Death Dagger Chp 3

It was one day after the incident and the girls blue eyes shot open. She quickly looked around the room, wondering where she was. Her eyes traced the room, seeing nice furniture, and light coming through a large window. Then it hit her, she wasn’t in a hospital, though she was bandaged, and she wasn’t at home. The only logical place would be Wayne Manor. A smile came across her lips at the realization. Her Grandmother must have told Bruce about her fear of hospitals!

Rose turned to look at the door and felt pain shoot through her body, it took a moment but then she remembered all the events that led up to this. Her heart raced, she had saved Batman! Perhaps he had seen her fight and would like to take up a partnership!? Her dreamy and impossible thoughts were interrupted by none other then Bruce Wayne.

The millionaire made a swift and calm entrance. He was tired and was still trying to think through the massive headache that now thumped in his head. Alfred had said that it would be best if Bruce was the one to break the news to the girl, but when his eyes met Rose’s he felt a tremendous amount of guilt building in his stomach. Bruce knew that it wasn’t his fault, that Helen ran on her own, but still, it wasn’t the best news to tell a wounded teenager.

“Hi Brother Bruce…” Rose didn’t know what to say, she had been shot, that would be very hard to explain, she went over it in her head.

Bruce took a seat on the bed, looking at her, “How are you feeling?” his mouth was dry.

“Ive been better…” the blue eyed girl was ashamed a bit, she thought her skills were to good to get shot!

He couldn’t take it anymore, Bruce looked her straight in the eye, “Drop the charade, what the hell were you thinking!?”

“uhhh…”her eyes grew large, “I-I-I…”

“Just start from the beginning…” he didn’t mean to scare her.

Then the cocky girl returned to herself, “Well I was fighting crime in the streets, when I went to see if Grandma had gotten off work, then there he was,  Batman, he was under some toxin and surely would have died if I hadn’t saved the day! I beat the crap out’a …well it had to have been 5 or 6 guys! They all circled around me, but I kicked ass…but when I had beat’n almost all of them, the one guy I had forgotten about must have shot me…I hope Batman is ok!” she looked down, “Grandmother was there, she could tell you what happened…”

Bruce let out a big sigh, this was hard news to break to her, and he wasn’t sure how she would react. “Well about that…” he paused trying to configure the words he was to use.

“Grandmothers not hurt is she!?”

“No, not that I know of. Batman said that she just disappeared, ran off after giving him the antidote. I went to your apartment and nothing had been touched.”

“Grandmother would not simply run off. Someone must have done something! We have to find her! Bruce call the police get everyone in the city searching!” tears came rushing out of the girls eyes.

He wasn’t sure as to what to do again, but instinctively he reached out to hold her. Bruce wished that Alfred had told her instead of him. He was never good at relationships, the man was use to pushing people away. But he couldn’t push the girl away, Rose was like family and most of all she was in need.

Bruce finally spoke again after Rose sobbed a few times. “ Rose, its very hard to find someone who doesn’t want to be found. Helen left, I don’t know where she could have gone to, but Batman is on the case.”

Rosie wiped her eyes and looked at Bruce, her thick headedness bleeding through, “Then I shouldn’t waste my worthless tears on such things.”

“She’ll be back, she wouldn’t leave you alone for long.”

There ensued another long silence, and this time Rose couldn’t take it anymore, she looked up at Bruce and tried to smile, “I saw Batman! Bruce he looked some what like you, and somehow made me feel safe, even though he looks so wicked. Bruce I wish you had been there, I kicked some major ass! And you missed it. But if you had been there, I would have had to protect you and Batman.”

“Would you now?” he couldn’t help but smile, if only she knew. ”Well, Rose you need your rest. Heal up and then we’ll