{~Arkham Origins~} chapter 2

                     {~Big Changes~}

After the events of Bruce's parent's death, he's eyes. Wore a determined, even more, calculated, and cold he's much more focused,which his studies he even hired a tutor I think you can probably guess what the tutor is here for Bruce trained studied and pushed himself so much to the point that Alfred and I had to force him to bed but one change that I like is after his parents died he's warmed up to me even more and he started to see Alfred like his very own father.

Whenever something is bothering him, he comes to me sometimes, and most of the time, he goes to Alfred funny enough, he wanted to learn from V in his studies instead of going to school, and although this worried Alfred, Bruce managed to convince Alfred in the right now Bruce is learning from the smartest Ai in the world V or more so specifically Me he'd quite the fast learner he adapts quickly as well.

To the point where I had to bump up the difficulty a lot. J teaches Bruce about how business works and how his father's company is filled with resources that some people will try and exploit and get their hands on it's been 3 years, and Bruce is now 11 years old, about to be 12 in 20 days 13 hours 12 minutes and 32 seconds I've upgraded my body and V an J's I'm a bit taller I'm still somewhat short I'm almost halfway in height next to Alfred I still look like a small robot though sadly.

My body is even tougher than before. I can hold even heavier things, and so can J and V. I upgraded my CPU AI. Mind? I'm still not sure, but it's like my mind has expanded in a way. I've added very small self-defence stuff spoilers~.

I've also been teaching Bruce about how metal codes and F.A.B.R.I.C heh get it?.. because I'm Cyn from Murder Drones? No one? Aw, man. It's still funny, though basically, I gave him the rundown on materials genuinely right after that, I let him go at it and let me tell you, he enjoys learning from Me and Alfred a lot he does like learning from V and J but it's more so me and Alfred he's a lot less brooding he's eyes soften each time he looks at me or Alfred it's..sweet in a way.

One thing or 2 things happened as well during the 3 years that came and gone some people showed up to the Wayne manner to talk to Alfred about how Bruce is not old enough to have all the money his father and mother left behind, but sadly at the time Alfred had gone out it was me who answered the door Bruce was in bed and at the same time J and V were next to me when I answered the door and when these people saw me they looked at me with disgust that it caused one of my eyes to fuzz out briefly aka mite look like twitching and right after that they look at me with fear and run for their lives.

At that time, I didn't understand I had not done anything to them yet, so why were they scared when they looked at me I looked through my memory files in my head to find out what happened through J and V's eyes and nothing changed about me in their eyes and when I was closing the door of the Manner my head started to drop over again it was usually straight I caught my head with my hands and walked back to the recharge station with V and J that I noticed that I was walking weird again when I first arrived at this world.

What in the hell is going on? I should be walking normally, not weirdly anymore. I was fixed a long time ago when Tom fixed my legs and head, so why is it like this again right now?

Well, that's for another time, and one other thing that's been happening to me is that I want to be close to Bruce at all times, just next to him, even at some points of wanting to hug him outright sometimes, but I think I have a reasonable explanation for that I'm... lonely I don't talk to anyone else besides Bruce and Alfred after Martha and Tom died and occasionally talk to J or V aka talk to myself.

It felt like my mind was drowning in a way inside of me I felt very cold, like a big lump of ice was dumped into my body Bruce was the first one to notice but not notice at the same time, but he would occasionally see a sad facial expression on V's visor aka face and he's eyes would soften as well as he would walk up to V and give me a hug that caught me off guard slightly.

"What's wrong, V? You never normally look this sad.." Bruce said to me. He hasn't lost much of his innocence, but he genuinely cares about me or, more so, V.

But let's be honest, how am I supposed to tell him how I'm feeling? I mean..I lost my family, my kid, my mom and dad..I won't see my kid grow up.. I haven't even left them a goodbye message. I didn't think about that in the last world before coming here. Is it wrong to feel this way? I haven't even gotten the chance to cry yet..my dad always drilled into my Brain that crying is a sign of weakness and to never cry in front of people or my wife, not once.

And I can't exactly tell him my situation; otherwise, obviously, it could lead to not-so-well outcomes..well that's when Bruce decided to drag me away from cleaning duties.

"Wait..what are you doing..I'm fine yneed t-"

"You're coming with me, and that's an order as your master," Bruce said in a tone that basically can be spelt as You're coming with me whenever you like it or not kind of tone.

