The Sound of the music pumped threw the club. Melody looked around the

room of people having fun and dancing. She looked at the ground and siyed. This had been the first night in a long time she had been able to get off work and she couldn't enjoy a thing. She had no friends, no one to depend on, not even Terry would speak to her. That is if she would try to. She was sure he hated her. Batman had told her so. She felt like crying. She walked across the room in between the teens her age having fun laughing. She stepped out the door into the rain and ran to the railing that looked over the sea. She wanted to cry but she couldn't. It wouldn't change a thing. Melody had lost every thing. Everything that she ever loved. The only thing she had now was her brother who she bailed out of jail. She put her head in her arms tucked away so that no one would see her.

"Hay looks like we've got a chick all dolled up just for us!" a man said looking at Melody.

She looked up and suddenly felt herself nudge away.

"Jokers, what are you doing here?" She said with eyes covered in fear.

"We've come to take you with us toots."

"Ya right."

"Ok then. Boys take her down!" the head joker said commanding the other jokers to attack.

The first one ran at her. Melody had not fought for so long but she still new how to defend herself. He threw a punch at her. Melody jumped to the side dodging the blow. Then as he still had his arm reached out she grabbed his hand and twisted it putting it up to his back. Then she lifted up on his arm, pulled her other hand under his neck, and pushed up causing pain to his neck. He dropped to the ground. The next one ran at her a screaming and a hollering. She quickly before he could attack grabbed his arm then jumped into the air so her hole body was vertical, and took one of her legs too kick him in the shoulder with her body strait then she span over his head wall still holding his hand and pushed his hand into the arm lock again. She turned around still holding his hand in the lock, then pulled him up higher than she would of been able to if she had been facing him and brock his arm. Then she kicked the next one to the ground and another one in the face connecting the kick. She then was ready too hit the next one when a shadow was caste over them. She looked up to see Batman Beyond fly down to take down the last two jokers.

"Having trouble I see." he said smiling.

She grabbed her bag and was ready to walk away when-

"Hay were are you going?" he asked.

"Home!" She said seriously.

"What's wrong?"

"You know darn well what's wrong." she said stopping to look back at him.

"No I don't."

"Ah, I have no one! No body cares for me!"

"That's not true what about your brother?"

She looked at the ground as if she had been hurt.

"What's wrong? What did I say?"

"My brother... He died."

Batman Beyond/ Terry's eyes became big.

"Oh... I'm sorry. What happened."

"The police, there jerks. They... they thought that he was connected with the attack my parents maid on what ever. They shot him when we were trying to get away from something we didn't do." she felt tears form in her eyes. "So now I have no one. Nothing to hold onto really." She said looking back at him. "Even you don't care any more!" She said yelling at him. "My parents replaced me a long time ago with some girl. But it doesn't matter any more." She said looking away.

"Why not."

"Because no one cares for me any more. I'm on the run now because of the my family. And... and it's just too much now!"

Terry walked over to place a hand on her shoulder.

"I care."