Futureknight verse: Wayne Manor: Different Bat-Time, Different Bat-Channel Part II

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

Helena was beginning to get depressed.  She'd tried--several times--to get home, all without success.  She was already missing her teammates--not to mention hoping to God that they weren't going out of their mind with worry about her.  And frankly, this Gotham was too different, too strange, too far ahead of her own for her to ever be comfortable here.

"I just want to go home," she muttered.  "Or to do something useful... Why the heck am I even here?"

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"There's a lot of new stuff to take in," said Clark sympathetically, his expression showing no sign that he was slapping the snickering Narmo in the back of the head as he said it.

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, you're right..."

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He gave her a reassuring smile, then sidestepped the kick that Narmo had aimed at his rear. "We should get going. It was nice meeting you, Helena."

Clara nodded, her smile lighting her young face.


((I think I've got what she's there for!))

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Thanks guys. I'll see you around."

((yay!))

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Conner and Narmo grinned, but Clara came over and looked up at her, then shyly put slender but strong arms around Helena's middle and hugged her; the daughter of a long dead Superman reaching out to the daughter of a deceased Bat.

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

Briefly taken by surprise, Helena happily returned the hug.

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"Everything will work out," said Clara softly, stepping back and then following her brother and heartfather from the room.

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

Thanks, kid. I needed that, Helena thought.

Time to hunt up Prudence. She needed some action.

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Clark's two black greyhounds streaked past the window, one of them holding Prudence's hat in his mouth.

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

Helena swung the window open and with a move that could have easily qualified for an Olympic gold medal, launched herself onto the yard.

"Hey, dog!" she called out. "I don't think that belongs to you!"

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He and his brother looped back and bounced up to her, long tails going like propellers as they grinned up at her good-naturedly.

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

Helena knelt down next to them, grinning. "Oh, so you're friendly on top of being trouble, eh?"

She reached out to pet them.