"The Moon, and The Bat"
Writen by Jedimaster54321
He stumbled into the abounded warehouse, fear running through his body.
The
young man walked carefully through the old structure, clutching the
briefcase
in his hand. Course sweat running down his face. He whipped the sweat
away
from his brow, and kept walking. He wore a business suit, and looked to
be in
his early twenties. His clothes were now saturated with sweat, because
he
knew that this part of town was literally crawling with scum, and gangs
waiting for some poor unforntune soul to cross into their territory. He
stooped after walking into the building a ways, and looked about. The
young
businessman struggled for a few moments to say something, but the fear
in him
was so great that he said nothing.
"Hello?" was all he could manage to say.
His eyes swept over the
room,
finding it was dark, and there were no windows. The door suddenly
closed
behind him, and he jerked around with a startle.
"Please Mr. Powers, surely your not that scared?" A soft female
voice
echoed through the room.
The man stood there, clutching the briefcase
even
closer to him now. A figure emerged from the shadows, advancing towards
his.
It was a woman unlike that anyone has ever seen. She was tall, with a
slim
waist and creamy white skin. Her features were like those of a comic
book
character, which where bigger than a normal human's. Her fiery red hair
draped loosely over her shoulders. She wore a bright red mini tanktop
that
showed ample cleavage. When she walked she moved as if she was walking
on
air, and the way she looked would have any man want her if they set
their
eyes down upon this creature, but on top of her head were a pair of
massive
horns. Horns that were drenched with the blood of an innocent person,
and
behind her, there was a long, and deadly looking tail. He twitched at
the
sight of her, fully knowing what damage she was capable of.
"So" she said now standing in front of him, her gaze both soft and
dangerous
at the same time. "You managed to get those visa's cleared for me?" She
asked
the man that now stood before her, watching him sweat his brains out.
"Yes, but it wasn't easy, they've red flagged all Asian visa's. It
won't be
easy to get any of them through." He replied, his voice filled with
fear of
this woman, and her power.
"Good", was all she said, taking the briefcase from the man, and
opening it.
Reading the documents it held, and removing the files it contained. She
then
handed the now empty briefcase back to the young man. "You just keep it
up,
and I'll make sure that no one finds out about your father's secret".
She
laughed mockingly, to her it was funny watching young men like him
sweat.
Though this one had power that she didn't, and that power being able to
influence government leaders to do, as she wanted.
"Yes."
he searched his memory for her name. He was so scared that he
actually
forgotten what it was. Though that didn't stop him from falling back
upon his
rear as he tried to leave. The woman watched the young man, and just
laughed..
He scurried out of the building as fast as he could. Running off into
the
alley, and he didn't even look back.
She stood there, laughing as the young businessman scurried out of the
warehouse. When he was gone, she turned her back to the door, and
walked
back into the shadows. It's time, she said to her self. It's time to
begin
gather my army and t start preparing for phase two of my plan. She sat
down
on top of a bunch of crates, in her hands she was creating an orb made
up of
the energy of pure evil. Soon the world will belong to Omni....
"Meow!"
The small cat awoke with a jolt of pain in her sides. She winced,
trying
to fight back the on coming pain that was trying to engulf her. The
cat's
eyes opened to find that she was lying in a box, with a bandaged warped
tightly over her side. She tried to stand up on all fours, but found
that she
didn't have the strength to do so.
"I swear that I have never felt so much pain in my entire life".
The
cat
found herself saying out loud. She wasn't a normal cat, because of her
ability to think, reason, and to talk like a human being.
The cat tried to crawl along the bottom of the box, and towards the
small
bowl of food that had been placed on the other side. Though she could
still
barely move, and her strength had yet to return. The cat began to meow
as a
last resort. Though when she did, the sound echoed off of the call.
Making it
sound as if she was inside of a cave.
How peculiar, the cat thought, it sounds as if I am inside of a cave. .
The
little cat kept meowing, though I have to admit I am starving! The
sound of
bats flying over head could be heard as some one approached the box she
was
in. The cat cringed a bit as the shadow of a human cast down upon her.
