TRICK OR TREAT" I yelled to the small boy who opened the door. he looked to be the same age as me but he was super skinny and small. he eyed my outfit before looked at me like I was crazy and unstable. "it's november 15th" he said in a due tone. I sighed. I knew this was a stupid idea but my mom insist we go tricking or treating now since we missed it in october. "I know but I wasn't able to go in october because we needed to move so I'm going now." he still looked at me like I was crazy. sighing in defeat I turned to walk back to my apartment. I just moved in a week ago after my mom lost her job in Metropolis. gothem didn't have lot of jobs but the rent was cheap so win win or atleast that's what my mom said
."I think I have a lollipop do you want that?" the small boy asked. I nodded "I'll take it." I smilled opening my bag for the lollipop. he was gone for longer than expected before coming back with a pillow case. "you're in luck. I still had candy from halloween" he held it up like one of those fisher man who caught a big fish. his face slowly turned red. "do-- do you want to share it with me?" he asked I smiled nodding my head "yes please." he gave me a shy smile as he stepped into the hall closing the door to his aprtment behind him. "um we can sit here." he said sitting down in front of his door.
sitting down next to him I watched as he emptied the pillow case onto the floor. it wasn't a lot of candy but it was somthing. "what's your name?" I asked taking a bite size snickers. "jason. and yours?" he asked. I quickly swallowed the candy and said. "y/n and I just moved into that apartment last week." I said pointing to the apartment door. "what are you dressed as?' he asked eyeing my outfit "a fairy. you probably couldn't tell because I lost my wings when we were moving." moving sucked and I hated it.
"what did you go as on halloween?" I asked stuffing my mouth with chocolate and skittles "I went as dash from the incredibles." I laughed, imagining him in tights. I sighed "I bet you got loads of candy." he shrugged "not really. gothem is not really a place for trick or treating." he sighed "this is all the candy I got from halloween. I was trying to save it for as long as I could." I fell bad now. "oh." I put the pack of skittles I had back. "I'm sorry." he rolled his eyes "it was stupid. the candy would have gotten old and stale anyways so--" he shoved the candy back into my hand. "eat up." "you know what this means right?" I asked he looked at me confused waiting for me to continue "it mean we're bestfriends now." I said grabbed his hand to hold. "bestfriends?" I nodded. "you can never get rid of me for now on." we laughed before popping more candy into our mouths.""
I hated waking up. the reminder that jason was missing and I was living in a dirty motel was soul crushing. it's been four days since our run in with batman and he has not been home since. I've been looking for him non-stop but I knew deep down that batman probably got to him but that didn't stop me from searching for him, just incase. but I was starting to get discourage so I did somthing I am not proud of and will never do again. I went to the police. "No. you're not understanding me. my friend was kidnapped by batman and I need help getting him back." I argued with the police women in front of me. she wasn't listening to me, she just continued to play a game on her computer. "go away kid" she said rolling her eyes. "you're suspose to be helping me. why won't you help me?" "go away!" she yelled throwing a pen at me. "fine! you won't help me, then I'll get someone else to" I groaned stomping out of the police station.
ok now for this next part, don't judge me ok. I'm desperate.
if it there was one thing for certain it is that this club was not a place for children. there was half naked women and dirty old man dancing, drinking and doing drugs. I figured in a place like this someone had to know something about batman. right? it was honestly surprising how far I got into the club without being noticed or kicked out. in fact I made it to a private room that over looked the club. thankfully there was no one in the room. the room looks amazing decorated with art and jewels in glass cases that I would never be able to afford. well in this life time at least. but that wasn't what I was after. I was after information.
I ran to the desk. throwing open the drawer looking for anything with batman on it. "what are you looking for kitten." I jumped back from the desk not expecting anyone to be in here. I didn't even hear the door open; but there stood a tall, curvy woman whoes face was covered by a mask with Cat ear? "um, nothing." I lied quickly pulling my hands out of the drawer and hiding them behind me back. the women eyed me up and down, studying me. "don't lie kitten, tell me the truth and maybe I could help you." I laughed. "I'm not stupid woman. no one in gothem helps a stranger without wanting something, so what do you want?" she walked over to one of the glass case, chuckling as she went. "you see this ring? I need it."
