Scattershot98: Thank you.
acw28: Yeah, that will be fun.
pedrofaria339: Thank you, we worked hard.
Cooperjordan: Because one thing most writers ignore... the BatFamily IS a family!
scobynate: Yes and yes.
Here are a few reviews answered by Ghost:
maxe03: Yeah...I think that's called "Selective Distractions" or something. Getting people to look at certain other aspects instead of the face. Barbara IS washing her hands, she's not an animal. Harley was deemed "Non-Compos Mentis" due to the Joker and is getting help.
Fox Boss: Yes he is.
Cooperjordan: Yes, it IS cute.
pedrofaria339: That's the one we're going for.
FanFic World010: Muchas Gracias
Scattershot98: Yeah, things have gotten a bit "cuckoo" since Harley's joined
Co-Writter: GhostKaiser23
Disclaimer: We do not own Batman
Author's Notes:
Hope you like this, I feel like it might be a bit short so I feel nervous.
Batman: A Different Path
Chapter 14: Another Day Of Heroes
It was a few days later. The doctors had written the final papers to let Harley leave their care and send her on her way...Even though she had become "eccentric" and she grinned, skipping after Bruce as they neared the front door to Wayne Manor "Well, here we are Miss Harleen. Home, sweet home." Alfred spoke kindly
"Thanks Alfie." She grinned as she hugged Bruce's arm
'Alfie? That IS a new one on my part.' Alfred blinked in shock.
"So... when do I get my super suit?" Harley grinned, spinning around showing off her 'new look'. She was dressed in a white shirt with three red diamonds on the left side almost forming another diamond; in addition she was wearing blue jeans with black stitching. Her hair was tied back in a ponytail. She had bought some spray dye on the way there and added some cherry red and navy blue streaks into her hair
"...Soon. Promise." Bruce answered
"Humph." She pouted cutely at that
"Don't be like that. Dick didn't get his costume until later." Bruce answered but she just pouted, looking away "Come here." Bruce lifted her up bridal style
"Whoa, whoop!" Harley spoke in shock and then she began to cheer and squeak happily
"I guess Harley's having fun." Pamela smiled lightly
"I think she is." Dick nodded "Sorry that dad doesn't have extra arms to carry you."
"Its fine." She smiled
"...Do you want to me to make a cup of tea?" Dick asked
"I shall, do not worry about that Master Richard. It is fine." Alfred smiled
"Oh okay Alfred." Dick nodded as they went inside...As they saw Harley looking around in an excited rush"Er... er should okay?"
"She's not getting anywhere near the Ming vases or the suits of armour...I think she is okay." Alfred answered
"A Ming Vase?!... what's that?" Harley screamed... then stopped
"An antique vase dating back over six hundred years." Alfred answered
"... boring." She groaned, spinning around before she started... marching in a random direction
"I worry for her right now...I really do." Pamela sighed
"We can only help her." Bruce smiled sadly, taking Pamela's hand and squeezing lightly... when Harley ran over and hugged them talking so fast they couldn't make out what she was saying but they made out the words 'Awesome idea' even IF they were jumbled with a whole lot more
"Um Harley...We didn't quite catch that." Pamela spoke
"I said I have an awesome idea! I'm immune to Red's poison lips!" Harley grinned "So maybe my blood can help make something to help!"
"You...You're offering to donate your blood for an antidote?" Pamela theorized
"Yep!" She nodded with a smile
"Harley...Thank you!" Pamela kissed her. Harley moaned and hugged them close
"I'm going to do some homework now." Dick spoke. He ran upstairs awkwardly, heading to his room
*With Barbara*
Barbara lay flat on her bed, thinking of what transpired back in the Clock Tower...and how it changed her. She was thinking deeply about herself. True she felt good from pleasuring herself, but she had spent her life trying to figure herself out and she felt more aroused than she could ever remember just from looking at the picture of the 'Supergirl'. She had spent all night looking at different kinds of porn, nearly getting caught by her dad which embarrassed the hell out of her, and thought about what she felt about everyone she knew... and...None of it worked.
All she could think about was Supergirl.
She did notice that she was attracted to both men and women but there was something... she didn't know how to describe it. Maybe...She was bisexual? But, again, there was something... strange about her connection with that Supergirl "God...why is puberty such an annoying thing?" She frowned
"Barbara? You okay?" Her dad called, knocking the door
"Hmm!" She squeaked freezing up "J-Just...Thinking about things dad..." She gave a half truth
"Ah. Well someone is renting the apartment across the hall for a few weeks, some reported from Metropolis and his niece. Want to say hello?" Jim explained gently
"Oh...Y-Yeah. I'll be there is a second." Barbara spoke shaking her head to clear her head. She checked herself to see if she was clean and put on some make out and deodorant to cover the bags under her eyes from her time as Batgirl and to make sure she didn't stink
"Barbara?" Commissioner Gordon asked
"Coming." She responded and followed her dad. She ran from her room and met up with him as they walked to their temporary neighbors
"Alright, here we are." Jim spoke and knocked on their neighbor's door.
