[1] Beware the Batman and the Black Widow [1]

Last Woman Standing

 Happy Valentine's Day Gotham Part 2

LOCATION: Wayne Manor

I reach Wayne Manor as quick as it is possible I don't even bother fitting my helmet back on i'm too worried and my head is overflowing with questions "why? how? what? when?" I try and push my questions to the back of my head 

I take out a key which Bruce had given me a while ago in case of emergency, I quickly twist the key into the lock until I hear the brass latch of the old doors unclasp, I push the doors so hard I nearly fall to the ground but I almost immediately regain my composure.  

"Bruce! Alfred! Tim!" I yell to a seemingly empty manor to no avail as silence was my only response, I take a couple of steps into the grand hall "Bruce! Alfred! Tim!" I yell again to the eerily quiet house my own echo reflects my concerned voice back at me.

I take a few more steps into the manor until I'm directly in the centre of the grand entry way I inspect every dark corner for any sign of life, I quickly spot a smartly dressed leg poking out of a large arm chair in front of a large Victorian fire place

"Alfred!" I yell as I grab the unconscious mans shoulders and give him a gentle shake but he was most definitely out for the count, I place to fingers on the British mans neck and thankfully I detect a pulse however it was very faint

Next to Alfred sat a full china cup of tea I place my index finger in the liquid and it was stone cold, I always knew Alfred enjoyed a cup of Earl Grey at midnight before bed I take note of that since you never know what might be important

I grab a near by blanket and place it over him as he too was extremely cold, I leave him safely sitting in the chair so I can search for my other friends 

As I begin to climb the stairway I can hear a high pitched beeping noise much like my old nemesis the dreaded "Alarm clock" the horrendous noise was coming from Tim Drake's bedroom 

I softly knock on the door "Tim?" although I don't expect a response and I don't get one just the constant beeping  

As I open the door I see young Tim in his bed in his Pyjamas looking very peaceful like he was just in asleep, in fact he is most likely the happiest individual in this house given that this will be the longest sleep in he's ever had

"What am I going to do with you?" I say to him as I reach over Tim to turn off his alarm clock and given that he seems to be ok I leave him in peace so I can find Bruce,

I search his bedroom, the bathroom even the home gym but I can't find him therefor there is only one other place you could find Bruce Wayne, 

I turn the handles on the old Grandfather clock in the study to the correct time revealing the secret entrance to the bat cave, as I make my way down the narrow stair case I notice a figure lying at the bottom 

Bruce.

"Bruce!" I yell again pointlessly he was out cold at the bottom of the staircase,

I check that he hasn't hurt himself if he fell down the stairs which thankfully he hasn't,

 I pick him up as if he were a ragdoll and take him over to the medical table.

<sigh Bruce would know what to do>

It was unnerving to see my best friend so vulnerable and I felt so helpless,

<No Romanoff you're everything but helpless>

 Ok think, there has got to be some kind of solution and the answer had to be scientific perhaps a poison or toxin although off of the top of my head I couldn't think of anything that would exclusively target men and not women