"Castigate" Part 1
By: Faita

	"Okay. Poison Ivy?" Emily asked.
	"Dr.Pamela Isley, had an obsession of plants. Tried to kill Harvey 
Dent because he killed some kind of flower," Matt said. Emily was 
sitting at the edge of Matt McGinnis's bed. He was half underneath the 
covers and grinning.
	"You really know your villains" Emily commented.
	"I want to know everything there is to know about Batman, past and

present," Matt said.
	"Well, there are something's you may never know" she told him 
getting off of the bed. He laid down into the pillow.
	"Like what?" he asked her as she tucked him in. She gave him a 
certain look.
	"Oh" he said understanding.
	"You know, I've meet the masked man" Emily told him sitting back 
down at the foot of his bed. He shot right up.
	"Really!?" he asked excited. He crawled over and sat next to her. 
She nodded her head.
	"Yeah" she smiled.
	"Tell me, tell me, tell me!" Matt begged over and over again.
	"Maybe next time. Now you have to go to bed," she said as he got 
back under the covers.
	"You're a lot better babysitter then Terry" Matt told her.
	"I do a lot of things better then Terry" Emily grinned at him.
	"He's a real dork isn't he?" Matt asked. Emily laughed a little.
	"Not all the time" Emily answered him. She stood up and began to 
walk to the door.
	"Emily?" Matt asked. She stopped and walked back to him.
	"What?" she asked.
	"You know he just acts like that because he misses Dad" Matt told 
her.
	"I guessed. Matt, you really have to go to sleep, if you don't 
your mother will kill me" Emily told him. Matt closed his eyes and began 
to snore.
	"Good boy, next time try to pretend easier, it takes a lot of 
practice"  Emily ran her hand through his hair and left the room.  

	"I had a great time tonight Terry" Dana told them as they walked 
to his door.
	"Me too" Terry agreed.
	"I'm glad Mr.Wayne let you have the night off" Dana smiled as she 
leaned against the wall. Terry put his arms around her and kissed her.  
"I really should be going" Dana said in a whisper.
	"Well, bye" he said as he steped away from her and opened the 
door. Dana looked past him to see Emily asleep on the couch.
	"What's she doing here?" Dana asked him seriously.
	"Who?" Terry asked concerned. Dana pointed behind him. He turned 
around, made a funny noise and quickly closed the door behind him. He 
grinned at Dana, she frowned at him.
	"I'll have to get back to you on that, bye" he said and quickly 
went inside and slammed the door. He leaned against the door and sighed 
in Emily's direction. The slam of the door had woken her. She peered at 
him from over the side of the couch.
	"Problems?" she asked him.
	"Don't start" he told her walking up behind her.
	"I didn't think of it," she said shyly.
	"What exactly are you doing here anyway?" Terry asked her annoyed. 
She stood up.
	"Your mom asked me to baby-sit Matt" Emily told him.
	"Why you?!" he asked and yelled.
	"She had to go, you were gone, I was the only one she knew she 
could trust" Emily yelled back.
	"She trusted someone who fell asleep!" Terry yelled.
	"I've had a busy week. Besides, you weren't even here!" Emily 
yelled.
	"That id never an excuse. What if something happened to him?!" 
Terry yelled.
	"Will you to just be quiet!" Matt yelled at them from in front of 
his bedroom door. They stopped and looked at him.
	"You're both dorks!" he yelled almost crying and he ran back into 
his room. Terry and Emily looked at each other then running into Matt's 
room.
	It was very dark, the only light coming from the doorway. The 
light was suddenly cut off, and the whole room light up. They looked 
over at Matt standing by the light switch. Terry walked over to him.
	"Matt, are you Ok?" he asked her. Emily hit him in the back.
	"He tricked us," she said.
	"Emily's really smart, Terry you're still stupid" Matt told him. 
Emily laughed.
	"Little brother let me tell you something, I'm bigger then you 
are" Terry told him.
	"Really, I never would have guessed" Matt answered sarcastically. 
Emily laughed some more. Terry turned to her.
	"You did this to him" he accused her.
	"How so?" she asked.
	"Hello!" they heard Terry's mom call.
	"Mom!" Matt said and ran out of the room. Terry and Emily 
reluctantly joined him.
	"Emily. I hope he wasn't a problem," she asked.
	"Depends on who you're talking about. Matt was wonderful, Terry 
was the problem" Emily said glancing at Terry coldly.
	"Well thank you" she said and handed Emily some money.
	"Keep it, I don't need it" Emily told her kindly. She laughed.
	"No I guess you don't" she laughed some more.
	"It was a pleasure," Emily said heading for the door.
	"Emily wait!" Matt ran over to her.
	"Don't forget you said you would tell me about Batman" he told 
her. She smiled.
	"Next time Matt. Wait just a little longer" she reassured him, and 
left.

	"Where were you?" Bruce asked Emily as she walked into the huge 
house, Ace jumping up and down around her.
	"I was babysitting Matt remember" she told him.
	"Well suit up, we have problems"

	Terry walked into the huge mansion. He walked through all the 
rooms, down into the cave and back up again.
	"Bruce!" he finally yelled out. "Emily! Ace!" no answer from any 
of them.  He began to get worried. He was the only one in the entire 
house. Just as he was about to search the house again, his phone went 
off. He picked it up.
	"Yeah?" he asked into it.
	"Terry, where are you?" Bruce asked him.
	"I'm at the manor, where are you?" Terry asked him.
	"At the hospital" Bruce answered him.
	"Why are you ok?" Terry asked really worried.
	"I'm fine" Bruce answered.
	"Then why are you at the hospital?" Terry asked more confused then

worried.
	"It's Emily" Terry's face went to complete fear, "She's been shot" 
Bruce finished.