Chapter 7-24 hours

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Sorry this chapter is so short. I had to introduce Lucius somehow. Hope you like and please review! IT makes me write faster

Lucius was fast asleep when he received the call. His groggy voice was greeted by Alfred's hesitant one.

"Mr. Fox? I am terribly sorry to wake you sir but there seems to be a problem with Master Wayne…"

Fox sat up immediately shaking away the remnants of sleep.

"Problem? What sort of problem?"

Alfred hesitated and didn't quite know what to say. Fox disregarded it.

"Never mind, Alfred. I'll be right there."

Fox hung up the phone while his heart beat anxiously in anticipation of what he would find.

Alfred gazed over at Bruce who had been pulling at a single thread concentrating on it and weaving and manipulating it into various designs.

"Is the fox so clever as to outwit the raven's master?"

Alfred's brow knitted taking into consideration Bruce's words. His mind was only working on 2 hours of sleep at best.

"I am sure he will do his best, sir."

Bruce's lost look saddened Alfred. As he went to extend a hand to the young man, the doorbell rang. Bruce's eyes shot in the bedroom's door direction.

"I will be back, Master Wayne."

Bruce looked puzzled as Alfred left his ward's care for a moment to hopefully greet his cure.

Fox was greeted by an old Alfred. He could see that the butler hadn't slept in what looked like days.

"Alfred?"

Alfred gestured Fox inside.

"Upstairs, Lucius and hurry."

Fox entered Bruce's room. The moonlight cast an eerie glow on the bedpost and furniture in the room. His eyes scanned for Bruce, but came up empty handed.

"Where is he Alfred?"

Alfred was about to point to the bed when he noticed its vacancy. Bruce was gone.