Breaking Point chapter seven
A/n now it may seem a little different at the beginning, I wanted to get some of Bruce's thoughts in this chapter too and that was the best way I could think of to do it. Again I will say this please don't flame it, if you don't like the story so far, I would wonder why the heck your still reading it.
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Batman landed on the roof of Arkham Asylum, slipping in a window unnoticed by the guards, it seemed quiet, but he knew that was just a lie. He was not sure what he was going to find in the hospital. He had an idea from what little he had heard from Jack, his mind wandered back; when they fought earlier, he saw something flash in the other man's eyes. He knew that Joker lurked under the surface, but Jack was trying hard to keep that side of him in check so that had to show something. Bruce knew that Joker could probably come back out at a moments notice.
Bruce knew Joker wouldn't be gone forever; Jack had spent too many years hiding behind the disguise. The menace criminals had come to fear, but maybe just maybe he could help bring out the softer side of the monster he knew so well.
As his mind returned to the present and he turned a corner, He heard someone screaming, and echoes of blows off the walls around him. Batman moved quickly towards the noises, ignoring the looks he got from the roughes as he moved further down the hallway and froze momentarily at the sight of two guards holding a man down on the ground by his arms. There was another man standing farther down the hall, making a noose and talking about shutting him up.
"Stop it let me go! " Jonathon yelled, trying to get away from the guards that were holding him.
Batman moved quickly ignoring the looks that he was getting from the roughes in their cells. He had to stop this. "WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!" He spat out finally coming into the guards view.
One of the guards spoke up "Batman... hey there's plenty to go around if you want to punish him too, we were getting him ready for the ex mobsters"
Crane cringed when he heard Batman walking up, what was he doing here? If he was here to save him, why did he not get here sooner?
Batman grabbed the guard that was holding the belt "let go of him NOW! "He saw fear trickling into the mans eyes, Right away Crane was released by then guards that were holding him.
"Get out, if you EVER lay a hand on ANY of them again, you will regret it "he said threateningly staring at the guards holding their gaze for a few moments.
Just then, one of the guards perked up "you don't kill!"
Batman turned towards him, it was the person who was standing a few feet back from the group "you'd be surprised what you can live through" he said softly, his voice dripping with barely restrained rage and venom.
The guards paled at that statement, they all knew that was true and they didn't want to stay around for Batman to actually test that theory.
Batman moved slowly over to Jonathon seeing the smaller man shaking slightly.
Jonathon stood up carefully "t...thanks Batman "he said stumbling over his tongue, he was afraid of Batman, unsure of what to do now.
Batman turned towards him and his gaze softened "its okay Jonathon "he helped him move over to his bed "your safe now, they wont hurt you anymore "his eyes finally looked over Jonathon, he was only wearing an undershirt and boxers. Batman gritted his teeth at the marks he saw on the other man.
"Thanks Batman "Jonathon said again, lying down. He turned away from him and closed his eyes for a moment trying to forget what had happened.
Batman pulled the blanket that was on the bed over so that it was covering the frightened man completely, he knew he couldn't take away what had happened, but maybe he could help in the future." They wont hurt you anymore….any of you, I'll protect you" he felt a stab of guilt as Crane turned towards him, fear and shock present in the other mans eyes.
"How can any of us trust you? Are you really better than the thugs in here?" Jonathon said, that hit Batman like a punch to the gut.
Batman sighed " Jonathon…" he started gently trying to reassure him " I'm not cruel, I didn't know what was happening here, but now I can keep you safe " Batman moved a gloved hand to rest it on Jonathon's shoulder " you don't deserve this " he said softly.
Jonathon flinched at the hero's touch, he was still unsure if he could trust him " now you'll keep us safe, like you could really do that " Jonathon said looking at Batman " you can't be here all the time, you have no idea what goes on here at night"
Batman looked at him "I have connections, good ones I know Bruce Wayne, and he backs this place. He's a good man for all the faults he has, once he learns what's going on, he'll stop it neither of us will let anything happen to you guys "
"That makes me feel a little better, at least he will get something done "Jonathon smiled at Batman, he was starting to feel better about the man who was in front of him, and at least he saved Jonathon from the guards.
Batman nodded, he knew it was going to take time and a lot of effort, but he would help everyone who was being hurt. "Are you the only one they do this too?" he asked looking at Jonathon; he had to know how bad this was.
