My Super-Story

17: Crying, Dancing, Kidnapped...

For the Gala, I'd already made the outfit (shown above) which didn't cost much because I only bought the accessories, shoes, and clutch. I walked down the steps and walked into Bruce's office.
  "So... Forget to tell me something?" I say, ask because I'm pretty sure Bruce forgot about the Gala.
"No." Bruce said curtly.
"Yeah, you did, there's a Gala tonight that you're hosting." I answered to his cluelessness.
    "Shoot!" He muttered under his breath, "Alfred! Did you know about the gala tonight?" Bruce asked as Alfred walked in.
"Yes, master Bruce, everything is set up." Alfred said. "The guests will be arriving in half an hour." Alfred replied, thank god Alfred knows his stuff...
      "Grace, you have to go get an outfit for tonight I'll get Dick to go with you..." Bruce said already walking out the door "I'm ready all my stuff is upstairs, I don't know if it's suitable for the occasion, but I asked Wally and he told told me roughly what I could wear would you like to see it?" I said Bruce turned on his heel with a quizzical look on his face, I chuckled softly, he didn't know what I meant.
     "I'll go get dressed and show you after, when I'm wearing it." I said then a look of understanding crossed his face. "Yes, that would be nice." He replied unenthusiastically I skipped up to my room and bumped into Dick.
  "About earlier," he started, but I then cut him off.
"It doesn't matter, anyways you have to get ready for tonight." I said, he relaxed as soon as I said this then tensed.
       "What's tonight?" He asked looking all defensive.
     "It's Bruce's gala, I was told a bunch of your friends were coming, so go get ready!I said shooing him away.
   I got ready in record time. 15 minutes later of preparing my hair and bedroom so that if someone did come they wouldn't find anything valuable... I walked down the hallway and down the staircase to where Dick was gawking and Bruce was smiling.
"Just in time, and dressed exquisitely, where did you get the dress?" Bruce asked as he elbowed Dick, who still had his mouth hanging open.
"I made it myself, the design and final product," I said while chuckling at Dick's expressions, they were quite funny, the first astounded, second dumbfounded, third pure adoration.
       "I'm glad you like my outfit."
I said walking past him and teasing him at the same time. He collected himself just in time, because the doorbell rung moments before and as Alfred past, he gave me a look of affection.
  "You two, go wait in the ballroom to greet guests and for you Grace to introduce yourself, no fooling around alright." Bruce said heading towards the door to greet his guests.
    "You look amazing..." Dick said drawling out the word amazing.
  " I could tell by the drool on your chin." I said and laughed as he instantly reached for his chin I walked past him but as soon as he couldn't see me I bolted for the ballroom.
Dick P.O.V.
She was beautiful and I didn't want to look like a fool, so when Grace said that I had drool on my chin, I thought it was real. I checked but there was nothing, I turned around to get back at her but she wasn't there, she can really run fast. I raced to the ballroom to see if she was there, sure enough she was there introducing herself to some of WayneCorp.'s clients when she saw me she giggled. I walked towards Grace and as I got closer to her I sped up but just as I was about to grab her I tripped and fell but grabbed Grace and pulled her down with me.
Grace P.O.V.
I saw that Dick's shoes were untied and giggled. He slowly started walking towards me and sped up as he got closer but tripped a few inches in front of me but instead of falling alone he grabbed me and pulled me down with him. He started squirming, I couldn't stop laughing.
  "What's so funny?" Dick asked confused.
"I can't believe you fell for that!" I said through giggles.
      He got off of me, finally, after his revenge. (he weighs a lot, it's not my fault muscles weigh so much) and helped me up just as some new guests came in, I had to calm myself down and Dick did too because he was laughing at my failed attempt to stop from laughing. I finally stopped when Bruce came in and glared at me after he left Dick and I both looked at each other and burst out laughing. Half past eight Jason, who was the same age as me, came and asked me to help him with his homework, he wasn't allowed to come because he was failing art, so I went and told Bruce that I would be with Jason. Someone offered me a glass champagne but I refused they offered more forcedly the second time, Dick came to my rescue and took the guy and started talking to him and started drinking the champagne, I had a bad feeling about that guy.
"What do you need Jase?" I said sweetly, he pointed to a assignment he had to do, it was a drawing assignment.
   "What do you need help with?" I asked. "I don't know how to draw..." He mumbled.
"Of course you know how to draw, it's a natural instinct, what is your most favourite thing to do?" I asked Tim.
It took him a few moments to think, " To stand on top of WayneCorp building and look down at Gotham city!" He exclaimed.
  "Okay, now visualize it and put it on paper, do it from your view, if you want to, I bet Bruce will let you go tomorrow, if you say it's for a project, when you've finished a sketch of it put colour to it, then show me, I'd love to see it completed." I said, then left to go back to the party.
    I got back and Dick was immediately at my side and had a goofy grin on his face, then the creep from before came up on the other side of me.
"You should really have some champagne Grace" Dick said holding up his glass.
"No, I'd rather not." I replied annoyed that he had gotten himself drunk, the creep continued.
