WonderBat Collections

Casualties

A/N: This is a prequel to Solace. The stories are not in chronological order but they are connected, unless they have "Oneshot" in the name

Bruce took off his gauntlet, finally freeing himself from the last piece of armor that had clung to him. The night was eventful, Bane and Poison Ivy rampaging through the docks yet again.

Good thing there were no casualties whatsoever.

Diana's absence had been impactful lately. She had decided to pay her home a visit after all those years of being away.

And so Bruce decided to let loose for now and finally relax. The time is currently 3:30 AM and he is exhausted all throughout

He was about to leave the batcave when a certain figure caught his attention. A quite curvy woman with her hair long and red hued

"A woman?" Bruce thought to himself

Upon walking closer, the revelation caught up to him as the figure turned around to meet his gaze

"Hey handsome"

Shock rushed up to Bruce upon seeing her face.

"You, What the hell are you doing here?" He grunted

"Do I need an excuse to come see you?" The mysterious woman asked

"This affair of ours is very intriguing"

"What do you want?" Bruce interrupted

"Our deal was as it is, you'd stay out of our lives"

"Oh I would stay out of your life, handsome. I didn't say I would do the same for your princess" she responded

"You stay away from her!"

"Make me." The woman sharply hissed.

She snapped her fingers and all of a sudden, Bruce couldn't move. He wanted to break free somehow but he couldn't do so.

"Cir...ce..." Bruce desperately muttered

Delight filled her face upon hearing Bruce say her name

"Oh yes! I love it when you say my name"

"W-What do you... want?" Bruce mumbled

Circe leaned closer, using her finger to raise Bruce's face upon her

"I didn't come for you unfortunately. But I wanted to let you know"

"Let me know about what?" Bruce asked

The sorceress gave him a purr of seduction as she sat on his lap. She leaned in close to his ear as she whispered

"revenge"

Hearing this made Bruce struggle even more. Despite not fully getting the full context, he was smart enough to catch up

"You wouldn't..." he uttered slowly

"oh I would.." she bounced back

His defiance and will proved so greater than the spell as he finally broke through, shoving the sorceress with a swing

"I won't let you do that." He threatened

"Oh, you and what army Bruce?" Circe teased as she lit up her hand for an another spell

She turned around and moved away

"You're cute Bruce, but not that cute. I'll be seeing you around..." she turned for a second to give him a wink