Chapter 4
Lukess

It has been a few hours since I declared to search for Catwoman. Only a few hours before the sun was up. I had to learn to keep a nocturnal schedule, since Catwoman probably worked like that too. I wasn't going to do anything else in this hell hole until I find her. Even if I have to search underground and in The Joker's lair.

As I was walking down a old street I looked up to the slightly light sky, I was admiring the stars and the moon. It was funny, how when I look into the sky, it looks like Gotham, like I'm not in Arkham City. I laughed at the thought of me back in Gotham. Like that was ever going to happen! I was insane, both to think I would again be in the vulnerable city Gotham, and to be laughing in a city that had the happiness sucked out of it by blood and death.

I notice a bat fly across covering the moon. Wait, no. That was not a bat! It was too big and covered the whole moon! I knew who I had ran into, it was Batman, the Dark Knight.

I ran down the street to my left and hid in the shadows of the dumpster. The Batman landed on a building above where I was standing earlier, looking in my direction! I made a quick run to the fence near me and climbed over it. As I panicky climbed the rusty fence, I look back at the Batman who jumped down from the building and was walking in my direction. I was going to die.

I ran for my life, I ran down the street and made a right. I then climbed up an apartment building, jumped to a rooftop next to me, jumping down a random street before I stopped and look back. He wasn't there, I lost him. I was now exhausted, that quick getaway used up the last of the energy I had left. It was probably best if I find cover and sleep for a bit.

I looked around in my street to find a huge cage like room with golden bars that was old with bits of the paint wearing off. The cage looked so much like an animal cage. No, not just an animal, a cat.

The cage that I was standing metres away was probably one of my clues to finding Catwoman. I ran up to the giant cat and found the front door looked. I jerked the knob back and forth hoping it was just stuck. But no, it was shut up good. I looked around in the cage. Besides all of the crap such as newspapers rubbish and papers on the floor, there was a cat, a small orange and white cat, just lying in the corner of the cage sleeping peacefully.

I had to get in, somehow. There were too many gold bars for me to squeeze through, but enough to make a good climbing wall. I placed my hand on the golden bars and began to climb to the top, so I was standing on the top of the cage. I stood there and looked under me into the cage. I had to think of some of Catwoman's moves, she would use one so only she could get into the cage. I recalled the night in the Bank, and thought of all of the moves she used. None were quite useful at all. But one clicked together with this situation perfectly, ceiling climbing. The checked the roof, it was the perfect type for her to climb, plus, it had the metal grates that she uses to get in and out. I opened one of the crates and jumped into the area.

I was in.
I observed the area the cat was in and found she was near a window with a light on. This was an abandon apartment building, who would use it? In the window was many cats, it was official, I had found the lair of Catwoman.
I climbed onto a nearby generator and opened the window. I will break and enter, confront her, bash her head in, steal some of her stuff, then set myself up with a way to live in this city. I grabbed onto the ledge so I was dangling from the ledge, I pulled myself up and into the room.

I looked around the room, there was a kitchen, a mini lounge room, and a little dining table. Of course, because of the quality of the apartment right now, it was all broke down and dirty, but she still have a working TV a decent couch, plus a few cats for company. There was a little hallway leading up t the entrance of the apartment with a archway on either side of the hall leading to different rooms. I sat up on the counter of the kitchen and waited for her to walk into the room. That's when I heard the calm humming of Selina. She walked out of the left archway and was heading into the right one. She was in a tank top and some pyjama bottoms.

"Nice place Selina." I spoke up.
She paused at the right archway and turned around slowly to face me. When she saw who I was, she grinned.
"Lukess, I see you're in Arkham City." She said in a calm voice, still holding the grin on her face.
"Yes I am in Arkham City. Because you put me here!"

I hoped down from the counter and walked towards her. "You left me to get caught in that bank and didn't help me at all! You just jumped out of the window and ran away like a little bitch!" All of my anger was returning to me, as I remember what happened a few nights ago. I let my anger building up.

"Well I couldn't help both of us. Come on Lukess, Your going to get over this aren't you? You can't hold a grudge at me forever."
"I will get over this when I bash your face in!"
I was ready to throw a punch at her, but she kept talking.
"But I could help you survive around here." She smiled sweetly, but she kept that annoying sass in her voice.

I hesitated for a bit, but I shook it off, like she was going to help me! She would just backstab me! I finally threw my punch aiming for her face. She blocked my punch and punched me in the belly. I recovered quickly and tripped her. She jumped to her feet quickly and was in defensive mode. As I threw a couple of punches at her, I said to her, "You will just leave me to rot again! I can't trust you!"

She was blocking all of my attacks.
"Oh honey don't say that. I can actually help you. You only got here a few nights ago maybe, how will you survive? How will you defend yourself? Where will you stay?"
"I will find something!" I gritted thorough my teeth as I began to get even more angrier.
"Trust me, you won't. If you want, you could be like me, we could be professional criminals together and steal from this city."
I stopped dead in my tracks, about to kick and break her leg, and succeed.
"Go on." I said.

"You could become my assistant and get half of the profit we steal. You could get a new identity and I can make you a new outfit."

I wasn't so sure about this. Working with Catwoman? Will I have to have to dress like her? Is this really my better choice?

An Idea struck me. I will give it a go, and if I don't like it, I will kill her in her sleep and find something else to do around here.

"I guess it's all I got." I sighed. "But I am not going to dress up like a fucking cat. If I have to have a disguise, I want it to look like what I use to wear around Gotham. Like what I wore to the bank heist.

"Good enough for me." She smiled. "You can now stay here and live on the couch; I get you something by tomorrow night. Just stay in the apartment and don't leave."
It seemed like a good enough plan for me. Now I was going to work with Catwoman, one of the options that Sidesie said was not a good choice.
then again, it's either listen to someone that can survive without heritage or listen to a psychopath.