    "It's a miraculous drink, you should really try it." Shoving the glass in my face.
        "Listen, I hate alcohol, and I'm underage as well as you Dick, so leave me alone, and Dick you're coming with me now!" I said grabbing Dick's arm and pulling him towards the door to exit. He stopped, I almost fell over because he started whining like a 5 year old and pulling against me, I used some of my new found strength and dragged him out of the room he then calmed down a bit, and followed me reluctantly.
When we got in the room, Dick tensed, I thought something was there but no he then relaxed after a few moments of me shaking him and calling his name a few hundred times. I pulled him to the bed in the room, sat him down he ripped off his jacket and threw it across the room, I was astounded by his actions.
"No need to kill your jacket because you're angry..." I said trailing off because he was looking at me with an evil glint in his eyes.
I stood up to leave he stood up as well, I turned around and pushed him lightly in the centre of his chest, he toppled over backwards and landed on the bed with his arms spread out.
"Kiss me!" He said, I sat down next to him, leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. He looked defeated after that, he was thinking about something, a lot, he spaced out so I just sat there because I knew he was going to tell me something, "Maybe..." He murmured, "Grace? If I told you I was a superhero would you <love> me? If I told you I saved your life one night would you kiss me? On the lips?" Dick asked.
   I knew where he was going but I needed to stall "Maybe." I said wiggling my eyebrows.
"Can I tell you a secret?" He whispered quietly propping himself up on his elbows, I'm in trouble now.
"No, you can't, I'll blab to the entire world!" I said hurriedly, he mulled this over in his mind.
     "It's a small price to pay," he said.
Small! He says, I know what he's going to tell me and I really hope he doesn't remember anything of tonight.
      "I'm Nightwing!" He said finally, springing up so he was able to get closer to me, I scoffed, honestly I can't believe he bought what I said before.
I stood up to walk away but he grabbed my wrist.
"You're supposed to kiss me!" He whined.
"Lois Lane kisses Superman on the lips yet kisses Clark Kent on the cheek it's a sad life." I said bluntly his face then crossed with utter rage,he then smirked.
"Alright then..." He lay back down and smirked.
  I got up and walked across the room and was halfway to the door when I decided to turn around. Dick sprung up out of the bed and charged at me, I was backing up quickly but not fast enough he leaned over and grabbed me by my waist and lifted me off the floor. He spun in a full circle spinning me with him, I squealed in surprise, he stopped and pushed me up against the wall, so I couldn't defend myself he pushed himself right up against me and held my wrists against the wall, I'll admit I do like him but if he weren't drunk, on champagne might I add, he probably wouldn't show any sign of interest in me.
      "Please stop, you don't know what your doing!" I said in a whisper, fear audible in my voice.
He looked me directly in the eye, his pupils were so small it was like they were barely there, someone or something was controlling him, that meant he probably wouldn't remember...
      "I know exactly what I'm doing." He said in a deep voice not many would recognize, because he's been dead for 4 years but I knew it was my childhood best friend, Richards voice.
   It all made sense, there are copies of everyone whom I knew inside the people of the other dimension, I knew why I was good friends with Wally and how I got along with everyone it was because I'd already met them... When I came back to what was happening before, thanks to him yelling at me, I looked him in the eye his eyes were almost white like he was possessed.
   "I've always wanted to do this, but I never got the chance to..." He trailed off, he then crashed his lips onto mine.
   I wanted to respond, kiss back, but I knew I couldn't, it would hurt both of us but most importantly it would hurt Dick, because a soul pushing itself into you is painful enough, but a soul interacting with a living being is so painful it could kill you. I was happy I'd sent an alarm to Wally so that when he came, he would come to the bedroom to check on Dick after I'd left. I tried pushing him off me but he was too strong.
   "Stop struggling and let me take care of you!" Richard said.
I knew what he meant by that, Richard had always been very forward in relationships, but it helped that I was stronger than him but now he was stronger than me and could push me around, a lot. He let go of my right wrist, big mistake, and started pulling down my strap. I put all my force into swinging my arm up and it connecting with Dick's head, it collided with his forehead and he flew a few feat away from me. I crumpled to the ground trying to regain my breath and strength.
"Grace?" A deep voice said I bolted up standing ready to fight again.
   When I looked at Dick lying on the floor, confused he looked around, I was still scared that Richard could still be there over powering Dick's subconscious, he reached his hand to his forehead where I'd hit him and looked at his hand it was blood on his hand, I'd struck him with such force that I'd cut him, he looked at me questioningly I couldn't hold it anymore I grabbed my clutch on the floor and ran out of the room in a flurry of tears, he called my name again. As I ran towards the front door of the manor I passed Wally he looked after me questioningly, I called after me.
"Don't follow me!" As I pushed open the doors and ran to the forest where I could be by myself.
