The Girl of the Wild {DC Comics/Part 1 The Wildflower Series}

Ch. 15 Interlude

Ugh. Summer Reading= slow updates D:
Also, please excuse my drawing above. I tried my hardest, and yes. I did draw that :)
This short chapter is themed by a song called "Unwell" by Matchbox.

I woke up to the sound of murmuring voices and the blow of the air conditioning against my neck. At first I didn't know where I was, but then I looked around and remembered. The dark jet, the cold air, and the sound of the roaring jet against the night sky were clues to me that I was in the Batwing. I stopped stretching my sore muscles when I heard Batman mutter my name. I slowly sank back into the leather seating and kept quiet.

"You never should have let her come with you," Batman's deep voice growled out. His voice was deeper than I'd remembered it and was definitely not what anyone's voice would actually sound like. Well, maybe his was. I don't know; he is Batman after all. But, that was off the subject. I closed my eyes and tried to focus my senses more on what the two heroes were saying.

"How was I supposed to know she'd gone shopping in Central City with Miss Martian? She'd already showed up at the bridge. What was I supposed to do? Send her back to the Watchtower?" Flash defended quickly. I could tell by the way that Flash spoke; it had taken a lot of courage to speak up to Batman. I appreciated the effort Flash put to speak up on my behalf.

"Yes. You were," Batman said simply and there was a thick moment of silence. What was that supposed to mean? Flash was supposed to send me back? If Flash had done so then I wouldn't have been able to help Flash and Green Lantern complete the mission. I tried to restrain a growl from my throat. If I hadn't been there, the mission might not have been completed.

There was silence for a long while, and even though I couldn't see Flash or Batman from the back of the jet, I could tell Flash was upset with Batman over what he'd said. "Wally," he said with his voice much lighter than it had been before. "She's not someone you can just make friends with. She's dangerous; you've seen the way she fights." Batman's voice began to shift back into its deep growl. "She gets a burst of emotion and she can't control herself. She's wild..." Batman's voice slowly shifted to an emotion I could only think of as anger, and silence rang back into the jet again before he spoke once more. His voice was softer than before, as if he was afraid of the words he would say. "And she's only at the Tower to get information about Green Arrow's missing brother and sister in law. That's all. You need to remember that the next time you want to bring her out in the open where she can get hurt. Or worse, hurt someone else." A single tear rolled down my cheek and landed in the palm of my hand before I even realized I was crying. I didn't even bother whipping it away. Although I'd made Green Lantern promise not to tell Fastman of the incident back in Central City, he made no promise not to tell Batman.

"But how can he think that? It is like he thinks I am some kind of animal... Did Batman not think I tried hard to control my powers? It is not always easy you know, sometimes I just loose it. It is not like I planned to lose it back in Central City, I was under a lot of pressure at the moment and I just..." I couldn't even complete my thought without crying. So I shut my eyes tight and hoped a sob wouldn't escape.

There was a moment's pause before Batman said something else. What he said was spoken lighter than he ever had before, because he didn't want to say it himself. "Do you really want the same thing that happened to Artemis to happen to her?" But before Flash could respond, I had already shut them out. I didn't want to hear any more of this. After all I'd done over the past few days, people still didn't trust me. "Dindingwe was right about humans," I thought. "They find you different and suddenly they want nothing to do with you." And with one final tear, I slipped into a sad broken sleep.

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Back in Gorilla City:

The guard turned off the lights in the enclosure and headed back to sign out for the night. Two eyes sparkled in the blackness and a fierce growl escaped the creature behind the cage. The creature was Grodd and if you thought he was too weak to worry about, you were wrong. Grodd was still not someone to be trifled with. Leaves rustled and something sparkled in the night. Grodd pulled the sparkling device out of the leaves and pulled it to his ear. "I've met that girl you've been looking for," Grodd paused and there was a menacing grumble from the other end and the black ape continued. "I know where she's hiding."

You could tell that the voice was pleased with what it heard. "Good," the voice cackled. "Begin activating stage two."

To be continued...

Author's Note: So what did everyone think? Batman doesn't trust Delmira, Flash defended Delmira, and Delmira cried! Is anyone mad at Batman? I tried to make it so people would be mad at Batman, but Bruce had some points. How will Delmira handle it? Also, what's stage two?!?