Batman: Hero of Gotham

15- A Talk With Harvey

Bruce was told by Harvey to meet him at a local cafe to talk. Bruce arrived at the cafe which was named Cafe Triste. The time was 5:23 and Harvey told Bruce to meet him at 5:30. Bruce immediately spotted Harvey and he walked up to him. As a greeting, Bruce slammed the warrant on the table Harvey was sitting at. "A warrant?" Harvey said. "What the hell's going on? Does this have to do with what the reporters were talking about this morning?"

"Yeah! Someone's coming after me." Bruce said, angrily.

"Let's avoid making another scene shall we?" Harvey responded. "The press is already up my ass as it is." Harvey examined the paper. "Mayor Hill authorized this?"

"Yeah, then the cops raided my house, taking everything related to Wayne Enterprises. Computers, hard drives, files."

"Son of a bitch." Harvey cursed.

"You're the goddamn D.A., Harvey."

"I didn't know about this, I swear. Hill totally blindsided me on this one. Goddamn it. He has no right to issue search warrants without my okay."

"Okay, I..I believe you, Harvey. Mayor Hill's trying to screw us both over with this move."

"Then he's made two enemies. I just don't get it. Why would Hill stick his neck out over this? Just to tangle you up in some frivolous investigation? That just doesn't make sense. What could he possibly hope to accomplish other than a few cheap headlines?"

"That is exactly what I intend to find out."

"Easy, Bruce. I wish I could make this go away, but I'm sure that I can. If I get in the way of this investigation, Hill would be able to spin it as a conflict of interest. That wouldn't be good for either of us. It would jeopardize the whole campaign."

"Then I'll go it alone. I've got plenty of resources to fight this."

"We're in a bind here, Bruce. I'll do whatever I can to help."

"There you are." A seducing female voice said. Bruce saw it was a woman with a black dress on. She also had a bruise under her eye. A big one.

"Hey you." Harvey greeted her, getting up.

"Sorry, I have a habit of being late." The woman said.

"No no. Just glad you made it." Harvey said, kissing her on the cheek. The woman stared at Bruce and Bruce stared back. He recognized her voice. That face. Those eyes. That bruise under her eye. It took a few seconds to realize that she recognized him, too. 

"You didn't tell me you were bringing a friend to dinner." The woman looked at Harvey.

"This is Selina." Harvey introduced her to Bruce.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Selina said.

"I'm Bruce Wayne." Bruce replied.

"So you are." Selina winked at him.

"Pleasure to meet you, Miss--"

"Kyle." Selina shook Bruce's hand. "That's a strong grip you got there. Don't worry, I'm not gonna fall."

"Oh, sorry." Bruce chuckled, letting go.

"Selina's new to town. I've been showing her around Gotham, introducing her to people." Harvey explained.

"You're an excellent tour guide, Harv." Selina remarked.

"Well, if I lose the election, I guess I can drive one of those double-decker tour buses around town." Harvey joked.

"Meet anyone interesting?" Bruce asked Selina.

"Not really. Maybe if you count Harvey. I was mugged." Selina said. "I'm just angry I let that masked-freak get away with all my stuff." Bruce then realized where he knew her from. She was Catwoman.