Here's the last chapter amazing isn't it?

This will be much shorter than usual since I'm going to fix up the few loose ends I had left

I do not own Batman

Epilogue

As Robin swung from building to building in the dark streets of the city he saw something not completely unusual for Gotham.

A young blond girl was being chased by some rather unsavoury looking men. The girl was trying to avoid the alleys as much as possible and was pretending she had yet to see the group as she steadily picked up speed.

Unfortunately for her she wasn't in the best part of town as it was and even on the main streets it was unlikely for anyone to care if she got taken by the men.

The girl looked like the type that men interested in that sort of thing looked for she was small, thin and her clothing choices wouldn't be described as conservative.

Robin decided how he would take the group at that moment; He swooped down and kicked one of them straight in the face. He expected to hear a gasp or the sound of the girl running off in the other direction instead she punched one of the other men in the face.

He quickly realised that the blond wasn't a push over but also with the amount of men following her it would have been hard for someone like him to fight though. As he turned around to speak to the girl he found no one.

"Up here!" The girl waved from the roof, Robin shrugged tying the men up and headed for the roof.

"So... Great view" he said dryly as the girl smirked at him... wait "do I know you?" he asked. The girl pouted removing what turned out to be a blond wig. Under it her hair was black with in the early light he could see brown regrowth from a dye job.

"Wow Boy wonder how pathetic it's only been a few mouths and you've already forgotten me?" she had one hand on her hip and in the other he saw a familiar tin card.

"Decks...I thought you would have left Gotham by now" the girl shook her head sitting down and crossing her legs, she patted the spot next to her indicating he should sit.

He did.

"I tried but... without the Joker's protection there's no way I could safely get out of this city" she sighed looking at the sun rise.

That was something that had been bothering him since the last time he had seen the girl, he had never found out why she had chosen to join up with the Joker in the first place. From how their last confrontation had ended he could tell it was never because she had been like minded.

"Why did you need his protection in the first place?" the boy asked. Decks looked at him almost sadly.

"The same reason my mother had to die... The same reason my father is missing" she paused "the same reason I got up from shooting myself in the head" she gritted her teeth and her eyes were suddenly burning like fire. "Because I have this stupid blood running though my veins... If I didn't I would still have them... I would..." tears started falling from her thin face. Robin realised that she was much skinnier then he had last seen her and she had ridiculously big black circles under her eyes. She wasn't in good health.

She took a deep breath before continuing.

"From generation to generation passed down through blood is the ability" she was almost whispering "the ability to survive any form of physical damage... even if I seem to be dead my body will heal it's self" to demonstrate she cut her arm with the card in her hand, there was some blood but then... the wound closed within moments.

Robin just stared at her for a moment

"My father thought to hide in plain sight, as long as they were famous... No one would come after us" she started drawing invisible shapes on the roof "they want the ability but a drop could kill... He didn't expect them to kill mum and when they caught him he told me to run... So I did, I did run and I soon realised that wasn't enough" She stared up at him, her eyes almost seemed to beg for forgiveness "I used you to fake my death when the Joker blow up that building... if Peony was dead I thought I could get out of town" he nodded

"But I still couldn't no matter what they chased me! No matter where I ran so when the Joker offered me survival I took it! But all that means now is that I'm trapped" Robin shook his head

"No you're not, don't worry about it" he stood up "you know my names the Boy wounder right? You've got me Peony and I'll make sure who ever they are don't ever catch you" the girl smiled at him weakly "and we'll find your dad" he held his hand out to the girl. She took it as he pulled her up.

"Okay I'll trust you on that one Boy wounder"

And there you go the end of Playing Cards... Now I'm going to go start on another story I have an idea for, yes that will be another Batman story –hears the boos and calls for mirror- I get it, just give me some time alright!

And remember folks don't flame unless you have an extinguisher!