Hi! It's almost over. I can see about two more chapters before I move onto Conviction. I plan on doing a revision to make sure I take care of any mistakes and then, I move onward. I look forward to see you guys review my next story.

Everyone had been slightly on edge since Joker's escape. Security had been tightened and because of this Two-face and Riddler had become tight lipped, refusing to say even a single word. Rhiannun had the feeling they were angry at Joker for leaving, possibly even ruining their own attempts at escape.

Ivy had continued to badger her about her "crush" on scarecrow, much to her and Crane's chagrin. Scarecrow had also been silent, preferring to stay locked inside Crane's mind, rather that make himself present. Dr. Crane had been somewhat more friendly to her out of some form of pity and she had taken to reading her books out loud for his enjoyment.

Despite all this, Rhiannun felt lonely and her ward felt nearly empty. She tried to ignore her feelings but everyone else felt lonely as well and it only added to her own emotions.

Slowly the weeks passed by and Joker was returned to Arkham by Batman, though he had sustained quite a few injuries. Now Joker remained on his cot, recovering, and things just seemed to get even more awkward.

A few days later Joker's doctor, Harleen Quinzel, stopped by briefly. She simply looked at him, put her hand on the glass separating her from him, let out a longing sigh, and left. The ward remained silent before Ivy spoke to Joker, "It won't be long now, will it?"

Joker lifted his head a bit and gave her a wicked grin, "Nope. I got her wrapped around my finger."

Two-face growled out, "When she lets you out, this will be our chance to escape as well. If we waste anymore time…it will only become harder to get out of this God forsaken place."

Ivy nodded, "I agree. How long do you think it will be Joker?"

He let out a wheezed giggle, "I give it a week…tops."

Dr. Crane crossed his arms, "Are you sure she loves you that much?"

Joker nodded, "She's obsessed and desperate for someone to love her. She'll be easy to manipulate and when the time comes she'll be easy to throw away."

Ivy laughed, "I don't know Joker…A woman in love is hard to get rid of."

Joker smirked, "Is that why I can't get away from you?"

Ivy turned red from anger, "Why you!"

Joker just laughed.

"So you guys will all be gone in a week?" Rhiannun spoke.

Every looked in her direction and Ivy looked through the little window, "Don't you want to come with us Sweet Pea?"

Rhiannun blushed slightly. She wanted to tell them the truth: That she was innocent and that she wasn't in anyway like them. She wanted to, "Well…Uhm, you see I…I…Never mind."

Ivy gave her a curious glance, "You're coming with me. I don't trust you with any of these fools."

There were a few grunts of protest from the male population before Crane spoke, "I thought you said you were going to trust her to me? Not that I care either way."

Ivy huffed, "Can't a woman change her mind."

Joker opened his mouth again, "Is that what you are?"

Ivy's neon green eyes glowed brighter as she glared at the clown, "You want to die Bozo? Every threat I ever made you still stands and I've been itching to kill you for ages."

Joker laughed, "You kept track? I'm uh touched. Though I think I know what you're problem is…You need to get laid. Really that's everyone's problem. We all need a good lay."

Ivy's mouth hung open, "What?"

Riddler laughed, but quickly stopped when he realized he might incur Ivy's wrath.

Another silence reigned again…until that evening. The doors were opened, as usual, but instead of going into the secret room, they all loitered in the hall just outside their cells. Ivy was talking to Riddler in hushed tones while Two-face visited Joker in his cell. Rhiannun and Scarecrow were awkwardly paired together: He was leaning against a wall and she sat in front of him about a foot away.

They didn't talk and Scarecrow wouldn't even look at her. She felt incredibly upset because, she knew she had to have done something to make him act this way. He glanced at her and she gave him a small smile. She saw his eyes relax for the briefest of moments before hardening into a glare.

Rhiannun looked into her lap and folded her hands.

"I'm sorry.", She whispered.

Scarecrow looked at her sitting there on the floor and he hated the part of himself that felt the tiniest amount of guilt, "It's not your fault, I just don't want to get close to you."

"Oh."

Scarecrow sighed, "I didn't mean it like that…"

Rhiannun looked at him sharply and stood, "Then What do you mean Scarecrow?"

He winced slightly as she continued, "I'm tired of dealing with your mood swings. First you hate me, then you suddenly have this weird obsession with my innocent personality, and then you show me some kindness and I think we may be becoming friends. Then you have the nerve to get all distant and cold on me. Do you think that I enjoy that? Do you think I like having my emotions played with? I can barely understand them enough without you jerking them this way and that."

He looked down at her and he realized every one was looking at him. Joker whispered something to Two-face that sounded strangely like 'sexual tension'. He felt himself grow slightly angry from embarrassmrnt, "It's none of your business to be trying to understand me. You know nothing about me, you have no right to even associate with me, and I can feel however I want to damn feel like, ok? Just because you want to be all buddy buddy doesn't mean you have to become some depressed whiney little bitch."

Rhiannun shot up and a moment later Scarecrow felt his cheek sting from where she had slapped him. He just looked at her: He knew he should be angry right now and that he should be trying to kill her, or at least seriously injure her, but he simply felt disappointed in himself, as if calling her a bitch had crossed some invisible line.

He saw tears forming in her eyes as she turned to run: He couldn't help himself as he grabbed her arm and swung her around with enough force that she landed against his frame.

She tried to twist out of his grip but it was no use, he was too strong. She pulled back a bit to look up at him and grumbled, "And here we go again with the mood swings."

He looked into her eyes, "Look…I don't quiet understand what's happening. In the beginning, I simply used to be an idea in Johnny's head and then I turned into a little voice for him to talk to. After he got dosed with his own toxin by Batman, my personality started becoming more evident even though I was animal at best. I've slowly been gaining more emotions and becoming my own person. I don't know what to do with everything I'm feeling."

He took a deep breath, "I'm only going to say this once…I'm sorry I called you a bitch."

Rhiannun looked at him with a dumbstruck expression, "Uhm, ok."

Then Riddler bounced over to them and leaned on Scarecrow, "That was a lovely show…but I think we need a better finale."

He then pushed Scarecrow and he and Rhiannun fell to the floor.

Riddler, being the genius that he is, was able to predict the exact amount of force and the exact angle to push the two, so that when they landed, it was in a kiss.

Rhiannun's eyes shot open as she realized Scarecrow's lips were on hers. She noticed his hand had come behind her head to protect it from the fall and part of her felt happiness at the fact that he had considered her safety. Then she flushed bright red and became redder when she felt a small amount of pressure onto her lips from his own before he pulled away and helped her up.

She ran back to her cell red faced and embarrassed as Scarecrow turned around and punched Riddler in the gut.

If she had to sum everything up in one word it was Awkward.

So they finally kissed…almost. Haha there's no way they would ever kiss each other willingly so some assistance was required. Review pwease :3