"I can't believe you did that." Adrienn huffed as Bruce opened the door for her. She wasn't mad at him, but she was mad at the situation. After the beat down she has received, Adrienn believed that having a good date only with Bruce would've been in order. Rachel showing up sort of ruined things and Adrienn really tried very hard not to blame Bruce but it was really difficult.
"Adri, please…" Bruce muttered completely exhausted. Adrienn was still trying to figure out if it was from all the babbling that Rachel sent his way or from the torture she has put him through. "And don't forget. You also punished me enough…" Bruce grinned smugly and stepped closer to Adrienn, trapping her to the elevators wall. Adrienn looked up at Bruce completely confused. She slowly hooked her fingers his belt.
"What do you mean?" She teased, running her fingers along the belt.
"You know what I am talking about…" Bruce chuckled. "You had me gripping the table. You have no idea how hard it is to control myself…" Before Bruce could finish, Adrienn let her hands travel down to his groin. Adrienn was pleased to see Bruce's jaw tense up and the small groan that left his lips just made her prouder. "Adri…" Bruce leaned his head in the crook of her neck.
"I'm just having a bit of fun…" She insisted with a sneaky smile. When the elevator dinged, she pulled her hand away and walked into her apartment quietly. Alfred was probably taking a nap to regain his energy. Usually he and Adrienn stay up as late as they could to wait for Bruce to return. Tonight was no different but Adrienn wanted to take advantage of this situation. Bruce seemed to feel the same way and have the same thoughts as Adrienn.
She pulled her pumps off and ran up the stairs, holding Bruce's hand and pulling him after her. Bruce was actually pushing her up the stairs as fast as he could. He pulled her close to his body and connected his lips to hers immediately; making sure Adrienn felt the urgency behind his actions. Bruce skillfully peeled the dress off of her body easily and pushed her on the bed. She was unbuttoning his shirt, ripping many buttons during the process. Bruce flipped them over, allowing Adrienn to lie on top of him. His hands were roaming all over her body, leaving goose bumps all over her body. A police siren sounded in the distance.
"Fuck… shouldn't have left the window open." Bruce groaned, pulling away from Adrienn. The two of them were both panting for breaths. Adrienn propped herself up on his well built chest. Adrienn looked at him and sighed. The fact they had to stop hurt, but his passion for helping people really made her feelings towards him grow. She smiled softly, leaning forward and pressing her lips against his. "I'm sorry… I ruined this day for you…" Bruce muttered. Adrienn frowned, pressing a finger against his lips to stop him from talking.
"Just stop there. Go out help people. Then come back to me." Adrienn smiled, climbing down from him. She watched as he ran a hand through his hair, clearly torn between the situations he was facing. Bruce wanted to help the city of Gotham more than anything, but he still wanted to show Adrienn that she is the only woman for him. He believed in being the luckiest man to have Adrienn by his side. "Just come back please." Adrienn muttered, watching Bruce strip down to his underwear so he can gear up.
"I will Adri…" Bruce said kicking down his trousers. He had a look of confusion on his face. Adrienn picked up on that.
"I am sorry Bruce… I just worry a lot. I mean… no one has your back out there." Adrienn sat down on the bed, crossing her legs over each other. Bruce's lips pursed into a straight line. He was waiting for this conversation to happen. When he was sitting at the meetings he usually thought over their relationship and this conversation played out in his head many times.
"What are you implying?"Bruce said quietly, already knowing the answer.
"Bruce, you can't do this alone. You need help." Adrienn said, standing up from the bed and walking closer to him. "Please, I can help you."
"That is out of the argument." Bruce said quietly, walking out the bedroom. Adrienn stood up, running after him urgently.
"Bruce!" She called desperately, "I have the abilities to help you!"
"I am not having that Adrienn." He said, heading to the dining room. He pressed a wall tile and the entire thing shifted out of place. "Go back to bed."
