If Tatsu ever needed a little something to keep the residents of Wayne manor occupied, chasing down a Green Lantern while wearing nothing but the same jacket you wear on your patrol? Not what she had in mind. In any case, this guest needed the welcoming she needed,even if Bruce was not really going to accept her at first. Tatsu knew that the girl was just on the other side of the immense white cedar doors that guarded the manor so carefully, but Bruce halted her. "Stand down Katana", Bruce cautioned, "This 'Green Lantern' could be hostile, so take every precaution." Tatsu nodded, clutching her sword and hesitantly, with the guards permission, creaked open the door, where the Green Lantern girl sat shivering in the cold autumn wind. She was about Tatsu's age due to her height, with skeletal green fingers folded over what appeared to be pure silver gloves. Her exposed neck and part of her chest were green, containing the unmistakable symbol of the Green Lanterns, as well as the rest of her face, with two of the most beautiful cerulean eyes Tatsu had ever seen. "You weren't kidding," Tatsu whispered to Alfred, "It is a Green Lantern!" Turning to the girl,kneeling down and taking her hand in hers, she asked "What's your name, Green Lantern?"
The girl timidly looked up at Tatsu's smiling brown eyes, then towards Bruce's dour expression on his face, then to Alfred, and replied softly "It is a pleasure to meet you. You may call me Aya."
"A pretty name for a pretty lady," Alfred muttered to Bruce, who turned his cold blue eyes towards Aya and strode over to her until he was towering over her, which made Aya jump to her feet, which thudded against the grass. "Could you have gone somewhere else to annoy the residents that live there?"
"N-No," Aya stammered, "N-no one else would--- "
"Then go home," Bruce finished, "Because it's late."
"That's not of your concern, Mr Wayne," Aya replied rather coldly. "As of this moment, I am still alive and in need of shelter till someone finds me or kills me again! Don't try to take it--" With a thunderous smack across her face, all of Aya's self-control was gone; she burst into a solemn weeping which reluctantly sent her off. Pointing an accusatory finger at Bruce, Tatsu fumed venomously "What the hell is wrong with you? Aya did not mean any harm to any of us!"
"Tatsu is right," Alfred agreed, "She never laid a finger on anyone. Not even you!"
"It's all in your heads, everyone," Bruce calmed them, "Go home and get some sleep."
"I'll sleep when you're dead," Tatsu hissed, putting on her mask. "I'm going to find her and bring her back to the manor where it is safe. You want to be a miser all your life? Go ahead, do it!! You don't know the meaning of friendship when you see it. So don't remind everyone of that fact!" With that, Tatsu ran off down the manor steps, ignoring Alfred's order to come back. Bruce laid a hand on his shoulder. "Let her go," he told him, his gaze fixed on Tatsu. "Aya, if that's her real name, will be long gone by the time Tatsu comes back."
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
A Whole New World-- Chapter 1 Part 2
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