The Chronicles of The Trinity on Earth-10: Part One - Superman

Chapter Forty-Eight: Livewire's Redemption, Part Two

Women's Correctional Facility | Metropolis, New York
Monday, June 20, 2033 | 10:10 EDT

During the course of Leslie's stay in prison, the kids wanted to stay in touch with her, which Lois and I had no problem with, as long as things remained PG-13. And they did.

Now, the twins are fourteen, and because Leslie is about to come out of prison, they wanted to wait to have their party until she got out, because they extended an invite to the party to her.

So now, we--that is, Lois, Bridgette, the twins, the Senior Staff, and I, are here, waiting for Leslie to exit the prison, and Bruce is preparing the shock-proof, tamper-proof, auto-molecular modifying monitoring cuff he and Vic designed and built that looks like a small smartwatch, to monitor Leslie. As long as she's on parole, Leslie will never be able to remove this bracelet. Even to clean herself, if that is something that she still has to do, given her current condition. It's also a condition of her parole that she has it on all the time, whether she's able to take it off, or not, so...

About a minute after we all arrive, we see Leslie walk out of the prison, and she hugs me, Lois, and the kids, and when she pulls away, she says, "Thank you feels ridiculously inadequate to express my gratitude for everything you guys have done for me. And listen, Superman, I appreciate the fact that you staked a lot by testifying for my defense, like your word of mouth... and your reputation... so I promise you, I'm gonna do my best to live up to what you said about me in court. I've had counseling. I'm not angry at you, anymore, and I've dealt with my family not being here, anymore. I mean, don't get me wrong, I'll still miss them, and I always will, but I've resolved myself to honoring their memories by using these abilities that I've been given to help protect my home, and my new friends. And there's also the fact that number one, I've heard some horrible things about Belle Reve, so I plan to never even visit that hellhole, and number two, I never want to see you angry, Superman. And even more than that, I never want to see you angry at me, because I know that there would be nowhere on Earth or off the planet that I could run to and/or hide to get away from you. I'm good."

"Miss Willis," says Bruce, "if I may have your attention?"

Leslie walks over to Bruce as he holds up the wrist monitor, and she asks him, "What's up, Bats?"

"This is a wrist monitor. The long and short of it, it's able to stand up to thirty billion gigajoules of electrical energy input and/or output, it can and will alter its form to accommodate your energy shifting abilities, and the moment I put it on you, it will lock, and you'll never be able to take it off unless we take it off."

"It's also a condition of your parole that you have it on, twenty-four/seven," says Lois, "regardless of whether or not you can potentially get it off."

"Sounds like fun," says Leslie. "Let's get it on me."

"Good," says Bruce. "Hold out your wrist on your non-dominant side."

She complies, and Bruce slips the unclasped wrist monitor around Leslie's left wrist. But before Bruce can close it, Elli says, "Batman, wait. Leslie, are you sure?"

"Yeah, kid," she says, smiling softly at my youngest. "Never been more sure of anything else in my life. Lock it, Bats."

And without a word, Bruce nods and closes the cuff around Leslie's wrist, by which way it audibly locks onto her arm, and then beeps when it's secure.

Then Leslie says, "Is there any paperwork I have to fill out before I can go to the twins' party?"

"We'll go over it all, tomorrow," I say. "But, for now, let's get to the party."

"Wait," she says, "I just thought o' somethin': Are you guys celebrating out-of-costume, or what? Because while it would be nice to know who I'm dealin' with, I don't wanna make things uncomfortable, or difficult, or anything like that."