kate has no idea how long she's been running. the cop might not have even seen her , and even if he had , there's no telling if he recognized her. new city , new set of unknowns. but one thing she knows , hang around too long and shit never ends well. gotham's the latest in a string of places she tried to disappear into , only to have her dirt rise to the surface. doesn't the law have anything better to do than hunt her down ? wayne has been a piece of shit , who cares if she blew him up ? but by now it's personal. she's embarrassed the men at the top and they don't like it when some girl shows them up.
she keeps running , long after rain begins to fall and her legs start to ache. she runs down crowded sidewalks and cuts across busy streets , until finally she stumbles into a dark , deserted alley and collapses against the soaking wet side of some abandoned building. chest heaving , kate doubles over , fingers scraping on brick as she tries to steady herself and not upchuck the little food she had left in her system. welcome to a new city , kid , you're still as screwed as ever.
for a while , she stays there , growing more and more soaked with every passing minute , but not trusting herself to move yet. the thing that finally does it , finally snaps her out of it , is a sharp meow that even muffled by the rain cuts through the alley-- and scares the crap out of her.
" shit ! " she hisses , jerking up -- just to come face to face with @talespoken.
