DarkPriestess66: Okay ladies and gents, I do not use word count, because I think counting the words in a chapter is just stupid, I go by how many "pages" there are, normally I get ten or twelve pages but frankly, I tend to work on this at night, so I need sleep at some point. The catwoman suit resembles the 90s version but with added features: such as enhanced hearing, night vision, and some other things that won't be revealed until later. but unlike the bat suit, Selina doesn't watch what her kitten does.
Selina watched the girl go out through the proper entrance then hopping over the fence, "That kitten has what it takes, I just hope she lives through the training." she went back inside and stared at the mirror in the hall, she thought she seen her youthful appearance again, but want she seen was wrinkled face with either laugh lines or frown lines, she wasn't so sure anymore, her joints ached during storms, the gorgeous blonde hair was now gray, she wore slacks and a nice shirt but she didn't think she had a figure to show in one of those form fitting gowns again. She sighed and turn away from the mirror and walked slowly toward her kitchen intend on something for dinner herself. She ate dinner, and then went to shower and went to bed.
All the way home, Briana thought about the old woman. 'She really thinks i can be the next Catwoman and these rules especially the last one like I would fall for a muscle bound jerk like him.' Selina's rules was that first she was in charge until Briana proved herself to be a capable thief. Anything stolen will be shared. Don't get caught, which Briana grinned at when she heard, so far she hadn't been caught. Don't kill anyone, was a given. And the last one, was don't get emotionally involved with the batman.
Briana made it back to her apartment and took a quick shower and flops into bed.
-the next morning-
Briana awoke and looked at the digital display of an alarm clock, and it read, that she was almost late for school.
"Slag it all, why me." As she rushes through her morning routine. She had her bag, and ran out of the apartment, heading toward Hamilton Hills High, lucky, she chose an apartment that was close to the school. Being late, wasn't a good thing for an ex-juvie inmate, she was seated outside of the principal's office.
"Briana, you can come in now." The voice invited.
Briana walked and sat down in front of Principal Nakamura, who was of Asian background, partially bald, with a mustache, with a reputation for being strict and unforgiving. He read over Briana's file from juvenile detention, she had to keep up her studies while being locked up for two years. Principal Nakamura's black eyes bore into Briana's jade green eyes, before making his decision about his newest student. "Your record speaks volumes. However, if you are late again, you will serve detention."
He hands her a small data pad. "This is your class schedule and a map of the school."
Briana stood up, and took the data pad and left. She found the first class, 'Why do I have English as the first class?' she thought as she tried to slip inside unnoticed.
"Miss Briana, i do hope you're not trying to sneak in to my class are you."
"Honestly yes, since I do not want introduce myself, and give my sob story." Briana answers
"Well since i already called your name I think it might be a bit late for that wish." The woman gave a satisfied smile.
Briana cursed her existence before walking up the aisle and stood in front of the students, she was dressed in combat boots, cargo pants, and a shirt that read: I'm here, what are your other two wishes. "Name's Briana, I'm not big on giving my life history, so let's make this short and sweet, I'm new here and I don't want to be messed with, leave me alone and I'll do the same." Most of the class was silent as Briana went back to her seat.
The rest of the day, went by as Briana thought it would, as she was at her locker, she heard the whispers and felt the stares as the other students gossiped about her, and she grinned, she wouldn't have it any other way.
"Hey Briana wait up. "
Briana stopped and turned to see why someone would call her name.
A girl in a yellow halter and pink hair ran up to her "Briana hey I'm Max, me and my friends were heading out for some pizza and i was wondering if you want to join us."
Briana's eyes lit up at the mention of her favorite food, but the company, she wasn't so sure about, she didn't know what the rules say about making friends, but one of her rules was don't steal from your own neighborhood, so this was her new neighborhood. "Sure, just let me make a call."
"Sure, we can wait." Max smiled and waved at two others.
