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"This was a really bad idea," Emily groaned; she was lying upside down on the couch, her feet dangling over the back and her head an inch or two above the ground, "I am so bored." She had been at the safe house for a week, which meant a week of not going outside, not seeing her students, and not having Wi-Fi.
"I want to watch the news," she sighed, straightening herself to where she was sitting on the couch properly with her knees pulled to her chest, "I want to check my Tumblr. I want to watch some funny videos on YouTube, hell, I will even grade some of my student's homework."
"Good news-" a voice sounded behind Emily, "We caught the Riddler, and you can go home now." Emily turned to find Robin standing behind her, a smile on the teenagers face and a set of keys in his hand.
"That's a relief," she sighed, standing and walking past him towards the bedroom, "just let me grab my stuff."
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"Zoe!" Emily cuddled her cat close to her chest, cooing softly at little mass of purring fur. As soon as she walked into her house, Zoe came flying at her from nowhere, clutching her jacket in her little claws and rubbing her forehead to Emily's chin.
"Yeah," Robin laughed, scratching the back of his head, "I think she missed you; anyways, the Riddler has been put back into Arkham, and you are now safe to continue your life."
"He's going to give up? Just like that?"
"Edward Nigma has been diagnosed with a memory problem," Robin explained as he casually walked to her window and opened it, allowing the cold Gotham air to filter in, "So by time he may be able to get out, he will have more important things to focus on. We are going to keep him in Arkham for a long time, long enough to where he will forget."
With a slight nod and flurry of a cape, the sidekick went out the window; Emily hesitantly went over to it and peered out, of course, finding nothing. She sighed and closed it, making sure to lock it and do a sweep of her house; everything was in order, hell, it looked like they had even tidied up. It looks like the bats do have manners, although it wasn't nescicarily.
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"Oh Miss Emily!" Brianna came out of nowhere and walked side by side with her teacher, fighting to keep pace with the older woman, "where have you been? We were really worried about you."
"I know Brianna, I just had to get away for a little while and take care of some things; how's class been?"
"Awful. We have had to watch "The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe" twice now." She groaned, "I'll see you in class later!"
"Bye Brianna," Emily laughed, continuing her fast pace to the dean's office. She passed more of her students and they all seemed slightly relieved to have her back, which she could understand.
After all, this was Gotham; and typically if you were missing for more than two days it meant you were dead.
She reached the office and standing outside was the assistant Dean Mrs. Bell, "Well I'll be damned, your still alive?"
"Yes Mam," Emily smiled at the older woman, "Is Mr. Underwood inside?"
"He sure is sweetie, just go on in."
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"So where were you?" One of her students asked Emily, and she grimace. She had gotten through four classes; this was her fifth period, and she knew eventually someone would ask.
"I had to lay low for a bit, avoid some bad blood," she said simply, organizing the papers in her cabinet. She looked up to the twenty something students and smiled, "But everything is okay now, so just don't worry about it and pass up your homework.
A multitude of groans sounded and she laughed, "Oh come on guys, it was only ten questions."
"But there was a basketball game last night," Carl, one of her sports playing students muttered.
"There was?" Emily checked the events calendar and paused, "huh, there was. Okay, I will collect homework at the end of class then; you have thirty minutes to complete it."
"Yay!" The class cheered and whooped; Emily shook her head slightly and went to her computer, checking her Facebook and Tumblr.
She let class slide by slowly in almost a haze; Emily reconnecting with all she missed while under the radar, the class catching up on their homework, the clock ticking by slowly as you could hear an occasional student in the hallway.
A sudden rapping at her door cause Emily to look up; a few moment later an office aid came in carrying an arrangement of flowers.
"Aw," some of the students cooed; and Emily felt her heart skip a small beat at the sight of the arrangement.
"Miss Parks? These came for you." The student handed them to her and she let her hands stoke one of the pedals, "wow."
"Is it from your boyfriend?" Brianna asked, rising out of her desk a bit to check the flowers; Emily frowned slight, "can't be. I'm single."
She pulled out the card and paused; it was white, on one side a message and on the other engraved in green was a… question mark?
Emily felt the color drain from her face as she flipped the card over to read the message written in black ink and beautiful cursive:
"It truly is tragic that I wasn't able to get to you befor the big bad bat, but have no fears. For I shall not forget you, and I will come to pick you up. When might that be? Well answer my riddle, and not cheating; I don't like cheaters.
Riddle me this, what time of day, when written in capital letters, is the same forwards, backwards and upside down?"
Emily looked up to her class and quickly asked them the riddle; a few pulled out pieces of paper and started to write things down, trying to get it, and Emily felt her mind racing, "Does no one know the answer?"
"Noon!" Emily exclaimed suddenly, standing and walking over to her board and writing down NOON in all caps; she felt her throat close up and she looked at the clock, finding it to be 11:53.
"Noon isn't a time of day," someone objected.
"Yes it is, you idiot." Brianna rolled her eyes, scrapping the piece of paper she was previously writing on.
"Who wants to go to the gym?" Emily asked turning, "We only have eighteen minutes of class left, so let's all go to the gym! I'll call Coach Lapeer, you all just go!"
Of course, her class saw nothing wrong with going to the gym, especially since it was Tuesday, and on Tuesday's the gym class goes outside. Bri paused slightly at the door, the last one out, "Miss Dales, are you okay?"
"Yes," Emily said shakily, smiling, "just watch them and make sure they don't do anything stupid, kay?"
"Yes Mam."
Emily stared at the vacant desks, frowning as her heart raced; she was dead, there was no question about it.
She should leave- but what if he got angry at her fleeing, and decided to take it out on her students? Emily had no family, little friends, but one thing she had and cherished was her students, and they were probably what would get her killed.
She made her decision in a second, picking up her class phone and calling the dean's office, "Mrs. Bell? Yes this is Miss Parks; I'm afraid I have to leave early- no mam I understand- I just got a call that there was a fire at my apartment building and I- okay, thank you mam. My students are in the gym and Lapeer is watching them. Yes mam, you have a good day to."
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Emily sped walk down the hallways of the school; a slight image flashed befor her eyes of her younger years here, having attended this school when she was a teenager. She smiled but it soon disappeared as she remember the gravity of the situation she was in.
Emily busted out the doors and walked to her car quickly, looking around discreetly as she slid into her car and jammed the keys in the ignition; checking the time she whimpered, finding it to be noon on the dot. She felt almost in the clear when a voice said from behind her,
"Well, if it isn't my little Cheater."
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OH no, I think we all have a pretty good guess on who is in the car with Emily. Remember kids, always check the back seat befor getting in a car, it may just save your life.
So what did you guys think about Monday's Gotham? (Fan girl intensifies) NGAH MY BABY JONATHAN- OH AND PENGUIN AND NIGMA? Their interaction was adorable, Edward trying to push Oswald's buttons and such.
Anyways, there is this week's chapter, I hope you all loved it, and I will see you all next week,
-Sketch1997