"Hello?" A strong voice asked, the door opening to reveal a rather tall man wearing a blue business suit and a red tie. He had a rather strong build but his posture was kind of slumped, his hair was black and neatly brushed back and he had bright blue eyed behind his glasses
"Hello there. I'm Jim Gordon and this is my daughter Barbara. We're your next door neighbors and we thought we'd say "hello"." Jim spoke kindly
"Ah, hello. I'm Clark Kent, a reporter for the Daily Planet. I'm staying in Gotham for a few weeks to write a story about the 'Batman'." The man introduced with a kind, soft spoken voice as he shook the man's hand before he called over his shoulder "Kara! We have visitors!"
"Coming." a kind voice answered coming to the door
"Please, come in." Clark spoke generously
"Oh, thank you." Jim and Barbara nodded as they entered and Barbara went wide eyed as she saw a girl in the living room of the small apartment.
She was wearing a beige sweater over a white collared shirt, which fully concealed her bosom, a light blue knee length skirt and black flat shoes. She also wore glasses similar to Clark's but they had a somewhat thicker frame, showing her soft blue eyes. Her blonde hair was tied back, much like a librarian. "Hi there...I'm Kara." Barbara looked over her in amazement. She felt the same as when she saw that Supergirl picture
"Nice to meet you Kara, I'm Jim and this is Barbara." Jim smiled
"Drink?" Clark asked
"Oh, please. Barbara?" Jim responded
"I... er... please." she nodded
"Kara, what about you?" Clark asked
"Water please." she responded. Kara looked at Barbara in a similar state of shock/confusion
"Why don't you two get to know each other?" Jim asked
"O... okay." They nodded
"So Clark, how're you finding Gotham?" Jim asked as he went into the kitchen
"So..." Barbara spoke awkwardly
"So..." Kara blushed
"Have you been in Gotham long?" Barbara asked
"No... Just two days." she admitted
"How're you liking it so far?" Barbara asked
"It's...different. Much darker than Metropolis." Kara answered
"Yea... I guess it could be." He shrugged
"But...it has its charms." Kara praised it for the decor of the various historical homes and she was looking at Barbara out of the corner of her eyes
"Is...Is everything alright?" Barbara asked
"I... yea." She gasped, looking away "But... well... I'm not use to these cloths."
"Oh...I imagine that it's a bit straining putting a skirt on...I always wear trousers." Barbara answered
"Er... I normally wear overalls. I live on a farm." Kara admitted
"Oh really? What was that like?" Barbara asked, becoming intrigued by it.
"Well... lots of chores, work, getting up early and long hours." Kara shrugged lightly
"But were you happy there? It must've been quiet." Barbara asked
"I guess it was." Kara shrugged lightly with a smile
"Fresh air, wide fields...Seeing the stars at night without smog, fog or light pollution." Barbara smiled. Kara nodded in agreement, looking at the stars in amazement "What's your favorite constellation?" Barbara asked
"I used to make my own..." Kara answered
"You did?" Barbara asked, impressed
"Yeah...There was the Farmer...The Parents...The Soaring Tiger..." Kara listed off the constellations she had made up
"Hey... wanna hang out some time?" Barbara asked nervously
"Um...S-Sure...I'd like that." Kara smiled with a quick nod. Barbara nodded, looking away nervously "S-So...when should we meet up?" Kara asked
"... next week at the mall?" She said nervously
"Great...So it's a date?" Kara asked kindly
"Yeah! I-I mean...Sure..." Barbara nodded but she was blushing brightly at the idea of a 'date' with a girl "So...T-Ten o'clock?" Barbara asked awkwardly
"Sure." Kara nodded, blushing
"Great." Barbara smiled. Both just stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do
*In the kitchen*
Gordon and Clark where chatting lightly, smiling "Sounds like my daughter is getting on well with your cousin." Jim smiled
"Yes, I think so." Clark nodded
"So how're things going in Metropolis?" Jim asked
"It's good." He nodded
"I guess you've got a number of articles about this..."Steel-Man" is it?" Jim asked
"Superman. Man of Steel. Easy mistake." Clark answered
"Yea." He nodded
"What is it that you do?" Clark asked
"I'm the Commissioner of the GCPD." Jim smiled
"Important member of the city then." Clark answered in earnest
"A bit." Jim said with modesty
"I guess pride doesn't go to your head." Clark commented kindly
"It doesn't." Jim nodded "It has been nice meeting you Mister Kent."
