Authors note: Forgot about the scene with Bruce calling James by Jim and of course the whole Nygma and Penguin sub talk. I had not meant too much by things so for the most part me just forgetting. Still if I am honest I prefer that slight interaction scene between Nygma and Penguin as Oswald was quite fond of Edward, the other Edward lol. I mean there were some scenes that were carried out quite well in the final season and other ones rushed. They were pushed for time and I understand that makes the material a bit choppy and some more poignant than others, still, what is done is done and all the pieces are being set up for some fun times. I appreciate everyone following, favoriting, and reviewing, oh and the c2 I did see. I just wished to put this all out here as it means a lot.

CH.4: Red rage

Renee Montoya found herself unable to control her own body. In her heart she knew what she was about to do was wrong…that after all this time she would be seeing Barbara under circumstances she would rather have been avoided rushed. There wasn't a day that went by where her thoughts hadn't gone to Barbara…had things been different things might have worked out between the two of them.

She had gone and taken the squad vehicle while Harvey was sent off to another task. Tetch would not tell her what it was only that she was to go after Barbara. Apparently Barbara had given birth to a baby girl and that it belonged to James Gordon. Truth was she had no idea that he had wound up with Barbara again finding out the two had not been together in a very long time.

However she did not hold it against him as she also knew that he was now married to Doctor Lee Thompkins. Harvey helped her piece things together as he was the reason she had wound up back at the GCPD. Oh she wished it had been herself but Harvey was responsible and she was truly grateful to him. Now however he was off doing Tetch's bidding and so was she…but she figured Tetch wasn't having him go after someone he had cared deeply for.

She had been sent to 'The Sirens' nightclub where she would find Barbara. Her trigger finger was itchy and her goal was simple…kill the one that had got away. Perhaps in hindsight she was the one that left and for good reason, but, in some ways Barbara was the one that pulled away. The two had history and maybe this would be good to clear the air.

Renee enters the establishment and finds the blonde alone. "Barbara…love what you have done with the place." Renee barely recognized her own voice.

"Renee Montoya…last person I expected to walk back into my life. It is like some twisted lesbian Casablanca. To what do I owe the pleasure?" She was still beautiful as ever but Renee was here for a specific reason.

"Tick tock…the female vixen is set to die, done me wrong…kicked me hard, now with only a bullet to hear me." Renee unholsters her weapon and lifts it up with a deft hand.

"Renee, calm down, you know I am a mother right? Think about what you are doing, wait, come to think of it…you aren't thinking-."

"I am thinking Barbara…you done me wrong, so, with this bullet I end you." She squeezes the trigger watching as Barbara dives for cover and her shot misses.

"Tetch, damn, he has got to you! I know I have wronged you…I have wronged a lot of people. However you did put me in a position back then…I mean I am no longer together with Jim, yes I had his baby, but he is a married man and I'm single, not sure why I am telling you this but that is what I am."

"Do you think that matters any? I loved you Barbara, the red string that held us was cut aloft leaving me drowning in misery and pain and drinking was the only way to take away that pain away. Tetch has freed me of such pain…given me reason to vent, to rant…to free myself from the past."

Renee aims again blasting apart a bottle and relishing in the feel of releasing all this pent up frustration. "Do you think you were the only one hurting?"

"You got over it didn't you?" Renee walks closer to the counter as she looked over but only found a fist waiting for her sending her reeling.

"Yes, I did, and I even found love again…but…it wasn't without its complications. A man named Butch was involved and no matter what there wasn't room in her heart for both of us. Both of them are dead…and I have tried to move on since then. Perhaps it is motherhood or maybe the senseless violence but I am opening myself up again. Renee…seeing you again…it makes me realize we can maybe give us another chance."

"Why would I believe a word you say? You could be lowering my guard for your own gain. I have to kill you…this tick tock lock and stock will be your end." Renee attempted to fire her gun but Barbara manages to disarm her in a few fluid moves that sent her weapon out of her hands.

"I am really going to kill Tetch and his damn rhyme scheme. Fine, if you won't listen to sense, I will have to beat it out of you." Renee was on her guard and soon the two women were fighting one another. It was different from the past and she was surprised at how on her feet she was. Each attack either connected or was countered and Renee had to fall back on her training from the academy.

Renee had toughened up some since she was last on the force and since falling off the wagon as she had she made sure when she eventually came back she had the mental fortitude to go forward. Barbara was a flurry of punches and kicks, savage at times forcing Renee back. She was still trying to kill her but it wasn't as easy as she had figured. Truth was she was working off being betrayed and also her heart when around Barbara was much like her mind.

Renee attempts for a strike to the face but Barbara takes her arm and lands a kick to her before throwing her to the ground. Renee winds up on her back and Barbara straddles her as she attempts to pin her arms down.

"I will not stop, I will not run…my feelings for you burdened as they are…there is nothing you can do to make me see it any other way. Let me up…so that I may…kill you through and through." Renee had never hated rhyming so much…it made her so blue.

"Is killing me what you really want? I am trying to do better by my daughter by giving up on much of that bloodshed, it hasn't been easy…and living here in Gotham one can't stick by codes of conduct or character when one's life is on the line. Renee…if there is any of you in there you must fight this, do not let Tetch have you do something you will never be able to walk away from."

Renee could hear the ticking growing louder and she struggled to keep her emotions in check. The urge to kill Barbara was growing however moving about as she was she could see that Barbara was not giving her any inch, though the grinding was also doing other things to her.

"Barbara, I have to, I must…to not kill you would be too much. Tetch has implanted in me the power to kill, to kill and only that, why cannot you not see this is how it must be done? To walk away, to let him win…I would only be back to do it again."

"Will this shut you up?" Renee glowers at her but then her lips settle atop hers. The kiss was sensual and sweet and Renee arches up against her body feeling a heat claim her. The thundering words of Tetch were starting to lose hold on her…the drive to kill Barbara easing up. She recalled reading reports regarding Tetch and how to counter the effects of being hypnotized but she didn't figure it would happen through physical contact.

Renee takes a breath and Barbara eases from her lips gazing down at her. "You know, it is possible I maybe still caught in Tetch's rhyme, perhaps kissing me again will help me out this time." Renee saw Barbara study her before she cracks a smile.

"I think I have time to manage a bit more." Renee pulls the other woman back atop her kissing her and cherishing her, holding her close. Their bodies are pressed tight together and given how both were single it just seemed to fit. Renee wanted Barbara back in her life and maybe before it wasn't the right time, but, now it just seemed to coalesce far better than any rhyme, dammit.

Authors note: Rhyming is a pain and honestly exploring new territory with the effect that Tetch has placed on Renee. Also I enjoyed how Gotham went with what they did with Barbara and by bringing Renee back into the fold I wanted Barbara to move on from Tabitha and thus this pairing again takes ship. Following this up with the next chapter Oswald is committed to Arkham while Bruce and Selina work on their futures.