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The doors to the lab opened and Amelia walked into the lab. She couldn't sleep due to her pains in her chest. She realized that she needed to give herself the monthly dose of her serum so she wouldn't go into a Cardiac arrest.

She reached in and turned on the lights of her own individual lab. It was about 3 in the morning so no one else was really in there. In the small antibacterial container was her serum. Amelia quickly donned the latex gloves and began to prep her arm. She always hated doing this. Sure the serum saved her from life threatening attacks but it was always so painful.

As she was getting the serum ready, she could've sworn she saw the lights flicker for a second.

"Dr. Pavel?" She called out, thinking it was one of the other scientists that stayed at this lab. When there was no reply, she continued. After removing the gloves she grabbed one of the injector guns and placed a vial of the serum into it with a loud SNAP.

And again as soon as she heard the snap she could've sworn the lights went out for a half second before she shook her head, thinking it was just because she couldn't sleep.

"Mia, you are losing your marbles again, girl." She muttered as she readied the gun to the vein in her arm. She tried to keep her breath steady as she readied herself for the pain she would endure after the injection.

Just as she was about to put the needle to her skin, the lights went out completely and there wasn't a sound to be heard until there was a huge CRASH! And the doors were kicked down by a dozen men that were no doubt thugs.

They invaded the entire place before a much larger man came in with a gas mask on his face and in gear that could only be described as possibly bulletproof.

She was grabbed from behind, causing the injector gun to fall from her hand. It hit the floor and the glass serum vial shattered. "NO!" She cried out. She couldn't have this, not before she had been medicated.

Soon, she felt an unfortunately familiar tightening in her chest. "No! Let her go!" She heard the familiar voice of the Russian scientist, Dr. Pavel. Her vision began tunneling as she started feeling that rapid irregular heart beat.

"Why would I do that?" the leader of the group said in a strange-sounding voice as he looked at Pavel.

Suddenly the leader turned when he heard the machines go off. The machines were hooked up to Amelia's heart. "ERRATIC HEART BEAT! ERRATIC HEART BEAT! MEDICATE! MEDICATE!"

The others were still around threatening Pavel and stealing the supplies from the lab. "Please! Please let me help her!" Pavel yelled as he watched Amelia double over in extreme pain. The leader watched as she fell to the floor, all the while the machines kept yelling to medicate.

The leader soon had to interfere as he pulled the thugs away from the doctor. "Are you all complete morons?" the leader asked his thugs as the doctor tended to Amelia.

The doctor quickly grabbed a new vial and placed it in the injector gun. The leader watched as he shot the dark blue serum into Amelia's arm. Once he did, her back immediately arched as her head snapped back. She gasped loudly as her veins began to feel as though they were on fire.

The leader of the group of criminals sent his thugs out of the building, and he couldn't help but stay behind as he watched the scene before him.

Pavel flinched as Amelia's hand shot out and gripped the leg of the table. The veins in her arm had turned dark blue around the injection sight as the serum flooded her system. Soon finding its way to her heart.

The large muscled man looked on in sympathy. A look he never gave anyone. Before he turned and walked towards the door.

As he turned Amelia's hand fell to the floor. Her vision became blurry as she locked onto the man walking away from them. He turned one more time as his eyes locked with hers just before she passed out.

"Bring her along." He said before his men took Pavel and Amelia. "Dr. Pavel, if you would please collect the lady's medicine. We don't need her having another incident like this one now do we?" He asked the doctor, watching him scramble to get the vials.

"Why bring her?" He asked. "She is of no use to you. She doesn't know anything in the field of Nuclear Physics." he said. "Ah, but Dr. Pavel, you forget. A Medical Scientist can have all kinds of uses." The masked leader said as they walked out.

Pavel followed behind the henchman, who carried the now unconscious Amelia.

"Let's just hope she's up for the journey."

~Amber-Rose~

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!

Amber's hand reached up and slammed her alarm clock several times till it finally shut off. She sighed as she opened her eyes and looked up at the ceiling. She slowly looked over at her alarm clock and saw the red numbers that read6:30 AM.

She was going into Arkham Asylum today to start her internship. She had been studying in psychology for a few years and she got offered an internship at the most dangerous place in Gotham, but that didn't stop her in saying yes. She didn't even hesitate when the call came through just last week.

