Flashback: The End of Spoiler

[lesliethompkins]

There isn't any time for tears in the middle of an operation. The brain is focused entirely on the hands. The hands are occupied with the patient. This patient, Leslie knows somewhere in the back of her brain, doesn't have a chance. She's too stubborn though to admit it

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[_darkknight_]

"Bruce Wayne." Sounds like he's in the car somewhere.

[lesliethompkins]

Her voice betrays her exhaustion. "I need you at the clinic, Bruce."

[_darkknight_]

Leslie never calls him unless it's important. "What's wrong?" he asks immediately.

[lesliethompkins]

There's a pause on the other end of the line. "Stephanie is here."

[_darkknight_]

In point of fact, he is there in four minutes. The Ferrari can break all sorts of traffic laws when Bruce is so inclined...and its owner can break all sorts of clinic rules. He bursts into the building, past those who know and would stop him. "Where's Dr. Thompkins?" is all he asks.

[lesliethompkins]

The staff informs him she's just left surgery. Other than that, they have no other information on her whereabouts. The next logical place to look is her office. That's where Bruce finds her.

She hasn't had time to change. Her scrubs still bear Stephanie's blood. The expression on her face is not one Bruce has seen in a very long time. It's a mix of fear, anger, and heartache.

[_darkknight_]

Bruce hasn't been the Batman for years without being one of the smartest men on the planet. He looks at her expression, at the blood on her scrubs, and then he pivots on his heel and strides purposefully toward the emergency surgical ward.

[lesliethompkins]

A heavy sigh escapes her. She follows a few moments later. On her way into the surgical ward, she dismisses the attending nurse.