Allyways»©

<chapter 26>

The night was slow and  noisy as cars raced by the lone alley. Alycia sitting in her corner sat perfectly still as my cats sat around her to keep warm. I had many cats all in which i had named. I had twelve cats total and 3 kittens. six cats slept with Alycia and six cats including the kittens slept with me. It was still warm since we were near raw sewage the metal walls and scented candles kept the stench out. We had beds and minimal furniture we've found near garbage cans and behind buildings.

I could not fall asleep through the night. The water swaying on the other side of the wall was soothing but the lack of cars rolling above us or the homeless fighting, it was all too quiet. I glanced over to alycia who layed holding the cats along with her long sword. She kept stroking the blade constantly as if a nervous twitch.

"You cant do that all night" i snapped at her through the darkness. She kept stroking ignoring me completely.
I turned over facing isis who layed across the shelf and gave her a glare that she knew exactly what it meant. She Pounced of the shelf onto Alicia and hissed at her catching her attention.

"What the hell!" She yelled leaping up swiping at the black cat. I stood up and wrapped my leather jacket around me. I climbed up the ladder and out of the sewers with isis resting on my shoulders. She was a small but fully functional cat. The best thing i ever had,so loyal for her age. Her slender feline shape was long giving her the ability to wrap around my neck like a scarf without straining herself. After the long walk i found myself climbing into the window of wayne manor. The curtains flew around me as the wind blew into the room. I was inside of the study room. Books stacked across the coffee and bruce layed peacefully on the couch gripping a gun in his right hand.

I slipped a smile as i perched my self on a small chair. Across the room there were news papers and pictures of crime lords spread out. Some of them I've heard of some of them where dead. Most died recently or fleed the city. In the center of it all was a portrait of his parents. I observed the things he worked on for a minute and glanced at bruce who snored quietly on the couch. Now he was the bruce that i remembered,not the crazy and mind blind one that tried to kill me.

I changed my view to the floor when a growing shadow appeared and foot steps filled the room. I slipped back out the window as i heard that familiar British voice.

"Master bruce?"

I shimmied down the side of extra flooring down to an open window and an empty room. It was small and empty a single matress and a tv on a desk. I walked slowly to the door and opened a bit. Wide enough to fit my head in. I looked down the hall with no sign of a butler. I slid out the room closing the door behind me. The lights from the study room were out and the kitchen lights were on. Isis  pounced from my shoulders and started to walk around the place. I turned the corner into another hall. There were just huge double doors with a huge lock on it.

wonder what's in there?

I thought to myself.There was a small hole in the corner of the door with scratches and pieces of the wood torn off on the floor. Isis wiggled out from the hole with a huge diamond in her mouth. Her green eyes sparkled in the reflection of the jewel. I layed on my stomach to peer through the small hole in to much surprise there were far more valuable things stored inside. Footstep ringed in my ears once again as a shadow of a man stood down the hall. I looked from somewhere to hide  he stood there when i saw a storage closet standing next to me. I opened it and climbed inside as isis slipped in also.

I slowly closed it and held my breath as the lights of the hallway flashed on. The british fellow unlocked the doors and walked inside closing the doors behind him. I let out a sigh of relief as the lights turned off once again. I climbed out the closet and caught my breath. I pulled from the closet and a knife was pressed against my throat. Isis hopped from my shoulders and scratched the man across the face. I pocketed the jewel and ran towards the study room where i arrived.

I stopped at the window as isis hopped in my arms. The knife flew past my face and stabbed into the frame as the old man came into view. "Bloody Hefner!" he yelled as i dropped from the window.