Gotham Airport bustled with morning traffic. Businessmen hurrying off to
take care of their business, families returning home from vacations that
were all too short. Among the throng a beautiful, well-built gray haired
woman walked through the airport with a grace almost lost to this world.
She delicately moved glancing from side to side as only a person with years
of being followed could do on instinct. The woman swayed through to the
baggage area and claimed her meager luggage. She moved slowly to the doors
walking out and gazing upon the starkly modern city lying before her. The
woman sighed and wished for the bright and hopeful Gotham she once knew.
A uniformed man watched the woman's movements from a distance. He followed her with his eyes only fearing she would discover him. As she left the airport he moved to a trash can and pulled out a ticket labeled to Andrea Bridgestone. "Its her", he thought to himself and retreated from the woman's area.
The door to a small but well furnished hotel room opened to a man carrying Andrea's bags. She followed the man lighting the room. The man placed her bags down and she slipped him a credit chip for his assistance. He retreated from the room leaving her alone. She moved to the phone and tried to call her daughter again. Mary answers the phone and Andrea asked, "Do you have your suit if there's trouble baby?"
"I'm ready for trouble if there's any on the way. I can take care of myself and the boys." Mary warmly replied trying to reassure her mother.
"Good, because they know Mary and there will most definitely be trouble. I'm so tired little girl; I can't run anymore. All that matters now is you and the boys" Andrea weakly responded to her daughter.
"Isn't there anybody who can help us?" Mary responded quietly trying to find some hope for the woman who had cared and protected her, who taught her how to fight and think.
Andrea stopped and fought the urge to run to Mary's father. She fought back her tears and responded flatly to her daughter, "No, there's no one that can help me know."
Mary gave up and let her mother go. Andrea severed the connection and moved to the window overlooking Gotham. Her room was near the top floor and she could see the skyline. Slowly her eyes moved through the city to the river and then to a house on a hill off the river and she whispered, "Please don't let him find me, I can't ruin his life again."
A uniformed man watched the woman's movements from a distance. He followed her with his eyes only fearing she would discover him. As she left the airport he moved to a trash can and pulled out a ticket labeled to Andrea Bridgestone. "Its her", he thought to himself and retreated from the woman's area.
The door to a small but well furnished hotel room opened to a man carrying Andrea's bags. She followed the man lighting the room. The man placed her bags down and she slipped him a credit chip for his assistance. He retreated from the room leaving her alone. She moved to the phone and tried to call her daughter again. Mary answers the phone and Andrea asked, "Do you have your suit if there's trouble baby?"
"I'm ready for trouble if there's any on the way. I can take care of myself and the boys." Mary warmly replied trying to reassure her mother.
"Good, because they know Mary and there will most definitely be trouble. I'm so tired little girl; I can't run anymore. All that matters now is you and the boys" Andrea weakly responded to her daughter.
"Isn't there anybody who can help us?" Mary responded quietly trying to find some hope for the woman who had cared and protected her, who taught her how to fight and think.
Andrea stopped and fought the urge to run to Mary's father. She fought back her tears and responded flatly to her daughter, "No, there's no one that can help me know."
Mary gave up and let her mother go. Andrea severed the connection and moved to the window overlooking Gotham. Her room was near the top floor and she could see the skyline. Slowly her eyes moved through the city to the river and then to a house on a hill off the river and she whispered, "Please don't let him find me, I can't ruin his life again."