Lotus of Gotham: A Batman Fan Fic.

Chapter Two: Saving Kids

Memoirs 3:

My mother had always told me not to trust men, that they were nothing but animals. That they only served to fertilize a woman's garden of Eden, whatever that meant. I know now what it meant, but explaining it to a 3 year old would have been hard ass hell.

There were times where my mother would get disgusted on how 'human' I was, when I was a curious child and got into her plants.

There was this one time that I knocked over one of her precious plants. The terracotta pot had shattered, fell on my leg and sliced it open to the point of me needing stitches. I freaked out and wailed, causing my mother to be alerted.

She was angry when she found about me knocking one of her plants downs, she scolded me and called me a 'murder', not something you tell a four year old little girl. This caused me to cry more, as I sat there bleeding and crying in pain. I watched in jealousy as my mother....the woman that had given birth to me, attend to the plant and croon comforts to it.

She kept telling the plant what a monster I was, and that it would pull through cause "mommy" was here.

Once the plant was taken care of, it was my time. She wasn't as gentle with me as she was with the plant; her own flesh and blood. She picked the glass out of my leg painfully and harshly; causing me to cry and for me to release a pheromone, that was made to relax me and numb my pain from my body. This caused my mother to become shock and looked at me completely odd. She seemed to be just as shocked as I was being able to release chemical scents through my body. She the hugged me and suddenly started to coo and cuddle me, apologizing for her treatment of me. She also said that she was proud of me and my "tests" had made progress, whatever that meant.

Anway, after that moment, my mother treated me alot different then she did before, and I liked it.

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Chapter 2: Surprise Savior.

*Flash Back*(Gotham City, 15 years ago-Bat cave-Wayne Manor)

The sounds of huffs and groans filled the cool interior of the Bat Cave's training area. The training facility was complete with everything a workout would day dream over. Well, except for the ballet barre in far corner.

The room's decorations were mostly blanks; expect for "Batman's Golden Rules" and "Gym Morals and Ethics" taped to the wall.

Dressed in a dark blue pair of sweats and a worn old T-shirt, Bruce Wayne stood over his new charge as he watched her punch a speed bag. Her small little fists coming in contact with the bag, as Robin held it still for her.

Her hits were small and closed, not the open and powerful hits that he wanted her to make. She was too timid when it came to attacking her targets, exact opposite of her villianess mother.

He had taken her to see some special doctors at Stars Labs, when he found out about her "special" traits. There was nothing that they could do for her, she was stuck with them and that they would continue to grow. Unlike Ivy's, her pheromones were complete made by her body, naturally. They also weren't toxic to the body, but they could manipulate people's emotions through scents. The worst effects she could do was make people hallucinate and feel uneasy. She also had the potential of being able to control anything that was plant based.

One of the side effects was that she always would need to have some form of sunlight or take vitamin D tablets, because her body needed sun to survive off.

Laila set another small strike to the bag, barely moving the bag.

"Harder, open fists not closed fists," Bruce said in a gruff tone.