When we finally got to the roof, Selina helped me up over the ledge and I collapsed. "One last thing before you go to sleep, Aria." Selina said, tugging on my shirt. I dragged myself up to follow her, and I could feel my throbbing stomach turn into a slowed bleed, and slowly numbing. I limped to the ledge of the apartments. I could see all the way to Arkham. "That's where Joker is." She said, pointing to Arkham with a gloved finger.
I nodded. I needed him now. "How do we get in there?" "I'll figure it out and tell you tomorrow." She said, walking to where I had collapsed. I now noticed she had piles of stolen shit, dresses, jewelry, shoes, money. If only batman knew. She picked up a silver slip dress, handing it to me. She then took off her leather jacket, revealing several Egyptian tattoos on her shoulders. She handed me that too and walked to the ledge, looking away. I removed the sleeves around my wound and slipped off my blood soaked clothes, slipping on the dress and jacket. "Thank you Selina."
She came back and walked to the clothes pile where there was a thick red blanket. She tossed it to me and I laid propped against the wall in a half sit. I started drifting off to sleep while she was sitting on the ledge, staring out at Gotham and lighting a cigarette.
When I woke up, Selina was gone. Shit. I sighed, and noticed that my stomach bleeding had stopped. I heard sirens, people arguing, and multiple people trading favors. I was still alive. Still in Gotham. I took off the blanket and the slip dress, and put on a pair of leather leggings Selina had in her pile. I put on two gun holsters and my hair in two braids.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
Then I put on a belt I found, and put on motorcycle gloves (making punches harder). Then I realized how hungry I was. I hadn't eaten in three days straight. Last time was at the club with Joker. Shit.
I walked to the ledge Selina had been at and her pack of cigarettes and lighter were still there, so I lit one. I flipped my legs over the ledge of the building, and coughed so hard I almost fell off. I had never smoked before. I threw the cigarette to the ground below. I just stared out at the sunrise in front of me until I heard it. That damn batmobile. The increasing zoom came incredibly close to the building I was on, so I hid behind the ledge. I saw Bruce get out at the alley right next to me and look around, getting back in and zooming back to Wayne Towers. I knew who he was. His problem. His loss.
"Aria, meet Ivy." I heard Selina say, and a rather green skinned woman came up the fire escape with her, wearing a green outfit.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
"Hey Ivy- someone talked about you at Joker's club." I said, remembering what the black man had said. "Oh yes, I warned him of the bat's arrival." She walked to me, taking my hand. "She's here to help us to get into Arkham." Selina said, coming over. We all sat on the ledge now. "I've seen you in the news. You're very good Aria." Ivy said, lightly touching my billet wound. She took out a rather green looking knife, and without a word cut an "x" onto my wound and muttered a word, placing her hand over my stomach, and I saw it magically heal. What the hell. "Thank you so much." I said, smiling at her. "Oh you're welcome. Anything for a siren."
