Terry sat at the bat-caves computer trying to research his grandmother. The
elevator opened and Bruce walked out in gray pants and a black sweater. He
moves toward his young protégé. Terry gave Bruce the once over and started
the conversation, "Schway look big guy, what gives."
"They may be old, but their warm. So what criminal mastermind are you trying to track down?" Bruce flatly stated suspecting that Terry isn't really into the work of crime fighting.
Terry got a little unnerved, "Actually, it's about my grandmother. She's in trouble, but my mom isn't talking. I was just trying to get some leads."
Bruce responded quickly smelling a mystery, "Really, how far have you gotten."
"Nowhere, I managed to get some information on her using the name my mother gave me, but nothing else. It's like she never existed before the name she's using now." Terry slumped back in the chair.
Bruce moved forward and motions to Terry who rises. He toke the chair and started viewing the information. What he saw made his instincts twist. He viewed a created person that would not bring up any flags on the surface, but lying underneath was a blank. No DNA, a birth certificate for a child that never had a hospital birth record, no finger prints, and no photos or even so much as a description, not even in the DMV license files. This was a person not just in hiding, but seeking complete anonymity from the world. The work laid before him even put some of his own work helping others drop off the map to shame. She was better than any spy, maybe even better than he was. All his sense snapped to at the information he was viewing, he spun to Terry so fast it made Terry nearly trip backwards. Bruce barked emotionlessly at Terry, "I need all the information you have on her, a photo if you have it." He turned to the computer and snaped, "Run a cross reference on with existing DNA in the computer against DNA file on Terry McGinnis; now."
Terry was stunned, but grateful for the help. He knew if anybody can help his grandmother, it would be Bruce. Terry told Bruce everything that he had learned from his mother and produced the picture Mary had shown him early. Bruce looked at the photo and his expression changed for an instant. "Do you recognize her", Terry asks fearful that his grandmother is an enemy of Batman.
Bruce quietly replies, "I think so, don't worry you won't have to fight her. I'm sure it's nothing."
Terry could tell that Bruce was lying, but he knew that Bruce wasn't going to tell him anything at this point. Terry decided that he should just do his patrols and see what the old man had to say on his return.
Bruce watched Terry leave and acted as if nothing was out of the ordinary. His mind and heart were aching from what he suspected. A thousand different scenarios past through his head making him feel almost dizzy. He played calm until Terry left him. Once alone Bruce slid back into the chair and put his head between his hands and took a deep breath. He had to get it together; he had too many years of practice to let his emotions get the better of him. He told himself that he was just being foolish and that this couldn't be her, but it might. He scanned the image into the computer and added it to the file. He then stopped the DNA search he was running and decided to find out one way or the other right now. Bruce takes a deep breath and flatly commands the computer; "Computer pull DNA files for Mary McGinnis, Terry McGinnis, and Matt McGinnis; cross check DNA for family connection with Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont DNA samples."
"They may be old, but their warm. So what criminal mastermind are you trying to track down?" Bruce flatly stated suspecting that Terry isn't really into the work of crime fighting.
Terry got a little unnerved, "Actually, it's about my grandmother. She's in trouble, but my mom isn't talking. I was just trying to get some leads."
Bruce responded quickly smelling a mystery, "Really, how far have you gotten."
"Nowhere, I managed to get some information on her using the name my mother gave me, but nothing else. It's like she never existed before the name she's using now." Terry slumped back in the chair.
Bruce moved forward and motions to Terry who rises. He toke the chair and started viewing the information. What he saw made his instincts twist. He viewed a created person that would not bring up any flags on the surface, but lying underneath was a blank. No DNA, a birth certificate for a child that never had a hospital birth record, no finger prints, and no photos or even so much as a description, not even in the DMV license files. This was a person not just in hiding, but seeking complete anonymity from the world. The work laid before him even put some of his own work helping others drop off the map to shame. She was better than any spy, maybe even better than he was. All his sense snapped to at the information he was viewing, he spun to Terry so fast it made Terry nearly trip backwards. Bruce barked emotionlessly at Terry, "I need all the information you have on her, a photo if you have it." He turned to the computer and snaped, "Run a cross reference on with existing DNA in the computer against DNA file on Terry McGinnis; now."
Terry was stunned, but grateful for the help. He knew if anybody can help his grandmother, it would be Bruce. Terry told Bruce everything that he had learned from his mother and produced the picture Mary had shown him early. Bruce looked at the photo and his expression changed for an instant. "Do you recognize her", Terry asks fearful that his grandmother is an enemy of Batman.
Bruce quietly replies, "I think so, don't worry you won't have to fight her. I'm sure it's nothing."
Terry could tell that Bruce was lying, but he knew that Bruce wasn't going to tell him anything at this point. Terry decided that he should just do his patrols and see what the old man had to say on his return.
Bruce watched Terry leave and acted as if nothing was out of the ordinary. His mind and heart were aching from what he suspected. A thousand different scenarios past through his head making him feel almost dizzy. He played calm until Terry left him. Once alone Bruce slid back into the chair and put his head between his hands and took a deep breath. He had to get it together; he had too many years of practice to let his emotions get the better of him. He told himself that he was just being foolish and that this couldn't be her, but it might. He scanned the image into the computer and added it to the file. He then stopped the DNA search he was running and decided to find out one way or the other right now. Bruce takes a deep breath and flatly commands the computer; "Computer pull DNA files for Mary McGinnis, Terry McGinnis, and Matt McGinnis; cross check DNA for family connection with Bruce Wayne and Andrea Beaumont DNA samples."