A/N: So this is just a filler chapter that I'm posting to get the news out that I've decided to write a sequel for this story after this one is finished! There's a poll on my page that I need you guys to take for the new villain. I can't decide between the five choices that I posted.
On a totally unrelated topic: FOR ALL OF YOU TRUE BLOOD WATCHERS. If you watched the last episode of Season 5, what did you all think? Personally, I thought it was stupid. I really didn't like Season 5 much. I'm not going to spoil anything for those of you who haven't seen it, but if you have, leave your opinion in a review. I'd love to know what you all thought.
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.
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PowerToThePeople23: Ah, I know. Bad Gordon! But don't worry. Their kiss will come soon enough! Thank you for the review!
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samdel1997: I'm really glad you loved the last chapter. I hope you like this one as well! I like replying to my reviewers because I find it interesting what you guys have to say about my story. And when you have questions, I can answer them easily to eliminate any confusion.
wisegirl2772: I know! Goodness, Gordon. But not to worry, their kiss will come soon enough. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter!
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-IWRU-
After a lengthily debate with both John and Jim Gordon, Rosalie finally gets her way and is on the journey back to her apartment. Along the way, she narrowly avoids the hoards of criminals walking around with the guns that Bane had ever so graciously provided for them.
"Well, well. Good evening, Miss Kyle," a familiar voice calls from behind her. Rosalie turns around a bit and rolls her eyes when she sees Barsad and a couple of other men walking behind her.
"Yeah, yeah. Hey…uh… Boris," Rosalie says, frowning a bit.
"Barsad," he corrects with a scowl. Rosalie continues walking and throws a wave over her shoulder.
"You know, it's pretty dangerous to be walking around alone in Gotham now. Especially after we just let the prisoners out of Blackgate," one of the other men says, walking after her.
"You would be right if I was a cop, or rich, but seeing as I am neither, I think I'm fine," Rosalie says as she approaches her apartment building. She throws the men a glance over her shoulder as she enters the building and walks up the stairs to her apartment. She frowns deeply when she sees the door already open and her eyes widen when she looks inside.
"There you are," Selina says when she sees her sister in the doorway of their apartment. Rosalie steps forward and envelopes her sister in a hug. "Where the hell were you?" Selina asks, hugging Rosalie back.
"Playing the good guy role," Rosalie answers, stepping away from her sister. Selina sighs a bit.
"I had a feeling that, that's what you'd be doing during all of this," Selina says, frowning.
"I can't be part of what Bane's doing," Rosalie says, shutting the door to their apartment.
"Rosalie I suggested doing this before because I thought it would do you some good to go back out there. Its way too dangerous for you to be out there, gallivanting around in your… outfit, helping people. Look at what happened to the last person that did that in this city," Selina says, shutting the lid of Rosalie's suitcase when she opens it.
"I can't just sit here and watch as those people from Blackgate hurt people. That's not who I am Selina," Rosalie says, pushing Selina's hand off of her suitcase.
"No, what you'll be is dead if you go out there in that," Selina says, grabbing Rosalie's wrist and glaring at her.
"Do you really have that little faith in me? Do you really think I can't handle myself?" Rosalie asks Selina sharply. "I already took out two of his men in the hospital while I went to get Jim Gordon out, and he shot two more. Do you really think I'd be alone?"
"They're cops," Selina states and Rosalie rolls her eyes, and wrenches her arm out of Selina's grip.
"Do you really think that matters right now?" Rosalie asks, taking the Black Swan suit out of her suitcase. "Gotham needs a hero right now. And I may not be the best, but I'm the best Gotham has right now. And Selina… you're my sister, and I love you… so much, but I'll be damned if you try to stop me from doing what I need to do."
Selina stays quiet for a while, simply watching her sister. "You are the stupidest, most hard headed person I've ever met in my life," she says, smirking a bit.
Rosalie smiles. "A trait we seem to share," Rosalie says.
"I'll be watching you. Remember that lillasyster," Selina says, shrugging on her coat.
"I wouldn't have it any other way, äldre syster," Rosalie says, walking to Selina's bedroom.
"Be careful," Selina says, walking out of the apartment and shutting the door behind her. Selina leans against the door, and closes her eyes tightly, feeling dread sinking into her heart for her little sister.
Rosalie strips out of her outfit and changes quickly into her Black Swan outfit. She ties the mask quickly around her face. She steps in front of Selina's mirror and applies a layer of foundation to her neck to cover the bruises left from Bane. She glances out her sister's window and sees a group of men standing in the alleyway. She quietly steps out onto the fire escape and climbs higher until she reaches the roof of the building. She walks to the left of her until she reaches the edge of the roof. She carefully calculates the small distance between the current building, and the building beside it. It isn't much of a gap so Rosalie takes a deep breath and takes a risk.
Rosalie jumps, and smiles widely when she makes it to the other building's roof. Rosalie finds the fire escape on that building and climbs down, and begins her trek around the city, using the dark alleys and shadows made by the buildings. Rosalie frowns when she hears a woman's scream a few yards from where she currently stood. She starts forward and quickly speeds up when she hears the scream abruptly cut off. Rosalie stares wide eyed at the scene in front of her.
"Well, well, well. What do we have…here?" a droll voice drawls. Rosalie keeps her face blank as she looks over the man in the orange jumpsuit. "I know, the threads aren't exactly what I'm, uh, accustomed to. I look much better in purple."
Rosalie glances from the man to the bleeding woman on the ground, to the knife that the man holds in his hand.
"Tell me something, where's old Batsy these days?" the man asks in an unusual clown-ish voice.
