Disclaimer: This story is based on The Batman Season 2 Episode 12 Strange Minds. I mainly focus on Yin's version of events in this fan fiction, so I'll be adding a few things that weren't in the episode. Any credit for the characters and references go to the creators of The Batman.
Twisted Flashback
Chapter 1
Detective Ellen Yin awoke in a drunken daze inside her car. She blinked her eyes several times as they adjusted to the dim lighting of the street where her car was parked. She looked around, unsure of where she was. She saw the familiar Gotham PD building where she usually worked. The street was relatively quiet, with several cars passing by. Oddly, she couldn't really remember how she had come to be inside her car. She glanced at her watch. It was already 10:30; her shift had finished half an hour ago. There would only be a few officers around at this time.
She started her car and peeled away from the curb. She picked up speed down the road and came up to the bridge, which was still fairly busy at this late hour. Most of the cars were taxis; probably people on their way home from parties, she thought. As this thought went through her mind Yin realised that she didn't know what day it was. This unsettled her a bit, but she soon forgot about it as a wave of tiredness came over her. She thought over whether she would go to sleep or have a hot shower as she exited the bridge and turned into the street where her apartment building was situated.
She pulled up next to her apartment and stopped the engine. Just as she was about to get out of her car, she opened the glove compartment and took out her commlink which had been given to her by Batman. She had made it a habit to keep it on her wherever she went, ever since Riddler had uncovered her partnership with Batman to the villains of Gotham. Yin knew she was a target now; the memory of being trapped in a giant Jack-in-the-Box still gave her nightmares. She noted that Joker had kidnapped her on a night very similar to this one, catching her off guard as she had been tired from a long day. This thought seemed to stick in her mind for a few moments, trying to warn her that something was amiss. However she shrugged it off and, after locking her car, marched towards the building.
She paused at the front door. She suddenly had the feeling that she was being watched. She quickly turned around and scanned the deserted street. Naturally there was no one else around; her neighbours would be in their rooms by now. She was alone. But at the back of her mind a voice was urging her to be cautious. Yin decided to take this voice seriously and loosened the strap of her gun holster slightly before opening the door and going inside. Across the street, in a darkened alleyway, a face grinned in Yin's direction from behind the tinted glass of a normal looking pizza van.
Hope you enjoyed the first chapter. What do you guys think? Let me know if you want more of this story. Chapter 2 won't be as short hopefully.