"Aw are you hungry there kitty?"
The sound of a kind youthful voice
filled
her ears. She turned her head to get a better look at the young man.
The boy
knelt down beside the cat's box, sticking his hand in to pet the
injured
animal.
"Those Jokerz really did a number on you." He said, petting the cat's
head
for a moment, then taking it away to bring the cats food dish closer to
her.
"So what's you name?" He asked the cat, not expecting an answer.
"I'm
guessing that the moon on your forehead has something to do with it."
The cat crawled just a bit so she could eat. The cat thought about
telling
the boy her name, but past experience warned her against it.
With the sound of bats flying over head, the boy stood up, and turned
to walk
off. He looked down at the watch he wore on his wrist.
"Oh man mom's
gonna
kill me," he groaned.
It was way past mid-night, and he knew that his
mother
was not going to be happy at all.
He ran towards the stairwell that led to the mansion above the cave.
Once he
got there the boy turned around to see his boss standing behind him.
"I've called your mother and told her that you'd be working late
tonight,
Terry," Bruce Wayne said.
Walking towards his young protégé. Although
he
needed a cane to walk on in his old age, Bruce was still stronger than
he let
on.
"What are you planning to do about the cat?" Terry asked in replay. He
looked
up to face Bruce.
"Take it with you, that cat's your responsibility until we can find its
owner".
Terry knew better than to argue with Bruce, especially when he
was
running late again.
"What? Think the mutt is going to waste his time with a stray?"
McGiness
couldn't help but joke about Wayne's dog who's name was Ace. Who was
sleeping
over in the corner.
"Very funny," was the only replay that he got from the old man.
To
spite his
many attempts, McGiness couldn't get Bruce to laugh, let alone smile a
bit.
Without so much as a word, Terry went back to retrieve the injured
feline
that he'd left in the in the other side on the cave. Leaving the echo
of his
footsteps as he walked through the enormous cave that is the command
center
for Batman's never ending war against crime. Terry was the first person
in
nearly thirty years to enter the cave about a year ago now. Though even
then
Terry though as Batman, he wouldn't be taking care of stray animals.
Now, he
found himself lifting up a box containing an injured feline, and
carried it
out of the Batcave.
"Terry honey, your going to be late for school again."
Terry yawned and turned over to look at his alarm clock.
"Oh my god" he
nearly jumped out of bed. "I'm late, again" he quickly began searching
about
for some clean clothes, and his stuff for school.
The cat poked her
head up
from her box that Terry had put beside his bedroom door. The little cat
watched him hurry about the small bedroom. He stooped, picking up come
computer disks from his night table. Oh no, Terry thought. I forgot to
feed
the cat. He was now wearing a simple black T-shirt, and jeans. Which
of
course he almost always wore. The cat watched him wondering if he is
the same
young man who saved her the night before.
"Meow."
It was all that the cat could say as Terry looked at her, and
patted
her on the head before walking out of the room. She looked about from
the
inside of her box.
"Hum I wonder", the cat said to herself questingly.
"Could he be the one that they call Batman?" She shook her head a bit.
"It
has to be, he's certainly tall enough to be."
The cat sighed and then
lay
back down upon the blanket that had been placed inside of the box. Her
side
still hurt badly, and she could not stand for very long.
"I wonder how Serena is doing without me." The thought of the Moon
Princess
being ok without her guardian cat there for once was a bit scary for
her to
think about. "Oh now that would be the day," was all she said about it.
"Huh?"
The cat looked up to see the boy approaching her. Terry was his
name?
Standing there holding a dish of food in his hand.
"Didn't you just
talk?" he
asked her.
Terry walked over towards the box, and set the dish down on
the
floor. Then he reached inside and gently lifted up the cat and put her
near
her food.
"Meow," the cat replied. Littearly saying the word 'meow,' as if she was
trying to cover up for the fact that she had just spoken like a human.
