All week Terry has nonstop complained and asked about this guest of Bruce's. Was it a girl or boy? Old friend or family? Did he even have family? Do they know Bruce was Batman? If not, how do they hide it if the person is living in the house? Terry had so many questions and all left unanswered as he couldn't even get the answer to the one question he really wanted.

"So who exactly is this guest of yours?" Terry asks, picking up his mask off the table.

"You'll soon find out," Bruce replies. "Now hurry, you don't have time for anymore questions about this."

Terry groans as he pulls his mask over his head and gets in the batmobile.

~~~

After a robbery from the Jokerz, Terry returns to the Batcave.

"Another successful night," Terry says, pulling off his mask and giving Bruce a look. "So, I don't get a job well done?"

"I would've gotten it finished faster," Bruce retorts.

Terry lets out a breath, shaking his head. "Figures. So, you still not going to tell me who this mysterious guest you're having is?"

"Won't have to," Bruce replies, shutting off the batcomputer. "You're going to pick her up tomorrow after school."

"Wait, her?! Wait, I can't! I promised Dana that we'd go out tomorrow night to make up for the last date I cancelled on."

"Well, cancel it. She's arriving tomorrow an hour after you get out of school. She's arriving on the atrac."

"Slag it..." Terry groans. "You gonna tell me her name or what she looks like?"

"You'll know her when you see her," Bruce replies, smirking to himself as he exits the cave.

...

"It's not too late to change your mind, mom," Xiara tells her mom, hoping she'll change her mind and just homeschool her.

"Xiara, you're going whether you like it or not," Xuna snaps.

"Sorry, Xee," Cameron sighs, pulling out Xia's two big suitcases from the trunk.

Xiara sighs annoyed, tightening her grip on her heather campus bag's strap. The three head into the station and get through security before waiting for the atrac. It arrives and Xiara gives her parents the final farewell before entering with her few belongings, the rest being sent later.

"Love you," her parents say.

"Love you too," Xiara replies as the doors close and off the atrac goes. She moves to sit in a seat, pulling her belongings close to herself.

~~~

Dana was not happy. Terry once again cancelled date night and she told him she was done trying. Terry and her were over.

Now, Terry is at the station, grumbling complaints to himself while waiting for this female guest of Bruce Wayne's. He moves out of the way to a wall, leaning against it and throwing his head back. He closes his eyes for a few minutes until the atrac slows to a stop. He listens as the doors open before a few thuds and a collective gasp resounds through the area. He immediately becomes alert and rushes over to where everyone is staring. Beaten to a bloody pulp are two Jokerz, Scab and J-Man.

"I told you to leave me alone. I warned you," a very feminine but demonic voice announces, towering over the two Jokerz.

~~~

Xia pulls out her phone and begins to play on some app until a laugh breaks through the quiet chatter does she look up. Two males dressed as clowns, one who looks almost exactly like Joker himself and one who looks like a muscled man version of Harley Quinn are giggling at the spray paint job they did on the atrac tv. Everyone is silent as they warily look at the two, except Xiara who rolls her eyes and returns to playing on her phone. This doesn't go unnoticed by the two Jokerz who take a seat next to her.

"Heellooo, beautiful," the bigger one flirts. "You aren't laughing."

"And neither is anyone else cause you're not funny," Xiara retorts, still playing on her phone.

"Name's Scab."

"So when I get rid of you you'll just come back?"

"Ha, beautiful's got a few jokes, J-Man," Scab voices.

"I heard," J-Man replies. "I also heard that she doesn't think we're funny and we can't have that." He yanks her phone out of her hands.

She takes a breath before flicking him off and turning to glare at him, who gets shook for a quick second before recovering. Everyone on the atrac looks on in shock.

"I suggest you give me my phone back and leave me alone or else," she growls.

J-Man smirks, standing up. "Or else what?"

Xiara smirks back. "I beat the shit out ya."

"Ooh, I'm so scared," Scab taunts, getting up beside J-Man. "By a little thing like you, yeah right."

"I warned you." She gets up, kicking the phone out of the dregs hand and catching it so fast nobody had time to blink. She puts the phone in her bag for safe keeping, not wanting to lose another. "So, you gonna leave me alone?"

The two Jokerz blink, glancing at each other.

"Get her!" J-Man yells.

"Well, I had to vent some anger anyway."

She sends a spinning kick straight into J-Man's throat. He chokes as he tries to regain his breath, she flips over Scab, wrapping her hands around his throat as she does so, and throwing him into J. The two get back up and run at her. She spins on the nearest pole, kicking straight into J's gut which sends him flying back and denting another pole.

"You're gonna pay for that!" Scab shouts, running at her.

Scab aims a punch at her face which she gracefully dodges underneath and gives a sucker punch straight into his jaw. She knocks his legs out from underneath him and a barrage of punches are aimed at his face. The trained girl continues to pummel the two until the next stop where they topple onto the floor through the opened doors. Bloody and battered.

"I told you to leave me alone. I warned you," Xiara demonically scoffs. The girl slips on her bag and grabs her two suitcases and exits the atrac, making sure to stomp across the Jokerz as she does.

A tap on her shoulder. "Excuse me, miss?"

She turns back around ready to pummel more until she sees a boy her age standing there. She looks him up and down, giving a grunt after she inspects. "Hmph. What do you want?"

He furrows his eyebrows, taking a breath to calm down. "Are you by any chance here to stay with Bruce Wayne?"

"What's it to you?"

"I work for Mr. Wayne," he replies. "He sent me here to pick up a girl, saying I'd know her when I saw her. I feel like you fit that description."

"Yeah, that sounds like the old man," Xiara nods. "Anyway, yeah that's me. I'm going to live with him for awhile."

"Well, welcome to Gotham even though you got jumped by Jokerz. I'm Terry McGinnis."

"I've been to Gotham before. My grandpa lives here."

"Then why aren't you going to live with him?" Terry grunts.

"Parents thought he'd encourage my bad habits," she retorts. "Anyway, I'm Xiara Todd. Are you his butler?"

"No, I just help him get around," Terry explains.

"So a chore boy?"

"Sorta?"

"Well, let's go, chore boy. I'm getting bothered staying here. So far I'm not impressed with my first impression being here after many years."

