Author's rant: I would apologize for the lack of updates, but no one is reading this trash most likely.
Chapter 9
Linda stood slowly, her feet landing softly on the floor as she crept out of Max's apartment, glad to have found an opportunity to escape while Max used the bathroom. When she was safely out of the apartment she raked a hand through her dirty, copper hair and walked towards the stairs before remembering how soon Terry was supposed to be back. She trusted that Max girl to slip, but this was the Batman.
'Better run, Lynn.' She ordered herself.
Terry, having just started the car to pick up Linda, growled at the sound of his cell phone. He jerked slightly as Max's frantic voice came over phone.
"Terry, she's gone! I went into the bathroom and when I came back she-"
"Max, wait there, I'll be over in...ten minutes." Terry cursed loudly after he hung up the phone, hitting the accelerator and hoping Linda hadn't gone very far. She had his secret and he'd lost her... 'But she doesn't have that much interest in telling...' A small voice nagged him. All he could do was hope that was true.
Terry scanned the faces of pedestrians as he neared Max's home, hoping to see Linda among them. Nothing, there wasn't a sign of her. He slowed the car to a stop, noticing Max was already outside waiting for him. She jumped into the passenger side, her face betraying that she was blaming herself.
"Ter, I'm sorry, I didn't think-"
"Max, you don't need to apologize. I shouldn't have dumped her on you in the first place."
"Oh, I feel a whole lot better." Max grumbled. "You can't just say a few magic words and make the fact that I've proven how undependable I am, yet again, go away."
"Max, you're not undependable. She's just a pain in the ass, even Mr. Wayne would tell you that, word for word." Terry said firmly as he watched for anyone who looked remotely like Linda.
Linda smiled, feeling oddly at home in her neighborhood. Officially she shouldn't live there since it was in the historical district of town, but she wasn't the only one the disregard that piece of information. She kept to the alleys, keeping out of the open like everyone else in the area did. She didn't know the other residents reasons for not wanting to be seen and she wasn't to eager to find out seeing as some people who were a bit to curious had a tendancy to turn up in a ditch somewhere.
She allowed a loud sigh to escape when she finally entered 'her' building. Once indoors she was alright, no one in the neighborhood gave a rats ass what she did anyways.
She climbed the stairs, eager to get to her own bed and the familier safety that came with it. When she opened the door she was met with the familier smell of an unclean apartment that might as well have had rotten meat in it. The door closed behind her and she froze in fear, seeing a pool of red on the kitchen floor. She feld her blood go cold as she stepped closer, peaking around the corner to find the man from the night before. The one who'd looked so much like a snake and had wanted those codes...
"Glad to finally see you home, Lynn."
Linda turned, finding herself face to face with her father before her plunged a knife into her, right under her left breast. Her face contorted with confusion and pain as she let out a sob of pain.
"You've been a good decoy sweetie..." He whispered softly as he lay her down and roughly removed the blade from her. "But those codes have to be all mine now that those bad men aren't around..." His green eyes sparkled with something Linda's blurred vision could only distinguish as malice before he leaned over and planted a light kiss on her forehead before leaving his bleeding daughter on the floor.
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AN: Reveiw if you actually want to see more of this.
Chapter 9
Linda stood slowly, her feet landing softly on the floor as she crept out of Max's apartment, glad to have found an opportunity to escape while Max used the bathroom. When she was safely out of the apartment she raked a hand through her dirty, copper hair and walked towards the stairs before remembering how soon Terry was supposed to be back. She trusted that Max girl to slip, but this was the Batman.
'Better run, Lynn.' She ordered herself.
Terry, having just started the car to pick up Linda, growled at the sound of his cell phone. He jerked slightly as Max's frantic voice came over phone.
"Terry, she's gone! I went into the bathroom and when I came back she-"
"Max, wait there, I'll be over in...ten minutes." Terry cursed loudly after he hung up the phone, hitting the accelerator and hoping Linda hadn't gone very far. She had his secret and he'd lost her... 'But she doesn't have that much interest in telling...' A small voice nagged him. All he could do was hope that was true.
Terry scanned the faces of pedestrians as he neared Max's home, hoping to see Linda among them. Nothing, there wasn't a sign of her. He slowed the car to a stop, noticing Max was already outside waiting for him. She jumped into the passenger side, her face betraying that she was blaming herself.
"Ter, I'm sorry, I didn't think-"
"Max, you don't need to apologize. I shouldn't have dumped her on you in the first place."
"Oh, I feel a whole lot better." Max grumbled. "You can't just say a few magic words and make the fact that I've proven how undependable I am, yet again, go away."
"Max, you're not undependable. She's just a pain in the ass, even Mr. Wayne would tell you that, word for word." Terry said firmly as he watched for anyone who looked remotely like Linda.
Linda smiled, feeling oddly at home in her neighborhood. Officially she shouldn't live there since it was in the historical district of town, but she wasn't the only one the disregard that piece of information. She kept to the alleys, keeping out of the open like everyone else in the area did. She didn't know the other residents reasons for not wanting to be seen and she wasn't to eager to find out seeing as some people who were a bit to curious had a tendancy to turn up in a ditch somewhere.
She allowed a loud sigh to escape when she finally entered 'her' building. Once indoors she was alright, no one in the neighborhood gave a rats ass what she did anyways.
She climbed the stairs, eager to get to her own bed and the familier safety that came with it. When she opened the door she was met with the familier smell of an unclean apartment that might as well have had rotten meat in it. The door closed behind her and she froze in fear, seeing a pool of red on the kitchen floor. She feld her blood go cold as she stepped closer, peaking around the corner to find the man from the night before. The one who'd looked so much like a snake and had wanted those codes...
"Glad to finally see you home, Lynn."
Linda turned, finding herself face to face with her father before her plunged a knife into her, right under her left breast. Her face contorted with confusion and pain as she let out a sob of pain.
"You've been a good decoy sweetie..." He whispered softly as he lay her down and roughly removed the blade from her. "But those codes have to be all mine now that those bad men aren't around..." His green eyes sparkled with something Linda's blurred vision could only distinguish as malice before he leaned over and planted a light kiss on her forehead before leaving his bleeding daughter on the floor.
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AN: Reveiw if you actually want to see more of this.