The end of the legacy or the beginning?
She shouldn't be here, she knew that, why was she even here? She couldn't remember the last time she was here… maybe it was when Crane last had his meeting before Halloween. It was pointless.
There really was no point in being here was there?
Oh well, she was here now, no point in turning back.
Selina took a breath in as she opened the door to the Asylum's visitor's lounge were Harley and Ivy were already waiting for her.
"Kitty!" Harley cried as she jumped to her feet and smiled at Selina as she went running over to her. "We've missed ya', haven't we Red?"
"Sure Harl'," Ivy laughed as she got to her feet. "What are you doing here Selina and to speak to us no less."
"I just…" she sighed and shook her head before she paused and looked over Ivy's shoulder and frowned. "Mist? What are you doing here?"
The Cleopatra looking woman lifted her head up and sighed slightly. "Hiding from my darling Edward."
Selina laughed slightly before she shook her head. "I… I came to speak to you about… about Batm- Bruce."
"Selina, I am so sorry," Mist whispered before she nudged Harley and Ivy.
"Yeah, Kitty, sorry!" Harley piped up, but she didn't sound it.
"I do not know fully understand what happened but… my condolences all the same Selina."
"Red, how can you not know!"
"I was a plant, Harley. I did not see these things."
Selina sighed and took a seat. "It's probably best you didn't. It was awful."
"Hmm… what happened?"
"Scarecrow un-masked Bruce… showed the whole world who he really was."
"That's a big move for Scarecrow to make."
"Mista' J wouldn't of liked it," Harley whispered. "He knew that no more Batman meant no more Joker. He'd of killed Jonny."
"Well, on that note I'd like to say that I am rather happy Joker's gone," Mist muttered before she walked over to the other girls and sat with them. "Selina, there was nothing you could of done."
"There must of been something though surly?"
Mist shook her head. "I often blamed myself for Edward, I always thought there was something I could of done to save him. I didn't know Batman long… but he was stubborn."
"Yes he was," Selina agreed with a laugh. "He was always so stubborn, which was sometimes needed and useful… but most of the time it got in the way… of everything else."
"B-man was nice," Harley whispered as she sat crosslegged on the sofa. "He always tried to help me. Always believed that I was a good person."
"He believed that of all of us, Harley," Ivy spoke up with a sigh. "He always tried to see the good in all of us."
"And he'd never go looking for a fight," Mist whispered. "Always ask us to stop, to surrender calmly so no one got hurt and that included us."
"He was fair," Ivy concluded before she shook her head. "Sometimes he was too fair, but he would always be there for all of us, always offer to help us."
"He was a good guy," Harley whispered before glared at the floor. "And then he killed Mista' J!"
"Harley!" Mist snapped.
"But he did!"
"That wasn't Batman's MO," Ivy rolled her eyes. "He wouldn't of killed Joker and if he did why would he just stop at him?"
Selina rubbed her arm slightly before she also sighed and then laughed slightly. "It's funny… Gotham's been pretty quiet when it comes to super villain activity. The little thugs are still there but… the others aren't."
"That's cause they're all in here," Mist concluded before she sighed. "And… they're not interested in committing crimes anymore. There's no point anymore."
"No challenge," Harley added as she looked over at Selina and shrugged. "I even heard a few of them are considering retiring."
"You're kidding," Selina cried in shock.
"Nope."
"Lynns is getting to the point he won't be able to move," Ivy explained. "His scar tissue… his hands are locking up, plus I don't think his lungs could cope with anymore fire."
"Lynns wouldn't stop. He can't," Selina cried with a shake of her head. "Pyromania is his drug he couldn't stop."
"I never said it would be by choice."
"Edward's considering retiring also," Mist breathed before she shrugged. "Guess not having Batman around took away his drive for committing his crimes."
"Professa' is also thinking of stopping. I think he can't anymore anyway… considering his leg and other things."
Selina sighed slightly and shook her head. "It's going to be strange not seeing you guys around town."
"Well lets face it Selina," Mist laughed and rolled her eyes smiling. "We're not getting any younger. Everyone has to finish at some point and I guess… finishing at the same time as Bats is sort of… poetic don't you think?"
