Daughter of the Dark Knight

Chapter 12

Skye groggily sat up and looked around, she was back in the inescapable room but this time she wasn’t alone; Catwoman was there. She backed away until the wall was pressing against her back but Catwoman gave her a look that held… regret? Why would a criminal like her have to regret anything? Or was this some nightmare?

            “Skye I’m so sorry.” Catwoman told her. “Just promise me you won’t try to escape. If you do Joker will kill you.”

            “What… why are you telling me this?” Skye narrowed her eyes.

            “You don’t recognize me do you? I’m Selina Kyle.”

            “You! Does Bruce know?”

            Selina flinched as rage filled Skye’s eyes. “Yes… he doesn’t like it but he does accept it.”

            “No wonder Dick hates you.” Skye growled.

            “Look Bruce will show up tonight. He’ll try to stop the others from stealing the part they need. Bane said you were going to act as one of them and be lookout, just promise me not to attack them or try to escape.” Selina pleaded.

            “Why should you care what happens to me? You’re one of them!”

            “I don’t pick sides. I have worked with Bruce and Dick before.”

            “You say that as if they’re heroes.”

            “You still don’t get it.” Selina sighed.

            “Get what? That you’re obviously a liar and just as loony as everyone else here?”

            “No, Bruce and Dick ar-”

            She was cut off as Scarecrow appeared and knocked her out. “We can’t let you ruin everything can we kitty?”

            Skye saw the open door and made a run for it, Scarecrow was faster though and wrapped his arm securely around her waist. She struggled for a moment before feeling a needle pricking into her skin, a few moments later she was slipping back into her world of nightmares.

            Skye was back at the school, it was the day of the shooting, Dick was standing in the middle of the room amid the chaos of the other students running around. He was shouting and pointing to something behind her but it was like she’d gone deaf. Skye turned around and instantly regretted it; her friends were dragging themselves towards her while blood continued to pour out of their wounds, someone grabbed her shoulder and spun her around to face them and Skye screamed in shock.

            “Why did you let me die? It’s all your fault!” Her mother shouted at her. “I raised you and this is how you repay me? By letting me get into that car and crash? It should be you that died!”

            “I- I didn’t know that would happen! I swear!” Skye cried out and backed away only to be caught by the dying forms of her friends.

            “Why didn’t you save us? You saw what we were going to do, why didn’t you warn us to stop?” They cried out over and over and they circled her.

            “Stop! You’re dead… Just stop I can’t change what happened!”

            “Our deaths are all on you.”

            Skye held her head as they continued and sunk to her knees. “I didn’t do anything! Everything you did was on you!”

            Skye laid there in a ball so she didn’t have to watch them but noticed everything had gone silent, when she looked up Selina was there covered in the blood of her friends while their bodies rested on the ground a few feet away unmoving. Selina started to help her up but was shot in the head by Scarecrow.

            “We don’t tolerate traitors Catwoman!” He growled.

            Dick walked over to her and looked down at Selina’s body while laughing. “She deserved it… just as crazy as the others here.”

            “I always warned her about not being able to live in two worlds at once.” Bruce jumped down from the ceiling in his Batman suit. He turned towards Skye and pinned her to a nearby wall. “You’re not with them are you?”

            “No! Dad you know I’m not!”

            “You’re lying.” Dick accused. “Why did you betray us? We’re your family…”

            Skye snapped this was all in her head right? So why not just change what happens? Because fear was still coursing through her, she didn’t have anything to attack them with. Bruce threw her to the ground and the criminals paused their killing to watch the fight, Skye found a gun on the floor and grabbed it. Turning around she shot Dick right though the center of his chest, shock flashed across his face followed by confusion before going blank as he collapsed to the ground dead. Bruce charged her and she tried to shoot again but the gun was empty, he grabbed her by the throat and slammed her head into the wall. She felt her skull crack and landed by her brother’s lifeless body, Bruce stood over her and glared.

            “You’re not my daughter.” He spat.

            Skye heard him walk away before darkness took over her vision, the last thing she saw was the bullet wound she’d given Dick.

            Skye shot up and looked around, she was still in the room but this time Selina wasn’t there. She felt her adrenaline die down and started grinning, now that she looked back on the nightmare her fear was fading. Sure she was still haunted by the fact that she had killed Dick and was being blamed for everyone’s deaths but it was a nightmare, her friends couldn’t judge her because they were dead, Bruce and Dick were going to rescue her, and Selina… well she wasn’t sure what to think at the moment. On one side Skye cared about her, she really was like family, but on the other Selina was just a criminal who could betray them.

            Her thoughts were interrupted when Scarecrow came into the room with a navy blue outfit and a black bird that looked like it was bleeding to death. “Put this on. We leave in ten minutes.”

            “And if I don’t?” Skye flinched as he paused with his hand on the door handle.

            “Then I’m sure Harley can help you. I’m coming back in to make sure you’re ready in three minutes so be quick.” With that he walked out and locked the door again.