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The Son Of Bane

Jewels!

Glamour!

Money!

Limousines!

Having every single thing you could ever want!

This was the life of a Vreeland. She could get every single thing she could ever want. She could get any man she wanted, any items, any jewels. But what she never really had was friends. She knew so much about society and what society would bring, but nothing about what life was under the fur coats and Cadillacs.

Bunny Vreeland always felt empty. She felt like she never truly belonged; she was an actress and known around the world but she never felt like anyone really cared about her. It was about what she could do.

"Ms. Vreeland! Ms. Vreeland!" A voice said. She was snapped from her thoughts as she heard a knock on her dressing room door. She was still shaken up from the time she was kidnapped and almost killed, but she reluctantly tried to return back to work.

"I'm almost ready," she said, now fixing her hair and make up. As she walked out, she walked on the set and began to read her script. But something inside her told her this day was going to be unusual. Why? She didn't know...she just felt it somehow.

And it was.

An hour later...

"Ms. Vreeland. We need you to come to the phone quickly," her manager said. Not hesitating, she ran to the phone and heard her mother panicking. It was something about money and being broke! Wait, broke? There was no such thing as a Vreeland being broke! This had to be a mistake!

Now alarmed, she hurried and got off the phone, grabbed her items, and took her private limousine to her parents' house.

Once she arrived, her mother was outside and frantically urging her to run inside. Hoping out of her limousine, she ran inside and saw both of her parents sitting on a large, firm couch. The kind of couches that are worth almost $25,000.

"Bunny, we're so glad you came," Veronica cried out.

"What's going on?!" she asked.

"We are broke, Bunny," Mr. Vreeland said sadly.

"B-Broke?" Bunny asked, now looking at her father in disbelief.

"Yes, broke!" Veronica hissed, now staring at her husband. "Your father here did some business deals with our fortune and we seem to have lost it all! We had invested in some ships off the Atlantic and now those ships have gone missing! Our fortune won't be restored until those ships are found!"

Bunny sat down slowly and ran a hand through her red hair; this was crazy! One moment she woke up with plenty of money and now she had nothing! She was an actress, but that money brought in nothing compared to her family's wealth.

"We will lose everything! This is crazy! We will be laughed out of society!" Veronica cried out in despair.

"Honey, we'll manage," Mr. Vreeland said, trying to comfort her.

"Don't speak to me! All of this is because of you!" she said angrily, now turning and running from the room with her husband after her.

Bunny was left alone to ponder what happened. She hung her head low because she didn't know what to do at this point.

She decided to walk outside for some air. As she did, she heard some rustling in the bushes. Startled, she pulled out her taser that she wore on her belt and stepped back.

"Whoever you are get away from me!" She snarled.

"Seems like the Vreelands are having some trouble," the voice said.

"Who are you?" She snarled.

"Ah ah ah, information is only given when money is given," the person chuckled.

"I'm not gonna give you anything; you just stay where you are," she said angrily.

"Fine. Then I won't tell you how your family can get their money back," the voice continued.

"Whoa, wait...what are you talking about?" Bunny asked.

"There is a criminal organization that seized control of the ships when they were heading towards Gotham," the voice continued.

"Who?" she asked.

"Money first." The voice said.

"All I have is 20 bucks; I have no idea if you're even telling the truth," she said.

"No you don't, but you will have to trust me if you want a lead." The voice continued. By now Bunny could tell it was a young lady and she had piercing blue eyes.

"Who are you? If you want money, you need to come into the light," Bunny said. The person stood still for a second and then slowly came into the light of the bright lanterns hanging around the yard. She was average height and build and she had blonde hair and blue eyes. She wore a black shirt and a red skirt and black boots.

"Who are you?" Bunny asked for a second time.

"My name is Melanie." The girl replied, now giving a slight smirk. Bunny was about to respond, but she could hear her mother calling her from inside. "Hurry. If you want the info, give me the money."

Bunny knew this was probably dumb, but she needed as much help as she could get. She nodded and tossed the money and Melanie caught it and placed it in her pocket.

"You need to find the leader of the Southern Gang. Their leader is very elusive and dangerous; they have recently moved to this area and his name is Xanthus." Melanie said, now looking concerned. "Unless you have plenty of back up, don't go looking for him."

"Why? He stole my family's wealth," Bunny said.

"I understand, but he could kill easily. There's a reason why you don't see him in the wanted papers. Even police are afraid to go and confront them. Honestly, I don't even think Batman himself could stop them," Melanie said, now flipping away and onto a branch.

"Wait, you are definitely more than you're telling me," Bunny said, now suspicious of this girl's gymnastic ability.

"No time for more info. The last thing I'm gonna say is that you need to watch your back. Xanthus isn't an ordinary criminal." Melanie replied.

"What do you mean?" Bunny asked now getting a lump in her throat.

"He's the son of Bane...," she said, now disappearing.

Bunny was left speechless and her eyes got wide in pure horror. The primary enemy right now was Bane' son.


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