"There is a few other people the next hall over, they don't talk about it very much. "Jonathon said hoping the information he gave would be helpful to the Caped Crusader.
"Do you know their names?" Batman asked, at least this was a starting point.
"There's Jervis Tetch and Edward Nygma. I don't know if it's been happening to anyone else besides them" Jonathon said
"Thank you "Batman said honestly grateful for the information Crane had shared. Crane nodded silently "you should try and get some rest, those guards wont be coming back I think I scared them enough, your safe now "
Jonathon chuckled at that; Batman could be scary sometimes even worse than Scarecrow. "Hope it helps "he tensed when he heard footsteps in the hallway.
Batman turned around, tense ready to step in if someone had gotten enough nerve to try to attack Crane again. He saw a doctor turning the corner into the cell.
"Oh, hello Batman what are you doing here so late?" the doctor asked not even missing a step as he walked towards Crane.
Batman relaxed, seeing the doctor stop short seeing the new marks that were on the mans body "the guards were beating him "was the calm explanation "I stopped them, you better check him over "
The doctor moved closer to Jonathon, checking the cuts and bruises he saw forming. They didn't look that bad "they roughed him up pretty well "he lifted up him shirt, checking for more cuts, there was a few but they weren't too bad.
"They were beating him with a belt, they were going to choke him "Batman said, the anger he felt at those men boiling up again.
The doctor put the shirt down and turned towards batman, shocked "I will have a talk with security and put men I trust at his door tonight to guard him "he stood up moving towards Batman.
"Thank you again for stopping those men, I was wondering have you seen another one of our patients, The Joker". The doctor moved towards the doorway.
Batman blinked, he knew that was going to come up eventually "I saw him earlier but was unable to capture him, I'm afraid "
The doctor nodded at that, staying silent as Batman continued to talk "I think this may have happened to more patients, you may want to check into that"
The doctor nodded again, watching Batman slip down the hallway and out of sight.
Batman heading back to the manor, wondering again if this was the right thing to do. He needed to figure out what was going on at Arkham and it wasn't going to be easy.
Two hours passed before Jack heard someone in the mansion other than himself, opening the door as Bruce is walking down the hallway, a frown on his face " what happened at Arkham? " he asked as Bruce entered the room.
Bruce sighed "the guards…they were beating Jonathon "he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Was crane ok? Were you able to stop them "Jack asked worriedly, he knew Bruce needed to talk about this, even if he felt a little uneasy about it.
Bruce nodded "I made them stop and a doctor showed up, so Crane is under protection and getting checked out, hopefully this'll stop. I need to go there as Bruce Wayne to see everything from different perspective "
"How many people do you think it has happened to since I left? " Jack moved over to the bedside table setting down his book, sitting down on the bed.
"Jonathon named two other people that he knew about…. I hate to think about what's going on in there; Arkham is isolated. The guards could be doing anything to those people" Bruce sat down next to him.
Jack leaned a little closer to Bruce "its alright, it will be ok you'll figure it out "he started gently massaging Bruce's shoulders.
Bruce let Jack, relaxing at the soft touch "mmm that feels nice "
Jack smiled, chuckling softly "you're stressed; I thought it would help "he slowly moving his hands up to Bruce's neck rubbing gently.
Bruce just about melted under the other mans touch; he felt his body relaxing more.
Jack gently pushed Bruce farther back onto the bed, he moved down to his calves, Feeling the muscles relaxing under his touch. Humming softly as his hands trailed slowly up Bruce's legs.
Bruce closed his eyes trying to remember the last time he had felt this relaxed.
Jack moved his hands farther up, his humming ceased as he pressed his lips against Bruce's own.
Bruce kissed him back, feeling a bolt of lust shoot through his body, feeling Jacks hands slowly trailing up his chest. He broke the kiss for a moment to breath "I want you "he whispered wrapping his arms around the clown.
Jack smiled, kissing Bruce's neck slowly "me too "
A/n aaaand the rest is left up to your own imagination i'm evil that way, hope you guys are enjoying the story. It only gets better from here.
Thanks again to Lost Souls Keeper, she's an awesome friend who has supported me when writing this. Because without her I probably wouldn't have written this.
