A magic trick

It Can't Be True

Morning came and Alice stood in front of Bruce silently while helping him with his suit. Her silence was troubling for the boy as he watched her focus on the tie. "Don't worry." He said with a smile trying to have her relax.

"Just, remember that playing hero is not always the smartest choice. If anything does happen then think before you take action. Be a step ahead." She said while fixing his hair gently noticing him smile out of the corner of her eye. She then took a deep breath and hugged the boy tightly feeling him embrace her in return. She rested her cheek on his shoulder staring at nothing in particular. "I'll be spending time in your study. I can't go, but I'll watch to make sure everything goes okay." She pulled away and smiled at the boy who nods softly. Alfred walks in and smiles slightly.

"Are you ready sir?" He asked politely.

"Yes." He walked over to Alfred and Alice whistles at them earning their eyes fixated on her.

"You two will be the most handsom men in there." She gave them a playful wink earning a small laugh from Bruce and a playful shaking of the head from Alfred.

"Miss the police officer is here to watch over you. We shall be back later, and I prepared dinner for you in advance." He said with a smile.

"Thank you Alfred." She walked the two to the door giving Bruce a kiss on the cheek goodbye watching him leave. Before Alfred could leave he felt his arm grabbed roughly turning to see the worried girl. "I want you both home alive." She said with a weak smile. He nodded and left the girl standing at the door by herself. She watched the car pull off and glanced around the big empty  mansion.

"So what do you wanna do?" The officer asked awkwardly noticing her walk towards a room following her closely. She entered the study and sat on the love seat turning on the television. "So t.v? You don't talk much do ya?" He noted out loud earning an annoyed glare from the girl.

"Look, you don't want to be here so don't act like your thrilled. Be a little more real with me." She said with a small laugh patting the spot next to her. The officer sat down and watched her flip through the channels searching for the charity event broadcast. She smiles seeing it on and leans back watching all the elegant people walk into the building. She stretched and looks at the officer who was finally relaxed amd watching t.v as well. She stretched feeling her body relax slightly as well as she saw no sense of danger.

"Wow that's a pretty cool magician." The officer said with a smile holding his beer in his hand. The two were watching the redheaded magician causing her to notice exactly who it was. She recognised that charming talk anywhere and laughed nervously.

"Doesn't he seem kind of familiar?" She hinted toward the officer who shook his head in response causing the girl to sigh. Officers here were seriously idiots with weapons. She took a deep breath and noticed the redheaded magician remove his mask calling for Bruce. She watched in horror and sat at the edge of her seat noticing the officer doing the same.

"Come on Bruce! Don't keep us all waiting!" He yelled causing the girl to watch the camera go close to him and his gaze travel to it making eye contact with the viewers. "I hope your watching like I told ya to gorgeous." He smiled at the camera causing Alice to gasp.

"He wrote that note." She stated softly watching all the events unfold before her. She watched him grab Bruce and hold a knife against his throat laughing. Alice noticed a man sneaking up behind him with a knife in hand. "Jerome watch out!" She screamed at the t.v only to see the knife be lodged into the boys neck. She watched in horror as the redhead fell to the floor bleeding all over. Her body was trembling as she felt her chest become heavy and a lump in her throat. She stood up and looked at the officer who looked at her worriedly. "I'm sorry about this." Before the officer could respond she hit him in the head causing him to fall unconcious. She takes his gun holster and straps it onto herself while taking the gun. She ran upstairs packing her bags quickly feeling the pain in her body grow more. "I need to get away." She whispered to herself as she left the mansion. She left the estate itself without looking back feeling her legs take her away.