Batman The Animated Series-Annie Come Home
Chapter 2: Freed From The Monster
Annie
Dark…so dark, I couldn't see, I couldn't hear, I couldn't smell. All I can do is think, and even that is slipping away. That has been my fate since I was reabsorbed by my "father". He took me away from Robin, the boy who had tried his best to help me, even though I'd never done anything for him. Clayface was now inside Arkham Asylum and under total lock down. I had lost track of time, and for all I knew, it may have been centuries since I walked the streets freely, since I met Robin.
Robin…the name kept haunting me like a nightmare, but not in a bad way. Every time I think back on him, his warm smile and sunny disposition keeps me from slipping away into Clayface completely. But I couldn't figure out why that boy gives me such an incredible anchor, keeping my mind separate from Clayface. Why did I think of him so much, why?
As I contemplated these thoughts, I thought I heard a boom, had I regained the ability to hear again?
"Code Red, the prisoners are escaping!" a voice clearly screams, his tone frantic and panicked. So I wasn't imagining it, I could hear. "Someone contain Livewire!" another man yells. "Sorry boys, but I'm here to have some fun, and what better way than releasing the boys from lock up" a girl yells down the hall. She was apparently getting closer.
Suddenly, I was filled with great pain, as both me and Clayface begin to feel electrocution. Feel…somehow I was feeling again! I felt the pain of the attack the girl was giving us, but I also realized something; if Clayface was so weak I could access my senses…then I could possibly break free! I fought and fought as the electricity kept being surged through us. After several seconds it stopped, but I wasn't about to give up; this could be my one chance at freedom. I struggled and pulled with all my might, one thought giving me the strength to keep trying; Robin…I must find Robin!
With a final snap, I broke out and shot away from Clayface in a lump. I quickly attempted to reform into my human body, and found it was rather easy, how could I remember that form so well after all the time I'd spent inside Clayface? I decided it probably had to do with Robin, so I began to run, run as far away from Arkham as possible. What I didn't realize was that Clayface wasn't following me until I'd finally ran past the walls Livewire had busted through. As I got farther and farther, I felt my knowledge slipping…just like the last time. NO! I wouldn't let that happen again, if there was one thing I couldn't lose, it's the memories of my name, and that boy who risked everything for me; Robin. I was finally free from the monster, and I wasn't about to let him ruin everything again. As I kept running across the land, I never let the name leave the corners of my thoughts. "Robin, I'm coming to find you, I have to know why I keep thinking about you" I say to myself as I keep running.