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A/N: Hello everyone sorry it took me a while to update. I have been spending a lot of time lately going on interviews and simply didn't have the time to write. There is about a page of this chapter from a guys perspective so don't freak out. I couldn't think of how to deal with part of this and stay in Kara or Lois's perspectives. R&R
Love and Capes: A Hero's Tales.
Gotham City was a mass of sprawling skyscrapers and high rise bridges. The newest building in the city was Wayne Corporation. So it was the only building that didn't look like it had stepped out of the early renaissance. The cities planners in the eighteen hundreds had named the city after the style of architecture that they felt would send a message to the rest of the New England coast. It sent a massage all right but not the one they had indented. People cringed at the sound of its name and had it not been for the presence of the Wayne family through out the cities history no one would live here. A lone sentry stood on the back of a large concrete gargoyle over looking the loading docks of a six story brick building. A large unmarked truck sat in front of an open loading door. Seven masked men were unloading brown boxes from the building into their truck. The statue of a figure shifted its weight allowing its red cap to flutter in the wind. The figure turned as it heard a sound coming from the ledge to it's right.
"Chill out I'm just hear to keep an eye on you." Said the shadow.
"Really, and why do I need someone to watch out for me?" The sentry said focusing again on the theft occurring down below.
"Why haven't you stepped in yet?" The shadow replied.
The sentry chuckled lightly. "I haven't stopped them because I'm trying to find out what their up too."
The figure in the shadow moved out into the light. It was a man, young, no more than six feet tall. His smile was infectious.
"You certainly don't act like your partner." The sentry stated. "My name is Kara by the way."
"Yeah I know the bats told me." He said joining her next to the gargoyle eyeing her uniform. "That certainly doesn't look tactical."
"It's not meant to be." She said smiling "oh and my face isn't here." She said pointing to her chest.
The man sudden became very red in the face. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have done that." He said looking away and focusing in the burglary.
"Don't worry about it. It was probably the Kryptonian pheromones." She said giving him a warm smile. "On Krypton we don't mate because of physical attraction we mate due to chemical attraction. Well we don't really mate not like humans do at least. We combine our physical matter into a birthing matrix that creates an embryo. What you would consider mating is more of a embrace where two mates swap pheromones."
The young man scratched his head. "Then how did Supes have a kid?" He said a confused look on his face.
"That's a long story better left for when we didn't have crooks to chase." She said pointing down to the ally where the masked men were pulling away in their truck.
"Oh crap, I'll catch them just follow behind." He said jumping off the roof.
He spread his cape which caught the wind and glided down to the roof of the truck. Kara flew up in the air and hovered above the truck. She crossed her arms and laughed. Earth men as she had come to realize liked to show off to the opposite sex. She watched as he pulled out a length of cord form his belt and began winging it in the air. She noticed that the end of the line had a hook on it. He swung his line down in an arch that smashed through the windshield of the vehicle. It caught on the inside of the roof just as the truck came to a sudden stop. The young man swung up and forward using the momentum of the stop to swing around smashing the two men up front hard with either leg. As soon as he pulled out of the windshield the doors on the back of the truck poured open as the five other men got out. The young vigilante ran along the roof jumping up into the air coming down on two of the men that had remained behind the truck. He jumped back onto the roof as the three others came running back around. Kara could see a glint of metal fly from his hand smacking right between one of the crooks shoulders sending him down on the ground the other two looked around waving guns in the air trying to spot where he was. He jumped at them throwing small silver balls at the ground that exploded in a cloud of smoke. Unsure of where their target was the two men shot randomly into the smoke. On of the stray shots caught one of the men in the shoulder making him drop his weapon. The other began to shake uncontrollably as the vigilante leapt out of the smoke landing on him square in the chest. Leaping up from his position on the man's chest he flew up and over the smoke smashing his legs into he man with the gunshot wound. Ten seconds later all seven of the men were tied up and sitting on the back of the truck. Pulling out a grappling launcher the young man flew into the air landing on a rooftop overhead.
Kara landed softly next to him on the edge of the roof. "You know I hadn't finished with them yet." She said crossing her arms. "I was hoping that they could lead me back to their base of operations."
"Oh sorry, how about I have Bats follow their trail, see if we can find out anything about who they were working for?" He said rubbing the back of his head.
