Note: Hope you guys are enjoying this fanfiction. Took me a bit longer to get this chapter done.
Chapter 4
The room that Yin now found herself in was filled with large mirrors, several feet high. It brought back memories of the night Ethan Bennett was kidnapped by the Joker. The memory saddened her slightly, but created anger towards Joker at what he had done to Ethan. She couldn't let this distract her, however, and she moved further into the room. There were two pathways made by the mirrors. Yin decided to take the one on the left, which seemed to go on further than the one on the right. The sound of the hyenas started growing loud and closer, forcing her to move more quickly. The maze of mirrors twisted, turned and forked several times. She chose the paths which seem to lead in the same direction.
Finally she came to a small open space, which apparently had no exit, a dead end. Mirrors encircled the area in which she stood. She ran up to each mirror looking for a gap between them, but she was met with her own reflection staring back at her in desperation. Her only options now were to go back or to try to find a mirror which concealed an exit and needed to be pushed out of the way. The howls of the hyenas were too close now for her to turn back. They would surely catch if she tried to find another way out. She began to feel around the mirrors, pushing hard against them before moving on to another. She was beginning to lose hope, just as the sound of paws scraping along the ground came from the way she had come.
Yin spun around in time to see one of the hyenas come around the corner, coming to a stop facing her. It reared back on its hind legs and howled, calling the other to join it. However the first hyena didn't move at all. Its amber coloured eyes remained fixed on her, emanating pure malice. Yin realised it was waiting for its master to give the order to attack, unless she tried to escape. Behind her, the mirror she had been testing gave way slightly. A wave of relief passed through her, but she knew she had to keep pushing it discreetly to avoid alerting the hyena to her movements. She pushed the mirror back inch by inch, never taking her eyes off the hyena, which remained very still, watching.
Once the gap was big enough for her to squeeze through, she knew she would have to move quickly to close the gap before the hyena pounced. More sounds behind it announced the arrival of the second hyena and a triumphant laugh told Yin that Joker was also arriving. It was now or never. She threw her whole weight into the mirror in one quick movement, causing the mirror, which was actually a door, to swing wide open. The hyena growled and began to charge towards her. Swiftly she dived through the exit, spinning around and slammed the door shut. Leaning back on it, she held it shut; feeling a thud as the hyena slammed into the door. Fortunately the door held and Yin was able to barricade herself in with some nearby supply crates. An angry howl came from inside the mirror room, as Joker discovered that she had escaped again. The sound was followed by multiple thuds, as the hyenas attempted to break through the barricade.
Yin had a matter of seconds before they could get to her. Quickly scanning the room she was now in, she discovered that she was in another large room filled with broken attractions and other large objects. She ran further into this room, searching for a weapon she could use. She planned to find out why she was reliving the night of her kidnapping, once she'd taken care of Joker and his hyenas. Some of the broken objects would be perfect for knocking over Joker's 'pets'. She decided to wait for him to show up. She couldn't help worrying as to why Batman hadn't shown up yet. She took out the commlink from her pocket and inspected it. It seemed to be working properly; the distress beacon was still activated. "There's nothing wrong with it, then why is it…" she trailed off as she pressed the transmit button, which allowed her to communicate with Batman. She attached her earpiece and listened for a response. "Batman! Batman are you there?" she called into the mouthpiece. Nothing. All she heard was the sound of static.
She ended the transmission, placing the commlink back in her pocket. She knew something was very wrong with this situation. It seemed that Batman would not be coming to her aid. She was on her own. Yin knew the only way she would get any answers would be to get out of this place, but first she needed to make sure Joker wasn't able to come after her. At this thought she heard the sound of the barricade being broken. Joker stepped into the room, looking very frustrated.
"Boys, she's in here. It's only a matter of time until we find her," he murmured. The two hyenas began searching in different directions, while Joker waited. Yin hid behind a particularly big contraption. As the first of the hyenas drew closer to her position, she began pushing on the structure in an attempt to topple it over the creature. Beads of sweat started running down the side of her face, now that it was so close. With a ghastly creak, it began to fall over. The hyena looked up in time to see it coming down on top of it. Yin heard the sound of the hyena being crushed with a satisfying crunch, followed by a whimper.
Unfortunately she was now completely exposed. Joker and the remaining hyena both turned to look at the disturbance. A maniacal grin spread across Joker's face as he said, "That little stunt is going to cost you detective!" He clicked his fingers and the other hyena charged Yin. It slammed into her, knocking her to the ground, then pinning her there. "I'm surprised you made it this far. I guess I underestimated Gotham's finest!" he sneered as he waltzed over to where Yin lay.
He knelt down next to her head, his crazed eyes boring into hers. "You know I don't like corrupt cops," he stated, leaning closer, "especially corrupt cops that work with vigilantes!" Now his face was nearly touching hers. The smell of his breath made her want to hurl. Yin tried to turn her head away, but Joker grabbed her chin and pulled it back to face him. "You may have escaped the lead role last time with the help of BATMAN!" he gripped her chin harder at this. She could feel his black nails digging into her skin. "But this time he won't be coming to ruin the show!" Joker screamed triumphantly, releasing Yin's face and jumping to his feet. Her eye's widened in shock. How could he possibly stop Batman from finding her, she thought. As if he'd read her mind, Joker replied, "Oh yes, he won't be coming."
"You're wrong Joker!" she shouted, as she tried to get up, but the hyena snarled and snapped its jaws at her, pushing her back to the floor. Joker's grin widened, "Am I? Haven't you noticed that you can't communicate with Batman or activate a distress signal with that device of yours?" Yin was taken aback that Joker knew about the commlink. "I left it in your pocket so that you would have false hope, in the event that you escaped somehow," he told her openly. Kneeling down again, he whispered, "You can escaped from that room back there, but you'll never escape me!" He saw Yin's confused face and began to laugh hysterically.
"I suppose you want to know why, don't you?" he chortled. "What do you mean Joker? What have you done?!" Yin cried. "That would be telling Detective, Hahahahahahaha!" Joker shouted as he began to laugh mercilessly. He slowly brought his right arm around with yet another spray bottle, poised to strike…..
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