My life had changed in an instant. Suddenly, I could bust eardrums with my scream, hear and see things from hundreds of miles away, shapeshift into a bat, and fly. It all happened in a blur. I was in the batcave with everyone else. I was going to the cave's gym when a bat came flying towards me. It bit my neck with its sharp teeth, and I could feel my blood running down my neck. But, I could also feel a surge of inhuman power flowing through my body. Before I could react, I was thinking of how cliché the is. I mean, seriously? What is this, a radioactive bat? Then came the pain. I shrieked and Tim came rushing to me. He screamed for Dad and everyone else came to me. I fainted for some reason and when I woke up, I was in the ER with stitches on my neck and the worried faces of my Dad, Alfred, and Brothers above me.
"THANK GOD, YOU'RE OK!"
"Yeah we were SO worried, be more careful sis!"
"Oh My God, I can't believe a bat bit you. What if it had rabies? I mean it didn't, doctor already said, but still!"
"I'm so glad you're ok!"
"Don't worry Becca, you'll be okay. I'm here for you."
"I'm glad that you're well master Becca."
"Omg, Bestie, you scared me half to death!"
A flurry of voices sounded above me. I touched the scar on my neck. Ouch. I winced. Dad picked me up and took me to the limousine, the others trailing behind. We drove home and then I realized my powers. I heard my first supersonic scream a day later. Jason was trying to prank me and so he put a bucket of water over the door (you know, those old pranks) and I fell for it. I got splashed with cold water. I let out a scream, but instead of my normal scream, this one was earsplitting. Everyone rushed to where I was with looks of shock frozen to their faces.
"WHAT WAS THAT?!" screamed Jason. "YOU BUSTED MY EARS YOU LITTLE TWERP!"
I told them what happened with the bucket and dad took me to the batcave. He made me spit into a test tube (blechh!). Then he analyzed it.
"Oh My God. Rebecca Elise Wayne you…." Dad trailed off.
"I what?" Dad never used my whole name.
"You have bat powers." Okay, so maybe that WAS a radioactive bat.
"Excuse me?"
"You can do things that a bat can do, and your normal senses are increased in power. So you can fly, shapeshift to a bat, scream screams like the one that we just heard and see and hear even from far away." Apparently some bat DNA got in me.
"COOL!"
"Kind of, yes. But also very dangerous."
"Geez dad, don't be such a FUN MOP! Well, what am I waiting for? I'm going to try out flying! …. How?"
"I don't know, you're going to have to figure it out. You already figured out the scream. And you probably already know how to see and hear."
"Duh, Dad."
I jumped off the table I'd been sitting on and tested out a guess on how I can fly.
"Fly," I thought.
Then, surprisingly, I was lifted off the ground! That was easy. I tried flying around the batcave. It was so cool!
"AWESOME! DAD LOOK AT ME!"
Dad smiled and told me to come down. "You'll hurt yourself!" Yeah right! He lets me go around fighting villains but he doesn't let me do this?
When I went down, dad told me to try to shapeshift into a bat.
So I thought "Shapeshift" and suddenly I was a bat! I flew to dad and perched on his shoulder.
Dad carried me back up the manor so that I could show everyone what I could do.
"Stop shapeshift," one thought and I was back to my normal human body. I could get used to this :D
Dad gathered everyone into the living room and sat down.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare to witness the awesomeness of Rebecca Elise Wayne!" I announced myself.
Then I flew around while everyone except dad gawked at me. I don't blame them. How often do you see a flying teenage girl?
"BOW DOWN PEASENTS! I AM SUPERIOR TO YOU ALL!" I yelled from my place by the chandelier.
I flew in front of Jason and with a poof, I became a bat. Jason's jaw dropped all the way to the floor.
"Hey sis, if you can do all that, than do you have claws on your hands?" Damien asked.
"Huh. Maybe I do."
I thought in my mind "Claws" and then there were suddenly claws on my hands!
"Woah!" Everyone was amazed.
"Can I get a ride upstairs?" Jason asked me.
"I'll try." Since dad said that my normal skills and senses would improve, maybe I'll have better strength. I went over to Jason and tried to pick him up, I succeeded! And Jason is like a hundred pounds!
I carried him all the way upstairs.
"Awesome! I want to go next!" Tim shouted with glee. He was much lighter.
I gave everyone a ride up except Alfred. I knew dad wanted to fly too but he made an excuse. He told me that he wanted to test how heavy I could carry. It turns out, I could carry Dad and Dick at the same time with ease. Awesome!
Suddenly the bat-alarm rang. We flew into action, and I did, literally. This time, it was Bane and Killer Croc teamed up. Sadly, they were dragging their hostages and stolen things into a sewer. Sure, it hasn't been used since forever and it wasn't that dirty but still. While everyone else jumped into their batmobiles, I flew after them to the scene of the crime. We saw that the nearby bank and jewelry store had broken glass scattered across their floors. The guys climbed into the manhole leading to the sewers, looking a little too excited about being in a sewer. Me and Babs cautiously walked to the manhole, a look of disgust on our faces.
"You know what Babs, I'm not going to touch that germ-infested ladder, and neither are you."
"Uh, how?"
"You forgot that I could fly," I said as I picked her up and flew down the manhole. Babs thanked me. The guys were already down there helping the hostages and fighting the villains.
"Oh, how nice, a new kid in the Bat Family. How wonderful," Bane grumbled, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Oh, how nice, a new ugly idiot for me to beat up. How wonderful," I retorted, matching his voice.
"Are you mocking me?!" Bane exclaimed. He clearly has not met Jason.
"It depends, I guess. Are you worth mocking?" I was really making him irritated.
He growled and charged at me, ready to punch me into the wall. I flew up just as his fist was about to meet my face. I stopped flying and came down, kicking him hard on his head. It was enough to slow him down a bit. "Claws," I thought. Razor sharp claws replaced my nails and I took away his strength chemical with one slash of my claws. That was super easy. Bane is really weak!
"Take that, you big monster!" I did a little happy dance. I took out Bane all by myself! Then I saw that the others already set the hostages free, but Killer croc held them all in his hands and was climbing out the manhole. Oh no he didn't! I will tear him limb to limb if he dares mess with my family. I stealthily flew out after him. Just as Damien was about to call out to me, I shushed him, holding a finger to my lips. Killer croc was climbing up a building! Suddenly, I punched the back of his head. Since I got super strength, it hurt him and he lost his footing, falling to the ground. My family got out of his hands and were tumbling to the ground after Killer Croc, helpless since their grappling guns broke. I flew after them and picked them all up (surprisingly I could carry them all, even though it was kind of hard), slowly flying down. Killer Croc landed with a thud, coincidently on top of the now weak Bane.
"Thanks Batgirl," they all thanked me. I blushed.
"It's no problem."
The police took them to Arkham Asylum and we went back to the cave. Alfred was waiting for us.
"Kids, are you all interested in camping in the backyard?" Dad asked us and we all nodded enthusiastically. We got our sleeping bags and Alfred brought out graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows so we could make s'mores. It was super fun! And the best part is, Babs stayed for a sleepover! We painted our nails and talked and watched movies and played pranks on my brothers! Finally, we got into our tents and slept till morning. We woke up to the smell of cooking bacon. Starving, we each made our way to the kitchen where Alfred was preparing breakfast. We sat down and I leaned on Jason, who put an arm around me, still sleepy. I finally woke up when Alfred placed some French toast in front of me. Yumm!