Here is chapter 6.
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Words don't mean a thing without deeds, so show someone you care…
Raine was sitting up in bed deep in thought and she didn't notice Batman walking in to the room. "What's wrong?" He asked making her jump. Raine looked up at him and then shook her head. "Nothing…"
Batman just stared at her, he didn't believe her. "We can't stay here forever…" She said after a minute.
"I know, I've arranged for you to stay with a trusted friend of mine. You'll be safe there…"
"Wayne Manor?" Ethen looked at the back of Batman's head. "Bruce Wayne is your friend?" Logan asked. "Yes." Batman replied. Raine was asleep in the front seat with Ryan in her lap, Ryan was very much a wake… He was in the Batmobile for crying out loud.
"Daddy, I want a car like this." Ryan declared. "No." John and Logan said at the same time.
"This is not a car, Ryan, it's a tank." Logan said. And then a thought came to him. "So that's what happened to the missing equipment went…" Logan whispered. And the gates opened to the property to Wayne Manor. Batman drove up to the door.
A man was waiting for them at the door. "I am terribly sorry but Master Wayne had some business to take care of and he couldn't putt off any longer so he couldn't be here to welcome you all here personally. But he assured me that he will be home soon. I am Master Wayne's Butler Alfred Pennyworth and welcome to Wayne Manor."
You couldn't help but like this old man. "Hello I'm John Winters, thank you for letting us stay… We don't want to put you or Mr Wayne in any danger…" John said as he stepped out of the Batmobile.
"You are perfectly safe here. We have hidden cameras everywhere. We will see someone coming long before anyone reaches the house." Alfred replied. "You know my children…?" John asked. "Yes, we met during a terrible hostage situation when the Joker escaped… Master Ethen, I heard about you getting shot not that long ago, how are you faring?" Alfred asked.
"Getting there." Ethen smiled.
"How is your sister?" Alfred asked… Everyone could hear the genuine concern in his voice. "She is recovering slowly." John looked at his daughter's sleeping face. Batman was holding Raine gently in his arms. "She needs plenty of bed rest and exercise, you know walk around the house for a little while until she gets tired.
Alfred smiled at the family. "Well it is a pleasure to meet you all, I wish it was under better circumstances…" he said shaking John's hand.
Logan went up to Batman and held out his arms so he could carry Raine. Batman didn't move for a moment… It was like he didn't want to let her go. But he after a minute or so he gently placed Raine in her brother's arms.
"Follow me, I will show you where you will be sleeping." Alfred said. Batman whirled around and climbed back in to the Batmobile and sped off. "You will each have your own room." Alfred said as he led them up the steps. He showed them where they will be sleeping. Their rooms are right next to each other. Logan placed Raine on her bed. Then Alfred showed them around the manor. He showed them the kitchen last. Right there was Bruce Wayne himself.
"Alfred." Bruce said as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "Welcome home Master Wayne, is everything sorted at the office?" Alfred greeted. "Yes, thank you Alfred." Bruce turned to John and his children.
"Mr Winters, I was relieved when I heard that you were alive." Bruce said offering his hand to shake. "I lost my memory…" John started to say but Bruce interrupted him by saying, "I know what happened… Batman told me the whole thing. And I know about Raine's powers. I don't want to get on her bad side." Bruce shivered at the thought.
"We have this saying… we might fight with our sister, but if you lay a finger on her, you'll be dealing with us…" Ethen said. "I like that." Alfred said nodding his head.
"Where is Miss Winters?" Bruce asked.
"Asleep. She needs rest and in the morning a little exercise." John replied.
A few hours later Raine woke up in a dark room. She looked around but she couldn't make anything out because the room was dark. "You're awake Miss Winters…" A friendly voice said. Raine looked to the door and saw a familiar figure. "Alfred." She said sitting up. Alfred was balancing a tray with one hand.
"You remember me, I'm honoured." Alfred smiled as he entered the room. "Never forget you." She smiled back at him. "I have brought you some tea. Master Logan said it is your favourite." Alfred said. "Thank you."
"You very welcome. Are you well enough to walk in to the kitchen for something to eat?" Alfred asked. "I'm still tired…" She replied looking apologetic. "It's alright. Drink your tea and then go back to sleep. The tea will help."
