I sat at the back of the class waiting for the teacher to come in. I wasn't expecting him to enter with the girl from last night.

"Class this is Piper." She waved sheepishly. "Piper, how about you take a seat next to Mila up the back there."

She sat down next to me and I immediately introduced myself. God she's adorable. And those freckles, ughh...

I mean, what?

"Could ya stop starin'? It's one thing I hate about knew schools. Everyone stares at me like an alien." I chuckled nervously, I hadn't really considered that I was staring.

"I'm not staring."

"Sure you're not." We both laughed quietly as the teacher went on with the lesson.

At lunch Piper sat with me and my group of friends, which consisted of me, a girl who never spoke and my best friend Trevor. Trevor had begun flirting with Piper to no avail, he kept getting shot down. It was nearly halfway through lunch when someone I wasn't expecting sat down and the table.

"Well, isn't this an amazing coincidence." He said sitting at our table. I just stared at him wide eyed.

"How do you figure?" Trevor asked as he looked at hunter like he was a freak. Hunter just kept looking at me. How can he tell its me?

"Hey, you were with that chick that rescued me last night!" Piper finally realised. Hunter smirked at her.

"So you don't know who she is?" I scowled at him.

"Should I?"

"Hunter, can I talk to you for a moment." I got up and lead him outside. There was an area at the back of the oval that only my group hung out at.

As soon as we reached it he received a right hook to the jaw. He clutched his jaw, looking up at me shocked.

"What do you call that. No wait, how did you know? Also, what the hell?!" I screamed at him.

"Your hair, your eyes, your lips. You realise those masks aren't that great when hiding who you are. I figured out who you were last night." He looked pretty damn proud of himself. It made my blood boil.

"So if you knew who I was, why kiss me?" He shrugged his shoulders at me.

"Why not?"

"How come I've never noticed you but you seem to know exactly who I am?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"One; I'm a year level lower than you. I wouldn't expect you to know me. Two; You have a reputation. Everyone knows who you are." I raised an eyebrow.

"A bad reputation?"

"Yep." For some reason this made me smile. Maybe I had gotten in to (started) a few fights over the years but I'm not that bad. Still, pretty cool.

"Cool." It took a bit for it to click. "Yet you were brave enough to kiss me and pull that stunt in there. For all you know, I was leading you out here to kill you."

"Brave, stupid, same thing." He took a step closer, making me uncomfortable. Without thinking I kneed him in the groin making him collapse to ground as he clutched himself in pain.

"You stay away from me, okay." I demanded before storming off.

I made my way back to the cafeteria to find my friends and Piper staring at me.

"What?"

I had gotten a lead on the display case guy. He worked out of town; Gotham, the place that attracts all the weirdos. This was my case, I'm not just gonna give it to bruce to deal with.

"Roy I'll be back in a couple of days. Don't worry. It's not like anyone can hurt me." I protested as he sat against the door. "You know I'll just jump out the window if you don't move."

"That's a big fall, that shit will hurt." For a moment what he said actually confused me.

"I meant I'll use the fire escape you dumbass." I yelled at him.

"Just, don't go to Gotham. Gotham sucks." I rolled my eyes and began heading for the window. "If you go I'm coming with you."

"Why?"

"Because if anything did happen to you, your mum would kill me." He picked up a bag he always kept behind the couch and and opened the door.

"So what are we code naming this guy. does he have a villain name yet?" I had actually put a lot of thought into this. This was my first real case. Prior to this I was just saving people from cowardly bastards.

"I was thinking The Collector." Roy Nodded.

"I like it. It's simple."

The train ride to Gotham was long and boring. To be honest I was both looking forward to and dreading going back there. A lot happened since I was last here.

Bruce died. Dad was Batman for a while but Bruce returned... somehow. Damian became Robin until he died. And Dad, well, I couldn't bare to here anymore news from Gotham after that. I spent the last four years regretting how distant I was to him. I never even gave him the time of Day.

I wiped away a tear that threatened to escape my eye. Maybe I really shouldn't have come back. It was too late now as I stepped onto the platform with Roy following.

"So, we're here. Now what. Where are we crashing?" I really need to think things through. I slipped on a pair of dark red shades. I didn't need them for the sun because, well, it's Gotham. These Days I was looking more and more like my mother in her teen years. The Wayne family always attracts attention. That's not what I wanted.

"We are going to Wayne Manor. I miss my old room, luxury bed, good food and working hot water. You know, the little things you take for granted." I hailed us a cab and told the driver to head to Wayne Manor.

As we drove up the gravel driveway towards the Manor Roy gawked at the large building. I rolled my eyes as I hopped out of the cab.

"Well hello, may I ask what your business is here? We weren't expecting guests." It had been so long since I had heard Alfred's voice that I barely recognised it.

"C'mon Alfred, you remember me don't you?" I asked slipping off my shades.

"Mila. My gosh, is that you?" I nodded happily as I ran up the stairs to hug him.

"I'm kinda disappointed that I'm still shorter than you." I grumbled as we broke away from our hug.

"I'm afraid you missed Master Bruce and Tim. They're in the middle of an investigation on..." I watched the man struggle a bit. "Actually I wasn't told. Hmmm. How about some tea. I'll put some on."