Sorry for the delay. Without further a dew here is the next chapter.

Grayson eventually got bored and decided to go to his room and make sure while he was away nothing had changed. Bruce became worried at what was taking so long and went to find Faye. When he got to the hallway he say Alfred standing by the bedroom door, which was closed.

"Has she come out yet?"

"No, Master Wayne, she has not, I didn't want to bother her until she was ready to come out."

"Faye?" Said Bruce knocking on the door.

"Come in." Said a voice that sounded rather far away. Bruce opened the door and when he looked around the room he noticed she was not there, he thought she must be in the master bathroom. He walked in there and found her sitting on the counter a small white devise in one hand, the box in the other.

"Well?"

"It's positive. According to the box it can't detect a pregnancy until the first 6 weeks so I'm a least about a month in." Said Faye her expression was unreadable.

"You don't seem exactly happy about all this." Said Bruce a look of concern on his face.

"Part of my is. I just keep thinking about everything I won't be able to do, and how that is going to effect people. From the sound of things we have a new criminal, not to mention The Joker is still out there. I'm going to have to explain to Gordon why I can't be there, even if we do train Grayson he's still not going to be ready to face both The Joker and whoever else is new, you're going to have to cover all the city again, we won't be able to slip up like we have been and to top it off the press is going to have a field day when they find out and…" Faye halted her rant when Bruce put a finger to her lips.

"Stop, breathe." He said taking his finger away. Faye took in a deep breath then let it out. "Better?"

"A little."

"Look I know this just makes things a little more complicated, but look on the bright side. We have both said we have wanted children but we both knew their would never be a good time to bring a child into our world, but now even though we didn't plan on it, we are…"

"Seems to me like a blessing in disguise." Said Alfred who was standing in the doorway of the bathroom.

"God Alfred, I didn't even hear you come in." Said Faye.

"Nor was I invited but I wanted to know if Wayne Manor was going to continue to house yet another generation of Waynes."

"Yes, god forbid if this house would have to house someone besides a Wayne." Said Bruce with a laugh rolling his eyes."

Alfred chose to ignore Bruce's remark. "Mrs. Wayne I also picked up this at the store as a just in case, I suppose it might actually be of some use to you." Said Alfred handing her a book. The title read What to Expect When You Are Expecting.

"Thank you Alfred." Said Faye with a smile taking the book.

"Also I'm going to make dinner anything in particular you would like me to make?"

"Ask Grayson, the poor kids been out doing god knows what for two days." Said Faye.

"Actually I should probably go into the city, I need to see if I can find anything about this woman that escaped."

"Alright, be careful." Said Faye giving him a quick kiss before following him out into the hallway.

Once he was gone she went to find Grayson, he was laying on his bed listening to music.

"Grayson." She said tapping him on the shoulder. He jumped and took off his head phones "What?"

"Do you want to start some of your training?"

"So then your not…"

"No I am but that doesn't mean I still can't train you. We aren't going to start right away with hand to hand combat." Said Faye rolling her eyes.

"Okay. What are we going to do then?"

"Just change into something comfortable and meet me in the cave." Said Faye.

She went down to the cave and changed into her suit, she felt a pang of remorse as she did so, soon she wouldn't be able to do this anymore. She didn't have long to dwell on this however because she heard Grayson coming down the stairs.

"That's the first thing we are going to work on." She said.

He looked down at the t-shirt and sweats. "Well I know it's not a fancy smanshy suit like yours but it should work fine for training."

"Not your clothes, I meant the fact that you sounded like a stampede coming down the stairs."

"I wasn't that loud."

"You also weren't quite either. You want to learn what we learned? You need to be quiet enough so you can disappear." Said Faye stepping into the shadows. She watched as he tried to figure out where she went. He had lost sight of her and he could only guess where in the cave she might be.

"Even quieter to be invisible." She said from behind him. He had not idea how she had even gotten over there. She came out from over by the stairs.

"There is not way you got all the way over there without me hearing you. There must be a trap door or something."

"No trap door though there is a passage way in the cavern that lets out right here. I always knew you were smart Grayson." Said Faye with a smile.

