The Scars Left Behind

This is the Sequel to the Harlequin and the Bat and The Harley and The Ivy.

Important notes: I do not own Batman or any portion of the franchise. I give all credit to DC Comics and respective owners. Except the characters I wrote in my profile.

Warning: Violent scenes to come. These stunts are done by highly trained professionals and should not be imitated by anyone. Except those proficient in martial arts training and weapons, even then it shouldn't be imitated.

Chapter 26

(Talia's POV)

"Are you sure we can trust Victor Fries? He seems to be more loyal to his wife than to our cause." Hush spoke in suspicion

"Which is why we have her here, at: my family's medical centre. She'll be in good hands while he's working with us." Talia spoke as she examined Victor through a one way mirror. Victor was tending to his unconscious wife.

"Mistress, you're needed." An assassin spoke with great respect.

"My father?" Talia asked the assassin shook their head. "Oh; of course. Hush; keep an eye on our guests. I've business to attend."

"Sure…" Hush answered

Talia walked in the direction of a guarded room, she opened the door slowly and saw a young babe playing with an assassin garbed bunny rabbit. "Oh Damien…my little Damien." Talia smiled as she lifted up her son.

"Mama…" Damien spoke with a smile then hugged his mother.

"Have you been naughty? How has he been?" Talia asked

"A delight mistress; he just missed you that's all. His mind is as sharp as his father's." An assassin answered as they were dismissed.

Talia held Damien lovingly and rocked him "Mama, mama…" Damien smiled

With a sigh Talia looked at her son "Bruce…our son is perfect. I wish you could see him. When this is over, we'll be a real family."

(Hush's POV)

*just before Talia left*

'Business? What's she on about?' Hush thought to himself. 'What is she hiding?' as he kept his eye on Victor and Nora. "Where's the bathroom?" he made an excuse as they gave him directions he observed the guards being dismissed.

He heard a baby speak 'mama? There's a baby here? What the hell is going on?' he thought to himself as he snuck around the edge of the door.

"Bruce…our son is perfect. I wish you could see him. When this is over, we'll be a real family." Talia spoke softly

'Bruce? She has a son? He has a son?!' Hush mentally shouted as he walked away. 'This is what she's been planning? All this time? No-one plays Thomas Elliot!' he gritted his teeth as he exited the building.

"Mister Hush? Where are you going?" an assassin inquired.

"Out of my way!" Hush shouted, but the assassin didn't.

The assassin asked again "No sir, I will not. Where are you going?" Hush silently shot the assassin from within his trench coat. "Mistress…traitor…" the assassin tried to call to his mistress as he fell to the floor.

"If you moved, you would've lived." Hush lied as he took to the van 'I've got my own plans involving Bruce.'

(Talia's POV)

Talia was reading: Helen and Gaenorr, to Damien. That is until one of Talia's guards intruded calling to her "Mistress, Mistress!"

"What is it?" Talia snapped back at the assassin, Damien was becoming uncomfortable around her mother, he'd not seen her angry yet. He'd never seen her angry before. "I'm sorry, Damien."

"Mistress it's Zale; he's been shot." The assassin explained

Forgetting that she was carrying Damien she went to see her guard. As she entered the medical room opposite side "Who did this?" she said as Victor Fries took out the bullet from the wound.

"Mistress…" the assassin spoke weakly "It was…" Zale tried to speak but flat lined

"He has gone Mistress." An assassin spoke solemnly.

Talia didn't speak but felt a small tug at her shirt, she had realised that she was still carrying Damien. "Find Hush." She instantly knew who it was, he was the only one there beside herself who used firearms "Find him and kill him."

As the assassin's dispersed Victor turned to see the babe in Talia's arms "Who's the Father?"

"A good man; who will be mine." Talia answered leaving the room with Damien in her arms. 'First Selina, now Hush. I'm allying myself with traitors!' she mentally damned herself for choosing her allies.

(Selina's POV)

Inside Gotham's jewellery street, Catwoman was stealing jewels hoping to get her mind away from Talia and the attack they were planning around Bruce and Harley. Sure they stole the wedding documents involving Bruce's annulled wife. But to go as far as kidnapping women surgically transforming them into that person while altering their minds was too gruesome for her. She stole the paperwork and left the trio; Hush was too maniacal and Talia was more concerned for her small business meetings she always took, sometimes several a day. "At least they don't have copies of that Susan woman." Catwoman said to herself. Then a small fluttering sound came, this attracted her attention "Well, well, well. Come to stop me have you Batman? Or are you too busy planning other arrangements?" she asked the Shadow. She observed a person she hadn't met before, a young man with the dress of an assassin but the bearings of Batman. "You're too small for Batman. Who are you?" she asked. The figure pulled out a picture from his cloak. Catwoman examined it "What do you want with Princess's daddy?" The shadow didn't answer. "Well you're clawing the wrong tree. I'm not with Princess Ninja and Doctor Crazy anymore." Catwoman made clear she wasn't with Talia and Hush anymore. The Shadow kept his eyes on the villainess, "Like what you see? I guess Batman must've trained you to have similar tastes in women." Catwoman swayed seductively. The Shadow grabbed Catwoman's hand "So you do like his tastes…" she made a sly smile with her eyes gleaming. The Shadow tripped her then took the jewels Catwoman had stolen to put them down, Selina flipped back up and kicked the Shadow in the stomach. "Nice try, but: no-one tries to steal from me." Catwoman called out.

