Darkness was only thing what he could see. The Scarecrow is used to be in the darkness but this was making him uneasy. The shades of black were so deep that he could actually feel them.

Hello darkness, my old friend

He heard a woman's voice singing gently, but he still couldn't see anyone in the dark.

I've come to talk with you again

Crane started to walk to the direction where the singing was coming. Or at least where he thought it was coming.

Because a vision softly creeping

He could see some small spot of light, which was similar to a star in the night sky.

Left its seeds while I was sleeping

It seemed that the spot was too far and it would take forever to reach it.

And the vision that was planted in my brain

Suddenly the spot gained some form. It was a street lamp and a park bench. On the bench was sitting a woman singing.

Still remains

As Crane got near her se looked up to him.

Within the sound of silence

"Dr. Crane" She smiled to him. Crane clearly recognize that was looking to a woman's face, but he could make anything out of it. As if he was seeing her and yet not really seeing her.

"Who are you?" he asked.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Crane, but I can't tell you my name." She responded, "Please, have a seat."

Crane was baffled over this woman. He sat down while looking at her suspiciously.

"Oh, please. Don't look at me like that." She said "I just want to get acquainted with you."

What does she mean by getting acquainted? Crane wondered.

All of a sudden the scenery changed from pitch black darkness in to a hall. Crane recognized that hall which was in his old high school. Everything was just like he remembered. Two rows of lockers extended to the wall on the other side. The row of lockers were cut by the class room doors. He could see only two figures leaning on the wall. By closer look he saw a younger version of himself kissing to girl. The girl was Sherry Squires.

"First love," Mystery woman said, "I remember mine. He was a total bastard. He was after one thing and when he got it, I was trash to him. But the nightmares I gave him after that. He wet his bed like a little boy."

"That's not how it was" Crane said in disbelieve while looking at the couple.

"No" she replied "but that's how you wanted it to be."

As she said that the hall was crowded by teenage student. The boy kissing Sherry changed in to Bo Griggs. Crane saw himself standing in front of his old school locker looking at the kissing couple. Other students called him names while they walked by him.

"I despise her." Crane said.

"You know what they say, Dr. Crane." She said "There's a fine line between love and hate."

"That was a long time ago." Crane replied. The whole situation was making him uncomfortable. He didn't want some stranger to dig in to his memories. He didn't want to remember them.

"Oh, the nights go by so fast" The woman said. Crane didn't have time to even think when he heard someone shouting.

"Wake up you scumbags!" Guard shouted. Crane opened his eyes and stared at his cell ceiling. He was in the Arkham Asylum in his cell.

A dream? He thought. A product of my unconscious?

"What were you dreaming about?" He heard a familiar voice. It belonged to Jervis Tetch.

"You were talking in your sleep, but I couldn't make out what were you saying. Was it Alice?" Hatter said.

"No" Crane replied with a cold tone.

A word from the author: I had this plot formed in my head and I finally got down to write the first chapter. First sorry if my english sounds bit bad, since english is not my native language. If you see grammar or expression errors, please tell so that I could do better next time. Also please read and review with constuctive criticism.

The Lyrics in the beging is from a song The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel

Finally I don't own DC characters.