He dragged me to his room, and yeah, the room had changed a lot It was dark in there, and his room was so tidy as well he brought me over to his bed and made me sit down on it as he sat next to me we sat in silence for a while before Bruce decided to break the silence that I'm grateful for.

"You miss my mom, don't you.." he said in a sad tone to me, not looking at me as he looked at the wall deep in thought. I mean, I do miss his mom. She was so kind to me, but I miss my real family a lot more.

"But I dont-"

"But you do at times when you take off mom's reading glasses when cleaning. You have this sad look when you look at them" Oh my god, he completely misunderstands who I really feel sad for, but he is talking to me.

He hugged me and whispered to me some words that felt right and that I needed.

"My father always told me you need to live life and never look back because the moment you do, it feels like it's all over you feel cold, sad like you're not sure what to do after," Bruce said to me softly I couldn't respond, but I just hugged him back tightly not to tight but just enough that his words helped and at the same time I was crying while hugging Bruce although I'm not actually crying I'm actually using digital tears..

I felt warm again in my body, and it felt lighter at the same time as I kept crying digital tears in V's visor/face. After a while, I let Bruce go and looked at his face with a small smile.

"Thanks, Sir, I needed that"

"No worries, V make sure to come talk to me if anything is bothering you and tell Cyn and J the same," Bruce says with a genuine small smile on his face even if he's still a child, he looks happy that he helped me things actually look bright for me now that I think about it.

I have a new home, I have a new family and 'friends' kind of V stands up off the bed, gives Bruce a smile again and goes back to work cleaning and other chores as I put my attention back to what I'm making for Bruce's birthday that's coming in 20 days and I'm sure if I can finish this in time he will absolutely love this.

(20 days later...)

It was Bruce's birthday. I'm genuinely happy today, but he looked, kind of sad but happy at the same time. I ended up dragging him, with me. J and V Alfred also helped pull him away from his studies.

"*Happy face and excited expression* you will like what we have in store for you, Bruce", I said with a smile throughout the 3 years of birthdays long past for him, I've been giving him presents that help give him small push ahead to becoming batman but at the same time making sure he enjoys all his birthday's at the same time.

"I'm sure I will whenever You're in charge of this kind of stuff with Alfred. It's always a.. rollercoaster", Bruce says, not too sure if he should trust me like last time. You wanna know what happened on his last birthday before this one and why he doesn't trust me with this? Well, sadly, too bad I won't tell you or anyone. It was.. embarrassing for me that day, to say the least.

Well, today we had planned some movies with snacks, board games, birthday cake and of course presents. Alfred made the cake. Of course, I can make a cake as well, but I'm not as.. experienced as he is; meanwhile, J and V kept him occupied.

"We have prepared everything, sir. It will be a day to be remembered", V said with a small smile of her own.

"Please drop the formalities V, just call me Bruce. I've told you that already, haven't I? Now J, what's in store for me today?" 

"Pretty much a bit of Everything Bruce movies snacks, cake, board games, presents ect, etc.", J says as she goes on, I can say for sure he loves learning new things from J each time

For most of the day I spent hanging out with Bruce, it was fun Alfred joined us later on, having probably finished making the cake the rest of the day Bruce's face wasn't so sad and happy slowly over the course of the day, he was actually happy again I knew I had successfully with Alfred and right now it was present giving time.

Alfred gave Bruce some special gloves, and from the looks of them, they can be used for fighting or training special forces Alfred was always at it..J gave him a book used to help people learn how the human mind works same with a book on how criminal minds work V gave him device she told him to check out the back and what was out the back was a special robot it was made for training.

But again, the thing that confuses me is whenever he hugs J or V, I feel embarrassed even though I'm not actually being hugged the embarrassment is shown through V and J's visor/face, and then it is finally time for my gift to him

"*Laughter happy face* I hope you like my present and hope it goes to good use, brucee," I said as he looked at me with an excited face 

"Well, go on, show me what you got me. Anything you give is fascinating either way," and with that, I gave him my gift. It took a year to make it a hacking device that Batman could use. 

He inspected it for a while, and then he had a whole grin on his face, and he tackled and hugged me. I nearly fell over, but it was a good thing for me; I'm made of metal or iron. Idk all that well.

