Note: This took some time from me but I hope you are happy. Special thanks to Robin0014. You should check her story A pack of Jokers too!


Chapter 1 - Welcome to the madhouse

Young, about fifteen year old girl sat bored in her cell. She had blond curls that reached on her shoulder blades. Bright blue eyes were sane and relaxed. Too sane in this place. None of these prisoners or patients gaze were that sane in here.

All of a sudden the girls gaze focused from her nails to two guards who stood outside of her cell door.

"Did you hear? Joker is coming back today" One of those guards spoke.

"No way! Do you remember last week? That crazy son of a bitch is coming back?" The other guard said. The girl in cell was raised on a better position on her bunk. She listened closely what the guards said.

"Of course I remember. That lunatic killed at least three guards on my team on his way out" The guard on left shivered when he remembered the last week. Also the girl in the cell seemed to remember that. She remembered what kind of a hassle had been created when one of the most dangerous lunatic ever ran away from Asylum. Security was tightened but there maybe was another reason. Blackgate prison was transferring a large amount of prisoners in Asylum because there had been a mysterious fire in there. The girl in cell was moved here just little time before the fire.

Escape episode on last week was caused by the most famous criminal in Gotham City. Crazy clown looking Joker can pull up anything from bank robbery to taking lollipop from a baby. His only target was to create as much chaos as possible. And obviously cause trouble to the bat.

Light went off suddenly. The girl stood up and looked around alerted. The lights went back on soon but outside the cell guards seemed nervous. The girl seriously thought that they would panic.

"What the hell was that?"

"I don't know man. Let's check it out. And you girl! Stay where you are!" The guards started to jogg away without even checking the girl.

Still standing the girl shaked her head disappointed. She went back, sat on her bunk but this time more alert instead of a recent lazy position. The girl sensed that everything wasn't completely right. The time passed slowly and nothing happened.

The girl woke from her slumber just when the tv turned on. The white-painted womans face was very close to the screen. The woman had a purple mask and her blonde hair was on two wavy pigtales. The girl recognized the woman immediately.

"Hi Harley, what you doing?" The girl said with a fake girly tone. She was just behind her cell door to see Harley Quinn on a tv screen.

"Listen up kid! Today is Joker's big homecoming and Mistah J thinks that you might be useful" Harley smiled to the girl, especially when she said "Mistah J".

"Very well. What can I do for you? You know that I'm all ears" The girl was interested but not because the homecoming. It was because she wanted to get the hell out of here.

"Here is the deal. I cut you break and you go out there and make as big chaos as you possibly can. Anything that is trouble for B-man is good"

"So he is here as well?"

"Yeah Raven, and in fact he is the guest of honor. So, do we have a deal?"

"I think we have. Go out and create chaos. Sounds easy for me" The girl called Raven replied. When she finished talking Harley pushed one of the bottoms and Raven's cell door opened.

"And Harley?" Raven continued as she walked away.

"Yes Chick?" Harley who was just about to close the screen turned to Raven to continue the conversation.

"Where the hell is my stuff?" Raven asked as she pointed out her orange jumpsuit she was wearing.

"I'm afraid to tell, but you gonna have to find it out yourself" This time Harley shut down the connection and Arkham Asylum's logo went back on the screen. Raven shaked her head. Couldn't that Joker's puppet help her more? Probably this was one of Joker's sick jokes. Well, who cares, Raven always came up with something.

Actually Raven feld sorry for Harley. She used to work here in Arkham Asylum as a psychiatrist. Her first patient was Joker. Nobody knew the exact story what had happened between those two but somehow Harley had made herself to belive that Joker was in love with her. Harley "slightly" felt the same way about his so called feelings.

Harley was kind of one of the clown prince of crime's victims but she was still a very dangerous one. She was completely on his leash and extremely capable to fight. She wasn't known as the smartest one but Raven knew better. Harley was once one of the psychiatrists here.

Raven looked around her. In this room there was nobody with her except echo scientist Mr. Freeze but his cell was deep frozen.

Raven studied the floor. She knew that if any of the inmates tried to escape the floor's electricity was plugged on. However the electricity was still turned off even though Raven was out and her cell door was open. She supposed this was because of Harley. Raven still tried to move fast. Harley and her beloved "Mistah J" would think that it's a funny joke to turn on the floor's electricity just because that way things wouldn't be too easy for Raven.