Selina had given Briana a cell phone, to keep in touch since the teen girl didn't have much of anything at the moment. "Yo, Boss-lady, when do I have to be at that volunteer work?"
"Very well just be here by six and ready to work. " Selina replied
"Thanks, and I'll stop by the pet store that you told me about to pick up some cat food for the house cats." Briana states, "or at least order it for delivery, since I don't have a car."
"See you then." As the line went dead.
"Hanging around cats to long." Briana muttered as she turned back to Max.
"So what the boss say."
"Says I can freedom until six." Briana states "And I mean job boss, not as in parent boss."
"Just like Terry here." Wraps her arm around a tall dark haired boy. "Bu the way like i said this Terry and over here is Dana."
Briana nods, "Sorry, if I'm the most social, I just got part of my freedom back in another sense as well."
"Meh makes no matter to me, you guys." The two shake there head."Well come on let go and eat. Terry's buying."
"Hey!" Terry exclaims
"Think about it this way, you're taking three cute girls out to an after school snack, I don't see any one else surrounded by girls." Briana pointed out. "And you're better looking that that idiot in clown paint that tried to get fresh me yesterday."
The trio make a face "uh Jokerz talk about a waste of space." Dana adds as they all head towards the pizzeria.
Briana shrugged "I don't understand why they want to idolize an children's party reject." they entered and sat down in a out of the way booth, Max and Briana sat on one side, while Dana and Terry on the other.
"I don't understand it either from what my understanding is the real Joker was a complete lunatic." Terry states
"Well to each their own, I mean like that villainess Poison Ivy, if she used her talents for good, we might have been blessed with more plants." Briana states, "But enough on villains." they chose a four topping pizza, and made the order from the virtual menu.
Once they ordered and Terry paid, they sat and just stuck up a random conversation.
Briana for her part, just listened to the other three, she didn't know most of what people her own age was raging about these days.
As Max finishes her first slice. "So Briana, why don't you have a last name?"
"One of two conditions for me to agree to finish school." Briana answers, "Alright, let me honest, I just got out of juvie."
"So what did ya do to get there and for how long? " Terry questions
Briana looked down, "Two years, and I took a baseball bat to my step-dad's head, which was completely in self-defense, but he claimed, he caught me stealing credits from his wallet."
"That jerk, i hoped he got sent to the hospital. "
"Let's just he's getting coloring books for the rest of his life." Briana states, "He was abusive, and don't ask about my mom, because that retch was still married to him and didn't even tell the truth, about him beating her and me."
Three nights later, Selina deemed Briana good enough to prowl the night but not break into any building just yet, just to get familiar with the new cat suit, which was modeled after the original but with added features.
The new Catwoman or as Selina jokingly calls her Kittengirl. Crouched watching the city in the suit, using the night vision feature seeing the city in a greenish haze. "This city so beautiful at night, I could stay here forever. "
With the enhanced hearing feature, she cocked her head to the side as she heard the engine of the batmobile flying over head. Just as the cat would, Briana followed running along the roof tops, leaping to the next roof with the aide of her whip, that was attached at the back like a tail when not in use.
She stalked along a rooftop, crouching and watching as batman fought off some of the Jokerz. "Mama-cat might get mad at me, but I want to get in on the action with those idiots." leaping from the building, she twisted in a figure eight to land on one of the Jokerz.
"What the hell going here."
Catwoman flipped off the joker thug. "Sorry boys, but I thought I would join the fun." she purred "This pretty kitty wants to play."
Batman looked at the woman in the cat suit, what the figure didn't hear was a shocked aged voice saying the same thing.
"Great just what I need more costume freaks." The joker said as he swung his mallet.
"Look who's talking, clown." Catwoman states as she cracked her whip and pulled the mallet away from the joker. While in the fight, Catwoman stole credits from each of the Jokerz.
The gang fled, Catwoman smiled before going up to Batman and tracing one finger down the bat suit, "Nice fighting with you, but let's not make a habit of it."