Dana and I were walking down the street. Persephone was at the grocery store, buying food for herself to eat. She was going to be home in about half an hour, and I wanted to introduce Dana to her. She'd known the old man, and she deserved to know who was going to be working in his place while he was away.
"So the old man has a girlfriend?" Dana asked, leaning onto me.
"Nah. She's his secretary." The sky loomed over us. "She works at Wayne Enterprises."
"Ah. Terr, do you want to go to the club tomorrow?"
I smiled and shrugged. "I'd like to."
"Dana, Persephone. Persephone, Dana."
I stood between the two of them. From the look on Dana's face, she was probably thinking that Persephone was old-fashioned, considering her usual attire. Persephone held out her hand. Dana shook it.
"It's nice to meet you," Persephone said politely, but the look in her eyes told a different story. There was fire behind them, and it was so bad she could burn through Dana's face.
"Ok-ay." Dana was smart enough to tell that Persephone might not have liked her. I could tell she was a little freaked out by the white skin. She probably thought Persephone was a mutant or something, which is pretty much normal in Gotham. Truth be told, I could never tell why her skin was white.
Neither could Persephone herself.
The phone rang. I picked up the receiver, hoping it was Terry's mother. It wasn't.
It was Bruce Wayne. He was calling from Indonesia. Apparently he was coming about a week and a half earlier than expected. I was so shocked by that that I dropped the receiver. Luckily for me, Terry was in the room, so he answered.
If the old man came a week and a half early, and it was before Hades took me back, then I'd have to leave. I could go to a homeless shelter. Or I could do the assignment he gave me. He said it was my choice whether or not I wanted to do it, and I wasn't exactly sure. I kind of didn't want to do it.
Especially since it meant coming face to face with Wonder Woman.
And there was no way I would do that in a million years. Literally.