Leather Wings
Just like the rest of them
Aaron looked out over the cave. Since Kathy had arrived, he had only watched her. She was very cute. Long brown hair, green eyes. Quite ordinary, but very cute. But…it didn't matter. She was just like the rest of them. Scared of him, stared at him. She talked to him, but not much. She preferred to stick with Terry.
"Aaron?" Bruce called. "What are you doing up there? The bats have flew away to eat a long time ago. Aren't you hungry?"
"No…" he said quiet.
"Is everything alright?"
"Yeah…no…I don't know!"
Bruce sighed.
"Come down here, Aaron." He said. "So, we can talk."
Aaron lost the grip of the caveroof and flew down to Bruce.
"So, what's the matter, Aaron?"
"Kathy…" he said quiet.
"Kathy?" he asked. "What is it with her?"
"She…she's just like the rest of them! She's scared of me! She doesn't want me as her partner!" he said angry.
Bruce looked troubled.
"How do you know that?" he asked.
"I can see it on her, Bruce!" he sighed. "But, who could blame her…No one would want a monster for partner!" he said and hit the floor with his paw.
"Aaron, you're not a monster…" Bruce said calm. "You know, your father tried his best to make a serum for you."
He sighed.
"I know, Bruce. But he failed, he didn't managed to finish it before he died…"
Just then, Kathy entered the batcave.
"Oh, hello Mr Wayne!" she said. "Eh, hi Aaron…"
"See, she ignores me!" Aaron whispered to Bruce.
"She said hi to you, Aaron."
"But not as cheerful as for you…"
"Aaron! Don't take it so personal." Bruce said.
Kathy turned around.
"Take what so personal?" she asked.
"Eh, nothing!" he said.
"Eh, okay…" she said, and went back to the stairs.
"Where are you going, Kathy?" Bruce asked.
"Oh, I shall meet someone…" she said and smiled.
"She's going on a date…" Terry said. He stood in the doorway to the stairs.
"A date?" Bruce asked. "What if something happens?"
"Eh hallo? You got Terry and bat-boy over there!" she said sarcastic.
"B…bat-boy?!" Aaron said angry. "Some people got feeling you know, but maybe you to stupid to see that, kitty-cat!
But Kathy, was gone.
"Hey, where did she go?!" he asked irritated.
"Eh, she run off…I guess?" Terry said. "Man, she's fast!"
"Humph, maybe I am hungry after all…" he said and flew away.
……………..
Later, he sat on a roof, not far from a café. He watched and observed.
Kathy came out from the café with a boy. Long, blond hair, green eyes. Surely a sports-dork. They hold each others hands. Ugh!
"Don't tell me you're spying on her, Aaron?" Terry suddenly said. He had the Batman-suit on, and he sat just a couple of metres away from him. And he hadn't heard him?
"Hey, how long have you been sitting there?" he asked confused.
"I ask the questions here, buddy." He answered.
" Humph, I'm not spying on her! I…"
Terry gave him a look.
"Okay, I'm spying on her…" he said guilty. "So what?!"
"Are you jealous, Aaron?" he asked and grinned.
Aaron gave him a look, who could kill.
"You have heard of my father, in his Man-bat form haven't you?" he asked cold.
Terry backed a few steps.
"Yes, I have…" he said.
"Then you know what I'm capable of…" he said and started to shriek.
"Aaron, are you nuts!? We're in the city! People can hear you!"
Aaron didn't listened. Instead he jumped at Terry, and the started to roll over, and fight.
"McGinnis, what's going on?" Bruce said in the communication-radio, in Terrys mask.
"Eh, nothing! Ha-ha, Ouch, Aaron!" he answered.
Bruce sighed.
"Are you fighting again?" he asked tired.
"Äh, busted!" Terry said and released Aaron.
"Can't I leave you two alone, before you starting to fight!?" Kathy suddenly said.
"Kathy?" Aaron asked. "What are you doing here?"
She looked angry, really angry.
"I should ask you the same question!" she said with a voice who could kill. "Did you guys follow me?!"
"Eh, I didn't follow you!" Terry said nervous. "It was Aaron who did it!, I just followed him, I promise."
Kathy turned to Aaron.
"WHY did you follow me?!" she asked with her scary voice.
Aaron was just about to say something, when Terry started to laugh.
"Don't you get it, Kathy?" he laughed. "He followed you, 'cause he's jealous!"
Kathy looked surprised, then she became angry.
"How, can you say such a thing?!" she yelled at Terry. "It's okay to be jealous, or not! And you laugh at it!"
Aaron just stared. She defended…him?
"Of course he's jealous!" she continued. "He's stuck in that cave, every day, and can only go out by night! He's only company is all the bats, and you laugh at it! Terry McGinnis, you're a pig!"
Then she didn't say anything more. She walked away. Terry just sat there, on the ground and stared. Aaron did just the same.
"Wow…" Aaron said. "Talk about girl-power…"
"Yeah, you can say that again…Wait a minute!"
"What?"
"What does "Stuck in a cave, only company is bats" to do with jealousy?"
"Yeah, you're right. What does it have to do with that? I guess she's stupid after all…"
Both started to laugh.
"Hey, I heard that!" Kathy yelled from another roof.
"Ohoh…" they said and started to run away, with Kathy close behind them…