Before The Storm

Chapter 4

The pain in my arm woke me up the next morning. I let out a groan after seeing what time it was. 1:00 pm. Had I really slept in that long.

I got out of my bed looked down at my arm. Some blood had soaked through the bandage. I glanced at the sheets and saw some of the blood on there. Just great! How am I going to explain to Papa about the blood when he has to wash them?

I stood up and walked over to my closet, I grabbed a long sleeve shirt and a pair of sweat pants. I changed out of my pajamas and pulled the bed sheet off. I walked out of my room carrying the sheet into the laundry room. Papa wasn't in there so I threw the sheet into the washer and left them for the bathroom. After using the bathroom, taking a shower and changing the bandage I made my way down to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal.

“I see you're finally awake” Papa said cheerfully.

“Yeah, I guess I was super tired yesterday” I told him as I got a bowl from a cabinet.

“Seems so” Papa said as he handed me a box of my favorite cereal coco-puffs.

I thanked him and pour the round crunchy chocolate bits into the bowl. After pouring the milk and grabbing a spoon, I sat at the table as Papa turned the news on.

“It appears to be that Batgirl has been sighted once again and she's been busy!” A woman said, “Here is Karen with the story of how the new cap crusader helped an officer fight off a group of men wearing tuxedos”

The screen switched to a woman standing in front of the alley from last night. She told the story of what had happened, showing a picture of Officer John on the screen and sketch of a girl with a black hoodie on next to him. When the woman was finished it went onto the weather.

I ignored the rest as I at my cereal and Papa had left the kitchen to see if Bruce wanted anything. When I was finished eating I cleaned the bowl and spoon, then left the kitchen to the library to check out what books Bruce had.

About an hour being up in the library, I decided to go into Gotham and check out the city, maybe get use to the layout of it also. I told Papa that I was leaving and he nodded his head. I smiled and walked out of the manor and got into the camero.

In the city I parked the car and walked around looking at alleys, and man holes. The Penguin had used one last night in his escape maybe his hide out is in the sewers. I will have to check that out tonight, I thought to myself as I walked past one as I headed towards a diner. I needed a good cup of coffee. I may had slept in, but I was still a little tired.

The ding from a bell attached to the door of the diner made my presences known. I smiled at the people who looked over at me, as I walked towards the counter where a waitress was at. The woman, or should I say girl, couldn't be no older then sixteen. She had short ginger hair, pale skin with freckles going over nose and cheeks.

“Hello, how can I help you?” The girl asked.

“A cup of coffee, black” I told her and she nodded writing it down on a notepad.

The girl turned around and began to pour the rich dark caffeine filled liquid into a dark blue mug. I smiled seeing the warm steam fly up into the air. She turned back around with the blue mug and set it down in front of me.

“Would you like anything else, Ma'am? A muffin, or perhaps a sandwich?” The younger girl asked me.

“Maybe a muffin. Do you have blueberry?” I asked her and she nodded her head.

I smiled as she left to go retrieve it. She returned shortly after and handed me the slightly huge round blue berry muffin. I thanked her and she handed me the bill. I paid her and took a sip from the hot liquid. I smiled as the warmth traveled to my stomach as the ding from the bell notifying everyone that someone had arrived. Curiously wondering who had shown up, I turned to see two cops and it wasn't just any two cops, but the two from last night. Officer John and his partner. Ross I believe the woman from the news had said earlier.