Unidentified

VI

Rewritten
Grabbing on the wall to hold herself up. She tossed the pan at a guys face knocking him to the floor. For a brief moment Adrienne Wayne felt like a Disney Princess. Behind her a man hit her on the back of her head. Adrienne fell on her face into the ground. Darkness consumed her.
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Adrienne's head scorched for a brief moment. It felt like she just took a shot then crashed the next day. The clicking of metal hurt Adrienne's ear. Adrienne looked up at a young man with his brown hair slicked back and a top hat with fabric flowing halfway down his back sitting in front of her "curious-er and curious-er" he spoke as he flicked back and forth the butterfly knife in his hand "up...up". Two of his henchmen pulled on rope pulling Adrienne's body up. The rope grew tight around her chest squeezed her. "I thought you'd been sent away but now you seem to be...here" he got up. His long maroon coat flowed with him and the fabric around his tall top hat. His black plain shoes and buttoned shirt matched his busy black and blue vest. He walked right in front of Adrienne. His cold pale hand pulled back Adrienne's cheeks so only the cheekbones were in sight. Adrienne's eyes shifted from hazel blue green to sliver cat eyes. But Adrienne's hands didn't move at all "none of that silly business" he whispered in her ear. "How do you know me" Adrienne demanded. He ignored the question "better now" as his left hand touched and felt her short pi xi cut long on top short on the sides. "Where's Mia?" Adrienne growled. "Gone" he slapped her face " and just in time". He started to walk like all Villains do "because I am not used to being found" his smile on his face brightened up and not in the good way "clever girl".
Adrienne's glare hit his back "if you didn't want an audience. I'd be dead" she spoke to his back "what do you want". He quickly turned to face the Wayne "I need you to send your Old Mother's widowed husband or Uncle a message" his coat looked more like a dress with every movement "he thinks he's Gotham's white Knight but he's a bully whose army bullies the city into obedience" the man's voice got louder "and I want the world to know that he doesn't scare me heh" his voice grew to a soft whisper "I want to take away his power". Adrienne hated being a pawn for the two men in her life. "Then take me and let Mia go" she growled at him. "Oh dear this is quite sad actually. You poor thing" his face showed sympathy "you haven't figured i out yet. I took Mia because she'll actually get his attention. Both of you re none biological father's don't want you, Valentina " he said. "Or wait they changed it to Adrienne blah blah Wayne right? They shipped you away and you showed up without the proper postage"
Adrienne thought for a moment. Bruce had done the same thing in his youth. Wait Bruce suggested it. And the realization hit her like a dodge ball hitting her in the head."I assume you knew" he snapped Adrienne out of her thoughts "but then again, you have been so busy trying to convince them to love you. You sweet, Pathetic girl" he held a bat made out of wood in his hand."Mia is the daughter you're Uncle always wanted not you.....Dear" his words grew crisp in her ear. "Who the hell are you?" Adrienne grumbled. "Right" he rolled his eyes. With a simple bow "I'm Tarrant Hightopp. Or everyone likes to call me I'm the Mad Hatter. How do you do?" With a hit of a bat Adrienne Wayne dangled by rope
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"Dodgson what do ya got" Commander Sanchez rolled up to the orphanage. "Just missed the, Sir". "Where's Adrienne?". "Found her bike stashed in some bushes but no sign of her" he was informed. A slight panic grew in Mario Sanchez "what do you mean no sign of her?" He growled.
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Across town Adrienne felt a filmare feeling. Being pushed on a hospital bed with two people at her bedside "Where am I?" Her eyes barely open. "Hi, and don't kill me" a Male's voice spoke looking like a doctor. A dog barking and jumping on the bed. He took off his face mask and his cheekbones to his deep brown eyes looked all to filmare.
