This is my first Batman Begins fanfiction. I hope you guys like it. Just to let you know- I'm not very structured in how often I update my stories, so you might be waiting a while for some chapters. But don't be mad, I'll try to be regular!

DISCLAIMER: I Don't own Batman Begins or the Character of Jonathan Crane- If I did, he'd have his own movie :P

Beautiful Waste

PROLOGUE

3:00 PM

Arkham Asylum

Room 17

The door swung open without a knock. Bert the orderly stuck his head in. "Crane." He said gruffly. "Dr. Stewart thought we should introduce you to the new patient. She used to be a Psychiatrist, just like you." Jonathan raised an eyebrow.

Burt turned his head around. "Come on then Ms. Hale. Don't be shy." His giant hands pulled an extremely thin wrist through the door. The wrist was soon followed by the arm of a ghostly pale girl. She looked to be about twenty and had ebony hair cut to her chin, with a blunt fringe. She slowly looked up. Her eyes were startling emerald green.

"This is Ms. Alison Hale." Said Bert. She cleared her throat. "Doctor!" she protested, in a slightly raspy voice. Raspy, but with an edge of danger or violence of some sort.

Jonathan smirked. He always demanded that he be called Dr. but mostly to no avail.

"Charmed." He nodded at her. "And you. I've heard about your work." She answered with a slight smile. They regarded each other for a few seconds, then Bert coughed.

"Well." He grunted. "You'll have time to talk during free time after therapy." He turned towards Alison. "Come on Ms. Hale, I'll help you finish packing." She looked at Jonathan. "Till then." She breathed. He tilted his head. "Till then."

She turned on her heel and walked out the door. The light from an outside window shone on her briefly, allowing Jonathan to see the stark white bandages that covered both of her forearms. "See ya at therapy." Said Bert. He left, shutting the door.

Jonathan walked to his bed and sat down. 'She's cuuuute…" Wheezed Scarecrow, teasingly. "I'd like to have five minutes in the broom cupboard with that one, oh yeah!" Jonathan frowned. "Shut up."

End Of Chapter.

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