Chapter 5
I shudder at the description and rage fills me. Then I look down at Vin and become filled with fear. He's gonna try to take her away. He’s gonna take my baby and turn her against us. He’s gonna do what he did to the old Robin. I won’t let him. She is mine. My baby isn’t going to be subjected to that madman. Not ever.
I hold her. “He’s not gonna hurt you babygirl. I’ll make sure of it.” I say running a hand through her hair and kissing the top of her head.
She lays against me and I hold her. I slightly sway as she begins to fall back asleep in my arms. Vin sleeps in bed with us for the rest of the night but I don’t sleep. I can’t knowing that lunatic knows we’re out of Arkham and that we have a child. My little girl will have the good life she deserves. That she will get.
The next morning I wake up. Apparently I had fallen asleep but I had an arm wrapped tightly around Vin. Which she was holding onto with her own arms. Maybe somehow she knew about what he might do or maybe she thought he was just a nightmare. But I kiss her cheek and pull her even closer to me.
I tap Harley and try to wake her up. "Dammit Harl wake up." I snarl under my breath as I shake her awake. She groans and rolls over to face me. She looks down at Vin then back up at me. "I think someone is trying to kidnap Vin."
She looks at me like I'm crazy. "What makes you think that?"
"She said that someone was looking in the window and she described him. It was an exact description. I don't want him to hurt her." I say with a tinge of fear in my voice.
Her expression changed to one of terror and she suddenly hugged Vin. "There's one reason I don't have any kids already. It's because I know what he would do to them. I won't let that son of a bitch near our baby." She says angrily.
We both come to an agreement to keep our guard up but not tell Vin. As the morning grew later we just payed in bed waiting for Vin to wake up. I run a hand through her hair and Harley has her arms around her.
Vin wakes up in the late morning and I smile at her. She smiles back and clings to the both of us. We both hold her and smile. Harley smiles and looks at me before looking back at Vin.
Harley pulls out her phone and shows me the group texts between her, Selina, and Canary.
H: you guys need to come over later
S: does it have to do with the little girl
C: what little girl???
H: you'll see. Just come over at noon
S: fine I'll be there
C: see you then
I smile at Harley. She looks at Vin. "I invited some of my friends over. Would ya like to meet them?"
Vin nods happily and sits up. She wriggles her way from our grips and jumps off the bed to go get dressed. I followed after her and helped her find an outfit. I suggest she take a bath and she nodded. We walk into the bathroom and I draw the bath.
I wash her up and then get her dressed. She attempts to brush her own hair to no avail, when I take over its done in a few minutes. I look at the time it's a few minutes passed noon so they should be showing up anytime.
"Can you carry me?" She asks looking up at me.
I smile and pick her up. She kisses my cheek and I smile. We head into the living room and I sit on the couch. Vin smiles and lays on my chest. I turn on the TV and wait for Harley to finish in the shower.
I hear a knock at the door. I set Vin on the couch. "I'll be right back stay here." I say kissing her forehead.
I look through the peephole to see Canary and Selina waiting there. I open the door. "Come in."
They walk in and see Vin. "She is so cute oh my god." Canary coos and walks over to her.
Vin shrinks back into the couch and hides under a pillow. "Sweetheart it's okay come here." I say moving the pillow and lifting her off the couch and into my arms.
"So are you guys keeping her?" Selina asks sitting on the couch looking up at me.
"Yes. We are." I say hugging Vin close. "We can't very well leave her on the street."
"Are these Mama's friends?" Vin asks against my shoulder.
"Yes baby girl." I smile and lift her face up to look back at me. "Would you like to meet them?"
She nods and I put her down. Vin looks up at Canary and smiles at her. She kneels down to Vin's level. "Hey sweetheart. My name is Dinah but you can call me Canary."
Vin smiles and nods at her and looks at Selina. She walks over to her and looks at her. Selina motions for her to sit next to her. Vin listens and does so.
"Hey my name is Selina but you can call me Kitty if you want. Just don't do it in front of Ivy okay." Vin smiles and nods and Selina pets her hair. "Where's Harley?"
"Right here." Harley smiles walking out of the bathroom and sitting on the couch next to Vin.
Vin moves into Harley's lap and cuddles into her. Harley smiles and holds her. Vin lays across her and holds onto Harley's arm. Canary and Selina coo and fawn over her.
I call them over to the kitchen table and have them sit down. "That asshole is after Vin." I say bluntly when I knew Vin was out of earshot.
"What does he want with a kid her age?" Canary asks
"I'm guessing leverage against us so we will do what he wants. I don't want anything else to happen to her. She has already had to go through so much and I want it to be over for her. She's only 5 years old." I say looking between both of them. "I need you both to help me on this. I need Canary to talk to the League about getting joker and I need for Selina to talk to any allies you have to do the same. Please help me with this." I say looking at them desperately.
"I'll help. She reminds me of myself when I was her age." Selina smiles. "I'll also watch her whenever you need me to."
Canary smiles at me. "I'll talk to the League. I'll also talk to Oliver about the possibility of her staying with us occasionally."
I smile. "Thank you both. Truly thank you."
We walk back out into the other room and Vin and Harley are cuddled up on the couch watching Sleeping Beauty. Vin was still on Harley's lap and had her thumb in her mouth.
All of us sat on the couch and watched the movie. When Vin noticed us she moved over to sit with Selina and Canary. They smiled and let her. She fell asleep on them and I smile. I knew that they would be able to take her on nights we may need them too.
Around 4PM Vin was still asleep but she was on the couch while the rest of us went into the kitchen to talk. I made sure to have someone able to see the living room at all times. I wasn't taking any chances.
We drank coffee and talked about everything. Canary enthused about her son who was about 3, Selina told us about the newest edition to her millions of cats, and we talked about what we knew about Vin. They asked about everything and we told them what we could.