Chapter 3: Here and Now

"...What the hell are you doing?" Selina asked as she saw the gun pointed towards her face. "Just doing what the boss told me to!" A dark and rough voice said. "Harvey, get the hell out of here!" Selina said as she slowly started walking towards the Two faced Harvey holding a large and black gun in his right hand and a small coin in his left. "The boss only said Bruce was injured and here at the hospital. But he never told me what happened. Care to fill me in?" Two face responded. "Why the hell would I even talk to you after everything you've done?" Selina said as she was coming closer to Harvey. "BECAUSE!!! Bruce was my friend!" He yelled out with hate and anger. "Sorry... it's, it's my other self. My evil self is doing this. I Harvey Dent has always tried to be the man I once was. But this two face is stronger then me. He's CONTROLLING ME!" Harvey said as he wept a small tear from his functional eye. For a very short moment Harvey looked down on the floor nor noticing Selina giving him a strong kick in the stomach. This led to Harvey falling down on the floor. When he was about to fire the gun Selina kicked it out of his hand and later delivering a punch straight to the head. "I told you... GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" Selina said as she sat on Harvey's chest and delivered another punch to the face. "Selina, stop..." Harvey said in pain. "I didn't come here to kill you or Bruce. I came to this place so the boss wouldn't kill me. I was in Arkham for a while before the boos captured me. I'm sane again." Harvey responded. "KILL HER!" Two face later said. "Sane you said?" Selina responded as she took a deep sigh. "Well... go back to your boss and tell him. That if he or any of his allies attack me or my family EVER again I will make sure they suffer a painful death." Selina finished. "Wait what? The boss told me that a random mugger attacked him. Not that he did it! If WE see him again WE WILL KILL HIM!" Harvey said but it was Two face that finished the statement. "If there anything we can do for Bruce let us know." Harvey said as he opens the large hospital window to lève through there. "Take care Harv." Selina said a bit sarcastically as she saw them leaving and as she walked to the sink to wash away the blood.
"Oh Bruce... I need you." Selina said as she grabbed his hand and fall asleep on the chair next to Bruce...


"Ok this is the church. There's a parking spot there." Tiffany told Dick as he parked the fancy car. "It was so long ago... but I remember that the priest and his wife was very kind." Dick said as they stepped out of the car.
"Did you hear that?" Tiffany asked ans she drastically turned around to look at the bushes. "It sounds as someone creeping around there." Tiffany continued and pointed towards one of the bushes. "There's only dead people here and I doubt they will creep around. It was probably only the wind. It's always windy in Bloodheaven." Dick responded as they continued walking towards the church in the dark night.
"Dick Grayson!" Someone screamed through a small metal door. "Father Simon. Its been a long time." Dick responded as they walked towards the old gray haired priest. "Come this way." Simon sais as he pointed on a small metal staircase that led to the small metal door where Simon were standing,
Tiffany and dick entered the small door and once inside they saw a large room with a wooden table at the center. On a chair sat the priest wife Brandi.  The table were full of food, almost like they were expecting someone.
"It's so good to see you again Grayson" The old woman Brandi said as they were coming close to the table.
"Is someone in there?" Tiffany said with a serious voice as she thought she saw a woman in the next room. The room that has the altar and the benches. "No of course not. There's no one here but us at the nights." Simon quickly responded as the walked past the window that Tiffany looked through.
"Eat as much as you want." Simon said as they all say down at the large table full with delicious food. "Yes of course, but may we ask why you come to visit us at this time of the day?" Brandi said as she took a sip of the red wine from the silver goblet. "We work with the GCPD and a track of a murderer lead us here." Grayson said as he took a bite form the steak. "Yes... a killer we call the Red Hood dropped a red cloth. The material and a few other tracks lead us to this exact church. How come?" Tiffany asked with a serious face expression. "That can't be right, a red cloth. We don't have anything of that here." The old woman Brandi answered as a drop of sweat appeared on her forehead. "But I think you do. And I think you really want to show us where it came from." Grayson said as he took a sip of the wine and later placed it back on the table, looking up in the old couple. "Yes... of course we do." Simon said d as he left the chair and waved his arm, showing that they should move towards the large room they had seen earlier.
"The Red Hood forced us give up this room at the nights. Red Hood said that we would suffer a terrible death otherwise." Simon said as they walked up to the large wooden door leading into the altar. "I'm sorry we didn't tell you right away. We were scared of out lives." Brandi said. "I think Red Hood is still inside the room..." She later whispered. "We thank you. We just have a look around the room. I'm glad Red Hood isn't there now." Grayson said as he blinked with one eye and opened the door.
"...there's no one here." Tiffany said after she and Dick had a quick look around inside the room. "Where did the Red Hood go?" Grayson asked the old couple. "I'm certain that no one left the building. It must still be inside." Simon responded as he looked around to see if he could see Red Hood anywhere. "Over there!" Tiffany said as she saw a figure in the dark outside the window. "I'm after." Dick responded as he jumped out of the large window. Landing on a few brushes. Tiffany however, took another way. She ran out of the small door they had entered in and was planing to cut if Red Hoods escape. That didn't happen tho. When Dick stared running after the jump he couldn't see Red Hood anywhere. The dark sky and the forest made it impossible to see where Red Hood has ran off to.
"Dammit! We were so close!" Dick said as he kicked on a small stone. "Aaah... I send a message to Gordon to make sure they question and take care of Simon and Brandi. We should get back to the cave. It's late and it's quite a bit to drive to Bloodheaven to Gotham." Tiffany said as they walked towards the Batmobile.


