Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters,
someone else does. This deals with the last
episode of Birds of Prey -- "Sins of the
Mother." However, in this story Black Canary
does not die. Hope you enjoy the story!
I Know Something You Don't Know
by Frog
Place: The Clocktower, New Gotham City
Carolyn Lance winced with pain as she
shifted on the couch watching television,
"Don't they have anything good on TV any
more?" she muttered to herself as she flipped
the remote.
"Here ya go," Helena Kyle told the
injured superhero as she approached her
with a tray. "Eggs over easy, toast and
orange juice. Anything else, your crankiness?"
"Yes," she replied as she gave the
younger woman a dirty look. "Where is my
Danish? You didn't steal it, did you?"
"Why, you..." muttered Helena.
"If you weren't Dinah's mother..."
"You what?" challenged Carolyn.
"All right, that's enough, you two!"
ordered Barbara Gordon as she wheeled into
the room.
Helena gave Carolyn a dark glare and
scowled. "She started it!" she protested.
Carolyn eyes narrowed with suspicion
as she momentarily forgot her hostility
toward the younger woman. "Strange," she
muttered as she stared at Helena with
new eyes.
"What?" angrily bellowed Helena.
"For a moment..." replied Carolyn, but,
before she could finish her sentence, Dinah
came bouncing down the stairs.
"I'm ready for school!" she announced.
"Are you sure you'll be okay, Mom?"
"I suppose," was the distracted answer
as Carolyn continued to stare at Helena.
"Okay. Dinah and I will be back after
school," Barbara told Carolyn and Helena.
"Try not to kill each other."
"Bye, Mom! Be nice to your sitter!"
yelled Dinah as she and Barbara left
the apartment.
The two women stared at each other
for a moment, finally, Helena muttered in
aggravation, "Of all the days for Alfred
to be helping at the clinic!"
************************************
Later that day...
Carolyn silently stared at the young
woman as she brooded by the window. 'Selina
never brooded! Slash your throat, yes!
Steal, yes! But she never brooded! Who is
that girl's father?' she thought to herself.
"Why are you staring at me?" questioned
Helena without turning around.
"I am just amazed how much you are not
like your mother at the moment," she replied.
"Oh?" the younger woman continued to
question distractedly.
"Yes," spoke Carolyn, "If I didn't
know better, I would say that you're Tall,
Dark and Gloomy's daughter."
"Please!" yelled Helena as she finally
turned around, "Do not confuse me with my
father! Barbara's here; I am so out of this
place!"
Carolyn gaped in shock as she mouthed,
"Father?!"
*******************************
That night, when Carolyn Lance and
Barbara Gordon were alone...
"Something wrong, Canary?" asked
Barbara. "You haven't said a word
all night."
"Barbara," she replied slowly,
"Is 'he' her father?"
"Who?" Barbara questioned,
trying to hold off the inevitable.
"You know damn well what I mean!"
yelled Canary, "Is Helena the daughter
of Batman?"
Barbara hesitated for a moment,
then replied, "Yes, but he doesn't know."
"He doesn't know!" Carolyn repeated
in disbelief. "Selina managed to keep a
secret from the World's Greatest Detective,
and right underneath his very nose! How
long have you and Alfred have known?
Does anyone else?"
"To answer your questions in order,"
Barbara answered, "I've known since the day
of her birth; Alfred knew of her existence
shortly after Bruce left New Gotham; no-one
else knows, besides your daughter, and she
found out once she moved in here."
"I do not believe this!" ranted Canary,
"Do you know how many years I have waited to
know something before 'he' does! When were
you planning on telling him? Or Nightwing and
Robin that they have a sister?"
"Alfred and I were planning on telling
him as soon as he came back," replied Barbara,
"As for Robin and Nightwing, they both protect
Bludhaven and rarely come to New Gotham.
Besides, they only know Huntress as my protégé,
and never asked anything about her background.
Canary, I want you to promise me that you will
not tell them or Batman about who Huntress is."
"Very well, Oracle," she promised as
she thought to herself with her fingers
crossed behind her back, 'But that doesn't
mean I won't rub their noses into the ground
that I know something that they don't know!'
*******************************
Six months later, in New York City...
Black Canary smirked with joy as
she finished wrapping up the packages.
'Took me a while to track 'him' down,
but now that I have... I can send both
these packages at the same time!'
********************************
Two days later, in Bludhaven...
"Special Delivery for Mr. Grayson
and Mr. Drake," stated the UPS man as he
gave Dick Grayson the package.
"Who's it from?" asked Tim Drake as
his older brother brought the package into
the apartment.
"Canary," Dick replied as he opened
the parcel.
"Really? I thought she was retired.
What did she send?" Tim asked curiously.
"Two cigars," Dick told him as he
laid out the items, "as well as two
packages of balloons, some confetti...
and a toy black cat?"
As he held up the plush toy with
curiosity, his brother found something
further in the package. "Here's a card,"
he said. "It reads: 'I know something you
don't know.'"
The two brothers stared at the items
with interest; finally, Tim asked the
question that was on both their minds:
"Think it has something to do with Catwoman?"
"Oh, yeah," was the answer.
"Are we going to find out what
she's bragging about?" Tim continued,
keeping the line of questioning going.
"Oh, yeah," Dick Grayson replied with
certainty as he gazed at the toy cat in his
hand.
*********************************
Meanwhile, in Moscow...
A dark figure stared at the items that
lay on his desk. He knew he should be
concentrating on defeating 'the Demon,' but
the recent package that arrived from New York
was distracting him from the task at hand.
Picking up the plush toy black cat, he spoke
out loud to the woman he loved as if she was
still alive: "Selina, what have you been
hiding from me?"
