A little girl's worst Nightmare
Katherine Baxter sat at her dressing table applying the last of the makeup she had been applying as her Daughter Amanda aged 10 sat on the end of her bed watching her.
"You look pretty Mom" Amanda said. Katherine smiled at the girl's reflection in her mirror. "Thankyou angel" she replied. Amanda smiled and went back to the book she was reading when Katherine start laughing for no reason. "What's so funny?" Amanda asked. But Katherine was in constant giggles and it freaked Amanda out quite ok.
"Mom, stop it you're scaring me" she begged. Katherine was laughing harder and finally collasped onto the floor, face down.
Amanda looked at her with confusion.
"Mom, mom are you ok?" Amanda asked, getting down from the bed and kneeling next to Katherine's unconcious body.
"Mom, wake up" she begged, close to tears but katherine didn't respond. Shaking, Amanda tunred over Katherine and saw something that made her scream bloody murder. Katherine's eyes were wide open and she had a large, creepy grin spread across her face. Amanda screamed and ran out of her apartment, unable to look at Katherine's face. The little girl darted down the stairs and into the busy streets. She didn't like going out in the streets of Gotham city by herself at night time but she knew that she couldn't go back to her apartment so she ran down the street.
It had passed Midnight and Amanda was still wondering the streets. She was scared and cold. She wrapped her arms around her shoulders to keep herself warm but it was no use due to the t-shirt she was wearing. She placed her hands in her jeans pocket and hurried along the sidewalk. The streets were busy and there were people either shouting or fighting and this terrified Amanda so she ran into an alleyway and crawled into an old cardboard box.
"Why my mom?" she whsipered before passing out.
A horde of policecars and Ambulances had gathered outside Amanda's apartment. A neighbour had discovered Katherine's dead body after Amanda did a runner.
"Looks like she fell victim to another one of those Smilex products" informed a police officer as he identified the body closely.
"Was there anyone else in the apartment?" another police officer asked the neighbour Mrs finngan, A woman in her mid fifties.
"Well I heard Little Amanda screaming, I hurried from my apartment as quickly as possible but by the time I got there, katherine was dead and Amanda had gone" she informed. "Do you think she may have got scared, ran away or much worse?" he asked. Mrs Finngan shrugged.
"I dunno, there was no sign that the could have been kidnapped so I'm guessing she ran away in fright". The Police officer nodded.
Meanwhile, Bruce Wayne and his trustworthy butler Alfred where going for a drive when they noticed something strange in one of the alleyways.
"Stop Alfred" he informed. "What is it sir?" the elderly Butler asked as Bruce jumped out of the car and ran into the Alley. "Sir, What are you doing?" Alfred asked as he followed him into the Alleyway. Bruce was rooted on the spot staring at something.
"Call 911 Alfred" he ordered. The butler looked passed Bruce's shoulder and looked. He was looking at a small child in a cardbox box, Unconcious."Call 911" Bruce repeated. The Butler nodded and ran back to the car. Bruce walked up to the girl and knelt down beside her. She was alive, she was still breathing but she was just unconcious.
"What's a young thing like you doing out here?" he asked as he stroked her hand. Suddenly, the girl moaned. She was starting to come round.