Things really get going in this chapter. Hope you enjoy the suspense.

Bruce had returned home early that morning to find that Emma was already asleep. He had been unsuccessful in looking for The Joker and he knew in a few hours he would have to be in the office. He had a meeting with some business that he needed to be there for, more importantly he needed to talk to Mr. Fox. After he showered and got into bed he heard Emma stir. She turned over and said "How'd it go?"

"Couldn't find him. I also have to go to my day job in a few hours. I think you should stay home today."

"I can't Misty and I decided we were going to go to the store to stock up of stuff she might need for the plane ride."

"Have Alfred go with you then."

"I love Alfred as much as the next person Bruce but unless he's carrying a shot gun him being there isn't going to be much protection. I doubt anyone is going to attack me in broad daylight."

"If they were smart they would, I can't protect you as well during the day."

"I will call you when I leave the house and when I get back if that helps you worry less." Said Emma resting her head on his chest as he put an arm around her.

"Alright, it's going to drive me crazy not knowing for awhile."

"Then you'll just know what it is like to be me every night." Said Emma understanding what it felt like. Bruce let out a sigh but then Emma interrupted him. "I know you don't think it's fair for me and I don't care."

"See you know me all too well." Said Bruce running his hand down her back. "I also just remembered something you said earlier when you were wearing that amazing dress and you looked stunning." Said Bruce whispering in her ear.

"What happened to I have a day job in a few hours?" said Emma with a smirk. "Aren't you tired?"

"Bats are nocturnal." He said with a smirk. "Plus I can sleep during my meeting."

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"For the record you are both complete weirdos." Said Misty coming into the kitchen where Emma and Bruce were eating breakfast. Bruce was already dressed in a suit for work and Emma was just in casual attire because she and Misty were only going to the store.

"Said the pot to the kettle." Mumbled Emma. Misty just glared at Emma.

"She had a point Misty." Said Bruce.

"Of course you would agree with her." Said Misty rolling her eyes. "Anyway what was I saying?"

"Something about us being weirdos." Said Emma.

"Right. What kind of couple decided gee it's like three in the morning what a perfect time to shag?"

"You couldn't hear us all the way in the living room. What where you doing up at that time anyway?" Said Emma rolling her eyes.

"I had to go to the bathroom which happens to be right next to your room."

"How do you know we started at three?" Said Bruce with a smirk. Misty gave him a weird look and Emma laughed.

"I'm not sure I like you two together now, you keep ganging up on me." Said Misty looking hurt.

"Well I have to go to work so it will just be Emma here now." Said Bruce giving Emma kiss goodbye.

"Yeah get out of here richboy!" Misty said as Bruce left. He paused stopping in the doorway to answer back. "I can always still call the airline I'm sure there is plenty of room in the economy class."

"Have a nice day at work. Emma loves you and I love you paying for my first class ticket." Said Misty quickly.

"Right. Emma don't forget to call me." Said Bruce with a laugh.

"I won't." Said Emma as he left the apartment.

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Emma decided it would be best not to stray too far from the apartment so she and Misty went to a 7/11 near by.

Misty brought all the magazines and snack food she could ever possibly want while she and Emma talked about various things.

"You know you and Bruce act like you've been dating forever."

"I guess we sort of have I mean yes, it's only been a few days but Todd's been gone for a few months and I spend almost all my time then with Bruce anyway. It just feels right yeah know."

"No I don't hun, I'm single and don't have billionaires falling for me."

"Yes well that's because they've talked to you." Said Emma with a teasing smirk.

"Hey! I take offense to that. If a men can't learn to deal with the way I am he's not worth having around." Said Misty with laugh.

They two of them paid for all their stuff and where just leaving the store. The two of them were so busy talking they didn't even notice the man lurking in the alleyway they were about to pass until it was too late. Their attacker pulled them both into the alleyway hitting Misty in the head with something and knocking her unconscious. It was all happening so fast Emma barely had time to react. She went to punch the attacker as he grabbed her. She tried to yell for help but when she saw who was attacking her she froze and was only able to manage a "Todd!" before also being knocked unconscious.

Knowing he wouldn't be able to carry the gasoline, orange juice and Emma he put the two items he had just paid for down. Sure The Joker had told him to only get those items but when he had seen Emma and her British friend walking down the street it was too sweet a revenge to pass up. He would talk Emma back to the hideout and then he would make her pay, no one messed with Alberto Viti.

He waited for the white van to arrive that would pick him up. It came to a screeching halt on the corner of the street. Checking to make sure no one was around he picked Emma up and threw her into the back of the van before jumping in after her.

"You must ah, be the du-mbest smart per-son I know. I said get gasoline and orange juice. How did that ah translate to unconscious girl?" Said The Joker cocking his head to the side with the question. Despite his amused tone and everlasting smile he didn't look very happy. "Can I use her to blow up a build? I don't think so."

"Sorry, boss." Spat out Alberto. "The offer was too good to pass up. She's the girl from the papers. Emma Carpenter my ex girlfriend."