"I've raised a kid, been a butler for three and a crime fighting assistent. But I've never taken care of a cow." Alfred said to himself while getting some water and hay for the cow. "Moooo!" The cow responded as he stood up and started walking around inside the batcave. "I've told you already. I can't understand you." Alfred told the cow as he started petting him. "What am I to do with you? You could be a good dinner you know." Alfred said as he Gabe's the cow the hay. "MOOOO!!" The cow said with a high tone. "I was only trying to make a joke." Alfred said as he walked towards the batcomputer.
"I'm talking to a cow... what am I to do?" Alfred said as he called up Selina on the computer.
"Hi Alfred." Selina said with a low voice. "How is Bruce feeling?" Alfred responded. "Not sure..." Selina answered slowly. "And how are you feeling?" Alfred say but was interrupted by the cow screaming "MOOOO!". "Quiet! I'm talking to your master!" Alfred responded. "What was that?" Selina said with a surprised but happy voice. "Oh... it's the cow that saved Bruce. Grayson said we had to keep him." Alfred answered while taking a sip of his tea. "A cow? In my house?" Selina said with a small laugh. "No of course not. I would never let a cow walk around the manor. He's in the cave." Alfred said while smiling because he knew Selina felt a little but better. "...I have to go" She later said as she finished the call.


"Your awake... but how?" Selina said as she looked at Bruce. "Ahhh... 'tis but a scratch." Bruce said as he tried to smile but couldn't because of the insane pain he felt. "I can't believe it. I thought I've lost you." Selina cried out as she reached for Bruce's hand. "What... happened?" Bruce asked as he could feel Selina's warm hand on his. "Talia Al Ghoul. The daughter of the man you fought in China attacked you inside the unopened clinic. You two fought for quite some time but she later shoot you multiple times. Hitting your kidney, stomach and shoulder. When she was about to kill you. A... cow saved you. I later found you and brought you here. You have been sleeping for two days. But it's a wonder your alive. No one here thought you would survive. But I'm happy you proved them wrong." Selina said as she continued to cry. "Thank you." Bruce said as he fell asleep once again. "No... Thank you." Selina said as she looked out of the window to see snow falling down from the sky and hearing a Christmas carol singing outside the hospital. "I love you." Selina said as she closed her eyes to get some sleep. "And I love you." She later heard Bruce saying as she grabbed his hand and both fell asleep together...

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