Across The Worlds ⊳ Peter Parker

75 | AT THE END OF THE LINE

THE BATCAVE WAS Nayara's favorite place in this world. But no matter how comfortable it made her feel she still felt a bit uneasy, especially since the Gotham streets seemed a little bit too quiet for her liking.

Her quietness was broken by Damian who had ventured into the Batcave. "So what do you do around her?" He asked her.

"I help your father with cases." Nayara said to him.

"Aren't you a little too young for that?" Damian asked her.

"I could ask you the same thing. Planning up to fill in the shoes of another Robin?" Nayara replied to him with a small smirk. Damian got quiet looking ahead.

"This city, it needs a firm hand." Damian said to her.

"And you are going to deliver it?" Nayara asked him curiously. "You know firm hand can take many shapes, you just got to beware on who you hurt in the process." Nayara reminded him. Then she bite her lip, wondering if she should be asking the question she had been dying to ask.

Damian made a displeased face before leaving her by herself once more. Only to be interrupted by Bruce Wayne. "I got a new case for you." Bruce said approaching her.

"For me?" Nayara said unsure. "Why would you give me a case?" Nayara followed.

Bruce send her a blank look, but she saw in his eyes he was displeased. "I already got Lex on my trail and there is more. You know I went with Huntress to Luthor's warehouse and we found a couple of things." Nayara said, summarizing the outing.

"You got the plans with you?" Bruce asked her.

Nayara nodded. "I already put them on the mainframe. And send Barry to take a look at it. He wasn't pleased when he found out I went there in the first place." Nayara added.

Bruce passed her the file of the case she will be working on. However, she froze when she looked at it. "This is a Titans mission." Nayara quietly pointed out.

"You will help them." Bruce said to her. Nayara looked more than confused. "I gather you have been training since getting back." Bruce mentioned.

The brunette nodded. "But what about Sharon?" Nayara questioned him.

"There is a world bigger than her, Nayara. It will be a mission in and out. You would be with a highly skilled team." Bruce said to her. She needed to see beyond her mission. She needed to see the world, and not better way than getting to know the other heroes of this world.

Nayara thought about it for a second. She could see Bruce what Bruce was trying to do: remind her there is more to the world that meets the eye. "Okay." Nayara said, trusting his opinion. Deep down she knew it will be a good practice for her, but will Sharon destroy the team in the process?

. . .

Nayara sat quietly on the library reading a book. She wasn't surprised at the amazing of mysteries that Bruce owned. Richard had showed her the library and she was more than happy to sit a read.

Everyone except Alfred had left to do their own thing. Nayara had to lay low as she prepared for her mission with the Titans. Part of her wondered if she even will do good standing against the other heroes. But for some forsaken reason Nightwing thought she stood a chance, she thought.

The alert of someone in the house chirped in her phone. After crashing so often at the Wayne Manor, Richard had help her set up the alarm on her phone. Especially since sometimes she might be the only one there, which made her a easy target. She frowned catching sight of a woman.

Nayara left the library curiously, to the entrance. "Alfred, are we expecting visitors?" Nayara asked him.

"I don't supposed." Alfred said. Nayara moved away, and around a corner. Nayara poked her head and watched as a woman entered when Alfred stepped in. "Miss Kyle, hello." Alfred said to her.