Mary's home

Kate fumbled with the door, finding the key from the safe nearby, then unlocking. Panting, she stumbled inside.

It was weird to feel the familiar carpet under her feet. She spent a fair bit of time there, it wasn't uncommon for her to spend a night, especially when she'd first come to Gotham. She knew the hallway, she knew the rooms. She'd also never been naked in them before.

She froze again, suddenly still, listening for the sound of any movement. She lowered her hands from her face, clutching them over her front.

It didn't sound too noisy. She took a tiptoed step forward, then tensed at a muffled voice.

"Oh, I love Bamonte's over, on..."

Kate relaxed. Mary, probably on the phone or something. It didn't sound like anyone was in there with her. And at least while she was in her room, she wouldn't be walking around the hall.

Kate decided to head for the spare room first, where she sometimes visited. She could explain that, then figure out how the hell she was going to justify her nudity until it was fixed. She could at least test Luke's claim that it was permanent.

She tiptoed on, hesitating when she reached Mary's open door. She poked her head around, saw Mary was busy looking at her computer, and walked slowly and softly past the open doorway as she did. She didn't want to get any attention.

She breathed a sigh of relief as she made it past, then quickened her pace slightly to get to the spare room, ignoring whatever Mary was mumbling.

"Huh, Kate?" Mary suddenly called.

How had she known?! Blushing, Kate hurried the rest of the distance, shutting the door just in time and hoping Mary hadn't seen the glimpse of her butt. In the room now, Kate let herself relax for the first time in a long, long while.

Curiously, she went for the spare drawer she kept here and pulled on one of her old shirts. Just as had been predicted, it fell away, falling apart more quickly than the borrowed batsuit had. Kate groaned. Luke was telling the truth then.

Mary knocked at her door. Kate stiffened, but by the time Mary opened the door, all she'd managed to do was turn around.

"Oh my god!" Mary yelped.

Kate blushed, holding her arms in front of herself. No point hiding her face now.

"Knock!" Kate said.

"I thought they were kidding!" Mary said.

"You can close the- wait, who was kidding?" Kate said.

"My subscribers. Was doing a twitch Q&A, suddenly the whole chat said there was a naked woman creeping past behind me. I thought it was a joke, but, oh my god! Why are you naked?"

Subscribers? Kate's eyes widened. She knew Mary was a somewhat popular social media star, but she could barely keep track of half the stuff she did. She hadn't expected her to be livestreaming. She really hoped Mary didn't have too many viewers.

"Kate?" Mary said. "Hello? Earth to Kate?"

Right. Um. Why she was naked. It wasn't like she could tell the truth.