Book Two: Chaos

Chapter 12

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"Will you ever go back to Barbara and your kids one day?" I passed Gordon a cup of coffee. We stood on the MCU building roof. The batsignal was lit and we waited for the Dark Knight to make an appearance.

"I thought you were going out tonight, Detective." Gordon replied.

"Nope. Not tonight." I smirked. "I felt like keeping you company. And maybe who knows, I'll get to see the Batman, tonight."

"It doesn't look like he's coming tonight." Gordon smiled. "And if we're lucky. He's busy."

"I think we are." I smiled knowingly.

"Hey, Boss, just got a call from Gotham National Bank. Men masked as clown robbed them earlier today." I said stepping in Gordon's office. "And guess what? They found some of our marked bills."

"A mob bank?" Gordon asked getting up.

"Yeah, the fifth one."

The sun was just starting to rise over Gotham when we reached the bank. "He certainly knows how to make a dramatic entrance." I remarked showing him the picture on which we could see the Joker looking right at the camera. We stepped into the safe.

"What's he hiding under that make up?" Gordon asked.

"Something that only makes him stranger than the average person." I said turning around to look at Batman who was already here. "I'll give you some time." I nodded to Gordon before stepping out of the safe. "Alright, people can you give us a minute there?"

I let Gordon and Batman have their conversation without me while I went around the crime scene searching for evidence or something that might help. You know there's another thing that they didn't show in the movie. The gruesome details. The Joker killed them directly or indirectly but killed them. We, police officers, get to see the dead bodies left behind him. Each one of them giving us an indication of every steps of the operation. Anyway, the Joker made his entrance, so the game is on.

"I brought you some croissant. They smell delicious." I said as a form of greetings stepping into the bunker.

"Hi, Emma." I walked up to the desk where Bruce was sitting.

"Let me." I offered taking the needle from him. "Take a croissant while I stitch you up."

"Be nice, when Wayne Manor's rebuilt. You can swap not sleeping in a penthouse for not sleeping in a mansion." Alfred said walking up to us. "Good morning, Miss Sanders."

"Good morning to you too, Alfred." I replied cheerfully. "Tell me you brought coffee with you?"

"I will never understand your love for this dark beverage, Miss Sanders." Alfred continued.

"I'm addicted to it." I chuckled.

"I'm glad to see that it's Miss Sanders that is stitching you up. Whenever you do it yourself, you do make a bloody mess." Alfred put down the thermos on the desk.

"Yeah. It makes me learn from my mistakes." Bruce groaned.

"That's not true at all." I whispered to Alfred.

"My armor. I'm carrying too much weight. I need to be…I need to be faster." Bruce continued.

"I'm sure, Mr. Fox can oblige." Alfred told him.

"Speaking of which, am I ever going to see Lucius' workshop?" I asked him.

"One day, maybe." Bruce retorted.

"Did you get mauled by a tiger?" Alfred asked him.

"It was a dog." Bruce replied quickly.

"Huh?" I stifled a laugh.

"It was a big dog." Bruce said again.

"A Rottweiler." I giggled. "It was a Rottweiler, Alfred." Bruce slightly glared at me. "Sorry." I cleared my throat but barely could keep the smile off of my face.

"You were right about the copycats, Crane and the Chenchen, they were all there." Bruce continued.

"Yeah, and the Joker attacked the mob bank. Everything comes into place." I snipped the thread.

"You will finally be able to change things for good, Miss Sanders." Alfred smiled at me.

"I hope so, Alfred. I hope so." I picked up the croissants from the table. "Sure, none of you want one?"

"I thought you brought them exclusively for me." Bruce said taking his shirt off.

"Nope. I took them for Dent and Gordon for their meeting. Meeting that I'm about to disrupt." I replied. "Alright, I'll see you later, peeps. Have a good day. Oh, before I forgot when you'll see Lucius ask him about that sonar device, will you? It might come in handy."

For once, I haven't taken my bike. I borrowed Sue's car. I had a long night and now it seemed I have a long day ahead of me. I rushed to Dent's office as soon as I stepped into the building. His secretary tried to stop me but I waved her off.

"I hope I'm not interrupting your little rendezvous." I said as a form of greeting.

"In fact, you are Detective." Dent said annoyed.

"Sanders, what are you doing here?" Gordon asked me.

"Saving our operation." I whispered leaning on Dent's desk. I took the marked bills and shoved them into my pockets. "Here's the deal. Head, you two come with me for a little tour of Gotham City. Tail, you two stay here and jeopardize the operation. What do you say?"

Harvey smirked. "Okay." He took his coin out of his pocket.

"No, we are using my coin." I said taking my own. I flipped the coin in the air, it landed in my right hand and I slapped it on my left hand. I took the coin and showed it to Harvey. "Do you fancy croissants? They're still hot." I smirked.

"A deal is a deal." Harvey got up and walked past me out of the office.

"I hope you know what you're doing, kid." Gordon said following him.

"So do I." I sighed. "So do I."

"Buckle up, folks. I'm offering you a free drive around Gotham." I said cheerfully buckling up. I turned the key into the ignition. "I'm just your driver, so act as if I wasn't here."

Gordon and Dent were in the backseat and they started to have the exact same conversation as in the movie. At least, it will be out of indiscreet earshot. Gotham is a quite wealthy city in spite of the increasing numbers of people that live in the Narrows. In spite of the mob being out there on the streets. I still don't know who is the mole in Harvey's office but you know, better be safe than sorry. If no one hears about the coming operation, Lau won't take all the money and flee to China. Bruce won't have to go there either. And that would make one more change in the movie plot.

"Don't diss the MCU, Harvey." I scolded him. "We do with what we have. We don't have a choice."

