I don't own Batman Beyond. Though I do own Torch/Hotaru.
"Please, don't you think that you're giving them too much credit? Most of the Jokerz are idiots." -Hotaru -
Bruce Wayne was in the batcave typing on his computer. He was checking on the recent news articles for the Jokerz. When he came across one article.
"Recent Jokerz activity has been raised recently in some parts of Gotham. Many victims of the Jokerz have said that one has used firepowers to scare them. Others merely say that they are using some sort of flamethrower that can be controlled with a touch of a button." The article went on some more, but Bruce stopped reading it.
There is definitely more to this Hotaru then meets the eye. Though for some reason I just can't put my finger on it. Bruce thought to himself. He began to look through more news articles.
Terry and Hotaru were at lunch when Dana and the others came over to them. "Hey Terry." Dana said sitting next to him.
"Hey." Terry replied as Max sat next to Hotaru.
"Geez girl, you sure can drink." Max said. Everyone looked at Hotaru whom was on her third can of soda.
"Yeah, I haven't had anything to drink all day." Hotaru lied.
Man I only drink this much to try to keep my body temperature down. No one can know what I really am. She thought sadly. "I'm going to go back up and get another bag of chips, anyone want any?" Everyone shook their heads. Hotaru got up and started to walk back up to the snack line. When Nelson Nash started to walk up to her.
"Hi, you must be new here." He said to Hotaru.
"And if I am?" Hotaru replied.
"My name is Nelson Nash, and you are?"
"I don't have a name." Hotaru retorted with a small glare.
"Then how about I give you one hot-stuff." Nelson offered, not getting the hint to get away from her. "Yeah, we could go over names tonight at-"
"Sorry, but I don't date guys that I can beat up." Hotaru told him. Nelson glared at her as Hotaru paid for her chips. She started to walk away when he grabbed her arm. Hotaru made one swift move with her arm and flipped Nelson onto his back. She looked down at him and glared. "As I said, I don't date guys that I can beat up."
Hotaru then walked back over to the table. Everyone, but Terry looked shocked. "Nice job." Max finally said. Hotaru just shrugged her shoulders.
"That was so shway! Nelson is such a jerk, he had it coming." Chelsea said. Blade nodded in agreement.
"Alright, so we were talking, we're going to this new club that opened up…Hotaru do you want to come?" Dana asked her. She just looked kind of shocked.
"Um, sorry, I can't. I've already got plans." Hotaru replied.
"Really? What are you doing?" Terry asked.
"Cole asked me to this new club called Devil's Door." Hotaru replied.
"That's the same club that we're going to." Max replied.
"Wait, Cole asked you out?" Chelsea and Blade demanded.
"Um, yeah. He's a pretty shway guy from what I know so far." Hotaru informed them.
"Well, since all of us are going, we'll double up." Dana said then looked Terry, who nodded.
"Sure, I'll see if it's cool with Cole." Hotaru replied as the bell rang. They all got up and left for class.
It was later that night. Hotaru and Cole were inline to get into the new club, when they saw Terry and Dana. "Hey, guys. What took you so long?" Hotaru asked.
"Dana was trying to decide what shoes to wear." Terry replied. Hotaru nodded, everyone could hear the music from inside the club. That's when they all heard a group of motorcycles getting closer and closer. Suddenly Hotaru was snatched out of line and on a motorcycle infront of a joker.
"Hey, there cutie. You're gonna have to pay to get off the ride." He said with a wide grin that made Hotaru cringe.
"Sorry, but I didn't want on the ride." Hotaru replied. She turned around so she was controlling the bike. She then kicked the Joker off of it and rode back over to Terry and his friends.
"How'd you learn to do that?" Dana asked.
"People that I stopped hanging out with." She replied.
"Oh, back at your old school?" Dana wondered.
"Yeah, I was hangin' with the wrong crowd then." Hotaru lied. Dana nodded as they got into the club. It was a few mintues, when Terry got to talk to Hotaru alone.
"What was that?" He asked her.
"Simple, when I did hang with the Jokerz, a few of them used to do that all the time; so I kicked them off." Hotaru replied.
"Well, if they see that you're doing that, then they might put 2 and 2 together. Hotaru, they'll figure out that you're Torch." Terry whispered so only she could hear him.
"Please, don't you think that you're giving them too much credit? Most of the Jokerz are idiots." Hotaru informed him.
"And this guy Jester? Tell me if I'm wrong, but to me it seems as though you're scared of him." Terry said. Hotaru glared at him.
"I'm not scared of anyone, Terry." Hotaru shot back at him.
Terry sighed at her. "Hotaru, you know I can read you like a book."
"Alright he terrifies me. Is that what you wanted to hear?" She asked him. Terry shook his head.
"I'm just worried about you." He told her then went back out to dance with Dana. Hotaru stood where she was and thought over what she had just said. She shook her head, getting rid of her thoughts; she went back to the dance floor.
It was almost around midnight when Cole took Hotaru home. She opened her apartment door and walked in. Hotaru walked over to the window to see Cole wave good-bye from the street and then take off. It was a few mintues later when Hotaru got out the suit Wayne expected her to wear. She put it on her bed to see what she could do with it. Suddenly she got an idea and got a pair of scissors and went to work.
It was about an hour later when she was finished with her masterpiece. Hotaru started to feel a little hungry and remembered she hadn't eaten since they first entered the club. She sighed and looked at the clock and knew that Terry would be asleep. Hotaru put her shoes back on and walked out the door. She wondered around and soon found a small fast food place. She walked in and got in line, she ordered and sat down to eat her food.
Suddenly the doors burst open and a few Jokerz walked in with guns in their hands. Hotaru suppressed a groan of annoyance. Her heart suddenly stopped when Jester walked into the building. Hotaru's eyes darted around for any traces of Woof, luckily there were none, meaning that he wasn't there.
Everyone stopped to look at them. "Hello ladies and gentlemen." Jester announced. Hotaru put her hand in her pocket and felt a bat like shape, she pressed the button in the middle of it. "Jester here, now if you all would be so kind to empty your pockets of everything valuable." Jester said walking up to the cash register. The man behind the counter put the money into the bag. The rest of the Jokerz walked around to the people inside of the building. When Jester came up to Hotaru and sat in front of her. The clown man grinned down at her.
"And what's your name?" He asked her with an evil grin.
"Um, Karen." She lied. Jester nodded looking her over. Hotaru got up and Jester caught her arm.
"Where do you think you are going?" He asked her. When one of the Jokerz walked up to her and pushed her back in her seat.
"This is that bitch that knocked me off of my bike!" He declared. Hotaru's eyes widened, but tried to hide how surprised she was that he remembered her. Jester's grin widened as he looked down at her. Hotaru suddenly got up and kicked the window and jumped, forgetting that the place was one of the newly built restaurants. Meaning that it had a lot of different places inside of it, so it was about twenty stories high. Hotaru held her hands out in front of her as the ground came closer and closer.
Well tell me what you all think. So R&R. Bye for now.