CHAPTER THREE
(AUTHOR'S NOTE: I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT FOR MY OCS. Also, I am new to this kind of fandom so if I mess up anything or get out of character, please please please tell me. I really hope you guys will enjoy this. Have a nice day/afternoon/night)
When Alisha entered the gym and heard someone else already inside, her chest tightened in fear. She quickly took out the small pocket knife her grandfather promised her to always keep with her whenever she left for the gym from her orange Addidas bag. She took a deep breath, not believing she was actually going to need this. She slowly went deeper inside of the gym. She knew this gym like the back of her hand. That was something she could hold over the trespasser.
Alisha heard the clang of the person using the weights.
Apparently they thought they could use whatever they wanted. She thought. Hmpf. Not for long.
She inched forward and heard the trespasser do a few more pumps before putting those down to get onto the floor to do crunches. She could near him humming a theme song. She tightened her hold on the knife. Since he seemed to be down and not noticing her lurking in the shadows it seemed like a perfect time to attack. Just as she lunged with the knife raised up with a battle cry, arms caught her wrists and she crashed onto the ground with another body.
She screamed as they fought for the knife. She twisted and turned like a crocodile to get them to loosen their grip on her. They took the knife away and threw it far away from them. Before the person could say anything Alisha kneed them in the groin.
"Not again!" The person wheezed as they fell off of her, letting her go.
She immediately threw herself on top of the person and raised an arm to punch them when she suddenly realized who the trespasser was. The same trespasser from a few days ago.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?" She screamed. "I TOLD YOU BEFORE THIS WAS PRIVATE PROPERTY-"
"Y-You K-kicked me in the balls." The boy said, coughing.
She felt herself turn red with anger, but her heart had flooded with pride. "YOU DESERVED IT."
"I just came in here to work off some steam-"
"That still doesn't give you the right to come in here when before I said not to!"
"You don't own the place." The boy snapped.
Alisha narrowed her eyes at him and hissed, "It belongs to my family. I am family so basically I co-own it."
The boy snorted. "You are only a kid."
If Alisha wasn't furious before, she was now. She began to shake with such anger at the boy. He grinned at her smugly, knowing he hit a nerve. She didn't even know his name, and she never wanted to know. She already hated him. She hated him with a passion and she wanted to throw his butt out of the gym. So she did the most logical thing in the world. She punched him with everything she had.
RICHARD'S POV
If you told me that I got a black eye because of some girl with no training then I would laugh right in your face. After all, I'm Robin. Just in case any of you had forgotten. I am trained by batman. I have fought along side him to fight The Joker, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, and etc. I have defeated all of those crazy psychopaths and THIS girl! This ONE little girl managed to connect her fist with my beautiful face. I'm not cocky or anything, I am just stating the facts. After all, who else could be Bruce Wanye's wingman. I stared at the girl in shock, grasping my face as she gasped, as if just realizing what she did.
She looked at her fist and my face. Her face looked apologetic before it crumbled and she tilted her head back as she laughed, her shoulders shaking as she continued to laugh loudly. This time I felt anger rise up inside of me.
"You think this is funny?!" I snapped, clenching my jaw to keep calm. I will admit, my pride was hurt. I should have seen that coming. Why have I been so off track lately?
She looked at me with a smug smile. "Well I wouldn't be laughing if it wasn't."
I rolled my eyes and touched where she punched me, wincing as I did so. She hurt me. How the hell did she do that?!
"You know that if I was any other person I would have come after you."
She snorted and tossed her long green hair over her shoulder. "Oh I'm so scared. You can see me shaking."
I raised an eyebrow. "You don't think I can?"
She crossed her arms over her shoulders. "I don't really care. I just want you to leave."
"Why? This is a gym. It is meant for more than one person."
"Are you even a person? You seem like more like an imp to me."
I narrowed my eyes. I swear this girl was starting to get on my nerves. "You don't want to get on my bad side."