The Joker's eyebrows rose in interest at Alberto's words. He used his foot to flip an unconscious Emma over so her face was looking up to the ceiling rather than to the floor. Alberto watched as the Joker stared at her for a moment studying her features. He his mood however quickly changed and he let out a whooping laugh. "We-ll Talberto you may have actually pr-oven useful. I bet good old Brucey will not be very happy when he finds out we've ah kidnapped his new squeeze."

"So we're holding her for random then because I was planning to…"

"Ah tata ta, Talberto, we're not plan-ners. You've got to learn to roll with the punches." He said with a laugh. His mood had obviously improved in fact he was even humming a tune to himself for the rest of the car ride home.

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When Emma woke up she the world felt fuzzy. Her head hurt like crazy and everything was slowly coming into focus. Her arms were tired and she was sitting in a chair of some sort. She didn't know where she was but she could hear someone singing.

"It's a wo-rld of laughter, a wo-rld of tears, it's a wo-rld of hopes and a wo-rld of fears there's so much that we share and it's time we're aware it's a small wo-rld after all…" Sang the voice in a merry tune as they hummed the parts they did not know. Emma couldn't help but get the feeling that she was in hell, why else would someone be singing that annoying theme park song. She spend the time to look around her surrounds. She was in a warehouse of sorts and there were so appliances, a couch, so chairs, The Joker, crates…she paused and went back to the object she had just looked at. Sitting in one of the chairs across from her was The Joker and she felt fear rise within her.

"Hi." He said with a yellow toothed smile as her gaze fell on him once again.

"Why were you singing that?" Said Emma her brain still a little fuzzy from the hit she wasn't really sure what was going on.

"Cause I felt like it." He said getting up from his chair and walking towards her. "Em-ma, Em-ma Em-ma, still beautiful I see." When he reached a gloved hand out to touch her cheek she leaned away from it.

"You act as though you know me." She said stating a fact more than asking a question.

He let out a laugh. "We-ll may-be I do, may-be I don't. But what I ah do know is you certain-ly have a way of turning the men in your life into monster. I mean take your dad for instance. I bet your mom and him had a lot of fights about you then one day he probably just couldn't take it anymore so then he.."

"Stop it. You don't know me. I don't know who told you about my father but…" Said Emma anger welling inside of her at his accusation. It also scared her though, she had always blamed herself as being one of the reasons her parents were unhappy.

The Joker interrupted her sentence with a laugh. "You don't kn-ow who told me? Sil-ly Em, you told me!" Said the Joker with more whooping laughter as his words began to sink in.

Emma looked into the dark eyes filled with a sinister gleam despite his mirth, tired to imagine the man behind the greasepaint and scars. He was right she had told him, she told him everything back when she was 18 and he went by the name Jack rather than Joker.

(a/n for those of you who hadn't figure it out "surprise" for those of you who had you may now go "ah ha I knew it!"

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Bruce was getting extremely worried. He hadn't receive a call from Emma yet and it had was now almost 3 in the afternoon. He had been checking his phone all throughout the meeting but nothing. Once he was finally out of the meeting he called Alfred who hadn't heard anything from Emma either. The moment he got off the phone with Alfred he called Emma's cell phone and luckily Misty answered sounding groggy.

"I think I've been mugged." She said causing Bruce to no longer feeling relived.

"What? Where's Emma?"

"I don't know. I'm fine thanks for asking. I was hit over the head with something I think I was orange juice…"

"Misty, I'm going to hang up now so I can call Alfred and tell him to go and find you and take you to a hospital alright?" Said Bruce quickly.

"Yeah sure but…" Said Misty before Bruce hung up. He quickly got in his car and headed down to MCU if he called the police station he would probably get put on hold. Once in the main building he tired talking to the woman at the front desk. "Hi, I think my girlfriend Emma Carpenter had been kidnapped." He said quickly.

"Um, Mr. Wayne you would have to wait 48 hours before you can report someone as being missing.."

"She's not missing!" Said Bruce angrily his gut told him something had happened to her.

"Mr. Wayne I think you should calm down."

"You don't understand. Fine I'm going to talk to The Commissioner." Said Bruce clenching his jaw and heading down the hall to the main office area of MCU. However the woman and the front desk called after her and then an officer followed him.

"Excuse me Mr. Wayne, you're not allowed back there." Said the officer. "The Janet the woman at the front desk is right you have to wait…" Stared the man but he stopped mid sentence when Bruce interrupted him by picked him up by the collar to the point where to officer who was considerably short than him was now at eye level his feet dangling in the air.

"48 hours to fill a missing persons report, I know I'm not deaf. I don't have time to wait. She most likely kidnapped and someone might try to kill her or if it's the Joker he might have already!" Said Bruce with a slight growl to his voice.

"What the fuck are you doing! Bruce put the officer down." Said Charlie who just happened to come down the hall.

"Sorry." Said Bruce putting the man back on the ground. He had lost control of his temper and it was probably not the best idea.

"I'll let you handle this." Said the officer before scrambling away.

"Jesus Bruce, you better hope Stevenson doesn't fill charges."

"Emma's been kidnapped."

"What? By who?"

