Bane and his Partner

Chapter 5

I walk beside Bane all the way to some giant dining hall. I am quite nervous. I have met all of the head henchmen, but I still don't really know them. One wrong thing I say and I could be done for. These guys are tough, well most of them at least.

We arrive at the table and everyone is staring at me. I don't know whether they are excited to meet me, or annoyed at me for being able to help fight batman. Or maybe they think I am some pathetic little girl who can't fight.

Bane pulls a seat out for me. I sit. There is a lot of food on the table. I'm very hungry. I haven't eaten for a while. I just wanna indulge myself, but most definitely not in front of these people. I will eat maybe a plateful of food, and sneak out to my apartment to eat. Well, that is if I can find my way out of this place.

There is salad, fish, steak, corn, baked potatoes, lemon meringue pie, buns, veggies and dip. Makes me think of a Christmas, or Thanksgiving dinner. The more I stare at the food, the hungrier I get. I don't know when to dig in, so I just sit there, and wait.

I feel intimidated by Poison Ivy. She keeps staring at me with her glaring green eyes. Christ I wanna put my tomahawk in her face, but I can't. Well maybe I can, eventually but just not right now.

"Ok listen up people. You have all met Gladious and I know that we are all excited to get to know her, so, why don't we have her tell us about herself." He says looking at me. Oh shit. What do I say? I look over Poison Ivy's way and she is clearing interested in what I have to say, but not in a good way.

"Well um, I was raised in an orphanage for as long as I can remember. No one there really liked me. Everyone was afraid of me I guess. Every day after school I went to either my job at the pet store, or went to the woods to practice with my weapons. There really is nothing more to know about me." I say. Everyone looks fascinated. Why though? What's so fascinating about me?

I look across the table at all the different people watching me. What now? It is an awkward silence for just a moment.

"Well everyone dig in." Says Bane. Then everyone starts getting food. Good, they stopped watching me. I was starting to get a little nervous. Plus I'm very hungry. I wanna take so much, but I don't. I take a little bit of salad, a cob of corn, a bun, and a little bit of mashed potatoes.

Wait, how does Bane eat? I look over at him, he just slid his mask off! Whoa! He looks different. I thought he couldn't take it off but no, he can take it off. He looks like, just a plain normal man without it on.

I eat in silence. So does everyone else. I occasionally catch one of them watching me eat. The meal is delicious. I want more, but I'm really nervous. So when I finish, I wipe my mouth with my napkin and take a sip of water.

"So does anyone want to explain our mission to our new member?" Asks Bane. Harley Quinn's hand shoots up and she waves it back and forth.

"OOOH ME PICK ME!" She squeals. No, don't pick her! She is too squealy.

Bane roles his eyes. "Yes, Harley."

"Oooh yeah. Ok so, we want to destroy Batman. We first want to destroy Gotham, you know, because it would mentally destroy batman, and then make Gotham into a place for all the henchmen to live. Then, it's on to the next place to destroy." Explains Harley Quinn.

"Wow." I don't know what else to say to that except wow. It sounds fun, and a bit scary, but I am adventurous. I never thought anything like this would happen to me.

"So, you're up for this right?" Asks Bane as he smirks.

"Yes, I am." I say. I feel a little uneasy about this but I've gotta do something with my life. This little project suits me well.

"So, would you like to share with everyone how good you are with weapons?" Asks Bane. I start to sweat.

"I, well, um, I, can throw knives and hatchets. I can also, uh use a bow and arrow. That's pretty much it. I mean, I do have a dagger, a kukri, and a handgun, but they are nothing special. Catwoman gets up and walks over to me. She grabs one of the knives out of my vest. It's one of my big ones. She observes it for a while.

"You wanna give us a demonstration?" She asks still holding my knife.

"Yeah sure. I mean if I am allowed." I say. Bane slips his mask back on and leads us to my little training centre. We are lead to the dummies meant for knives and tomahawks.

"Show us your skills." Says Catwoman handing me my knife. I look up into her dark brown eyes. It's like she is glaring at me and she doesn't believe I can do it. I hate people who underestimate me. I will show each and every one of these losers who is boss!