Adrienne sat on a hospital bed slightly feeling like she has hangover. Her eyes looked around at a broken down metal hospital or a medical hospital with ripped beds and mold growing down the sides. "What is this place?".Adrienne asked her Cousin as he stitched a cut on her left shoulder "this is my humble little" Killian stopped talking for a brief moment and a scrunched up face "Illegal clinic. Gotham university has generously and unknowingly lent me" he stopped talking at the sound of an old mans deep breathing. Killian rolled backwards and said to the old man "Mr. G we're gonna have to keep that on, ok? We talked about this remember?" He placed the plastic thing that goes over you're mouth from a oxygen tank. Killian redid his messy black hair man bun. Adrienne was shocked at the sight of this place and the person running it. "Can we be don't with this? I got to uh" Adrienne winced at the pain in her shoulder and her ankle. She looked over and realized that she was handcuffed by the ankle to the bed with a dog sitting at her feet. "Ooh ow, hang on" Killian wheeled back "I was mid stitch". "How did you find me?" Adrienne asked. "A Man named Dick Grayson dumped you at the door and he said to not let you leave Intel he comes back and one of my guys helped me get you one this bed" he informed her. "Shit, Grayson" Adrienne frowned "you have guy's". Killian started to explain in his own way "so I swear this began with me offering water and bandages and the next thing you know, I'm the Meredith Grey of Sherwood Forest" He looked at his cousins face "I'm sorry if stealing from my med school makes me a bad person". Adrienne couldn't help but smile inside "it doesn't it actually makes you deeper than I thought" Adrienne assured him. "Oh, thanks. But you gotta tell me what's with the dog".
"Killian this is Duke my German shepherd mixed. I raised him from a puppy when I was 15 and I was able to train him in a mission for the military back then" Adrienne scratched Duke's head. "He's seven years old". "Done"
"How's she doing, Killian?" A man about 5,10 with black hair walked in with bags from a gas station. "Shes fine" Killian replied. "And awake" Grayson looked at his younger sister with disappointment. Adrienne glared at him with anger. "I'm gonna go" Killian grabbed one bag from Dick and went to help another person.
Dick sat next to the chair near Adrienne's bed. He tossed her a can of soda. "How many times do i have to tell you not to go in without thinking it through" Dick began to lecture her. "You could've end up alot worse than this". "You mean I could've been killed" Adrienne pulled her jacket off the chair. Dick frowned at her comment. "Knowing that look on you're face you want somthing. What is it?" Adrienne's back is facing Dick as she tied her boots. "The League is stretched thin so is my teams. Adrienne I'm calling in a favor" he go straight to the point. Her eyes grew wide with anger. In one swift movement Grayson and Wayne stood inches away from one another. "No" Adrienne's voice grew deep "I told you and Bruce I'm never going back to being her" the fear in Adrienne's words and voice was a rare thing. "Adrienne,I don't think you understand the whole situation. We're running short, liv-" Dick argued. "Don't you dare" Adrienne growled at him. Adrienne took a deep breath in and out. She looked down at her hands paralyzed of what the true power they held. The screams roared in her ear. "Bruce, Didn't want a repeat of his greatest failure, Dick that's why he sent me to train" Adrienne's words brought back memories of the Bat-Fam's worse two years. The adopted siblings stood in silence. One looked down with her hands paralyzed with fear from what's inside them. "Dick, I can't. I work alone". those words Adrienne Wayne left with a dog following behind her on a leash. Dick was left alone to his thoughts.
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The sun shined on Gotham. The streets were gloomy. They say the only thing you can see in the sky as clouds. Light grey clouds hovered over Gotham like a shoulder. Adrienne found her bike in front of Killian's makeshift Hospital with an attachment for Duke. Duke happily sat in the attachment with a big smile on his face and his tall waging.
