Katt Girl & The Harley Kidd: Chapter 8: Reborn by Chad Sheefel 11/14/19
Gabby tossed and turned in her sleep. She was having a nightmare. She dreamt about the end of the world. There was fire and brimstone everywhere and she was trapped. She could see her mom fighting alongside of Bruce Wayne. Bruce was wearing a badly torn suit that looked like a bat. Her mom was wearing a cat outfit, kind of like the one Gabby wore as Katt Girl. There were other superheroes around them. One of them was wearing a blue suit with a red cape that donned an S symbol on his chest. Another one was as fast as lightning. Also, there was a mighty Amazon woman that carried a shield. They all seemed to be fighting menacing villains. One of the villains was pale white, with bright green hair, and laughed uncontrollably. Another had a question mark on his chest. She even saw the Cobblepot boy, but he looked older. All of them began to perish one by one as the fire and brimstone tore through them like an atomic bomb. The only ones left were Gabby, her mom, and Bruce Wayne. The fire began to reach them. Then she saw another menacing face that she could recognize. It was the doctor that her and Lola ran passed at Gotham Hospital. His face filled the sky as the fire continued closer. Just as the three of them were about to perish, she was woken up.
"Gabby! Wake up! You are having a nightmare!" Her mom yelled.
Gabby woke up and instantly gave her mom a hug. She began to tell her mom about the terrible nightmare she was having. Gabby's mom held her tight. Her mom had a deep secret that she had been keeping from the girls. Knowing that Gabby's dreams would only get worse, she finally can't bear holding the secret back any longer. She walked to Lola's room and woke her up. Then she took Gabby and Lola down to the living room and sat on the couch with them.
"Look girls. I don't know how I am going to tell you about this." Their mom said.
"It's okay mom. Whatever it is, we can handle it. Trust me." Gabby replied.
Their mom took a deep breath and said, "Okay. Here I go. My real name isn't Victoria Durnell. It is actually Selina Kyle. We have come here from the future. A man by the name of Bruce Wayne is your father."
Suddenly, both of the girls eyes got wide open and their jaws dropped down in shock.
"Brewsky is our father?" Lola asked.
"Brewsky?" Their mom asked with confusion in her voice.
"Yes. Brewsky is Bruce Wayne." Gabby replied.
"Wait! How do you guys know Bruce Wayne. He hasn't been in Gotham for over 6 years?" The mom asked with anticipation in her voice.
Then the girls began telling their mom about how they met Bruce Wayne. They tell her the story of how he saved them from being shot by The Landlord. They even broke down and admitted to her that they had been sneaking out as Katt Girl and The Harley Kid.
"What!? Do you know how stupid that was?" The mom asked.
"That must be why Chad Grayson showed up at the cafe that day instead of Bruce. You guys coming into contact with Bruce must have thrown off the timeline." The mom proclaimed.
The girls weren't exactly sure what their mom was talking about. They weren't even sure if their mom had suddenly gone mad or something.
"I don't understand how we are from the future or how Bruce Wayne could be our father. Bruce is only 24 and I am 14. Plus, we've already been living in Gotham for as long as I can remember." Gabby said.
"Gabby, you aren't even supposed to be born until 6 years from now. Lola isn't supposed to be born until 12 years from now. We go back in time when you are 5, almost 6. I was only 2 months pregnant with Lola when your dad was able to send us back…. 20 years into the past." Their mom said with a frown on her face.
"Why does dad have to send us back 20 years? Lola asked.
"Because it was the end of the world!" Gabby said as she realized that her nightmares were dreams of her past…..or future.
"Yes, that is correct." Their mom told them as she lowered her head.
"Your father said that this was the only one time portal we could go through that could change the future. All the other time portals would lead to the same future of the world being destroyed. Then, with only a few things in our bag, he sent us through the time portal before the fire could make it to us." Their mom explained.
"Our bag?" Gabby asked.
Then Gabby ran upstairs and looked through her drawer. She found a couple comic books that she had owned for most of her life. She opened them up. They were dated 8 years into the future. She had noticed the date before, but she assumed it was a misprint. She realized that the comic books are based on real characters, because her mom was Catwoman.
Then she headed back downstairs and said, "Wait, so you said that Bruce sent us back, does that mean…. Dad doesn't make it?" Gabby asked with sadness on her face.
"No, I'm afraid we are the only ones. Everyone else dies. Apparently, once me, or should I say, my younger self and Bruce meet, it somehow leads to the end of the world. That is why I had to stop Bruce and I from meeting that day at the cafe. But, he didn't show up. It was Chad Grayson instead. I thought that maybe I had forgotten what day that Bruce and I had met, so I kidnapped my younger self and tied her up in order to keep them from meeting." their mom replied.
"What? You tied yourself up? Lola asked.
"I'm sure this news is a bit overwhelming for you both. Knowing that the timeline has changed, it is a bit overwhelming for me as well." the mom replied.
"Hold on! If you and Bruce never meet, how are Lola and I going to be born? Are we just going to start disappearing like the kids from that movie, Back to the Future?" Gabby said with grave concern on her face.
"I had the same concerns when Bruce told me what we had to do. But, the Timekeeper explained everything to me. He said, once we go through the time portal, we would become our own entities, separate from our past life. It was almost as if we were reborn into this world." The mom tried to explain as best as she could.
"This is deep mom." Lola replied.
"I'm not sure how else to explain it to you girls. Maybe the Timekeeper knew that you guys would somehow change mine and your dad's past and that is why he sent us back when he did. The Time Keeper said that I had to stop Bruce Wayne from meeting me that day and that would change the timeline." The mom said.
"Does that mean that your younger self is still tied up somewhere?" Gabby asked.
"No, I went back to the abandoned warehouse earlier tonight. She managed to free herself. I have no idea where she is at now. I didn't think it mattered anyway." The mom replied.
"Now what do we do?" Lola asked.
"Well, the first thing I want you girls to do is hand over those costumes. The police are looking for two women that match that description. Plus, I can't believe you freed The Penguin from Arkham Asylum. That guy is almost as nutty as the Joker." The mom proclaimed."
"Who is the Joker?" Lola asked.
Gabby remembered him from her nightmare and said, "You don't wanna know Sis!"
Suddenly, there was a loud knock on the door. They all got startled because it was almost midnight.
"Who in the Hell would be knocking on my door at midnight!" The mom yelled.
She went to the door as the knocking continues. Then she yelled through the door. "Who is out there and what do you want?
"It's the police ma'am! We have urgent news to tell you about Bruce Wayne!" The man yelled.
She opened the door because she needed to know what he had to say. A shock appeared on all their faces when they saw who it was.
"It's the Doctor!" Gabby and Lola yell.
"Ra's Al Ghul!?" Selina said at the same time.
"You have been some naughty kittens!" Ra's said as his minions rushed into the room.
Chapter Recap: (Gabby and Lola found out that they were from the future and so was their mom. We found out that their mom was actually the future Selina Kyle. Gabby and Lola found out that Bruce Wayne was their real father. Selina realized that the future timeline had been changed because young Bruce came into contact with Gabby and Lola. That was the reason for why origins were changing. Lola, Gabby and their mom are kidnapped by Ra's al Ghul, also known as The Doctor in earlier chapters.)