There was no large welcome for her, no criminals shaking at the bars or climbing over the gates to swing a punch at her, she was a tad disappointed. Before the giant metal doors had opened a map was given to her to show directions to the flat she that she'd be staying while incarcerated in the city. In all honestly she felt like she knew Arkham City like the back of her hand so she found the place no problem at all.

Getting to Arkham City had taken long. In the back of an armoured truck, handcuffed but calm, they had only driven a couple of streets before she heard sirens coming left, right and centre. They were at a halt for a while as she could hear an argument right outside which she thought was going between Commissioner Gordon and one of the TYGER guards. Then moment's later the truck started back up again and went in the opposite direction from before and finally she found herself at the police station.

Filly was left in a interview room alone, everything was set up exactly in the way that movies show you; the dim lamp light, table with little hollows where someone had their head smashed. From the outside she could hear everything so clearly as if the conversation was taking place right in front of her. The door had opened and Gordon approached her and took a seat. He began to speak but Filly wasn't really listening, her thought's were on Arkham City. It was a scary thought, being stuck in a place filled with the most feared and dangerous criminals in Gotham, and no doubt there would be lots of the stupid ones too.

"I want to speak with Hugo Strange, please." she said interrupting Gordon. At first it looked as though he was about to ignore what she has asked but he only stared at her for a moment before nodding at her request then left the interview room.

It wasn't long until Hugo Strange joined her, she changed her posture, back straight, leg's crossed and arms folded and sitting tightly on the surface of the table. Although their encounter in Arkham asylum had been brief he hadn't seemed to care about her, she more like a thing that he just wanted out of the way and swept under the sofa and forgotten about. Filly carefully watched his actions; Strange wasn't as intimating as he thought it was, maybe she just wasn't frightened of him because she knew that he was only a pawn. When he walked in, strong and confident, demanding instant attention and respect had almost made her tumble off her seat in a laughing fit.

Hugo really didn't like being in here, as he wasn't in charge of the police station, sure enough he could have the Mayor on the phone in seconds who would happily let him do as he pleased but with Gordon and Bruce outside, who were probably listening in, made him feel very uncomfortable.

"Good evening Miss Rogers." he pulled up a chair and sat himself down, "The Commissioner and Bruce Wayne are fighting very hard to keep you out of Arkham City, they are quite protective of you."

She wasn't sure how to approach the conversation, but she just wanted to cut to the chase with him. "I will go to Arkham City but there are one or two things that'll need to be discussed."

"What do you wish to talk about Miss Rogers?" he asked folding his arms as if he was expecting her to have a list of typical, silly teenage things.

"I want to go back to my apartment and pack a couple of bags, fresh clothes, books. I want my own things, I will not wear a orange prison jumpsuit. And if you don't trust me I'll allow one of your TYGER guards to supervise me while I do it. Fair?"

"What else?"

"A good, safe apartment. Hot water and electricity, I heard that you air drop in food packages to the inmates and I think they're should be a better way to hand it out."

He chuckled, "My, my, these are quite the demands."

Way he spoke to her was as if she was a child. He tried to establish to her that he was the Boss, he was in charge and what he said was law, nothing would happen until he nodded or shook his head. It was highly amusing to her that she knew who was really pulling the strings

"I'm sure once the Commissioner and Mr Wayne have heard my decision and accepted it they to will also bring this up and most likely other subjects. I think that if you want me in Arkham City so badly, you'll listen to them and you will make promises and keep them."

Hugo Strange could deal with murderer's and Gothams worst but young adults he found extremely difficult. He never expected Emily to speak to him like that and it annoyingly got underneath his skin. He knew her profile and personality so her attitude and words took him by surprise. Strange had let his guard down and it infuriated him so but he smirked at her and pushed his glasses further up the bridge of his nose then intertwined his fingers together into a tight clasp. Leaning forward he made one last attempt to put her back in her place.

"My dear, I can make your life extremely difficult. Do not try and threaten me with your friends outside, I have much more power over them."

"But you're still uncomfortable around them," she pointed out, "Look, I don't care why you want me in Arkham City. I knew that I'd be going there sooner or later, all I ask is that I have a good place to stay, have my own clothing and make some sort of deal about the food packages. You don't need to make it into a big huge deal."