" I don't know, but we need to find out." Said Bruce heading down the hall to the Commissioner's office.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Bruce where do you think you're going. If you're trying to get to Gordon you have to have proof of her kidnapping."

"She's gone, Alberto's still on the loose what more proof do you need." Said Bruce pushing past Charlie and entering the office.

"Mr. Wayne, what can I do for you?"

"Emma's gone." He said quickly.

"Okay, I don't usually handle domestic cases but…"

"No she's missing, she's been kidnapped."

"Are you sure you just couldn't find her plus you have to wait…"

"48 hours to fill a missing persons report I know!" Said Bruce slamming his fist on the table. No one here was taking him seriously if he were wearing his mask there would be a squad already out looking for her.

"Hold on just a moment." Said Gordon when the phone rang. "Yes, Janet, he is here. Yes, it's alright I'll take care of it." He then hung up the phone and turned to Bruce. "Mr. Wayne I think you better come with me."

Much to Bruce's dismay he was in fact lead to a holding cell for assaulting a police officer and then told he would be released in the morning. After Gordon left Bruce kicked the bench in frustration because of his out burst he was not only wasting time in his search for Emma but now even Batman wouldn't be able to look for her once the sun went down. He knew they would let him out if he gave them a good reason too. With a sigh knowing what he would have to do in order to save Emma he asked for his phone call and called Charlie.

"Officer Morrison's desk." Said Charlie.

"I didn't know that was your last name." Said Bruce taken by surprise.

Charlie let out a sigh. "You know Bruce, they are serious about you only getting one phone call."

"I know, but it's important so don't hang up on me."

"Alright what?" Said Charlie sounding bored.

"In about an hour or two you and Gordon are going to go up onto the roof turn on the floodlight and wait for Batman but he won't be there." Said Bruce in a whisper.

"Why the hell are you whispering?" Said Charlie confused.

"Charlie!" said Bruce harshly. "He won't be there because you have him in a holding cell here." Said Bruce in a whisper.

"Hold on a second." Said Charlie putting the phone down on his desk and heading into Gordon's office. "Hey who's in the holding cell right now?"

"Besides Bruce Wayne no one. Why?" Said Gordon looking a Charlie confused by his question.

"Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me!" Said Charlie rushing out of the office to head back to the phone. "You better not be joking you son of a bitch! Or I will seriously kill you right now." he said into the phone.

Bruce let out a sigh. "I'm not joking and I would like to see you try." He said answering Charlie's remarks.

"I can't believe it Bruce Wayne is…"

"Charlie, no one can know about this."

"Does Emma know?"

"Yes."

"You know I'm probably going to have to tell Gordon otherwise he won't let you got. I still, I just can't, how do you have to time?"

"Charlie.' Said Bruce sternly. "Fine tell Gordon, it's about time he knew, just get me out of here." He said hanging up the phone.

Gordon who had already came out of his office to look for Charlie was already standing right by him. "Tell Gordon what?" He said.

"I think I should tell you in your office sir." Said Charlie leading Gordon back into his office.

"Okay what?" Said Gordon sounding annoyed.

"We have Batman in a holding cell."

"What? Take me to him." Said Gordon pushing past Charlie and heading down the hall to the holding cell. Charlie following behind him saying. "But, ah, Gordon."

Gordon came to a halt at the cell to see Bruce pacing back and forth in the cell. "This is not a laughing matter Charlie." Said Gordon sternly.

"That's what was trying to tell you Jim, we do have him in a holding cell just not in his usual appearance."

"You expect me to believe that Bruce Wayne, Gotham's billionaire playboy spends his evenings running around the city dressed as a bat beating down criminals with his bare hands!" Said Gordon in disbelief.

"Technically ex playboy because of Emma but yes." Said Bruce his expression unreadable.

"Charlie, I know he's you're friend but honestly a night in jail won't kill him." Said Gordon rolling his eyes.

"I really think he is, I saw his pick Stevenson off the ground today." Said Charlie.

"You're just going to have to trust me Commissioner." Said Bruce in the harsh voice he uses when he was Batman. "I'm also going to need to get a hold of that security feed it needs to be destroyed." Said Bruce pointing over at the security camera in the corner of the room and still talking like Batman he was after all already in the mindset.

"Emma been kidnapped." Said Charlie.

"Now you believe me." Said Batman trying his best not to roll his eyes. Gordon securitized him for a moment before saying with a small smile. "I should have you arrested for this."

"If it is what the city needs. Right now it needs us to stop the Joker. I think Emma might have been kidnapped by Alberto. Possibly he's working for him."

"So we find Emma when we find The Joker." Said Gordon.

"Yes." Said Batman.

Gordon got out a pair of keys and unlocked the door. "Well Mr. Wayne you are free to go, Charlie and I have a team to put together."

"Sure but before I leave I was serious about that footage. I have someone who will edit the feed, it will look like I just sat in the holding cell and then you release me, my conversation with Charlie will be erased like it never happened as will our discussion." Said Bruce now talking like himself.

Once he had gotten the tape he returned home to so that he could change and then he would find Emma…

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