Aquatica

Chapter 9: Fury

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"I just don't get it Shay. I mean, I understand that it's Batman and everything, and that he doesn't do emotions and feelings. I completely understand that," I huffed out, trying to finish my set of weights, "but he just totally shut me out. I didn't even do anything!" I said, setting the weights down and shaking my arms out.

It had been about three weeks since out last adventure, one that involved gorillas and me, getting my ass handed to me by a giant missile. I was currently in the gym with Shayera lifting some weights and doing our normal exercises.

"I don't know what you want me to tell you," She said, setting her weights down and grabbing a towel off the shelf. "You seem to be the closest person to him in the group. If you don't know than the rest of us certainly don't."

The last time Bats and I had talked was after he had tucked me into bed at the Watchtower. After that he seemed even more cold and distant than he had since when I first met him, and I didn't think that was possible!

"Look, Evie, you can't beat yourself up over this. You probably didn't do anything wrong and Bats is just having mood swings. He'll warm up to you again eventually. Just give him some time," Shay said wiping down the equipment and getting ready to leave.

I picked my gym bag and water bottle off the ground and followed her out the door. "Yeah, you're probably right. I'm just overthinking this." I shifted my bag on my shoulder and continued to walk down the hallway. "G.L said he would give me a ride back to Gotham tonight, so I have to go. Thanks for listening to me," I said.

"No problem. It's nice to have some girl time, you know?" Shayera said, giving me a small wave and heading towards her room in the Watchtower. I headed towards the hangar and waited for G.L to give me a lift back to Gotham. About ten minutes later and a lot of grumbling from a Lantern about the importance of punctuality, I was back at my apartment and changing for my round of night duty.

I peeled off my sweaty gym tank top and shorts and changed into my usual outfit of leggings, leotard, and jacket. I threw my hair up in a loose ponytail with some little hairs framing my face, grabbed my staff, and headed to the roof.

It seemed like a fairly quiet night in Gotham. I loved these nights. It actually let me just sit and admire the beautiful city. Sometimes it's full of bad people doing bad things but on nights like these it made me remember the nights my parents would take me out and show me the wonders of Gotham.

I almost jumped off the ledge of the building I was sitting on when the beeping of my earpiece sliced through my peace and quiet.

"Evie, are you there?" Batman asked me. Oh, now he wants to talk.

I pressed the button and responded. "Yeah, I'm here. What's wrong?"

"I need your assistance on something. Meet me at the abandoned buildings on Gotham's northern side," he said and he quickly hung up.

"Alright," I said to myself, "Let's go." I stood up, grabbed my staff, and jumped off the building and free dove until about halfway down, then I made my disc and flew to the Northern side. I had gotten a bit better with flying during the past few months. I was able to go faster than before and I could concentrate enough now to make a disc appear even when I was falling, a task that was not easy to do but was definitely useful.