Raven knew that she was in Penitentiary. Sometimes she was moved from her cell to talk nonsense to the doctors. And after her latest interview she was locked up to isolation. There had been three different doctors who had tried to "cure" Raven.

Most of the prisoners were locked up in Penitentiary. The craziest people were here and some of the more sane ones too. But those who were the most dangerous and needed to be observed more than others were located in Intensive Treatment. If Raven were crazy, she would maybe someday end up there with the big bosses.

Raven went quickly to the door to take one out of the chamber. She hesitated a moment at the door and then turned around. She ran towards the door opposite the outdoor and walked in. She hesitated again but then she noticed a tape which was probably left behind by some doctor. Raven checked the tape and saw her own name on it.

"Taped patient interview. Bonnie Simpson, A.K.A. The Raven" Cassidy's voice was heard on the tape.

"Well hello to you Doc. Are you trying to make sense of me?" Raven sounded mocking and disrespectful.

"I'm here to help you"

"So I hear. Well am I a crazy bitch?" Raven snorted.

"Of course not. So Bonnie, do you know why you are here?" Cassidy asked.

"I assume that you are going to tell that Doc"

"Well you murdered brutally officer Brown and..."

"Yeh, yeh. Business is business and he was a son of a bitch" Raven's voice sounded despised as she spoke.

"When you say business I assume that you mean you think yourself as an assassin?" Cassidy tried to pressure.

"Some days I am, some days I am not. But tell me something. Why am I really here? Why am I not in Blackgate? Why was I transferred into this mad house?"

"I just told you why you are here and..." Raven cut Cassidy short in the middle of a sentence.

"I asked you why I am really here Doc. Why am I not in Blackgate like usually. And don't try to lie to me, I'll know the truth sooner or later" Raven's voice changed and sounded now threatening.

"This interview is over. Guards, take her back into her cell" There were some rattle when the prisoner was moved out of the room.

Raven put the tape down. She smiled a little bit because of the interview and her first dumb doctor. Raven left the tape where it was and this time she exited the room without even looking at Mr. Freeze's icy cell. Almost immediately when the girl stepped out of the room she had to cover her ears with her hands. Completely lunatics' screams were heard through the iron doors. Raven needed to calm herself down. When she was ready she passed swiftly out of the hallway. Behind the next door it was even louder fuss because there were no iron doors to block the screams.

There were numerous amount of lunatics locked up in cells. They screamed, smacked, laughed or, even it was possible to perform all of those at the same time. Raven put her hands on her ears again and tried to escape as fast as possible from this chaotic space. She couldn't stand loud noises so she wanted out and fast.

Hainted Raven rushed around until she almost tripped. Confused Raven viewed the object that almost spill her ground. There was a green question mark from another prisoner, Riddler, left right in the view. Typically trophies were hidden better and just not left to lay around on the floor. Now it was overturned because of Raven's stumbles. She straightened her hand to pick up the trophie but at the same moment when Raven's skin touched the trophie she was forced to pull her hand away because the trophie gave her a nasty electric shock.

"You fool. That isn't for you." Riddler's voice came out of nowhere.

Raven sighed as she continued her run and cursed Riddler at the same time. Raven didn't knew anything that was more annoying than him. Even thought she didn't knew him very well.

Riddler was almost as famous as Joker but still Raven would rather hang out with him than the clown. Riddler got obsession towards all riddles and anything similar. He even spoke most of the time with riddles and left hints at his crime scene to get attention.

Riddler walks around wearing green obtrusive suit with a cane in his hand. His whole essence was irritating but his obsession towards the Dark Knight's identity and his continuing tries to prove to be better than Batman made him really pesky.

When Raven arrived to the hallway and the thick door was closed the voices of the lunatics were a little bit quieter. In the hallway there was a red light and the girl couldn't help to roll her eyes.

It took only a moment and she was so far away that the noises disappeared completely and suddenly she was rounded by silence. Raven had entered into dressing room where normally the staff changed their clothes. And the room was empty.

She found her way out of the building where she was before kept as prisoner in one boring cell without anybody to talk to. A couple of guards who called Raven crazy or psycho where not included in that.

Raven stopped for a minute. The moon gloved in the sky and it created a spooky feeling anywhere. Asylums yard was just like straight from a horror movie.

