Note: These characters besides Psycho are copyright to D.C Comics and Warner Brothers Inc. AN: Hi this is my first fanfic so please rate and Review! Criticism is encouraged and appreciated thanks! I am currently revamping the whole story, mainly using the enter button and grammar mistakes, I am trying to make it easier to read ; sorry I didn't do this sooner.
Dana sat down in her lounge chair at home. It had been a long day and she was tired from all of the lousy school work that she had to do, but that was just the beginning of her work. She reached into her book bag and grabbed a mountain of homework that was due the very next day. She sighed and decided that for now on she hated school. Her teachers all day every day dragged on and on about stuff that Dana didn't care about. To top that they each gave five assignments each, on a good day, to make it even greater she had six periods to go to and only ten minutes for lunch. She would be seriously glad when school was over and summer started.
Her phone rang and she fumbled to find it. It was sitting on the table in front of her; she sighed and angrily grasped it from the table- top. "Hello?" She asked.
"Hi can you come over, I need help on the math," It was Chelsea.
"Why ask me I haven't even started on my geography and you know I suck in math!" Dana exclaimed. "Why don't you try Max?"
"You're better than you think in math, and Max is busy at school, as usual, plus I could help you on the geography, I already have it done." Chelsea answered.
It was a very tempting offer and Dana did
need the extra help, so she decided that it would be worth her time.
It was only 4'oclok anyways and she didn't have plans, or at least
she couldn't have plans, Terry was always busy at work and that gave
no time for them, Max was always busy in the school all the time, and
she and Chelsea always had too much homework to do regardless of
them. She grabbed her stuff and put it all in her backpack and left
for Chelsea's
house.
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The next morning Terry stumbled to get out of bed to turn off his stupid alarm clock. It was the normal six o'clock and as usual he was barley able to keep his eyes open. School would be a drag like it always was, at least he managed to stay up to do MOST of his homework.
He slammed the off button and got ready for school, when he noticed that his book bag was missing. Matt more than likely would be the culprit. He checked under his bed to make sure the batsuit was still there, sure enough it was. He then left his room and shut the door behind him as he always did.
Terry made it to the hall when he saw Matt running around with a geeky smile on his face. "What did you do with my book bag!" Terry asked Matt looking him square in the eye. "You know I would never touch it!" Matt said with a faked innocent look in his eyes. "Matt I'm really not in the mood! Tell me what you did with it alright?" Terry ordered. "Alright spoil sport! I threw it in the trash before the trash man arrived!" A lie as usual escaped his brother's mouth. "MATT!" Terry yelled. "Alright, alright, stop your bickering it's in the kitchen where it normally is," He said as Terry started storming off. He found it, grabbed it and then went to his car to start another boring day at school.
Dana walked in, she had gotten a lot done with Chelsea and now she was finally finished. Thankfully there was one thing to look forward to today, it was Friday. She walked into class and there were the usual creeps that liked to stare at her, or try to harass her in ways that always got them suspended. Then there were the preps that were always fixing their hair and liked to get things perfect. Not a single one of her friends were in the first two periods but Max was in third and Terry had the same lunch as she did, nothing was too bad. She sat down and noticed the problems on the board; Mrs. Youlong was never in class at the begging and always had problems for them to do. Dana got out notebook paper and a pencil and started answering. One of the guys smiled now that she was in class. His name was Rob and he was always giving Dana a hard time.
"Yo you think we can go out now?" He asked he put his hand on her leg.
"Stop it!" Dana slapped him in the face and clawed his hand off.
"Oooh feisty I like that in a girl," Rob said eyeing her timidly.
"Buzz off and find another girl that will play you stupid games. Leave me alone!" Dana yelled and then she moved to another desk to continue her work. Not too long after Mrs. Youlong came into the class.
"Okay turn in your paper and your homework to the front desk, Ms. Tan, they want to see you in the office." She said. Dana sighed what did they want now? She got up from the desk and started walking out of the classroom as Rob licked his lips. He was a creep.
