DK-Verse: Batcave?: On the Road Again (and Again)

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Great.  One moment she was in the Nexus--having previously been in a Gotham more than three hundred years in her future--the next she's in the Batcave.  Only... it's definitely not her Batcave.  Some of the souvenirs were off, for one thing.  And, well, she just had a sense about this kind of thing.

Truth be told, the more she examined it, the greater the differences became.  No giant penny, no mechanical dinosaur, no old Robin and Catwoman costumes stored in glass cases, no Batmobile--at least not that she recognized...

She was definitely far from home.

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Pru's hand gently squeezed her shoulder as the older woman gave a passing man a steely look that promised dire consequences should Helena be troubled. She no longer looked like the calm, gentle mother that she'd seemed in the Cave and by the Nightwing. She was a night creature now; a feral fury who would do what was necessary to carry out her goal.

The man, a massive human with a shaven head, lowered his eyes and sidled past meekly.

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Helena sighed. "I can do scary in short bursts, but dang... You've got it as an art form."

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A trace of the mother flashed in the green eyes, and then Pru was steering her gently toward the back of the crowded room, where a massive but still slender and muscular Hutt curled next to a table, a large insectoid person sitting sullenly on its tail.

"Huntress." Pru's voice was warm but still dangerous. "You wished to see me?"

"Yes." The alien's voice was deep, but strangely soft as it... no, she looked at Helena with benign comradery. "Hello."

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"Hello," Helena replied. "I think I've got your name. Or vice versa."

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"Oh?" The wide mouth curved up in a smile.

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"I'm also called the Huntress."

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"It's a good name." She was treated to deep, jovial Hutt laughter which stopped abruptly as Huntress's oddly bulging stomach moved. "Shhh, Tora."

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Only sheer willpower keeps Helena from freaking out over this strange display. "I guess it is at that."

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"How is she fitting in your pouch?" Pru lifted her eyebrows.

"With great difficulty." Huntress sighed.

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"Ah... who's "she?'"

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The catwoman lowered her voice. "Huntress's baby."

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"Oh," Helena replied, softly. "Ah... congratulations?"

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"Thank you," said the big alien. "The two of you probably want to get to work, but I need to talk to the Shadow first. Would you like a drink while you wait, Huntress?"

The big insectoid on her tail stirred and muttered something, and she slapped her upside the head without looking.

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"Ah... that'd be great. Though I wouldn't have a idea what to ask for."