"Thank you." She said again. Just then there was a knock on the door Raine turned and saw Bruce Wayne standing there with a mug. "How are you feeling?" He asked her. "Tired." She replied.
"We'll let you get some more sleep." Bruce said and he and Alfred left. "I watched the security footage just now and she had a high power surge when he tried to torture her with electricity... It should have killed her."
"She is very tired at the moment… She just woke up from a coma…" Alfred said.
"I know and I'm hoping that being in a coma has calmed her powers down…" Bruce said walking in to the kitchen. Raine's father and brothers have gone to get some sleep so Bruce and Alfred can talk privately. "And if it hasn't?" Alfred asked.
"There will be a hell of a storm coming." Bruce replied. "Batman will ask her tonight." Bruce said.
Later that night Batman snuck in to Raine's room. He knew that she knew he was in the room, by her pulse rate and her breathing slowed down. In an instant she whirled round and swung her fist which was surrounded by electricity bolts. "Calm down…" Batman caught her fist before it collided with his face. He felt a jolt run up his arm.
"What?" She snapped. She was tired and want to sleep and right now Batman was keeping her from sleep.
"I saw what happened to you with Luthor…" He said. Raine didn't reply she just stared at him, waiting for him to continue. "That amount of electricity that went through your body should have killed you. Do you feel strange or anything."
Raine got what he was getting at… He was thinking that her powers might explode from the power surge. She held up a hand for him to stay quite while she checked. She had a good control of her powers… But her emotions… Anger, sadness, happiness, frustration rolled in to one. She thought about her mother's betrayal, and the fact her memories with her mother were a lie and that made her angry and that was causing chaos. Emotions and powers don't mix.
Raine had to get out of the house before her powers did explode. She flew out of the window and in to the sky. And let her powers come to her little by little.
A loud bang woke everyone in the manor. "Raine…" Logan whispered in panic and he swung out of bed and raced to his window. Out there in the sky was Raine. He then teleported from his room to Raine's and there was Batman who told him everything he saw on the security cameras.
"She is letting her emotions out." Logan figured it out. Batman nodded. "Rain is her tears, the thunder is the heartache of the betrayal, and the thunder is the hatred for our mother…" Ethen said from the door way. They watched their sister, helpless that they couldn't help her. John, Jason and Ryan felt the same as they watched from Ryan's bedroom window.
Raine let it all out. Raine was pouring down harder than anyone had seen and the thunder and the lightning were constant, one after another… "RAINE! CALM DOWN, YOU WILL KILL YOURSELF!" Logan shouted when there was a short pause in thunder and lightning. Raine heard him and looked at him to see the sadness and anger in his eyes, he was hurting just as much as she is… soon the thunder and the lightning stopped but it was still raining, but not as heavy… Raine hung her head and her shoulders began to shake. Logan teleported outside and caught her. She clung to him and cried in his chest. Logan cried in her hair as he hid his face. Ethen and Jason wrapped came running out and held them, they were crying themselves.
The next day it was still raining. Raine was still upset but she stopped crying. She woke up the next day and went down to the kitchen where Alfred was cooking. "Afternoon Miss Winters." He said turning around. "Afternoon?" She asked. "Yes ma'am, you have slept in the whole morning. Are you feeling any better?" Alfred asked.
"A little… Still upset." Raine replied. "Master Bruce wanted to thank you for the rain… He had a meeting this morning but it was cancelled because of the weather… He was supposed to meet Lex Luthor and other billionaire who are full of themselves."
"Mr Wayne is not like the other billionaires, I don't blame him." Logan said coming in to the office. "I mean how many billionaires would open their doors to employees and his family?" Logan added. Raine nodded her head in agreement.
"Oh Mr Wayne, I'm going to work to show my dad what I'm doing in Wayne Enterprises, is that alright?" Logan asked. "Oh course. I'm heading that way anyhow. I'll give you a lift. Alfred, would you be able to take Raine, Ethen or Jason and Ryan anywhere they need to go?" Bruce asked Alfred.
"Certainly sir." Alfred replied.
Raine only needed to go and get her laptop and other clothes. Flash was already there, he was there to make sure that nothing happened. When Raine got to her apartment that she shared with her brothers she frowned when she saw the Flash, his red suit was hard to miss. "What are you doing here?" Ethen asked.