"You have a good side?" She said, faking a gasp.
My lips twitched in slight amusement.
"Surprisingly so. Now, what is your name?"
"None of your business."
"Do you want to know mine?" I asked curiously.
She scrunched up her nose in.. was that disgust? Damn.
"I don't want to know anything about you."
"Why not?"
"I don't need to tell you anything."
"Why?"
"Because."
"Why?"
The girl clenched her fists, making me grin.
"BECAUSE." She said sourly "I SAID SO."
Bruce would love her spunk. She was stubborn too.
"Why?" I asked again. I loved getting her mad. Was that a bad thing?
If she was an anime character steam would be coming out of her ears. She took a deep breath to calm herself before replying, "Because you are the biggest dick in the universe"
I grinned, "I'll take that as a compliment. Plus, that's my name."
She blinked before she laughed loudly. She clutched onto her stomach as she laughed so hard that she had tears in her eyes. She had a nice laugh.
"It suits you." she managed to say thought her laughter. I couldn't help but smile too.
"Well, it is my nick name." I admitted.
She calmed down and looked at me weirdly. "Why are you telling me this? I just punched you in the face. Are you normal?"
I chuckled and shook my head. "I'm good. Really."
She stared at me for a moment before sighing. "Look, it seems as if you will never leave. What do you even want?"
"A place to get away." I said honestly. "I really just want a place to be myself. I think what I want and feel what I want. I also want to train on my own to be better. That I won't always need a teacher. I want to be the leader, not the follower."
She seemed impressed. However I wasn't trying to impress her. That answer came from my heart. She nodded. "I know how you feel."
"What do you want?" I asked.
"To tell you what I want it would be-"
"TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YA REALLY REALLY WANT, SO TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT WHAT YA REALY WANT. I WANNA. I WANNA-"
"YOU JERK! I ACTUALLY STOPPED HATING YOU FOR A FULL MINUTE! CAN YOU EVER JUST BE SERIOUS FOR ONE SECOND!?"
I grinned widely. "Nope. I really love my humor. Don't you?"
She glared at me. "NO."
"Well, the first part was the truth."
"Like I'll ever believe you. I will never believe you ever again."
"Ah, but basically doesn't that mean we will talk again?"
"Seems inevitable since you obviously are obsessed with this place" She muttered.
I decided to pull her leg a little. I took a step closer to her, making her narrow her dark eyes at me.
"Or maybe." I said, deepening my voice. I took another step closer. "I'm obsessed with you."
Horror crossed her face. Not what I expected. More like a blush. But I could work with that. She took a step back. "Get the hell away from me before I really beat you to a pulp." She snapped.
I smirked and took a step closer, loving of how nervous she was getting. She kept shifting her feet. Another habit.
"Do you find me attractive?" I asked, my tone flirty.
She stood up straight, meeting my eyes directly. "I think you are the ugliest human being I have ever come across."
Well. She might as well have punched me again. Ouch. She somehow dented my pride continuously. However, she still interested me. Not as in "I think she is cute." kind of way, but as in someone I can be around. She was my equal. She didn't let anyone back her into a corner. I liked that about her.
"Well, same goes for you, toots." I said, winking at her before walking towards the door. I had my fill for tonight.
"Oh NOW you're leaving!?" She exclaimed.
I turned and raised an eyebrow. "You want me to stay?" I asked, my flirty tone returning. Again, she looked disgusted.
"Get out of my sight." She snapped and walked toward the track to probably get out some steam. As I saw her walk away and bend to stretch I called out, "NICE BUTT!"
I ran as fast as I could when I heard her scream, "YOU LITTLE INSOLENT VERMON!"
I laughed the entire way home, feeling lighter than I have in the past few days. I felt like after today I was going to do better in training. Also, I know Batman has been talking about something with the league. Something happening on July 4th. I wonder what that is... I'll find out. I always do.