A/N: And it's time for the showdown in the bar. I'm super excited to write this because I loved this scene in the movie. Hella cool. I'm really happy with how popular this story is, and with how many readers I have. We're almost to 100 reviews! I'm so excited for that! Anyway, I'm done with this little note. Now, on with the story!
Like last chapter, I'll be using content from The Dark Knight Rises, so WARNING: SPOILER ALERT! If you haven't seen the movie and want to find out what happens yourself, reading my story wouldn't be advisable. But if you've seen it, or you just want to read and find out what happens, then by all means, read on!
Disclaimer: I do not own Batman, or any of its characters. They all belong to DC Comics and Christopher Nolan… Even though I'd really like to. If I did I would put much more John Blake in the movie. And my characters would most definitely be added.
Reviewers and Replies:
PowerToThePeople23: Thank you for the review! I'm glad you still like the story! Polyvore is a website where you can create outfits, collages, and stuff like that. I use it to basically show what I imagine my characters wearing in the chapters. The link to the collection for this story is on my profile. You should check it out or even give the website a try! It's really fun!
Sam0728: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well!
: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well!
wisegirl2772: Well thank you! Hearing, or well, seeing things like that really make me feel awesome. I take my writing very seriously, and knowing that other people think its good is one of the best feelings ever. And I know, I update really fast sometimes. I'm just really into this story. And I've been going to see TDKR a lot, so I'm a little obsessed right now, and the more I'm into a story, the quicker I update. I really should finish my other stories, but right now; my top priority is this story. I've been working a bit on my HP story as well, but nowhere near as much as this one. Last thing; Rosalie goes along with her sister's heists, and 'expeditions' because family is very important to Rosalie. I can't go too much into her feelings, because that would give away later info that you figure out when she and John have a little discussion about their lives. I can't say anymore or I'd give everything away. So, anyway, thank you for the review! They're always so long and detailed and I absolutely love it! I look forward to hearing from you again!
LivinJgrl123: Yep, John got the number. Date soon? Who knows? ;)
DestinyIntertwined: Haha, right? I say there should be a John Blake in every girl's life. But hey, that's just my opinion. Thanks for the review!
dancergirl16161: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well!
starfire25: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well! John and Rosalie will eventually get into their pasts. It's absolutely inevitable. Can't wait to write it!
NathalieIyper: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well!
IaMcHrIsSi: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well! I'm glad you liked Elijah as well. I was a bit worried about adding him in. But lots of positive feedback always makes a girl feel good!
Katara Melody Cullen: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well!
bonniebeast: He sure is. I wish he was real. *Sigh* oh well. Anyway, I'm glad you liked Elijah!
Luli Cullen: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked the last chapter and I hope you like this one as well!
-IWRU-
"Alright guys, I think that's enough for me. Playing in these boots is killing my feet," Rosalie says, tossing the basketball to one of the teen boys. "I have to get going. I'll see you all soon okay?"
"Bye Rosie!" the boys call, going back to their game. Rosalie looks over and sees a boy of about thirteen sitting on a bench by himself. She remembers his name is Mark. She tilts her head to the side and walks over to him and sits next to him.
"Hey Mark," she says, looking at him. He glances up at her and nods.
"Hey, Rosie," he says, softly.
"You alright? You missed a phenomenal game of basketball. I missed you on my team," Rosalie says, nudging him a bit with her elbow.
"Just didn't want to play," he mumbles. Rosalie frowns a bit, and shifts over so that she's facing him more.
"What's wrong?" she asks, and he shakes his head. "You can talk to me you know?"
Mark remains silent, making bat symbols with a white piece of chalk on the bench next to him. "Alright. You don't want to talk. I get it. But hey, if you ever want to, you can talk to me okay? Just get my number from Father Riley and give me a call. Anytime."
"Okay," he says, softly. She gives him a concerned look, and gets up. She walks away, and makes her way to Elijah who is sitting on the pavement by himself, playing with his Iron Man action figure.
"Hey, kiddo," she says, standing over him.
"Hi, Rosie!" he says, with a large smile.
"Come talk to me for a minute, big guy," she says, holding out her hand to him. He takes it and she pulls him to his feet, and together they make their way into the building.
"Am I in trouble?" he asks, nervously.
