The next morning, Briana woke up and got ready for another day of boring classes and training with Selina. When she got to her first class, she saw Terry looking distracted.
"Sup, Ter." Briana greets, as she sat down beside Terry in their English class. "Earth to Space Station Terry? Are you with us?"
"Huh what? Oh hey Bri? Sorry had a rough night at work."
"Better pay attention, space case." Briana states, as class began.
Terry just groans and pulls up his work, Briana thought she hear him say something about an old man.
"Totally not Swhway." Briana states at the end of the first class, "six more to go, I think I like cats better then school." she exchanges the English program for another on her laptop.
As the day went on, Briana was looking forward to her time at the sanctuary, even the detention center was a riot then Hamilton Hill High, she was left alone her only friends, if she was allowed to call them that would even bother to hang out with her. Dana Tan, raven haired girl didn't seem to like her. However, Briana thought it was because she treated Terry as if he and she were old friends, because of their shared inmate time, only Terry spent three years for taking the rap for someone else.
Briana was waiting by the entrance just as one of the jocks came up to her.
"Hey babe, you waiting for your prince then here I am." He leans in close not noticing the sneer on Briana's face.
Briana replaced her sneer of revulsion with a friendly face, "I would love to be your princess, however sadly I'm seeing someone already."
"Oh and whose that sweetie he can't be better than me." He flexes.
Briana forced herself not to roll her eyes, but she then smiled like she was head over heels for someone, "My man is strong, has a mane of wild red hair and just loves to be cuddled." she notices Terry, Max, and Dana. "Sorry, guys, I would love to hang but I got to work." she went down the steps before looking over her shoulder, "And my main man loves to eat meat, and I'm sure an over muscled no brain jock like you, would taste alright to him."
"Sure Bri we understand Terry's wimpy out on us two saids his boss got a big project for him." Dana replied jealously.
The jock just stares flabbergasted at being turned down like that.
Max, Dana and Terry hid smiles as they realized what Briana just described.
Terry went and walked passed the jock. "Dude, you just got turned down for a lion."
The jock just sputtered and looked pale at the shot.
Terry went onto Wayne manor.
"What's the word, Mr. Wayne?" Terry questions as he entered the bat cave.
Bruce Wayne the original batman now an old man around at least seventy years old, sat at the bat computer before turning around holding his cane with his black Great Dane Ace at his side. "This Catwoman isn't the same as Selina Kyle's, there is nothing on police record on a jewel thief dressed as a cat."
"Maybe she just likes the look and is nothing like the first one."
"I doubt it." Bruce retorted as he patted Ace's head, as he thought about Selina, he turned back to the computer and pulled up an image of his Catwoman, with the information on her that he had gathered.
"Okay so she has the same costume and use a whip but she helped me with those Jokerz. "
Bruce brought up the side view camera angles of the fight with the jokerz. And zoomed in on Catwoman, to watch carefully.
Terry's jaw hit the floor. "She's picking their pockets."
"Yes." Bruce confirmed "The question is why hasn't she came out of hiding before now?"
"I don't know yet maybe she just got into town." Terry wondered as he rubs his chin.
"Just be careful when dealing with her, the original catwoman loved to flirt with me just to get me off her trail." Bruce warned
"Don't worry about that she won't faze me."
Bruce just smirks "Explain that to your suit it tells a different story." As he pulls up the suits biorhythms.
Terry stuttered about it wasn't like that.
Bruce looked at him. "I'm old, I'm not dead."
"What ever, old man, I'm going on patrol."
Briana stalked her prey, she stopped and looked around to ensure she wasn't spotted. She wasn't and carefully slide along the trip wires until her foot caught on one and she went down and the lights turned on as she tripped the wire.
"Congrats, you're in cuffs on your way to jail." Selina states "Try it again."
"Damn it, I don't see why I can't use the suits night vision, this would be so much faster." Briana complained
"Night vision doesn't help with laser wires, kitten. Now try again." Selina states
Briana groans and starts the exercise once more.
After an hour, Selina called a stop to the exercise and had Briana go up to the roof and practice entering via roof. She moved through the steps just as Selina showed her but she still set off several alarms. Always hearing the same thing 'again' and 'faster'
Selina checked the time. "You have two hours before midnight, since you fed the cats first, suit up and find your own prey, learn the layout of the target's home."
