alter-Mykey: the Richard Grayson building (caveside): Far From Home

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She still wasn't home.  Dammit, she still wasn't home!

Another Cave of some kind... there was definitely a Robin costume over there, but also much more spartan than the ones she'd seen before.  Which meant sooner or later, she was going to run into more relatives.  Or near relatives.  Or something.

Frankly, Helena was homesick beyond words.

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There were several moments of silence, and then a door slid open in another room, followed by the clicking sound of crutches and then the opening of the door to the main room where she stood. A tiny figure- under five foot- with lilac hair pulled into a French roll and clothes of soft pale purples crutched toward her and stopped to study her with large eyes of two different colours. Helena would notice that despite the size and the slender figure that this was a woman older than herself, one with sadness in her eyes and a large scar slashing diagonally across her left cheek.

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Um... I'm sorry," she said, apologetic. "I really didn't mean to come here. It just... kinda happened."

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"I know." Mykayla's voice was nearly too low to hear as she looked down. "I know."

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"You... you do?"

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The lilac brows drew together again. "I guess I shouldn't be surprised to find I've got an alternate too."

[bat-daughter.livejournal.com]

"Huh. Doesn't surprise me any. Not after everything I've seen."

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"Alfred's baking poundcakes to freeze, and he makes crusts." Her eyes twinkled.

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She smiles. "Oh, God. I haven't had anything made ny Alfred in way too long."

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Mykayla chuckled and shook her head at Alfred, which he also ignored, then turned back to Helena. "What's your family like? Is it alright to ask?"

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"Oh... it's fine," she said, slowly. "It's really just me and Dick now, and I only really see him once every few months. Dad died about a year ago, Mom a bit before that."

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"I know." Mykayla's voice broke.

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Helena's expression turns curious. "You..." she began, then stopped. "You loved a Bruce Wayne, didn't you?"

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"It's called the Richard Grayson building. One of the newer office complexes of Gotham. Bruce decided to build a penthouse on the top of it."

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Understanding washes over her face. "I see."

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Mykayla blinked, then chuckled and flashed those ghosts of dimples. "Remember, I had a husband."

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She made a face. "Ugh. Right. You're older than you look, that's for sure... But beyond that, I couldn't say."

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"And then one night I found him pinned to the side of a building, dead. About two weeks later the safehouse was raided, and I... wound up being moved from reality to reality for a long time." She took a deep breath. "Till I wound up here, and Bruce decided he was keeping me."

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"I've stopped counting how many different realities I've been in by now. Er, of the more recent vintage. Already had some experience as a traveler... but this is multiverse within multiverse territory."

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Mykayla chuckled, but then looked at Ace as the dog sat up again and looked toward the door with a hopeful whine.

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"Looks like someone's home."

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He looked quickly to Mykayla, who moved her fingers slightly.

"Oh...." He rubbed his face. "Give me a break, I haven't slept in a week."

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She smiled. "I think we can handle that, Bruce."

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"Ah. The man I know usually doesn't use that name while he's in uniform." He looked questioningly to Mykayla, but she just shrugged at him.

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"You've got the one from Thanagar, then?"

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"No," said Mykayla softly. "This room was done by a young interior decorator named Selena Kyle... who happened to be scoping out the apartment so that she could come back later for the valuables."

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She laughed. "Somehow... I'm not surprised."