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"I was right. Hatter was there and wherever they went. It's probably not far" Adrienne greeted her Uncle in his office. Duke barked and followed happily with his tag on his bright navy blue collar jangling as he walked. Commander Sanchez sighed in relief seeing his daughter unharmed and here. "Where the hell have you been?" He replied with a bit of anger "we thought she took you, too" he stood up from his desk his voice was half yelling and half talking. "I got half my guys out there looking for yo-" he continued but got cut off "and here i am telling you her vendetta isn't against Gotham, isn't against The CROWS but against you, why" she raised her voice a bit looking into the man's eyes. His breathing became deep, he made himself look bigger than he is "youre not listening you ran into an unknown terrorist cell without backup" he scolded her. Adrienne frowned "if you treated me like everybody else I would have backup". "Except you're not everyone else" he yelled at her. Adrienne walked a few steps away from him. With six words she spoke softly "no, I'm not, I will never be" she took a deep breath trying not to cry as the Hatters words echoed in the background "because no matter what I do trying to prove myself to you and Bruce, you two don't want me.". He sat back down letting her words settle in. Looking back at her life and all of her achievements. He stood up and walked to his kid. "What did i tell you after you got discharged? Adrienne, I love you and I wouldn't want you any other way" he held her hand. She pulled away from him "i remember what you said and what he said because It was right before you two sent me away to train for a job that you were never gonna give me". "I was giving you a second chance!" He yelled. She frowned and yell back louder then him "you were getting rid of me!" Adrienne felt this anger her hands started to shake. She swallowed it down "because when you look at me, you see Sebastian and when you see Sebastian you see Mom and your brother. My Father. Instead of dealing with it you spent 16 years pushing me away!" Adrienne felt Duke's cold wet nose nudge her hand "you win, Dad, I'm gone" . The guilt of the word "Dad" she called him didn't sit right. Commander Sanchez his brother's child, the women he loved daughter walked away from him and all he could say was her name "Adrienne". But she kept walking right out of his life.
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In the tallest building in Gotham belonging to he richest man a tall black man finally got the handcuff off his his right wrist. A black case he started to work on something. He looked up and heard barking and nails hitting the floor. He turned to find out what this barking thing was within seconds a dog tackled him to the floor. The dog had a very pretty coat and used its body weight to hold him done. "Good boy, Duke" the same woman who handcuffed him to the metal pole came waltzing right in. "Hey, hey, hey how did you even get un--ah". "I know you know where Bruce is call him and tell him that I'm looking for someone" the woman and he dog switched places. She grabbed him by his ear and started to twist it "I have no idea where is" Luke talked quickly. Adrienne put pressure on his shoulder "that was me asking nicely". "Ok, if Bruce wanted to come hom-".". "He would for me" she growled at him."ok,ugh"
Adrienne got off him. Luke quickly got back on his feet. He pushed up his squared thick black glasses and straightened his suit bright red jacket and his striped tie.
Adrienne bent down to her dog and started to scratch behind his ears. "You and Bruce must be close" Luke spoke to the young women. "Not exactly" she replied. Bruce and her haven't really spoken in a long time. Adrienne leaned her head back on Bruce's desk. The memory of
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Adrienne Wayne with long black almost black hair sat in a hospital bed half awake with a bandage wrapped around the left side of her head; covering her left ear. She layed on her back awake looking up at the ceiling;police sirens passed by the window every fifty minutes. The red, blue and white lights fleshed as it passed by. Dick softly snoring on the couch across the room with drool coming out the side of his mouth. The world seem strange. Her head had this buzzing sound like a bumblebee fly around flowers. Billions, 'Get Well' Cards and flowers filled the beside table. The door creeked softly open as a tall old man dressed in a suit carrying a coat, fuzzy blanket and a clear vase filled with bright red Rose's. Alfred Pennyworth placed the vase next to Dicks yellow rose and white daisy flower arrangement in a smiley face yellow mug. Alfred then covered Dick in a grey fuzzy blanket. "Alfred" a dark tall shadow appeared behind him. Adrienne shifted herself on to her left side so her right ear could hear better. "Master Bruce, What did the doctors say?" Alfred asked. "The Doctors say she'll be find but her left ear is gone they couldn't save it, her ear drum is ruptured. Killer Crocs claw got deep enough to tear into her ear drum" Bruce paused for a moment. "Hearing loss.in the left ear drum is permanent" he tried to swallow down. The men stood silent as they looked at the young girl sleeping soundly. "I should've.."
