Uh... Heheh... Hi... Please don't kill me :/ Here's your chapter kthnxbai XD

Ed was bored.

Not just slightly bored, he was absolutely, positively, mind numbingly bored.

He wanted to get back to work, but Essen had sent the paperwork-he wasn't to return until 3 weeks after his hospital release, which was at least another week.

The nurses were kind enough. They almost seemed to enjoy talking to him, especially the pretty brunette one, Yvette. She laughed at his jokes, smiled and winked at him and even attempted to solve a few of his riddles. (Attempted; she never actually answered one correctly.)

He was still bored.

All the channels were the same-news. And in Gotham, the news was the same everyday; someone was corrupt, there was mass murder, more drug needles being found in alleyways.

It made Ed sick. He wanted to be back at GCPD, helping to solve crimes and catch criminals, (he decided to completely skim over the fact that he was technically a criminal, as he had murdered someone and dissolved their body in acid.) not stuck in a bed, wires and tubes coming out of his body and connected to a machine, lying completely helpless.

The bandages were kinda tight too.

Sighing, Ed gave up on finding any means of entertainment, and closed his eyes, letting sleep take over his mind.

-Meanwhile-

"Jimbo, what you got on this case here?" Harvey yelled to his partner, who was standing over the new mutilated corpse.

"Well, as of right now, nothing. This stand-in forensic guy isn't nearly as good as Ed..." Jim ended the statement in a whisper, so as to not offend the substitute scientist.

"You're right there... I hate to say it, but I miss the little Geek Boy," Harvey agreed. "He needs to get better, and fast; we're falling behind this killer."

-Back at Gotham Central-

Yvette stuck her head into room 1218, and when she found the forensic scientist dead asleep, her face contorted into a malicious sneer, the red lipstick and dark makeup only heightening the effect. She pulled out a small microphone.

"Penguin, he's asleep. Should I administer the toxin now?" She asked in a low whisper, trying to keep the sleeping patient, well, asleep.

"Yes, go ahead. I've been noticing that the police department has been behind on getting all the information on our murders; he must be a very good forensic examiner, we need him gone as soon as possible." Oswald's nasally voice sounded through the small speaker.

"On it, boss," Yvette replied as she turned off the communicator. She pulled a syringe out of her coat pocket, and walked over to Ed's bed.

She grabbed the pale arm very gently, and didn't even bother with wiping down the area with rubbing alcohol before plunging the needle into the now-awake man's arm.

Ed's eyes shot open as the sharp prick of the needle jolted him out of his dream, and he stared with his big brown eyes into the dark blue of Yvette's. Her hand flew up to his mouth to muffle his screams, and after she completely administered the poison, Ed had reached his long fingers to the call button on the side of his bed.

Yvette's eyes narrowed at the man before she ran out of the room, knowing that the call button was connected to both the front desk of the hospital and Jim Gordon's cell phone as a precaution in case anyone tried to do what Yvette had just done.

Ed sighed in relief, figuring that she hadn't been able to inject the toxin completely, but as his mind clouded, he had enough time to say "Son of a bi-" before he fell limp against his bed, his vitals free falling.

-Back at the crime scene-

Jim pulled his cell out of his coat pocket, and when he saw the number, he immediately ran for the car. Harvey noticed this and followed Jim into the police car, not bothering to ask questions as his partner's face screamed 'no questions'.

He asked one anyway.

"What're you doing, Jimbo?" Harvey asked. Jim glared at the other man.

"That was Gotham General; Ed rang his call button. He's in trouble."

I really hope you guys can forgive me for not updating this in like seven years, but I had no idea where to go next with this. I'll try and update more frequently now! :D