Water Bender of DC

-{ Stranger }-

-[ Water Tribe, South Pole ]-

At ten years old Tonraq figured out how to use his water bending to heal both himself and his brother, but mostly his brother. The brothers hadn't needed to use it much, but that all changed when he was twelve. Now, they sometimes needed it more than ever, so they keep it a secret for a long time, but one night their father unexpectedly woke up and caught them. He was furious and immediately put a stop to it by beating Tonraq until he didn't move to defend himself anymore.

"You wanna use that ability for healing!? I'll give you something to heal!" He yelled at Tonraq before grabbing him by the throat and pinning him to the ground.

"Pull this shit again and both you and your brother will be spending your time outside." He threatened Tonraq before walking away again. Unalaq was quick to go to his brother's side to check on him.

"Tonraq? Are you okay?" Unalaq asked knowing he wasn't okay, but they knew what he meant by 'okay'.

"Yeah, just go to sleep now. Okay?" Tonraq spoke through some pain as he moved to the spot they slept in.

"Okay" Unalaq agreed as he laid down.

-[ Wayne Manor, Gotham City ]-

"I'm Sorry!" Tonraq shouted as he flinched back from Bruce, who was in front of Tonraq trying to calm him down.

"I'm sorry" Tonraq got a little quieter as he backed into the wall while trying to stay out of Bruce's reach.

"Please, I'm sorry." Tonraq cried still trying to keep out of Bruce's hands while keeping his own in Bruce's view. Eventually though Bruce managed to get Tonraq into his arms while he continued to try and squirm his way out while mumbling and crying. All Bruce did in turn was hug Tonraq while reassuring him that he was ok, nothing was going to happen to him, and that he did nothing wrong. Soon Tonraq fell asleep, so Bruce laid him down in the bed, and the three left the room soon after.

-[ Water Tribe, South Pole ]-{ Tonraq }-

Father never allowed bending outside of training. That's why the punishment for him catching us was so bad. Thankfully he's only caught me bending, so I'm familiar with this punishment. My arms are numb from the rope, my fingers kinda hurt from the cold, my back is sore from this position, my knees hurt from the ice, and my feet fell asleep a while ago.

'It's really windy outside, maybe there's a blizzard? Great that means it's only going to get colder now.' I thought to myself as I felt the cold air come through the cracks in the shed, and heard the ice hit the sides. But that was soon drowned out by the sound of footsteps, on wood? But there's only snow outside.

-[ Wayne Manor, Gotham City ]-{ Tonraq }-

'Wait, that was another memory. I'm still in the manor?' I thought to myself as I heard footsteps again, but this time there were voices that kinda sounded like arguing. The more I woke up the more the world came into focus, as the noise got louder. There was more than one set of footsteps, I recognize two of them; however, the third I didn't know. Then there was the arguing I didn't understand, something about seeing something, and something about it not being the right time. I tried to ignore the noise to hopefully get more sleep as I was tired, but before I could the door was quickly opened.

Scared, still not in the right mindset, and completely unprepared for the sudden move I sat up, and was met with a woman in a suit. She seemed young and headstrong, as she moved towards me. I didn't know who this woman was, what she could do, or where she came from, so naturally I panicked a bit. I went to move back to keep my spacing, but falling off the bed in the process, and hitting my shoulder on the nightstand on the way down then the other one on the floor. I refused to let out the yell of pain as my shoulders were still sore, but in doing so I lost track of the woman.

Scared, disoriented, and in pain I went to get up, but felt an unfamiliar touch instead. It was sudden and I didn't like it at all, so I ended up flinching away from it. When I looked to the source I was met again with the woman, who was way too close to me. I backed away from her again, she moved with me; I hit the wall, she kept moving towards me. I didn't like this at all, I was getting more and more panicked, and I had no where else to move. The woman reached out I don't know if it was to touch or grab me, but I didn't wanna find out, so I kicked at her knee and stomach, which caused her to fall back.

When she hit the floor I got up and ran towards Alfred and Dick, who were by the door. Dick was quick to hug me, as Alfred moved us out the door. When we were out I picked up Dick and ran for Bruce's office, as that was where he was most likely to be. And it seems like I was mostly right, as half way there we ran into Bruce, who was on his way to the room. When Bruce saw us he seemed worried and confused, and when we got behind him I set Dick back down.

I didn't know what was going on at this point, but the only thing that mattered was staying away from the woman. Unfortunately she didn't stay down as I saw her making her way down the hall with a slight limp. Alfred was right behind her trying to stop her, but she kept moving filled with anger that seemed to be directed at both Bruce and I. She seemed to be yelling now. I didn't like yelling. Especially when it's filled with anger. But now I found that I liked it even less when it's directed towards the people I trust.