Chapter 10

"What do you mean she's gone?" Bruce asked after Alfred had told him about McKenzie going missing.

"We were at the cafe and I needed to go to the men's room and when I came back, she was gone" replied Alfred. Bruce rubbed his forehead.

"Anything could have happened to her, we need to go looking for her and if we don't find her, we'll need to get the police invovled, she may have been kidnapped" Bruce infomred.

"Ah yes sir, I forogt to tell you, a Woman said that she saw McKenzie being dragged away by a man that was dressed in purple" the butler informed.

"Ok Alfred, we need to get the police invovled, it looks like McKenzie's been kidnapped" Bruce said.

Her vision was still black and she felt dizzy. McKenzie could feel herself lying on hard flooring and her leg was throbbing in pain. She couldn't remember what happened, nothing at all, It was as if her mind was blank. She knew that she wasn't alone when she heard footsteps coming towards her. McKenzie tried to sit up but she felt a hand on her forehead push her back down again. She started whimpering in pain and tried to open her eyes but failed.

"Take it easy now girly, you're what I need to get the Batman to reveal who he really is" she heard someone say. The voice sounded so familiar. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the Joker leaning over her.

"Well hello there, I was wondering when you were going to wake up" he said with a giggle. "How long have I been out for?" McKenzie mumbled. "About two hours" he replied and noticed that McKenzie was pretty angry.

"Why the hell did you shoot me?" she asked. "It was to stop you getting away, you could be really useful". McKenzie was confused. "and I don't think you'll be able to get away for a while, I got you good on the leg" he continued. McKenzie tried to stand up but found it impossible.

"You fool, I can't even walk" she spat. "As I said, you can't get away this time so you'll have to hang around here for a while, hahahahahaha". McKenzie rolled her eyes yet again and managed to sit herself up.

"Where did you go?" he asked her.

"Keep your nose out" McKenzie replied in a cocky manner.

"Oooh, you're feisty" he chuckled He waited for her to reply but instead he heard a groan and a thud. He looked to find her passed out again. He chuckled again and walked towards her.

"Looks like you won't be escaping this time,hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha." Meanwhile,back at Wayne manor,the Police were talking to Bruce about McKenzie's whereabouts.

"Now, where do you reckon that this McKenzie girl could have gone?" the Police officer asked Bruce.

"I don't know, Alfred said that someone saw her being dragged away" Bruce replied. The officer nodded as he took notes.

"How old is this girl?" he asked.

"I'm not sure" Bruce replied "she's round about Ten, maybe Eleven years old, I'm sort of looking after her, she was lost."

"Uh huh" the Policeman nodded "you think we should call her parents, tell them that their daughter's been kidnapped."

"To tell you truth" said Bruce "I don't know who or where her parents are,she's not from around here."

"Where is she from Mr Wayne?" the officer asked.

"New york" Bruce replied simply.

"Well, how come she's in Gotham without her parents?" the office asked. Bruce shrugged and told them about how she hit her head and when she woke up, she found herself in Gotham.

"She mentioned something about getting run over,she reckons that the person who ran her over,kidnapped her then dumped her here." The officer nodded as he took it all in.

"Ok, we'll try and find this McKenzie girl as best we can" and he and the other policeman sat down on the sofa and Alfred sat next to him.

"I am so sorry sir, I only left her for two seconds and when I came back, she was gone" he explained.

"Don't worry about it Alfred" Bruce reassured "it wasn't your fault."

McKenzie woke up after being out for nearly three hours. She slowly sat up and looked around, she was still in the same room as she was before she passed out the second time.

"Damn" she grumbled "am I still here, well gues I'm going to have to try and get up, here goes nothing." She slowly rose to her feet and limped towards the door,but her leg was too badly injured for her to walk on so she collasped onto her side.

"Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww" she moaned "god, I sounded so pathetic." She sighed and crawled across the floor,sitting up agaisnt the wall.

"Well, guess this is it" she mumbled "guess I'm stuck here."