Chapter 1

Mystery opened her eyes; the dark room was blurry and out of focus. A faint light was visible under the door lighting the room enough for Mystery to see the silhouettes of a bed side table and a chair. Somebody's arm hung loosely from the chair and a slight snoring sound came from its owner. Mystery tried to sit up but found her body restrained to the bed with leather straps. Mystery blinked a few times and the room came back in to focus; she could now see the outline of the person in the chair. A simple fishtail plat rested in the owner's right shoulder and fell down onto their chest. Their head was tilted to the left with their cheek resting on the other shoulder. Mystery flinched as the lights came on as a doctor walked in carrying a clip board. The female doctor smiled when she saw that Mystery was awake. Mystery recognized her psychiatrist immediately.

"Welcome back to the world Storm." Rebecca stated in a happy tone, but Mystery flinched at the mention of her real name. A name she had discarded with the death of John. Her eyes locked on to the girl that was sleeping in the chair. Kat. Rebecca walked over to Kat, who had not even stirred when the lights suddenly came back on, and shook her slightly. Kat's blue eyes fluttered open and looked at the Rebecca in shock.

"Oh my God, I fell asleep again I am so sorry." Kat blurted out without taking a breath her blond plat fell down her back as she turned to the doctor. Mystery snorted at Kat's attempts to apologies which got Kat's attention. Kat jumped to her feet; the joy on her face could not be measured on any scale.

"Storm thank God you're okay. I heard they had sent you to Arkham and then into Arkham city. You could have been killed. When I found out you were alive and in Gotham General I could not get here any faster." Kat blurted out forgetting to breath. Mystery pulled on the restraints keeping her arms strapped to the bed; for a moment she wanted to hug Kat but then remembered she was no longer Storm Connors or the girl Kat was friends with. Kat ran over hugging Mystery tightly dislodging the oxygen mask on Mystery's face.

-?-

The Rebecca asked Kat to leave so she could talk to Mystery in private. Mystery's face went from a slight feeling of happiness to hate.

"Hello Rebecca." Mystery replied bluntly glaring at her psychiatrist.

"It's Doctor Morgan from now on. I tried to be a friend to you when you were first brought to Arkham but now I am your psychiatrist. Now you have regained consciousness you will be transferred to your old cell in Arkham." Doctor Morgan explained as she pulled an orange jumpsuit and a white tank top out of the draw in the bedside cabinet. Mystery clenched her fists at the thought of returning to the asylum. Doctor Morgan unbuckled the leather restraints around Mystery's waist finally allowing her to sit up properly; the restraints around Mystery's wrists and ankles still remained. Doctor Morgan walked into the adjoining bathroom so she could see if there was any way for Mystery to escape; Doctor Morgan came back after a few minutes and undid the final restraints. Mystery rubbed her wrists where the straps had been; she sat in the bed wondering for the last few minutes why she felt numb.

"What did you do?" Mystery yelled at Doctor Morgan.

"Sorry, Storm but we had to keep you sedated to stop you hurting yourself or anybody else for that matter." Doctor Morgan explained as she handed Mystery the tank top and jumpsuit. "You may get changed in the bathroom and I checked there is no way for you to escape."

Mystery glared at her doctor as she took the clothes into the bathroom.

-?-

The lino was cold on her bare feet and the light was too bright for her eyes. She closed the door behind her the lock clicked as the door softly closed. Mystery sighed, she could feel the sedatives flowing through her veins; she looked up from her clothing in her arm and stared straight into the mirror. Mystery's face had two long cuts across her face the blood had clotted leaving two lines of reddish-brown dried blood. She finally noticed her left hand was wrapped in a new, clean and sterilized bandage and the wrapping was neater that the rushed job she had done in Arkham City. Her slim body was dressed in a hospital gown and the short sleeves did not cover the bandage that was wrapped around the stitches in her upper right arm. Mystery unfolded the jumpsuit and some underwear fell to the floor. Mystery put the underwear on then pulled the white tank top over her head; the clothes she had been given fitted perfectly. Her jumpsuit lay in a heap on the floor next to the hospital gown and as she bent down to pick the jumpsuit off the floor she noticed the bandage wrapped completely around her right thigh; Mystery ignored it as many things happened in Arkham City. Her jumpsuit had 'Connors' printed on the back with 'Arkham Asylum' printed underneath and her prisoner number was printed on the front, '037358'. Mystery pulled the jumpsuit over her body being careful not to catch any of the bandages or her hair in the fabric; she buttoned up the front but left the top four buttons undone to reveal the white tank top. Mystery held out her arms as she looked at the sleeves of the jumpsuit; they were way too long for her liking so she folded the cuffs back until the sleeves reached the middle of her forearm.

-?-

Doctor Morgan knocked at the door then tried the handle.

"Storm, we need to be leaving now." Doctor Morgan said with a stern impatient tone. Mystery gritted her teeth together as she opened the door. The doctor was no longer alone; four Arkham security guards stood behind her. A pair of white ballerina pumps were sat on the bed next to a pair of white trainer socks. Doctor Morgan gestured for Mystery to put them on; Mystery reluctantly complied. The second Mystery had put both sets of items on her feet two guards wrestled Mystery into handcuffs and ankle cuffs that were connected with a long chain. Two guards gripped Mystery's upper arms tightly; the guard on Mystery's right tightened his grip around her bullet wound. Mystery hissed in pain as the guard went to retaliate but was shot down by Doctor Morgan.

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Two more guard stood outside the room; one either side of the door. The guard on the right seemed to be struggling to restrain a very distressed Kat.

"Storm, i wont let them take you again." Kat yelled as tears fell down her face then she turned to the guard restraining her. "Get off me! Get off me now!" Kat shoved the guard backwards so she was free. She flung her arms around Mystery, who just stood there in shock, and she started crying. The guards pulled Kat away from Mystery, who stood quietly as she fought against the sedatives in her system. Finally she broke through.

"Let her go!" Mystery yelled stopping the commotion with those three words. The tone in her voice frightened Kat as she had never heard Storm speak out of anger; but Storm had not surfaced through the entire situation Mystery was the dominant personality.

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