"Blizzard, don't touch that! Stop running around-! DID YOU JUST HIT THAT VASE?!"
Alfred put a hand over his eyes as he heard a vase beginning to topple, but the crash he expected never came…
"It's okay! Nothing broke!"
Bruce chuckled before taking a sip of his coffee, and the sounds of wrestling reached both their ears.
AJ's bark reached their ears as well, along with what sounded like a groan of exasperation from Midnight before he seemed to jump in and separate the pair.
"OW! Alright, alright!"
The butler couldn't help a soft chuckle of his own as he continued to make pasta alfredo for their guest.
"It seems a bit more lively around here with Ms Alex staying, doesn't it?"
"Definitely. She's like a bundle of light."
Alex popped her head into the kitchen, smiling before almost bouncing to a seat, her wolf ears twitching at every sound.
"That smells great, Alfred."
"I knew you'd appreciate it, Ms Alex."
Blizzard bounded into the room, knocking into Alex's chair, and her arms shot out, starting to wave to keep her balance before the four legs hit the ground solidly once more.
"BLIZZARD!"
He then jumped onto her lap, and she really did fall back in the chair from the sudden weight.
"AH!"
CRASH!!!
"…I need to learn how to stop him from doing that…"
A snicker from Blizzard, followed by a bark, and she glared.
"OH, I could've just ASKED? WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SO BEFORE?"
Midnight seemed to chuckle from the door, and AJ trotted up to see if her owner was alright.
"I'm fine…"
Alex sat up, rubbing her head before flicking Blizzard in the nose.
"Are you going to stay tonight, Uncle Bruce? I was planning on a movie night."
"Maybe I can watch one movie. You never know with Wayne Enterprises."
Smiling anyway, Alex righted her chair as her tail wagged.
"Alright!"
As the food was set before her, the now blonde-haired girl began to contemplate what movies to watch…
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Yawning from the couch, Alex cuddled into the furry bodies around her as her fifth movie continued to play.
It was past midnight and, just as Bruce predicted, he'd only been able to join her for one film.
She never knew where he went at night, though he always told her it was business problems, but she could always tell when.
Sitting up, she looked out the window and wondered what she could do…
Something in Alex's chest kept a tight hold on her, worrying and fretting her annoyingly, and she often got the impulse to try and hit something.
"Why don't you?"
An ear cocked backwards, and she turned to see AJ.
"Why don't I what?"
"Go out there. Do what you know you want to."
"Which is what? I'm not even sure…"
"You know you want to do something. You know you CAN. So go do something."
"Blizzard, it's not that simple…I can't just go out and expect to beat up people…"
Sighing, Alex leaned back on the couch once more…
"You want to help people, Alex. So go help people." Midnight put in, his head resting on her shoulder.
"Yeah, but that would be irresponsible of me…Mom would get worried, and what if I got hurt?"
"Then don't."
Blizzard seemed to smirk, standing and stretching.
"You're the superhuman. Take down some bad guy butt and avoid getting hit."
"Yeah, that's easy for YOU to say…Do you want me to go out in my pajamas to boot?"
"Maybe you'd prefer this, Ms Alex?"
Jumping as Alex realized Alfred had been listening on the conversation, she turned to see him holding up the outfit she'd been admiring in her own closet.
Except now there was an added biker hat to hide her ears a bit and two sheathed blades.
"Alfred?"
He smiled understandingly, putting a hand on her head.
"You have your mother's big heart, Ms Alex. I suspected once you understood your new powers, you'd want to help people."
"And you won't tell?" Alex worried, still standing.
Her eyes were the lightest shade of blue possible, a hint of hope dancing across the surface…
"Not until you feel ready to."
Smiling appreciatively, she took the outfit and the blades, eyeing them curiously.
"They're wakizashi, I believe. From a trip to Japan. Master Wayne has been wondering whether to use them for decoration or not."
"Thanks, Alfred."
Looking particularly giddy, Alex ran to a bathroom to change as AJ giggled from the couch.
Coming out completely dressed, she almost seemed like a different person.
She carried herself differently, with a calm confidence that seemed almost sharp.
Having tied her hair into a low ponytail, Alex smiled and hugged Alfred goodbye before running out the back door almost as a blur.
Reaching Gotham, she made an inhuman leap onto the roof of a building, and Alex was slowly getting used to her strengths.
Flipping and such whenever the mood struck her, she remembered her years of gymnastics as the sheathes of her new weapons clattered lightly against her hips.
"Let's see…What should be my first stopped crime…?"
Her nose twitched, catching the scent of metal, and she tilted her head curiously.
'Like a gun? I think so…'
Heading towards it, she stayed low as the sound of someone demanding a purse caught her attention…
'Jerk…'
Jumping down into the right alley, she landed on a dumpster, catching the woman and her mugger's attention.
"Who the hell are you?!"
Flipping off the dumpster, she pulled out a wakizashi.
"I'm here to stop you. Isn't it obvious?"
Clearly frightened at her smirk and seeing fangs, the mugger pointed his gun at the wolf-girl.
"Stay back, freak!!"
"Oh, now I'M the freak?"
Alex put on a mock-hurt face.
"That isn't nice to say to a girl…"
A bullet was fired, but she could see it moving towards her almost in slow motion, and she lifted her blade to deflect it.
Clearly surprised, he couldn't react before she punched him in the face.
Still not knowing her own strength, she sent him tumbling across the alley head-over-heels before stopping against a wall.
"Wh-Who are you?"
Ear twitching, Alex turned to the still-frightened woman standing there, and smiled reassuringly.
"People call me…Silverfang."
Seeing some rope nearby, she proceeded to tie up the mugger as the woman pulled herself together.
"Wh-Why did you save me?"
"It was the right thing to do."
Silverfang smiled, showing a fang before standing up.
"What should keep me from doing the right thing?"
With that said, she jumped to the rooftop on her right, disappearing into the darkness…