Sorry it took so long to update. I haven't had access to a computer in a while my dad was updating stuff on my laptop.

Charlie had gone in the ambulance with Emma however once at the hospital she was quickly taken away and Charlie was forced to wait in the waiting room. He eventually convinced the nurse to let Misty leave her hospital bed and wait in the room with him.

"How is she?" asked Misty looking concerned.

"Alive, she was pretty bruised and stuff, black eye they think she broke some of her ribs. Physically she's doing alright she's been better but she will live."

"I noticed you said physically not just she's doing well." Said Misty with a sigh.

"I'm just saying we have no idea what happened to her back there. I mean Emma's been through a lot, seen a lot of things people should never have to see and then being stuck in a room with a guy like The Joker…well."

"Yeah. Do you think he really could drive her crazy?"

"She'll be fine." Said someone who had just entered the hospital. Charlie and Misty looked up to see it was Bruce.

"How can you be so sure?" Said Misty.

"Because I know Emma, and I know what men like The Joker are capable of. A man like him preys on the minds of the weak and she's not like that." Said Bruce his expression unreadable. He was thinking about Harvey Dent someone he hadn't thought about in quite some time. Harvey Dent had seemed like such a strong willed individual but he had fallen and he could not help but wonder the cause of it. Was his insanity the cause of his loss of the woman he loved or had it always been their waiting for his will to crack giving it it's chance to take control.

"Bruce, I didn't expect to see you here so earlier. I thought you had an important meeting to go to." Said Charlie glaring at Bruce pointedly.

"I just wanted to check in before I went." Said Bruce giving him a similar look. "Do you have anything you have to deal with back at MCU?"

"Gordon's handling it." Said Charlie.

"Well, I'd better get going." Said Bruce getting up from his seat. As he left Misty said to him. "We'll call you as soon as we hear something."

"Thank you." Said Bruce before he left.

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Once Batman had arrived at MCU he found Gordon standing in a room looking into the interrogation room. The Joker sat there two guards stood outside the room, no one expect a select few people where allowed access to the room, even the guards could not go inside.

"Let me guess he hasn't said anything." Said Batman.

"Nope, just laughs at out questions and smiles that same smug smile." Said Gordon looking frustrated.

"Let me try talking to him."

"I'm not so sure that's a good idea." Said Gordon turning to face him. "You're two emotionally involved in this."

"I won't lose control. If you did not know who I was would you have let me gone in?"

"I don't know. Last time you took it a little too far."

"That was last time."

Gordon let out a sigh. "Alright but on one condition. You don't block the door again so if something happens we can get in there."

"Alright." Said Batman with a nod. Gordon escorted him to the door and let him in.

"We-ll now they must be getting ser-ious. If they are send-ing you in." said The Joker with a leering grin.

"What el-se do you have planned Joker you would have never been caught this easily before?"

The Joker shrugged. "May-be I'm just rusty, may-be I was distracted. Don't pretend that this is like last time. I mean, you al-most snapped back the-re, ah it's make me think lit-tle Emma there wasn't just your usual dams-el in dis-stress."

"I'm not in the mood for your games tonight Joker, now tell me what else you have planned."

"You peo-ple just don't get it do you. I'm not a plan-ned. But what I did lea-rn tonight is that you and I have yet another thi-ng in com-mon."

"We don't have anything in common." Said Batman clenching his hands into fist to keep from hitting the Joker.

The Joker just let out a laugh. "Gue-ss you don't know her as much as I do then."

"Kidnapping a person does not make you know them. I think Arkham as made you even crazier."

"Su-re, lie to yourself. But like it or not I knew her long before that." Said the Joker still with a same leering grin. He was trying to provoke him and Bruce was trying not to let him win. He tried a different approach.

"Mario Viti where is he?"

"Why the he-ll would I know?" Said The Joker in a bored tone. "Probably still angry that I ki-lled his brother. Course if he can't get to me…well ah I suppose he would go after the oth-er person who was in the room at the time."

The other person who The Joker had been hinting at must have been Emma which meant Emma was now in danger and Bruce knew he would have to get to the hospital as quickly as possible. He left the interrogation room. Gordon was right on his heels.

"Charlie is already down there I will tell him to be on the lookout for Mario Viti."

"I'll go down there myself and look for him."

"The hospital is supposed to call the police if they see you, then we would have to arrest you."

