Sorry for being away for so long. work and getting ready for college and hecticness like that kept me busy. I'll try to start posting more often soon! thank you :)

L.L.A.P

~Laces

Chpt.8

Well… this isn't a good situation. Livy thought as she rubbed the lump on her head, then looked around where she was. She was surrounded by decorated walls, expensive looking portraits and she was lying on a bed that felt incredibly soft.

"Where the hell am I?" she grumbled. "And how did I get here?" Livy thought back to the last thing she could remember.

I was on the rooftops, looking to patrol with Damian, then something hit me on the head, and I passed out. Whoever did this is in for a world of hurt… then again, why go through all the trouble of making me comfortable?

Livy ran her hand over her face and her heart beat stopped.

Where's my mask? She looked down at her body and noticed that she was wearing a purple dress.

"What the hell is going on and where are my clothes!?" she questioned angrily, looking down at her body and feeling violated. "I'm gonna kill whoever did this."

"Miss Todd." Livy looked up to see two women standing in the doorway to the room. They were both older but very beautiful.

"Our Mistress wants to see you now." They spoke in unison, which freaked Livy out a bit.

"Is your Mistress the one who gave me the giant lump on my head?" Livy inquired, storming up to the women.

"No, that was us." One spoke.

"But we were under our Mistress' orders to do so." Said the other.

"We apologize for any lingering pain." The two spoke in unison again.

"And the whole clothing change, the invasion of privacy, was that you too?" Livy questioned, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Yes, Miss Todd. We had to make you look presentable for the Mistress." They informed calmly.

"Now, if you would come with us." One spoke, then the other stated,

"The Mistress wants to see you."

Do I see this mistress, or do I knock these ladies out and escape out a window? Livy pondered.

"If you do not come with us in the next several minutes, we will have to take you to our mistress by force." They informed, and Livy laughed.

"By force? You do know who you are talking to, right?" however, one of the women quickly hit her on her neck, knocking Livy into unconsciousness once again.

~*~*~*~*~Later~*~*~*~*~*~

"I see you're awake." Livy blinked her eyes open and was face to face with a beautiful woman, and she was sitting with her at a nice table. On the table was a tea set, but Livy wasn't interested in calmly drinking tea.

"Uh, hi?" Livy stated groggily.

"Hello. It is a pleasure to finally meet you face to face, Miss Todd." She smiled. Livy eyed the woman suspiciously.

"Hi, why exactly did you kidnap me and have your servants bring me here? Not to say that I wouldn't want to chat with a beautiful woman such as yourself, but I don't like being forced to do things against my will." Livy informed. She was trying to keep her temper at bay instead of attacking the woman. If the servants were skilled, chances of the woman being skilled seemed likely to Livy.

I'll just try to talk my way out of this one. she thought to herself.

"I must say, you are much more even tempered than your father. If I would have done something like this to him, he would most likely be cursing and trying to kill me."

"That was my original thought, but I try to keep a cool head." Livy sighed. "Anyway, who are you? Why did you want to see me?"

"I have wanted to see you for some time. Firstly, I wanted to see you because of who your father was. He and I knew each other fairly well. I wanted to see what type of person you became." She smiled at Livy pleasantly. "I am pleased that all of his anger has not been passed onto you."

"Well… that's great. So… you didn't answer my question as to who you were and what's your other reason for wanting to see me?" Livy questioned and the woman chuckled.

"My name is Talia Al Ghul." The woman stated and Livy felt her body stiffen. "And I wanted to meet you because I know that you are having intimate relations with my son."

Livy stared at the woman in shock. Of course she had heard of Talia Al Ghul but she never thought she would actually meet her. Talia was ruthless and powerful. Livy immediately felt like she needed to show more respect.

"D-Damian? Yeah… Damian." Livy felt speechless.

"For him to endear you as he does, you must be a very respectable woman." She smiled. "But I have to wonder, does he love you because you are so strong, or because you are so weak."

The woman's statement struck Livy as odd.