"ok... than get it." I said in a duh tone. she rolled her eyes at me. "I can't, not right now at least. I'm going to need help." her eyes stayed on the ring with the huge diamond in the middle of it, like eater egg big. it was almost like she was in a trance. "I could help you get the ring, but I need help also." she fold her arms in front of herself as she leaned on the wall. "what does a little kitten like you, need help with?" she asked "you're catwoman, right? it's rumored that you and batman have a thing going on." her face was stoic as she shrugged "the point kitten, get to it."
"I need to speak with him. he um, has a friend of mines" I explained. she hummed, glancing at the ring once more. "I work here, in the club. when the ring goes missing the first thing they're going to do is search the girls--" "then why can't you steal it as catwomen on a day you're not working?" I asked she rolled her eyes. "I have a reputation of stealing things I'm sure you know; and the people that ownes the club has some very powerful allies, allies that I do not want to get on the bad side of" she shrugged "at least not right now."
"so you want me to steal for you. ok I'll do it. I'll steal it on a day where you're not working and catwoman is to busy stealing something else; and in return you get me a face to face meeting with batman." she smirked "you're a smart cookie" she held out her hand. "let's shake on it." I walked the short distance to stand in front of her and shook her hand. "deal." we pulled our hands apart.
I had no idea how I was going to steal this ring. catwoman and I have been come close over the last few weeks. she was teaching me all the ins and out of club, red room and what I'd need to do in order to actually pull this off and to be honest I don't think I can. so as it turns out it wasn't luck that got me to that office, it was catwoman. she knocked out the guards and the surveillance camera, making it easy for me to slip in.
now I need to do everything she did and then some if I'm going to make it out with the diamond. "are you sure you can't just go in and knock out the cameras for me." catwoman and I sat in my small motel room going over the plans for tonight. "the whole point of this is so I'm nowhere near the club when you still the ring. if you're having doubts--" "NO!... I mean no. I can do this. I'm just nervous" she smiled. "I've got you something." she pulled out a small mask and threw it to me. it was all black with little cat ears on it. "Really, for me?" she nodded "incase you mess up with the cameras" she said shrugging her shoulders, like this wasn't a big deal but her small smile gave it away. "but wouldn't it defeat the purpose of separating you from all of this if I wear your logo" her face fell. "I guess you're right. but keep it anyways, for next time" I smiled "next time?" she nodded pushing the mask closer to me. "next time."
catwoman and I started getting close when she showed up in my motel the day after we met. it was weird waking up to the smell of bacon and eggs. at first I thought it as a weird murderer who made it's victims breakfast before killing them. but when I turned over there stood catwoman, dressed in her cat suit. "what are you doing here?" I asked slowly sitting up. she didn't even flinch when I spoke, just grabbed a plate off the counter and handed it to me. "eat up we have lots to do" I looked down at the food, then back up at her. "do you realise how creepy this is?" I asked putting the plate on the bed. she rolled her eyes, putting the fork and knife down next to my plate. "I work all week only day off is next saturday. if we're going to pull this off you'll need to learn how to get in and out without being noticed." I groaned "I'm tired" I layed down on the bed, pulling the covers over my eyes. but she wasn't having it.
she pulled the covers away from me. "if I'm wasting my time with you tell me now. if the deal is over I would love to know." I sighed sitting up. "the deal isn't over. I'll learn." she smiled. "first eat." I rolled my eyes but dug into my food. "it's good." I said with a mouth full of food. "you have nothing to eat in this whole motel." I swallowed my food. "I do." she scoffed "yeah ramen and cereal. your milk went bad I had to throw it out."
