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A/N#2: The song 'Waited' is by Our Lady Peace and isn't mine. ((Obviously _ ))

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Batman: "Last chance...and I can't believe I'm trying to convince you..."

"World War Three Part Six : Mageddon"

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The tips of her fingers reached out for the glowing blue light, she was almost there when Logan grabbed her around the waist and the portal closed down completely.

Logan sat Virginia down keeping his hands on her shoulders, "Red, think about what yer doin'."

"You of all people should know what I was doing!" Virginia hissed pulling out of Logan's grasp, she glared at him a moment longer before she turned and walked from the room.

 Hit the ground
weighed down again
you walked out
but I'm sure you're my friend

 ((Two Months Later))

With the blinds closed and curtains draped shut the room was in complete darkness, even the little clock on her nightstand had a hand towel thrown over it. Virginia sniffled softly and pulled the blanket up over her head with a grunt, with the edge of her blanket she wiped the tears from her eyes and buried her head further into her pillows. The door suddenly swung open and the hall light came streaming in straight into her face. Hissing in pain, Virginia shielded her eyes with her arm.

 "Close the door! Close the door!!" She whined almost pitifully.

The door closed, "Sorry," A deep voice rasped, "Forgot 'bout the migraine," Logan crossed the room and sat down on the edge of Virginia's bed, "Is it getting any better?"

Virginia pulled the blankets away from her face and sighed, "Sort of… no." She admitted to Logan's outline as she sat up pulling her knees to her chest.

 Logan smirked, "Could I get ya some aspirin or somethin'?"

 "No, no I don't like taking pills… " Virginia cringed slightly her left hand rubbing the base of her neck.

 It must have been good

This can't be for good
Everyone's....
Is everyone OK

 "Alright Red," He said softly, "Want dinner? It's in an hour."

Virginia shook her head then frowned realizing that he probably couldn't see her, "No… I'm not hungry."

Logan snorted softly and the bed shifted as he stood, Virginia laid back down pulling the blankets over her eyes. The bright light from the hallway briefly lit up her room before the door was closed and the room became pitch black again.

 Stifling a yawn with the back of her hand, Virginia turned over finding something cold and metallic lying on her pillow. Picking it up she suddenly remembered what it was and almost laughed out loud, it was a Bat-a-rang she had found it several weeks earlier in the yard. Flipping the metal bat over in her hand she frowned slightly, she had said she had given up waiting for him to come back, as she had given up on the idea of finding him. The others had talked her out of it, said that they needed her here and they couldn't risk opening the portal again.

 Bull shit.

Flipping the bat-a-rang over once more she tossed it onto the floor and curled up under the blankets, 'I wonder…' She thought blearily the pounding in her skull finally beginning to subside, 'Should I keep waiting…?'
 I waited
But I must be too dumb to be proud
Because I waited, I waited

Falling into a deep sleep, Virginia dreamt that she was in some sort of dark city wandering around the streets. The people she came across looked wary and hardly even gave her a glance. Strange enough the city looked familiar, as though she had been there before or maybe had just seen pictures of it. She tripped and fell and was suddenly in bed again, but this time in a different room and there was a man sleeping beside her. She tried to look at his face to see who it was and found that he didn't even have a face.

 Suddenly the windows blew open and a bat flew in…

 Woke to sounds
I prayed you were there
I fell back down
But I'm sure you still care

Sitting straight up, this time in her own room and as awake as she could be, Virginia glanced around the room looking for the bat.

 "There's no bat… It was just a dream." She sighed swiping her bangs from her eyes.

A soft breeze flew in from the open window cooling the stuffy room. Virginia stilled, her muscles tensed as she turned to the window that she hadn't opened. The shadows shifted and moved, Virginia threw the blankets back and climbed to her feet.

 "Bruce?" She whispered.

A figure moved swiftly across the room and caught her in its' arms clasping a hand over her mouth muffling her scream.

 "Shh…" It rasped, "Don't scream."

Virginia nodded and the hand was removed, twisting around she smacked the man across the face.

 "What the Hell!?" She shouted, "Bruce! You scared the crap out of me!"

 Batman chuckled softly, "Sorry." He smirked pulling her back into his arms.

Virginia sighed resting her head against his chest, "I thought you weren't coming back… How did you come back?" She asked pulling back slightly to look at his face.

Bruce pulled the cowl off dropping it to the floor, "I had the portal already, it just took me some time to battle my-"

 "Ego?" Virginia cut in smiling.

 "I was going to say pride, but I guess that works too."

 "What did Alfred say to you?"

 'He uh… actually pushed me through."  

Virginia laughed leaning back into him, it wasn't until then that she realized how much she missed him.

 "Come back with me." Bruce whispered, running his fingers through her hair.

Virginia pulled back surprised, "To Gotham…? Bruce I don't…"

Bruce silenced her with a kiss, "Think about it." He said softly kissing her again before disappearing back out the window and into the night.

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