"Batman asked me to be here and make sure nothing happens…" Flash replied. "What do you call me?" Ethen pointed to his badge and gun. "No blood shed he said." Flash replied. Raine sighed in defeat and was about to go in when Flash stopped her. "Let me go in, I'll be in and out in a flash." Raine handed him her keys and he in the apartment in a flash.
"Wow." Jason and Ethen said at the same time. They haven't seen the Flash up close and personal before and he was just as impressive as Superman or Wonder Woman. Just then there was an "Aww crap" it came from inside so there was someone in there. Then there was a thud and then a second later another and then another. All in all there were six thuds.
"Boss, the Flash is here… We can't get a good aim, he's too fast…" A voice was coming towards them. Ethen got his gun out just as a man dressed in black with a ski mask covering his face. The man raised his head and came face to face with Ethen's gun.
"Police. Don't move." Ethen growled. Jason and Raine were powered up ready to fight if need be. Ryan clung to Ethen. "Get back inside now." Ethen ordered. The man slowly turned around slowly and walked back in to the house with Ethen right behind him. "Jas, call my boss." Ethen said and Jason pulled out his phone.
"Gordon." Commissioner Gordon answered his phone. "Commissioner, it's Ethen's twin Jason, Ethen needs back up. There are men in our apartment." Ethen said. "I'm on my way." Gordon replied, Jason could hear him shout out orders.
"Flash there is rope in the roof." Ethen said. "Got it." Flash sped in to the roof and came back down and then he stopped and Ethen saw that the men were tied up. Raine called Alfred and asked to come and get them. "I'm on my way. Are any of you hurt?" Alfred asked in a panic.
"We're alright." Raine re-assured him. Just then Gordon came bursting in the door with five uniformed officers behind him. "Take them." Gordon ordered one of the uniformed officers. One went past Raine and he winked at her. Raine just stared at him.
Alfred was there a couple of minutes later, Raine and Jason gave Gordon their statements. "Can we take some clothes and things?" Jason asked "Of course." Gordon nodded. "They didn't go in to the bedrooms. They just got there when we got there." Ethen said looking around.
Raine packed a bag and then her laptop. Ryan packed his bags. "Ry, don't just pack your toys… Pack some clothes." Jason called out. When they would go on holiday Ryan would always pack more of his toys than clothes. But Raine or one of his older brothers would check his bag and then re-pack the bag. One they were done they went back to the manor. As soon as they entered the manor they were swooped on by Logan and John. Logan held Raine's head in his hands and asked over and over again. "Are you okay?"
"I'm alright." She replied. Logan sighed in relied and pulled her in to his chest. He looked over to Ryan and asked, "You alright buddy?" Ryan nodded in reply. He saw Bruce standing just behind John. Ryan went to his bag that Alfred brought in and took out his set of cars and took out his favourite. He went over to Bruce and held out the car. It was a small version of the Batmobile. Bruce looked at the toy car then at Ryan.
Ryan looked back at him. Bruce saw intelligence in the boy's eyes. And then a voice came in his head and he knew it was Ryan. "I know who you are…"
"Batman." Ryan called him. "Logan, Daddy, I'm going to play with Mr Wayne." Ryan called out and Logan replied. "Okay buddy, but only if he wants to."
"Come on Ryan I'll show you my office." Bruce said taking Ryan by the hand gently. When they got to the office Bruce asked as he bent down to Ryan's height. "How did you know?" He asked in Batman's voice.
"You and Batman have the same eyes, same height, same weight… And I have good hearing as well, I heard Batman talking to Alfred and Alfred called Batman Master Wayne… I won't tell anyone." Bruce grinned at him. Bruce believed him. "Who made that?" He asked.
"Logan. I love the Batmobile." Ryan replied.
That night Raine went to the police station to drop off Ethen's dinner. Ethen was stuck at work doing paper work. "Thanks Rai. Stay and keep me company, I'll be done soon." Ethen said. Just then Batman came in with a tide up thug who looked like he belongs to Joker's crew, the thug was struggling. Ethen shot up from his desk and waved over some uniformed officers. "What's going on?" Ethen asked Batman as the uniformed officers struggled with the thug.
"He was robbing a jewellery store. It turned out he robbed two others before I caught him." Batman replied.
