For those of you have read the first three chapters before, here is chapter
four. Finally.
Lyda Mae (RavenDove) Huff
Of Light & Shadow: A Tale Of The Dark Knight by Lyda Mae Huff Chapter Four- Society Of The Angel
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It was just before sunset and Bruce Wayne stood alone in the Bat cave as he removed brown paper from a mysterious parcel. It was a painting that Dick Grayson had purchased at a bazaar in Gotham Park earlier that day.
Bruce examined the painting. There was no doubt that the girl in it was the half American Indian half European Kemnika. She was dressed as a postulant Carmalite nun from the early twentieth century, and somehow the guise suited her.
The frame had o note written on the brown paper backing. 'Sister Agnes Angelica, St. Agnes's church, City of Gotham 1909.' There was a slight tear in the paper a t the bottom of the frame, and when Bruce probed it a metal object fell to the floor.
He picked up the object and examined it more closely. It was a pin in the shape of an old fashioned angel statue. He turned it over and found an inscription on the back in fine print. 'Societio de La Angel'. "Society of The Angel." he said to himself.
Kemnika might have an explanation for this, but Bruce was going to run a search through the Batcomputer before he went to meet her tonight.
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Espirituse La Angeles sat on the roof of St. Agnes Church above Crime Alley. Anyone looking up would mistake her for a statue. Just another angel on an old church. Batman's footfalls behind her were unsurprising. "You're seventeen minutes early." she said without moving.
"Or maybe I'm right on time." he said as he crouched next to her. "If you were expecting me."
She chuckled slightly. "You're right on time." said The Little Angel.
"I have questions that need answers." Batman said.
"Nena is only one guise that I have taken over the years." she said already guessing the first one.
"And was Sister Agnes Angelica another guise?" he asked.
"Yes." she said. "Sister Angelica was another guise, and Hirra Faddel, and Ahliha Johnfire ..."
"I get the point."said Batman taking a moment to survey the alley below. "How do you change ethnicity?"
"Same way I walk through walls and make myself invisible." she said.
"If you can change your looks with magic, why can't you make yourself look like an adult?" he asked.
"I can't change my apparent age or my gender, though I've never found that a problem."
"So you have limits?" he asked.
"Yes," Little Angel said, "I have limits. I can't bring back the dead."
"And what about Societio de La Angela?" Batman asked.
"They can't bring back the dead either." she joked.
"You should know I'm not a joking person." said Batman.
"Society of The Angel members are my aides in all things." said Little Angel.
"In your fight against your grandfather you mean." said Batman.
"Mostly," she said, "but they are sworn to give aid to all in need of The Angel's grace."
"That includes?" he asked.
"The innocent and the penatent." she said. "All of those I aid may become my allies, though I don't ask it of all, and any may refuse."
"You have not asked it of me." he said.
"I do not see you as the type that would accept." she said.
Batman held up the pin. "I have found pictures of at least one-hundred and seventeen different people in news papers in the last fifty years wearing this pin."
"Politicians, police officers, and relief workers no doubt." Little Angel said.
"Most of them." he admitted.
Espirituse La Angeles turned to face him finally. "My grandfather is coming."
"Al Ghoul?" Batman asked.
"I saw it in a vision this morning." she said.
"The dream that Montoya mentioned."
Little Angel nodded.
"So he survived the caverns." said Batman.
"As did Aunt Talia." said Little Angel.
"Do you have any idea what they are up to?"
"Maria woke me up before I saw that part." The Little Angel said.
END CHAPTER FOUR
Lyda Mae (RavenDove) Huff
Of Light & Shadow: A Tale Of The Dark Knight by Lyda Mae Huff Chapter Four- Society Of The Angel
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It was just before sunset and Bruce Wayne stood alone in the Bat cave as he removed brown paper from a mysterious parcel. It was a painting that Dick Grayson had purchased at a bazaar in Gotham Park earlier that day.
Bruce examined the painting. There was no doubt that the girl in it was the half American Indian half European Kemnika. She was dressed as a postulant Carmalite nun from the early twentieth century, and somehow the guise suited her.
The frame had o note written on the brown paper backing. 'Sister Agnes Angelica, St. Agnes's church, City of Gotham 1909.' There was a slight tear in the paper a t the bottom of the frame, and when Bruce probed it a metal object fell to the floor.
He picked up the object and examined it more closely. It was a pin in the shape of an old fashioned angel statue. He turned it over and found an inscription on the back in fine print. 'Societio de La Angel'. "Society of The Angel." he said to himself.
Kemnika might have an explanation for this, but Bruce was going to run a search through the Batcomputer before he went to meet her tonight.
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Espirituse La Angeles sat on the roof of St. Agnes Church above Crime Alley. Anyone looking up would mistake her for a statue. Just another angel on an old church. Batman's footfalls behind her were unsurprising. "You're seventeen minutes early." she said without moving.
"Or maybe I'm right on time." he said as he crouched next to her. "If you were expecting me."
She chuckled slightly. "You're right on time." said The Little Angel.
"I have questions that need answers." Batman said.
"Nena is only one guise that I have taken over the years." she said already guessing the first one.
"And was Sister Agnes Angelica another guise?" he asked.
"Yes." she said. "Sister Angelica was another guise, and Hirra Faddel, and Ahliha Johnfire ..."
"I get the point."said Batman taking a moment to survey the alley below. "How do you change ethnicity?"
"Same way I walk through walls and make myself invisible." she said.
"If you can change your looks with magic, why can't you make yourself look like an adult?" he asked.
"I can't change my apparent age or my gender, though I've never found that a problem."
"So you have limits?" he asked.
"Yes," Little Angel said, "I have limits. I can't bring back the dead."
"And what about Societio de La Angela?" Batman asked.
"They can't bring back the dead either." she joked.
"You should know I'm not a joking person." said Batman.
"Society of The Angel members are my aides in all things." said Little Angel.
"In your fight against your grandfather you mean." said Batman.
"Mostly," she said, "but they are sworn to give aid to all in need of The Angel's grace."
"That includes?" he asked.
"The innocent and the penatent." she said. "All of those I aid may become my allies, though I don't ask it of all, and any may refuse."
"You have not asked it of me." he said.
"I do not see you as the type that would accept." she said.
Batman held up the pin. "I have found pictures of at least one-hundred and seventeen different people in news papers in the last fifty years wearing this pin."
"Politicians, police officers, and relief workers no doubt." Little Angel said.
"Most of them." he admitted.
Espirituse La Angeles turned to face him finally. "My grandfather is coming."
"Al Ghoul?" Batman asked.
"I saw it in a vision this morning." she said.
"The dream that Montoya mentioned."
Little Angel nodded.
"So he survived the caverns." said Batman.
"As did Aunt Talia." said Little Angel.
"Do you have any idea what they are up to?"
"Maria woke me up before I saw that part." The Little Angel said.
END CHAPTER FOUR