Disclaimer: I don't own anything about Batman. Neither the comics, nor the movies or the scenerios etc. I am just a simple fanfiction writer.

A/N: My native language is not English so if I made any grammar mistakes, please ignore them. Thanks.

Fear the Dark

When she woke up, an arm was wrapped around her waist, holding her close. For once, Selina felt peaceful and happy. None of them wanted to wake up, because they just wanted to stay in their warm bed, holding each other tightly. But they had no idea of those people who broke into the house while they were sleeping.


Bruce woke up, took a cold shower and kissed Selina lightly on her lips, leaving her in bed to sleep. He gave Alfred a few days off so he was now going to prepare the breakfast. He was in such a good mood that he felt like he could do anything, anywhere. Yet, when he saw a letter on the table, he knew something was wrong. He slowly made his way to the table and picked up the letter. When he openned it, there was a little card and these sentences written on it "White when dirty, black when clean. What is it?"

He, for a long time, just stared at the card, reading the sentences over and over again. But then someone's arms wrapped around his waist from behind him, and he smiled.

"Good morning." She whispered in his ear, then she saw the card. "What is it?"

"I don't have the slightest." He replied, turning his back to face Selina. "Breakfast?"

Selina smiled. "Yes, please." Then they went to the kitchen to prepare the breakfast together.


A week later…

Bruce had been getting these cards ever since that day a week ago. He had no idea what these were and he had no idea who was putting them on his kitchen table. That was why, tonight, he was going to stay awake.

He wore his Batman suit and at eleven o'clock, he started to wait in the kitchen. He was in the corner, the darkest place of the kitchen. For two hours, he stood there, waiting. When he thought finally that no one was going to show up, two guys with black t-shirts and trousers entered the kitchen from the window. One of them had a letter in his hand and the other was looking around, in case someone caught them.

"Hey boys." Bruce called them, trying to get their attention. They froze and looked at each other. That's when Bruce jumped at one of them, kicked him in the face and grabbed the other one from his neck, squeezing it till his pulse was slowing down.

"Who are you working for?" Bruce hissed at him.

He was trying to breathe while answering him. "The… rid…"

"Say it loudly!" Bruce yelled at him. But because he squeezed his neck so much, the guy fainted in the end. Now the guys were both lying on the ground, unconscious.

Bruce kneeled down and took the letter, and opened it to find another card from that mysterious person.

"What do you throw away that keeps returning?"

"Okay, this is enough." Bruce said and slapped the guy who he kicked him in the face. One of them had to wake up so Bruce could find out what these cards were all about. He slowly opened his eyes, and looked at him then screamed because he saw someone standing behind the Batman.

"If you don't want my claws ripping your throat off, start talking." Selina said coolly. She was in her cat costume as usual.

"Please don't harm me." The man said when he struggled under Batman's weight. Bruce punched his face. "Someone open the lights!" the man screamed. "You're Batman! If someone open the lights, you'll go. Right?!"

Selina laughed at his stupidness when Bruce punched his arm this time. "Why? Are you scared of dark? Sorry, but I don't go away with light. So now, tell me. Who the hell are you working for?"

The man still couldn't see his face which scared him but he knew he had no other choice to tell them who he was working for.

"I am working for… The Riddler."


Bruce and Selina were sitting in the living room, watching TV. But none of them were interested in the movie that was being played. They had something in mind and it was The Riddler. Who was he? What did he want? They both had no idea.

"How are we going to find him?" Selina asked him.

"He will find us." Bruce said and smiled. He had something in mind, it was obvious. But she was so curious to find it out.

"How?"

"I am going to write my own riddle and send it to that person with one of those guys." Bruce said and smiled. He had those guys in the basement since last night. He knew they would come in handy some time.

"Write your own riddle? Well isn't it wonderful! I wanna help you." Selina said happily as if she was going to discover something new.

Bruce laughed at her reaction and then got up, took a paper and a pencil, then sat back beside Selina. "Okay, so let's write."

"People are scared of me but they also need me. In the dark, you can always see me. Under the light, you won't know me. Who am I?"

"Wow. This is pretty cool, huh?" Selina said and they both smiled at each other. Now they knew how to play this game.


The next day, they woke up and found themselves in a cage, which pissed them both off. It seemed like The Riddler got and solved their riddle already. But they couldn't quite understand how they could be kidnapped while sleeping? They should have heard those people coming into their room.

"Welcome to my humble world!" someone said with a loud voice. When they looked at him, they saw him standing on a stage elevator. They were in a weird place. All the walls were full of question marks, and the floor was green. This was getting weird and weird by second.

"I am so glad to meet Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle as themselves. Meeting you as Batman and Catwoman would be boring." He said and smiled. He had a walkingstick in his hand which was formed as a question mark and he had that hat which magicians mostly used. This man is a complete jerk Bruce thought. But he was about to learn that he was pretty wrong.

"When is a floor like a puzzle?" he asked him, still smiling.

Before Bruce could answer, their cage opened under them as the floor broke apart. They both fell down.

The stage elevator started working downwards and The Riddler was there again, in front of them.

"Oh, sorry. My fault." He said and laughed. He was one hell of a mad man.

Bruce stood up and started running towards The Riddler but then he was again trapped in another cage. He punched the irons of it but it only made him hurt himself.

"Tsk tsk tsk. You have to answer my riddle first, Mr. Wayne." The Riddler said and showed him his new riddle on a big screen.

A robotic voice read the riddle on the screen. "My thunder comes before the lightning, my lightning comes before the clouds, my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?"

Neither Bruce nor Selina had the answer. Selina stood up, and jumped on The Riddler as fast as she could. She didn't want to be caught to one of his stupid cages. This guy was annoying and he needed a really good punishment.

But when she stepped on the wrong marmoreal on the ground, a rope wrapped her feet together and suddenly she was upside down, struggling, trying to reach her feet so maybe she could free herself.

The Riddler jumped from the stage elevator and started walking towards her. "Oh, come on now my dear. You should have figured how this game works."

The screen showed another riddle of him and read it out loud. "Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown."

"Enough!" Bruce shouted at him from the cage, still trying to find a way out. "I am sick and tired of your stupid riddles!"

"I am sorry Mr. Wayne but the more you complain, the more riddles you get. From now on, anything you say besides the answer, you will get one more riddle to solve." He said and continued "But… Well, I can be a good person too. So, you both have three hints. Each of you. Just know how to use them right." He said and disappeared from their sight.

The Riddler sat on a sofa that was placed far from them and started watching their reactions. He looked at his watch, already bored. He wondered when they were going to manage to know the answers.

Bruce and Selina were panicked because they had no idea of the answers. They had no choice but to use the hints. Since childhood, Selina hated puzzles and riddles. And Bruce never spent time to those kind of things.

Sadly, this was going to be a hell for them…


I know this was a short chapter but I've been very busy these days. But the next chapter will be much longer, I promise!

Please review. Your reviews mean a lot *heart*

P.S. : And I think some of you really wonder the answers for the riddles, right? So here are the answers;

White when dirty, black when clean. = Black Chalk Board

What do you throw away that keeps returning? = Boomerang

My thunder comes before my lightning, my lightning comes before the clouds, my rain dries all the land it touches. = A Volcano

Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown. = Time