Raine slowly stood up and went in to the ladies bathroom and let her power take over. She covered her head with her hoodie and floated out of the bathroom and back towards the tug who now had two out of three uniformed officers out cold. Batman saw her and stepped aside as she went pass. She tapped the thug on the shoulder and he swung around and then smiled at her. "Hi Baby, looking for a good time?" He said and he leaned closer to her. He had bad breath and Raine fought hard not to turn head away. She smiled at him and ran a hand up his chest then back down his stomach.
Then lightning came down her arm to her hand, giving the thug an electric shock. The thug ended up on the floor still shaking from the shock he got. "Shit!" The thug grunted as soon as he calmed down. "Keep fighting if you want more." Batman growled. The thug about it but then when he saw Raine's hand that was covered in electricity, blue sparks covering her hand, he sighed and put his hands behind his head and rolled on to his stomach.
Two uniformed officers picked the thug up and took him away. A uniformed officer was grinning at Raine and then he walked over to her, he got half way there when he stopped. Batman was glaring at him. The officer gulped and turned around back to Ethen. Raine frowned in confusion and turned around to look at Batman who was staring down at her… Not glaring or anything, he was just staring at her with no expression on his face.
"Come with me. You need a proper uniform." He said. Raine frowned again in confusion she nodded and looked to her brother, she nodded at Batman and Ethen nodded. "Be careful." He mouthed. Raine nodded and then followed Batman to the Batmobile.
"I need you to put this on." Batman pulled out a blindfold. Raine put it on. When he made sure she couldn't see and drove to the Batcave. Batman took the blindfold off Raine's eyes and she looked around. Batman pressed a button. "Batman?" J'onn's voice came through. "Bring us up, please J'onn." Batman replied.
One minute later… "Recognised, Batman. Recognised Electric." Raine looked up to Batman and asked. "Electric?" "Flash's idea." Batman replied. Raine shook her head. "Follow me." Batman said and he led her to the meeting room.
Superman and Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow and Black Canary and Hawk girl and J'onn all greeted her. "Here." Batman took out a suit. It was a back suit with a hoodie, well it actually looked like a cloak, a hoodie attached to a long cape and underneath the cape also had the same pattern on the arms of the suit. The hood was long enough to cover her face. "The suit is the same material as the Batsuit." Batman explained.
"Here… Just in case." Green Arrow handed her a black mask. "Just in case you lose your hoodie." He added.
"Go on, put it on." Wonder Woman encouraged her. Raine went in to the bathroom and came back a few minutes later in the suit. Flash, Green Lantern, and Green Arrow wolf whistled and got a glare from Batman. Wonder Woman noticed Batman staring at Raine and she nudged Superman who looked at her, Wonder Woman nodded her head at Batman who was still staring at Raine. Superman grinned at him. Batman noticed his two best friends grinning at him. He glared at them. "We'll be talking later." Superman mouthed at him. "Not likely." Batman's glare said.
Just then Batman got a message. "What is it?" He asked in his scratchy voice. "A man similar to John Winters has been forced in to a black van…" It was Nightwing. "I'm on my way." Batman said. By the look on Raine's face, told him that she got some of what Nightwing has said. "Electric, come on." He said. "I hate that name." Raine muttered.
"What is it?" Superman asked.
"John Winters' twin has been taken. Can you go to Wayne Manor and watch over the rest of the family?" Batman replied Superman nodded and left the room faster than a speeding bullet and before anyone could answer Raine and Batman were gone. They reached Wayne Manor and told Logan, Ethen, Jason and John what happened. And they all wanted in on the search.
"You will only get in my way." Batman said.
"He is my brother." John growled, his power was rising with his anger.
"Raine is coming with me. Superman will be here to watch over you." Batman said
"We don't need a babysitter." Logan snapped as Raine and Batman walked off. "I have a feeling that Batman knows who has taken our Uncle." Jason said frowning. "Never mess with the Bat." Superman said.
"What was Raine wearing by the way?" Ethen asked.
Raine and Batman went to were Ian was taken which was just outside the hospital. A security camera caught the whole thing… A man identical to John got out of his car and headed towards the entrance when a black van stopped up beside him and a woman jumped out. "Stop there." Raine said. When the screen paused she squinted to try and get a better look at the woman's face. She then leaned back and Batman could hear crackling coming from her. Raine was angry.
"It's my mum…" She whispered…
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