"Tonight's highlight story, a woman and her two children were rescued after being abducted and used as hostages after a bank robbery at Gotham's downtown branch at 4:15 this afternoon.
That's right Sandy, the family was rescued by Gotham's newest vigilante known by the public as Shade. All four of the robbers were taken into custody by the police with her help. Eyewitnesses say that is was an unbelievable sight.
Very impressive, Rick. Over the past few weeks we have seen her handling many potentially deadly situations in our city. Robbery, abduction, kidnapping, hijacking...is there anything Shade can't do?
I don't know Sandy but Gotham is certainly grateful."
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"Mmm..." Adriana groaned into the pillow as she heard her phone ring. She was completely exhausted. "Ughhh.." Her eyes were blurry as she swiped the green button and planted her face back into the pillow.
"Hello?" she heard a voice on the other end of the phone as she answered it with enough tiredness to forget to say 'Hello' first.
"Yeah?" she said into the pillow with a croaky voice.
"Adriana?" she heard, finally recognizing Bruce's voice.
"Oh, Bruce," she said and sat up, pushing her hair back off of her face. "Hey."
"Did I wake you?" he asked.
"Umm.." she wiped her eyes. "Sort of."
"Oh, I'm sorry," he apologized. "We had a training session tonight-"
"Oh, shit you're right," she said. "I'll be on my way soon."
"If you're tired, don't worry about it," he said kindly. "I was just making sure you were okay."
"I'm okay, a little tired but,," she sighed. "I should train. Unless you're busy?"
"I have the next hour or so free," he said.
"Ok..I have to shower and stuff, but I'll be there in thirty minutes tops," she said and got out of bed.
"No problem," he said. "See you soon."
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"You're doing great," Bruce complimented Adriana. "Impressive stamina. You're getting better and better."
"Thanks," Adriana said and finally dropped her arms from punching the bag.
"Want to do a bit of cardio?" Bruce asked, wondering how tired she was. They had spent over 40 minutes sparring before the punching workout.
"Sure," she said.
"Treadmill?" he asked. "Jump rope?"
"I'll take the rope," she said and he went to get it for her.
"Have you been checking out the news lately? Seen what's been happening with this vigilante, Shade?" he asked as he handed it to her.
"Yeah..crazy right?" she said and proceeded to jump. "What do you think of her?"
"Think...?" Bruce said after several seconds and then realized he was distracted by her jumping.
"What do you think of the vigilante?" she said breathlessly. "Shade?"
"I'm not sure what to think. It's crazy how this person just appeared out of nowhere. I can't even get clear footage of her in bright lighting. It's like she knows where cameras are and also whatever she is wearing is reflective enough to make her almost look like a blur," Bruce said.
"Really?" Adriana said, trying to concentrate on not tripping over the rope. "Wow."
"She appeared out of nowhere," Bruce said. "There are eyewitness descriptions. She's got black hair, dark brown eyes. I've even heard a brief recording of her voice."
"You want to find out who she is?" Adriana said and kept jumping.
"She could become dangerous," Bruce said. "Whoever this person is, they're extremely intrepid...audacious."
"You think so?"
"Yes," Bruce said. "She could be doing this to get people to trust her before she strikes. She could be Gotham's next villain."
"I'm sure people thought the same out you," Adriana said. "When the Batman first appeared."
"Yes, well," he said. "I started as a rumor. This was before everyone had a camera on their cell phones."
"Audacious," Adriana repeated his words. "Is that such a bad thing?"
"It can be," Bruce said.
"So...are you going to try to stop her?" Adriana asked.
"I don't have time," Bruce said. "Not with-"
"The Joker..still being at large," Adriana said and stopped jumping.
"Yes," Bruce nodded. "Let's work on upper body."
"Alright," Adriana said and followed him over to a pole that was attached to the wall horizontally.
"To build a bit more upper body strength," he said. "Also, to strengthen your hands."
"You do pull ups on that?" Adriana asked. "It's a little high up for me."
"True," he said. His training setup was designed for him, and unfortunately the pole was bolted into the wall and not adjustable. Adriana was shorter than he was and with shorter arms. The pole was high enough that even Bruce had to jump a several inches off of the ground to grasp it.
"So how will I-" Adriana started to ask but he was already lifting her.
He had wrapped his hands around her and picked her up with ease.
"Grab it," he said and she reached up and grabbed the pole with both hands. He then released her and she was left hanging from it. "Just see how long you can hold on."
"It hurts," Adriana said after a couple minutes, feeling like the skin would tear on her hands.
"I know," he said, honestly surprised that she was holding on for so long.
"I'm slipping," she said and he wrapped his arms around her to catch her as she let go.
"Well done," he said and looked up her, with one arm around her waist and the other around her mid thighs.
"Thanks," she said and dropped her hands onto his shoulders. She looked down at him and smiled.
"Want to try it again?" he asked and smiled back.
"Not really," she sighed and laughed. "But let's try it again anyway."
"Okay," he said and lifted her a bit more until he saw her grab the pole again.
"Ow," she said immediately, feeling the pain in her hands. She told herself to be strong and held on to the pole.
"Good job," Bruce said and took a few steps away from her.
"Where are you going? What if I fall?" she asked in a bit of panic.
"I won't let you fall," he said and casually ran his hand through his lustrous hair. "I promise."