"Not here. You're going to have to make due with me," Rosalie says fiercely in her low voice. The man smiles widely, almost as if this whole situation excites him, and Rosalie glares. Rosalie steps forward quickly, and kicks the knife out of his hand, and in an instant kicks his feet out from under him, making him fall to the ground.
"A little out of practice, huh Joker?" she asks lowly, and kicks the former Arkham inmate in the side of the head, rendering the psychopath unconscious. Rosalie looks at the woman who has her hands on her stomach, trying to stop the bleeding where the Joker stabbed her.
"Help me, please," the girl whimpers.
"I need to get you to a hospital," Rosalie tells the woman after looking at the wound on her stomach.
"Keys, in my pocket," the girl rasps. Rosalie quickly takes the car keys out of the girl's pocket, and hauls the girl to her car as quick as she can. Rosalie helps the girl lay down in the back seat and gets in the driver's side. Rosalie drives well over the speed limit to the hospital. Once at the hospital entrance, Rosalie pulls the girl out of the car, and lifts the now unconscious girl into her arms. Rosalie walks as quickly as she can into the hospital struggling to not drop the girl.
"I need some help," Rosalie calls through labored breaths. The wounded girl is quickly taken from Rosalie's arms by one of the male nurses. While everyone is distracted by the girl, Rosalie quickly turns on her heel and exits the hospital, leaving the girl's car in front of the hospital.
-IWRU-
Two hours later, Rosalie finds herself walking around the perimeter of the block which holds John's apartment building. She finds the man in question exiting his apartment building, and Rosalie frowns, and begins trailing after him.
"You know, it isn't very safe out here for cops at the moment," Rosalie says, in her Black Swan voice. John turns around sharply, and relaxes a bit when he sees her.
"So that wasn't just a one time thing with Gordon? You're going to help?" John asks, and Rosalie tilts her head to the side a bit.
"I'm going to help as much as I can," she says.
"Have you found out anything else?" John asks.
"It's not just the Blackgate prisoners who were released. They let the inmates out of Arkham Asylum as well. I just had a little encounter with the Joker a couple of hours ago. I'll admit, I was a little star struck, but I dealt," Rosalie says, smirking a bit.
"You've got to be kidding," John says, his eyes widening a bit.
"Unfortunately, no. I wonder who else I'll get the pleasure of running into while the city's under siege," Rosalie muses. She stiffens when she hears footsteps approaching them. Rosalie quickly grabs John's arm and pulls him into an alley.
"Wha-," he starts, and is quickly cut off when Rosalie slaps a gloved hand over his mouth tightly. She watches as his eyebrows furrow and she puts her pointer finger to her lips, signaling for him to stay quiet. Rosalie keeps her eyes on the entrance of the alley and watches as a couple of Bane's men walk by, armed with guns. Rosalie slowly removes her hand from John's mouth and quietly walks to the alley opening and glances around the corner. Her shoulders visibly relax when the men turn down another corner.
"Who are you?" John asks, and Rosalie glances at him curiously. "Under the mask. Who are you?"
"What kind of vigilante would I be if I told you?" Rosalie asks, throwing him an amused smirk.
"You remind me of someone," he says, stepping closer to her. The smirk is immediately wiped from Rosalie's face as he comes to a stop directly in front of her. Rosalie tenses when John raises his hand to lift the mask off of her face. Her hand quickly flies up and catches his wrist. She tilts her head to the side a bit and looks at him through daring eyes.
"Why ruin the surprise? All the fun is in not knowing," Rosalie says, allowing a small smirk to grace her face. "Go home. Saving you from Bane's men is the last thing I have on my agenda tonight."
With that, Rosalie releases the grip she has on John's wrist. She raises her hand and lets one gloved finger trace over his jaw line, then quickly turns on her heel and moves deeper into the alley. John raises his hand, and touches the place on his jaw that the Black Swan had just touched. He grins a bit, and turns around, heeding her warning and heading home to discuss possible plans with Gordon.
-IWRU-
As Rosalie walks home, she reaches the diner where she works when she hears another girl scream. She hears a man's laughter, and the girl's crying down the alley by the diner. She approaches the alley and sees a man with a blonde girl pressed up against the wall. She moves quietly behind the man, who has his mouth pressed against the blonde girl's throat, and she grabs him by the collar of his shirt, and pulls him off of the girl.
The man looks at Rosalie, startled, and the girl slides down the wall, pulling her ripped shirt closed. She pushes the offending man against the wall.
"Now, that's no way to treat a lady," she says in her low voice, and slams the man's head against the wall. The man drops to the ground, unconscious, and his head bleeding. Rosalie looks to the girl, who is looking up at her with tear-filled eyes, and tear tracks going down her face.
Rosalie's eyes widen a bit when she sees who the girl is.
Holly.
"Go home. And you shouldn't walk alone anymore, especially at night. Gotham isn't safe anymore," Rosalie says lowly. Holly nods quickly, and Rosalie holds out her hand to Holly to help her stand up. Holly takes it and Rosalie pulls her to her feet.
"Thank you," Holly whispers shakily. Rosalie nods, and walks away, down the alley.
Holly watches the Black Swan walk away until she can't see her anymore, and she glances at the man who lies unconscious across from her. She glares at the unconscious man and kicks him in the head. She looks back down the alley one last time and turns around slowly, and nervously makes her journey home.
-IWRU-
A/N: Really not my best work. At all. But I'm, as I said in the top author's note, just posting this small chapter to inform you all of my new poll for the sequel. A much better chapter to come after this one. We'll be returning to the plot of TDKR.
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