A/N: Last week the sight was not working well for me. I uploaded ch 20, 21, and 22 Over the week and they showed for some people and not for others. Not sure what was up but I am glad they are up now. Hopefully this week wont have any problems. Enjoy.

Tessa's head felt heavy. She knew she couldn't lift it. She tried to open her eyes. They felt glued shut, she pushed harder and they cracked open. She felt a sense of Deja vu when she once again woke to see Harley in front of her. The situation was different now, Harley had her back to her and Tessa could hear her whispering something. Forcing her head to lift, she looked down and frowned at the blood all over her.

The sight caused her mind to start feeling the throbbing pain between her legs. She felt sick. She had flashes of memory. The painful forced birth of her child. Her baby boy. She looked back at Harley. Tessa was going to kill her. She tugged at the restraints on her wrists. Harley had taken the ones off of her ankles when she was pushing. A fresh wave of pain and grief moved over her.

Harley turned and saw Tessa was awake. "You survived. Good. Once I see this little guy dropped off safe, We get to have some real fun."

Tessa wanted to cry, she wanted to hold her baby. "Why are you doing this? I will leave Gotham, just let me and my baby go." She meant it. She would leave.

"Oh, it's too late for that. You should have left when I released you from the hospital. Then again, You should have died already. You are a slippery little thing. But I won't let you get away." Harley walked closer to the bed and tilted the blanket wrapped bundle. "Say bye-bye to mommy."

Tessa saw the sweet sleeping face of her son and started to cry. He was beautiful, and so tiny. Harley bundled him up into an infant car seat and left Tessa there alone to mourn him. She heard a car start and she screamed, she let every ounce of anger and pain out. Once she had finished she started to try to figure out how to get out of this mess. She looked around. The place was a mess, she was covered in blood, she could still feel blood seeping from between her legs and her belly was cramping.

She pushed her pain to the side. She needed to concentrate on getting free of here. She was no longer hooked up to any tubes, and Harley had left her feet free, that was good. She started to squirm, trying to get a good look at her restraints. She smiled, the straps were held in place under the mattress. If she could get herself pushed up far enough, she could possible get free.

She was breaking into a cold sweat as she used her aching muscles to push herself up higher on the back of the hospital bed. She planted her feet and lifted her weight as much as she could from the mattress. She felt the strap give a bit. Adrenalin pulsed through her, she could do this. She lifted again, shimmied the strap more. It seemed like forever, but she slid the strap free of the bed, immediately un buckling the thick leather cuffs from her wrists.

She almost collapsed as she took her first step from the bed. Her stomach cramped horribly , she doubled over and squeezed against her belly. She felt almost instant relief when something fell from her. She looked down and nearly vomited. Her placenta was there, Harley hadn't even removed it. Tessa felt lighteheaded again, but steeled her self. She had to get the fuck out of there.

She looked around, her clothes were nowhere to be found. She tugged the blood covered sheet around her and looked for anything that might resemble shoes. No luck. the sheet was absorbing more blood that was coming from her. She knew that some blood was normal, but wasn't sure about this. She decided to just walk. She would find someone who might help her. She had to try. She headed for the stepped out into a large parking lot.

She could see the sun starting to rise. She started to head towards the road. She could feel the gravel cutting into her feet but she didn't care. She had to get away. She made it through the gate and onto the main road. She walked for maybe 10 minutes when she saw headlights. She tried to move from the road but her legs gave out. She collapsed on the side of the road. This was it, Harley could run her over.

She heard the car slow down and a door open. Her head felt light and she could hear her pulse in her ears. She was scooped off of the ground and almost cried again when she smelt that familiar smell of grease paint. She passed out.

She was warm, she was so warm. She opened her eyes and panicked, not knowing where she was for a second. She sat up and looked around. She was at Joker's place, her old room. She fell back to the bed and she cried. She cried until no other tears could come out.

"You up?"

She looked over at Joker standing at the door. "Yea." she said her voice sounding weak.

He moved to the bed and sat on the edge. "What happened? I have a good idea but I want to hear it from you."

She pulled her self up to sit up. "That crazy bitch from Arkham took my baby and was going to kill me."

He frowned at her. "That's what I thought." he paused. "Don't worry I sicced Batman on her."

Tessa felt her face go pale. "Oh, no. I need a phone now."

"Why?" he asked as he handed her a burner phone.

"I'll explain in a minute."

She dialed Bruce's number. She prayed he would pick up, she didn't want to leave this on a message.

"Hello?"

"Bruce?"

"Tessa where are you? Are you okay?"

"Bruce, Harley kidnapped me and drugged me, She forced labor and stole my baby. She said she was dropping him off somewhere safe and she left me there to bleed while she was gone I escaped and am safe now. Please find my baby. please."

She hated to beg but she would do it for her baby.

"I will start looking for both of them right now but you need to get to a hospital, then call the police."

"I will."

She hung up and handed the phone back to Joker who looked furious. "Let me explain."

He waved a hand, gesturing for her to continue. She swallowed and took a deep breath.

"Remember how Batman saved me?" he nodded. "Well, Batman is..."