"No, sweetie," she says, with a small smile. Together they go into the Arts and Crafts room and sit down. Elijah immediately starts drawing on a piece of green paper with a brown crayon. He hands Rosalie his Iron Man doll, and she looks it over.
"Father Riley says you've been asking Kara some questions," she says to him, watching him draw.
"Uh-huh," he says, distractedly, drawing a tree.
"You can ask me questions too you know?" she prompts him, smoothing the hair down on the back of his head, leaning her elbow on the table.
"Kara told me that my mommy and daddy are in heaven. And they got hurt by a bad person," he says, looking at her. Rosalie's heart aches for the small boy next to her. She nods.
"Kara's right," Rosalie says, and Elijah goes back to drawing. "You know, my mommy is in heaven too."
"She is?" Elijah asks, innocently and Rosalie nods.
"Yep," Rosalie says.
"Did she get hurt by a bad person too?" Elijah asks. Rosalie stays quiet for a bit.
"Yeah… she did."
-IWRU-
"Come on, we have to go," Selina tells her sister at around 8:00 p.m. Rosalie nods, pulling on a pair of black heels, and walking out of her sisters bedroom.
"Well, don't you both look beautiful," Gilly says, smirking at the sisters. Rosalie doesn't acknowledge the congressman and grabs a black hooded sweatshirt, and puts it on. The trio walks out of the apartment building and see Jen standing outside. Selina hands Jen a small yellow envelope and Jen puts it in her back pocket.
Selina hails a cab, and puts a black cap on Gilly's head. They all get in the cab, Jen sitting in the front seat, and Selina sitting in the middle of the backseat between Rosalie and Gilly. Selina mutters the name of the bar they were going to, to the cab driver, and in minutes they arrived. Once outside the bar, Selina takes Gilly's phone, and leads him, Rosalie, and herself into the bar. Gilly and Rosalie take a seat at the bar, while Selina walks over to a table across from a smaller man who had five or six bigger men standing around him.
"She sure is something isn't she?" Gilly asks Rosalie, looking at Selina.
"Mhm," Rosalie mutters, asking the bartender for a beer.
"Are you two sisters?" he asks.
"Does it matter?" Rosalie asks, taking a swig of her beer when it's placed in front of her.
"Not really. I'd take either one of you," he says, ordering a beer for himself.
"You're not my type," she says, pulling off her sweatshirt. The congressman laughs at her, and Rosalie trains her eyes on her sister. She watches the man and her sister talk a bit, and Rosalie slowly stands up when one of the men points a gun at Selina's head. Selina pulls out the clutch bag she brought with her and one of the men takes it from her and pulls out the congressman's phone. The smaller man presses a button on the phone and someone knocks on the door to the bar. One of the men opens the door and Jen walks in, handing Selina the small envelope.
"This place is a little dead," Jen says.
"It'll liven up in a minute," Selina says.
"Is everything okay?" Jen asks, glancing at Rosalie, and then the small man across from Selina.
"Fine. Catch you later," Selina says, annoyed. Jen nods, and hastily exits the bar, throwing a look to Rosalie. Rosalie watches as a few more words are exchanged between the man and Selina, but the man doesn't lower his gun from Selina's head. Selina glances at Rosalie, and nods a bit. Rosalie slowly starts making her way over to her sister. The man holding the gun to Selina's head catches this and quickly points the gun at Rosalie. Selina quickly springs into action and knocks the man's arm away.
One of the men approaches Rosalie, and she kicks him in the side, and quickly punches him in the jaw. She winces and shakes out her hand as her knuckles connect with the bone of his jaw line. The man recovers quickly and kicks Rosalie in the stomach, sending her into the bar. She grips the bar to keep her up, and turns around so that she's facing the bar. Throughout all of the chaos she vaguely hears the man approaching her again, and she grabs the nearly full beer bottle of hers and quickly turns around, smashing the bottle against his head. The man is left dazed and Rosalie kicks the man in the chest, sending him to the ground, and lands a finishing blow to the head, knocking the man unconscious.
Another man approaches Rosalie, pulling out a gun, and Rosalie grabs the man's gun arm, and smashes his hand on the table. She spies a nearby corkscrew and grabs it, quickly stabbing it into the man's hand, causing the man to yell out of pain. She grabs the gun that the man dropped and shoots him, once in the leg, and once in his gun arm.