"I worked for the circus I know when someone is using smoke and lights." Said Grayson.

"We don't do it for show though, people fear what they don't understand and most of all they fear force great than themselves that isn't human. Most people would think it isn't human for someone to be that quiet there for we must not be human. In a way Batman, isn't human, sure behind the mask is a man, but Batman himself is nothing more than a symbol and idea, which can never be corrupted and never be destroyed."

"When do I actually get to do something?" Asked Grayson.

"When you begin to understand. Also dinner should be ready by now and we don't want to keep Alfred waiting."

"Fine." Said Grayson with a sigh heading up the stairs. "Aren't you coming?"

"I'll be there in a little while; I was just thinking it would probably be best to tell Gordon about the situation in person."

"Are you sure Bruce would want you to go out there?"

"I love the man Grayson but if Bruce had his way all the time I would be living in a bubble for my own protection."

"He's just afraid of something happening to you. You should have seen the way he was when you were in a coma, something in him just, died for a moment, until you were safe again."

"I know, it's hard on him. But sometimes there are things I just have to do." Said Faye climbing into the Batmobile and driving over to the police station. She noticed that the flood light was on when she got up there she saw Gordon and Batman talking. Once she was one the roof Batman turned to face his expression unreadable.

"I though you said she wouldn't be coming?" Said Gordon.

"She wasn't supposed to be." Said Batman glaring at her pointedly.

"I'm going home right afterward, I just thought it was a good idea to tell him why I won't be helping you for awhile."

"What do you mean you can't be helping him. We still have The Joker on the losses and now this other woman. We still can't even handle to Joker what is so important that you can't be here?" Said Gordon.

"You should know you have a family." She said.

"What?" Said Gordon.

"I'm pregnant." She said.

"Oh, well yes I suppose that would, merit time off…" Said Gordon not really sure what else to say. "It isn't yours is it?" Said Gordon looking over at Batman.

"It's Bruce's." Said Faye answering for him.

"Yes, our relationship is strictly business." Said Batman a finality to his tone that suggested the topic was not longer up for discussion.

"And since I am now unable to do anything involving my usual duties, I'm going home." Said Batwoman.

"Actually." Said Gordon making her stop. "We found a lead on the woman. Some of the toxins that were found in her body were not found in the lab which means she must have had them in her system before the explosion. On of them that were not in the lab can be found in a rare plant. The only other scientist who even mentions it being in existence is Marc LeGrande who lives in Seattle."

"And?" Said Faye.

"I was hoping one of you might be able to go and talk with him, see if you can find out who she really is."

"I'll do it. I can take Bruce's jet."

"Okay how soon can you leave?"

"Tomorrow."

"Are you sure, you husband will just let you take the jet?" Said Batman.

"I don't know, I'm sure we will have a discussion about it when I get home." Said Faye.

"I'm sure you will." Said Batman. Gordon seemed to notice the tension between the two of them but he made no comment on it.

"Well, I'm going home now." Said Faye disappearing and heading back to her car. She drove back to the house, changed, ate dinner and then went back down to the cave to wait for Bruce. She had a feeling he would want to discuses the idea of her going to Seattle.

"Judging by your tone earlier I would say you didn't want me to go." Said Faye once he had taken off his mask.

"No, I don't. It's not a good idea."

"The man's a botanist how dangerous can he be?"

"It's not him I'm worried about. I mean you'd be in a city you've never been to poking around looking for someone who might know something about someone who just murdered two cops. Not to mention you're pregnant."

"Bruce, really I'll be careful. Plus if you went then no one would be here to look after Gotham."

"I would feel better if you took someone with you."

"Alright then Alfred can come with me. Then that give you and Grayson a weekend to bond."

"A weekend?"

"Yes, I'll say I've gone away for the weekend to visit and old friend of mine who lives in Seattle, that way it gives me a alibi and gives me plenty of time to figure out if he knows anything. And you can use the time to train Grayson."

"Alright fine. But I'm not going to be able to relax until you are home safe again."

"Training Grayson will give you something to do, don't worry I will be fine Bruce." Said Faye kissing him. "Come on it's late. Let's get some sleep."

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