Riddles and Phobia.

Edward and Jonathan stood staring at each other, both were silent and simply stared. Neither making a move to speak or even walk.

Luna and Lucifer could feel the tension and they looked at the two people staring at each other.

"What belongs to you but others use it more then you do?" Edward piped up suddenly a smirk sliding across his face.

Jonathan blinked in confusion before he frowned at the question. He'd heard this one before.

"Your name," he answered and watched with some delight as the smirk left Edward's smug face.

"Correct," he stated rather bregudgingly before a smile split his face again. "And yours is?"

"Jonathan Crane. I know who you are, Detective Gordon told me."

Edward nodded in understanding before directed him further into the corridors of files and boxes and Jonathan slowly began to follow him with Luna and Lucifer behind him staring at Edward intently. They'd never met or seen such a strange individual.

Jonny, ask him what he fears!

Why?

Why not?! Do you even have to ask that question? He's practically every insecurity incarnate!

"How long have you worked here?" Jonathan questioned as he kept his eyes ahead, Edward doing the same.

Seriously?! That's the question you ask out of all of them?!

Hang on.

"A few years. Working in the forensic department is like solving one big puzzle," Edward grinned as they turned a corner and continued walking.

"So… have you ever come across a puzzle you can't solve?"

"No…" Edward trailed off and frowned slightly at the boys questioning manner.

"So… do you fear that you may come across a puzzle you can't solve?"

"I take hold of you at the worse of times, I keep you safe, I keep you fine but I am never wanted. What am I?"

Jonathan didn't miss a beat or maybe it was the voice.

"Fear."

"Yes, begs a question as to why you are so intrigued by my fears?" Edward narrowed his eyes at him. "I thought it was your father that was the monster that enjoyed torturing people with fear."

Jonathan blinked. He didn't see that sort of strength inside of Edward.

He's getting more interesting by the minute. Was it just me or was he more angry when he mentioned our father?

"Do you not like my father? Did he hurt someone close to you?" Jonathan questioned.

"No," Edward hissed. "I just don't see why he even though he could fix fear response, you can't."

Jonathan tilted his head to the side and frowned. "You were okay with me until I mentioned my father. You're not angry at him for what he's done… you're angry at him because he tried to save me, he hurt me by trying to save me and that makes you angry… but why?" Jonathan paused and tilted his head to the side and noticed how Edward's jaw had become clenched as he glared him. "Could it be that your father hurt you? Could it be that your father hurt you only because he wanted to hurt you and you're jealous of me because my father hurt me by accident when he was actually only trying to save me."

Edward glared before a smile spread across his face. "Well done," he hissed. "You figured out the one riddle no one has been able to solve. I am actually…. generally impressed," Edward said with a smile twitching into a real one. "I take it you study psychology?"

"I major in it," Jonathan shrugged before he frowned at Edward's stare. "What?"

"Now I am impressed," Edward smiled and pulled a box from one of the shelves.

"Well, surly you majored when you were young for you to be working here and be as young as you are," Jonathan explained with a raised eyebrow.

"Oh I did," Edward smiled and turned to him. "But it is rare that I ever meet someone who can do the same. Speaking of… it's rare that you ever see one person with nightmare or midnight syndrome, let alone two."

Jonathan froze and glanced at Luna and Lucifer who cast worrying glances up at him. "How.. do you..?"

"It's not hard to recognise the signs."

"Well," Jonathan smirked. "That's not all they can do."

Edward tilted his head to the side and raised a curious eyebrow. "Prey tell what else can they do?"

Jonathan smiled and turned to the brother and sister. "Show him."

Luna and Lucifer stared up at him in confusion, they thought Jonathan never wanted them to show their powers. Why did he suddenly want them to show them off now?

Luna shrugged to Lui and held her hand out to the shadows slowly pulling them towards herself.

Edward felt his eyes widen as the shadows came curling towards Luna's hand, before they began to run up her arm and curl into spirals.

Something in Edward's head clicked.

"You're the one who killed those thugs!"

Luna froze, Jonathan froze and it was the first time for the whole day he actually looked nervous.

"I… I don't know what you're talking about," Jonathan stuttered out, casting a quick glance to Luna who was looking up at him in concern.

"Someone saw you," Edward informed them. "They told me, you…" he pointed to Luna. "Controlled the shadows and turned them into shards of glass."

Luna slowly stepped over to Jonathan, clinging to his legs and staring with wide frightened eyes, the shadows began to curl and twitch as she became more uncomfortable.

"Stop it, you're scaring her!" Jonathan snapped as he glared slightly at Edward who shrank back slightly at Jonathan's raised voice. "She's only a little girl, she didn't know what she was doing! She can't control her powers fully, I'm trying to teach them."

"Them?" Edward frowned. "So the boy has powers too?"

"He's a telepath but.. wait.. why am I telling you this?" Jonathan threw his hands up and ran a hand through his hair. "I've only just met you and I'm telling you everything. You can't tell anyone, please! They don't understand what they're doing, it's not their fault!"

Edward stared in slight shock. It was the first time he'd seen Jonathan lose his cool since they met.

"I… she killed people," Edward stated.

"She didn't mean to. It was an accident!" Jonathan shouted and he grabbed Edward's lapels ramming him against the shelves, glaring up at him. "I can't have you telling anyone! No one can know and she wouldn't do it if she could control them! She wouldn't kill people on purpose! It was an accident! Please, don't tell anyone!"

Edward blinked and stared at him before he held his hands up in defence. "No.. I won't tell anyone, I promise," he cast a glance to Luna who was staring up at him with wide unblinking eyes. "I won't tell a soul. I promise, they… she is only a child. But… it's not as bad as one of the lastest deaths."

