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12:03 pm

Air shaft entry.

Twelve meters over and then four to the left.

Open overhead shaft and drop down.

Cut glass just wide enough to grab the cup and then home free.

Helena smiles to herself while in line for lunch. She loved when a theft was so simple. She'd do it after the tour, before getting back on the bus. It would be so perfect and simple and besides they wouldn't miss a little golden cup. She finished filling her tray and headed toward a table in the cafeteria. Her friends were already there; Alexia, Jessamine and Pierce. Lexi was eating her balanced meal, bodyguard hovering over her as usual. Jess had a salad no surprise and Pierce had steak but she wasn't really eating it. She looked distracted.

I slid into the seat next to Jess and nudged her, she stopped eating/talking to her salad.

"What's up cat?" she asked.

I nodded in the direction of Pierce.

"Ohhhhhhhhh" she says and laughs. "Our dear Pierce is feeling a little green for my big brother"

I follow Pierce's eyes to a table across from us where Jess' older brother Tommy is sitting with Crystal, Pierce's competition. His best friend/my ex Spade is with them, some blonde chick is on his lap and giggling to something that's probably not even funny!

OK so maybe Pierce isn't the only jealous one. I turn from them and back to my lunch making a concentrated effort to finish my tuna sandwich. When I finish I immediately get up to dump my tray passing the table with all the honor students. My half siblings are among them; Diruce and Briana. Gotham's precious star children.

Gag.

Just the sight of her makes me sick. With her perfect little outfits and hair curled down her back. I feel a sudden wave of self consciousness and not for the first time. Standing one corner of the cafeteria I'm reminded of the difference in our lives.

She lives in Wayne Manor with my father. While I live on the south side of Gotham in a small shabby house with mom.

She has fancy designer clothes while I have whatever mom and I can swipe that will fit.

She has private tutors and lessons in things I can't even pronounce. Her name all over the papers as Bruce Wayne's daughter and the princess of Gotham! And I learn what I can from the streets, where no one knows or cares that I'm his daughter too.

It's not that I'm his only other one, there's also Lyta, but she sees herself as more Themysciran than anything else. It just burns me up that all the attention, focus... and love is on her. He doesn't even care about me. I feel my anger build up inside me until it felt like I was going to explode.

"Hey you ok?"

I turn to see Lexi standing next to me, emptying her tray. Apparently my feelings aren't well hidden.

"It looks like you're about to snap your tray in two" she continues. pointing down to my hands, where my claws are threatening to break the tray I'm still holding.

"What's wrong?"

"Just admiring the view" I tell her, gesturing toward my 'sister'.

"Hmm, looks like you're better off siblings are still enjoying their lunch" she says with a little mischievous smirk on her face.

"But it looks like their all out of drinks. Don't you think we should help them stay hydrated?"

I follow her gaze which has shifted from the honors table to the nearby water fountain.

Lexi always did come up with the best plans.

"Yes" I tell her. "They look awfully thirsty. Hey Pierce!"

I call over to our table where Jess is still conversing with her lunch and Pierce is giving Crystal the death eye. She hears me call her and looks over. I nod toward the water fountain and then the honors table. Pierce catches my drift and gets up. She casually walks over to the water fountain and pulls out a knife from her ankle.

Pierce always has knives on her.

Doing a quick check for Ms. Reynolds, who is apparently still outside the cafeteria chatting with the Red Tornado, I give Pierce the go ahead. She reaches down and slices the pipe connecting water to the fountain. The entire thing spirals out of control, shooting water out into the air and completely drenching the honors kids.

It couldn't have been funnier and. I can't help but start laughing. The water eventually stops shooting up and just pours out on the ground. I look over at Pierce who because of proximity got wet herself. She has a giant grin on her face and Jess is giggling uncontrollably from our table. The honors students aren't as amused.

Besides my 'siblings' the table had consisted of Osprey and Talon Queen, Zata Zatara and a few others. All of whom were now dripping wet. The princess stands up and starts to dry herself off.

She's not even upset!

"You're not angry?! How?!" I demand storming over to her.

"No one was injured" she says calmly. "Why would I be upset? Water doesn't bother me, I'm no cat."

"OH SNAP!" Zata says from her seat.

I hate her. Reeling with anger I draw my hands up and make my nails sharpen to a point. In two large steps I stride over to that spoiled little child and swing.

She catches my arm and holds it in place with a grip that, from her size, you wouldn't think she was capable of.

"You think our father doesn't train me?" she whispers while holding my arm, then hurles me across the cafeteria.

I slide across the floor and my back slams into a wall. By now all the other students are yelling: Fight! Fight! Fight!

I look over at Briana, who's taking a sip out of her drink, just as calm as if nothing happened. I pick myself up, run across the room to lunge at her. She ducks as expected but when she gets up to look my way I catch her by surprise and slap that precious little face.

The students were wrong before. Now it's a fight.