Got it All Wrong. Right? //Bruce//

[Hailey Heart]

It was as if she couldn't stay away. She was back in the hospital, again. She winced, and even cried out in pain, as she moved. She moved the blanket down, and saw why she was in so much pain. There was a wrap around her chest, a large maroon spot of, still wet, blood. She winced, returning the blanket over herself, not wanting to look anymore. She cringed at the memory of getting that wound, and the various other, less sever, ones.

---Memory---

Hailey spit out a mouthful of iron rich blood, it splattering to the ground with the sickening sound. But, she wasn't focused on her bleeding, only her foe; Death's Voice.
She had numerous cuts along her arms and legs, even a small one over her left eye. She squared off with the goddess, trying to reach a kill shot in her chest, but anger, and pain, at what she had been saying about Bruce made her irrational.
She tried to slip in for another attack, and jumped back again as Hel's sinister blade sliced her down the right arm. She winced in pain, as more of her blood pooled onto the ground. Glancing down at the asphalt of the street, it shined with a muddy mess of the two adversaries blood, mixing cruelly in the black street top.
She looked back up to the goddess, only to see she was already gone. "Where are you!" She shouted, she turned around, and felt the knife plunge into her chest, down past her rips, and sliding in just missing her heart.
She winced, seeing the goddesses cruel half smile as she ripped the blade out. Hailey dropped to her knees, the goddesses evil laughter echoing in her ears, and in her mind. She had blacked out, the last thing she heard was the faint sound of sirens.

---End of Memory---

She shuttered at the memory, closing her eyes as pain wracked her body.

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[brucewayne]

Bruce strode down the halls of the hospital. Several agents had tried to stop him, saying that he wasn't allowed in here, but he responded that he had a very important thing to get done. He'd be damned if Hailey spent one more minute alone. He finally found the correct desk and asked what room Hailey Heart was in. He was given a number and finally allowed in. He went to her room and slipped inside. When his eyes hit the blanket he knew that it must have been bad. He bit his lip, part of him didn't want to know, but the other wanted to so he could go beat the ass of whoever did this to her. He gently went to her side and sat down on the side of the bed, taking her hand in his. "Dammit Hailey, haven't you learned not to go out without taking a phone?" came his firm cross voice, trying to cover the worry. He squeezed her hand gently and watched her with protective dark eyes.

[Hailey Heart]

She kept her eyes closed as she heard someone slip into the room. She winced in pain as someone sat on the bed, causing her to move. She felt someone slip their hands into hers. And then she heard Bruce's voice. Sadness and pain crossed her face, mixed into one emotion. She felt him squeeze her hand, and she squeezed back, gently. She winced as she had moved her arm to squeeze, a long cut along her left shoulder. She let her eyes open slightly, pain, and heartbreak mirrored there. "I guess I need to get a little more hurt to learn." She muttered, pain in her voice as she spoke.

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[brucewayne]

He watched her, seeing the heartache in her eyes. He slid off the bed, barely making it move and sat down on the chair. He kept his fingers in hers. "I was worried when you didn't come back...I thought I'd never see you again..." His dark eyes never left hers. They hadn't since he first came in. He gently reached up and went to brush the hair from her face. It was true, he had been worried...he went right to the hospital without a thought, hoping that she'd be there. "I love you."

[Hailey Heart]

She winced slightly as he stood from the bed, her one hand clenching around the blanket, but she wouldn't admit how much it really hurt. When he said he was worried, her eyes lessened a little bit, but the pain and worry was still there. She turned her head towards him, wincing again, feeling the pain all through her. She let a faint half smile slip onto her face before the pain ripped it away again. He said he loved her, and she wanted so badly to believe him, but the words of Hel came crashing down on her. He doesn't want you. He never loved you. She closed her eyes again, squeezing them shut, her laugh echoing in her head.

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[brucewayne]

He saw how much she was wincing and pushed down the button to call a nurse. When she came in he told her to get Hailey a morphine. She nodded and went out, coming back a moment later. She handed Bruce the glass and the pill. He gently pressed the pill into Hailey's palm. "It'll help the pain, just take it." He leaned back in the chair, letting her hand slip from his grip, after he'd pressed the pills there. "What's going on?"