"thank you for the food." I haven't been food shopping in a few days. I've been to busy looking for jason. "no problem kitten. hurry up and eat, we have a lot to do."
everyday I'd wake up with catwoman in my kitchen, making me breakfast. then we'd spend the whole day going over the plans. surprisingly it was super fun and going over plans, learning how to use her nails to cut glass. it was all fun and it made it a little less nerve-wracking. "remember, get the ring and get out. don't stop for anything." cat sighed. she was nervous about tonight and who's to blame her. she putting a lot of trust into me and I don't want to let her down. if I let her down I'd let jason down. "once you get out of there go to 5th street. there I'll give you you're next instructions" I nodded "and where will you be." she smirked turning back to the blue prints. "it's time. good luck kitten."
the club was more intimidating than it was the first time. it felt bigger and darker, scarier but I had a job to do and I was determined to get it done.
heading towords the back of the building cat said there would be a door leading to a locker room. that is going to be my way inside the club. it was there but so was two large security guard. "hello" I said giving them my sweetest smile. "go away kid." the man on the left said. he was tall, bald and buff. "I need to get inside." the one on the right sighed he looked annoyed and stressed "kid please go away." I sighed
"you don't understand my mom is in there, she's working, and my dad wants me to get her and bring her home." they looked at each other, having a silent conversation. the one of the right asked "is your mom melody?" I nodded. if it was one thing cat taught me, it was to always be confident in my answer. "yes!" I said. "we should let her through. the last time melody's boyfriend didn't have her home when he wanted, he shot up to club, and I do not want to stay late again."
"that sounds like papa" I said they rolled they're eyes as they opened the door. "don't take long kid and don't get caught." I nodded walking in the locker room. it was surprisingly lit up and it looked nice. huge vanity mirrors on the wall with twenty plus director's chairs infront of it.
there was only a two girls in the room, doing there make-up and getting dressed. I walked, well more like ran out of there into the actual club. it was dark and smelly filled with drunk adults of all ages dancing and doing drugs. why do adults like this? it's weird and toxic
just like last time I was able to make through the sea of adults without being stopped. gothem is not a safe place for kids. instead of going straight to the office like I did last time, I had to go through the ceiling this time.
you had a lot on your mind right now. climb the stairs to the fifth floor, get to the girls bathroom, climb into the ceiling. take a right, left go staight until you reach the dead end. below you is the office. but it wasn't that easy. as soon as you stepped foot into the bathroom the plan started going down hill. you were frozen in fear looking up at THE Harley Quinn touching up her make-up in the mirror. she didn't notice you yet which you were very lucky for because she did not seem to be in a good mood. she angrily patted her cheek with a napkin trying to cover up a bruise that almost covered half her cheek. "stupid harley, you never learn do yah. you just always have to make him mad."
"It's not my fault! he's the one who forgot our anniversary! we got all dressed up and even made him dinner but nooo. he wanted to come to this stupid club!" she replied to herself. "Don't talk about him that way!" she yelled pointing a finger at the mirror "and this club isn't stupid, it's a nice place for an anniversary." you could tell by her voice that she didn't believe it. she opened her mouth to reply when her eyes landed on you through the mirror. "who are you?" she asked turning around to face you. "Um. MR. J wanted me to tell you to hurry up. he, um. misses you" you lied. her eyes widen. if this was a cartoon she'd have heart eyes. "I'M COMING MR. J!" she yelled running out of the bathroom.
once you were alone you went to the first stall, climbing onto the toilet. reaching into your back pocket, you pulled out a black mask. not the one cat gave to you but a different one. you were about to put it on when something caught your eye. Harley left her bat. it was too great of an opportunity to pass up. you said to yourself as you ran over and grabbed the bat, it was heavy and it took a while for you to get it into the ceiling but eventually you got it. now your turn. it took a lot of upper body strength (that you didn't know you had) to get up there but you managed. you put on the mask and started crawling forword when you remembered something.
'put the tile back once you get in. don't leave any evidence of you being there.' cat's voice reminded you. groaning you kick the tile back into place and now being one step closer to the ring. you couldn't wait to tell jason about tonight. he's going to be so jealous.
left, right, straight, dead end. peeling back the tile, right under me was the case with the ring. excitement course through your body at the thought of taking the ring. you never felt so excited taking something before. when you'd strip cars with jason it was usually jason doing all the work and you just being the look out; but now you were in the driver's seat and you didn't mind it at all.
now all you had to do was drop down pull out the Freddy Krueger nails Cat gave you. (you called then that because they were long, sharp nails that she used to get through the glass without setting off the alarm.) cut the glass, get the ring and get out of here. the room was empty which made it a thousand times easier, or it should have atleast.
maybe there was a reason jason was in charge of the stealing part. as soon as you dropped the bat down into the room, you knew you fucked up, watching in slow motion as the bat fell and smashed the glass case into pieces.
