Multiverse Reborn: Batwoman

Chapter 7

First off, happy new year to everyone. Second off, I just wanted to let everyone know that Fanfiction has finally added a Batwoman section to it's categories, so if you have any Batwoman stories, you can now add them to it. Just letting you guys know.

"Hey Gotham, this is Vesper Fairchild here. So last night Magpie was brought in, though not by the GCPD or the Crows. No instead Gotham was graced by a visit from none other than Batman. However, right now the question on my mind is whether or not this is real. Is Batman really back, or was it just some joker who got lucky last night. Some witnesses even report Batman having hair last night. Whatever is going on here, it appears that our crusader has taken the city by storm. So, the question remains, if Batman truly is back, where has he been and more importantly, why come back now?" Kate heard Vesper Fairchild say over the radio.

"Wow, you've really managed to take Gotham by storm in just one night." Luke said as he entered her office.

"You know this means his enemies will come looking for him right?" Kate asked, knowing that Tommy Elliot was going to steal the railgun.

"Of course I do. You gonna let that scare you?" Luke asked.

"No, but I want you to increase security on all of Wayne Enterprises tech divisions and properties and make sure that any weapon that could be used to try to kill the Bat are moved to the Batcave for safe keeping." Kate said and Luke nodded.

"I'm on it. By the way, have you thought of your superhero name yet?" Luke asked.

"I was thinking Batwoman. I just need to figure out how to tell that to Gotham." Kate said.

"You'll figure it out." Luke said and Kate nodded as she reached into her back pocket.

"In the meantime, I have something else I need you to work on." Kate said.

"What?" Luke asked.

"After we turned in last night, before heading back to the penthouse, I made a pit stop." Kate said, since they hadn't had a chance to check out Wayne Manor yet.

"Where?" Luke asked as to his surprise, Kate pulled out a bag with bone fragments in it.

"The cemetery." Kate said.

"Oh god, which grave did you desecrate?" Luke asked, wondering why Kate would bring that up.

"My sister's. Beth's death has never really sat right with me, since it seemed to easy after months of searching to suddenly just find bone fragments. And given what I know about Bruce now, it makes even less sense that he never found them himself, considering he had access to the best tech on the planet, at least that wasn't alien tech." Kate said.

"You think that the results were faked." Luke realized and Kate nodded.

"So, I dug up the bone fragments and now I want you to run a DNA test on them. I need to confirm my theory is right." Kate said as Luke took the fragments.

"I'm on it. If you're right, I'll call Bruce, since even if he doesn't come back, he deserves to know the truth." Luke said and Kate nodded her agreement.

Jacob Kane was surprised when he saw his daughter enter his office.

"Kate, I wasn't expecting you come back here. Does this mean that you've changed your mind about joining the Crows?" Jacob asked.

"No dad, my position on that is the same. I'm here for a different reason." Kate said.

"So why are you here then?" Jacob asked.

"Dad, I had a specialist at Wayne Enterprises double check the DNA tests on the bone fragments that were found as Beth's." Kate said.

"Why would you do that?" Jacob asked as Kate handed him the results.

"Because I felt like something was wrong and I was right." Kate said.

"These results say that the bone fragments were from a deer." Jacob said.

"After that, I actually dug up the bones and have them tested and it was confirmed. They aren't Beth's bones or even human bones." Kate said.

"So someone faked Beth's death. But why." Jacob said, trying to wrap his head around this.

"Yeah, I don't know why or who, but we need to find out." Kate said and Jacob nodded.

"We will. And we'll find out what really happened to Beth as well. I'm not going to give up again. But it's been so long, the trail has gone cold. Not sure where to start." Jacob said.

"Maybe we should start at the last place we looked. That farm. Even if Beth isn't there, we might find clues." Kate said.

"We'll go tomorrow, I don't think either of us can just drop everything now, as much as I'd like to." Jacob said.

"I know. In the meantime, I'm going to have my R&D guy look into who faked these DNA results. I'll let you know if we find anything." Kate said and Jacob nodded in agreement as she turned to leave the office.

"And Kate." Jacob said.

"What?" Kate asked she turned to face him.

"Thank you for not saying I told you so." Jacob said.

"There are more important things to worry about right now than who was right. Now we need to focus on finding the missing member of our family." Kate said, since she'd let go of her anger at her father already and honestly, she was just relieved to have him out of prison and back in charge of the Crows where he belonged. And she was going to make sure she stayed there, even if she had to send Beth to Arkham to do it.

Anyways, after Kate left his office, Jacob called Sophie into it.

"You wanted to see me sir?" Sophie asked.

"Yes, I'm going out of town tomorrow and I want you to hold down the Crows until I get back." Jacob said.

"Can I ask why you're leaving sir? Especially so last minute?" Sophie asked.

"It's a personal matter, but I'm sure Kate can tell you more about it, since I'm still processing." Jacob said.

"Actually, Kate hasn't really talked to me since she came back to Gotham." Sophie said and Jacob chuckled.

"Well we both knew she'd be angry with you, but don't give up on that girl. I can tell that deep down she still cares about you Sophie, she's just still hurt and angry at you." Jacob said.

"Part of why I was hoping Kate would join the Crows is because I'd hoped that us working together would help her overcome her issues with me, since I still care about her, I turned down an engagement for her." Sophie said.

"But she doesn't know that does she. You need to talk to her Moore. Only way you and Kate will be able to even become friends again is if confront her." Jacob said.

"I did what you told me to do sir." Sophie said.

"I didn't tell you to do anything. I just gave you advice and I stand by it, but you're the one who chose to take it, knowing the consequences. But I also know that if you make an honest effort to talk to Kate, you can get her to come around. Eventually." Jacob said.

"I hope you're right." Sophie said as she walked out of the office.