Danni arrived on scene and walked up to her uncle, who saw she was limping,

"What happened' he asked with much concern.

"Slipped and fell down the stairs last night. Where's Jack?" looking for her partner

"He didn't show" Don't worry we got Nicky to spot you today.

Danni and Nicky took their stances on top of a building. Rick was using binoculars to see what the situation was.

"What do you see?"

"Three suspects wearing clown masks. Joker seems to holding a hostage and …OH SHIT!"

"What do you mean "oh shit"? grabbing the binoculars and saw Jack was the hostage. Grabbing her radio she yelled "Abort! Abort! We have a uniform as a hostage"

All uniforms look inside and saw Jack was in fact the hostage. Danni went up to her uncle. "Let me go in try to talk to him and try to release Jack."

"Your not going in there. I won't let you offer your self to this psycho"

"Well bring me up on charges of Dereliction of Duty. I won't leave my partner behind. That's not how I raised" she yelled throwing off her badge and handing over her gun along with her vest.

She did an about face and entered the building and didn't struggle as Jokers goons grabbed her. One pad searched her lingering on her chest.

"She's clean boss" the man said

"Not smart officer. Coming in here without a weapon" Joker approached her, shoving Jack, who was gagged and bound.

"I don't need a gun to kill you. I'm here for an exchange. Let him go, and you can take me" she glanced at Jack who was looking at her like she had lost her mind.

"I've read about you. You just lost your brothers, right? Soldiers who gave their lives for their country."

Danni tried to seem unfazed that Joker mentioned her brothers.

Bruce watched Danni being held captive. Why can't she just stay put he thought to himself. He watch the goon pad search her and wanted to pound him to pulp.

He listen to the conversation between her and Joker.

He let out a small relieved sigh as they released Jack, but stiffened as tied Danni up. Joker help her by her hair and held a knife to her throat. Threatening he would slice her if any followed. He then dragged her to black van and throw her into the back.

Danni brought her bound hands to her head hoping to relieve the pain. Joker still had a knife on her and the look in his eyes is what scared her the most. She knew unless she got out of there, she would be rapped and then left for dead.

"What's wrong sweetie?" Joker mocked

"Don't call me sweetie, unless you want that knife in a very unpleasant place" replied gruffly. Joker got closer to her. He roughly grabbed her face and licked her from her chin to her forehead. Then knocked her out by throwing her head against the side of the van.

When Danni woke up she felt a horrible pain in her head and her arms. She found herself dangling by her wrists. Her hands were tied by chains that were attached to the ceiling. She tried to pull herself up, but found that pain in her arms was from her shoulders be separated. She let out painful gasp, before slipping.

"HA HA HA. Looks like the big bad sniper, is in pain" Joker laughed as he approach her with a butcher knife. He smiled at the fear in her eyes. He lifted her shirt and began to make small and shallow cuts on her stomach. He wasn't sure what he loved more, slicing her or her screams of pain.

Bruce follow the van to the warehouse. His heart ripped when he heard her torturous screams. He look through a broken window and saw her hanging from the ceiling with Joker slicing her stomach. He dropped a smoke bomb into the building and once it let off, he quickly cut her chains and carried her to the bat mobile.

Danni was trying to stay focus , but the loss of blood was causing her to fade in and out.

"Stay with me baby" she heard batman say, grasping her hand.

Using what strength she had, she squeezed his hand back before passing out.

Bruce carried her to the bat cave. He laid her down and put pressure on her wounds. Once he got the bleeding on her stomach to stop he ran a soft hand over her arms and legs to see if there were any other injures. Once he touched her shoulders, she came to wincing in pain.

"I got to pop you shoulders back in. I want you to bit down on the gag" he told he giving a piece of cloth and watched as she put it between her teeth and gave a weary thumbs up to say she was ready. With as much force he could muster without hurting her more, he push her shoulder back in its socket and tried to ignore the muffled scream she let out. He moved to her other shoulder and repeated the process. Once the pain subsided, she passed out again. He took off his mask and looked at her face, wretched in pain. He began to clean the cuts on her cheek and put a cold compress on the bump now forming on her head. He almost threw up once he got a better look at her stomach. The were many tiny slices of skin missing from just below the rib cage to the navel region. He gently put Hydrogen Peroxide on the wounds on her stomach and the wrapped it up. He then injected a sedative into her arm, so she would sleep.

He changed into street cloths and took Danni home, telling Alfred he would stay with her tonight. He carried her out of his car. Using the keys on her key ring the entered the house and laid her on the couch so he could lock up. He picked her back up and carried to the bed. After taking off her boots, he covered her with blankets and laid down beside her.

Danni was tossing and turning in her sleep. She woke up screaming for her brothers. After shooting straight up she grabbed her side in pain. Once she saw the wrapping around her waist the memories of Joker's torture came back. Bruce was lying next to her held her as she began to cry.

"Your Batman, aren't you?" she asked not looking at him

"What makes you think that?"

"You both hold me the same way. Not too loose but not to tight either."

"Yeah. I'm Batman"