"I already know who they were working for." She said. Looking over the city. "They were under orders from Intergang. What I didn't know was where they were taking the goods."
"Probably outside the city." He said resting his hand on his chin. "Did you follow these guys from Metropolis?"
"Yeah I did. I thought it was odd that they would drive all the way out to New England to rip something off." She said crouching down on the ledge.
"Good way to cover your tracks." He said staring down at her. "You know its a good thing no one looks up in this town or you'd be flashing half the city." He said pointing at how her skirt had spread when she crouched down.
She blushed closing her legs. "Sorry you know modesty is a new thing for me." She said looking up at him. "You never told me your name."
"Just call me Robin." He said crouching down next to her.
"Ok Robin, I know how you can pay me back for ruining my lead." She said smiling.
"Really and how am I going to do that?" He said looking at her incredulously.
"Just trust me." She said grabbing him around the waist and shooting up into the air.
"Wow this is amazing." He said as they broke the cloud cover over Gotham.
"Ok now put your feet on mine." She said loosening her grip on his waist and grabbing his arms. He looked unsure but did as she said. She pulled his left arm around her waist and held out his other hand. "Clark told me that he and Lois did this on their first date." She said as she began to sway back and forth through the air. She had never really danced before but she couldn't imagine that it could be any better on the ground. They danced among the clouds for over an hour as the sun broke over the horizon.
"This is amazing." Robin said as he looked at the rising sun. He pulled her closer as she rested her head against his shoulder. He had never felt like this before. He had thought he was in love with Korey one of his fellow Teen Titans but she was nothing compared to Kara. He felt warm and safe in her arms and he never wanted to let go.
Nearly an hour later they finally came down through the clouds but much to Robin's surprise they weren't hovering over Gotham but Metropolis instead. They had drifted so long that they ended up halfway around the country.
"Here turn around I'd like to show you something else." She said shifting Robins weight and hooking an arm around his waist.
She swooped down hovering close to the water of Troy river. Robins face was mere inches from the water surface. They picked up a burst of speed as they flew around a bend in the river. They slowed and landed on a fishing dock.
"Why did we stop here?" He asked stepping off her feet.
"This is my house." She said climbing up the metal ladder set into the concrete wall.
Robin followed her up the ladder that lead to a closed in patio opening out into a large botanical garden. "Wow this is where you live?"
"Yeah well it's Clark and Lois's place." She said making her way down the pebble path that lead through the garden. "Clark built this for her on their one year anniversary."
"That's another thing I wanted to know how come you keep saying their names openly to me." He wondered following her down the path.
"Because, Chloe told me that I could trust you and Batgirl." She said sliding open the glass door that led into the living room of the Kent home. "Besides I got a good vibe from you." She said taking off her cape.
It was the first time Robin had seen her back and was equally as impressed as he had been about the front of her body. He had to emit that she was extremely attractive. God bless Krypton for gifting her with what he considered the perfect body. His friend Roy would complain that She didn't have enough curves but Robin didn't care maybe it was the pheromones like she said or maybe it was just love at first sight.
Kara walked into the kitchen and put on a pot of tea. "Hey do you want anything to drink?" She said poking her head into the living room.
"No I'm fine." He said taking off his own cape. He wished that he had brought a change of cloths. It was going to be very uncomfortable walking around her house wearing all of his body armor. He took off his gloves and walked into the kitchen. "My name is Dick by the way." He said leaning against the counter next to her.
"Dick? What an odd name." She said steeping a tea bag into the ceramic pot.
"It's shot for Richard." He said embarrassed.
"Now Richard sounds so much nicer." She said taking the pot off the stove and pouring herself a cup.
"You really think so?" He said smiling "I always got made fun of in school because of it."
"And you didn't get made fun of for Dick?" She asked sitting down at the kitchen table.
"Yeah well by that time I could defend myself so no one tried." He said sitting down next to her.
"Sounds kind of counter productive to me." She said sipping her tea.
"Yeah well my mom would have told me that people only pick on others because they think their not adequate themselves." He said folding his arms on the table.
"Your mother was very wise." She said looking into his eyes.
"Wow your eyes are like deep pools." He said transfixed by her stare.