"And no stealing until you say so." Briana states as she stretched out her muscles before she went and dressed for the evening.
Stalking across the rooftops, she found her target as she slowly learn the inside of the home and the owner.
Weeks went by and little bit at a time, Briana slowly perfected the art of being a cat burglar, she was also learning how to befriend the larger cats, she went into the enclosures now, to feed the tigers, lions, pumas, and all manner of large cats that were raised by humans as pets or former circus animals. She also had a few more encounters with the bat and continue to fluster him.
While at school, Briana planned and planned her thefts, slowly the school was talking about a new mysterious thief that only robbed the wealthy citizens of Gotham.
Both Max and Dana also noticed how Terry was looking more tired and how little time his boss gave him. While Max noticed that Briana that was often hiding papers when ever someone stopped at her locker or by her desk, like she was hiding something.
Max caught up to Terry alone at home "So spill McGinnis the new burglar really got you worked up or something. "
Terry laying on the couch with his feet half off, "You have no clue, I should have listened to the old bat."
"Well he did warn you and you have to admit she does look good in that suit."
Terry looked up and glared at his friend, "and what's worse, Dana is starting to believe I'm in love with someone else! Because I'm always trying to track down Catwoman."
"Hey, it not my fault you live a double life, you're the one in the suit, not me. Look just take her out somewhere nice and make it up to her." Max advised.
"Tried that and I got called by Wayne and had to bail." Terry replies
"Well to only other real options are give up the suit or tell Dana the truth and we can guess how that will go."
Terry shook his head, "I can't give up being batman, there are so many problems and that only I can stop, I just wish I knew who this catwoman is, she never leaves a trace of anything to track her down. Dana wouldn't believe me even if I wore the bat suit in front of her."
"Sadly thats true and the program was deleted by Wayne after I founded out about you." Max replied "Look I dont want to say it but I'm sure Bri might be mixed up in this as well she's been acting strange lately as well."
Terry's phone started ringing, the teen groaned
"Terry suit up the cat on the move."
Terry stood and well more like fell off the couch.
"Let me guess she's on the move."
Terry nods as he went to dress for the occasion. He opens the window and takes off.
Briana eased open the window of a chemical corporation that used animals as ingredients, she was an animal lover and she was going to get the evidence needed to bring down this building down to its knees. She used her night vision feature to look at the evidence when she heard the jet boosters of a familiar bat. "Hello Batman." she purred before going back to her work.
"Catwoman, why are you even here."
"Why does it matter to you? I am doing something for a friend. I have a reliable source that says this company is using animals as ingredients for their slop that people buy." Catwoman answers, she pitched her voice low and husky to ensure, she didn't get caught by voice analysis.
"Look I agree they need to be stopped but breaking in to their cooperate office is not the way, the second you try to bring that to anyone they'll toss it right out simply because you stile it."
"Listen Bat-boy, I know what I'm doing and I do not need you to tell me what to do." Catwoman states as she grinned when she found the evidence she needed, she spread out the files and quickly snapped pictures with her digital camera.
"So not only a burglar but a spy as well wow how far you fell."
"Never judge a cat by the color of its coat." Catwoman teased she put the camera back in her pouch. "As much as I like to torment you, I'm afraid I am not here for leisure. So I got to run." she went and exited the way she came in through the window.
"Slag it, she's not going anywhere this time." As this he took off after her.
Briana felt her instincts say that she was being chased, she let out an annoyed hiss. She jump to another rooftop, landing on her feet. If she didn't know any better, she would assume she was part cat, how easy the landing part was to her. She crouched and waited patiently for her prey.
She the boosters of the bat near her hiding spot. Just as he pass under her she leapt on to his back "Thanks for the lift bats."
Terry struggled to get the cat themed person off his back, before the weight left him.
Catwoman stared impassively at him. "You really think, I'm going to go peacefully? Then you are no match for my own mentor." she jump up on the rooftop edge, and walked along as if it were a tight rope, "You seem to misjudge me, bat. I am not your normal thief. I steal from those who have wronged the little guy, the ones who have all the money in the world and do not share it." her eyes narrowed into slits, "When you've been wronged yourself, you want vengeance and that is what I am taking." she flipped off the edge and used her whip to catch a passing hover car.
"McGinnis, leave her alone for now. There is something that is odd about her statement." Bruce ordered