The room turned red as a loud alarm came on. "INTRUDER ALERT, INTRUDER ALERT" it yelled. "someone's in the bosses office." a voice said from the other side of the door. "fuck" you said jumping down from the ceiling, almost impaling yourself on the broken glass. you sifted through the broken pieces of glass looking to the ring, while also not trying to get cut.
"WHO'S IN THERE" a man yelled. there was a pounding on the door like a body was being thrown against it. "go get the boss. now!" you heard footsteps fade away but the pounding on the door continues. "you better hope boss is in a good mood tonight or you're as good as dead." 'where the hell was this ring.' you thought. you were about to give up and just run out of there when something shiny caught your eyes. the ring! you grabbed it quickly putting it in your pocket.
now how the hell were you going to get out of here. the glass case was too smashed to use it to get back into the ceiling so you had go to plan B. improvise. you ran over the the window that lead to the fire escape. you tried opening it but it did not budge, even through there was no lock on the window.
'the windows in that place doesn't open, so you won't be able to get in or out through there.' Cat said one afternoon when you were having lunch and going over plans. 'we'll see' you thought going back over to the smashed case where you left harley's bat. picking it up before running back to the window. it took one swing and the window was smashed. "thank you harley"
you quickly climb onto the fire escape. "they're going through the window!" the gaurd outside the room said "mark and james are already down they're ready to cut them off." you glanced down, and sure enough there stood two huge men in black suits. so down wasn't an option. up it is.
people in the movies made running up the fire escape look so easy, but in reality it was exhausting. when you finally made it to the roof you were out of breath. "ok. what now?" you asked glancing around the roof for a away down. 'this is a stupid idea' you thought as you started noticing how close the buildings where to each other.
"this is stupid" you said as you started running towords the edge.
"THIS IS STUPID!" you yelled as you jumped off the roof, soaring through the sky before landing hard on the opposite roof. "oof" was the only noise you made as you knocked the wind out of yourself
all you wanted to do was stay there on the roof looking up at the starless sky but you couldn't, you had to meet cat. you groaned as you peeled your body away from the roof. "you owe me big time jason."
5th street was deserted and dark. no one was on the street not even catwoman. this was suspose to be the meet up location but cat wasn't here. 'maybe she was late or got held up. or maybe batman took her away like he did jay. if he did he's going to be in a world of hurt if I every get my hands on---' you were pulled out of your thought when a phone you didn't notice until now started ringing.
you slowly walked towords it picking it up off the trash can it laid on. "you made it!" cat's voice answered through the phone. she sounded more out of breath than you did which you thought was impossible. "you sound surprise" she laughed "you have the ring?"
"yeah. now, where are you?" you asked. "look up, kitten." you could barely make out the black shadow on top of the museum across the street. "batman should be here soon, come up and meet him. the front door is open."she said before she hung up the phone, walking away from the edge. you threw the phone behind you, not caring where it ended up.
walking through the museum was the easiest part of your night. "I'm proud of you kitten." you jumped at the sudden sound of cat's voice. "don't scary me like that!" you yelled she laughed "it's gothem kitten, you need to learn how to grow eyes in the back of your head." you sighed "here's your ring" you said throwing her the ring that she easily caught"you did good kitten. real good." she put it in her pocket. "aren't you going to inspect it?" you asked she didn't answer instead she walked closer to you.
she gently cupped your face into her gloved hands. "oh kitten. you're all beaten up." she pushed a piece of your hair away from your face. you sighed leaning into her warm hand "I kind of messed up--" she shrugged "were you caught?" you shook your head no. "seen leaving the office?" again you shook you heard no. "then you were perfect. a bit more training and you'll be a real pro." your eyes widen. "you want to teach me?" she nodded "if batman can have a robin and joker can have an harley. why can't I have a kitten." you felt honored and happy. you would love to learn from catwoman, it's been a goal of yours since last week. "what do you say?" you nodded
"yes! I would love too!" she opened her mouth to say something but was cut off. "caught red handed selina hand over whatever you stole." batman. she smirked "Oh bat, I've missed you." she pulled away from me, turning to face batman. "don't play games with me selina, hand over the ruby and I'll forget you where here."