"Nice try" Terry replied, as the cat began to eat. "A talking cat?" He
said
to himself, before turning to pick up his backpack. He took one last
look at
her, and then he ran out of the door.
The teacher stood there at the head of the class, looking out at the
students
in front of their respective computer desks. Though as much as he
enjoyed his
forty-years teaching students about mythology, the years had begun to
catch
up with him, the time and methods of teaching had changed so much that
he had
a difficult time keeping up with it. Though the one thins that hadn't
changed
was the fact that there with every class came a student who was always
late,
and Terry McGinness was that student. The teacher turned around to see
Terry
trying to sneak into the class.
"Mr. McGinness, tardy again. Tell me what excuse do you have this
time?"
Almost the entire class looked up to see Terry just about to sit down
at his
desk.
"Um" he though for a second, "I missed the lift this morning and I had
to
walk here?"
Several students chuckled out loud.
"Very funny, and where is your report on the legend of the moon
kingdom?"
Terry gulped, Batman had been so busy with the recent wave of
kidnappings
that he had simply didn't have the time to actually work on the report.
"I hope you realize that this counts as twenty percent of your term
grade."
"Yes but-"
"And that you've been tardy every single day for the past week, Mr.
McGinness
I will see you after school for detention."
Terry slumped down into his seat, angry, and humiliated.
What am I going to tell Mr. Wayne? Terry looked about the room, as the
teacher continued on with the lesson. I wonder if any of the Robins had
to
put up with detention?
The cat managed to peek up and over the edge of her box. Adjusting her
vision
so she could peer about the dimly lit room.
"Not much on house keeping now is he?" she said, making reference to
the
messy state Terry's room was in.
She sat back on her haunches, ignoring
the
throbbing pain that shot through her side, and some how managed to leap
up
over the edge of the box. The tiny cat winced slightly, as she landed
on the
floor.
"ARGH," she cried out in pain, "at times like this I really wish Serena
was
here to help."
The pain faded, and the cat began to walk about the
small
bedroom, searching for something that would prove to her that the very
young
man who occupied this room was the legendary Batman.
For a few minutes she walked about, only to find several items of
clothing
scarred about, and she also found his laptop computer.
"I wonder if this could help me?"
The cat opened the lab with one of
her
front paws, and sat down again on her haunches as the computer's small
screen
flicked to life. She used her front paws to type on the keypad in front
of
her. Searching through the computer, the cat found only a few programs
and
files that almost anyone would have.
"Nothing, nothing," she said as she clicked about.
Moving the cursor
towards
another icon, and clicking on it. An image of a bat flashed upon the
screen.
Then it faded, with words flashing across the screen.
"Accessing Batcomputer mainframe, please wait."
The cat nearly jumped back in surprise. "So he IS Batman!"
Her eyes
widened a
bit when the screen changed; now showing a menu displaying several
options.
She worked quickly, accessing all of the computer information before
she
exited the Batcomputer mainframe.
"I have to tell Artemis about this."
The cat said under her breath,
bringing
up the computers e-mail program.
"He must know what I've found."
The
cat
began typing up an e-mail to send to her soul mate back home.
"Access file activated begin search program now!"
Bruce looked up at the massive computer screen that was in front of
him. The
elderly man stared at it for a brief moment then arched his eyebrow a
bit.
Odd, he tapped on a few keys upon the keypad in front of him. Why would
Terry
use the Access program I had him install for school? Bruce eyed the
screen
for a few moments.
"Computer, trace source of Access program, and pinpoint its location."
"Tracing source, location found."
"Computer, bring location up onto the screen."
The computer flashed Terry's address upon the screen.
Why isn't Terry in school? Bruce shook his head, and looked back
towards the
Batcomputer.
"Computer, access all information on the moon, and cross reference it
with
all information involving a cat that has a crescent moon upon its
forehead."
"Searching, please wait."
The elderly man sat back in his chair, watching while the most powerful
computer in the world searched through databases from every sections of
the
globe.
Terry sat there; looking at images that flashed upon his computer
desk's
screen. Images of what was once the moon kingdom. He paid them no mind,
and
also found himself nearly falling asleep.
