Beyond help

Author: KoriSevenEleven

Summary: Kori is a unique girl…she has morphing powers, she is actually well over 100 years old though she looks 16…and she's got some serious boy problems.

Prologue

Shaggy black hair rippled in the wind as a figure stood atop the stone column of Gotham City's War Veteran memorial cemetery. The figure was slim, built along the lines of a finely muscled teenage boy and a mask covered its eyes. It stepped down from the column and walked to the very back of the cemetery where only the greatest heroes were buried, not sparing a glance at the other fallen heroes.

'You're the only one who can bring him to his senses…bring him back by force if necessary…he needs to see the truth before he does something drastic…'

'Too late for that,' the figure thought, finally coming to a halt in front of the desired gravestone.

It was customary in this cemetery to have a regular curved gravestone, but this one in particular was of a large angel, her hands outstretched with a large bat sitting in her palms, its wings outstretched.

A finely boned gloved hand reached up and touched the bat; fingers lingering over its eyes which were made of diamond hard rubies.

"I'm so sorry…I couldn't bring him back to us like you asked…but…"

The figure withdrew its hand and allowed it to make a fist as its eyes fell on the name carved onto the gravestone.

"Even if he is beyond help, I swear I'll bring him back…even if I have to break every bone in his body…hopefully I won't have to resort to such violent means, but if it's absolutely necessary…I will."

The figure moved its bangs aside and revealed a scar that spanned its entire forehead… a result of its training with the Batarangs.

"After all, I was taught by the best…master Bruce."

The figure touched the named carved into the marker one last time, then turned, spread its arms and leapt into the night.

The light of the full moon reflected off the gravestone, and the name was visible.

Bruce Wayne

1938-2040

May his memory live on in the hearts of those he has saved and all of his friends.