In a different Universe

Chapter 3

Commissioner Gordon took a sip of his hot coffee and leaned back while closing his eyes. "Jim" . He jumped at the

sound of the voice. Batman crept out of the shadows. " Must you sneak up on me batman?"

Batman ignored the question. "I just got word that Bruce Wayne was attacked tonight by the joker. The woman he

was with jumped in front of him. She was shot."

Jim Gordon looked at Batman. "I heard the calls batman, I brought her here, this was my fault."

"What do you mean you brought her here?" Batman glared at his friend.

"well I knew you were on League business and I got word that Bruce Wayne's life was in Danger. So I took the

liberty of hiring her."

Batman was silent, he let the Commissioner continue.

"She was top of her class, I was told she was the best. So I called in a favor, got her here, gave her an identity, an

apartment and the means to protect him. He doesn't know about this. He would have objected to all of this."

(you got that right) he thought.

"She felt like something was going to happen tonight, so I arranged for her to be a participant of the charity auction.

She didn't want any help on this, she wanted to go in by herself, Damn I Knew I shouldn't have let her. ."

His phone beeped. He answered it. "this is commissioner Gordon" "uh huh, I see, is there anything else you can do

for her?" he closed his eyes. "I will say a prayer.."

He turned around as he was getting off the phone to explain to Batman ,but what he found was that batman already

left.

He sighed. He picked up the phone and slowly dialed a number. "Mr. Trevor this is Commissioner Gordon in

Gotham, Diana has been shot in the line of duty…."

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Batman made his way to the hospital to check on Diana. He found her room and went to the window, when he was

about to sneak in he heard the doctor voice. He listened in how the Doctor was explaining her condition. "She is

going to need a transfusion, get all the AB negative blood donors that we can find. He checked her over and then left.

Diana had slipped into a coma after her surgery and has yet to wake up. Batman crept into the room, and looked at

her. He whispered "I am so sorry Diana, this is all my fault, please hang in there. I will do everything I can for you.."

He thought about Jason and how he lost him, and his parents, how he couldn't help them, he swore he would not let

another person die because of him. He lifted her hand up and kissed it and then he changed into his normal clothes

and went to donate his blood. He made a few phone calls and arranged for her father to be there, and then he decided

to go patrol to take out his frustration.

While on the rooftop looking down on the city, all he could do was think about Diana. Why would she do that? Why

put her life on the line for someone she didn't know? He thought about it and then realized there wasn't much

difference between what she did and what he did as batman every night. He decided to pick up some flowers and

deliver them to Diana. He sat by her bed and just talked to her about anything he could think of. He felt a hand on his

shoulder and turned around to see her father. Steve Trevor looked at Diana and then again at Bruce. " I want to thank

you, young man for getting me here and for taking care of her." Bruce was shocked, he couldn't believe his ears. "

Mr. Trevor I don't deserve any thanks, it is my fault that she is in this condition." Before Bruce could say anymore,

Steve shook his head and answered, "Mr. Wayne, my daughter has a heart of gold, she loves to help others so that is

why she chose this job. It gave her joy to be helping you out. Grant it we don't like that she is hurt and we are very

scared, but as for it being your fault, its not. Please accept that." Bruce just looked up at him and was silent.

Bruce made a habit of bringing flowers and visiting Diana every day. He would just talk to her , read to her,

whatever he could. He started to stay the night after his patrols and he rarely got sleep. He actually fell asleep with

his head on her bed, when he felt a hand on his, he looked up and saw Diana looking at him. He took her hand and

kissed it, with a small tear sliding down his cheek , he called the nurse and Steve into the room. He left and decided

to do his patrol. Once again his thoughts trailed back to her. He just couldn't stop thinking about how happy he was

that she came out of her coma. He wanted to thank Diana and her family for saving his life so he thought he would

start with inviting them to dinner. So he made the arrangements and got everything set . He went to the hospital and

while he was in the elevator he thought of many ways personally to thank her. He shook his head. I cant think of her

that way he thought. But the more he tried to forget that idea the more it hit him. He thought about how her dark

long hair laid on her shoulders while she slept, or how deep blue her eyes were , as beautiful as an ocean. He thought

about her in her formal, how milky white her skin was. He thought about … the sound of the elevator arriving on her

floor brought him out of his thoughts. He grabbed the flowers and with a smile headed towards her room. He knocked but heard no answer so he peeked in. "Diana?" He didn't see her in her bed. He looked all around and

couldn't find her. He went out the door in a small panic. He saw the nearest nurse and called her. "ma'am can you

please tell me what happened to Ms Diana Trevor?" She smiled at him. She was doing well that they allowed her to

go home. Are you Bruce Wayne?" he looked up and said yes. She handed him a folded note. "the young lady has

asked me to give you this." and with that she walked off. She was gone just like that. He sighed a sad sigh, he wasn't

ready for her to leave just yet. So he just went home.