"Mr. McGinness are you paying attention?"
Terry's eyes snapped open only to find the teacher looking directly at
him.
"Um yes sir, sorry just dozed off there for a second."
"The answer the question. Who where Edymon and Serenity?"
"Uh," He though for a long moment, "weren't they the one's who cleaned
the
King and Queen's toilets?"
The class broke out into a riot of laughter. Students doubled over
laughing
at Terry's stupid remark. The teacher looked over at the other
students, and
the laughter quickly died.
"Very funny young man," the teacher replied, "they were the King and
Queen of
the Moon Kingdom until it was Destroyed."
Terry's face turned a deep crimson red color. An embarrassed look came
upon
his face. " Yeah I knew that."
The teacher turned away from Terry and began walking up towards the
front of
the classroom. Turning back to face the class, he coughed slightly as
if to
get everyone's attention.
"Now after the kingdom was destroyed, or as the legend says it was.
Queen
Serenity sent her only daughter, along with the fallen Sailor Soldiers
to the
future on Earth. To protect the Princess, she sent her cat advisors
Luna and
Artemis along. Now both cats had the family's marking upon their
foreheads.
The only reason why they were Serenity's advisors was because of their
ability to think, reason, and speak just like an ordinary human being."
Upon hearing this Terry's eyes went wide, and his mind went to work,
realizing that he had one of those two cats in his own room. He then
stood
up, grabbed his backpack, and began to silently tiptoe out of the room.
"And where do you think your going Mr. McGinness?"
Terry looked about,
only
to find the teacher looking right at him from the front of the room.
"I just remembered that I have a.huh, mum," Terry searched his mind for
a
good excuse to leave, "a. Dentist appointment in about fifteen minutes,
so
I'd better be going."
He turned to run, but the teacher grabbed Terry's
shoulder before he could reach the door.
"You've disrupted my class for the last time Mr. McGinness. This time
I'm
sending you to the."
Before he could finish his sentence the bell singling the end of the
period
rang. With the rush of students leaving the room, Terry used this
chance to
break free of the Teacher's grip, and made a mad dash out into the
hallway.
Bumping into, and not to mention knocking over several other students
in the
process.
"Sorry, watch it, excuse me!" He called out as he ran down the hall,
searching for a bathroom to hide in while he made a call on his cell
phone.
After a few moments he found it, and ran through the door, bumping
someone
aside as he did so.
"Hey watch where your going, dreg"
Some one said as Terry ran past. He
reached out with one of his long arms, and grabbed McGinness by the
collar of
his shirt.
"Let go of me Nelson," Terry growled slightly through gritted teeth, as
the
larger of the two pulled him close.
"Maybe you should try saying excuse me next time?" Nelson was huge for
his
age, and with the body of an athlete. In fact he was captain of the
school's
wrestling team. Though this didn't scare McGinness, who hated Nelson
more
than anyone else did for that matter.
"I said, let go of me" Terry snapped, grabbing Nelson's hand, and
removing it
from his shirt.
Don't do anything stupid; McGinness turned to walk away. Only this time
Nelson grabbed him again, and Terry just grabbed his arm, and judo
flipped
Nelson over his shoulder, slamming down on the floor.
"Maybe you'll learn this time."
Terry turned and walked into the
bathroom,
moving quickly he found an empty stall, He pushed it open, and upon
entry
blocked his nose at the foul smell. Terry turned and closed the door to
the
stall and locked it shut. His cell phone already in his hand, Terry
began to
dial a number that would link him to the Batcave.
She clicked on the 'send' icon, and stared at the laptop's screen for a
long
moment.
I hope you get this soon Artemis, she sighed. The pains in her right
side
having died down some in the past few hours. I fear that this evil is
getting
stronger, and that we don't have much time left.
The cat shut the computer down, and closed it shut.
"Are you shure that this cat is the one from the legend?"
Bruce sat behind the Batcomputer, talking to Terry through a special
line
that connected the computer to Terry's cell phone that Wayne made him
carry
in case of emergencies.