She hears the door to the bar beginning to be broken down and she runs to her sister who is sitting on the floor. The door is broken down when Rosalie is basically in her sister's lap. Selina wraps her arms around Rosalie, and begins screaming, while holding Rosalie's head to her chest. The policemen all run past the two girls, going to the victims and suspects, and Selina stops screaming. "Let's go," she whispers, and the two sisters stand. Rosalie quickly grabs her sweatshirt, and the hat off of the congressman's head.
"Keep some pressure on that, sweetheart," Selina says Gilly, who was shot in the leg.
"Call me?" he calls to her, and Rosalie rolls her eyes. The sisters walk out of the bar, keeping their heads slightly down to avoid being seen by any passing policemen. They make their way down the few stairs that led to the bar, and hurriedly make their way to the alley east of the bar. Rosalie glances back and catches sight of John. She pauses momentarily but Selina tugs on her arm, hurrying her along. When they're a safe distance away from the bar, Rosalie sighs. They walk in silence until Rosalie decides to break it.
"So?" Rosalie asks.
"Can you not assume what happened?" Selina snaps.
"Don't get snippy with me. I only asked," Rosalie snaps back. "We should have taken a cab," she whines.
"Quit whining," Selina sighs. "Walking does a girl some good," she smirks to her sister.
"Are you calling me fat?" Rosalie asks, playfully.
"Yep," Selina jokes back, and Rosalie lightly shoves her while making an indignant noise.
After nearly twenty minutes of walking, the sisters were passing the outflow near their apartment building. By chance, Selina glances over and sees a man's body trapped in between the bars. She nudges Rosalie and points to the body.
"Oh my god," Rosalie says, beginning to rush toward the water.
"Rosalie, no. Just leave it," Selina orders her sister.
"What if he's alive?" Rosalie asks, frantically.
"There's no chance. You know who's in the sewers Rosie. The only way anyone makes it out of there is dead," Selina says, pulling on her sister's arm.
"I have to see. Go home if you want but I won't have that resting on my conscience," Rosalie snaps at her sister, wrenching her arm out of Selina's grip, and running into the water. She pulls the man out from between the bars, and turns him over. Rosalie gasps and nearly drops the man when she sees who it is.
Jim Gordon.
"Oh my god. Okay, come on," she says to herself, dragging the man out of the water. Once onto the pavement she frantically begins slapping his face to wake him up. "Come on, come on."
Rosalie sighs with relief when the Police Commissioner begins to cough. "You're okay. You're going to be okay. Um… I'm going to go get some help okay? I'll be right back."
"Mask….," he chokes out. "Man… Bane," Gordon sputters out, and Rosalie's eyes widen. Rosalie gently lies Gordon's head down on her discarded jacket and runs back in the opposite direction, back to where the police were. After running for five minutes, she finds John walking in her direction.
"Oh, thank god," she pants when she reaches him.
"What's wrong? Are you alright? Are you-," he starts but Rosalie cuts him off, shaking her head quickly.
"There's no time, come on," she says, grabbing his hand and pulling him in the direction she came from.
"Rosalie, what is-," he starts, but she cuts him off again.
"It's Commissioner Gordon. He's hurt," she snaps at him.
"Where?" he asks, authority and concern lacing his tone. Rosalie rolls her eyes, and pulls him along. When they reach Gordon, John drops Rosalie's hand, and kneels beside him. As John fusses over Gordon, and calls an ambulance, Rosalie glances around her. She spies the alley that her sister walked down, going to their apartment. She glances at the two men one last time and disappears down the dark alley, leaving her jacket and the discarded hat behind.
"How long ago did you find him?" John asks, listening to Gordon mumble tiredly. "Rose-," he starts, turning around, but he stops when he sees that she's no longer there. He looks around a bit and finds no sign of her. He frowns a bit but turns his attention back to Gordon, only looking away when the ambulance and back up arrives.
-IWRU-
A/N: Rosalie pulled a Batman there at the end. I had to make her do it. I wanted to change a little something in the story line, so instead of John finding Gordon, I had Rosalie do it. Hope this chapter wasn't too bad.
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