A/N- I'm glad that this fic is so anticipated. Now, as for this chapter, there is a scene in here which inspired me for the entire fic. Try your luck to guess as to which one? ;).

Chapter 6

Buffy tapped her fingers impatiently on the table, as Batman stood silently in the corner of the visitation room. Joker sat across from Buffy, treated and confined to a straight-jacket now. However, he wasn't being very cooperative. For the better part of an hour, the Slayer had been trying to get information out of him about who--or rather, what--it was that had bitten him. So far, she knew only what she had gone in knowing. It was a vampire.

The Joker was chuckling in that weird, creepy way Buffy had noticed that he did from time to time. When it subsided, she decided to try back at the beginning of her questions. She spoke to him with a sweet smile on her face and very much in the same tone of voice she had heard her mother use on her and her little sister Dawn when they had been young.

"Okay, was the vampire a boy or a girl?" Buffy asked.

Joker glared at her now, a small growl escaping through his teeth. Buffy laughed.

"Trust me, clown. I've seen worse," she said.

She could've sworn she saw Batman smile at that. Tapping her fingers some more, she tried again.

"Can you tell me anything about the vampire who bit you?"

Joker smiled knowingly. "Yup, yup, sure can, toots. Question is, will I?"

"Why the hell wouldn't you?" Buffy hissed at him.

Batman moved so that his shadow fell across her and the clown. Joker cowered for a millisecond, then--regaining his composition--it didn't phase him. Buffy was unimpressed.

"Once more, or I do this my way," Buffy said. "Tell me what you know."

Joker was full-out laughing now.

"Oh! Oh!" he said, trying to catch his breath. "Ooohh! I'm sooo scared of the pretty little girl! Oh, Bats, you will save me from her, won't you?"

Batman gave a half-grin. "Not really," he said, looking over at a smiling Buffy.

Joker's mocking demeanor melted away into confusion. It quickly turned to shock, then fear, as Buffy launched out of her seat, grabbed him by the throat, and pinned him against the nearest wall.

"Now, as you can see, I am more than capable of kicking your ass. However, I don't really want to. It can be avoided, if only you could kindly share any and all information you may have on this subject," Buffy said, smiling sweetly again.

Joker made a couple of choking sounds before she loosened her grip and asked, "Yes?"

"All I know," the Joker growled, "it that the vampire or whatever had an extremely bumpy face."

Buffy let him drop, slumping on the floor. Batman turned to her.

"Not helpful?" he asked.

"All vampires have bumpy faces when they're showin' fangs," Buffy answered, turning toward the door with her hands on her hips.

Batman turned toward the clown.

"Is that all you know?" he menaced.

"Honest," Joker said with as much innocence as he could muster showing in his eyes.

Buffy opened her mouth to comment on this but was interrupted by the sound of terrified screams coming from the corridor. The door of the room burst open, and an officer said to them, "You better come see this! I'll stay here with him!"

Batman and Buffy lost no time. Out in the hall, they ran into an orderly who was clutching his neck.

"She bit me! I can't believe it!" the orderly said.

"Who bit you?" Buffy asked.

"The woman the police just brought in, telling me to lock her up."

The Dark Knight and the Slayer exchanged looks.

"Is she still here?" Batman inquired.

The orderly pointed up the hall. In the short distance ahead, they could see a bunch of cops formed in a circle. And all of them had their weapons drawn.

"I just heard what happened, go see Dr. Bartholomew," Commissioner Gordon said, coming up behind them.

"Tell them to stand down!" Buffy said, running ahead.

Gordon had just given the order as Buffy broke through the circle. Batman and the Commissioner came up behind her.

"Oh my God," Buffy said, her eyes wide in shock.

"Do you know her?" Batman asked, staring at the dark haired vampire before him.

"Drusilla!" Buffy said.

Drusilla giggled and bounced a bit, saying, "Oooh, Darkness has come to play with its daughter…"

End Notes: Okay, I'm so sorry that this is a cliffy. I honestly didn't mean it to be. It's just that Drusilla is kind of hard to write for…I need to take some time and think about what it is she has to say. Anyhow, please review!