Chapter 7: My Immortal
Note: I do not own rights any of Evanescence's songs so please no suing. And I changed a couple of words to fit everyone he has lost, whether to death or to madness. And please listen to the song if you it won't be a waste of your time I promise. It's a really pretty song and I'm talking to my friend with initials, K. V.
"Batman!" Flash said. Bruce had a puzzled face, why couldn't it have been Jonn' at least Jonn' wouldn't mind singing.
"No," Batman told him. "I'm not singing."
"But you have to," Flash complained.
"Hey!" John exclaimed. "If I have to sing you have to sing too."
"Please," Diana begged.
"Fine," Bruce grumbled. The leaguers all cheered as Batman dragged himself up the stage, where Flash gave him the mic and then went into the audience to see Batman sing. Bruce went over the laptop and typed in "My Immortal (band version)" karaoke.
"This song is to all the ones I love that are gone," Batman said into the mic. He then clicked the first link to appear. And with the music in the background, he walked downstage and began to sing.
"I'm so tired of being here. Suppressed by all my childhood fears. And if you have to leave, I wish you would just leave. Cause your presence still lingered here and it won't leave me alone.
These wounds won't seem to heal; this pain is just too real. There's just too much that time can not erase.
When I'd cried you'd wipe away all of my tears. When I'd scream you'd fight away all of my fears. And I'd held your hand but you still have part of me. (Several second break)
You use to captivate me by your resonating light. Now I'm bound by the life you left behind. Your faces they haunt my once pleasant dreams. Your voices they chased away all of the sanity in me.
These wounds won't seem to heal; this pain is just too real. There's just too much that time can not erase.
When you'd cried I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears. And I held your hand through all of these years but you still have part of me.
I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone. But though you're still with me, I've been alone all along. (Several second break and guitars break out)
When you'd cried I'd wipe away all of your tears. When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears. And I held your hand through all of these years but you still have part of me. (starting to fade) Part of me. Part of me. Part of me. Part-of-me.
Applause came from the audience and there were some tears coming from the audience as well, the song made them cry. Batman put the mic in the stand and walked over to the snack table took a chocolate iced and flavored cupcake and began to eat it near the table. Everyone's eyes were watering, even Batman's, and then Flash went up to the mic.
"Nice job Bats," he said. "Now, who wants to go again?"
"Me!" Diana, Clark and Wally said.
"Well, if you don't want to stay then you can go," Flash said. Immediately Batman and Green Lantern left. Batman and Green Lantern both left because they did not want to sing again. Green Lantern went his quarters to get some sleep before his shift of monitor duty. Batman was heading to the javelin bay where the Batplane was waiting for him. He wanted to go to Gotham and start patrol.
Diana though followed Batman and eventually caught up with him as he reached the javelin bay.
"Batman!" Diana exclaimed. Batman stopped and turned to find Diana behind him.
"What is it?" Batman asked her.
"I just wanted to say," Diana began. "Nice song and nice job singing." Bruce was surprised but he hid it well. He almost never got compliments; even his instructors didn't give him many compliments after successfully doing something.
"Thanks," Bruce said.
"Bruce…" Diana began. Batman cut her off.
"It's Batman on the Watchtower, Princess," he told her.
"Alright, BATMAN," Diana said. She then came up real close into Bruce's personal space. She put her right hand on his Kevlar armored chest. "I've been thinking about Paris and Kasnia and what we just saw about each other. And I've been wondering if maybe we could start a relationship that is more than just friendship. Maybe we could have what Lois and Clark have. Something that needs this (She moved to the spot where his heart was beating.) to open up a little more than it has." Batman then grabbed her hand as he began to snap out of his dreamy state.
"No," he said flat. "You don't want to be in a relationship with me."
"Why not?" Diana asked.
"Because I'm a failure at it," Batman told her. "My relationship with anyone ends tragically. The one I had with Rachel ended in her death. The one with Andrea ended because her father got in trouble with a gang. And when she came back she was the Phantasm, a ruthless killer, with one goal; avenge her father by killing the gang member that took him away from her. Plus you saw my memories. Everyone who gets too close to me ends up suffering as a result."
"I think I can handle Gotham," Diana said defensively.
"No, you can't," Batman said flat. "You say you can but you can't. You're not use to the madness and the bizarre. You'll end up just like Harvey; I've seen good people go bad and you are not going be one of them and neither is any of the league."
"You know I never been in a relationship before," Diana was trying to get back to the point they had started on. "So I don't know how to be in one or what it's like." Bruce then let go of her hand. "So would you, Bruce Wayne, like to be the one I have my first with?" Bruce wanted to say yes but the Bat wanted to say no. Bruce had loved her since he didn't know when and he had wanted to have a relationship but the Bat kept saying no and that it was too dangerous.
"I think about it," Bruce said once he got his voice back. "I'll tell you my answer soon." Bruce then turned to his plane and Diana turned and walked to the door. "And Diana?" She stopped and turned to see Bruce's back. "Go to the party and have some fun. I'll tell you sometime within the next few weeks my choice." Diana walked out of the javelin bay and went to the wreck room while Batman went into his plane. He flew out of the Watchtower and headed toward the cave. On the plane he thought to himself about what had just happened.
'Should I start a relationship with her?' he asked himself. 'She is a woman who has devoted her life to fighting injustice. And unlike Andrea and Rachel, she won't make me chose between Batman and Wayne. But she doesn't understand how dark and cruel the world is yet. She may have seen my memories but she didn't experience them nor does she know what Gotham is truly like. I can't lose her to Gotham. And yet, I haven't even tried it yet. And who knows maybe she's stronger than I think.' He was arguing with himself all the way home whether or not to have a relationship with her. Finally, when the plane touched the rocky, cold floor of his cave he had made his choice.