Chapter 15
Roy headed up the stairs while Bruce decided to check on Dick before he attempted to nap. Bruce never made it to the den door when Roy hurdled the rail of the stairs and landed behind him. The look of total panic crossed his face. "She not in her room"
Bruce looked totally baffled
"Lian isn't in the bed." I looked all around the bed. Checked the bathroom she not there either.
"Maybe she went exploring?"
"In this house? Dear God, she could be lost for months."
He watched as Bruce reached over to his desk and pressed a button. "Calm yourself Roy well go look in the monitor room we'll find her."
Just as the shutters on the den windows darkened and a wall revealed its secret, Alfred appeared from out from behind the Grandfather clock.
"You rang, sir."
He said as he watched Bruce place himself behind the panels of TV screens.
"Alfred, it would appear that our youngest guest is missing, I will contact the grounds security and try and find her with the monitors."
"Sir that will be unnecessary. Miss Lian is quite safe and well." He smiled, nodding towards the clock
"You have her? Down stairs!" Roy snapped, making for the clock in a full sprint.
"Alfred why in the world would you take her down there."
"I didn't, we discovered her there asleep next to Master Dick when I took Leslie down there to check on him."
"I would have told you but we were a bit busy with Master Dick, He was waking up,"
Both Bruce and Alfred where stopped next to the entry way with Roy, by Leslie.
"Dick is awake, but complaining about one heck of a headache." She announced. "I gave him a sedative and he is really groggy, but for the most part he is fine. In fact I think he is better than he has been in months."
"What do you mean?" Bruce asked stunned. "He's talking?"
"Look for yourself. "
Bruce stepped passed Leslie. Dick lay on his side with Lian tucked neatly next to him asleep, his eyes where closed, but he looked peaceful.
"Is the child alright?" Bruce asked.
"She is fine. When I got here she awoke long enough to say she was going to wait there till he woke up so that he would know she is ok. She is quite the determined young lady. Dick awoke soon after, he was quite coherent his first concerns were, her then when he was sure she was ok he told us about the headache... we took and x-rayed his head. All I can figure is a concussion from the fall in the ditch. But I want to keep a close eye on him for a couple of days.
"Does he remember anything?" Roy injected.
"He wasn't really awake long enough to ask. I just informed him that Lian said she was going to stay right there so he knew she was ok. He looked confused but he decided to let her sleep while we went to do the x-rays and then he when he came back he curled up on the bed next to her."
"That still doesn't explain how she got here." Bruce walked out to the computer console and brought the security cameras on screen. "Why had the girl not set of the intruder alarms how did she get access in here in the first place?"
He watched the video as the little girl came down the stairs while he began checking the equipment for some kind of virus or error that might explain why the lights came on but no intruder alert was sounded. But found nothing.
"I am glad the alarms didn't sound, it would have scared her to death." Roy whispered.
He watched the screen as it replayed her appearance. She came up to the computer chair and began to ask questions to the oversized machine. Roy nearly fainted when she kicked the computer and yelled out 'I want my unca Dick.'
"Oh Boy, I hope she didn't brake anything." he cringed
"If she did you will be working it off for years." Bruce mumbled in his best "BAT". Roy just swallowed hard and watched as she wandered in to the med lab moments later she moved the large chair "My daughter is a fricken genius" Roy mumbled as they watched her climb up on the bed and begin to mother the young man before him then the watched as she climbed back down and prayed.
"When all hope is lost, go to a higher source." Roy whispered.
Alfred smiled "Hope is never lost in the eyes of a child. How easily they can renew ones faith. Praise God, it's all over."
With those words the room suddenly went cold. Both Alfred and Roy watched, as Bruce walked away from the group and wandered deep into the darkness of the cave. "I have a feeling that God has a little more work ahead of him." Roy whispered.
"Amen, Master Roy," Alfred concluded "Amen."
Roy headed up the stairs while Bruce decided to check on Dick before he attempted to nap. Bruce never made it to the den door when Roy hurdled the rail of the stairs and landed behind him. The look of total panic crossed his face. "She not in her room"
Bruce looked totally baffled
"Lian isn't in the bed." I looked all around the bed. Checked the bathroom she not there either.
"Maybe she went exploring?"
"In this house? Dear God, she could be lost for months."
He watched as Bruce reached over to his desk and pressed a button. "Calm yourself Roy well go look in the monitor room we'll find her."
Just as the shutters on the den windows darkened and a wall revealed its secret, Alfred appeared from out from behind the Grandfather clock.
"You rang, sir."
He said as he watched Bruce place himself behind the panels of TV screens.
"Alfred, it would appear that our youngest guest is missing, I will contact the grounds security and try and find her with the monitors."
"Sir that will be unnecessary. Miss Lian is quite safe and well." He smiled, nodding towards the clock
"You have her? Down stairs!" Roy snapped, making for the clock in a full sprint.
"Alfred why in the world would you take her down there."
"I didn't, we discovered her there asleep next to Master Dick when I took Leslie down there to check on him."
"I would have told you but we were a bit busy with Master Dick, He was waking up,"
Both Bruce and Alfred where stopped next to the entry way with Roy, by Leslie.
"Dick is awake, but complaining about one heck of a headache." She announced. "I gave him a sedative and he is really groggy, but for the most part he is fine. In fact I think he is better than he has been in months."
"What do you mean?" Bruce asked stunned. "He's talking?"
"Look for yourself. "
Bruce stepped passed Leslie. Dick lay on his side with Lian tucked neatly next to him asleep, his eyes where closed, but he looked peaceful.
"Is the child alright?" Bruce asked.
"She is fine. When I got here she awoke long enough to say she was going to wait there till he woke up so that he would know she is ok. She is quite the determined young lady. Dick awoke soon after, he was quite coherent his first concerns were, her then when he was sure she was ok he told us about the headache... we took and x-rayed his head. All I can figure is a concussion from the fall in the ditch. But I want to keep a close eye on him for a couple of days.
"Does he remember anything?" Roy injected.
"He wasn't really awake long enough to ask. I just informed him that Lian said she was going to stay right there so he knew she was ok. He looked confused but he decided to let her sleep while we went to do the x-rays and then he when he came back he curled up on the bed next to her."
"That still doesn't explain how she got here." Bruce walked out to the computer console and brought the security cameras on screen. "Why had the girl not set of the intruder alarms how did she get access in here in the first place?"
He watched the video as the little girl came down the stairs while he began checking the equipment for some kind of virus or error that might explain why the lights came on but no intruder alert was sounded. But found nothing.
"I am glad the alarms didn't sound, it would have scared her to death." Roy whispered.
He watched the screen as it replayed her appearance. She came up to the computer chair and began to ask questions to the oversized machine. Roy nearly fainted when she kicked the computer and yelled out 'I want my unca Dick.'
"Oh Boy, I hope she didn't brake anything." he cringed
"If she did you will be working it off for years." Bruce mumbled in his best "BAT". Roy just swallowed hard and watched as she wandered in to the med lab moments later she moved the large chair "My daughter is a fricken genius" Roy mumbled as they watched her climb up on the bed and begin to mother the young man before him then the watched as she climbed back down and prayed.
"When all hope is lost, go to a higher source." Roy whispered.
Alfred smiled "Hope is never lost in the eyes of a child. How easily they can renew ones faith. Praise God, it's all over."
With those words the room suddenly went cold. Both Alfred and Roy watched, as Bruce walked away from the group and wandered deep into the darkness of the cave. "I have a feeling that God has a little more work ahead of him." Roy whispered.
"Amen, Master Roy," Alfred concluded "Amen."