It all started with an accident, an accident they called it. I know English isn't my first language but I know that what happened was no accident, it was murder. Both of my parents were killed as the ropes on the trapeze snapped in the middle of their performance, a few moments later and I would have been on as well, but I wasn't so instead I got to watch my parents fall to the floor in a mangled heap of flesh that used to be two people, lucky me.

The police said nothing could be proved so the man who had murdered my parents would never see justice. He told me that they knew who did it but had no evidence to which his partner replied "Its not what we know its what we can prove"

The man who had first spoken to me, detective Gordon, looked at his partner and said "rookie, go wait in the car"

"What'd I do boss the man tried to argue,

Detective Gordon just looked at the man and said "car, now" a dangerous tone in his voice, I may be young but I had no questions about the fact that detective Gordon was threatening his partner.

Suddenly a younger man in an expensive suit comes up and talks to detective Gordon, I take this as my cue to leave, I hear them talking about orphanages and even juvenile detention centers. No matter what I can't let that happen I have to get out of here so I ran.

I ran and ran as fast as I could, and soon enough I found, myself in Gotham city, it was a dark and miserable city, polluted with crime and smog. I walked down an alley and behind me a man stirred, I soon felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned to see who it was. The man who had been behind me in the ally had now come to his feet, he looked at me with a crazed look in his eye and pulled out a knife. at that moment I knew that I was going to die.

I had never been so happy to be proven wrong. It was at that moment that I met my guardian angel, or more like guardian cat. As the man pulled back with the knife preparing to lunge at me, I braced myself, knowing that this was the end. As I said my last prayer and closed my eyes accepting the inevitable when I heard a dull thud followed by a large crack and then he hear a muffled groan.

After a moment of expecting the pain and it never coming I opened my eyes, what I saw next was not anything like I thought it would be. She was beautiful, she was graceful, clad in a skintight leather suit, and atop her head she wore a pair of goggles with red lenses that had cat ears. On her hip she had w long black leather whip that I later found out she had used on the man to save me.

She looked at me and said "hey kid, your parents never teach you not to go out alone at night in Gotham?" I was speechless, still In shock from the events that had unfolded she walks over and crouches down to my level and ruffles my hair saying "whats the matter cat got our tongue". After a moment of silence the smile drops off of her face as she lets out a sigh "seriously kid, this is no place to hang out at night, why don't you show me where you live, i'm sure your parents are worried sick"

With cold disdain I reply "I highly doubt that"

She smiled again and said "so you can speak after all" I looked down avoiding her eyes "what's wrong kid" she asks cocking her head to the side. I just stood there shaking, I promised myself I wouldn't cry, but my body was doing its best to not let me keep that promise. She puts her hands on my cheeks and lifts my face to look at her "how about we start with your name kitten"

"Richard mam" I say trying to look anywhere but in her eyes

She smiles at me brightly saying "mam? Where did someone in crime ally learn manners, quite the refreshing change of pace. Well Richard my name is Selina, Selina Kyle, tell me Richard whats your last name"

"Grayson mam, Richard Grayson" she raised an eyebrow at me.

"Well Richard Grayson, since you don't seem to want to go home, how would like to spend the night at my house." she offered

"really" I ask, I could feel my eyes widen and my mouth fall open, she nods giving me a small smile "thank you so much miss Selina"

No problem kitten she says as she scooped me up in her arms and we took off into the night.