I ran for at least 5 km in the forest, in high heels, and my feet only hurt a bit. I came to an open space where all the trees formed a large circle checked around to see if there was any glass on the ground there wasn't, one of the trees had a hole in it with a flat surface.I kicked off my heels, picked them up and put them in the hole in the tree, took out my phone from my clutch, put my clutch in the hole then I flipped through my playlist and landed on a random song which was perfect, Set Fire To The Rain by Adele. I played my song full blast and went to the centre of the space where I'd chosen to be alone. I listen to the music and let it move my body, I moved to the beat danced with my emotions and cried about what I have gone through. I did numerous types of dance, modern, contemporary, jazz, ballet and a bit of gymnastics I was engrossed in what I was doing I didn't notice a figure approach me until I'd finished and opened my eyes to hear clapping. I spun on my heel to find Wally in a tux and a Kid Flash coloured tie and a Flash wrist-watch.
  "Amazing, you didn't tell me you danced and did gymnastics!" He cried out loudly, Wally approached me.
He grabbed my wrist, I winced , we both look down and there is a cut mark with two initials R.G. over the last scar engraved in my wrist. "How did you get that?" Wally questioned, I shrugged I had an idea but it would seem crazy.
"You know who did this to you?" Wally inquired.
I nodded staying silent would be my best choice.
"Who?" He asked sternly.
I shook my head because Wally would first of all go ballistic, we'd created a brother sister bond, and second of all I knew he wouldn't believe me. I turned to walk away but Wally grabbed me by the shoulders and said
"If Dick knows about this you know what he'll do!" Wally said shaking me softly.
"That's the problem!" I half screamed, tears streaming down my cheeks, "you want to know, well I'll tell you those initials R.G., they stand for Richard Grayson!" I yelled at Wally.
I turned around walked to the tree with the hole grabbed my stuff and slid down the tree trunk till I was sitting on the ground, I put my heels on roughly as Wally walked closer and sat down next to me.
  "The details?" He asked.
I huffed a bit but eventually I said, "I leave him with a glass of champagne for 5 minutes I come back still not done his first glass of champagne and he's drunk out of his mind! I bring him into a room so he could sleep and not hurt himself or anyone else, blabs about how he's Nightwing," I scoffed a little, " then I get up to leave, halfway to the door he charges me and grabs me by my waist and spins me around, then he pushes me up against the wall and forces me to stay put, he's absolutely possessed by a somebody that I used to know, tries to remove my dress, but I finally have a free arm and strike him across the forehead, he flew a few feet, I crumpled to the ground scared out of my wits, I cut him across the forehead somehow and I got these cuts and now I will be scarred forever!" I finish throwing my hands up in the air in exasperation, with new tears coming.
    Wally hugs me and I cry into his shoulder, he is one of the nicest people I know.
"Grace, you're going to have to tell him." Wally said, releasing me to look me in the eyes.
    "I know, but do I have to do it tonight?" I ask because confronting him tonight is the last thing I want to do.
Wally and I look at each other, it is completely silent, I hear a crunch someone is coming closer.
    "Did you hear that?" I whisper, "someone's watching us" I elaborate.
Wally looks up and then says "Don't worry he's not here to hurt you." Wally said, he clearly didn't hear it, it must of been me tapping into my listening powers.
"Pas en haut, à la droit" I murmured, that means not up, to the right in French.
   Wally speaks some French so I knew he'd understand. I look through my playlist and found another song but this time it was French<C'est Moi> by Marie Mai. I was scared so I danced in a tense way my moves were precise and constricted, I heard the person coming closer, I saw Wally talking to someone in the tree, then I heard it, the laughter that told me exactly who was creeping up on us, he was only a few feet away now, but he had goons circle us, they were waiting for their cue to move in. I did a triple flip, sprinted forward, grabbed my shoes and purse used the strap and slung it over my shoulders, and went to Wally and said
"Run!"
And then there was some laughter from behind me.
    "I'll stall for as long as I can go get Bruce and Dick and hurry back." I whispered in his ear as I heard rustling in the shrubbery surrounding, I push him out of the way as a gun goes off and push him past the goons.
"Run!" I told him again and off he went he turned back and saw how many goons were there.
Wally almost turned around I glared at him and he ran as fast as he could to the manor most of the guests had already left. I could hear him telling Bruce and Dick about how the Joker and his goons were attacking me. Then the Joker grabbed me by my hair.
"You're coming with me sweetheart!" He said and smiled cheekily.
   "Ow! Let go off my hair!" I screamed and yanked my hair out of his grasp. "leave my friends alone and I'll agree to come with you" I said holding my ground, I saw three of the goons sneaking off freeze.
"Fine, stop it, we got what we came for!" He yelled at the goons.
   He grabbed me by my waist and slung me over his shoulder, he held me there by wrapping his left arm around the underside of my knees.
"Hey! Let me go!" I yelled at him pounding on his back.
   "You know this is more fun when they're conscious!" Joker said taking out some device, I saw when I looked in front of me, which was behind Joker, Batman and Nightwing with Artemis and KidFlash running towards me, I looked to the side and saw two goons carrying the limp body of the unconscious Green Arrow, I looked directly at the heroes running towards me and they were the last thing I saw as Joker stepped through the swirling blue portal.