"I'm such an idiot!" Crane proclaimed as leaned towards the mirror while Carlisle leaned against the door frame.
Carlisle tried not to chuckle "Don't beat yourself up!" he said, trying to reassure his boss.
Crane turned to Carlisle "I mean, do I even have a real chance anymore?" he asked.
"Uhm…lets put it this way, your chances are better than, say, Joker!" Carlisle said, comforting him.
Crane huffed "You're not helping." He said as he heard the bedroom door open and close gently.
He cocked an eye brow as he leaned his head out from the bathroom with Carlisle as they both saw Jackie with an angry look on her face.
"What did I do this time?!" Crane asked aggravated.
Jackie huffed "It wasn't you!"
"Then what?" he asked.
Jackie balled her hand into a fist "Somebody's asking for you in the court room." She said.
Crane nodded "Okay, so why are you angry?" he asked.
"He called me a floozy!" Jackie yelled.
Crane leaned back into the bathroom as she yelled before going back into the bathroom entirely "Don't let it get to you! I'll be out in a second." He said before closing the bathroom door.
Jackie tilted her head towards Carlisle as he shrugged his shoulders before walking past her and leaving the bedroom.
She huffed as she pushed the bathroom door open, catching Crane by surprise as he covered himself with his hands.
"What!?" Crane asked.
Jackie huffed "You know, for a second I actually wanted to believe that you'd have my back and that you'd actually have feelings for me, but since you were full of shit, I'm contemplating murder!" she yelled at him.
Crane rolled his eyes, not realizing that Jackie was throwing a punch directly at his face.
4 Months
Crane smirked to himself as he watched Gordon and a few followers stand before him, he knew this was going to be good.
Gordon looked around the room as he saw the eager faces staring at him with evil grins on their faces.
"What sort of due process is this?" Gordon asked.
Meanwhile, Jackie entered the court room silently as she watched from afar, her heart jumping to her throat as she saw Gordon standing before Crane.
"Your guilt has been determined, this is merely a sentencing hearing," Crane said, looking down at Gordon like he was a simple bug "…so what will it be: Death or Exile?" he asked him.
Jackie screamed as she rushed out into the middle of the court room "NO!" she cried loudly, as Carlisle and another thug held her back.
Gordon and Crane both turned to Jackie who began to let tears stream down her face, she turned to Crane with fear and mercy in her eyes.
"Please, don't do this!" she pleaded.
Crane scuffed as he looked back at Gordon, who was still watching Jackie as she pleaded for his life.
"Jonathan, please don't do this!" she pleaded again, falling to her knees as she continued to cry.
Jackie pulled away from the two thugs and laced her fingers together "Take me instead! Take me instead!" she pleaded.
Crane sighed as he looked at Jackie, while Jonathan said 'yes', Scarecrow said 'no'.
"Carlisle, get her out of here!" he commanded, turning back to Gordon, who was holding back his urge to rescue.
Jackie's screams echoed through the hall as Carlisle pulled Jackie through the crowd of people and back into the hallway where he began to fight with Jackie as he tried to close the door shut.
Crane turned back to Gordon "So, where were we?" he asked, unfazed by what had just happened.
"Death or Exile?" Crane proclaimed again.
Gordon sighed, he turned to Crane and stood his ground firmly "Crane, if you think we're going on that ice willingly, you've got another thing coming." He said.
Crane nodded, liking the feistiness in the Commissioner as he thought about what he has just said "Death, then?" he asked, a little disappointed that there would be no 'fight' in this.
Gordon smirked "Looks that way." He remarked.
Crane sighed "Very well, DEATH...by Exile." he said, before smacking his gavel against the desk.
After court was over, Crane rushed to the back, hearing Jackie's screams as he began to run to the bedroom.
Crane stood at the door as Carlisle tried to keep Jackie down who was still fighting him as Carlisle tried to pin her down to the bed.
Jackie's screams were a pain to Cranes' ears as he rushed to the dresser and found his needle pack at the bottom of his sock drawer.
"Hold her down!" Crane demanded as he prepared his sedative before walking to Jackie.
Crane grabbed Jackie's arm and injected the needle into the closest vein he could find; giving her a second before she finally began to calm down.
"Leave us." He told Carlisle, placing the needle on her nightstand table while Carlisle got off the bed.
Crane sat next to Jackie, stroking her hair as she tried to fight the sedative while beginning to lose consciousness.
"No." Jackie grumbled before losing consciousness completely.
Crane took a deep breathe "I'm sorry." He whispered to her.
"I'm so sorry, baby." He whispered, giving her a peck on her forehead before he repositioned himself to lay on the bed next to Jackie and putting his hand on her now bloated abdomen.
"Your father's a jerk." He confessed to the unborn child.
Crane let his thumb grace the baby bump as he looked back up at Jackie, who was finally looking peaceful as she slept next to Crane.
Jackie sighed as she slept, curling into Crane as he pulled the bed sheets around the both of them before turning to the window to see the sun setting and the cold darkness taking over.
Crane took a deep breathe as he cuddled close to Jackie and held her even closer as he breathed in the scent of her hair, he kissed her temple one more time as he closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.