She finished off the rest of her tea and took him by the arm. "Come with me." He got out of his chair and followed her out of the kitchen into the living room. She sat him down on the couch. "Wait right here." She said running up stairs. A few short moments later she came back into the living room carrying a large blue comforter. "Lois and Clark always do this when the watch a movie together." She said sitting down next to Richard spreading the blanket over the two of them and pulling off both of their boots. She grabbed the remote and turned on the dvd changer. She chose one of the movies that she knew Lois liked watching with Clark and snuggled up next to Dick.
Robin was very confused Kara seemed to not understand what she was doing. He had just met her and she was doing things that close couples did. He could understand from dating Korey that Aliens tending to not understand human customs. He decided not to push fate and wrapped his arm around her shoulders squeezing her close.
An hour and a half later Kara was in tears. She had been deeply moved by the movie even though Robin didn't understand it at all. She looked up into his eyes and he melted. Here eyes sliced through his soul he couldn't help but love her. He leaned in closer lightly touching his lips to hers. He started to pull away but Kara placed her hand behind his head and locked their lips. She wasn't sure how humans were supposed to kiss but she had watched enough television to get the gist of the act. She pressed her mouth into his as she kissed him over and over again. She knew Kryptonians were supposed to be above such acts of blatant aggression but she felt herself drawn to Richard like a magnet she wanted to continue kissing him far the rest of her life. Seconds became minutes as he movie ended and the credits rolled by Kara was completely oblivious. She had even stopped hearing and feeling what was going on around her. Noting mattered but the sounds of Richard's body and the way it felt against hers. She could hear and feel his hart as it beat against his chest and she could feel the blood pumping through his veins. She could hear the electric pop as his brain fired one synapse after another. It was like they had merged and become one being. She was startled when Richard suddenly shot up off the couch. She turned around to see Lois and Clark both walk into the living room.
"Hey you guys are home early." She said trying to fake a smile. Robin stood away from the couch with his head hung and his hands behind his back like he was awaiting punishment. She was hurt that he had acted like a school getting caught by the principal. Kara looked up at Lois who simply stood smiling.
"Come one Smallville lets leave these two love birds to sort everything out for a second." She said leading Clark up stairs.
"Thanks a lot Richard." She said slumping down on the couch.
"What did I do." He said pulling on his boots.
"I really like you Dick but you should have at least stayed by me instead of distancing yourself." She said sitting up and folding the blanket. "Their my parents for crying out loud not Nazi's."
He plopped down and the couch and buried his head in his hands. "You can't seriously be making that big of a deal out of that. I mean he's Superman getting caught by him was like letting down my own father."
Kara sighed and laid back. "I'm sorry I just hoped that you would have stuck up for me."
Richard started the laugh. "Kara I like you a lot and like you said it may just be your Kryptonian pheromones but we just met last night. It's not like were going steady or anything."
Kara shook her hand. "I thought you understood about that last night." She said sitting up. "Kryptonian pheromones are only picked up that strongly by someone who is chemically compatible."
"I don't get it." He said puzzled.
"I told you that Kryptonians find a life-partner by finding someone who is chemically compatible." She said kissing him lightly on the forehead. "So like it or not were hitched." She said smiling as she carried the comforter up the stairs.
Robin sat perplexed on the couch trying to work out what she had said. True he had found her unbelievably attractive but he thought that she was like Korey who's pheromones would attract every man she came across. He didn't realize that it was such an intimate exchange for Kryptonians. What had he gotten himself into? He had slept with enough capes to know how wonderful an early morning could be after a night of crime fighting. He had simply though that's what she had wanted. He never imagined that she was looking for a serious relationship. He got up and moved to put back on his mask when Clark came down stairs.
"Follow me." Was all he said as he walked outside.
Afraid of the consequences would be if he didn't do as he said Robin walked out into the Kents garden.
Clark was standing among his hydrangeas as Dick walked up beside him. "I want you to know that Bruce knows where you are. He said you could take care of yourself but I'm not so sure." He said picking a hand full of flowers. "I've heard about your exploits." He said raising his eye brows. "From the Leagues count you have slept with virtually every hero of the opposite sex over the age of eighteen."
Robin shrugged his shoulders. "I'm not sure about that." He said scratching his head.
"Oh but I am." The Kryptonian said giving Robin a hard stare. "You need to realize the severity of the situation you are in." Clark said walking back into the house. He walked into the kitchen and placed the flowers in a bowl of shallow water.
Robin had followed him in without saying a word. "What do you mean?" He asked knowing full well what Clark was going to say.
