Twice Bitten, Thrice Shy (Change in writers/ownership )

Chapter 12

3rd Person POV:

'Something's off with the little demon spawn.' thought Jason. He had come back to the manor that evening because he'd left one of his favorite guns in the Batcave last time he was there. When he arrived, he found Damian pulling up various records and files on what looked like a teenage girl.

Silently walking up behind him, Jason took a closer look at what Damian had been examining. He was currently researching a girl named Lila Rossi.

"What're you doing over here demon spawn? You aren't stalking anyone are you?" Jason questioned.

"Tt, of course not Todd. I am investigating the newest addition to my homeroom. I would have done this earlier, but with how everything else has been going," Damian trailed off.

Jason understood that part at least. Everyone had a lot on their plates right now and with all these predicaments coming up all at once the only somewhat free time any of them had was used to rest and relax.

And Jason realized that they were all paranoid when it came to people in general. So a background check on someone new wasn't uncommon in their family. However, Damian was doing quite a thorough background check.

"Well, why are you doing such an in-depth investigation on her? This is a little much, even for you." Jason pointed out.

There was her complete medical history, records of every direct family member along with her own, any reports made by previous schools, the girl's social media along with that of her families, a list of all the institutions where she was previously and currently enrolled, and every site, article, and post where she was mentioned. Plus whatever else the demon managed to pull up that Jason just couldn't see yet.

"There's something about her. During school, she wasn't answering anyone's questions regarding her past with a direct answer. Any time anyone asked about Paris, I observed her being considerably uneasy and nervous. I'm not sure what it is, but it's almost as if something's telling me not to trust her."

Jason only nodded, knowing how paranoid everyone in the family could be. He wondered what could've happened in Paris for it to get such a negative reaction from the girl. As for the demon spawn feeling as if they should be wary of her, Jason wasn't sure.

Damian's intuition was, more often than not, accurate to some extent. So for him to say that there was something suspicious about this girl put Jason a bit on edge.

"So demon spawn, what've you got so far?" He asked.

Damian brought up a file with the basic information of one Lila Rossi. Damian had configured the file himself and it was more of a bullet point list than anything else at the moment.

"From what I've been able to find, her full name is Lila Rossi, and she's 16 years old. Her immediate family consists of her mother, Anita, her father, Ibrahim, an adopted older brother, Hassan, and Rossi herself. Both of her parents had no siblings, and her grandparents on both sides have passed.

Mrs. Rossi is originally from Florence, Italy, and works as an Italian ambassador. She was stationed somewhere in Libya, North Africa, about 18 or so years ago. There she met Ibrahim Rossi. Mr. Rossi was born and Raised in Libya and joined the military at age 19. He was stationed in Libya at the time but was deployed to Sudan a little less than a year after meeting Mrs. Rossi.

The two were already dating, and newly engaged when Mr. Rossi left. They adopted a 5-year-old boy named Hassan shortly after. Six years after Lila was born Mrs. Rossi was called back to Italy. Both children accompanied Mrs. Rossi to Italy seeing as their father was unable to properly take care of either of them while still in the military.