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Present
Adrienne felt the wind snap her to reality. Light shined in her face. Sunlight was barley peaking out of the light grey clouds. Adrienne managed to pull herself up and push the feeling of disappointment and grief away. She scanned the room "someone moved that" she mentioned. "How the hell would you know?" Luke spoke bitterly. "It was Martha's. She was wearing it the night she and Thomas were killed. My Mom and My Dad knew the Wayne's but i never knew how. But Bruce kept it...here" Adrienne moved the shiny white pearls. Luke behind her was hovering over her. "Whatever it takes" Adrienne signed. She moved the pearls to the correct position. The bookcases started to move to reveal an elevator. Adrienne whistled " it's still here" Adrienne's face light up as Duke ran to her side.
"Look. You--you don't want to do that" Luke stuttered as Adrienne disobeyed him "it looks very old probably not even up to code, you know if it even works"Luke continued to chatter in her ear. A smile creeped on her face as Duke hopped next to her in the elevator. "You aren't supposed to know what's down there" Luke said as metal divided them. "So I have this thing with rules. Ask Bruce why I quite being Robin". Adrienne pressed the botton and pulled down the lever. The old creaky elevator moved slowly down to the old Gotham Subway tunnels.
The door opened and Duke went running after the rats squeaking. Water dripped off the rocks of the BatCave. Spiderwebs covered the bat computer. Dust covered all of his old trophies and souvenirs from all of his battles with the Joker, Killer Croc, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze and many more. Blood covered Jokers cards displayed in a glass case along with Mr. Freezes ice gun and Cat-women's old gloves. Adrienne breathed in the cold damp air. Bats squeak as the hanged by their feet. With a flick of a button lights shined on the display cases. Adrienne covered her face was bats flew across the room to get away from the light. Her head looked around remembering all of the memories of birthdays, fighting and sparring with Bruce. It was nothing like the Batcave under the manor but it works.
But one thing stuck out like a sore thumb. Bruce's old Bat suit stood on a mannequin and full of dust. "I know that Bruce Wayne is Batman" she spoke before Luke Fox could say a single word to her.
His mouth dropped open "how do you k-Im dead"
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The Bruce Wayne I knew had a million secrets and now I know why they were kept from me.
. Adrienne stood in a corner with a board full of newspaper clippings. But the front page of the newspaper in the center read:Martinez- Sanchez Family Tragedy. There was a photo of a man holding a young boy and a young girl upsidedown with a women with long hair smiling making the photo next to it depressing with two people that survived. The girl wore ripped up clothes, her face full of dirt.
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"El Batman!!" The man shouted. He wore black clothing and a mask. "Agarra a los niños y ve" the other man spoke has he held the mom by her hair and gun to the mothers head. "Mamá!!" The children cried as they were ripped from their arms. Her tears fell down her face knowing her fate "Recuérdame en tus oraciones" she mouthed to her children. The man quickly grabbed the children and ran. Gun shot eaoched the dark stone dam hallways. They never saw the body but they didnt need to.