"Bruce!" Adrienn yelled at this point. It was pointless since the wall pulled back into place, blocking out everything he said. This was the first thing Bruce did to her apartment. Install a separate area just for storage. He had his suit here for the time being and the most necessary equipment that Adrienn would use was there as well. She stomped her foot against the ground and grumbled a few profanities. She bounded back to her bedroom and wrapped a fluffy bathrobe around her body.
"Is everything all right Miss?" Alfred asked, sounding a little sleepy. He walked out of his room and lifted his hand up to hide his yawn.
"No Alfred. It isn't all right." Adrienn grumbled. "Bruce is just frustrating."
"Why don't I make a cup of tea and you can tell me about everything that happened tonight." Alfred suggested. Adrienn took a deep breath and nodded her head and followed Alfred into the kitchen. Once he was settled he gave Adrienn an encouraging smile.
"Rachel showed up and then the date was pretty much ruined because of her. Both Bruce and I were frustrated. And then there was the little conversation. I think that was the last drop in the cup. He was not happy with me trying to convince him that help is … me?"
"Miss, if I may say so… he is worried about you. What he does is dangerous." Alfred explained, setting his mug down, "He just wants you to stay safe."
"I know, but I can handle myself." Adrienn insisted, getting frustrated again.
"Miss, please tell me what on Earth you did before?" Alfred begged. Adrienn rolled her eyes, getting frustrated of hearing that question again. She was not ready to reveal everything yet. It wasn't because she was frightened of rejection, she truly believed that they would be accepting, but it made her feel like a horrible person.
"Alfred… can we just take it day by day…" Adrienn begged. "Like, everyday with a new bit of information?"
"A therapy session?" Alfred asked, finishing his mug of tea. "All right… what was it that you did exactly?"
"I killed people Alfred…" Adrienn muttered, after a long pause. "It was on orders though."
"All right Princess." Alfred nodded, deeming it enough information for the night. "Just continue to do what you do Miss… maybe train on your own as well. And eventually you can prove it to him that you are capable of helping him."
"I am guessing you aren't too happy with just sitting around and helping behind the scenes either right?" Adrienn grumbled, looking down at the table.
"No Miss. It worries me a lot…" Alfred nodded.
"All right. So it is training alone as well then. I guess I can use this time to do that?" Adrienn shrugged, getting the cups and placing the in the dishwasher.
"How exactly are you planning to train though?" Alfred asked. Adrienn couldn't help a smile appear on her lips.
"I have a friend who still runs in this business." She explained. "Well… technically. He trains, but doesn't kill anymore. They threatened his family so … he quit and hunted down the people who threatened them. I helped…" She was rambling but she didn't want to spend too much time talking about this.
"Where are you going to practice though?" Alfred was still not getting it as he followed Adrienn into her bedroom.
"He wasn't specialized in guns. He focused on hand-to-hand combat and mainly free running. His training locations were rather… bizarre." Adrienn said tossing on a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants. "I'll be on the roof today I think… wasted to much time, I don't know when Bruce is gonna be back."
"Good idea. How do you know he is awake?" Alfred asked.
"Ah… you really don't know us." Adrienn chuckled, pulling her shoes on and grabbing her cell phone. She hurried out of her room, yelling back to Alfred to in from her when Bruce was done with his day. Dialing a number that was carved in her brain she prayed to God that there will be an answer. It only took three rings before the gruff voice answered.
"Hallo?" His Russian accent was thicker than usual.
"Nikolai? Is that you?" Adrienn smiled.
"Adrienn!" He laughed, "What can I do for you?" Most of Adrienn's old friends were like that. They were down to business and never really beat around the bush. It was only a couple that went out of their way on occasions to ask more personal questions. Nikolai would be that person, but since they haven't spoken in years he just kept it short and to point.
"You owe me." Adrienn replied sharply, "I need to see you now."
"I'll be there in a few minutes." His thick Russian accent replied before the line went dead.
The beauty of being an Assassin that was trained like Nikolai was. He could put together devices that helped him in that. Adrienn knew for a fact that he always had one with him. She walked over to the ledge and sat down, patiently waiting for her long gone friend to find her. It only took him five minutes total for the figure to pull himself over the ledge.