"Excuse me?"

"I made sure to learn as much about you as possible." Talia informed. "That is why I decided to have this meeting of ours in a large room." She chuckled as Livy's face went pale. "I would hate for your claustrophobia to kick in."

"Why would he like me because of my weakness?" Livy inquired, trying to not sound upset.

"I don't know. Maybe he likes being the one to comfort you. To be honest, I was surprised that my son would be attracted to someone so soft. You do know that I trained him to be an assassin, correct?" Talia seemed to be egging Livy, seeing how well tempered she really could be.

"Yes, he flaunts the fact that he's well trained all the time." Livy informed. "And I'm not weak. Just because I have claustrophobia doesn't mean that I'm not a strong person."

"I didn't say that it did." Talia shrugged. "I just find my son's endearance in you intriguing."

"You referred to me as soft. Do you think I am soft just because of my claustrophobia?" Livy questioned, still feeling like the woman had insulted her.

"Oh, your claustrophobia is a big part as to why I think you are weak, but another reason is your pathetic obsession with your father. You view him like a god. Loving someone as much as you love him is a weakness." Talia explained.

"Well sorry for having a heart." Livy grumbled. "Now, this was a real nice chat, but I need to be going. Can I have my clothes and directions how to get home from here?" Livy inquired.

Talia chuckled lightly, giving Livy a calm look. That look made Livy's hair stand on end.

"I didn't want to just talk. I wanted to warn you. Once I do that, I will send you on your way." Talia stated calmly as she sipped some tea that was on the table.

"Warn me? About what?" Livy inquired, raising an eyebrow.

"About my son."

"You're son?" Livy started to laugh. "You mean Damian. I know he's a pain in the ass sometimes, but that's nothing to worry about."

"You are taking him too lightly." Talia stated, her tone sharp and commanding, making Livy's laughter die immediately.

"If he is pushed too far, he is a killing machine, and he will kill without regret. I raised him to be a murderer. If anything were to happen to his mental state and you aren't careful, he will take every intimate moment the two of you had and use it against you and kill you." She explained.

"We're talking about the same boy who gives me the nastiest look when he finds out I killed someone who deserved it, right?" Livy questioned.

"Yes. If he is to ever lose his mind, which many people in Gotham seem to do, he will kill you easily. I don't want you getting so comfortable to a weapon like him." Talia stated, and Livy stood from the table.

She's trying to get me away from her son. Why? Does she really think Damian'll do something to me, or is she just being a protective mother?

"Well, thanks for the warning, but I'll take my chances. Now, can I have my-" Livy's voice was drowned out by a loud crash.

One of Talia's women was thrown through a door and Damian dressed as Robin stormed into the room.

His eyes rested on Livy and he sprinted towards her.

"You are unharmed." He breathed in relief, wrapping his arms around her. He then shot a look at his mother.

"Why did you kidnap her? What were you planning to do to her?" Damian demanded.

"Nothing, my son. I just wanted to talk, and we had a civil conversation." Talia informed, then reached under the table, handing a bag to her son.

"Those are Livy's clothes. I take it that you will be taking her home."

"Do not do this again, mother." He growled, but took the bag. He then dragged Livy out of the building to the batjet.

Talia had taken her very far from Gotham.

Once in the Batjet and the plane was on auto pilot, Livy found her lips captured by Damian.

"I was so worried." He whispered once he pulled away. "Mother only causes trouble. Are you sure she didn't do anything to you?"

"I'm fine Damian, stop worrying so much and calm down." Livy smiled, but Damian shook his head.

"I thought she hurt you. My mother… I'm just glad that you are alright." Livy leaned in and kissed Damian gently.

"I'm glad you found me." she smiled, but her mind was still thinking about what Talia had said.

Could Damian really lose his mind and go on a killing spree.

You could say that about anyone, couldn't you? Then why did Talia make it sound imperative to be on the lookout for Damian? Livy wondered.

Livy tried to push the thoughts away. I'm with Damian now, and that's all that matters.