New Earth: Batwoman

Chapter 9

In this chapter, I'm bringing in another familiar face from another Arrowverse show, though showing off another difference between the new universe and the old one, since this character will be portrayed in a completely different way they were in the show. Hope you like it and I'll also be drawing from the comics a bit.

The following night, Kate entered the elevator at Tommy's new property to take up to his party so she could kick his ass when she heard a voice that was surprisingly familiar to her call out behind her.

"Hey Kate, can you hold that elevator?" Helena Bertinelli asked as she approached her.

Kate did a quick scan through her counterpart's memories to find out she knew Helena Bertinelli and she was surprised by what she'd found. Apparently in this universe, Helena had been adopted by Bruce when she was young and apparently Batman had once had a female sidekick called the Huntress. Things were slowly starting to fall into place.

"Helena Wayne. What brings you back to Gotham?" Kate asked, making a mental note to call Oliver and let him know that his ex was in Gotham, though it seemed like Helena was a much more stable individual than the person she'd heard about from the old universe.

"Oh you know, Europe got boring and I got homesick." Helena said.

"And you decided to check out Tommy Elliot's party your first night back?" Kate asked.

"What better way to see what passes for fun in Gotham City than here?" Helena said.

"Fair point." Kate said.

"So what brings you back? Last I heard you were traveling the world on some kind of ninja retreat." Helena said.

"How'd you hear about that?" Kate asked.

"I kept in touch with my dad while I was gone." Helena said and Kate knew she was talking about Bruce, not Frank Bertinelli.

"Anyways, to answer your question, Sophie was kidnapped." Kate said and Helena smiled.

"When are you guys gonna get back together. I was shipping you so hard." Helena said.

"Grow up will you." Kate said as she playfully smacked her adoptive cousin.

"I will if you will." Helena said with a smile, which Kate shared as the elevator opened to reveal the party in full swing.

"Good, what an asshole." Kate said.

"I forgot how much I despise him. I never understood why exactly dad was such good friends with him." Helena said as Tommy approached them.

"Helena Wayne. What a nice surprise." Tommy said as Helena flashed him a fake smile before hugging him.

"Hey Tommy. I hope you don't mind me party crashing." Helena said.

"Of my course my BFF's daughter is welcome here. You wouldn't happen to know where Bruce is, do you?" Tommy asked.

"If I knew I'd be there right now to drag his ass back to Gotham." Helena said and Kate chuckled, since it sounded like she and Helena had a lot in common.

"So anyways, Kate, have you guys tracked down that firearm you told me about?" Tommy asked, getting Helena's attention.

"What firearm?" Helena asked.

"A specialized railgun was stolen yesterday from Wayne R&D. The thief was smarter than we gave them credit for, since they managed to disable the GPS tracker on it, but fortunately, Luke Fox is already working on exploiting a glitch in the system." Kate said.

"Would you excuse us for a minute Tommy?" Helena asked.

"Yeah sure. I'd better go see the needs of the rest of my guests anyways." Tommy said as he walked away and Helena pulled Kate aside.