Garrett and Barbara walked into his apartment. Garrett's apartment was plain. I t had a couch and a chair in the living room along with a small entertainment system.
"So, what do you want to know?" Garrett asked Barbara as she looked around his apartment.
"The truth." Barbara said crossing her arms and staring at him.
"The truth. Huh" Garrett said thinking.
"Well?" Barbara said getting impatient
"Sorry. Trying to figure out how to say without sounding crazy." Garrett said
"Out with it." Barbara demanded
"Fine. I'm from an alternate dimension. In my dimension, Superman was tricked into killing someone, someone his alter ego was in love with. After that he began a tyrannical rule of the earth. Batman, Green Arrow and Zatara formed a rebellion to stop him. I was part of that rebellion. I use magic that allows me to summon weapons from a spiritual dimension. Me and my team were trained to take out superman." Garrett said summoning a sword to prove his power.
"Ok, what about the ex-girlfriend thing?" Barbara said
"That well in order to keep from dying easily, I was trained by Zatara. I went out with his daughter." Garrett said lowering his head
"So that's it?" Barbara asked
"Ryan doesn't know about her, but he teases me about you a lot." Garrett said
"So what now?" Garrett asked
"I get home." Barbara said
"I'll walk you." Garrett said moving to the door
"My hero." Barbara said sarcastically before going out the door. Garrett smiled at the comment and followed her out.
They got out to the street.
"Keep close to the road. I'll walk close to the allies." Garrett said
"What do you think someone is going to grab me?" Barbara asked jokingly. The look Garrett gave said that was exactly what he thought would happen.
"Fine." Barbara said and walked on the outside.
"Now they have to grab me too." Garrett said under his breath as they walked. They walked down the road for a little bit before having to turn. They were grabbed and dragged into an alley. One of the thugs hit Garrett knocking him to the ground and blurring his vision. The thugs surrounded Barbara. When Garrett's vision cleared he could see what they planned to do. Garrett snapped at the thought. Garrett forced himself up as the thugs ripped Barbara's shirt open. Garrett summoned two clubs and struck the first thug in the back of the head before any of the others registered his presence. Garrett hit the next one in the leg nearly breaking it. He beat the rest fairly quickly. He ran over to Barbara and put his jacket around her to protect her modesty. Garrett reached to get his phone out of his pocket when he felt a sharp pain in his side.
"He-he not the only ones going done tonight." The thug who had shot Garrett said. Garrett summoned a small knife and threw it in the hand of the guy who shot him before passing out from the pain and blood loss.
Garrett woke up in the hospital with a severe head ache. He looked around the room he was in and saw Barbara asleep in a chair. He smirk at her sleeping form. HE was about to say something when the door opened.
"Hey Bruce." Garrett said nervously.
"What were you doing in the alley?" Bruce asked
"I was walking Barbara home, when we were grabbed. They were going to rape her so I sorta snapped." Garrett said the last part quietly.
"I think the correct thing to say would be 'beat them within an inch of their lives'" Commissioner Gordon said entering the room.
"It wasn't that bad was it?" Garrett asked
"Several broken bones and a few concussions between them. Not to mention a knife in one's hand." Gordon said
"In all fairness the one I put a knife in shot me." Garrett retorted. Barbara woke from all the noise.
"What's going on?" Barbara asked rubbing her eyes.
"I'm being lecture by my legal guardian and your father." Garrett said looking over to her.
"Are you ok?" He sked
"Yeah." Barbara replied.
"That's a relief." Garrett said
"Garrett one more thing before I go." The commissioner said
"Hmm." Garrett replied
"How long have you been dating my daughter?" Gordon asked. Garrett and Barbara froze at the question.
"About a month." Garrett replied hesitantly
"Ok. Just look out for her." Commissioner Gordon said before leaving
"You managed to keep a secret from me. That's impressive Garrett." Bruce said
"Don't feel bad Bruce. Dick still doesn't know." Garrett said
"Dick doesn't know? How did you keep it from him?" Bruce asked in shock
"Simple we lied." Garrett said
"So who else knew?" Bruce asked
"Just a café owner who sees me as a younger brother." Garrett said.
"Ok then you need me to do anything for you?" Bruce asked
"Yeah, can you get me transferred to Gotham Academy?" Garrett asked
"Sure." Bruce smirked
"Thanks Bruce. I mean it." Garrett said
"No problem." Bruce said "Good bye for now."
Garrett waved and suddenly felt exhausted.
Telling secrets can relive stress who knew. Garrett thought before going to sleep.
Garrett woke to an empty room.
This is going to be a long day. Garrett thought as he sat in the silence that surrounded him. Well let's see who gets annoyed.
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence
In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence
And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence
Fools, said I, you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words, like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, the words of the prophets are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence
"Well that was fun." Garrett said before looking at the clock. The clock read 7:00 AM.
Great the only people who would come visit me are in school. Garrett thought. Thinking about what happened he realized he could probably heal himself. He pulled the pad and pen off the night table and started writing runic symbols on the paper.
I hope this works. He thought as he pushed the paper against the wound. He muttered the runes names and they activated. It only took a moment but it felt like an eternity. With the spell done he looked at the wound and it was mostly healed.
A nurse came in due to the light from the spell.
"Are you ok?" The nurse asked.
"Yep. I'll be better when I'm out of here." Garrett responded
"Well you'll be getting out of here tomorrow." The nurse said before leaving.