Amber dragged herself out of bed as she went into her bathroom in her comfortable-sized apartment. She went through her morning routine, taking a good hot shower before she got herself a little breakfast and by the time she was finished dressing she had 20 minutes before she had to be at the Asylum. So, she decided to go ahead and leave now so she wouldn't be late, seeing as the Asylum wasn't exactly close to where she lived.

After about a 30 minute drive she arrived at the gates of Arkham. The place gave her the creeps just from the outside. But, she was determined to keep this internship. So, she drove inside and quickly parked her car. Once she was inside, that was when her nerves took over.

She could hear some of the inmates psychotically chanting or ranting about one thing or another and some were groggy, some were even laughing or humming. She kept her face stoic as she walked down the hall of inmates.

She made her way to the main office of Dr. Arkham himself. She swallowed her nerves of being inside this Asylum she had thought about in fear because of all of the inmates that have been or were still here as she knocked on Dr. Arkham's door. "Come in." she heard.

Amber took a deep breath and let it out before she turned the knob and walked in with a calm smile on her face. "Ah, Miss Andrews, welcome." he said.

"Thank you, Dr. Arkham." she said as she closed the door behind her.

"Now, as for your internship, you shall be an assistant to Dr. Arnold Chandler. His patients includes some of many of Gotham's criminals including one Dr. Jonathan Crane. A former psychiatrist here." he said.

She nodded. "Thank you once again, Dr. Arkham, for this internship. I can't tell you how much it means to me." she said softly as she smiled.

"Let's just hope you don't get caught up in the madness." He said before she left.

"Let's hope." she said quietly to herself before she made her way to Dr. Chandler's office.

She took a deep breath as she touched the door handle. With a soft turn, she opened the door and walked inside.

~Amelia~

Amelia moaned softly as she started waking up. As her eyes opened she noticed she was in a small, almost bunker like room. When her vision fully came back, she saw a bag with some clothes for her and quickly changed out of her pajamas. She found that the clothes in the bag were actually very decent clothes and they fit her just right.

"Amelia." she jumped and spun around to see Dr. Pavel.

"Oh sweet Jesus, Pavel, don't do that to me." She said as she put a hand to her heart. She was fine now that she had her dose of serum, but it still scared her.

"Are you alright?" he asked. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm fine now, but where are we? Who were those men?" She asked just as quickly.

"Look, you are better off not knowing for now." Pavel said softly.

Amelia gave him a look. "Pavel...Who-" The door opened and the muscled man that was leading the other thugs into the lab came right in. Amelia then looked to Pavel. "What did you do?" She asked very quickly.

"I had no choice." Pavel said.

"You see, the doctor here is going to help us. He is part of the whole plan." The masked man said as he looked at the two of them.

"I'm sorry." Pavel said to Amelia.

"And now thanks to him, so are you. We couldn't leave you behind to tell everyone of what we did." The man said. "You see, the good doctor here has a meeting with the C.I.A in a matter of two days. We will find out what they know about us and the good doctor's dealings with us. Even if we have to do a little damage control along the way."

Amelia was in shock as she tried to process all of the information rushing right at her. Dr. Pavel was then removed from the bunker room, leaving Amelia alone with the masked leader. The man was massive and could easily kill her in a matter of seconds if he wanted to.

But she couldn't help but be drawn to him almost instantly as she looked upon him. "So tell me, what is your name?" He asked as he continued to look at her.

"Is it really any of your business?" she asked smartly.

"Well, if you would prefer it, I can make it my business. Or you can tell me out of your own free will. The choice is really up to you." the man said.

"Amelia." she said softly.

"Amelia..." he said her name. "Pray tell, what happened at the lab."

"I have a heart condition. I have to give myself that injection I was about to perform on myself before you and your men invaded the laboratory... and the shock of what was happening had gotten too much for my heart to take, literally." she said.

"I see...so without that serum you could die, yes?" he asked.

"Yes. That was the main point." she said.

"Interesting." He said as he continued to look at her.

"Anything else you'd like to know?" she asked.

"No, I think I've got all of my questions answered." He walked to the door. "Oh, it would be wise if you didn't leave this bunker." His voice became serious as he shut the door behind him.