"You had no idea what Kryptonian custom dictated in the situation. You see Kryptonians mate for life we do not ever divorce and after a partner has died we do not find another instead we live out the rest of our lives carrying a torch for the missing half of our souls." He said washing of his hands. "Karen is up stairs right now telling Lois about how amazing the last five hours have been and how excited she is about teaching you about Kryptonian culture." He picked up the bowl and carried it into the living room setting it down on the coffee table. "You have unwittingly placed your self into a Kryptonian courtship." Clark stopped looking down at the flowers. "This does not bode well." He said continuing to stare down at the flowers.
"What happened?" Dick said not sur what Clark was talking about.
"I was placing these flowers here to sanctify the area were the two of you were sitting." He said still staring down at the flowers. "Hydrangeas collect latent pheromones in the air and cleans them. However my telescopic vision is picking up massive amounts of them congregating around the flowers. That means that the two of you entered into a swapping."
"She did mention something about that." Dick said averting his eyes from Clark.
"You are in for a world of pain young man." Clark said picking up the bowl and walking back into the kitchen. "I know what your thinking and no I'm not going to hurt you but she will." He said dumping the flowers and water into the trash. "For your sake I hope you learn to quell those playboy antics of your or else you are going to find your self on the end of a noose." Clark left the kitchen again and made his way to the stairs.
"What am I supposed to do?" Dick asked before Clark had made it up the stairs.
Clark stopped and leaned over the railing. "If I were you I would start acquiring a taste for Kryptonian desert slugs."
"Why?" Dick said standing at the bottom of the stair.
"Because that is the dish served at traditional Kryptonian mating ceremonies."
After several minutes Kara came down stairs giddy with excitement. She saw Dick sitting in the couch wearing his full uniform. "You going somewhere?" She asked sitting down next to him.
"I'm not sure yet." He said refusing to look at her.
"Is something wrong." She asked placing a hand on his shoulder.
"You tried to warn me last night but I was so caught up in the moment that I failed to listen." He replied folding his hands. "I'm not sure I can do this Kara."
"What are you talking about?" She asked as misted formed around her eyes.
"I am so used to leading a promiscuous life that I'm not sure I can be faithful to you." He said getting up to distance himself from her.
"I understand that we come from different cultures but that doesn't mean we cant try." She said walking over to him.
"I don't know." He turned around to face her. "All I can promise is that I will try but how about we try to get to know each other before ordering the desert worms." He said with a smile.
Kara giggled and nodded her head. "No time like the present right?" She said taking him by the hand. "We can go out to lunch with mom and dad and see how things go from there." She smiled as they headed up stairs together. Life was going to be so much better now she could feel it.
Gotham later that day...
Wayne manor stood as a beacon of prosperity to everyone that lived in Gotham county. It sat upon a tall hill that looked out over the countryside. It was refreshing to see such a tranquil community on the edge of Gotham city. The city was located on an island just south of Gotham county. As a result the people that lived on the main land considered them selves to be a completely different breed of Gothamite. Chloe Sullivan had woken early and had taken her morning coffee in the library so she could look out at the green fields surrounding the mansion. She had moved into Bruce's home nearly a week ago. She still wasn't used to the constant fawn Alfred constantly gave. Bruce had given Alfred part of his share in Wayne Corporation and as a result Alfred had retired himself to live comfortably in the Wayne mansion. It had not however snuffed out his desire to serve his masters bride to be. Chloe would often find him searching for her to see if she needed anything or wanted to go anywhere. It was like living with her grandfather. Chloe walked to down to the east wing of the mansion hoping to see some sign of life. She knocked on the door to Dick's room and was surprised to not get a response. Certainly he hadn't slept in the whole morning. She closed her eyes and opened the door.