"I guess," she shrugged. "I still can't believe he's gone."
"What about you Kitty?" Harley questioned with a slight tilt of her head. "Ya thinking of hanging up the claws and whip?"
"Not just yet, Harl," Selina smirked. "I'm not done just yet… but.. I don't know. I haven't gotten that far in decision making just yet."
"I may stop," Ivy concluded. "I… did not feel the same way as some of the others in here did about Batman but… I may stop… have a quiet life instead… I suppose dying has made me realise that life is short and I may not get another chance."
"That's what I was thinking," Mist agreed as she sighed and shook her head. "But.. I may stick around to patch some things up first… before I do anything else."
"I thought you went hero anyway," Selina asked with a raised eyebrow. "What happened?"
"I… messed up. Sphinx got out again and… I messed up so… I threw myself away with the rest of Gotham's trash."
"You'll get out of here."
"I know. I won't be staying here long, the Doctors say I'm almost ready to be let out of the Asylum and so then I will return as Ghost."
"If you girls got out of here… what would you do?" Selina questioned as she folded her legs up and rested her hands in her lap. "If you ever left the Gotham criminal spotlight, what would you do?"
"I'd go hero," Mist shrugged before she smiled. "Plus Luscious Fox has a job for me once I get out at Wayne Enterprises. Personal Assistant."
"I would open up a Nursery," Ivy concluded with a smile. "That way I can look after my plants as well as the rare species."
"Party shop," Harley concluded with a smile of her own. "I'd open up a party shop and it would be the best in Gotham."
"What about you Selina?" Ivy questioned.
"I'd disappear for a bit and then I'd return but… I'd open up a cattery, so I can look after my kitties and keep them safe."
"We all have plans," Mist laughed before she frowned. "Do you think we'll ever… do them?"
"Batman's dead," Selina gave a hollow look before she looked down at her hands. "Did any of you think that was possible?"
"Well.. no," Mist agreed and Harley nodded her head in agreement.
"I don't think any of us thought it was possible, Kitty. I mean.. I sure didn't."
"Batman was… he wasn't human," Ivy mused. "I got used to the idea of him always being here and now that he's gone."
"It's empty," Selina finished for her. "True the birds are still around, Nightwing, Robin and there's this new guy… Red something."
"Red Hood," Mist smiled slightly. "He's a friend of mine."
"Well, there's him as well. They're keeping the streets clean, well Robin and Red Hood are in Gotham, Nightwing is still in Blüdhaven, but the others are here."
"His legacy lives on, in a way yeah?" Harley quizzed with a smile.
"But it's not the same."
Suddenly the tv caught their attention and Mist turned the volume up before she frowned slightly at it.
"Is that… what I think it is…?"
Selina got to her feet as the rest of the girls joined her to watch the tv in shock as the news reporter talked of a new Batman on the streets and the rise of a new Nightwing, one who held a scar it seemed on his face.
"Whisper…" Mist whispered with bated breath at the mention of the new Nightwing.
"Ya say something?"
"Nothing, Harley just… wow."
"There's a new Bat?" Ivy questioned with a frown. "And just when I was getting used to the idea of him not being here."
"It must be Nightwing who's taken his place," Selina realised with wide eyes. "He must of taken up the mantle himself and become Batman and someone else has taken up his mantle."
"I guess legends don't die huh?"
"I guess not…"
"The legacy of the Bat isn't over," Ivy mused as she narrowed her eyes at the screen.
"You're right, Red," Selina grinned as she folded her arms across her chest and smirked slightly at the screen. "If anything I'd say it was the beginning."
THE END.
Note: So like I said, two chapters today! and here we have the Sirens with one of my OCs Mist Terry aka the Sphinx or her hero persona Ghost, depending how she feels.
Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this one and sorry if some of the characters aren't up to scratch, I sometimes struggle with writing the sirens together in a bunch, but I do love them together!
Anyway keep with requests and all that jazz, I love your ideas they are epic!
Up next with have Edward Nigma... who takes some bad news rather well :P I shall say no more!