Chapter 2 First Job

A few tears leaked from my eyes as I woke up in a dark room. It has been a few weeks since I moved in with Selena—or should I say, Catwoman—and she has been teaching me much about being a thief. Although it burned my hero complex in a way you couldn't believe, I knew that this was the only way to keep my promise to my family. Vlad was sure to have started looking for me, and if I was found, it would all be over. As long as I disappeared, that future will never happen. To disappear, I need money. To get money, I need to steal. To steal, I need to not get caught. Therefore, I need to learn from Selena.

After getting out of bed and going into the kitchen, I realized that Selena must still be asleep. I looked at the setting sun in the distance and shrugged, deciding to start breakfast. In the time I've been here, I've learned that Selena is mostly nocturnal and I'm slowly becoming nocturnal as well. It feels more natural. I quickly fried up a couple of eggs when the door slams open and a pigtailed blonde burst into the room.

"Oh, it's awful, Selene, just awful!" the blonde shouted exuberantly. "Mister J's been sayin' that Bats has been crackin' down on criminals more than usual lately, and Mister J's to busy evadin' him to spend time with littl' old me!" She finally noticed who she was talking to. "HEYYYYYY! Who tha hell are you!?"

"He's my new apprentice, Harl." A voice came from the hallway and a bleary-eyed Selena walked in and grabbed a plate of eggs. "Now, what were you saying?"

"Oh, nice to meet ya, kid. Anyyyyyyyyyyyway, I was thinkin' that if we got a big party together, Bats would have too many of us to round up and I could spend time with Mister J!"

If I hadn't been closely watching, I never would have noticed the catty smirk that flashed across the senior thief's face. "I have something in mind…Danny." Selena turned to me and held out a credit card. "Take some time off. Do whatever you want, just don't come back for 2 hours, at least."

I was immediately suspicious. Catwoman didn't like to take 2 minutes of rest from training, let alone 2 hours. But she was offering some time to myself for the first time in weeks. "Sure." I found myself saying. "The new Dead Teacher movie is out, so I can go see that."

Using the magic powers of an author, I shall now…TIME SKIP!***************

I silently slid up the fire escape of Selena's building. She'd never given me a key to her apartment, saying that the fire escape was healthier for me. My eyes no longer have to glow green to use my super speed, agility and strength. When I finally reached her window, I noticed that the apartment was completely dark. Finding this suspicious, I cautiously crept inside, only to be blinded by a flash of light and a cry of 'surprise!'

I froze, not in shock, but in fear. Inside Selena's living room were all the most dangerous criminals in Gotham. The Joker sat at the head of the table with Harley Quinn in his lap and Two Face sitting to his right. Penguin was reclining in the armchair with Poison Ivy lying on the couch. Mr. Freeze stood in the kitchen and the Riddler was leaning up against the hallway door. Above them all hung a sign that said, 'Happy Graduation, Danny-boy!' Selena, in costume, ran up to me and smiled. "Do you like it?"

I quickly swallowed my fear and smiled back. "You didn't have to throw me a party."

Riddler laughed. "Of course we did, kid! Kitty here has never had an apprentice before, and everyone celebrates when a new junior villain finishes their training. Kind of like we're warning Batman." Selena glared at him for the nickname but said nothing.

"So, all of us but Selene pitched in and got you something." Harley announced and I realized that she was the blonde from earlier today. She held out an outfit that looked like it was entirely leather "Go on! Wear it!"

I took the suit and went to my room, just to get the damned thing over with. The suit was no unlike my hazmat suit in ghost form, but warmer somehow. It looked like a pure black ninja suit that closely covered everything up to my face. There was a hood which, when it was up, covered everything up from my mouth. While putting in on, I found several different pockets that contained things like throwing knifes and plastic explosives. Thankful that we covered handling such things while I was learning with Selena, I made sure that those pockets were avoided. Overall, I looked pretty good. I walked back into the living room and received catcalls all around. Selena stepped up to me, holding a small box.

"This is my present to you." I peeled back the paper to see a fake id. The name on it was Danny Grayson. "I thought that would be your last name because you once mentioned a brother and I've found Dick Grayson in my search engine, so I figured you were looking for him." She whispered so the other villains wouldn't hear. I nodded and, to both of our surprises, hugged her.

When we broke apart, there was a wild cackling. The Joker had stood up and, with excessive flailing, spoke. "Now, that the formalities are out of the way, we can go out and have some fun! We have planned a nice raid on a museum, easy enough for your first heist but challenging. Last person to get there has to deal with Bats!" That sent everyone scattering. I followed Catwoman out the window and we raced across roof tops, nervousness consuming me. I had somehow managed to forget that my graduation would only be real if I robbed somewhere, effectively branding me as a thief for life. We reached said location quickly, arriving seconds after Joker, Mr. Freeze and Harley, since they all had cars. After entering the building, I, now alone, leapt through the lasers to the security system. I popped the computer chip out of it and rewired it so it was off. Some of my mother's skill got inherited by me, after all.

The other villains entered and started wreaking the place. I looked around for something good to represent my first theft and something caught my eye. I approached the display to look at a necklace in the shape of a gear with the initials 'CW' on it. Clockwork.

My eyes narrowed. Clockwork. He was the reason my family and friends were dead. If he didn't send those ghosts after me, I never would have gotten the test answers. If he hadn't tried to kill me, I never would have gone to the future, while lead to him getting his hands on one of the time medallions. Out of spite, I took the medallions in front of me and put it around my neck, then under my suit. See that meddling ghost try to stop time on me now.

"Danny!" I turned to see Selena pointing to a door marked 'Employees Only.' "What do you think is down here?"

"Probably storage." I stood next to her, also staring at the door. "I'll go check it out; maybe set some explosives. You stay up here and get yourself something nice." I gave her a crooked smile; witty banter was great for men, but flirty banter worked best for the opposite gender.

I quickly picked the lock, not noticing that I accidently set off the silent alarm. The stairs leading down were unnaturally white. This disproved my 'just storage' theory and reminded me of the idiotic Guys in White. I reached the bottom, the disgusting smells of bleach and death filled my nose. Before me were 3 cages. The first two occupants were dead; one a human/lizard hybrid, the other seeming to be a human/fish hybrid. The last was doubtfully alive and she stared at me with fearful, purple eyes.

Sam's eyes.

Ok, I need some thoughts. Which of these 3 girls should I put in this story? (Note: they aren't the girl in the cage.)

Ember

Valerie

OC (Mumbo Jumbo's powers)

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