"selina? that's your name?" you asked she glanced at you. "yes kitten, that's my name." she pushed you forwords "bat this is kitten, she has a question for you." the tall shadow in front of you was intimidating and scary. you gulped down your fears "my friend and I are the ones who stole your tire. we went back for another one but you were already there, you chased us and were gaining on us but we split up. what did you do with my friend?" you asked trying to sound brave you don't think he was buying but you still tried.
I could feel his eyes studing me, like he was trying to determine if I was worth the imformation or not. "please, sir. he's all I have left." I pleaded. it was silent for a minute when he said. "he fought hard to get back to you." he sighed "I knew once you two split up I would not be able to catch the both of you, expecally since I didn't know where you would be going. so I slowed down and let him run. I thought he would lead me to you. it took me a while to realise he was running in the opposite direction from you. he was giving you time to run away."
"aww that's so sweet." cat-- selina said. "where is he?" I asked again he hesitant to answer the question. he didn't know if he could trust me and I didn't care. I don't care if he trusted me our not it's not about him. I'd do anything to get jason back. I've already proven that and I'll prove it again if I had to. I don't know where this anger came from but standing here looking at the masked man with no powers deciding he had the right to take my friend away from me. where did he get off.
"Where. is. he.?" I asked one last time. "Ma Gunn's School for orphans." that name sounded familiar. I think Greg told jason and I about it one time. I don't remember what he said about the school but I don't think it was anything good. "Thank you selina for everything you've done for me. I'll see you around." I said leaving the dark museum. I don't know if I'll ever see selina again, I wanted to. I really wanted to learn how to do what she does. but I can't think about that right now. jason comes first. he will always come first.
my legs were tired by the time I stood infront of 'Ma Gunn's School for orphans' it was late, cold and creepy out here in the middle of Crime Alley. it was stupid of me to be out here by myself but jason was in there. somewhere.
I was surprise at the School infront of me. it was not like the other Buildings on the street. It was smaller then I thought it would be, there were no broken or boarded up windows and it was bright yellow like a school bus. every building except this one looked like a heavy sigh would cause it to crumble to dust but this one stood strong. red flag number one. Red flag number two was the bars on the window. now bars on the window isn't uncommon in Gothem but these bars were on the inside. like they were trying to keep something in not out.
something about this place did not seem right to me. the building should be falling apart because of it being extremely underfunded like every school/orphanage in gothem was. Money laundering is the only explanation I could think of. 'stop worrying about the school y/n just get in get jason and leave.' maybe there's a back door that was left open? or maybe a window without bars on it.
the boarding school was not easy to get into, it took almost an whole hour for me to finally get in. the inside was even more impressive. it was obviously an apartment turned boarding school and it was nice. the first floor (or the lobby) was a large classroom with a white board on one end and an elevator on the other. it was HUGE, the classroom could fit fifty kids comfortably there was also a small desk in the corner next to the backdoor probably for the teacher.
I got into the elevator which wasn't really a good idea. I could easly get caught this way. I could hear selina yelling at me now. 'get out of the elevator.' 'you're going to get caught' 'what are you going to do if someone gets in the elevator?' but I had no chosice, there were no stairs.
the buttons on the elevators read.
I pressed 'Hall A.' to go up. 'Hall' was of course the rooms and in one of those rooms was jason. my heart pounded at the thought of seeing jason again. I was excited, I wanted to hug him tight and never let the go. I wanted to run into his arms and have him hold me tight and never let me go. I wanted him to call me stupid for worrying about him. he'd probably say something like 'you shouldn't be worry fairy, I knew you'd find me.' or something sappy like that. my face would get hot and I'd push him away in embarrassment but he'd probably pull me back. God I couldn't wait.