"You to Mr Gordon." Clark nodded, the two shaking each other's hand
*That night, with Batman and Robin*
Batman and Robin were currently out by Gotham Wharf following the leads on the giant crocodile terrorizing the boats. "How much longer do we have to wait!" Robin groaned
"Part of this job is waiting Robin. Boring as it is." Batman answered but agreed. Robin just huffed and sat down, pulling out a hand held game console. Batman understood the boring wait for children and ignored the fact Robin had brought a game along to the stakeout but he was annoyed "Robin, there's movement." He spoke as he caught movement in the water and saw something surface. Robin quickly turned off his game and out it away, getting ready "The fifth dock. Come on." He spoke as they used their grappling guns to get a better vantage point
"Got it." Robin nodded and followed. That was when they saw the figure emerge out of the water as they stuck to the shadows. It was a monster, over seven feet tall and covered in bumps and scales, muscles the size of a bulked out strongman! He was only wearing dirty and damp pair of torn trousers. It was like a humanoid crocodile "What the...?" Robin gasped
"Looks like those rumours weren't exaggerated at all." Batman whispered
"I... I'm scared." Robin whispered
"I understand...I am too." Batman responded "But we overcome that fear to protect Gotham." Dick nodded but that didn't stop him from shaking in fear "I'll be right with you son." Batman spoke kindly. Dick nodded, calming himself down "Better?" Batman asked
"Better." Robin nodded
"Let's go." Batman spoke as they began to follow the human sized crocodile. They kept to the shadows, ready to attack at a moment's notice. The Crocodile-Man began to crush and crunch through the nearby bank of Gotham. Which set the alarms off. He quickly grabbed massive bags of money and ran "Now." Batman spoke throwing a pair of smoke pellets blinding the Crocodile-Man from pursuing any further
"You think this can stop me?! I have your scent!" The creature hissed lightly
"IT TALKS?" Robin yelled in shock and fear
"Talk AND HUNT!" It roared racing to the two dropping the bags on the floor and began to hunt the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder
"MOVE!" Bruce yelled, jumping and grabbing Robin before getting out of the way with a second to spare
"RARGH! I have your scent Batman! You and that second won't get far!" The creature roared, sniffing the air for them
"This isn't good." He frowned
"If he can smell us...How're we supposed to get the drop on him?" Robin asked
"Calm down." Bruce urged
"S-Sorry...I...I didn't..." Robin answered not being used to seeing things like that
"It's fine." Bruce sighed "We've got to hide from his smell and sight." Bruce answered
"How?" Dick asked
"The sewers, or the smog areas." Batman answered. Dick nodded, following. Elsewhere, The Crocodile-Man continued to sniff the air, but the smell of smog and rubbish was dulling his senses; but he had the faint smell of Batman and Robin.
"I have his scent." He grinned "I will feast...On your BONES!" he raced after the scent "There you are." He grinned, chasing after the scent. The sewers were his home, he knew every twist and turn, every grate...He was in his home territory. He grinned. This would be easy. Soon he found himself at the sewage treatment section, a large room filled with three almost equally large tanks that continued to treat the water and refuse. Run by hydro-electricity, it would continue to run without power maintenance. He raised his head, sniffing "Hmmnn...Where are you Batman? You can't hide from me..." He called out but try as he might, he couldn't find him "Gah! Bloody Bat...Now I have to go up for the loot." He snarled. Suddenly a Batarang stabbed between the scales on his back "ARGH! Right in THAT place!" He roared, trying to pull out the projectile but couldn't due to his muscle size... And then it exploded "ARGH!" He tumbled forward in pain and turned around with a menacing snarl. Bolos flew out of the shadows and wrapped around his ankles, tripling him up "Wh-Whoa!" He fell and whacked his head on the railings "OW! GRR!" He roared and snapped the bolos. A figure ran in and slammed its palm into Croc's jaw, slamming his head up, before the figure jumped away. A figure emerged from the shadows behind Croc, slamming his foot into Croc's thrown back head making him fall face first before the figure jumped away "Argh! Show yourselves! Get down here!" Croc got up trying to get their scent "JUST WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"
FLASH!
The lights switched off instantly and Croc was stuck between the vats of sewage and the platform.
"I'm Batman." A gruff voice said, two tanks being pulled down on top of Croc. The tanks slammed down onto the crocodile mutant, separated wires were sparking and electrocuted Croc to unconsciousness.
"Sweet." Robin grinned lightly
"We better contact GCPD, they'll be surprised to see him." Batman spoke
"You've got that right." Robin answered
*Above ground*
Jim Gordon and the police where struggling as they pulled the giant crocodile man out of the sewer "Man...This Croc...It's a killer in size." A policeman spoke
"Killer Croc?" another policeman asked
"Oh god Jerry! Can you STOP with bad puns?!" A third frowned and groaned
"What? That's a good one." Jerry commented. In the shadows Batman and Robin oversaw the transfer of the now dubbed "Killer Croc" to GCPD
"Makes fieling easier." Bruce said simply
"Yeah...That was scary. I'll admit." Robin chuckled
"You did good." Bruce smiled and rubbed his back
"Thanks Dad." Dick smiled
"Let's head back to the Cave." Batman spoke
"Okay." Dick nodded. The two raced off, not knowing of several figures who had been watching them. One of the figures nodded and left with their group to an undisclosed location.
The figure was a woman of eastern decent. As they arrived to their undisclosed location the woman removed her face mask, revealing a beautiful brown haired and brown eyed woman, under her costume was her carefully bound D-Cup breasts, hidden with her curvaceous figure. She was wearing a full body, tight, Kevlar armoured leather suit "It looks like The Detective has found a new partner Mistress." a masked figure spoke respectfully to the woman "Yes... a big brother for his heir." The woman nodded with a loving smile "My beloved WILL return to me, one day."