"And what about you, Sanders?" Harvey asked. "Coming out of nowhere and suddenly becoming Gordon's little protégé."

"Tell me this, Dent. Have I ever give you a reason to put me behind bars? Or even a reason to think that I was corrupted in any way?"

"No, you never gave me one. Rachel even think of you highly." He replied.

"I know you want in and I know you want to meet him." I said. "But Gordon told you, the fewer know, the safer the operation is."

Dent sighed. "You want me to back warrants for search and seizure on five banks without telling me what we're after."

"I can give you the names of the banks." Gordon retorted.

"Well, that's a start. I'll get you your warrants, but I want your trust."

"Oh, you don't have to sell me, Dent. We all know you're Gotham's white knight." Gordon answered.

"Yeah, well, I heard they have a different name for me down at MCU." Dent scoffed.

"I wouldn't know about that."

The rest of the day went by pretty quickly. Dent delivered the warrants for the search on the five banks. And Sue invited me to the restaurant for dinner. Tonight we are celebrating. Celebrating what? You say. Celebrating my best friend's engagement. Liam proposed to her two weeks ago. And he made reservation in this specific restaurant like three months ago. Apparently, it's really difficult to have a table in this fancy restaurant. Yes, fancy. That meant that I must wear a dress. A beautiful and fancy one.

So, I put on a knee length dress. It was blue, dark blue, TARDIS blue. It was a simple dress, it fitted my upper body and the skirt was wide. My hair was up and once again I brought my gun. I mean seriously, I'm a cop what did you expect. I had to have my gun anywhere I can reach it.

"You've been planning this for a long time. Haven't you?" I smiled at Liam as we entered the restaurant.

"I have." Liam replied. "You're okay with this, right?"

"Of course, she's okay." Sue reassured him putting her hand in the crook of his arm.

"She's right. As long as you make her happy, I'm okay." I nodded reassuring him.

"Em, isn't that the new DA?" Sue pointed at a table where we could see Harvey, Rachel, Bruce and a blonde woman talking together.

"Let's not say hello to them." I muttered as the maître d'hotel came to us.

"Table for three." Liam told him. He nodded and gestured for us to follow him. And we did.

It's not that I don't like the people who are sitting at this table, is just that I see them almost everyday and tonight I just wanted to have fun. But no such luck as Harvey called my name as we walked past their table.

"Mr. Dent." I smiled politely. "Miss Dawes." I greeted them. "Mr. Wayne."

"Detective Sanders." Bruce greeted back.

Sue cleared her throat next to me. "Sorry, this is my friend Sue McCarthy and her new fiancé Liam Malone." I introduced them. "This is Harvey Dent and Rachel Dawes. And you both know Bruce Wayne."

"Thank you again for inviting us to the charity ball." Sue told him all smiling.

"It was my pleasure." Bruce smiled.

"We won't bother you any longer." I said politely pulling Sue with me. "Have a nice evening."

"You're not bothering us." Bruce stood up from his chair. He snapped his fingers. "Actually why don't we have dinner together?"

"I don't think they let us." Liam said unsure.

"Sure they will. I own the place."

"What a surprise!" I exclaimed sarcastically.

The blonde woman was Natasha, the prima ballerina for the Moscow Ballet. And just like in the movie, she was now debating about Batman. And unfortunately for me, I was sitting next to Bruce and Rachel, just between the two of them.

"How could you want to raise children in a city like this?" She asked.

"Well, I was raised here. I turned out okay." Bruce said.

"Is Wayne Manor in the city limits?" Harvey asked.

"Yep, the Palisades are in the city limits." I replied sipping from my scotch.

"I'm talking about the kind of city that idolizes a masked vigilante." Natasha clarified for us.

"Gotham City is proud of an ordinary citizen standing for what's right." Harvey assured her.

"Gotham needs heroes like you, elected officials. Not a man who thinks is above the law."

"The mob bosses think they are above the law and they're walking freely in the city." I countered. "Why not the Dark Knight? He's not tied by the law. He can do what we can't, he's helping us. He's not expecting a thank you or anything in return." I paused. "Gotham needs Harvey Dent but it also needs Batman."

"But this is a democracy, Emma." Natasha retorted.

"When enemies were at their gates…" Harvey started. "…the Romans would suspend democracy and appoint one man to protect the city. It wasn't considered an honor. It was considered a public service."

"Harvey, the last man that they appointed to protect the republic was named Caesar and he never gave up his power." I chuckled lowly as Rachel intervened.

"Okay, fine. You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Harvey agreed. "But whoever the Batman is, he doesn't wanna do this for the rest of his life. How could he? Batman is looking for someone to take his mantle." I looked briefly at Bruce when Harvey said those words.

"Someone like you?" Sue asked him.

"Maybe, if I'm up to it." Harvey shrugged.

"What if Harvey Dent is the Caped Crusader? Hm?" Natasha joked placing briefly her menu on Harvey's eyes.

"If I were sneaking out every night, someone would've noticed by now." Harvey smiled as he took Rachel's hand in his.

"Well, I'm sold, Dent, and I'm gonna throw you a fundraiser." Bruce offered.

"That's nice but I'm not up for reelection for three years." Harvey dismissed his offer.

"No, you don't understand." Bruce shook his head. "One fundraiser with my pals…you'll never need another scent."

"That sounds promising." Sue clapped her hands excitedly. "Are we inviting to that fundraiser by any chance, Mr. Wayne?"

"Ugh." I groaned. Yeah, she didn't miss a beat.

Alright, first chapter in the Dark Knight movie. It's starting slow but things are coming into place slowly. There's gonna have some change in the canon and I hope that you like the changes I will make. Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter. And yes, it's a late update but I'm working and it's taking all of my time, since I'm a supply teacher and all. Next chapter will be up hopefully soon.