Chapter 6: The Visit

It's already been a few months and Oswald is running for mayor. He gave me a place to stay in his estate, and I've been given clothes to dress as his bodyguard. The all black suit I'm going to have to get used to. It feels weird trying to dress professionally every day. Casual clothing is just fine with me, but of course, if I'm going to remain as Oswald's bodyguard I must wear the suit anyway. When Oswald said that we're going to visit Ed in Arkham today I immediately got excited. It's been so long that I've haven't seen him. I became so worried about how he's doing now.

Once Oswald and I entered the visiting room we sat down and waited for 5 minutes until they brought in Edward. His eyes widen in great surprised to see us here. I smile wide as I got up and run to hug him. I said, "Edward, I'm so glad to see you!"

"... Letha?" He pulls away to look at me and then at Oswald. He asked us, "How on earth did you two meet each other?"

Oswald said, "Sit down and I'll explain."

I sat back down and Edward sits on the opposite side of us. Oswald said, "Letha and I met from the bus incident that had Hugo's monsters inside of it. When I was knocked out by Fish Mooney, Letha was kind enough to stay with me until I woke up."

"It's not a surprise that Fish is alive," said Edward, "Most of Hugo's experiments were revived, dead people. Except for Letha, I have a belief that she's a clone from someone, but I don't know who. Why are you wearing an all black suit, Letha?"

I said, "I'm Oswald's bodyguard. This is the required uniform that I must wear when he and I are out and about. Have you heard that Oswald is running for mayor?"

"Yes, it was mentioned in the newspapers. Why are you running for mayor, Oswald?"

"To run Gotham City and eradicate the monsters that threaten it. Especially Fish Mooney. By the way, Ed we've gotten a present for you." Oswald places the present he was holding in his lap onto the table and slide it towards him. Edward looked at it oddly at first, but he opens it to see that it was a cube shaped puzzle inside the all that wrapping. "It's a puzzle," said Oswald. Edward starts solving it while Oswald was talking, "The trick is opening it. The man at the store says it's the most difficult ever made. People passed it down unsolved for generations. a mathematician once went mad trying t-," Suddenly Edward solved it within seconds and opened it as the cube fell apart and there were pieces inside of it. I looked at Edward as I was very impressed. Oswald was too as he chuckles and said, "Yes, well there you go."

"Wow, Ed! How on earth did you do that?!" I said as he smiles at me.

Edward said, "It was easy really. Here." He puts it back together and hands it to me, "You try and solve it."

I became nervous as I feel the pressure getting to me. I've never solved a puzzle before. Hell, I don't even know where to start! Edward was solving this thing so fast that I couldn't even follow the direction he pushed the squares to. "Go on and solve it." I heard a male's voice inside my head. I look up and my eyes widen when I realized I was in a different room. It's an all red room and the man sitting in front of me was wearing a black, red, and gray uniform. The man has black hair with little streaks of gray, he's wearing glasses and he looked like he was in his mid 40's. His expression was blank from emotion and he urged me to solve the same puzzle I'm holding in my hands right now.

I took a look at myself and see that I'm wearing a black and red uniform with black gloves that have red metal knuckle tips on them. My head is completely covered by some kind of black and red mask. I take a look at the puzzle in my hands, and just like Edward, within seconds I've solved it. The man said to me as he gave me a small smile, "Congratulations, CrimsonGhost. You've passed."

When I snapped out of it I looked at the solved puzzle on the table. My hand began shaking as both Oswald and Edward stared at me oddly. Edward said, "What's wrong Letha?"

Trying to get myself together and gather my thoughts. I looked at him and said, "I... I don't know what just happened... I think I was having some sort of flashback."

"What did you see, Letha?" said Oswald.

"I saw the real me sitting in a red room with some guy, and I was solving this exact same puzzle. I don't know the man's name, but he called me CrimsonGhost."

"Interesting," said Edward, "It sounds like you're slowly getting your memories back from your previous self."

"... But... Why now?"

Edward shrugs his shoulders.

Oswald said, "For now don't worry about it Letha. I'm sure you'll figure out soon enough once all of your memories come back to you."

"... Yeah."

... CrimsonGhost... Why am I called that?... That can't be an actual name, can it?... Is it a codename?... What reason do I need a codename for?... There's just too many questions...Too many questions.