Getting out of the cab, Terry made his way back home, glancing back a little for no reason he could think of. The street was strangely quiet, just as Wayne Manor had been. The sounds of cat's feet echoed off the walls of the houses around him. He almost tripped over one as it ran in front of him, hissing and growling at an invisible demon behind him. Something was bothering the cats.
Terry kept walking, stopping ever so often when he thought he heard the sound of two other pairs of footsteps. But whenever he stopped, they stopped and he could see nothing down the empty street. Terry turned back to his home and broke into a run. A white blur suddenly dropped from the sky and, after landing in front of him, proceeded to sniff around him.
"Luna!" Terry finally managed to say, after recovering from the shock. "Were you following me?"
"Eh…" was all she said.
"Aren't you supposed to be back with Bruce?"
She just reached up and scratched her neck.
"You would rather not be with Bruce." Terry said, having no idea he said it, or even why he said it.
"Alright. But you can't stay out here. What would people think when they see an oversized white bat?"
Luna grunted.
"My point exactly."
Standing by the door, he motioned for Luna to follow. There was a sudden crash as she passed a little to close to something…valuable to his mother.
"Will you keep it quiet?" he hissed, but it was too late.
"Hey, Terry! Why are you home so late? Who are you talking to?"
"Let me answer your question with another question. Why are you up so late?"
"Couldn't sleep?"
"You were hiding behind the couch."
"What is that? Is that a dog? We have a dog!"
Luna grunted again and twitched her nose, sensing the other human in the room. Quicker than a simple twitch, she pounced on this other human, only to be intervened by her Black Bat companion.
"Your dog almost bit me! Has it been checked for rabies?"
"Go to your room! Now!" Terry hissed, hoping his little brother would leave him alone.
Matt walked off, defeated.
Luna followed him into his bedroom (Which was pretty good for someone who was blind). He opened the door.
"This is probably the best place I can hide you. It's really not that private from my family. My Brother mostly. But make yourself at…"
The bat spread her wings, flipped upside down and latched herself onto the roof. She then closed her wings over herself.
"Luna went missing last night." Bruce said, the next day.
"You want to know where she went? She followed me home!" Terry answered him.
Bruce didn't respond.
"Once again, you don't seem surprised…"
"Luna has become attached to you. She could even have a stronger connection to you than she does me."
"You know this how?"
Bruce turned back to what he was doing. "All I can say is: Be careful. Things are going to get a lot more dangerous with her around. You're an easy target."
"An easy target for what exactly?"
"Just be careful Terry."
"What's the big secret, Bruce? What are you hiding?"
"There are things out there that the world should not know about. Things that you won't understand."
Luna stood over them. It was time. Time for the great uprising. Time for two souls to become one. Both the humans could feel it, but only one knew of the source of that feeling. Neither understood what it meant.
"She's trying to communicate with you, Terry."
"Does she do this often?"
"This is a lot more dangerous than the Batplane." said Terry. "This was your idea, Bruce."
"It's fine, she can use her sonar." said Bruce over Terry's earpiece.
"A sonar memory created over forty years ago. A lot has changed since then. Like that pole wasn't there!"
Luna took her queue and ducked before the pole hit him over the head. She chirped about something.
"Déjà vu? What do you mean Déjà vu?" Terry looked up. "A window? You're not seriously thinking of…"
Thud!
When Luna finally regained flight, Batman held on tighter. "Glass in this century is a lot thicker and harder to break. Last time you smashed through a window, you were with the old Batman. You're with the new and improved younger Batman. Get over it!"
Luna pricked up her ears and chirped. Something was bothering her. She hovered over a particular street, over a particular building.
"Don't like that sound, huh? You see that guy down there?" Terry pointed to the man below them. "We call him Shriek. He's a bad guy. You remember what we do when we see a bad guy?"
Luna growled andimmediately nose dived towards the ground.
'Shriek' turned up the volume on the grey suit he was wearing. He pointed his hands to the giant white bat that was flying over his head. The sound was enough to smash a few windows. The bat perched on the ground.
"Batman…" Shriek snarled when he saw the young super hero on the back of the Great White Bat.
"Hey, Luna. Do you hear anything?" said Batman.
The bat just grunted.
Shriek turned up the power even higher.
"You call that sound?" said Batman.
The White Bat opened its mouth and let out a piercing scream. A few windows smashed, but that wasn't all. The sound was enough to crack the pavement. He was sure he heard a car siren go off. He covered his ears.