He didn't reply to her, instead he stood and tucked his chair under the table and left the room without a word leaving Emily to sit and worry. For another half an hour she sat there listening to shouting, then when Bruce and Gordon came in to chat with her there was even more shouting but no matter what they said to try and convince her to fight her way out of going to Arkham City she wouldn't change her mind. Emily was rushed away to her flat, accompanied by a TYGER guard, and allowed to back three bags, most of her wardrobe, underwear, books, pads, pens, toothpaste and toothbrush. Once each bag was double checked they were back in the truck and heading to Arkham City.

And now she was here. It was a quick process, her eyes were taken a scan of and her fingerprints, a patient interview time list was given to her and the keys to her new home in Park Row.

Emily expected the worst when she opened the door to her new apartment but the door swung open revealing a clean looking living room and kitchen, sure the carpet needed hoovering and the taps needed a polish but it was respectable. The bathroom and her bedroom were exactly the same, she grinned to herself in relief when she found her bags sitting on the sofa and all her belongings were inside, nothing was missing.

It was very late, the time had past 10pm and outside everything was alive and burning. How long would she wait before stepping out to explore the city? The colours of a storm and fire shone through the windows, and blood thirsty men were like constant car alarms going off their cries of anger and cruel laughter would never stop. For the moment all she could do was unpack her things and see what was working. The TV wasn't in fit condition, there was barely a good picture when she tried to tune it. A couple of light bulbs would need replaced, the radiator's were constantly going on and off so she would need to figure out how to control them and the lock on the front door wasn't perfect, if someone had tried to get in all they would have to do was shove hard three times and they'd be in.

After unpacking her clothes there was a small noise which sounded like a bee stuck in a fire alarm. Curiously looking carefully out the window from below, pressing a buzzer was a thug dressed in dark clothing so she couldn't figure out which side he was on. He was holding something in his hands but was hunched over as if he was protecting whatever he was carrying, his position suggested that if he dropped or damaged the object he'd be strictly punished. Rushing out of her flat and down the small flight of stairs, she cautiously opened the main building doors a little, peeked her head slightly out and asked him what he wanted.

He didn't say anything at all, he revealed what he was holding which was a large bouquet of flowers, he looked very relived once she had carefully took it from him. The thug nodded his head in goodbye then ran down into a alley and disappeared, it was clear now that this wasn't his turf.

The flowers were of different kinds but the colours were purple and green and sitting inside it was a small envelope. Back inside her flat she found something the next best thing to a vase and placed them inside, she had never been given flowers before and they certainly did brighten up the place. The walls were rather dull and boring, some pictures or paintings would really brightened things up, a small request that Strange would be happy to comply with she hoped. Opening the envelope Emily pulled out a decorative red and white card, she couldn't hold back her a smile as she read the messy yet stylish handwriting inside.

The words written said:

"Welcome to your new home kiddo! Love Uncle J." New's certainly travelled fast in Arkham City. Emily wasn't really expecting any of the other rogues to give her a nice little welcome but she would have to visit the Joker at some point and thank him for the flowers. Thinking about it many of the villains would have already met her younger self and in a place as big as the city it was going to be hard to find memories to get clues to her past. Then a thought struck her.

Does Aaron know that I'm in here?

It was late but there was no harm in going to the Church for a look, and if he wasn't she'd at least get to know the medical team. Slipping by criminals she easily made it to the Church without catching any attention, in all honesty she felt more nervous about Aaron's reaction but taking a few deep breaths and opened the double doors into the small entrance then slowly opened the next door into the church.

At first glance the place looked empty but there was a radio playing so someone was here. Quietly shutting the door behind her she walked further in with her hands awkwardly in her pockets.

"Filly?" Her head snapped in the direction of his voice, her eyes locked with Aaron's and he looked back at her with a painful expression before dropping his gun on to the floor then running towards her Aaron pulled her into one of his comforting yet suffocating hugs.

He must have hugged her for minutes as she was aware that they had gathered a small audience. She patted Aaron's back he finally pulled away but his hands clasped onto her shoulders tightly, "What the Hell are you doing here?!" he asked through clenched teeth.