"I love it thank you Cyn," Bruce said to me as I could practically feel his joy radiating from him

"*Giggle* You're most very welcome, Brucee. Now enjoy the rest of your birthday", and with that, the day went amazingly. It wasn't bad at all. It was fun to think he was going to be much more serious when he actually became Batman.

(The next day..)

Midnight was..strange to say the least Bruce looked like he had not slept at all and he talked about having this.. uncomfortable feeling and feeling like his being watched 24 Seven I couldn't find anything wrong with the manner no cameras were installed besides Alfred guns I found and pretended not to know where he stashes them.

He told Alfred about this as well, and ever since then, Alfred just said he was imagining it, most likely maybe PTSD. Or Traumatic experience when his parents died? After that, Bruce ended up going back to bed and ever since then Alfred would take glances at me I could feel his eyes on me while I worked at cleaning the manner to the point where I had to send J to find out why he was just looking at me like this and as far as I know I haven't done anything yet..

After a bit, J arrives quietly watches the exchange and then walks up to Alfred at the same time he notices J 

"Hey Alfred how's it going?"

"Oh nothing much dear J"

"Then..why were you staring at Cyn? I mean she's weird and all and silly"

Alfred doesn't answer J for a bit as he looks at me, still cleaning, before saying something.

"Dear J do you not feel how..dense the air is or how heavy the atmosphere is? Like every instinct in your body telling you to run away?" Alfred says as he questions J

Now this information is what I'm looking for.

"Um no..? The air does feel dense but nothing of the other 2 you talked about" I say as Alfred takes a moment before taking J's hand and with J to another room

"Okay, now that we are more alone, I can explain a bit more in detail, Miss J. It all started when I first met Cyn this robot/machine looked... weird strange although the feeling she gave was..off he was completely normal" Alfred says wearing a complicated expression 

"But..over time the more I noticed it the harder it was to ignore it was as if staying near her would kill me or worse a scary feeling might I add and after Bruce's birthday I knew something was wrong but I couldn't quite put it from now on just until I know I'm wrong I'll keep an eye on Cyn for a bit can you also do the same J? I know this might be rude and not trusting your friend, but I just need to make sure," Alfred said as he explained everything and asked J with a face, saying I really need some help with this look.

"Alright..I'll keep an eye on Cyn Alfred" J says with a sigh 

"I hope things stay fine. See you later, Alfred", J says as she opens the room door and leaves, walking down the manner hallway.

"This is..such a weird day..I really hope it's just my imagination.." Alfred says to himself, alone in the room, before leaving as well.

Well, that went well. Apparently, I'm subconsciously releasing an aura. I'm not too sure but it's what's making Alfred slightly paranoid and making Bruce very paranoid and unable to sleep and at the same time it makes me worry because if I have what I think I have then things will probably not end well.. and the only 2 ways to test this theory is to go in the sun or look in a mirror but I'm afraid not just the sun now but what I most likely have will the events of MD play out all over again? Will I kill people? Will I need oil eventually? But if I'm being honest I'm afraid of reality..

Maybe if I pretend I don't have it I won't think it exists and therefore keep living this life like a maid that cleans a manner I don't want to hurt Alfred or Bruce at all I decide to not be a pu#ysh about it and look at a mirror real quick

"*Worried expression* I hope I don't have what I think I have.."

And with that, I slowly look in the mirror and just see Cyn or me having a worried and afraid expression. The mirror did not break. I'm..fine? Hello? Nope, Still nothing. The mirror remains not broken, that's some very good news. I'm completely safe and fine. Bruce won't get hurt, Alfred will be fine, and most importantly, I won't have to be guzzling oil like a glutton because of the high temperature! With this newfound happy feeling, I leave the bathroom one of the lots of bathrooms and close the door, leaving the room.

At the time after Cyn left, the mirror shattered, and the glass fell to the ground, and the glass after that was erased like the glass that was torn off from the mirror didn't even exist in the first place.

As I returned to clean the manner again a bit more and finish my job, I headed towards Bruce's room, sat down on a small chair, and watched him with a small smile.

"*Silent happy expression and whispering* I will make sure nothing harms you while in this manner I promise you, Bruce, as a friend, a maid, and as your father's friend.."

After sitting there for a bit I leave his room and head to the recharge room aka my room and begin making another drone this one will be special and maybe just maybe I might end up giving it a core if I feel like it is going to be great the only thing I hope is that I don't mess this up.

TBC