I woke up to annoying machine beeping it was driving me nuts. I opened my eyes completely and felt something over my mouth and nose. I removed it and sat up. I looked around and notice I was not in my apartment but in a very plain room. Then, it hit me I was in the hospital. I started panicking. I started yanking wires off my body making the cardiac monitor go blank and make a loud noise. The nurses came into the room and so did Aunt B. I panicked even more as the nurses tried to wire me back up. I think I over did it because they sedated me. Once again all went dark.

I woke up to see Uncle Gordon, "Uncle Gordon is that you?"

"Yes."

I groaned, "Am I dead?"

Uncle Gordon chuckled, "No, you're very much alive. It was all stage so we could get the Joker." I gave him a small smile then the doctor walked in.

"Ms. Bennett you're so lucky to be alive. You lost so much blood but lucky for you we had a donor."

I was shocked, "Who?"

The doctor checked his clipboard, "A gentleman by the name of Bruce Wayne."

My heart sank to the pit of my stomach.

"He came a few times but you had a concussion and when you didn't you were sedated."

I blushed as I remember my freak out moment, "Like I said you're very lucky. You should be out of here tomorrow morning we want to keep you here to run some test to check for any brain injury."

I nodded my head. I didn't like the thought of having to stay here but I wasn't going to argue. Besides I was going to loose anyways. I spent my day in the hospital watching TV and eating nasty hospital food. They didn't find anything weird with my brain so that was good. While I was in the hospital a lot of shit was happening like Rachel death, the Joker got away, and Harvey got severely burnt and he is in the same hospital as me at this very moment. The saddest news was about Rachel. Poor Bruce I wonder how he's feeling right now. I would call him but my phone got totaled in the car accident the only thing that was saved was my apartment keys. I sighted. I hate being in the hospital. I was watching TV something about a guy name Reese knowing who the 'Real Batman' is they were taking calls at the moment.

"I wanna know how much they're gonna pay you to say who the real Batman is."

I smirked.

"That's simply not why I'm doing this," Reese said.

Engel changed the call, "Caller you're in the air."

The person spoke, "Harvey Dent didn't want us to give in to this maniac- you think you know better than him?"

I bit my lower lip.

"Guy's got a point- Dent didn't want Batman to give himself up, is this the right thing to do," Engel ask Reese.

"If we could talk to Dent know he might feel differently-"

Engel cut him off, "And we wish him a speedy recovery. God know we need him, now. Let's take another call-"

Hum, maybe I'll go visit Harvey later... keep him some company. Lord knows hospitals can get quit boring.

Anyways, the next caller was an old lady, "Mr. Reese what's more valuable: one life, or a hundred?"

What kind of question is that?

"I guess it would depend on the life."

The old lady went on, "Ok. Let's say it's YOUR life. Is it worth more than several hundred others?"

Huh.

"Of course not."

The old lady chuckled, "I'm glad you feel that way. Because I got a bomb in one of the city's hospital. It's going off in sixty minutes on less someone kills you."

WHAT?! I have to get out of here, "NURSE," I yelled and started to removed my IV's off.

Engel panicked, "Who is this?"

The old lady talked on, "Just a concern citizen-" the 'old lady' drop the pitch into the Joker's voice. "-and a regular guy."

Shivers ran down my spine, "NURSE!"

The Joker kept on speaking, "I had a vision of a world without Batman. The mob ground out a little profit and the police tried to shut them down, one block at a time ... and it was so ... boring. I've had a change of heart. I don't want Mr. Reese spoiling everything, but why should I have all the fun? Let's give someone else a chance."

Reese looked around the place, twitching. Sweating.

"If Colman Reese isn't dead in sixty minutes then I blow up a hospital. Of course you could always kill yourself Mr. Reese. But that would be the noble thing to do. And you're a lawyer." Then, the line went dead and Engel was speechless.

It was chaos in the hospital nurses and doctors were running around in panic. I left my room and stopped a nurse who was wheeling out an elderly man.

"What can I help with?"

I could see the fright in her eyes, "The children's ward."

I nodded my head and headed toward the children's ward. The ward was full of crying children and frantic parents. I picked up the youngest and told the oldest to grab a child and to follow me. I managed to get those children out to safety and into the hands of cops. I went back inside the hospital and headed toward the children ward again. I found it empty so I turned to leave but I stop dead on my tracks when I heard sobs.