"Ok you lazy bum get out of bed." She said forcefully. When she didn't get a response she opened her eyes and saw the room empty. "What on earth is going on here." She wondered she left the room and made her way down stairs. The first floor library served as the entrance to Bruce's cave. He thought that the cave helped put him into the mentality of a bat. She didn't buy it but if he wanted to spend all night cooped up in the dark she wasn't going to argue. She walked up to the large grandfather clock and spun both hands to midnight. A panel opened and a set of shelves swung back revealing a metal elevator. She stepped onto the elevator and pulled the lever to descend into the basement. She walked past Bruce's computer system to a bank of glass tubes set into the wall. There were four displays each one containing one of their uniforms. The case used to contain Dick's costume was empty which meant he hadn't even come home the night before. She ran to the computer bank and pressed the red button located on a bank of buttons used to activate the locators in their belts. The screen came to life as it displayed a map of Gotham the beeping sound was coming from the speakers. She focused on the map but couldn't find his signal. The map shifted and expanded to show the continental united states. Once it had stopped a red blip showed up coming from Metropolis. Her brow furrowed as she tried to think of how he could have gotten all the way there. She reached over and picked up a head set. She brought up the caves phone system and dialed Lois's cell phone. She switched back to the map and zoomed in on Metropolis.
The phone picked up on the other end. "Hello." Came Lois's voice.
"Hey cuz, I have a problem I cant find Dick anywhere and his tracking device says he's in Metropolis." She said following the red dot as it moved around the map.
"Yeah he's right here." She said Chloe could tell something wasn't right.
"He is! How did he end up with you guys?" She asked patching in Lois's number to the global positioning software. A second later another blip showed up on the map right alongside the red one.
"He and Karen had a date last night. You know what dates with a Kryptonian can be like." She said jokingly.
Chloe sighed in relief and laughed in spite of herself. "Yeah I know exactly what those kind of dates can be like. Thanks for keeping an eye out for me Lois."
"No problem Chlo. Were you and Bruce going to adapt him by the way." She asked.
"Yeah why?" Chloe wondered switching off the monitor.
"Well we might need to plan another wedding here soon." Lois teased.
"A what?" Chloe asked.
"Sorry we're about to go into the restaurant talk to you later." Lois said severing the line.
Chloe took off the headset and got up from the computer.
"Never saw that coming." Came Bruce's voice from the shadows. "Wonder if Kara can tame that sex drive of his."
"One can only hope." Chloe said walking toward his voice. "You been working out?"
"Yeah had a run in with Solomon Grundy last night and I needed to work out the strain in my muscles." He said walking into the light. He was wearing a tailored black suit with a thin black turtleneck underneath.
"You clean up nice mister Wayne" she said childishly. Placing a hand on his chest.
"You think so." he said kissing her lightly on the forehead. "How about we spend the after noon in the city. Lucius called me yesterday to say we bought this quaint little French restaurant in the theater district."
"That sounds lovely. I'll meet you out front." Chloe said hurrying up to the mansion. She made her way to her bedroom quickly. The room was larger than her apartment had been. And had four rooms of it's own. The door to her room lead into a large parlor which connected to the actual bedroom which then had two room off of it the bathroom and the large walk-in closet. The bathroom was enormous with a large stone bath that could easily fit three people as well was a shower head hanging from the ceiling. Their was a curtain that could be drawn around the bath the floor was made from marble and slanted to a drain on the floor. She liked being able to shower and move around in the space freely. She went into her closet which was only a quarter full. Bruce had encouraged her to fill the closet with whatever she wanted but she didn't see a need to spend that much money just because she could. She pulled out a simple black dress and shoes and walked into her bathroom. She changed and applied her makeup before walking down stairs. She loved Bruce and couldn't imagine being with anyone else in the world. Bruce may be a playboy to the public but he was anything but. He didn't really care about his money or how much he was worth. Chloe had shown him an article listen the richest people in the world and showed him that. He had topped the list after Luthor lost his empire. The article was in fact about how Bruce and nearly tripled his net worth after taking over Luthor's company. Chloe stepped into the foyer where Bruce stood waiting.
"You look wonderful" he said taking her arm in his as they stepped out onto the pebble driveway. He had already brought around his classic Jaguar. He opened the door as she got in before getting into the drivers seat.
Chloe took in the smell and smiled at the memory the car invoked. "You know I don't think you've ever taken me out in this car since the day we met."
"Yeah I know we haven't really gotten out at all since the engagement." He said putting the car into gear. "I wanted to start changing that." He said giving her a smile.
Chloe smiled and laid back in her seat. She let the wind catch her hair as they drove through the country. She wondered if Dick would be able to handle dating Clark's cousin. He was a completely different person than Bruce. Dick was carefree and a prankster at heart. But more than anything Karen was truly Kryptonian. Before coming to earth she had never even heard of people acting like playboys. Chloe worried that Dick could stay grounded long enough to realize what an amazing woman he had.