Author's Note: Sorry for the delay. Life has been busy! But I am determined to finish this by the end of summer. Hope you enjoy!
8.
The Wayne Manor was always an imposing estate. Even after Bruce rebuilt it the exact same way as before. It loomed. Lieutenant Gordon drove up the gravel drive to the front of the massive estate and was not surprised to see someone waiting, though he expected to see Alfred.
Upon stopping his car Bruce walked over and knelt by the window.
"Where's Alfred," Gordon inquired.
"Napping." Bruce smiled, "How can I help you lieutenant?"
"I left my cell phone," the lieutenant answered.
Bruce stepped back, "Of course."
Meanwhile…
The computer beeped and Athena about fell out of the chair she had been spinning around in. Not wanting to snoop on Bruce she had just begun to spin around in the chair.
Once the beeping started she stopped and looked, spotting a match to the fingerprint.
A Greek face popped up and she gasped.
She stood and felt her blood boil. Once she found the mouse she printed up the mug shot and grabbed the copy. Upon looking at it closer she looked at a picture of a third cousin. She folded it up and stormed from the computer area.
She found the elevator and made her way through the maze of Bruce's home to her room where she grabbed a pair of jeans and her cell phone. While she hiked the jeans on she called her brother, who answered on the third ring.
"Athena. It's about damn time you called me…"
Nastily she cut him off, "Ares!"
Knowing that tone he quieted down and softened his tone, "Yes?"
With the zip of a zipper and flip of a button, she grabbed a scrunchie and shoved her feet into a pair of pumps. "Bruce matched the prints off one of the men in the manor. Guess who it is."
Silence.
Followed by, "I don't know Athena, who is it?"
"Pan!"
Silence.
Then came, "That can't be. He works for me along with Apollo."
Nastily she snarled, "I suggest you do something about it. We got his fingerprints from his person. I also suggest you make sure you can trust everyone in your inner circle, Ares. I can't take over the family business if you get killed by one of your bodyguards."
"Where are you?"
"I'm getting dressed and then I'll be heading into Gotham."
She grabbed her purse and her taser. Unable to remember where she put her gun. Ares told her, "Tell your boyfriend you got paged and then meet me at our breakfast place. I'll pick you up."
She hesitated, "What are you going to do?"
"Visit Pan's brother. What are you going to do?"
"I was going to visit Pan and see what kind of condition he was in at the hospital. See what's going on. See why he was at my house and what he was looking for…just be careful. If some of your friends are working for someone else, there is no telling how many of your people are working for someone else."
Then, because God loved me so much, my pager went off.
"Hold on Ares, I just got paged…"
XXX
As I rushed down the stairs to the foyer, now having a reason to go to the hospital, I caught Lt. Gordon leaving and Paul from Princeton entering.
This day was really sucky.
Bruce caught sight of me, as did Paul.
I made my way to Bruce and kissed his cheek, pulling up his sweater that I wore revealing my beeper, "I got paged."
Bruce was not happy.
Paul stepped right up and put his hand on Bruce's shoulder, Bruce's face was borderline homicidal. "Don't worry babe, we'll be fine. It'll be like old days in college."
Bruce didn't seem so optimistic.