In a matter of hours, she was greeted by some hospital staff who looked rather ruffled and tired. It looked like they had all taken the nightshift and graveyard shift at the same time. Yet they barely seemed bothered by it. They were more concerned about their own safety by taking care of her than their own safety. Something had to have happened with some big wigs on the plane. It was obvious that the criminals of Gotham barely fazed anyone that had worked here long enough, and you could see the difference easily for those that had not.
Gothamites, as they were called, were more afraid of the rich and what they could do with that money and influence than anything else. And from what she had seen and been through, she could not entirely blame them. It is easier to put an innocent guy behind bars than a rich one who is guilty of so much. And it is a lot harder to get an innocent man out of jail, when a rich man just needs to call his lawyer. Made the appropriate threats to the wealthy paper, and their worst enemy is paperwork. Lawyers were truly the worst enemies she had when she was a detective. But she was able to stomp most of them in their tracks.
And within a couple of hours, the reporters were hunting her down like the wild pack they were. And in the lead was none other than Lois Lane, also known as 'Mad Dog Lane'. All of them wanted to get the latest scoop on what had happened.
Someone at the hospital must have tipped them off. Obviously, they did it for the money.
The last thing that she wanted to be was in the spotlight again. Especially because people thought of her as a detective, and then they would want her help. Or they would find a way to hurt her or she would end up finding yet another enemy. And she already has enough enemies for this lifetime. Enemies, even though they are either on the run, dead, or behind bars, are still people she has to beware of forever.
Shinichi knew that she had a lot of enemies, and dangerous ones at that, but she was always grateful that she had none from Gotham. Now there was a chance that there was potential that she could have one. This was something that she could not allow.
Interestingly she wanted to know what the reason the media was here was. There could be more than one explanation other than their knowing that she was the one to stop 'The Riddler'. She had not revealed this information to anyone here, and it was unlikely that anyone in Metropolis would have told them. Metropolis police had a stellar reputation for being good at their job and being reliable. They were tied for the most trusted police in America, along with Central City police. It was likely they were here for another story and it was a coincidence that she was here. Or was it the fact that she was here and nothing else? Either way, she wanted to stay clear of them.
It was decided. She was thinking far too much as a former detective, and that line of thinking could lead to another case, and that would inventiably lead to trouble. The last thing that Gotham, of all places, needed was her kind of luck. It would be best if she left and did it quietly.
'Now how was she going to do that?' She thought about smiling as she saw two people her age pass by her room.
This was going to be too easy.
Meanwhile, to Alfred Pennyworth's surprise, and it was rather a surprise to a man that could not be surprised. There were very few people that could surprise him, and this young lass had been doing this since the day she was born. And to his delight, she kept on surprising him.
It was rather unfortunate that the last time he saw her was quite some time ago. And now he was not sure how he was going to approach this because he was told "It was best we keep our distance." And he considered himself a man of his word. But he was not sure what he was going to do when the opportunity was approached.
Somehow, he ended up in her room.
"And it is empty," he declared out loud.
He was surprised and mildly alarmed.
'Honestly, the only way you can keep track of a member of this family is when they are unconscious,' he thought.