A lone car drove up to a large estate late one night. The night sky was clear and filled with a quiet breeze. Two people step out of their car and walk up to the mansion, immediately they are let in.

With a hushed tone the woman says to the couple who owns the large Italian estate, "She's now yours. Please take good care of her, we love her. You're the only other family she has, but she's safer with you than us." The woman places the sleeping child into the hands of the other woman.

The man that had entered with the woman said quietly, "We'll be watching, no matter where you go or what you do, we'll be watching." The man that he was talking to nodded solemnly. The couple that came; left mysteriously into the night, as the couple who remained in the mansion held their new daughter.

Ten years went by, and the child that appeared many years previously grew in the light of her new parents. They named her what her parents had named her: Helena. The only difference is that her last name was now that of her-though she didn't know-adoptive parents: Bertinelli.

Helena Bertinelli.

The very same child that was brought to the Bertinelli Estate in Tuscany, Italy. The couple, Thomas and Irena Bertinelli took Helena in from the illusive couple of an estranged relation. While Helena grew up intelligent, strong, and normal like any other child; her destiny was radically different from the life she knows now.

Thomas said to Irena, while watching Helena run through the botanical gardens of the estate, "She'll find out who they are, and who we are. We need to tell her soon. I have a feeling that we won't have much longer with her."

"Thomas we survived fine for the past decade, I doubt that the Falcone's are going to come and hunt me down. We have been running a clean business for a while."

"Irena, it doesn't mean the bounty over us is gone. I'm worried still, they've waited but the question is why?" Thomas had a worried tone, then again he has been paranoid for the past decade and even moved his family from Florence to Tuscany.

Irena has no fear, in spite of the threats against the Bertinelli's, "Helena will be fine with or without us. She's intelligent, strong, moral, and brave, just like her real parents." Thomas shrugged, "We should tell her everything, just in case, she deserves that much."

"I agree she deserves to know, but she's too young." Irena argued.

"Dear, when we were her age we were knee-high in blood because of the Falcone crime family. She's strong, she can handle it."

"Her innocence is all that she has that makes her better than us!" Irena begged.

"If we don't warn her, then her innocence can be stolen if Carmine decides to kill us in front of her, or if she joins that family and becomes like them." Thomas countered. Sighing, Irena finally gave in, "We'll tell her in our will when she's ready. Hopefully, that other guardian will never tell her if you and I did perish…" Irena trailed off.

"We have to tell her soon, I know because earlier today at my office I received a threat. I have a feeling they'll strike soon." Thomas gravely added.

Swayed, Irena said, "Very well. We'll tell her gently. For now, let her remain a child for a little while longer. She's the only good thing we've ever done."

Thomas said, "We love her as much as she loves us. We know this." After their agreement, Irena and Thomas remained in the study, overlooking the garden Helena ran in. Unbeknownst to Helena there were guards everywhere to protect the Bertinellis, but they'd never know how much everything would change in a short amount of time.

Helena and her parents had a heartwarming dinner together, their voices filled with laughter at various things. When Helena inquired about a strange topic, her parents knew what was coming, "Gian Luca told me something in my tutoring today."

"Oh?" Thomas raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, he said that in America there was this protector called Batman. I thought it was amazing, he said that this man saved the city and could even fly!" Helena added with excitement.

Irena looked uncomfortably to Thomas who asked, "What else did he tell you?"

"Gian Luca said that he disappeared. He also said that there have been few sightings of him around the world, but for a long time he hasn't been seen. He said that he probably wasn't real."

"What else did Gian Luca tell you Helena?" Irena asked.

"Gian Luca said that the last known sighting of Batman was in Florence Italy, ten years ago. Never since. I would like to meet him if he's real." Helena happily ate while telling the tale to her parents. Though they both refrained from saying anything to Helena, they kept their moment as a family. None of them knew that it would be their last together, for later that night, Helena's life would change forever.