Chpt.20

Damian got Lancy to the hospital and she was rushed to the emergency room.

"You should go home. The operation to save her life will be long." Damian told Meg, who was sitting in the waiting room with worry, her eyes puffy and red.

"If she lives... I don't want her to be here alone." Meg informed.

"Don't worry about that." Damian stated. "I will stay and ensure that she will be alright if she doesn't die." He informed. Unfortunately, the chances of her dying greatly outweighed the chances of her living.

Meg reluctantly nodded, then left the building to get back home.

Damian wanted to find Livy and stop her from killing someone, but he knew his priority was making sure that someone would be there if Lancy woke up. And to also be there so someone would be there for the doctors to tell if she died.

~*~*~*~*~Elsewhere~*~*~*~*~

Livy spotted the crazed man due to the burn marks on his shoes and shaky movement. He was definitely unstable.

She stalked him quietly, following him back to his own apartment. He paced his room, wringing his hands excitedly.

Livy's anger boiled over and she crashed through his window.

"What!? Who are-" Livy punched the man in the gut, making him keel over and then she kicked him in the face, breaking his nose.

"You killed that girl." Livy growled. "You set her on fire."

"I set… a lotta girls on fire." He laughed, breathing heavily through his mouth as blood trickled down from his nose.

"Heartless bastard." She snarled as she grabbed the man's arm and dislocated his shoulder.

"Agh!" the man shouted in pain. "Just get this over with and hand me over to the cops. Their just gonna throw me in Arkham anyway."

"You're not going to Arkham." Livy stated as she handcuffed the man's hands behind his back.

"Then where am I going?"

"I dunno. I guess that depends on what you believe in." she stated as she pulled out her gun and shot him in the knee caps.

Livy then started to beat the man, slicing his skin with her knife.

"Y-you think this hurts?" the man stuttered. "This is nothing."

"Oh, no. I have been saving the best for last." Livy stated as she grabbed some oil that was lying around and poured it onto the man's groin and stomach.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Well, I figured that since you love lighting people on fire, you would find it interesting as to how it feels to burn to death."

With that, Livy threw the lighter on top of his and watched the fire blaze. The man screamed in pain, and Livy quickly broke his jaw, making his screams become pained whimpers and groans.

She watched the man burn and after several minutes passed, she proceeded to dump more oil on the man, letting the fire spread to the rest of his body.

"Lancy didn't deserve to die. Especially at the hands of someone like you." Livy murmured as the man burned to death.

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

Livy entered the hospital in her civilian clothes where she spotted Damian as Robin.

"She's alive." Damian stated, and Livy's eyes widened and she felt like her heart stopped.

"Alive?" she whispered and Damian nodded.

"Yes. Granted, she is almost unrecognizable, but she is alive." Damian informed, and Livy collapsed onto the chair, relief easing her heart.

"Where were you?" Damian questioned. Livy looked up at him, no regret in her eyes.

"Where do you think?" Livy inquired and Damian shook his head.

"Where is the man now?"

"His ashes should be blowing around somewhere." Livy shrugged and Damian grabbed her by the shoulders.

"You killed him." he whispered with disappointment in his voice.

"He set people on fire." Livy stated firmly.

"You didn't have the right to make the call to kill him."

"Says who?" Livy snapped.

"Says me."

"Why should I care about what you say. I kill people who harm others, it's what my father and I do." Livy informed, pushing Damian's hands off of her shoulders.

"Listen, this is my city. In my city, you follow my rules."

"Last time I checked you weren't mayor of the goddamned place." Livy growled, and Damian shook his head in frustration unsure what to say to her. However, he then thought of something. It was low, but it was still something to say to her.

"Your mother would be so disappointed in you." Damian stated, and Livy's body grew rigid.

"What?"

"Your mother." Damian repeated. "The woman that adopted you. She would be so disappointed."

"You don't know anything. You have no right to-"

"Wasn't she a doctor. A person who healed people instead of killed them? What ever happened to you following in her footsteps and healing people?"

"I can still heal people. But I would never heal people who would do such horrible things to others." Livy stated.

"Your mother did. Isn't there a long list of rogues who she healed and was close friends with?" Damian shook his head. "Where ever she is, she is probably looking down at you, shaking her head in disgust-" Damian felt a large blow to the jaw.

"Don't talk about my mother." Livy hissed. "And get out. Thanks for staying and getting Lancy here, but you need to get. Out."

Damian was silent, looking Livy in the eye. The two held the gaze for several second, and then Damian stormed out.

Livy sat in the waiting room chair, wiping the tears from her eyes

She wanted to leave. Go to Ireland or Japan or Australia or the Caribbean. Somewhere other than Gotham.

But Lancy was hurt. The modeling job was no longer a possibility due to her burns, and she was going to need a lot of help.

Lancy had no one except for Meg and Livy. Meg was going to be busy with her new job, which left only Livy left to take care of her.

And Livy wasn't about to abandon Lancy anytime soon. No matter how much she wanted to get out and run away.