"You didn't hear? I'm a inmate now, gotta pay my time for all those ten pence sweets I stole from the corner shop." Trying to lightened the mood she gave him a awkward smile but he wasn't returning a smile back.

"This isn't funny Emily," hearing her name from Aaron was so strange to her, he always called her Filly, "Why the damn hell has Hugo Strange put you in here?!"

Everyone was staring at them now, it wasn't a private conversation but she recognised a few people, M.P.T Anne Bishop, Medic Adam Hamasaki, M.P.T Eddie Burlow and M.P.T William North. Looking into the security guards eyes she sensed his fear and what he was thinking; since Arkham City had been opened he was terrified that Emily would be put there. Getting the job here was mainly for that reason, he didn't want her in this place all alone because he believed if no one was there for her the city and all of it's dangerous criminals would kill her. Sure she had lived in an insane asylum all of her life, seeing all the crazies and the unhinged doctors but Aaron had always tried his hardness to keep her safe, it was easy to protect a child in a place like you knew like the back of your hand.

"Don't think of me as an inmate Cash OK. Think it like I'm on work experience or something." Aaron was having a tough time controlling his temper, his grip on her shoulders was insanely hard now, "Please, there is no point going to Strange about this. I promise that'll I'll explain everything to you when we a bit more privacy OK."

"Do any of them know you are here?" he asked.

By 'them' she figured he meant the Joker, Harley, Poison Ivy and the other super villains. "No Cash, none of them know yet" she lied.

"Well, just try and keep a low profile ok, please?" He removed his hands from her shoulders then pulled her back into a quick, warm hug. "I want you here every day though understand?" he ordered.

She chuckled and nodded her head to keep him happy, "Are you gonna introduce me to your team?"

Most of the medical team had been escorted out of the city but sometimes they would take long shifts, Cash looked like he hadn't been home in days. The conditions weren't too great, the place felt very damp and pillars looked like they would collapse at any minute but they had tried to make the place at safe as possible, it wasn't like Strange was going to give them a real medical centre inside the city.

She ended up talking to a Doctor named Martin Bailey, he seemed very optimistic a strange trait to have in a prison such like this. "You're not the only new one here. We have a new Doctor, arrived a couple of days ago but he's went off on his own somewhere, something Aaron isn't very pleased with but I think the guy must have lived around here when he was younger and knows his way about." Emily had her own suspicion on who that might be. "But you won't catch me out there on my own, I mean I'm glad that I can help the people in here but sometimes I forget that it's a big scary place."

"Yeah, it is a big terrifying place. Do you get a lot of crim-, I mean inmates coming on here for treatment?"

"Sometimes, I think they feel like if they come in here to get patched up it's a sign of weakness to others. But we take a group of two, one guard and two doctors and they patrol area's of Arkham City and assist those who need medical help. We've had no bad incidents yet and we've been here two months so I guess that's something to be pleased about."

"I could help on all the patrols," she happily offered, "I don't know any medical stuff but I can keep a watch out and defend myself and others."

"You're hired sweetpea." said Aaron joining the conversation, "A good way to keep an eye on you." Emily smiled glad that he had calmed down a bit and wore a smile. He did ask plenty of questions and she assured him that she was living in good conditions and promised to take him on a grand tour when he was off patrol.

When 12am hit Emily said her goodbyes to the team and Aaron was keen to walk her back but she managed to convince him not too as since she was a new face it may catch someone's eye. Back in her apartment she stripped off her clothes and changed into comfortable nightwear but she sensed that sleep wasn't going to be easy on her first night here. Peeking out her window before shutting the blinds she looked at the buildings surrounding her and the people who were running it, somehow she would have to make her mark and show them that she wasn't someone to be messed with. Then from the corner of her eye she spotted a figure standing on a rooftop edge, he clearly wanted Emily to see him and she knew instantly who it was.

Azrael. Her eyes were locked on to him for several seconds then like in the game and his encounters with Batman he created a cloud of smoke and he disappeared.

Her smile couldn't be stopped. This is going to be fun.