A/N: Thanks to Catgrl for the review. I hope you enjoyed the fight in the last chapter; I did. I also always try to respond to those who review my story. OH BTW, Trecebo, I really don't know what you meant by OC. I could explain about Corinna if I knew more about what you'd like to know about her. Anyway, I appreciate my reviews because they help stir up the writing process.
Chapter 4
Corinna entered Synthroid's lab to find him covering over his experiments on the back table. Corinna gave it no thought because she was excited about her victory. Synthroid glanced over to her. "How did it go," he asked.
Corinna pulled out the container with the syringe full of blood. She grinned, glanced at the syringe, and said, "I believe it went very well."
Synthroid's face lit up when he saw the syringe of blood. He reached out, and Corinna let him see it. "Well done, my ninja, well done." A smile crept across his face. "I'll put it in one of my freezing machines for safe keeping," he told her.
"That's fine. It's for if I need to black mail the Bat." Corinna said putting her hands on her hips.
Synthriod travels over to his freezing machine, punched a few buttons, and waited for the refrigerator unit to appear. He set the syringe down inside of the freezer and pressed the buttons to get it to retract into the lab tables once again.
He turned to Corinna. "I need to you distract Batman tomorrow."
"How come?"
"I'm going after the boss villains in this city tomorrow, and I don't need the Bat on my tail. It'd ruin everything."
Corinna nodded. "I won't let you down."
Synthroid smiled. "I have full confidence that you won't. Now, go and rest. You'll need it."
Corinna nodded and headed out of Synthroid's lab. She took an elevator to the top floor of the building, where Synthroid had an apartment for her. The door opened after an eye-scan, and Corinna stepped inside.
Immediately, Corinna began to take off her ninja attire. The metal pieces were the first to go, along with the weapons. Then, she was left standing in the pleather bodysuit. Corinna slipped the hood of the suit off of her head, and her ebony hair spilled out and down to her mid-back. She took a deep breath and unzipped the back of the suit. Soon, the suit was loose, and Corinna proceeded to slide the second skin off of her body.
Terry arrived back at the Batcave sore and disgruntled. He sauntered in, and Bruce sat at the computer staring at the blank screen angry with Terry. He heard Terry's whimpers of pain, but he didn't let that discourage the scolding that was coming. "Terry," he said firmly.
Terry, knowing he was being disciplined, sighed. "I tried, Wayne," he breathed.
Bruce watched Terry pull off the mask of the Batsuit, and he saw the damage of the suit. He grimaced because he knew it would need to be fixed quickly. "That will have to be repaired," he told Terry.
"Yes." Terry answered awaiting what was next.
Bruce's cold, blue eyes met Terry's firm, blue eyes. "You could have been killed today, Terry." Bruce told him.
"I was fine." Terry said dully.
Bruce stared at the bat suit, which was spurting electric sparks. "Sure, you're fine."
Terry sighed again. "Look, I've had a rough day."
"Which is what nearly killed you today. You couldn't keep your mind where it needed to be."
Terry couldn't hold it in any longer; he had to tell someone. "Dana's gone!"
Bruce Wayne stared at Terry with wide-eyes. "Pardon?"
"Dana's family's moving, and I'll never see her again. She came to tell me goodbye today. That's why I couldn't concentrate. I don't know when I'll be able to concentrate." Terry was on the verge of hysteria.
Bruce was quiet; he'd had his share of relationships that went awry. "I'm sorry, Terry."
"Yea, sure. Look, what can I do to get the suit fixed?"
"I'll fix it." Bruce replied.
Terry looked down at Bruce. "You sure? I could drop it off with Barbara if you don't feel up to--"
"I'll fix it, Terry. Now, you change and get home. You need some rest."
Terry nodded and didn't fight Bruce on the matter. He wanted to go home and rest because he needed the rest. Aside from that, all he wanted to do was go home and lay in bed, sulking.
Corinna's dreams were disturbing that night. Robots and machines closing in on her, pulling her to them, and crushing her in their mechanical limbs. She screamed, but the crushing continued. Her left side ached with extreme pain, and she awoke with a burning sensation in her left side. The pain took her breath away, and she looked around to make sure she was awake. To her discontent, she was. 'What is this pain,' she wondered. 'It's been coming every night for a few weeks now.'
Corinna tried to focus on her job rather than her pain. She could see Terry standing with Dana and breaking down in her arms. Corinna saw the fight between Terry and herself. She saw Arven slashing the bat suit and giving Terry a jolt. An evil smile crept across her lips, and Corinna soon fell into a deep, dreamless slumber.