~~~

Terry Mcginnis was speechless not knowing what to say about the gorgeous girl who walked over the Jokerz. She didn't even look like she broke a sweat. After meeting her though, he's decided that he does not like this girl. She is rude, arrogant, and hard-headed. What he probably hated the most was the fact that she reminded him a lot of himself before he was Batman, but 3 times worse.

"So, why isn't the old man with you?" Xia asks.

"He was busy doing something."

"What could he possibly be busy with? He's like 80 something."

"He's returned to help his company."

She gives him a confused look as they pull up to the front of the manor. Terry parks the car, shutting it off.

Xiara looks up at the large retro mansion. "Wow, I haven't seen this place since I was really little."

Terry pulls the two suitcases out of the trunk as she gets out of the car. The front door opens and Bruce is revealed with Ace by his side.

"Xiara, last time I saw you, you were only this tall," Bruce says, placing his hand to the height of his hip.

"Nice to see you again too, GGB," Xia replies.

"GGB?" Terry blurts confused.

"Great grandpa Bruce, duh," she explains.

"Great grandpa?!" Terry shouts. "Wow, you are an old man. Since when did you have family?"

"I've always had family," Bruce replies.

"You've never shared."

"Oh please, he never talks about himself or anybody for that matter. I'm sure you're the first person he's talked to for years," Xia scoffs.

"Well, Terry helped set up your room. You'll have the whole weekend to get settled and you'll start school Monday. Terry, show her to her room," Bruce says, turning to head inside. "Then meet me in the study."

Terry reluctantly does as told and takes her to her new room for the next few years.

~~~

After settling in Xiara to her new room, Terry makes his way to the Batcave.

"What's up?" Terry asks, closing the door before walking down the steps.

"Xiara doesn't know anything about Batman or any of the family secret and you need to keep it that way. Her family doesn't want her knowing. She's very smart and clever just like her grandfather. She doesn't need to interact with Batman and you need to keep her from snooping."

"Who's her grandfather?" Terry asks.

Bruce looks back to the Robin suit that was separated from the rest of the suits. "Her grandfather is Jason Todd. He was the second Robin and the only Robin who was killed by the Joker."

"Then how?"

"He was brought back to life by the Lazarus Pit."

"The Lazarus Pit is real? I thought it was an ancient myth?"

"It's real. I've seen it with my own eyes more than I would've liked," Bruce replies.

"So, won't questions arise about her and Jason?" Terry asks. "He's supposed to be dead to the world."

"If the question comes up we'll tell the media that we faked his death."

"And the reasoning?"

"Is none of their business," Bruce sneers. "Xiara will be going to your school. I want you to be her bodyguard."

"I'm pretty sure she can take care of herself," Terry states. "She did take down Scab and J-Man without breaking a sweat on the atrac."

He shakes his head, a headache forming at the problems he's going to have later because of that. "I know she can handle herself in a fight. She'd take you down easily. What I mean by bodyguard is to keep her out of trouble. This will be the eleventh high school she's gone to as she's been kicked out for fighting in all the others."

"What?! And I thought I was a troublemaker before..." Terry stresses.

"You're a pansy compared to her."

"Hey!"

"Go get on the suit, you're going to run a training course."

~~~

After a few hours of unpacking, Xiara realizes that the house is incredibly silent. She shrugged figuring it was always this quiet as the mansion is gigantic and Bruce, Ace, and her will be the only ones living here. Unless, Terry lives here too. The girl sends a quick message to her parents saying that she made it safe to Wayne Manor.

"Well, time to explore," Xiara quips, throwing open her door and traveling down the hallway. "Where is the study again?" She huffs, putting her hands on her hips. "GGB! Terry! Ace! Where you guys at?" The only reply is the echo of her voice. "I really need to get my own pet or something." She rolls her eyes as she makes her way to the kitchen to scavenge for food.

...~~~...

The second chapter! I'm so excited about this story.