New To The Family

Chapter 9: Infiltrating LexCorp

Amanda Waller may have been a dead end, but she did make a good suggestion of where to look next. Bruce had already been planning on looking into Lex Luthor anyway. He'd been monitoring him ever since he made bail after being arrested with the rest of his League of Doom at the Hall of Justice. Despite the fact that the man had been caught red-handed committing crimes time and time again, he had the power, money, and intelligence to get himself out of whatever jam he found himself in.

But Luthor was crafty, and as good as Bruce was with what he did, Luthor had resources to keep certain things a secret from even the great Batman. In order to find out more about Luthor's more personal projects, he would have to get in close. Fortunately, an opportunity was presenting itself where he would be able to do just that.

A presentation for experimental perpetual energy was being made by LexCorp. Naturally, they were looking investors, and being the billionaire that he was, no one would find anything suspicious about Bruce Wayne going to said presentation. And with his playboy reputation, no one would blink if he had a beautiful female escort.

That was the plan. He and Selina would go to the presentation as themselves, or as Irena Dubrovna for Selina's case since she didn't want anyone to know that Selina Kyle had return to Gotham as long as there were still people looking for her and Helena.

This time though, there would be no children accompanying them. Luthor was far too dangerous. Even for Batman and Catwoman, it would be risky. The plan was go to the presentation, and then Bruce would meet with Luthor and keep him distracted while Selina slipped away to do what she did best. If all went well, she would be able to download all of Luthor's secret files and they would be out of there before anyone even noticed.

Neither Damian nor Helena were happy when they found out they were staying behind. Dick wasn't too thrilled either since he would be the one babysitting them. He'd been planning on making a trip to Titan Tower to spend some time with Starfire, but it seemed his plans were, once again, shot down thanks to family problems.

"Tell me again why Alfred can't watch the kids," he demanded. "Do they even need a sitter?"

"Alfred can stay if you want volunteer to be my chauffeur for the night," Bruce told him as he straightened his tie. "And do I really need to answer your second question?" He checked his appearance in the mirror. "Just do me a favor, if either of them do sneak out, just have them back in before we get back and pretend that nothing happened."

Dick raised an eyebrow. "Is that a joke?"

"A suggestion. And I also suggest trying to keep them entertained so they won't try and sneak out in the first place."

There was a knock at the door. "Is my date ready yet?" came Selina's voice.

Dick scowled. "How is it that I get screwed out of my date just so you can go on yours?"

Bruce sighed as he walked to the door. "This isn't a date, Dick. This is business."

The younger man cut his eyes at him. "Could have fooled me."

Ignoring him, Bruce opened the door, and froze. Selina stood there in a sparkling silvery white dress. It was sleeveless and backless, with a single strap going over her left shoulder, exposing a good deal of skin, and was slit at the bottom, showing much of her right calf. Bruce's eyes traveled over her body, landing on her ruby red lips that curled into a knowing smile. The blonde hair went nice with the dress, but he knew it would have looked even better with her midnight black hair.

"See anything you like, big boy?" she asked seductively. She reached out and ran a finger up his chest. "I certainly do."

"Ok!" Dick said loudly. "That is my cue to leave."