesn't pay you much if you're late for work. And it extremely hard on this single mother of a soon coming be to seven years old.
As their continue to walk home unknow to them, their was being follow a man. He wore everything black from head to the knees and had this scary look on him. He was getting closer and closer to them ready to pounce the mother and son as they walked past an ally and when he pounced.
He pushed Selina and grabbed Jason by the shirt to the wall and pull out a gun. "Listen here lady, I want everything that you and the brat got!"
Selina hold Jason back to protect him from this man. "Please let us go. We don't have anything."
"Bullshit!" He took the bags and start pulling all of Jason's clothes out. All of the clothes that Selina bought was being ruining by muddier water. "What the hell is this?"
"My clothes, dumber!" Jason shouted and that made the man mad.
He pointed his gun at the them. "I'd shut your mouth brat before I shut it for you."
"He just a boy leave him alone!" Selina shouted while hiding her son. She maybe a shy, quiet woman but will protect the most treasurable gift of her life.
He smiled wickedly and click the safety when off. Selina hugged Jason and close her eyes thinking that this might be the last time she would be with her son. But the bullet never came out and the man grabbed his hand in pain. Both Selina and Jason looked to see the Batman walking out of the shadow. The man gasped in fear and tried to runway, but the Dark Knight catch him with the grappling hook, knock him out than hang him upside down.
Selina sighed in relieved and hugged Jason tighter, "Oh my Jaybird don't ever do that again."
Jason nodded than keep staring at Batman. "That was so cool, Batman! Thanks for saving us."
"Yes, thank you, Batman." He stared at them than start heading for the shadows. Jason sighed sadly and that caught his mother attention, "What wrong, Jason?"
"The clothes that you bought for me are ruining, mommy."
"It's already Jason as long as you're okay that all that matter, okay?" She felt him nodded. Selina pick him up and start heading on home, but not had the that she was being watch so she turn around to see the Batman on the roof watching her. She give him a small wave and walked home.
Selina's Apartment
After the attempted robber, it was easy to put Jason to sleep and than enjoy a cup of tea to ease the nerves. Selina just feel terrible for the ruin of Jason's school clothes and for leaving them. She felt so useless for what just happened to them. Just than a knock was hear on the door. She gotten up to ask who it, but no one answer it so she open the door to see the clothes that she brought there.
"How did-" The hall window was opened that made Selina's brain rounding. Had the Dark Knight really bring the clothes here? Or was someone messing with her? But either ways her son got new clothes for school tomorrow.
