Chapter 3: Run away
Dream
I was staying at the greenhouse again. I was singing to the plants and dancing around the room when Catwoman came in. I stop singing and run up to her jumping into her arms "AUNT KITTY!" I yell excitedly. "Auntie Ivey was letting me sing to the plants! Nightshade is hiding." I say hugging her and grinning. "And I learned that I can run Super-Fast!"
"Is that so?" she asked smiling down at me. I nod quickly before jumping down and running around the room at super speed before coming back to her.
"See?" I ask excitedly jumping up and down.
"That's really impressive Kit." She said grinning. "I brought you a present." She said pulling out my locket.
End of Dream
I wake up and look around. What the heck? I shake my head standing and putting on my favorite outfit, hanging my locket around my neck and hiding it under my shirt. I sigh as I head downstairs. "Hey Alfred. Bruce, Dick." I say nodding to each one as I say their names. I eat a quick bowl of cereal and a plate of bacon and eggs before heading to the car to go to school.
School was normal until lunch when my bullies decided to blindside me with a kick to the ribs nocking me into the glass counter over the school. The glass shattered and I fell to the floor. Pain exploded in my side and I know that at least one rib is broken. I stand up unstably and turn punching Jonny in the nose again. Before turning to the nearest one and round kicking him in the knee hearing a loud crack before turning to the third one grinning as he turned and ran away.
I look at Jonny. "Listen up." I say and he turns to glair at me. "Every time you hurt me. I will hurt you twice as bad." I then bunch him in the ribs hearing another crunch. "Understood?" I ask and he nods in terror. I then turn and head to the nurse's office. "Sorry to disturb ma'am. But I think that one of my ribs are broken." I say and she quickly checks and confirms that my rib is broken. Half-an-hour later Bruce was called and I was on my way home.
"Didn't I tell you not to fight?" Bruce said angrily and I stop looking out the window to glair at him.
"They broke my rib Bruce! What was I suppose-to do? Walk it off!" I yell angrily at him. "I'm sick of just keeping my head low when they attack me."
"It doesn't matter!" he said. "You can't go around breaking kid's bones!"
"Oh, so when they break my bones that's fine then!" I ask rhetorically. "But when I break theirs than I get in trouble? Where is your supposedly logical brain Bruce! If I were to attack you would you defend yourself?"
"Of course, I would. I would not break your bones or try to get any sort of revenge like you did though." He said as we pull up to the mansion. I get out and he sighs. "I'm going to be out late tonight. We'll talk about this Tomorrow. Ok?" I turn around and glair
"No. That's not ok Bruce! You are my legal guardian! You're suppose-to care when I get a broken bone! You're suppose-to take care of my bullying problems! You are suppose-to be there Bruce!" I yell at him turning around and stomping to the door. I walk into the living room and turn on the TV. There was a bunch of stuff on the news. Joker and Harley Quinn went back to Arkham, Crime rate, and other boring stuff was mentioned.
I sigh thinking about all that happened today and coming to a decision. I stand up and find a duffle bag quickly stuffing some clothes food and water bottles into it before grabbing my backpack and hiding the stuffed Duffle under my bed and lying down. With my side burning I drift off to sleep.
Dream
I am running around the base waiting for Harley Quinn and the Joker to come home. I was jumping from rafter to rafter when a shadow covered me. I turn to look at who it is and see Batman. My eyes widen and I try to run away. Unfortunately, he caught me easily and dragged me over to the boatmobile before spraying something in my face that knocked me out.
End of Dream
I wake up with no pain in my side. I get up and stretch experimentally. Still no pain. I grin and rush around the room with super speed. Someone opens the door just as I sit at my desk. I turn and see Bruce standing in the doorway. I glair and turn to my unfinished homework. "I need to speak with you." He said coming in and sitting on my bed.
"Then speak. I'm busy." I say as I begin working on my math.
"About yesterday." He began. "You are right. I do need to be here for you. I can't promise anything today…But sometime this week we can go out to dinner. Just you, me and Dick."
"No thanks." I say as I work. "We have plenty of dinners together. My problem is that you didn't seem to care about the fact that these guys have been tormenting me for the past three years. And whenever I defend myself you ground me or something like that." I pull out my next assignment. "Don't you have something to go do?" I ask and he sighs and stands up.
"I'll be out late again tonight. See you when I get back. Alfred has the day off so just remember to eat. Dick is coming with me." He said and I nod in understanding. I hear him leave closing the door behind him.
I grin before opening my laptop and pulling up Minecraft. I pretty much spend the day Playing Minecraft. At around nine o'clock I packed up my laptop and grabbed my duffle and my backpack and head out. I walk until I reach the alley me and Catwoman normally speak in. I set my bags down and lean on the wall. "Hey kid." I hear from above me and look up to see Catwoman. "What're you doing out so late?" she asked looking down at me her eyes practically glowing in the dim lights.
"I ran away." I say shrugging. "Bruce yelled at me for defending myself yesterday so I decided to overreact." I explain calmly. "It's not like it's the first time I've ever ran away."
"You've run away before?" she asked.
"Yeah. I was living next to the Police department last time." I say. "They didn't even acknowledge me."
"I see. So…" She suddenly backflipped off the fire escape she had been perched on landing in front of me. "You know how to survive on the streets then?" she asked grinning.
I nod. "I'm just resting right now. I'm gonna sleep on the roof. Weirdoes come around at night." I say before getting up and grabbing my bags. I run at the wall opposite side of the alley running up the wall a few steps before jumping to the fire escape and climbing to the top of the building. Once I was up there I walk over to one of the corners and set up camp. I put my duffle in the place I was going to use as a bed and set my Backpack with my laptop down next to the roof entrance. I then lay down and relax looking at the murky sky.
That night I didn't dream of anything. I wake up and stretch. I sit up and look around the Gotham rooftops. I open my duffle and eat two of the cereal bars I brought with me. Then I stand up and decide to run around for a bit. I get ready and run around the rooftops before running down the side of a building and pretty much just running all around Gotham all day. I come back to the roof I set up camp on and see Catwoman standing there. I stop in front of her and laughing as she jumped in shock. "Man, I can get use to running that fast." I say grinning I then go and sit down next to my backpack. "Why are you up here?" I ask Catwoman leaning with my back on the wall.
"Avoiding the winds that have been going around the streets." She said raising an eyebrow at me. "That was you, wasn't it?" she asked.
"Yeah. I discovered I could run that fast a few days ago." I say before opening my bag and sigh as I realize that I only packed breakfast bars for food. "I'll be right back." I say rushing off and coming back with about twenty pizza launchables and some canned tuna. I immediately open one of the canned tuna pouring the juice out in one of the alley's next to the building we're sitting on. "You hungry?" I ask offering her a launchable.
"I could eat." She said taking the tray from me. "So. How'd you have enough money to pay for this?" she asked as she began setting up her first mini pizza.
"I didn't." I say shrugging as I began eating my can of tuna. I reach into my bag and pull out a couple of water bottles. I offer one to her and she takes it.
"So, you caused all that wind and then stole a bunch of food?" she asked smirking.
"Yeah. The cops don't search the rooftops for stolen food so I'm safe in that part. Bat-brain might be a problem though." I say opening one of the launchables to eat. "But considering that I just steal food to eat and cause winds to nock people down I don't see why he'd come after me." I say eating my food. I then look at the setting sun and say. "I'd better get some sleep. I've got school tomorrow." I sigh. "Is it bad that I'm considering committing arson at my school?" she shrugged before getting up and walking to the edge of the building. I sigh as I drop my garbage into an open dumpster in the alley. I then get ready for bed and go to sleep.