Hey guys 8D well here is the 2nd to last chapter T~T I don't have much to say right now, since I am saving all the gushy stuff for the next chapter XDD enjoy the chapter :D

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Chapter 22

After the police and firemen had arrived to the warehouse, Commissioner Gordon had arrived and saw Nicole in the shadows and as far as the cop could see, he saw the outline of a bat behind her, his hand on her shoulder. As the firemen put out the flames, Gordon walked over to the girl.

"Ms. Travis are you alright?" he said looking over the teen's ripped clothes and scratches.

"Yeah I'm fine….just fine." She smiled. James Gordon looked farther into the shadows and saw that Batman had left, disappearing into the night. The older policeman smiled then looked down at the fourteen year old. "Come on let's get you out of here."

Commissioner Gordon then took off his brown trench coat and wrapped it around Nicole's shoulders as they headed towards a police cruiser, leaving the scene with the Dark Knight perched on another building, watching over them heading towards Gotham General Hospital.

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Nicole was taken to the hospital by the Commissioner to get herself bandaged up and to see if she had any serious injuries. She had a few bruises and her leg's nerves were temporarily shot because of the Joker joy buzzing her, but otherwise the teen was fairly healthy considering what she's been through the last 24 hours. She had a bandaged forehead and walked with a limp through the hospital halls, until Nicole reached hospital room 248 and walked inside. In the room was Mara, who had a bandaged arm from her burns and was watching TV that was on the wall across from her.

"I see you are doing better." Nicole smirked as she saw her friend. Mara looked at her friend and smiled widely.

"Hey you're okay!" the fourteen year old grinned as Nicole sat down next to her.

"Well as okay as I can be I guess." Nicole smiled and laughed. "So what happened after Batman got you out of the warehouse anyway?"

"I don't really remember a lot. I remember being in the Batcave when his boat thingy drove me there, and Alfred seeing me and helping me out then I remember waking up in here and here we are." Mara said. "What happened on your end?"

Nicole sighed. "It's a long story….I'll tell you later when I don't feel like I am about to collapse."

Just then both girls' parents basically ran into the room and both sets of mothers gave their daughters bone crushing hugs and kept exclaiming things they could barley understand.

"MOM! YOU….ARE…CHOKING ME!" Nicole rasped out. Mara kept groaning in pain, and the girl's fathers had to pry the moms off the already injured teens. "Sorry sweetie my bad." Mrs. Rose apologized to Mara. "We just missed you guys so much, and we were so worried." Nicole's mom said. The fourteen year olds fathers then gave them a gentle embrace and they started talking about little things. The parents didn't want to mention that night's events; they figured the girls have been through enough already. Besides they basically already knew from talking to the Commissioner.

They had started talking on little things, mainly on what the girls' parents have been doing since Mara and Nicole have been in hiding. Bruce Wayne then walked in, with a few scratches and his arm in a sling.

"Mr. Wayne what happened?" Mr. Travis asked to his boss.

"Oh nothing to worry about Norman. When I heard from work that the girls were missing I rushed home but got into a bit of an accident on the way. It's nothing I assure you." Bruce walked to the other side of the bed from the parents next to Nicole and Mara. "I hope you two are okay. I don't think I could live with myself if something had happened to you two."

Nicole smiled. "Don't worry Mr. Wayne we're okay."

"Yeah. Besides we had a little help from the Batman." Mara smirked and winked at Bruce, who smiled in return.

"Well I suppose we are all lucky that he got there in time huh?" Bruce said.

"Yeah…we really are." Nicole replied.

Bruce smiled and looked towards their parents. "Alfred already has the girls' things ready in the limo."

"Yes Ms. Travis and Ms. Rose's things will be brought to their homes." Alfred said. "By the way Ms. Rose, I regret to inform you that your pet hamster has passed away."

"What? How?"

"Well apparently the hamster was in its older years and in all the excitement that was going on no one remembered to feed it."

"Aww man." Mara whined. "I just got her last week!"

Nicole pat her shoulders in comfort. "Some people just aren't meant to have pets Mara."

"Like you should talk! Remember that goldfish you got once?..."

"Shush!"

The adults chuckled in amusement at the fourteen year olds' playful bickering. "Well I think we should go get the girls' things so they can come home." Mr. Rose said. The rest of the adults agreed and left the room with Alfred to go get the teenagers' stuff from the limo. The billionaire sighed.

"So you two are okay?" he said in his deeper Batman voice.

"Yeah we're good, besides being bandaged up and in a hospital and stuff." Mara casually replied.

"Yeah Bruce, we're okay thanks to you." Nicole smiled up at him.

"Well I am glad for that…if I hadn't gotten there in time….. I don't know how I could ever forgive myself."

Mara looked up at him. "But you did. If it wasn't for you neither of us would be here right now. Nicole would be god knows where and I would probably be dead"

"She's right Bruce. So don't blame yourself for anything that didn't happen." Nicole turned to him.

The disguised vigilante chuckled. "You know I never quite met two young girls like you girls….but I am really glad I did."

"Awwwww!" both teenagers cooed playfully and both attacked Bruce with hugs. Bruce laughed at the girls' antics and returned the hug, careful not to hurt his slinged arm or the girls. After their embrace Bruce started heading toward the door.

"I have to go to work now, but I will make sure to visit you guys as much as I can." The girls smiled at him and nodded as he left.

"That's a promise."

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AWWWWWWWW XDD what can I say I couldn't resist the mushy stuff x3 besides I thought it went along for this particular chapter. The last chapter will come along shortly folks, so be patient with me 8D until then, ta ta for now

~Luna