Jonathan raised an eyebrow. "Luna hasn't killed anyone else."

"No… it was mass brain haemorrhaging. Every blood vessel burst in their brains, I've never seen anything like it."

Jonathan blinked. "What were their names?"

"I can't tell you that."

"Lucifer," Jonathan hissed but it wasn't truly directed at the boy, it was directed at Edward. "Could you be a good friend and tell me exactly the names that Mister Nygma here doesn't want to give me?"

Lui blinked a few times before nodding and he closed his eyes focusing as hard as he could on Edward's voice.

It was hard to find the names, his mind was buzzing and it was like a maze to find all the information Lui was looking for and he froze when he saw the names.

"No…" he whispered as he snapped his eyes open with a scared look, little tears began to crawl down his face. "No I couldn't… I wouldn't…"

"Lui?" Jonathan whispered as he stared at him. "What is it?"

"Fright…" he cried as he gripped his head. "Tommy and Mary Fright!"

"Mummy and Daddy?" Luna whispered. "They… they're dead?"

"I killed them…" Lui whispered. "My powers killed them… the blast it… it.." he burst into tears and fell to his hands and knees. "I killed them!"

Luna stared at her brother. "You can do that?"

"What happened?" Jonathan questioned.

"Our parents found us… Lui stopped them…we thought they were unconscious. He broke glass and car alarms went off…" Luna trailed off and stared at her crying brother before she pulled him into a warm hug.

Lui was becoming hysterical.

Suddenly a pounding appeared in their heads and it gradually began to get worse.

Luna grabbed her head and stumbled back.

Jonathan and Edward were having difficulty standing.

"Lui," Jonathan grit out as he leaned against the shelves, grabbing his head in pain. "Lui stop… calm down."

They all fell to the floor holding their heads. "Lui!" Jonathan shouted. "We can't… take it, stop!"

Lui froze and looked up at them, the pounding stopped and they all got to their feet.

Edward stared before he glanced at Jonathan's glare and held his hands up. "I won't tell anyone, I swear."

"Thank you," Jonathan whispered before he turned to the box and pulled out his father's coat, a small vile fell from inside a hidden pocket and landed on the desk.

Jonathan blinked as he stared at the yellow liquid, he cast a glance to Lui who was being comforted by his sister and he was obviously calming down and coming to terms with what he had done.

His eyes drifted back to the formular and he froze before he looked over at Edward who snatched it up and studied it. "I could make a cure with this!"

Jonathan snatched it from him and glared. "Except it's not yours," he pulled the two other viles from his dad's coat pocket and stuffed them in his own.

"I must admit, for a boy who's been through an experience like you have, you're very aggressive."

Jonathan casted him a cold look. "There is nothing left in this world for me to fear. Besides I'm an orphan," he shrugged and looked back at his dad's things. "I've got nothing to loose."

"Except them," Edward informed him as he pointed at Luna and Lucifer. "You need them, they're your friends."

"I suppose I should be grateful I have some, correct? Jonathan muttered.

Edward smiled and held his hand to Jonathan for a shake. "Would I be correct in assuming there is room on your friend's list for me?"

Jonathan smiled back at him and took his hand, shaking it. "Yes there is."

Edward grinned before he nodded to him. "Edward Nygma."

"Jonathan Crane," Jonathan replied.

And I'm the Scarecrow! the voice cried and Jonathan casted a glance to see Lui was staring at him with worry.

"You won't tell anyone about the viles?"

"I am no sooner broken then spoken."

"Hmm silence. I'm glad you can keep quiet."

"And I am glad you actually try to answer my riddles."

Jonathan smirked and then he heard footsteps as Detective Gordon entered the room he eyed the two of them.

It was only then that Jonathan realised they were still shaking hands and the two quickly let go.

"Ed," Gordon muttered as he looked the forensic up and down.

Edward smiled that all knowing smile of his before he began to walk off. "Detective," he said with a nod before he turned to Jonathan and smirked. "It was nice to meet you, come by the forensics sometime."

"I'll be sure to," Jonathan responded as he smiled back at him.

Edward grinned and walked out of the room leaving Jonathan and the Detective.

"You need a ride to the orphanage?" asked Gordon.

Jonathan shook his head and picked up the rest of his father's belongings. "No thank you, I can get where I'm planing to go on my own, thanks."

He walked out with Luna and Lucifer flanking him again.

Jonathan let a smirk cross his face as he hailed a taxi and the three climbed in, before it drove off into the hills far outside of Gotham, but not too far.

Lui and Luna recognised the root instantly and turned to Jonathan who smiled at them.

Once they reached their destination they climbed out of the taxi and Luna scared him away by using her shadows leaving the three of them in silence.

Jonathan smiled as he stared up at the old house, the police tape had long since been pulled down at the place looked a mess, nothing a few licks of paint and some nails couldn't fix.

Jonathan smirked as he stared up at the fermiluar Crane house.

"Home," he whispered before he walked inside, stopping half way to cast a small glance at the scarecrow he and Luna and Lui had made.

It's ominous gaze was still fixated on the house and Jonathan shook his head before he walked inside.

From the fields the scarecrow watched with empty black eyes, it's smile seemed to have changed a little in the weather and it now looked a lot more sinister then before.

With black lifeless eyes it watched the house of horrors, watching the group knowingly as they disappeared into the darkness.

T.B.C:

Note: AH OH! What's going to happen next?

The reason Eddie and Jon met? Well all shall be reviled soon enough :D