Chapter 7.
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When I arrived to the Mansion, there were two Joker's men standing in front of the main entrance. One of them stepped closer, as I was nearing the building, and stopped right in front of me, making a little, clumsy bow, which told me that he was being polite for the very first time of his life and he was certainly not doing it from his own will. It made me smile.
They took me to through the Mansion to the warden's office. I had no idea where the old man was, not that I cared, I didn't wish anything good to him. As I entered the office, I saw the Joker sitting there on the table. He smirked when he saw me coming: "Oh, look who it is! You really came! When Harley told me that you're on the island, I nearly thought she was joking! But here you are, right on my request. I am sure you're wondering what do I want from you, aren't you?"
I smiled. "Yeah, that thought crossed my mind once or twice, Joker, but what I want to know is what the hell is going on around here. And I mean the monster I saw earlier. While I am usually not much of a snooping type, it would be much easier for me not to get myself killed if I new. It's rather confusing to play a game if you don't know the rules."
The Joker suddenly took a gun from his suit and began to play with it, before he looked at me. "Fine, I'll tell you, the Bat will find it out on his own anyway. So, I am sure you remember our dear doctor Young." he said and then he whistled. I turned around to see the same two goons that took me here, dragging a woman in the room. It was doctor Young. "Little Penny here was supposed to help me with a little experiment, but she wanted to back out of it and I really don't like that." he laughed menacingly and I looked over at the doctor. "What experiment?" I asked the clown as I was watching Young, who was staring back at me with wide opened eyes.
"I am sure you heard about Bane, even that you two never met each other, I mean he's someone not too easy to overlook, isn't he? The doctor here managed to improve his Venom drug, making it stronger, so it would create a lot better monsters, like the one I think you probably saw. Just imagine it, Katie, imagine all the fun with these monsters rampaging through the city! I was paying for it, thousands of my money and she?" he growled, staring angrily at the doctor. "She wanted to stop it. So I had to come over and take care of it myself."
I looked from the doctor on the Joker and I nodded. "That... explains a lot. So that's why you're here. I was wondering why would you return here, when you escaped. But what do you want from me then?" I asked and he laughed. "Well, that's easy. To cook, one needs a recipe. She has the formula, but she hid it somewhere and she doesn't want to talk. So, I would like you to help her remember." he smiled. "Johny told me that you too like to play with the chemical set." I sighed and turned to him. "Forget it. I am not doing that."
The Joker raised his eyebrows on that. "Well Katie, now you're acting stupid. It's not very clever to say that to a guy with a gun." he sad and tapped his head with the gun he was holding in his hand. I sighed again. "Look, that poison was not designed for torturing people. It will probably knock her out before she will have a chance to say anything."
"Then lower the dose. I want that formula, Katherine."
I looked at him and I shook my head. "And I want to help you get it, but I don't think I am so deep in the business Joker, I'm sorry. But... I have seen Zsasz going towards this section of the island. I can find him for you, if you want." I looked in his eyes apologetically and he was just staring at me for a while, before he came to me and pressed the gun to my forehead. "I thought that you're stronger than that. Now the only reason why I'm not going to kill you now, is Harley. She's really annoying when she gets mad. You better not dissapoint me like that next time. Now off with you. And don't return without him."
I quickly backed from the room, I didn't want him to change his mind. I walked out of the building and looked around. I felt somehow ashamed. Why the hell did I tell him that? Why didn't I want to make that doctor suffer? I met her only few times, but I never liked her, she always seemed too proud to me, too ambitious. I guessed Joker was right, I still wasn't strong enough to do these things myself, but that didn't mean I would not watch Zsasz doing it.
But where did he go? He was nowhere to be seen. I looked to the right and saw the huge building of the Gardens. It was worth the try. I walked there and opened the door, I stepped inside and as I did so, I saw that I was in the right place. Next to the door, sitting on a bench to my left, were two dead guards, and beside them were fresh cuts in the wood. Suddenly, I heard a light footsteps. "Zsasz?" I called gently. The footsteps stopped for a few moments, before they continued towards me and in the next second, I saw my favourite killer standing before me. "Katherine?" he asked. "What are you doing here?" I smiled. "Well, I'm looking for you. Joker needs you in the Mansion."
I lead him back to the Joker. I certainly don't have to tell you that he was more than happy to do the task he was given. He ask if he could be left alone with in the room with the doctor, but after a while of my pleading, he allowed me to stay and watch, so now I was silently sitting back in the room, right on same table Joker was sitting before, watching the performance.
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I needed to escape, quickly, the Batman could not catch me. And I had to leave her alone, but I was sure that the Bat will not hurt her... much. I don't really know why I wanted to give her that syringe, it just popped in my head. Well, I gave it her, let's see, if she's inteligent enough to actually use it.
How could that be possible? The Batman was not suppose to overcome the gas so quickly... he wasn't supposed to overcome it at all. I went to my secret laboratory I had in the elevator shaft. Not many knew about this place, except for the few people I trusted. Katherine was ridiculously happy when I told her about it. She seems very fond of me, silly girl, one day this could have a very good use to me. In the laboratory, I was alone, and could work on a new, stronger toxin, just for the Bat.
I later saw him go in the Mansion. Surely he was looking for doctor Young's notes. Little he knew that the Joker is already working on getting the formula from the doctor and I was sure that he will succed. That clown was always very creative when it came to ways of torturing. The doctors was weak, it will be a short process. And maybe then, if she survive, the Joker will give her to me.
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I was very grateful to Katherine for letting me take over this situation, so why should I not let her watch? She was sitting there on the table, tapping the dark wood with her fingers gently, waiting for me to start, as I was looking at the terryfied woman on the ground in front of me. She was mine, mine to play, but I knew I cannot kill her now, Joker wanted me to get the answers, but it didn't matter, that will only prelong her suffering. As I took out the long knife, already covered in blood, she let out a terrified squeak.
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I will not describe what exactly I saw in that room in full details, but it was like watching something from the Saw movie. I watched as he approached the doctor with his knife and started his work, hoping that I will never sank to that level of animality, but still, watching him was very fascinating, cause it was sure that he is an expert in this kind of work.
As the amount of the blood on Zsasz's knife was slowly increasing, I began to really admire that expertise. It was interesting to think about how much blood can you get out of the person without actually killing it. Sadly, it didn't last very long. Suddenly, I heard loud footsteps outside of the room, footsteps of heavy boots that I was already able to recognise. The Batman. I quickly hid behind the table.
Even that Zsasz was holding a knife to doctor's neck, hidden behind the door, it was easy for the Batman to take him down with carefully aimed batarang. He fell to the ground and the doctor ran to his body and started to hit him in the chest. I wanted to strangle her for that, but I needed to stay hidden. As the Batman walked in, I waited for the right moment to slip past when he turned his back on me and leave the room, but as I was rounding the corner of the corridor, I heard a large explosion behind me and I ran back. What was that? Was the Batman dead? I entered the room again and I saw something that looked like doctor Young's corpse. On the wall above was something that may have been a safe. It was evident that this was the thing that just exploded. On the ground next to the fireplace was the Batman. I slowly approached him and checked his pulse. He wasn't dead, just unconscious. I slowly moved my hand towards his mask, when I heard someone enter the room behind me.
