Chpt.6
Dream Catcher
Batman reached the cave, and gently placed the girl on a medical cot he had in the cave. He then made sure to get the girl's thumb print so he could find who she was and where she came from. However, the computer came up with no matches.
"Hello Master Bruce. Back so soon?" Alfred inquired, coming down the stairs.
"I found the girl that was in our dreams." Batman stated, slipping his cowl off. "But I took her thumb print, and I can't find her anywhere." he explained. Just then he heard a small moan from the medical cot. Bruce and Alfred were quickly at the girls side as she slowly woke up.
"Hiya Bruce. You came." she smiled.
"What is your full name?" Bruce questioned.
"My name's Alue, I don't know my full name though." she answered with a shrug.
"What did Joker want with you?" he inquired.
"He wanted me to make people sleep." she answered.
"How can you do that?"
"I don't know. Always could." she stated.
"What about the giant fury creature?" questioned Bruce.
"Oh, that's Dr. McFuzz. He used to be a nightmare, but I started talking to him, and he's not so bad. He king of his own planet called Carfuzalot. He doesn't have anyone to really rule over, but the planet is like his home and he likes it there. He helps me out whenever I can and I can bring him to this plane of existence. It takes a lot outta me thought." Alue explained. Bruce gave her a skeptical look. "I'll show you." she smiled.
Bruce felt a wave fatigue come over him, and he passed out.
"Hello once again Bruce." Alue smiled. Bruce looked around to see that he was in the same field that he originally was in when he first met her. He was still wearing his cowl-less costume.
"Where am I?" he inquired.
"My mind." she smiled. "This is one of my favorite places. It's always sunny, and the grass is always green."
"I thought you said that you couldn't make me sleep?"
"I couldn't let Joker totally control me. The entire, strong will thing' is just a lie."
"So where your monster friend lives, that is in your mind too?" Bruce questioned.
"Yes." she nodded with a smile. "But I also go into other people's dreams… or rather, nightmares." she explained.
"Why?"
"I'll show you." Alue replied, and closed her eyes. "Tommy Grey, a little boy who's six years old in Alabama, is having a nightmare about a monster in his closet. Classic." she smiled, and she and Bruce faded from the meadow, appearing in a little boy's room.
The little boy was cowering in the corner of the room, starring at the closest, but he did notice Alue.
"Who are you?" he inquired in a whisper.
"Dream catcher." Alue answered, causing Bruce to raise an eye brow. "What's wrong?" she inquired to the boy, who pointed at the closet.
"He's in my closet! A three eyed monkey's in my closet." he whimpered.
"Don't worry. I got him." Alue smiled, walking up to the closet. She opened it up, and indeed, there was a creepy looking three eyed monkey in the closet that let out a low growl when she opened it. "You don't scare me. You're not going to be here with Tommy any more." she stated with determination. She grabbed the creature by the scruff of the neck in one quick movement and then gave it three shakes. It shrunk to the size of a hamster.
She walked up to Tommy and showed him the pathetic looking three eyes monkey.
"Not so scary now, is he?" she smiled.
"No." the little boy grinned. She gave the thing one hard shake and it disappeared, and soon she and Bruce were back in the meadow.
"So, you're like a dream hero?" Bruce inquired. Alue nodded her head.
"Yes."
"What happened to the three eyed monkey." Bruce questioned.
"In my mind's jail."
"and what would happen if they somehow got out?"
"Unfortunately that's where the Joker is causing me some problems."