He was late. He should of broken out of Arkham by now, he knew she would kill him if he wasn't there. Letting out a sigh, she walked toward to stairwell to exit the roof and back into the apartment building. She briskly made her way down to the fifth floor of the nearly empty building. All her neighbors were involved in Gotham's underworld, mostly goons of infamous rouges. she had no fear of them and as long as they didn't annoy her they could live peacefully in the building together. Entering apartment 5B, she walked into the kitchen where her sister, Deka was washing dishes from tonight's dinner.

"I assume you are going to go break him out yourself?" Deka asked, as she shut off the water. "Or are you going to do something stupid like get caught, beat the shit out of him, then expect me to break both of you out?"

"He better have a good excuse for being late," she huffed as wrote down a number. "Also I am going to break him out but if things don't go right call this number there apart of his normal goons they will help you get us all out."

"I told you not to get involved with one of Gotham's infamous rouges," Deka said in a sing song voice.

"You're five years too late," she replied as she got a few supplies out of the closet. "Maybe if you were sober you could of actually done something. Keep Nate safe."

****Six Years Earlier*****

It had been a quiet few days since Jonathan Crane had been caught by batman and dragged back to this hell hole known as Arkham Asylum. Crane better known as Scarecrow had been the first of the infamous rouges to be brought back since there massive break out three months ago. Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter had joined him back in the high security part of Arkham two nights ago and last night Edward Nigma, the Riddler had been drug in by the bat.

"Who tripped the silent alarm?" Crane asked Nigma after they brought him back from changing into the orange Arkham jump suit and stripping him of all his personal effects.

"One of the buffoons Two-face loaned me," he grumbled as slumped onto his cot running a hand through his hair. "Two-face set me up. I could of easily walked in and out of that back with my normal crew and been playing with my pretty diamonds as Batman tries to solve my riddles. Those morons are still in Blackgate. Now I am stuck here with you."

"I expect Joker or Harley will be joining us within the month, and we'll be out again," Crane replied as he heard two orderly walking by the outer door gossiping.

"They say she killed two Blackgate guards in her last escape attempt, I heard the warden of Blackgate paid off a judge to declare her insane so now we have to deal with her," a whiny high pitch female orderly complained.

"What else is new Blackgate always make sure the worst of the worst get sent here, not like we have enough problem patients to deal with," replied a feminine sounding male voice. The rest of the conversation was lost as they moved away from their hallway.

"Wonder who they are talking about?" Crane asked, making small talk until breakfast.

"Some Jane Doe Batman caught when she tried to kill Commissioner Gordon," Nigma replied as he tried to fluff his pillow to make it more comfortable. "Same unacceptable conditions! Would it kill them to get us decent pillows!"

"She's an unknown," Tetch said as he stared at Enigma.

"They said she was a high profile assassin for Carmine Falcone. She doesn't exist in any crime database, dental records match no one, DNA not on file, she is a mystery I thought Batman would be too busy trying to figure out to notice me robbing a bank."

"Its like she dropped out of Wonderland," Tetch said absent mindlessly.

"Or just stayed off the radar her entire life," Crane noted as he heard alarms going off,, notifying an emergency lock down.

"Break out? Tetch said hopefully. "I really must go find Alice she is waiting for me."

"I highly doubt it is a break out," Nigma sighed as he heard guards rushing by mumbling about heading to intake. "But I think we are going to be getting a new cell mate."

"They wouldn't put some nobody in here with us, she has no recognition," Crane replied as he strained his ears to try to hear what was happening.

"She is an unknown," Tetch stated as he walked over to the glass of his cell next to Crane. "People fear the unknown."

"Do not speak to me about fear!" Crane growled, furious Tetch was speaking to him about his expertise. "I can make you live your worst fear right now!"

"I already am, I lost Alice!" he whined then threw himself onto his cot.

They could no longer ease drop as Tetch's wails filled the ward. Few minutes later the orderlies came in to sedate him, saying he was disturbing the other patients. It was a lie of course, they were separated from the general population and the only ones who could hear Tetch was the employees. Crain was glad for the silence as the drugs kicked in and Tetch wails turned into small mumbles of 'Alice'.

"I do believe I was right," Nigma stated as the door to their ward opened.

In marched Warden Sharp, followed by two orderlies pushing a table with a woman strapped down to it. Sharp unlocked the cell, and they pushed her into the cell next to Nigma and across from Crane. He could see she was in a straight jacket and had a mask over her mouth they used on patients who bite. They tilted the table so she was in a stand position and exited the cell as Sharp walked in.

"Those little antics you pulled today will not be repeated," he informed her as she stared at him with cold blue eyes. "Maybe a little time strapped to that table will teach you a lesson. We are a much stricter institute then Blackgate and you will find the punishments unforgiving for bad behavior. Enjoy your time here miss."

He left the cell and ordered the orderlies to get the guards to take Crane and Enigma to there normal activities for the day, and for breakfast to be brought to Tetch.

"Maybe a day without food will teach you not to bite a guard," Sharpe said as he slammed the door shut to the mysterious woman's cell. She remained quiet as Sharp left their ward as they were being chained to go to the dining hall. Crane watched as she just remained silent, not even struggling strapped to the table as the guard lead him out of the ward. The ward went back to being silent except for the occasional whisper of 'Alice'. Smiling to himself Crane found himself a new toy to play with until he broke out of Arkham.