[Hailey Heart]

She slipped the pills from his hand, her eyes never leaving his. She slid her right arm across her stomach, reaching for his hand again as she popped the pill into her mouth. She winced as she moved her arm, but holding him was worth it. The bandage running up her entire forearm peeking out from under the blanket slightly. She took the glass from the small table, wincing as she sat up, clutching the blankets to her chest, so he could not see how bad she actually was. She winced, setting the glass back down, before forcing herself to roll onto her side and face him, pain etched on her face. She let her eyes open again, and she looked tenderly into his eyes. In explanation she said one simple word. "Hel." She let her eyes flicker down as her laughter intensified in her head.

[brucewayne]

Bruce took in a deep breath. "Oh god Hailey, what did she do to you?" He took both her hands and squeezed them, "Whatever she told you isn't true, I swear to you on my life."

[Hailey Heart]

As he took her hands, her shoulder moved just enough that the blanket slipped down, and revealed her chest, painfully wrapped and bloody. She winced slightly, but kept her hands in his, not wanting to let go. "You said you never loved me." She whispered, looking into his eyes, hers slightly holding back with a pain. "Your voice, in my head." She whispered, keeping her hands around his. She didn't want to believe Hel, but his words...were they actually his? were echoing around in her head still, no matter how hard she tried to force them out.

[brucewayne]

"Hailey, you're the name that keeps turning around, you're the air that I breath, you're the only one I could ever even want to have a future with someday, without you I'm nothing, Hailey I love you more then anything in the world. I'd die for you. I'd do anything and everything for you. I'd go to the ends of the earth for you. You came along and picked up my broken pieces and put me back together, and I love you, forever and always." He watched her eyes and then he saw her wound, his blood froze and his felt himself stiffen. Hel would pay for this. "I'll kill that bitch." His voice was hoarse when he spoke but it was thick with rage, the same rage that kept his frozen blood flowing.

[Hailey Heart]

A smile slid across her face, one the pain would not tear away from her, ever. She slipped one of her hands from his, and gently placed it on the side of his face. "Bruce, Bruce Wayne. You keep my heart beating, every second. You, you put me back together. You, are the only one I love, and I always will. I would lay my life down, so that yours would be spared. I would take any pain from you, and take it upon myself. I would do anything, anything at all to make you happy. I want to be with you, always. Every second of every day. I love you with all of my heart, with all that I am." She let her thumb slide over his cheek, gentle and slow. When anger flared up in his eyes, she knew he had seen her chest. She scooted over to him, wincing as she moved at all. She let her hand drop slowly from his face, before finding his hand again and sliding hers back into it. She kept her eyes locked softly on his. "Don't. I don't want to lose you to her." She didn't want him going after her. She wouldn't let him get himself hurt.

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[brucewayne]

Bruce let a smile stretch across his face. That smile quickly turned into a grin. "Alright, I won't, for you." He scooted his chair closer and held her hands firmly, yet gently, in his own. "I love you." He told her, his eyes never leaving hers.

[Hailey Heart]

She smiled, managing to sit up in the bed. She swung her legs over to him, wincing in horrible pain, but he was worth it. She smiled gently and wrapped her arms around his neck. She kept herself on the bed, where she was still hooked up to numerous machines, monetering who cares what. She held him close, her heart pounding from pain, but she didn't care. "Thank you." She kept her arms around him, leaning off the bed, not wanting to let go. She winced as her chest pained her, but she kept herself in the sitting position, holding him close to her. "I love you, and I can't lose you." She knew it was true, she could not lose him, ever.

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[brucewayne]

When Hailey sat up, Bruce instantly was overcome with worry. "Hey, hey, Hailey, I love you, but you gotta lay back down, I don't want you to get hurt more then you already are." He gently took her hands from his neck around kissing her on the lips and gently settling her back on the pillows, "I hate seeing you hurt." He told her gently.

[Hailey Heart]

She frowned slightly as he laid her back into the pillows. She slid her hand back into his. "Sorry, I just..." She trailed off, not 100% sure why she had done it. She frowned slightly at her puzzlement. She looked back over to Bruce. "Lay with me?" She asked in a lower, softer tone.

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