"Okay..." she said. "If I fall, we're fighting..seriously."
"I wouldn't mind that at all," he said.
"Ha. Ha," she laughed sarcastically. "Ow, ow," she said as her hands burned.
"See if you can pull yourself up," he said.
"Seriously?" she asked, wanted to cry from the pain.
"You're doing amazing," Bruce said. "Incredible strength and pain tolerance. Just try it."
"I can't.." she said, looking for any excuse not to try. "It's getting so late, maybe we should call it quits?"
"Try," he urged as she dangled.
"Mmm-" she said in pain as she tried to lift herself. Her muscles barely reacted. She lacked this type of strength. Her hands finally slipped.
"Gotcha," Bruce said, under her in a flash to catch her.
"This sucks," she said. "My hands are all red."
"Yeah, this could be a weak area for you," he said, looking up. "We'll practice this a lot from now on."
"Noo..I hate it," she pleaded. "When am I ever going to need to do a pull up?"
"You never know," Bruce answered.
"If you say so," Adriana said and put her hands back onto his shoulders after shaking some blood into them. "Good catch by the way."
"My pleasure," he said slowly, still holding her tightly. "Truly."
She gave him a slight smile and looked into his eyes as he lowered her. Instead of placing her down onto the floor he loosened his grip on her so that her body gradually slid down against his. Adriana felt the intentional closeness, as the heat from the friction of their clothing rubbing warmed her stomach. He let the arm that was wrapped around her legs stay wrapped around her body as she lowered, feeling the curves of her hips and backside pass under it.
Once she was standing and he was finally the one looking down at her, he grabbed her into a passionate kiss. His thoughts were clear immediately, he was being to forceful and knew she must have been shocked. She smiled in the kiss and returned the passion, letting him know that she was ready for whatever. She felt the pull of tightness in his lips as he began to smile, feeling incredibly lucky. His hands went quickly to her rear, grabbing it tightly, as if it was something that he had been thinking about forever.
His excitement overwhelmed his as he picked her up and carried her into his living room and laid her onto the couch. She reached down and pulled his shirt over his head before he moved downwards to kiss her again. She squeezed his hips with her legs, entirely caught up in the moment as he went to kiss her neck. The desire she felt was not something that she was used to, she realized. Damien entered her mind and she forced the thoughts of him away. Never had he made her feel this way, this passionate. She felt pulsations inside of her body as Bruce removed her clothing quickly and began to kiss her stomach.
She let out a gasp as she felt his tongue on her, gliding slowly before he closed his mouth over her. Barely able to catch her breath, she grabbed his hair with both hands. Again, the thought of Damien came back..she hated him especially in this moment. He was always impatient, never gratifying or caring, but right now she could see Bruce's thought's clearly. He was in no rush whatsoever. The sounds she made as he gave her pleasure thrilled him and he wanted to take it as slowly as he could to prolong this moment, building her anticipation.
Her own thoughts astonished her as she moaned, begging him not to stop even though she could see in his mind that he had no intentions of doing so. The thoughts that formed in her mind were of submission. As she neared climax, she felt open and delighted enough to know that she would yield to anything he desired. The sensations of the warmth of his mouth and the building energy in her made her want to tell him.. her could have her any way he wanted, as long as we wanted, as hard as he wanted...she felt herself drowning in bliss..
A knock at the door shook her but Bruce completely ignored it and kept going. He reached up and held both of her breasts as he consumed her hungrily. She tried to ignore the knocking, but then heard the beeps coming from Bruce's phone. He still didn't stop.
She felt on the verge of screaming when his thoughts merged with hers.
He needed to stop but couldn't. There was something different about this woman..an absolute euphoria was taking over his mind. An open clarity and ecstasy...Knocking again...He wanted them to go away. Go away..Stacy #4.
"Stop," Adriana said breathlessly, breaking his lips from her as she sat up shakily on the verge of the explosion of pleasure.
"We can ignore them," he said, wrapping his arm under her thigh to pull her back down.
"I know-" she said and then paused.
"You...know who it is," Bruce said with a sigh of disappointment. The downside of a woman who could read minds.
"Yeah," Adriana said and stood quickly and nervously, pulling on her shirt.
"Wait, wait," Bruce said and took her hand. "I can tell her I'm sick, she'll leave. Please don't go."
"Bruce, I-" Adriana said unable to wrap her head around the fact that Bruce was sleeping with at least 4 women named Stacy and countless others. She already knew about this part of him, but it was hard to accept in such a passionate moment. Part of her, but only part, wanted to not care about that at all, but she just couldn't. The thoughts of the sweet girl at the door were also penetrating her mind. A beautiful, young, aspiring model. The girl thought she and Bruce, who was only the second lover she'd had in her 20 years of life, were serious. "I don't want you to have to lie to her..and she came all this way-"
"Fine then, I won't lie," Bruce said and held her by the hips as he sat in front of her. "I'll tell her I have someone amazing and so much more beautiful here-"
"Bruce," Adriana reached down and picked up her pants. "Please don't be rude to her like that...I feel bad-"
"Look.." Bruce tried to explain more but Adriana was already quickly fully dressed.
"Is there another way out?" she asked.
"Yeah, uh-" Bruce started to point her in the right direction, while really wanting to plead with her to stay but she was already walking towards the back hall to the second exit out of his penthouse.