"Comrade." Nikolai walked up to her swiftly, putting his hand on her shoulder. Adrienn did the same
"Cut the bullshit with that." Adrienn laughed, but couldn't help the old habits. "Comrade…"
"How have you been?" Nikolai smiled, taking a lighter tone, as light as it can get with his Russian accent. "Well… I knew that your help with assuring the safety of my wife and unborn child will come around to bite me in the ass…"
"Nikolai… you wouldn't have helped me without this." Adrienn stated. Nikolai thought about it a little and nodded his head.
"You're right." Nikolai agreed, with a nod. "What do you need, Comrade?"
Adrienn laughed at all the formalities. It was shocking how hard it is to forget it. This way of life was really difficult to forget. Adrienn chuckled shaking her head. Knowing that Nikolai was a fully trustworthy person, she did not want to reveal Batman to him. Not yet anyway. Plus, the Russian will most probably figure it out once he gets a hint of things.
"I need your help in training me." Adrienn said quickly. "I can only manage at night…you know how it goes."
"I know… it'll give us time to… Catch up?" Nikolai asked more than stated. Adrienn smiled at her old friend and attempted to simply punch his arm playfully. Nikolai however caught her hand out of reflex and twisted it.
"God damn! I was about to say that you have feeling left in you!" Adrienn grumbled.
"We are corrupted Adrienn. You and I are the lucky ones." Nikolai muttered, letting loose of his death grip. "I've missed you."
"I've missed you too Nikolai." Adrienn smiled, hugging him. "How is Yeva?" Adrienn asked referring to his wife. "And Borbala?"
"I have a picture of the little one and Yeva. My baby is turning two soon." Nikolai laughed, pulling out an old wrinkled picture from his pocket. "Look."
"She has your eyes!" Adrienn laughed looking at the photo of the chubby little blonde baby. "Now… should we get started?"
-Thank you for the nickname suggestions! :') Alsooo! I am gonna put up some pictures of the characters! Well onto the profile thingy of mine… That is how I sort of imagine them I guess? I spent long nights searching for the perfect match…. this is as close as I could get.
*smokey-eyed amazon warrior : Haha I am gonna go pervy, but what type of punishment? XD I had to I am sorry :') Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for reading and reviewing! :)
*devi no kaze : Thank you for the nickname suggestions! I loved it! I got some good ones, so I think I am going to use them like… all over the place! But I loved your suggestion! Thanks for reviewing and reading! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! :)
*Hope and love : Heya! Thank you for reviewing :') Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
*Foxy Roxey : I know what you mean with thecutesy nicknames. I like the weird ones… xD I loved your suggestions by the way! I am gonna use different ones each time. Sorry I can't resist having fun with them, plus I can't chose :/ Thank you for reviewing! Hope you enjoyed this chappy :')
*Ravenmore45 : Hehehe! I laughed at that thought and just had to incorporate it somehow! Imagine! Thank you for reading and I hope you liked this chapter as well! Thank you for the review :')
*kindleflame5 : Thank you for the nickname suggestions. Hahaha, imagine Batman being called Honeybuns. Ahh I laughed xD Thanks thanks thanks! :D Adrienn will rock his world sooner or later :') Thank you for reading and reviewing! I hope you liked this chapter! :D
*Camille : Hehe, it will be hotter and hotter! Steaminess! Who isn't annoyed by Rachel… I am sorry I have a huge dislike towards that woman. Yeah I have no life I am aware of it. Anyway, thank you for reviewing! I really hope you enjoyed the chapter! :)
*stupidsteff666 : Hehehe naughty, naughty. I sound like a pedo… Anyway I am glad you liked the chapter! Hope you enjoyed this one too! Thanks for the review :')
*Jesterjoker : There will be! I know Rachel is a bitch :') I just had to have her show her face. I missed writing about her annoyingness! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for the review!