Unexpected Allies

Prologue: How it all Began

I like saving things to my library and reading them in like two weeks, so I'm going to start putting my summaries up for you guys before the story. So you know what you're about to read.

Summary:

     Both Damian and Bruce are surprised when Alfred gets a call from the police in Britain. Turns out, his younger brother and sister-in-law had been killed earlier in the week and he was the only living relative of his niece, 16 year old Manette Pennyworth.
     Bruce convinces Alfred to let her move in with them and the girls proves to be more than your ordinary teenager. She has photographic memory and supreme hacking skills. She might have become the only normal addition to the family, had she not been trying to find her parents' murderer.
     And Damian, though annoyed, is assigned to keep her safe and away from the case while Bruce and Alfred work on it together. But will the two listen to the adults once they become best friends?

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37 years ago - Britain

Alfred's POV

I watched diligently from my post as the Queen and King spoke to numerous other politicians and other high ranking officials or wealthy lords and ladies. Guests lingered around the room, however, they would soon be gone.

Even now, people were filing out and leaving. I shouldn't have felt excited for the end of the day, because I had worked here for so long and I would retire from this particular job once my duty here was over.

My could practically feel my younger brother's anxious feelings from inside, but I didn't think too much of it, everything was going to change soon.

I felt that it was time to leave the Royal family's guard and travel to America. I had already found a job for being a bulter for Mr. And Mrs. Wayne. They seemed like good people, and smart as well.

About four hours later, we had all of the guests ejected and I left my post as the next shift started. I breathed in the not-so-fresh air and sighed, knowing that this would be my last time here.

My brother rode in the passenger seat all the way to his small house, that he shared with his girlfriend. I smiled in greeting to her, knowing that she would do him good. Even so, he had only met her a month or so ago.

While I worked on security personally, he did surveillance. I'm sure with his extreme attentiveness, he wouldn't have chosen a woman he didn't know was right.

"Oh, Al, you're going to come and visit us again soon, right?" My brother, Gregory, asked.

"Most likely not, I will have my hands full with the Waynes, but I'm sure you'll do just fine on your own." I told him before looking at Elena, his girlfriend.

"Keep my little brother out of trouble, would you?" I asked.

Elena laughed and nodded, "How am I supposed to stop that stubborn man from doing anything?"

"Give him a long and uncomfortable stare." I advised with a wink.

She rolled her eyes with a smirk and Gregory shoved me playfully.

I laughed and grabbed my suitcase.

3 Days Ago From Present Time

Gregory's POV

I scowled at the monitor and pressed my comms, "We have an unknown guest in Sector 43 west. Someone go check them out."

The comms crackled, "Affirmative."

Less than a minute later, the guard ran down the hall as I watched from the screen. Once the guard tapped the brunette woman on the shoulder, she turned around and swiftly shot him in the head.