Sitting on her bed and staring at the dress hanging on the closet door across from her, Alex huffed.
Even if the fundraiser for Harvey allowed the younger patrons to 'dress up' as animals, she wasn't fond of such a dress.
It was a bit short, only up to her knees at best, with spaghetti straps.
It had a bareback strap design, and was a deep sparkling blue.
There was even a slit for her tail.
Smiling a bit though, Alex stood up and grabbed the white strapped high heels she would have to wear.
Her mother had gotten and 'altered' the dress, so she'd wear it.
Changing into it and pulling on the shoes, she headed to the bathroom to pull her hair up into a half bun.
Brushing her hair out a bit with her fingers, Alex grabbed the elbow-length gloves and pulled them on tight before applying lip gloss.
Once she was happy with how she looked, the blonde hopped down to the fundraiser, which had already started.
Finding her mother and Harvey Dent, she greeted them both enthusiastically.
Harvey chuckled, patting her head.
"When did you become a blonde?"
"Oh, it just came around…"
"Allie, is that lip gloss?"
The teen blushed, ears laying back a bit…
"Well…Yeah…"
"That's my girl. Finally wearing make up."
"Mom, it's just lip gloss."
Alex giggled, ears twitching at the distant sound of a helicopter…
"I'll go 'mingle'. I'll see you two lovebirds later."
Wandering off and looking at all the guests, she discreetly swiped a glass of champagne.
"Aren't you a bit underage, Ms Alex?"
Jumping a bit, she turned to Alfred with a sheepish look.
"OH…Um…One glass?"
He smiled understandingly.
"Only one. We wouldn't want you to get tipsy, Ms Alex."
"Oh, we wouldn't want that…" She agreed.
A helicopter was flying onto the helipad, and Alex quirked an eyebrow at Alfred.
"…Does he always make an entrance?"
"Everywhere he goes."
Giggling a bit as the butler continued heading around to offer champagne, she sipped her own glass before her ears twitched behind her.
Turning, she came face to face with a boy only a couple years older than her.
He had dark hair and bright green eyes, almost startling her, and Alex only faintly realized Bruce had walked in as the older teen spoke.
"So, are you new to the scene?"
"I guess you could say so. I haven't been to one of these in a while."
"Well, why don't I…show you around?"
Judging by the suggestive look he was giving her, they weren't going to be doing much walking…
"Sorry, but I can't. Something called 'dignity' and all that."
Smiling almost mockingly, she walked away and found Bruce coming off the balcony where he'd been standing alone.
"Hey, Uncle Bruce. Anything going on?"
"Not that I know of…"
Smiling, he put a hand on her shoulder.
"Why don't you check out the penthouse? Just to be safe."
"No problem. Better than people trying to seduce me."
Smiling a bit at the slightly surprised look on his face, she almost hopped off to sniff out the area.
Catching something slightly familiar, Alex stopped in her tracks…
'I think I remember that scent…'
Her eyes widened…
'Oh no…'
Rushing to the hidden panel in the hallway, she opened it forcefully before slipping inside.
Grabbing her Silverfang outfit and changing as quickly as she could while running, she also snatched her wakizashi.
Also nabbing a knife holster, she strapped it high up under her thigh before pulling her biker hat between her ears.
'All set?'
A gunshot caught her attention, and she swiped her fingerless black gloves.
'I better be!'
Bolting back out, she rushed with her tail bristling and ears laid back…
Standing outside of the room, she heard the Joker and his men moving through the crowd, but her heart clenched when she heard her mother.
'Damn it, mom!'
Coming in discreetly, with no one looking in her direction, Silverfang crept along the edges of the room, pupils narrowing as the clown moved closer to her mom.
'He'd better not try anything…'
A knife to Rachel's mouth, and Silverfang was there in a moment, her foot hitting the Joker in the stomach.
He skidded back, and she pulled out her wakizashi as one of the clowns fired at her.
Deflecting the bullets, she picked up a table and threw it at him, knocking three of them down.
"Jeez, aren't you guys supposed to be at a birthday party or something?" She growled, standing protectively in front of her mom.
"Well, aren't you a little spitfire?"
Blue eyes narrowed, dark as a raging sea as the storm came closer…
"What the hell do you want? Or is this twenty questions?"
His chuckle sent a chill down her spine, and her tail bristled as her fangs threatened to make an appearance.
"Well, since you're SUCH a gorgeous sight, I'll tell you. Where's Harvey Dent?"
"He's not here?"
Silverfang blinked, looking around.
"Well, guess he disappeared into thin air. Goodbye, so long, don't let the door hit your ass on the way out!"
A cheeky grin spread across her face, but before any knives could be imbedded in her flesh, Batman punched Joker across the face.
Silverfang darted in to help take out the other clowns, two meeting the soles of her boots before she flipped to land on her hands.
Spinning, her feet met the chests of three more before the blonde pushed off and landed on her feet.
Turning, she almost bumped into the stomach of a very huge clown…
"WHOA…big guy…"
A yelp escaped her as she ducked a meaty fist, and she grabbed the wrist above her with her ankles.
Pulling powerfully, her much larger opponent sailed over her and crashed into the floor.
"You were even holding a gun? That's bad sport…"
With a twist, his wrist snapped, and Silverfang stepped over his body as she dusted off her sleeves.
A gun loaded, catching her attention, and the hilt of her blade creaked under her palm at the sight of a gun pointed at her mother's head…
"You wouldn't…" She growled, fangs threatening to reveal themselves…
The window behind him was blown open by a spray of bullets, hurting her ears enough to make them lay back.
As Rachel was hung out of the new hole, Silverfang sheathed her blade as her muscles tensed, like coiled springs ready to release…
"Let her go." Batman demanded, gruff voice threatening.
"Very poor choice of words."
Rachel screamed as gravity took hold, but Batman was already jumping to save her.
"Fuck!" Silverfang growled, trying to make it through the crowd without throwing something in her haste…
'Almost there-Almost there!'
A yank on the tail, and she yelped in sudden pain before whirling around, claws slashing the Joker's arm.
"Jeez, that's attached, you know!" She growled, silver fangs bared threateningly.
Thankfully, her feet hadn't forgotten what she'd been doing before the stupid clown, as she called him, grabbed her tail…
"Next time, remind me to castrate you!" She shouted back, jumping through the hole leading to the slanted rooftop.
Slipping down, she flipped over the edge and zoomed down to the falling pair ahead of her.
Catching hold of Batman, her free hand dug into the concrete wall rushing beside them.
Clenching her jaw in pain as her arm and shoulder muscles pulled, the trio finally slowed to a stop.
Claws gripping a hole in the wall, Silverfang panted as the limb screamed for rest…
"Are you…okay?" She forced out through clamped fangs.
"Fine."
"How are we going to get down?"
"I can do it…"
Positioning her feet against the wall, she pushed off and landed safely on a car below, crushing the roof.
Still breathing roughly, Silverfang shifted enough to see Rachel.
"So…Did I do good?"
A smile slowly spread across the brunette's face…
"You did great."
Breathing out in relief, the teen began to sit up…
"But we're still going to have a talk about you lying to me."
"Aw MAN…"