Briana stared in shock as the old woman was nuzzled by the larger predators, she said something to them, and they left.
The woman turned "Follow me, and I'll see if you have what it takes."
Briana followed the old woman just to not get eaten and to find out what she wanted. "Who are you and how those cats obey you."
"Let's just say I understand them." the woman answers, as she toddled back in the direction of her home and office. "As for who I am, I'll decide to tell you that. After all, you're in my territory."
"Your territory, I thought this was city property?" Briana sassed back
"I own this property, you clearly didn't heed the posted signs." the woman states, hiding the fact, she liked the girl. After they entered her home, she directed the young stray to sit in a padded chair.
"I rather stand for now, thank you, lady."
"Sit or stand you will be here until I decide to call the cops or not." the woman states, as she sat down with a boneless yet slightly grace of that of her felines. "First question, got any parents?"
"None that matter, I'm on my own."
The woman smiled slightly, she questioned the girl carefully about her life until this very moment.
"Look you got my life story. So what do you really want cause you're not going to call the cops."
"I am looking for someone to take over my mantle, someone who can tease seductively, who can drive the new batman insane with having to know the person behind the mask." the woman explains, her eyes held a secret that no one aside from the batman knew of so far. She waited for a reaction, she needed a kitten with the right stuff to mold into a catwoman that would equal her legacy.
The new batman? Why? He's an over bound boyscout no fun from him.
"How do you know, have you ever been caught by the bat?" the woman questions
"No but I heard stories of him."
"Stories are not often true. If you agree, you won't just be a cat-toy for the bat, I will teach you the fine art of being a cat burglar." the woman states
"Well that does sound like fun but whats in it for you."
"I want the legacy to live on, the legacy of Catwoman." the woman replies "Also for my tutoring in the arts of cat burglary, you will help with my cats."
The young woman looks around the room thinking about her offer "Fine I guess I see what you can teach me."
The elderly woman stood up, "Follow me." she went over to a statue of a cat, lifted the lid and pressed a red button, a hidden doorway, opened that lead down to a set of stairs.
"Well I'll say this much you sure got flare for the dramatic for an old lady."
"I like my secrets." the woman states, "and call me old lady again and you'll regret it."
The woman led Briana down into a basement, but it wasn't a your normal basement. This one contained a figures of cats, also in protective case, a costume, from the looks of it from the late 1900s. Briana was beyond confused.
"I am Selina Kyle, I was Catwoman."
Briana didn't believe Selina but within the next few hours, she was starting to rethink her belief that this woman was the legendary cat burglar. "Well i have to say your history is interesting if nothing else. "
"Also keeping the original bat on his toes." Selina states, with a tone that Briana never heard before, it sounded like the old lady was still in love with the older bat.
"You really had a thing for the bat didn't you."
"I might tell you about my encounters with the bat some other day, but I have to feed the cats, and that is where you come in." Selina replied
"Oh and what do you want me to do."
"Feed the larger cats." Selina replies
"WHAT! ! Are you nuts i go near them and I'm on the menu."
"You're the one who hopped into their enclosure, I'm a lot of things, kitten. But I am not stupid." Selina replies,
Briana shrugged but went out to throw the donated carcass over the fences, at different areas, to allow the large cats to find them and eat. With that, Selina told Briana to go home and return tomorrow after school.