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L.L.A.P
~Laces
Chpt.2
Alfred made sure to tend to the girl's wounds. Batman kept his demure look, but he was getting more and more angry at who ever hurt her. She was so weak and beaten she looked as if it hurt to move. He needed to know who did this to her.
"Sir. I've done all that I can. I also left a glass of water and a ham and cheese sandwich for her when she wakes up." Alfred informed. "Do you know how she got into this state Sir?" he inquired.
"No. But I will find out." Batman stated.
Two hours passed and the girl finally woke up. She looked around at her surroundings with curiosity. She grinned slightly, then realized the food and water, which she downed in less than a minute. Batman walked out of the shadows, and her body tensed when seeing him.
"Who did this to you?" Silence. "Why were you in the bay?" he questioned. Once again she divulged nothing to him. He let out a sigh. "What's your name?"
"Dark Shadow." she replied in a squeak. Batman was puzzled by the name and brushed it off.
"And how old are you, Dark Shadow?" he inquired.
"Ten. I'll be Eleven in 126 days." she grinned. "What's your name?" she questioned with a big smile. Once talking she didn't seem as fearful.
"Batman." he answered.
"Batman. That's a cool name. you remind me of my friend Lightning. He's not as tall as you, and he doesn't sound like you, or dress like you, and his chin's a bit more round, but his skin tone is sorta like yours." she smiled.
"Who is Lightning?" Batman asked, trying to be concise but not scare the kid again.
"He's one of my bestest friends. He's thirteen. He's gonna be Fourteen in 126 days too though. We all have the same birthday."
"We? How many of you are there?" he inquired.
"There was a lot, but now there's only ten of us, including me." she explained.
"Were they all with you?"
"No. one of the mean people who invaded our home captured me. Once they found out that I couldn't do anything good they beat me up, then put me on a raft and pushed me into the ocean. They said it was a type of torture."
"Why? To starve you?" Batman inquired.
"No. I can survive about a month without water or food. They did it because I'd be in the sun and there'd be no shade." "Why are you bothered by the sun?"
"Because it burns me really easily. I'm allergic to it. I really hate it." she pouted. The food seemed to make her full of energy. She looked at him with wide eyes. "Thanks for bringing me here, it's so big! It reminds me of my home. Y'know, except my home was smaller, and it didn't have a mega computer, and didn't have a giant penny, or a giant dinosaur, or cases with cloths in them, or…" Batman listened as she rambled on. He was surprised by how much she talked. Finally she seemed to stop.
"Where is your home?" he inquired.
"An Island." she answered.
"What is the name of that Island?" Batman questioned, trying not to loose his patience.
"We don't know what we wanna call it, but Peter wants to name it Neverland like the book. Lightning could care less, Shark wants it to be "Ship Wreck Island" which he says in a deep voice, Turmoil says that we shouldn't go naming it 'cause it might already have a name, Spike likes Shark's idea, we don't know what Wild Flame wants it to be called, Dragon said that it should be called "Twilight Island", Wind doesn't mind as long as it's not idiotic, and Runt thinks it should be called "Pretty Island." I think we should call it "Cave Island" so we don't really know." she explained quickly. This wasn't helping Batman, but he knew that we wasn't getting any more useful information from her.
"A man named Alfred will take you upstairs so you can take a shower."
"What's a shower." she inquired.
"Where you bathe." Batman answered.
"I thought you bathe in a stream." she stated, confused.
"Alfred will help you." Batman sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose. Before he showed her to Alfred, another question entered his mind.
"You said that the people who pushed you off of the island because you couldn't do anything useful, Who were those people, and what did they mean?"
"I don't know who they are. They're just scary meanies that try to capture us. They try to take us because we have abilities that they want." she answered with a shrug, and went off with Alfred.