It was a crisp autumn morning. The yellow and red leaves, that had fallen during the season, left a loud crunch outside as people stepped on them. Possibly on their way to work this early. The sun was barely rising in the horizon, but was a beautiful sight to see if one gave the chance to look.
Paige VaSeer was adjusting her business suit. Today was the very first day at her first job as a doctor at the infamous Arkham Asylum. Where the clinically insane and the most feared criminals were being held. Maria, Paige's mother, wasn't in the slightest, very keen on the idea of having her daughter so close to criminals like the Joker. Paige had finished preparing herself and wandered out to the kitchen where Maria was waiting for her.
"I made you eggs and toast for breakfast sweetie. Figured you should get a nice and healthy meal before you head out to that dreadful place." Maria said with obvious disdain in her voice. Paige groaned and rolled her eyes. She knew her mother never approved of her career choice.
"Mom relax. It's not like am a mafia boss or criminal. I'm just a Gothom citizen with a well paying job."
"I suppose your right dear, but do be careful... Especially around that sadistic clown."
"Yes Mom..." Paige said silently. Her mother always talked about the Joker. So much that she wasn't sure if it was fear or admiration.
Hastily Paige finished her breakfast and trodded out the door into her silver Honda Civic. She drove drove away from her home and towards Arkham. The large metal arch stood on the entrance of Arkham and said Arkham Asylum.Wild greenery grew from every open spot. It was an eerie scene, the outside of Arkham.
Instinctively Paige pushed back the creepiness of the outside of the Asylum and pulled into the driveway. She exited her vehicle and walked to the front entrance. There were two armored guards as she approached. They nodded and allowed her to pass. Paige opened the double doors to reveal a large room with a long, dark hallway. The flooring and walls were stone and moss grew around them. The ceiling was a dark gray and an echo of screams and chants ran through the halls. There ws also a definate section on the down the hallway that was seperated by an brick pillars and elctrical fences. The side Paige was one was full of doctors in white labcoats and more armored cops that said GCPD on their chest. While the other side was full of prisoners and inmates.
Although stone pillars and an electrical fence prevented the psychopaths from reaching the other side, Paige still felt a bit nasueated. A doctor approached Paige. He had short, messy blonde hair and brown eyes that could easily be seen through his glasses. The man wore a white labcoat like everyother doctor and black pants and if you looked hard enough you could see traces of blood on the coat. His face gave away weariness and a deep frown.
"You... Who... Are you? This is not the Visitor Center." His voice was deep and sounded with great irritation toward the female intruder.
"Pardon-Oh... My name is Paige VaSeer. I start my first day as a doctor here." She replied feeling intimidated by the male doctor.
"Ah yes.." The man adjusted his glasses and eyed the girl up and down, inspecting her. "The new girl. I was informed you would be coming. However..." He gave her a bored look. "I was expecting someone more...suitable."
Paige's heart sank. She had only been in Arkham for five minutes and she was already being shot down. Whoever this doctor was Paige didn't like him. The male doctor didn't take a fancy to the new female doctor either.
"Miss VaSeer if you would follow me please I will direct you to your office." The man turned his back and began walking away when Paige piped up.
"Excuse me... but I never got your name." There was a pause and the doctor refused to turn around.
"Eric Nomandy. Now let's go." Barked Eric and marched along, with Paige following him.
The two walked through several rooms containing more cops and doctors. One can never be to careful around criminals. After some time Eric led Paige to the Medical Facility. It was a four story building with white walls and floors. It felt slightly safer than it did when Paige first entered Arkham. Doctor Nomandy took Paige to an empty office with a stack of files on top of a gray desk. It was a decent sized room with the same wall paper and flooring as the outside. Paige thought silently to herself on how it could use more coloring...possibly green.
"This is your office." Eric pointed to the files on the desk" Organize those files, read them, and then a girl... Ashley Star will be by shortly to help you with your assaignment for the week."
Paige nodded and Eric left her alone to sort out her files. About two hours went by of reading and organizing the files. Criminal files of course. A few Paige had heard of while others she was completly clueless about. The ones she did know were Joker, how could she not know him. He was supposodly ying and yang with the vigilante Batman. Maria talked nonestop about him. There was also Jervis Teth, the Mad Hatter and Pamela Lillian Isley or Poison Ivy as she's so often called.
One name in particular caught her attention. She wasn't sure why, but she felt drawn to it. Edward Nigma or as everyone called him, The Riddler. The green, mysterious villian who always claimed his intellect was far above everyone else's. Constantly tormenting the citizens of Gotham with riddles and puzzles. A knock came to Paige's white door and a woman entered. She had long red hair that was kept back in a ponytail. Her eyes glimmered a bright blue that showed kindness in them. Like every other doctor she were a labcoat and black pants. Her smile was warm and welcoming while her lips and cheek were painted a dark red.
"Hello? Oh Hi! Names Ashley Star, you must be Paige VaSeer." Paige nodded and held out her hand to Ashley. She took Paige's hand happily and shook it.
"Nice to meet you. Eric said you would help me." Said Paige as she placed the files on her desk.
"Yep. You applied for taking care the Intensive Care patients." Ashley looked away and sighed. "I'm glad we have a new girl. Many don't want this job. Several have indeed died while others became a member of the Intensive Care themselves."
"Really like who?" Asked Paige.
"Our previous Director, Jonathan Crane, and another doctor. She was new like you. Her name is Harleen Quinzel, but she calls herself Harlequinn now."
Paige was shocked. She knew of Harleyquinn, but she didn't know that she was once a doctor here.
"It's true! Anyway it is your first day here and you need to visit your first patient. We'll set a schedule for you, but afterwards you're going to do it yourself.. With each interview, with your patients, you must record it. Jot down notable characteristics about each inmate. Speech patterns, body language, et cetera."
Ashley walked over to the stack of files and decided which inmates she would assaign to Paige to interview this week.
"Okay.. today you will talk to Selina Kyle. Tuesday will be Jervish Tetch, then Joker-"
Oh great... Joker, but I signed up for this. Paige thought
"Edward Nigma and finally Pamela Lillian Isley. Sound Good?" Ashley asked with a wide grin.
Paige nodded and went over her new schedule in her head. She was quite thankful that she receiced the weekends off. Paige smiled and thought how her life would change now that she was a doctor at Arkham.