Alexis sat in a long black train. Warm tears fell down her cheeks as she watched each building in Gotham city pass right by her. She shifted positions when they passed Wayne Tower.

She wiped her tears away with the back of her hand and continued to stare off into the distance.

There was a sudden jolt that made her entire body move forward. The train had stopped and people around her were looking to see what had happened.

The two doors on either side of the train flew open. Five clowns piled in with machine guns.

Alexis took in a deep breath. She looked back to see that one of them was Tom. She could just tell by his features.

People around her began to panic and move around in their seats.

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Bruce sat in his office silently. He fiddled with a picture of him and Alexis on their wedding day.

There was a loud bang coming from the kitchen and he figured it was Allie messing with something.

He let out a deep sigh. Everything was going wrong. Ever since 'he' came into the picture his relationship with Alexis was falling apart.

Allie ran into the office. " Dad! Someone is in the house!"

Bruce stood up and pushed past her. He ran to the kitchen to see the familiar purple and green suit. " Get out!"

Joker looked up at Bruce. " Is that any way to treat a close friend?"

" You're no friend." Bruce replied.

Joker licked his lips. " Okay then." He paced the kitchen slowly. " Let's get down to business."

" What do you want?" Bruce asked.

" I want to go back to my old exciting days." Joker made a popping motion with his hands. " So I need you to get the old batman suit out."

" Never." Bruce snapped.

" So you're willing to let the citizens of Gotham city die because of you?" Joker asked.

Two clowns appeared behind Joker. " Get Allie and Alexis." Joker instructed. " We'll let them be the first to die."

" You'd never kill Alexis." Bruce said.

" Try me." Joker said with a smile.

The clowns reappeared with Allie, who was struggling to break free of their grip.

" That is only one." Joker said.

" There was only one boss." One of the clowns replied.

Joker eyed Bruce suspiciously. " Where's Alexis?" He asked.

" You tell me." Bruce answered.

Joker sighed. " I'm gonna ask one more time. Where. Is. Alexis?"

" She left." Allie whispered.

" Left? Where?" Joker asked.

" We don't know." Allie answered.

" Aw. Did you two have a little fight?" Joker asked Bruce.

Bruce flung a punch at Joker but he slid out of the way. " I'll take that as a yes." Joker said.

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Alexis got out of her seat and walked towards the back to where the clowns were all huddled around.

" Step back lady." The clown pointed his gun at her.

Alexis put her hands on her hips. " Excuse me?"

" I got orders to blow this train up in exactly thirty seconds."

" Thirty seconds?" She asked.

Another clown came up behind her. " Okay guys let's get off this thing. We've only got twenty seconds…" He paused and looked at Alexis.

" Tom?" She asked slowly.

He took his mask off. " Why the hell are you on here?" He asked.

" I needed to get away." She answered quickly. " Stop the bomb!"

" I can't!"

One of the clowns grabbed his arm. " Let's go man."

" We can't leave her. Boss will kill us all if she dies." Tom replied.

" Who cares." The clown pushed Tom out the door and jumped after him.

" Wait!" Alexis looked over at a watch on a seat. I was counting down. And the countdown was almost over. It read. 0:03. Three seconds to escape death.

Wow. I just want to thank everyone for the reviews. Sorry the chapters are shorter now. I don't have too much time to write them. )