I practically jumped out of the elevator when the doors finally opened. I was one step closer to jason. the floor I was on looked like a regular apartments now. except none of the apartments had front doors. I walked into the first one labeled 'H1'. I was hoping someone here knew jason and could point me to him. I was not trying to go through every room but I knew if it came down too, I would.
there was no rooms just an open space with bunk beds and dressers against the wall. it was basically a large studio apartment. there was no oven/stove but a small table and three little chairs. the only thing they had was a bathroom. there was six boys in this room and they all looked to be different ages. I walk to the nearest boy to shake him awake but before I could even put my hand on his shoulder a loud siren sounded through out the whole floor. "Not again." I groaned. everything happened so fast. the boys rose from they're bunk bed wearing dark shirts and pants. they looked like robots, none of them paid me any mind as they put of they're shoes. a line started forming infront of the elevators. groups of seven went down at a time. they didn't seem to be thinking just doing. it was weird. I couldn't see jason in the crowd of boys and girls, maybe he's in the other hall.
I followed the crowd down the elevator back into the Lobby/ classroom B and out the door. an odd looking woman was ushering kids into a long bus, she looked like the old lady from Monsters, Inc. she was a fat, short lady who had no neck and spiky white hair. she looked mean. "get in, get in. we don't have much time." she said almost pushing a girl up the steps. "what's going on?" I asked the boy next to me. "where you sleeping in class or something? it's the hest." I looked at him like he was crazy, Kids pulling a hest? that was completely unheard of. even for gothem. "the one we've been planning for week?" a kid on my other side said. a small girl who look no older then five. "you must be new, I'm Nia. can you hold my hand, I'm scared." Nia held her hand up, I took her hand in mine.
"yeah me too but it's going to be ok.I promise" she let out a sigh and shrugged. "don't mind Michael he doesn't like alot of people. just his friend Mike and sam. they use to steal my lunch until my friend jason kick their asses." I froze, could she me talking about MY jason? I cleared my throat from the sudden tightness. "Nia. your friend jason, what's he like?" I asked stopping in the line so we had time to talk. something tells me once we get on that bus I won't have that opportunity. she smile widely "Oh he's the best. those mean boys were picking on me again and he punched them in the face." her small fist hit the palm of her hand with a loud smack. "he beat their ass. that'll teach them to mess with me." her hand tighten around mine. "he shared a secret with me, he said--" she narrowed her eyes at me "are we friends?" she asked I nodded "of course" I said she smiled "then I think I tell you a secret" she glanced around making sure no one was listening. "he told me--" "HEY! get on the bus" the monster Inc. lady yelled glaring at Nia and I. I rolled my eyes walking up the steps of the bus with Nia. the bus was oddly silent dispite there being 30 plus kids. they sat perfectly still, staring forword. "Creepy" I wispered taking the closes seat to the front. "We have to be quiet now." Nia wispered she looked scared. her little knee was bouncing with nerves and her hand clunched tightly around my hand. "it's going to be ok Nia I'm going to protect you." I said. I don't know what is happening here and I don't see jason anywhere but I truely wanted to protect her. she was just so young "Nia." she looked startled "your friend jason, where is he?" I asked she glanced around nervously "he ran away." she wispered "he said he was going to stop Ma Gunn." I nodded that sounds like jason.
The large bus pulled into the parking lot of a bank, Ma Gunn smiled widely almost as big as the jokers. the bus doors opened and like robots the kids stood up simultaneously heading towords the doors of the bus. I looked down when I felt a tug on my shirt. "we have to go" Nia said she was standing up also, waiting for me to move out of the way. I followed the line into the bank where kids were making quick work stuffing the money into large garbage bags. "we have to hurry the police are going to be here in five minutes." nia and I grabbed the huge bags and started stuffing money into it
it would be ten minutes and an half bag of money later when a loud bang made everyone in the bank freeze. "the hell was that!" Ma Gunn yelled rushing out of the bank. kids being kids we ran after her to see for ourselves. I don't know what I expected to see when I ran out of the bank, the bus being on fire was surprisingly not one of them. "MA GUNN I will not allow you to use these kids for your personal gain any longer. come out and fight me" I wanted to laugh. there he was standing infront of a burning bus ready to take on a woman more than twice his size, yep that's my jason.
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