"I'm positive," Terry kept his voice down to a whisper. The bathroom
stall
hid him from view, but he didn't want to take the chance that some one
might
over hear him.
The old man started at the batcomputer's massive screen, reading the
very
same legend that Terry had just learned. Although he couldn't quiet
place it,
Bruce felt that there was more to this then either he nor Terry knew.
And
that bothered him to no end.
"Where are you?" Bruce asked abruptly
"Candyland!"
"Very Funny Terry."
"I'm hiding inside of a bathroom stall that reminds me of the mutt's
dog
house."
Bruce ignored the end of Terry's reply. "How soon can you get here?"
"Give me an hour or so to get home, and get the cat, then I'll be
over."
"I want you to have a talk with our little friend first."
"Shure,"
Bruce looked up at the screen, something was blinking in the right hand
conner of it. He maximized the information, and looked at it.
"Have you found anything new yet?"
"It seems that a few visa's have slipped past the governments eyes, and
the
names attached to them are due to arrive in Gotham with in a few days."
"Anyone that we know?" Terry asked, like Bruce he was also wondering
how
those visa's could have slipped past the governments eyes.
"I'll see what I can find."
The next thing that Terry heard was the sound of a soft click,
indicating
that Wayne had just hung up.
An explosion was heard down the corridor leading towards the prisoner's
cells. The cells that contained the inmates of Blackgate Prison, the
guard
that was on duty reached for his gun upon hearing the noise, but with
in
seconds his body was severed into two pieces by a pair of mysterious
horn
with razor sharp points. A female shaped figure steped out from the
shadows,
casually walking over the now dismembered guard.
"Men" she said, laughing as she kicked the corpse with the heal of her
foot,
"so primitive."
She picked up the guard's gun, and broke it into two
pieces.
The proceeded to strip him of his clothes, and put them on herself.
"I always though I'd look good in uniform."
She strode away from the
guards
post, a bit of a arrogant swagger in her walk as she made her way
towards the
holding cells.
"I'd better be right about this one," was all that she said as she
approached
the door of a cell that contained an extremely dangerous criminal.
A
simple
glance over towards her right side relieved that on one was near by.
The
woman then simply looked at the electronically locked door, and with a
burst
of dark energy it blew right off of its hinges.
"Too easy," she looked inside of the cell.
Only to find a young teenage
boy
sitting there looking like he was lonely. He cast his eyes up towards
this
new presence. Wondering who she was, and why did she just burst into
his cell.
"Are you the one named Willie Watt?" She asked abruptly, making no
small talk
or introduction.
Her eyes looked the boy over, He matches the
description
that master gave me. She crossed her arms over he her chest, and eyed
him
carefully.
"What do you want?" The one named Willie snapped at her.
"Relax, Watt, I'm your friend." The woman lied. Willie couldn't tell if
she
was telling the truth, or not.
"I don't have any friends."
He stood up, facing the strange woman,
nearly
looking her directly in the eyes. He put her hands down firmly upon his
shoulders. Holding him with only a tad bit of her strength.
"Hey let me go, what are you trying to do to me?"
Willie struggled with
all
of his might, but the woman was stronger. He tried to focus his
telepathic on
breaking her grip, but when he did. Willie just fell limp in the
woman's arms.
"Kids," was all the woman said, picking the fallen individual up in her
arms,
cradling him like he was a baby.
All the meantime she was really
gathering up
enough energy to teleport out of the cell.
"I herd some noise coming from a few cells down. I'll go check it out."
The
sound of footsteps could be heard coming from out side of the cell. The
woman
began to hurry, gathering up energy to teleport herself and the young
man
away from this dump.
The guard had been working the afternoon shirt, and couldn't wait to
get
home. He was just on his way out when the alarms went off indicating a
jailbreak. He'd gone to check the problem out, and now found himself
standing
in the now empty cell that belong to Willie Watt.
"What the hell happened here?" Was all that the guard could say about
the
remains of the small confined cell.
"What could have caused this?"