"Rose, I look at you and I think you're a lot like me. There are these things I have to do. Not want but have to. I can do them alone but I bet whatever it is that's in me is in you? and I don't want you to get hurt."
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Chapter One
Crash and Burn
| G O T H A M | | 9 Y E A R S A G O |
The cold air hit Rose Lewis, sending a shiver down her spine. She often wondered to herself why she moved to Gotham, it was much colder than Metropolis ever was.
Rose made her way towards her condo, the one thing she enjoyed about Gotham was the fact that her condo here was cheaper than anything in Metropolis, it was nice too. It had 3 bedrooms, no mold. She had not complaints about the building. Especially, as a recently graduated student.
Rose had just finished her Nursing degree, after four long years, she found her first job at the Gotham General Hospital, working in the emergency department. She had only been living in Gotham for about a month and today was going to be her first day working by herself on the job, sure she had been doing her orientation for the last four days, but now she finally got to call the shots. She gripped her back pack tightly, her nerves about the job beginning to get to her.
Most days Rose would decide to get an uber and head to work, tonight she thought it would be a good idea to walk. She used to workout nonstop in university. Walking is good for you she would always say, but in some cases, she would regret her decision as it was a 7km walk. As the girl's legs got sore, she had decided it would be a wonderful idea to take a short cut. 7km is a long way, a short cut isn't exactly cheating? Not really right?
Rose turned into the alleyway and immediately got a sick feeling in her stomach, in her first nursing class, they had taught her; always follow your gut. Rose learnt a lot in school, but that had always stuck with her. She let out a sigh, turning around, and deciding it would be better to just go the long way.
A gasp escaped her lips as she looked towards the four, tall, large, and tattooed men who blocked her exit to safety. And she knew these men definitely did not have good intentions, they had smirks plastered on their lips. Rose swallowed, turning forward, not wanting any trouble. Damn it. She just wanted to go to work. She quickly moved to get to closer exit. Her heart pumping so quickly, she wondered if she would have a heart attack.
"Hey little miss, where are you going?" One man's voice called, it was laced with venom.Rose felt her heart beat faster, as if a siren, as if to say RUN. This gave Rose a reason to speed up even faster, before the girl had even realized how close the men were, one grabbing her wrist, stopping her from going anywhere. She let out a painful yelp at the mans grip.
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Rose growled, trying to yank her wrist from the man's hand. "let go of me right now or I swear to god" She gave the men the meanest look she could fathom. God, she wished she had her bow right now.
"Sorry, little miss, but we have needs, ya know?" this made Rose boil with anger not only were these men stopping her from getting to work on time but now they were also perverts. Now, she remembered why rent was so cheap in this stupid city.
"Fine. Suit yourself, pervert." Rose always carried a pocket knife, come on she was a woman. You could never be too safe, ironic as she had chosen the back alley over the well lit road. Rose pulled the knife out with her free hand and before the man could even see what she was doing, she pushed it right into the mans hand had grabbed her. The man growled in pain, letting go of Rose's wrist. "Should've listened."
Rose took this chance to make her getaway, running as fast she possibly could, trying to put as much distance between her and the men. Turning down another alley, the woman ran right into a chain link fence, letting out an annoyed groan. Rose spun around to face the men who were running towards her, their eyes glaring daggers into her. Pathetically, Rose held her fists up, planting her feet as if 150 lb figure was any match to the 250 lb men in front of her.
"You're going to pay for that one bitch" the words sounded like poison on the man's lips, Rose was as far back as she could get to the fence, she was stuck. She had to stand her ground, she would fight until they killed her.
"No, she won't be actually" a sarcastic voice spoke, and everyone in the alleyway looked up towards the roof.
Roses eyebrows furrowed as she looked to where black figure stood, he was tall muscular, his arms were crossed. She watched as the figure jumped from the roof and landed onto the concrete ground, gracefully as if he had done it millions of times before and Rose couldn't help it as her eyes widened at this. It was something you would see in the circus.
The biggest guy was the one who chose to throw the first punch towards the masked vigilante, which he quickly dodged sending a counter attack into the mans knee, watching it buckle and the man fell to the ground with a loud thud. Than the three other guys decided this was a great time to attack, Rose's hero was smarter, faster, stronger. He was going to defeat all of these men, Rose watched as the one man behind the superhero started to get up, grabbing a knife from his pocket.
Rose looked to the ground and noticed a metal pipe, she quickly grabbed it, quietly making her way toward the man with the knife. Her hero, swung around at the crunch of a footstep, but before he could make his next move Rose was there swinging the pipe down and into the back of the mans head sending him tumbling to the ground.
"As you can see I could've handled them" Rose had sarcasm in her a voice and gave the man a shrug. The superhero rolled his eyes and gave Rose a smirk.
"Whatever was I thinking helping you?" Now Roses Heroes voice had a hint of sarcasm in it which made her give him a smile. Rose looked down at the four unconscious men, deciding she was definitely calling in for work.
"Are you heading anywhere?" The masked hero asked her and she gave him a nod.
"I was suppose to go to work."
"Well glad for you, I give out free rides" Rose raised an eyebrow at the man and his cheeks turned bright pink immediately. "N-no not like that" he swallowed, his reaction made Rose giggle.
"I know, I'm just teasing, I wouldn't mind a free ride." Roses cheeks were now pink. "What's your name anyways?"
"Robin"
"Robin?" She snorted, raising her eyebrows. "Like the bird?"
"They're a cool bird." He defended making Rose roll her eyes.
"They don't do anything!"
"Hey, watch it or you aren't getting a free ride." Rose raised an eyebrow at Night wing who only replied with a smile.
She made her way to man, who wrapped his arm around her waist, tightly. And she couldn't help that her whole face was red now and she still had no idea the stunt he was about to pull.
Aiming a gun looking weapon to the roofs, the two shot into the air, Roses screaming voice echoing through the crisp October sky.
A/N: first chapter, hope you enjoy it! I've got big plans for Rose and can't wait for the wild ride that this novel will be
