"Ah! Master Bruce, your home. Good. Lucius called and left a message for you, sir." I had just got home and changed out of my suit and had put on regular clothes.

"Can it wait Alfred? I kind of have something to figure out at the moment." I set down in a large leather chair and put my head in my hands.

"Of course sir." he said with a smile. " Do you mind me asking exactly what it is the you need to find out?"

"I got a lead on the Joke...r and I followed it to a Building complex. I came to late and all five buildings exploded with a hundred people inside" I said with out lifting my head. "The joker was there, but there was also some girl I've never seen before."

"Was this girl working with the joker?" Alfred took a seat in another leather chair next to me.

"I don't think so. When I got there, she had him by the coat, and she did not look to happy if, you know what I mean. Plus, the Joker admitted that this wasn't his first attempt to blow something up, but this girl has some how been stopping him every time. This time he tricked her. I'm not sure how."

"So your trying to figure out how and why this girl is able to do this?"

Now I looked up to see Alfred looking very curious. "That...and well... I need to find her. The joker said that she was going to pay for this one. Knowing the joker, he's dead serious and won't stop until she's dead."

"O, well, I suppose you at least have this girls name then?"

I let out a small laugh. " I have her initials."

"Ah. Well, I suggest you should go and have a little chat with Luscious." Alfred stood up and smiled at me before walking off.

...

The day after the building incident, I walked into the small repair shop and clocked in before going back to work on a car that was almost completely totaled . The shop I worked in was small but always had good business. There were only five mechanics in all working here, my best friend and I happened to be women. That always draws a bit of attention. Maddox Stone, my best friend, had been working here for almost six years when I started working a year and a half ago. I owe her a lot considering she was the reason I got the job. Mr. Boss Man didn't want to hire another women, even though I could easily out do any of his manly mechanics. I'm not sure what Maddox did to persuade him or how she got her job in the first place, but I would've been kind of screwed if it wasn't for her. I trusted Maddox with my life and told her everything, including Ryan and the Joker.

"Hey, Hey!" Maddox waved at me from underneath the totaled car in the back. "So? How did it go yesterday? You know you have to tell me!" She pulled her self out from under the car and stood up to face me. She was at least four inches shorter than me with thick dark brown hair pulled back in a pony tail with some pieces of hair sticking out around her face that she called fly aways. She wore wide leg jeans, like me, and a black capped sleeve t-shirt.

"well, not so good." I looked down at my feet remembering when the joker had said that he put a hundred people back in the building.

"Well, are you gonna tell me what happened or just leave me hangin?" She demanded

I looked around to make sure we were alone before I explained yesterdays events. "The Joker was there and he tricked me. There were bombs on the second floors of each building too. All five buildings collapsed."

"But Ryan said that there would only be bombs on the first floor." She set down on the work table next to the car.

I walked over and set next to her. "Well, obviously he was wrong."

"O wow! At least you got all those people out right?" I looked down at my feet again. "You did get them out right?"

I clenched my hands into fists at my sides. "I did, but the joker brought some people in with him."

"How many?"

"A hundred" I heard her take in a sharp breath next to me. I got up and walked around the car looking it over. "Batman showed up too." I said trying to lighten the mood, "a bit late though." I let out a shaky laugh.

"The Batboy was there?" She hoped up and walked over to me. I could still tell the hundred people thing was still bothering her. I didn't blame her.

"Yea, he didn't want me to leave. You know the whole 'it's not safe for you out there anymore' kind of thing."

I started to walk of not wanting to talk about it anymore , but she reach out and grabbed my arm. "And what's that supposed to mean? Why wouldn't it be 'safe out there anymore' for you?"

She turned me around to face her. "I...He... It's nothing. Don't worry about it."

She looked at me carefully, "He's out there trying to find you isn't he?" I nodded gravely

"STONE! PRIMAS! What do think I'm payin ya for?! Get back to work!" A short chubby bald man, Mr. Boss Man, steeped out of the front office looking extremely pissed off. We both took that as a sign to stop our conversation and get back to work on the car in front of us.

...

The joker had said he wanted the one who had been leaking the plans or else we all die. Knowing I was that guy I was completely freaking out. Either way, I was probably going to end up dead. I had to let Fallon know what had happened. I couldn't stay in this any longer. So I did the only thing I could think of. I ran. As soon as the coast was clear, I bolted as fast as I could from that dirty apartment and headed straight for Clemens Auto Repair. When I finally got there, I was so out of breath that I almost collapsed. Eventually I pulled my self together and headed to the back of the shop were I knew I would find my sister.

"Fallon..." I said breathlessly.

She turned and read all the worry and frustration on my face. "Ryan?What happened?"