Raven stood on the balcony and she had a great view to the whole western part of the island. Opposite of the Penitentiary was the Medical Facility. Raven noticed some movement in front of the Facility. Suddenly somebody screamed bloodcurdlingly but the voice was cut quickly. Soon another scream was heard but this time it reminded more animal than human.
Alert Raven got down the abrut stairs. The blond noticed a few guys walking around. All of them were muscular and much taller than Raven. She was quite short, but still. Based on the clothes the men weren't guards and most of them didn't have any weapons and those who had carried only iron pipes.

Raven knew that she probably could beat these guys but she didn't want to take any risks without her stuff. First she had to find out where her stuff was and so far Raven didn't have any clue. She decided to start looking for them in Arkham Mansion. It was located in eastern part of the island and if one wanted to go there they needed to get through the northern part first. And to avoid Joker's henchmen, guards and the worst of all Batman. Raven wasn't afraid of him but she wasn't stupid. Without her stuff she didn't have a change against Batman and she would probably end up hanging upside down somewhere. That wasn't part of Raven's plans.

Carefully Raven walked in the shadows and avoided anybody to notice her on her way up to the western part. She didn't even stop to finish up one guard who was hiding from Joker's men.

When Raven got to the northern part she saw some Joker's henchmen pummeling Batman's car into peaces. Raven quietly tried to evade their attention and sneaked into the low building that was near the Batmobile. Agilely Raven climbed on the top of it. Like a ghost she crouched to watch those men.

"Hi guys. Can you help an innocent little girl?" Raven shouted. Men stopped pummeling and turned around to look at the lonely petite girl on the roof. Moonlight reflected at her blond curls and her pale skin looked almost white. The girl's pink lips were smiling mockingly so that her white teeth were exposed.

"That depends. What you give us back?" One of the henchmen asked. He eyed the girl and her orange jumpsuit suspiciously.

"How about I won't kill you. I'm sure that you all remember what happened to Brown when I was done with him" The men shivered when they remembered how Raven tortured officer Brown for hours and digged information for Penguin. Brown's body was cut so badly that it was hard to even recognise him. The coroner said he was alive when Raven cut his ears off. He was restored at the police station in penguin pattern package.

"How could you kill us? You don't have your fucking knives or your bow" This time the one who spoke was different from the one last time.

"That's why I need your help. But I can say that sooner or later I will find my stuff and if you don't help me you have my word that I am going to kill you and your friends and family and everything that is important to you in this fucking world" Raven's voice stayed light at the whole time and the smirk on her face never died as she spoke.

"You fucking bitch. Why don't you come down here with us?" The one who was closest said. At the same time he flicked his knuckles.

"Do you know what? I am a crazy bitch and I do what I want when I feel like it. And right now I feel that you need to keep that big mouth of yours shut or I need to cut your whole chin off. So are you morons going to help me or not?"

The men glared at Raven but didn't say anything.

"Good. So I want to know where the hell are my fucking stuff. Have you idiots seen them? And if you are tell me where my stuff is?" Raven sat down on the roof and let her other foot hang over the edge. She started to wave it carelessly.

"I think that they are in Arkham Mansion, but I am not sure." New man answered. He had an iron pole and he looked like he would be happy to hit Raven in the head with it.

Raven didn't give any answers when she dropped herself to the ground in front of the men and the Batmobile. She took few steps, avoided couple of fists and made a frontflip over the Batmobile. After that she made one cartwheel and turned to wave to Joker's henchmen. Then she ran to east.

A dark shadow flew above Raven. She stiffened completely and looked up worried. Giant bat glided towards the Batmobile. Raven didn't hesitate a bit when she throwed herself on the ground. She waited couple of seconds and then she got up and started to ran to opposite direction. When she reached the closest door she opened it and went in. She ran like hell in hallways. It took a moment from her to calm down and to move more carefully. She didn't knew her precise location but she knew that she was in Intensive Treatment. Couple of bodies were laying around. Some of them were dead but some of them were just knocked out.

She needed to be careful in Intensive Treatment. All of the most dangerous crazies were there. Joker should be locked up there but instead of that he ran along the island to arrange his party.

Raven took a few steps and took a deep breath but she ended up to regret it almost immediately. She coughed. Raven's eyes went big from horror. Scarecrow was somewhere in here. And his gas rounded Raven everywhere.


Note: Don't forget R&R. The next chapter will be up next Sunday. And by the way I don't think that about Riddler really. Raven just thinks so. And isn't this fun? Dear old Jonny's fear gas is in the next chapter.