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Summary:
Leading a double life is complicated when one of those lives is a superhero, two double lives (and two superheros) even more so. Add a third (or is it a fifth) life in the form of an NYPD Lieutenant, and you understand what Trish Walker, Beth Kane and Lt. Rita Ortiz learned some time ago: Life in the big city can be hell.
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Notes:
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, blah, blah, blah. It turns out when you have to take fictional cities and translate them into real ones, names are important; at least the real names.
Metropolis is a no-brainer. The Big Apple. Gotham is a bit more problematic. It has been used to refer to NYC, but in the comics it seems to be in New Jersey. For this story, however, I prefer to place it in Chicago since The Windy City stands in for the home of The Dark Knight in the movies. Star City is Seattle (natch), but Central City is a bit more vague so I chose St. Louis for the home of S.T.A.R. labs and the residence of the fastest man on Earth. Other locations will be translated as the need arises. Anyone who has objections to my version of mapping, please suspend your disbelief for the time it takes you to read and, I hope, enjoy this version of reality.
Patricia Walker, Hellcat, Kyle Richmond and Nighthawk are the intellectual property of Marvel Comics.
Elizabeth Kane, Alice, Julia Pennyworth and Carmine Falcone are the intellectual property of DC Comics.
Rita Ortiz, John Irvine, Joe Slovak and Ray Quinn are the intellectual property of Steven Bochco Productions and 20th Century Fox Television.
Quotations from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll are in public domain.
This is a work of non-commercial fan fiction and not intended for, or to be used for, commercial purpose.