The man shoved them in a car and started to drive hoping still to get some ransom for the return of Florian Sanchez and Amelia Martinez's twin son and Daughter. "Estaremos bien, el tío vendrá" The girl with long deep brown hair whispered to her paralyzed brown haired brother as he held onto the stone on his necklace. She held on to him for dear life. "CALLATE!!" The man screamed at them. The sun was getting ready to go in sleep for the day. They drive one what seemed to be like hours. As soon as he turned his back. "autobús!' The boy yelled. There kidnapper swerves off the road along with the bus ended up on the side of the bridge.Without hesitating Sebastian Martinez pushed his sister to get out of the car. She slipped out of the back window. The broken glass broke her skin as she hit the ground. She quickly turned around on her feet and shouted " "Sebastian, you need to grab my hand now!" She reached for her brother. The car bobbled off the edge. Her breathing was hard and fast "Hermana!!!" Was the last words she heard from her Brother as he and the car fell into the water head first. That Night Batman saved thirty people but one girl failed to save one boy of her family she had left
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"He spent years trying to figure out what went wrong that day" Luke broke Adrienne's thoughts. Adrienne unpinned an article "he knew the car was gonna go over,so he shot two hooks each one with a safe load of one ton the weight the angle. He was so sure he secured the car" Luke tried to comfort her. Duke nuzzled his nose against her dry hand. "The steel in the trunk still ripped away" Adrienne said. "Crappy Engineering, thats the one calculation he didn't make" Luke assured her. Adrienne picked up a framed photo of her on her high school Graduation ceremony next to that was her college graduation ceremony. She wore the customary blue robe and cap but she wore many thing around her neck. "I grew up thinking that Bruce only cared about his never ending mission then the lives of innocent people that get ruined in the process" Adrienne replied as she picked up a piece of old paper with her handwriting. "No, he cared. He saved 34 kids that day he thought he saved your Mom and Brother too" He assured her. She put the paper and the photographs back to their place. " You're Mom ment alot to him. His Moms own Niece, his cousin he couldn't save. That hunted the hell out of him"
Adrienne nodded and shook off the grief away. "That's why she put him as my legal guardian" Adrienne whispered. Adrienne walked carefully to a wall. She pressed the botton next to the batsuit. Whoosh and all of his bat gadgets revealed as the stone moved down. His graveling hook gun and hks whole arsenal. Adrienne's finger traced the bat on the groveling hook gun. "Uh, I an not getting my ass fired twice by Batman, so" Luke pushed Adrienne away from the gear.
She stood infront of the Bat-Suit. "I ran my whole life away from you, even when you're not here I'm still im you're shadow" Adrienne bite her lip.
"Who are you?" A voice spoke in her ear "Who do you think you are?Who are you?Who are you to save her?Who are you to lead them?
Who are you to think that you can hold your head up higher than your fellow man?"the voice spoke." Her eyes grew wide "I'm finding my own way!" Adrienne shouted at the voices. Voices that held her back.
"What?". "That's why Bruce became Batman, to play by his own rules. It made him terrifying to his enemies" Adrienne stared back at the batsuit glaring at her. "Yeah, and his coworkers. We really need to go" Luke begged her. Adrienne shifted her look at Luke "people aren't afraid anymore an army may not scare them but that will" Adrienne nodded her head at the batsuit. Adrienne took a deep sigh of regret and hesitation. It's right and that's the only reason you need, Bruce always yelled at her. "I need you to help fix his suit". Luke frowned "the suit is literally perfection". Adrienne nodded . Adrienne's phone vibrated in herpocket
"We found on of The Hatter's men. We know where they are keeping her" Killian answered the Phone. Adrienne nodded and hanged up. A female figure reappeared and wrapped her mist like body around Adrienne and chanted "Show the way so we can see. Show the way the world could be.If you can do it, so can he
If he can do it, so can we
Show the way
Show the way the world could be
Show the way so we believe
We will follow where you lead
We will follow with you
Show the way" over and over again. But with the mist comes a black cloud. Who are you?" A voice spoke in her ear "Who do you think you are?Who are you?Who are you to save her?Who are you to lead them?Who are you to think that you can hold your head up higher than your fellow man?"the voice spoke with the mist women. "I'm coming wait for me" Adrienne whispered holding onto love within her. The walls repeating doubt and anger. Intel she finally replied to the man in suit standing next to her in doubt
"It will be when it fits a women"