Out from the darkness Bat-Shard and Batman came through "Out for a little midnight stroll Selina?" Batman asked

"Is that against the law?" Catwoman quipped

"It is when: you're carrying stolen property." Bat-Shard pointed her finger at the feline. "Hey Rogue." She noticed the Rogue behind Catwoman.

The Rogue gave a polite nod and grabbed Catwoman "Hey!" she yelled "Is this how you handle women?" the Rogue said nothing but stared at her. "Fine, have it your way." As she flipped into the Rogue's back and was released from his grip. "Catch me if you can." She taunted them as she leapt through the window.

(Bruce's POV)

"Catwoman! Damn. Rogue: you return the merchandise. Shard you're with me." Batman ordered the Rogue, to which he bowed. Bat-Shard followed her future husband trying to catch what didn't want to be caught. As Batman and Bat-Shard leapt through where Catwoman had escaped the Rogue vanished to return the stolen property.

(Selina's POV)

'I've got to make sure we're far from prying ears.' Catwoman said to herself. She flipped her eye goggles down to invoke "Thief Vision" the red sightedness that the device gave off gave her ample opportunity to see that the coast was clear. "Okay…okay. This should be far enough." She landed on top of an abandoned building, no living soul was there.

"Catwoman, is there any reason for this game?" Batman shouted

"We can drop the formalities Bruce, we're alone here." Selina broke the rules of the game "Well as alone as we can be." She looked at Bat-Shard.

"Fine; say what you want to say. Then you're going to jail." Bruce spoke

"Bruce; you and you're fiancée are in danger. It's been going on for a while." Selina just dropped the bombshell

"What are you talking about? And what do you mean: "it's been going on for a while"?" Bat-Shard demanded an answer

"What's it to you Bat-Bitch?" Selina made a sly comment. Bat-Shard and Batman didn't say a thing but scowled, then like a tonne of bricks the penny dropped "You're Harley? Jeez, you really know how to pick them Bruce."

"He does." Harley smiled giving a direct answer.

"Look, Bruce. You need to know: Hush is out of Arkham and Talia has…plans." Selina began to shake her feelings away trying to help her former lover.

"What plans? What's going on?" Harley asked

"I don't know…I left before I got in too deep. Look I know I'm not your favourite person too meet, and I know you have zero respect for me since that time in the office." Selina put her hands up in defeat.

"I know whathappened in the office. And I'm angry about that Cat-Girl" Harley spoke while clenching her fist.

"You tell her everything Bruce?" Selina asked "Besides who's that new sidekick you have; another Robin? How many makes that four?"

"He's not a Robin; and he's not my sidekick." Bruce answered "He's a Rogue. He comes and goes as he pleases."

"Sounds like my sort of man." Selina smiled "Look, just be careful. And as much as it pains me to say it…" She turned around ready to leap she began to confuse Harley and Bruce "You two look like a good couple."

(Bruce's POV)

As she leapt someone stopped Bruce and Harley from catching her. "What the; Rogue?" Harley wondered "Why…?"

The Rogue didn't say anything but just looked upon the two. "I've got a feeling that you know, that we know, Bill told us who you are." Bruce asked the Rogue; he did a "fifty-fifty" motion with his right hand as he released Bruce and Harley.

"Come here." Harley said giving the Rogue a hug "I never did say: "Thank you" for saving us all those times did I?" the Rogue didn't relent but shook his head "So…Thank you. Thank you for everything Rogue." Harley thanked the Rogue for all he's done.

The Rogue bowed his head and went to leave "You're always welcome in our home; no matter what." Bruce spoke the Rogue rubbed his eyes and then leapt from the rooftop.

"You think he's going to make it?" Harley said with a smile and a sniffled tear

"He just might." Bruce answered reciprocated.

(No-One's POV)

In Gotham's cemetery , two vans were outside of the front gate: one crashed the other spun-parked (if you don't know what I mean by that it's when a car makes a screeching halt and parked at an angled position…like a police car chase with those action sequences)

"Nora! Nora, wait! It'll be alright Nora!" Victor shouted to his now awoken wife.

"No! It won't be Victor! Everything's gone wrong! Nothing is supposed to come back from the dead!" she shouted back before tripping over a tombstone.

A glow emitted from her hands and she ran again as the ground seeped downwards exposing a coffin "Nora, please wait!" Victor ignored the glowing coffin and ran towards her "You're cured. You can…we can have a normal life."

Nora placed her hand over another tombstone and watched as she glowed once again "A: normal life…how? How can we have a normal life Victor?" she began to glow brighter then began to burn "I am a walking fireball. You a locked in a frozen prison! I can't touch you because I burn everything I touch. And you can't leave your suit because you'll die! What future do we have Victor?" she questioned everything that he had done for her "I-I-I HATE YOU!" before turning into a blinding light before vanishing.

"Argh!" Victor covered his sight as his wife vanished into thin air. "Nora! Nora I'm sorry." Victor apologised falling to the ground.

"We must return Mister Fries; you're still needed by The Mistress." An assassin spoke placing their hand on Victor's shoulder. As they left cemetery; the ground shook in those two places, "What on earth?" the assassin spoke in fear on observing the lights emerging from the ground then grew dim. "We must leave now!" the assassin egged on Victor away from the graves from seeing the names that donned the headstones.

The ground stood still after a few minutes then the coffins were punched through. An angered roar came from the first grave; the figure was dressed in a black memorial suit. Figure ran out from the graveyard pushing through Victor and the assassins using acrobatic skills. While in awe of the first; the second nearer where Nora stood, it didn't roar in pain it didn't cry in fear…it laughed…and that laughter echoed through the grave…

To be continued

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