•Peace•

•Chapter Thirty-Six•

"I'm with the bats, you know. As much as I hate having to work with them.. they have all the technology a guy could ask for. So.. in return I gotta cooperate with them."

I hummed. "You're not gonna tell anyone, will you?" I asked.

The last thing I needed was the weird bat guy called Batman after me for more.. interrogations.

"No. Of course not. Not you." He hesitated, and coughed. "I mean, it can stay between us, love. I don't plan on betraying my water girls trust."

"Your? I'm nobodies, thank you very much. And I'm not helping you with anything." I glared.

"Whaaatt?" He fake gasped.

"Not even if there's a massive fire.." he playfully whines.

"I might..- ugh. Stop it!" I stand up. "You're a vigilante? Right?"

He nodded. "Kinda. I like to think of it as professional butt kicker."

"That's cheesy."

He huffs. "I kill people." His tone went serious.

I blink, not sure what to say.

"Yes, I kill bad people, and that's not what the bat wants. Batman's definition of a vigilante is.. someone who enforces the law without killing... a glorified cop, more or less."

"And I take it you're not a vigilante in his mind?" I ask, eyebrows raised.

Why is he telling me this?

"Exactly. So... to some, I'm not a vigilante. I'm a criminal who likes to kill only bad people.. and to others, I'm the real vigilante that actually does what has to be done for a city like Gotham to actually move forward."

"Removing the evil from the streets permanently." I finished.

"Exactly." He seemed to stare at me for a moment. "What are your thoughts?"

I blink. My opinion on this? "I.. don't like that you kill people. It horrifies me to a degree. However.. sometimes there isn't much you can do, and death is the only outcome." My mind drifted to the first war, where demigods were on both sides.. and forced to kill each other.

"If there's a way around it.. I would always choose that." I finished.

He sighed. "Okay. So you understand?"

I nod. "To a certain degree.. why do you care about my opinion?"

His voice, still slightly robotically altered changed to be amused. "Your opinion is very important to me, sweetheart. I just needed to know."

"Okay.. well I hope I didn't disappoint." I shrug, finishing bandaging both wounds.

"No. Not really... it's.. better than I hoped."

What was that supposed to mean.

"Well.. do you want anything to eat while you're here?"

He shook his head, "no. But if you're really insistent on me staying.. perhaps some pain killers and a nap would do me good.."

I nod. "Yeah. Let me go get some." I stand walking to my kitchen and rifling through my cabinets.

I pull out some pain killers and poured him a glass of water.

"Here." I set the items on the coffee table.

"Thank you, Percy, I really appreciate it. You're.. too nice to strangers." He looked away from me, lifted his helmet slightly as he took the pills before pulling it back down.

"You're welcome I think." I shrug, settling in the arm chair beside the couch.

"Do you plan on sitting there all night?" He asked.

I nod. "You'd run if I didn't."

He laughs. "No, I wouldn't. But if you choose to sit there then i have to sleep in this helmet."

"Well whose costume design flaw do we blame for that?"

"Mine.." he grumbled.

"I'll go to another room. I sighed.

"Thanks." He yawned, the voice changer making it sound almost musical, which made me giggle.

"Shut up, princess!" He called after me as I walked into my room and shut the door.

The guy was nice, thankfully. A flirt and very dangerous, but nice enough to the right people.

I locked my door.

Just to be safe.

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