The End
someone else does. This deals with the last
episode of Birds of Prey -- "Sins of the
Mother." However, in this story Black Canary
does not die. Hope you enjoy the story!
I Know Something You Don't Know
by Frog
Place: The Clocktower, New Gotham City
Carolyn Lance winced with pain as she
shifted on the couch watching television,
"Don't they have anything good on TV any
more?" she muttered to herself as she flipped
the remote.
"Here ya go," Helena Kyle told the
injured superhero as she approached her
with a tray. "Eggs over easy, toast and
orange juice. Anything else, your crankiness?"
"Yes," she replied as she gave the
younger woman a dirty look. "Where is my
Danish? You didn't steal it, did you?"
"Why, you..." muttered Helena.
"If you weren't Dinah's mother..."
"You what?" challenged Carolyn.
"All right, that's enough, you two!"
ordered Barbara Gordon as she wheeled into
the room.
Helena gave Carolyn a dark glare and
scowled. "She started it!" she protested.
Carolyn eyes narrowed with suspicion
as she momentarily forgot her hostility
toward the younger woman. "Strange," she
muttered as she stared at Helena with
new eyes.
"What?" angrily bellowed Helena.
"For a moment..." replied Carolyn, but,
before she could finish her sentence, Dinah
came bouncing down the stairs.
"I'm ready for school!" she announced.
"Are you sure you'll be okay, Mom?"
"I suppose," was the distracted answer
as Carolyn continued to stare at Helena.
"Okay. Dinah and I will be back after
school," Barbara told Carolyn and Helena.
"Try not to kill each other."
"Bye, Mom! Be nice to your sitter!"
yelled Dinah as she and Barbara left
the apartment.
The two women stared at each other
for a moment, finally, Helena muttered in
aggravation, "Of all the days for Alfred
to be helping at the clinic!"
************************************
Later that day...
Carolyn silently stared at the young
woman as she brooded by the window. 'Selina
never brooded! Slash your throat, yes!
Steal, yes! But she never brooded! Who is
that girl's father?' she thought to herself.
"Why are you staring at me?" questioned
Helena without turning around.
"I am just amazed how much you are not
like your mother at the moment," she replied.
"Oh?" the younger woman continued to
question distractedly.
"Yes," spoke Carolyn, "If I didn't
know better, I would say that you're Tall,
Dark and Gloomy's daughter."
"Please!" yelled Helena as she finally
turned around, "Do not confuse me with my
father! Barbara's here; I am so out of this
place!"
Carolyn gaped in shock as she mouthed,
"Father?!"
*******************************
That night, when Carolyn Lance and
Barbara Gordon were alone...
"Something wrong, Canary?" asked
Barbara. "You haven't said a word
all night."
"Barbara," she replied slowly,
"Is 'he' her father?"
"Who?" Barbara questioned,
trying to hold off the inevitable.
"You know damn well what I mean!"
yelled Canary, "Is Helena the daughter
of Batman?"
Barbara hesitated for a moment,
then replied, "Yes, but he doesn't know."
"He doesn't know!" Carolyn repeated
in disbelief. "Selina managed to keep a
secret from the World's Greatest Detective,
and right underneath his very nose! How
long have you and Alfred have known?
Does anyone else?"
"To answer your questions in order,"
Barbara answered, "I've known since the day
of her birth; Alfred knew of her existence
shortly after Bruce left New Gotham; no-one
else knows, besides your daughter, and she
found out once she moved in here."
"I do not believe this!" ranted Canary,
"Do you know how many years I have waited to
know something before 'he' does! When were
you planning on telling him? Or Nightwing and
Robin that they have a sister?"
"Alfred and I were planning on telling
him as soon as he came back," replied Barbara,
"As for Robin and Nightwing, they both protect
Bludhaven and rarely come to New Gotham.
Besides, they only know Huntress as my protégé,
and never asked anything about her background.
Canary, I want you to promise me that you will
not tell them or Batman about who Huntress is."
"Very well, Oracle," she promised as
she thought to herself with her fingers
crossed behind her back, 'But that doesn't
mean I won't rub their noses into the ground
that I know something that they don't know!'
*******************************
Six months later, in New York City...
Black Canary smirked with joy as
she finished wrapping up the packages.
'Took me a while to track 'him' down,
but now that I have... I can send both
these packages at the same time!'
********************************
Two days later, in Bludhaven...
"Special Delivery for Mr. Grayson
and Mr. Drake," stated the UPS man as he
gave Dick Grayson the package.
"Who's it from?" asked Tim Drake as
his older brother brought the package into
the apartment.
"Canary," Dick replied as he opened
the parcel.
"Really? I thought she was retired.
What did she send?" Tim asked curiously.
"Two cigars," Dick told him as he
laid out the items, "as well as two
packages of balloons, some confetti...
and a toy black cat?"
As he held up the plush toy with
curiosity, his brother found something
further in the package. "Here's a card,"
he said. "It reads: 'I know something you
don't know.'"
The two brothers stared at the items
with interest; finally, Tim asked the
question that was on both their minds:
"Think it has something to do with Catwoman?"
"Oh, yeah," was the answer.
"Are we going to find out what
she's bragging about?" Tim continued,
keeping the line of questioning going.
"Oh, yeah," Dick Grayson replied with
certainty as he gazed at the toy cat in his
hand.
*********************************
Meanwhile, in Moscow...
A dark figure stared at the items that
lay on his desk. He knew he should be
concentrating on defeating 'the Demon,' but
the recent package that arrived from New York
was distracting him from the task at hand.
Picking up the plush toy black cat, he spoke
out loud to the woman he loved as if she was
still alive: "Selina, what have you been
hiding from me?"
The End