I take my 3 best knives, and throw. It is all over in about 3 seconds. First dummy took a dead bull's eye to the heart. The second one a dead bull's eye to the head, and the last one an almost perfect shot to the throat. I look back at everyone. They all seem impressed, but not enough. I take my tomahawk and back up until I am about 35 feet away from the targets. I throw my tomahawk into one of the dummy's heads. Perfect shot.

"I think I should show you my archery next." I say with a smirk. I lead everyone to the archery room. This one is electronic. Orange figures shaped as humans throw holographic knives, spears and other things at me as I shoot them with my arrows.

Everyone watches me through the glass. The first one is charging at me with what looks like a sword. He got a heart shot. Next has a bow and arrow as well. It shoots a holographic arrow at me but I dodge just in time and shoot at it. I got it's arm but it still continues to fight. I quick grab another arrow out of my quiver and shoot it again this time in the stomach. The next 8 holographic figures I take down without a problem.

I didn't know I was that good. I turn at look at everyone watching. Harley Quin is the only one clapping and smiling. Everyone else, looks somewhat angry at me. Why? What did I do?

I walk out of the room and am stopped. The tall and scary 2 faced guy is hands me a sword.

"Let's see how you do with a sword." He says. What the hell? I have never trained with a sword. Why does he care.

I go to the control panel and switch it to sword. I walk back in nervous. I don't know how badly I will do with this, but I know I am about to humiliate myself. The sword is a little heavy but I think I can manage. The first holograph comes at me with a battle axe. I lift the sword and it makes contact with it's neck. I destroy the rest of the holographs but not with as much ease. The holographic weapons got me a few times, but they most definitely were not kill shots.

I walk out and stare at them all. "So was I good?" I ask. No one said anything they just looked at me. Some nodded. Oh well except of course Harley Quinn. She clapped and was very happy for me.

"Thanks." I say. Go gather my weapons and head to my room. The fuck is everyone's problem. It's like they are all against me.

When I get to my room I sit on my bed.

"I wanna go back to my apartment." I whisper to myself. There is just nothing here. My books, drawings, food, clothes, iPad, everything is there. I think I can find my way out. But won't I have to tell Bane first. Better to be safe than sorry. But what if he says no? I will leave a note on my bed. I go through the drawers of my desk and find a pen and some paper.

"I went to stay the night at my new apartment, Hope."

There, that should be good. I leave the note on the bed and head out. I sneak down the hallway. Just as I turn the corner, I bump into someone. Oh great, what do you know, Poison Ivy. I look up at her. I quickly try and escape but she grabs me.

"Hope wait." She has a kinder tone in her voice. I look up at her.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"You were really good."

"Thanks." I say and smile a slight bit.

"Look I'm really sorry about what happened earlier. I think you're a cool kid and thought maybe we could become friends." She says. Wow. I am shocked. I thought she hated me.

"Yeah, I would like that. Um, I'm sorry to." I say.

"It's ok." She says and bends down to hug me. I hug back.

"I'll see you later." She says, and then she gets up and goes to her room. Maybe it is better if we can at least get along.

I sneak around and find my way out quickly. I run fast all the way to my apartment. I get my key out and unlock my door as soon as I get to it. It looks very welcoming. I go get an orange and an apple and eat them quickly. God am I hungry. I don't have a lot here to eat, maybe in the morning I will make a trip to the grocery store, and steal some stuff.

I head over to the Tv and turn it on. I get the iPad I stole and get set up on it as I watch 1000 ways to die on tv. I download all the apps and music I want on it. I watch two episodes of 1000 ways to die, then I decide I should get my teeth brushed and face washed.

So, I head to the bathroom and do that. I also shower quickly. Then, I go to my room and slip into my pajamas.

Maybe I should make a list of things I gotta steal tomorrow. I find a pen and paper, sit at my desk, and begin to write. Granola bars, milk, cereal, popcorn, basically any food.

I stop and think, maybe, I should get some more tomahawks, and a DVD player wouldn't be a bad idea along with some movies. Maybe I could sneak back into my orphanage and steal some more stuff. I just realised I forgot to get the divergent book series. The book shelf here needs to be filled up.

I stayed up late making a list of things to steal. Then, I just laid on the bed and played on my new iPad, and soon fell asleep.