CH:12- Not Willing To Leave

Nyssa remained standing still not far from him and yet he seemed very close now to her. She could remembered what she had done when her eyes fell on his shouder seeing the handle of one of daggers was sticking out. She actually managed to wound him being completely blind with her rage of wanting him dead.

"You're bleeding, let me look that please." She was so ashamed what she had just done.

On the street below she was able to hear the sound of sirens as the police cars were wandering by. She casted a look at the passing cars then returned her gaze back to Batman once more.Batman remained silent, disapointed in Nyssa. He let Nyssa look at his wound, not sure if she was going to actually help him or poison him in some way.

She had a right to know what happened between him and her father.Batman spoke calmly to her.

"Your father betrayed me...I saved his life, but he still tried to take mine. Do you remember when my house burned down...it was because of him. He left me for dead...so I did the same to him on the train. I never killed your father...the crash did."

"Yet he had died in my arms when I managed to pull him only half way through the rumble. It was already too late if I only knew who you really were I could change my mind but he was to stubborn with his ideas that I could not fight him at all." She removed her cloak staying in her black leather suit and set the cloth on the ground motioning him to have a seat on it." This might hurt."

She did not want to hurt him but she knew it would be painful when she pull the dagger out from a wound. Luckly blade had not go that deep she hoped she might not cause too much of damage at all. Batman sat down where she guided him and he knew what she was about to do would hurt. He gunted with pain and looked to her with regret.

"Nyssa...I tried to show him Gotham was not lost. I tried to show him that Gotham could be returned to the good...He did not want to give this city the chance to revive itself. What about you? Is gotham beyond saving Nyssa..."

"I think there is it a way to have this city the way it was before and I know as long you are present the people should realize that the time of change has come and that you are here to bring that change no matter they would like that or not."

She was kneeling on one knee next to him eyes slightly frowned as she conctrated on tying the bandage around his arm and ever under her fingers she felt the strenght of a muscle under his skin. The heat rush went to her face and she tried to keep her emotions on a bay. She silently cursed herself again not wanting to remember the past and the times when she saw him stripped to his waist during that training time back in a temple.

"All done," She whispered as trying to have her control but inside she was trembling so badly.

"Thank you... He whispered back locking eyes with her. "Tell me, about the league. Please, I'm asking you as a friend. What are they planning for Gotham? I know they want me dead...but what else lies beyond."

" I do not know, but one thing I know they would come back to seak me out and try to make me lead them again since my father is no longer alive. I am a last of a line and League thinks that I would be able to carry on my father's will, but I am too tired of killing I began to feel so sick what I had done, but I can not escape it.Some sins are there to hunt me for the rest of my life. Just being constantly watched by certain Bat that does not want to get me off his sight." The last part was more like a joke but she knew it was hardly amusing at all." League will come back to seak me out to lead them and if I do refuse they would turn against me too but I am ready to fight even it means loosing my life in the process."

"You will not be fighting alone. Do you believe in redemption Nyssa...I do. Its part of why I fight for this city...Would it suprise you to know that I was once a criminal, before I came to the temple. I was haunted, like you are. But there is a way to turn all of those negative emotions into something positive...into a way to help other people. People will sin, people will make mistakes...But they can be forgiven."

Nyssa felt touched by his words and could not find her words for a moment at all. She felt the emotions came back to a surface and looked down for a moment trying to come to sense with herself again.

"As matter of a fact I never thought you as a criminal at first place, all I could see was that there was a lots grief in your eyes eventhough you had tried to hide it and I never asked for why was that for it was not mine to ask at all." She was now kneeling on a ground by his side but still kept her distance for the sake of them both." It is worth trying and I am willing to take that chance but it would be a long time for me to turn my back on a painful past."

"I would never ask you to forget your past." Bruce could never forget his own. It was what fuled his life. He put an arm around Nyssa and held her close." You do not have to face the league alone...I will stand with you Nyssa."

Her body became still and she wanted to break away from him.This was not right at all and yet she somehow was welcoming his presence near to her. She slowly looked back at him meeting his eyes again.

"There is it one thing that I would actually ask you and I want you to answer to me honestly. If the things go in a different way and I am forced to lead the League with no way out would you still come after me and kill me?"

Bruce did not want to give her his answer, because he knew i might break her heart. "I don't know if I would kill you or not...But I would do whatever, I have to to stop the league from taking Gotham. This city does not belong to you...it belongs to them." he said motioning his hand out in front of his across the skyline.

"Death comes to us all Nyssa...and if you follow the path of your father, there is a chance that I would bring it to you."

She nodded slightly listening him for a moment and then something caught her eye. A nightgale perched on the lampost just not far from a rooftoop. She frowned, the nightgale she had nightgales at her estate but they were raised there to fly freely and return back to their resting spots.

It could be a wild one not one form my estates she thougth but as she rose her arm to brush her hair away the bird took off and flew to her direction landing up on her shoulder. Taken back, Nyssa realized that was indeed her bird, and she let it to land on her finger instead.

" And where did you come from?" She asked the small bird standing on her finger." Aren't you supposed back to be in your home asleep?"

The nightgale gave a pierce cry titling its head at Nyssa and then flew away in a direction where her estates were and Nyssa began to suspect something was not right and slowly broke contact with Batman standing up.

"This is not right," She whispered walking toward the edge of roof. "Not right at all..."

Batman watched as the bird seemed to know Nyssa. It was not affraid of her. He narrowed his eyes at it, wondering why it had come all the way out here, so far from its home.

Then he heard Nyssa's words. "What is it?"

" I have to go back something is happening back at my estate. The brids are usually back in their resting spots and the cages are locked for a night. Servants never forget that but it seems that someone had released the nightgales out and they should not be in this time of night and they are let out few hours before dawn. I usually set them free." She felt panic rise up in her and it meant one thing." I have go back."

Nyssa could not want to know if the League had returned and could was sure that the bloodshed was for sure there at estate and they were looking for her leaving everyone dead on their wake. She had to back and fast to her home.