When she got to the office she discovered that Commissioner Gordon herself was in the office talking to the principle. Dana realized that it had to be something about Max or Terry, because her and Chelsea had done nothing the previous night, nor any night that month for that matter, they were always to busy doing homework that there was no time for anything else. She nervously sat in her seat. Not too long after this Terry came in. He saw the commissioner and had a curious look on his face as he took a seat next to Dana.
She looked at him but remained quiet as he did. Was it Max or had Terry done something that she didn't know about? Right after she thought of this question the principle summoned the two of them. Terry walked in cool and collected as Dana followed. She shut the door behind her and timidly sat down in the nearest chair. Why would any of them do anything? She once felt that she could trust all of them, were her friends breaking that trust? If so why did she have to be dragged into the middle of it? Terry looked at her and noticed her fear. He comforted her by just looking. Her heart skipped a beat when he did and his worry for her made her feel a whole lot better. She wished that she could spend more time with him, and sometimes she even convinced herself that she would give up almost anything. This is why she stayed with him, because although they hardly ever saw one another, the love was real. She smiled warmly at him and he smiled back, if only they had more time.
Gordon looked directly at Dana, "Have you heard what happened to Chelsea last night?" She asked.
"Chelsea? Nothing happened I was with her last night!" Dana exclaimed. She looked at Terry again. He was really worried as well. No, he didn't know what was going on either. She looked back at the Commissioner
"Why what's wrong? What happened?" Tears were starting to boil in her eyes, Dana held them back.
"She disappeared last night and we have reason to believe that she has been kidnapped or worse," The Commissioner gave a silent look to Terry, but Dana was too worried to care.
"Do you know where she is?" Dana asked.
"No, that's why I came here to see if you knew," Gordon said. Her gaze shifted back to Terry. What was it between them? Dana thought. Its like they know each other. Or I may just be paranoid. A pale faced principle came in and dismissed them back to class. Dana quickly shifted her gaze to Terry; she was worried and hoped that at lunch, he could comfort her with more information. A tear streaked down her eye and she left.
Terry saw her tear as she left. Chelsea was an important friend to all of them and now she was gone. Not for good if he had anything to say about it. He left the school, worry had gotten the best of him, and he knew that he would get yelled at later, but he didn't care, not if he could save his friend's life.
He drove home and put on the suit. No one was home, of course, Matt would be at school and Mom would be at work. Terry grabbed the mask and walked outside. The day was very dark and gloomy. Terry figured that it was the perfect mood for the type of day that lay before him. He put the mask on and called for the batmobile. It came and stopped right in front of him. Terry jumped into the vehicle and took off to explore the city, for possible clues to find Chelsea.
The streets were quiet that afternoon, almost too quiet. As he was driving, Terry could feel a chill in the air. There was something wrong. He parked on the nearest rooftop and got out. What ever it was he wanted to face the problem face-to-face without the aid of the car. He jumped off the rooftop and took flight. He then saw someone below him laughing. The man had dark rings under his eyes and was screaming awkward things. Looks like an Arkham case Terry thought. He flew down to a fairly large gutter where he could relax and watch at ease while the man continued his insane ways.
"No the apple doesn't fall far from the tree does it my queen? Yes, yes too bad though this city doesn't have any trees for apples to grow on at all. Dear, dear now what would happen to our world if it did? That would not be good no it wouldn't. Then it would be a forest, my lovely, a forest full of anger, pain, and suffering. Ooh and then the fun part! Yes, yes beautiful, then fun part begins! The peoples living in that world would all kill each other! Yes maybe that would be a good world after all! After all my darling!"
Terry was disgusted and thought that what he wanted wasn't here, so he started to go.
"Where are you going? I was only getting started Batsy, I haven't even gotten to the good part yet!"
How did he know!
"Oh a fool you are, yes Batsy I know everything there is to know about you. Yes even your name Terry, most unfortunate it is that all of the good that you have done in this city will be shattered today. Yes even before you get home. If I were one of them I would be feeling sorry for you right about now,"
Before Terry could ask about who he meant by 'one of them' electricity surrounded him. He yelled in pain and fell to the ground. Something about that electricity made the suit immobile and Terry couldn't move.
"Most unfortunate McGinnis, yes most unfortunate indeed that your family and friends will have to watch you die."