"Where are you?" I yelled. The sobs got stronger I leaned down under a hospital bed and found a 5 year old girl crying.

"Give me your hand sweetie." At first she hesitated then she gave me her hand. I grabbed her and carried her out off there. I handed her to a nurse who thank me millions of time. I turned to the hospital and decided to go in one more time. As I headed towards the hospital the first explosion was felt and I staggered to stay on my feet. Then, a huge fireball came out the building following a nurse. I ran up to her to see if she needed help.

"Are you alright? Where there more patients-" The nurse lifted her head and my eyes went wide.

I moved back, "No." I kept on walking backwards but I trip against my own feet making fall on my butt.

"Stay away from me."

The Joker cackled, "I've missed you so much."

He reached to grabbed me but I got up and tried to run but he grabbed me by my hair and pulled me back. Then, he grabbed my arm and started dragging me. I started screaming but he covered my mouth. Then, he pushed me inside a school bus and got in himself. The Joker forced me to take a seat then he nodded to the bus driver and we were off. The Joker sat next to me with a grin plaster on his face.

"You know I miss torturing you."

What a lovely thing to say.

"Good for you," I rolled my eyes. The Joker grabbed my arm and pressed his stupid knife on my neck. Man, his antics were getting old. I glared at him and pushed him of my seat.

"Leave me alone!" I yelled. The Joker laughed and regain his composure. Then, he pressed my head on the bus window. Well, this felt like DeJa Vu. I growled and with my hand I started clawing and scratching the Joker's hand. The Joker let got of my head and I started kicking him.

"Why don't you leave me alone?" I yelled angrily as I kept kicking him off my seat and away from me. At one point I manage to find a gun under the seat so I took a hold of it and threatened him with it.

"How's does it feel?"

It felt quit nice. To be the one holding the weapon and all.

"Feels nice, huh?"

I stared at the gun in my hand. The Joker moved slightly and I looked up at him with a glare and pulled the safety back. "Don't fucking move because I swear I'll shoot 3 holes in your head like a bowling ball."

The Joker cackled and pulled his knife out again.

This time I was the one laughing, "You just brought a knife to a gun fight."

The Joker grinned evilly. Then, he flung the knife and it caught on the metal right next to me. I yelped and the Joker grabbed the gun from my hand and tossed it to a different seat. The Joker grabbed me by my arm and slapped me. I frown at him and kicked him in the groin. I tried to run to the back of the bus but the Joker grabbed me by my hair and placed his knife on my neck.

"What happened? You lost your fight?"

I smirked and grabbed the gun again, "No, I just found it." I aimed and closed my eyes as I pulled the trigger. Everyone that was in the bus screamed then gasped. I opened my eyes slowly only to reveal that I didn't shoot the Joker... sadly. It hit the front window. I heard the bus driver course. The Joker snatch the gun out off my hand and forced me to take a seat again. "You have to be careful with these! You could have killed someone."

I grumbled, "No one that should be dead."

When we reached our destination the Joker grabbed me by my arm and dragged me inside some building. While we walked he told me about the 'great plans he had for me', fucking lunatic, I know. I rolled my eyes at most of the things he said. That is until he lead me into a darkish room and on one of the walls the words 'Breaking News' were painted. He made me seat down on a chair a camera right in front of my face.

"You are to read every card. You need to sound evil."

I glared at him, "And if I don't."

All I heard was the sound of gun's clicking, "They'll blow your brains out."

The Joker cackled and I gulped. The first card was presented and camera's light turned red. I swallowed.

"What does it take to make you people join in?" The next card was shown and I looked directly at the camera.

"You failed to kill the lawyer ... I've got to get off the bench and into the game." He repeated the last words of my sentences. My eyes began to water. I looked at the Joker.

"READ THE CARD," He mouthed to me waving his knife in his hand.

I took a deep breath, "S-so, here it is. Come nightfall the city is mine, and anyone left here plays by my rules. If you don't want to be in the game, get out now," I changed the card, "But the bridge-and-tunnel crowd are in for a surprise. HA HA HA." I monotone laughed but the Joker did it with more enthusiasm. They, shut the cameras off and I sat there waiting for the next part.

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