"I know, which is why I'm going to change first then I will be there to protect her without Mario even suspecting I pose a threat. You need to stay here to make sure he doesn't get out." Said Batman pointing to The Joker.

"Okay, good luck." Said Gordon as Batman left the office.

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Once inside the hospital Bruce began to walk down various hallways hoping he might find Mario. Whenever a nurse or doctor would stop him asking him what he was doing he would lie and say he was looking for the bathroom. That plan seemed to be working so far. Eventually he ended up on the floor where Charlie had told him Emma would be. The hallway was pretty deserted expect for a nurse and another doctor however Bruce noticed something strange about this doctor he noticed the outline of a gun through the back of this doctor's scrubs.

He approached the doctor. "Excuse me, Doctor I was looking for what room my girlfriend was in Emma Carpenter, do you know where that is."

The doctor was startled by Bruce's sudden appearance. "Yeah, sure thing Mr. Wayne, right this way." He said man wiping some sweat from his brow. They eventually reached the room and Mario made Bruce enter the room first. Once inside he shut the door behind him pulling out the gun and pointing it at Bruce.

"Don't make any noise or I will shoot." Said Mario holding the gun firmly pointed at Bruce.

Bruce put up his hands in surrender. "Whoa okay, just take it easy okay. I mean what am I going to be able to do, you're the one with the gun."

"You know it's because of your damn girlfriend that Alberto is dead. I'm just taking an eye for an eye her."

"The only way you're getting anywhere near her is if you have to step over my dead body."

"I'm the one with the gun, Wayne I think that can easily be achieved."

"I don't need a gun." Said Bruce not even realizing he had spoken in his Batman voice, He swiftly grabbed the arm that was holding the gun moving it so that when Mario pulled the trigger it hit Bruce in less fatal area. He hardly even felt the bullet hit him in the shoulder. He twisted Mario's arm and slammed him into the closed door. Mario let out a yell of pain. Bruce slammed him against the door again this time slammed him head into the wood causing Marion to slum unconscious on the ground. Charlie who was just down the hall came hurrying through the door only to noticed the situation was already taken care of.

"Jesus Christ Bruce, you nearly smashed this guy's head through the door."

"He was trying to shoot Emma. There I found you Mario Viti he didn't get away after all."

A few doctors and nurses how had heard the commotion came flooding into the room. Charlie ushered them away saying this was police business he also called for back up to take Mario in.

"Well they should be here soon." Said Charlie turning to Bruce who was standing by the bed looking down at Emma who was still asleep. Charlie joined him. "The doctor said she should be fine, they did have to do a minor surgery though because she had some internal bleeding."

"At least she's safe now." Said Bruce tucking a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"Yeah, hey, I think you're bleeding." Said Charlie noticing Bruce's shoulder.

"Oh, yeah I just got shot." Said Bruce with a shrug.

"I'll go get a doctor." Said Charlie rolling his eyes.

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After patching up Bruce they had let him stay the night so that he could visit Emma in the morning when she might be awake. At around 6 in the morning a doctor came in telling Bruce that Emma was awake and she was asking for him. He quickly went to her room and noticed her still not looking quite recovered yet. He said down in the chair beside her bed.

"What happened to your shoulder?" She asked looking concerned.

"Mario shot me. I was trying to stop him from getting to you. What about you are you alright?"

"I've been better." She said with a grim smile. "Bruce I need to talk to you about something."

"What?"

"I don't think we should see each other anymore." She said tears falling from her eyes.

"What! Why?" Said Bruce shocked by her words.

"I,…I just don't want to destroy you…" She said still crying.

"Emma what are you talking about, you're the best think that has ever happened to me."

"No Bruce you don't get it this city, it needs you and I have a tendency to make the men in my life into well terrible people and I don't want that to happen to you…I…"

"Emma." Said Bruce taking her hand in his. "That's what he wanted you to think okay that's what the Joker does. But what about Charlie, or even Gordon, they are still good people and as for people like Todd they were bad from the start you had nothing to do with that. You are not the reason men like them ended up the way they did. You did not destroy me nor will you, Emma you saved me, I never thought I could be so happy with someone." He said kissing her hand.

"Do you really mean that?"

"Yes I do." He said looking at her with his piercing gaze and she saw in his eyes he was telling the truth.

She let out a half sob half laugh. "Oh course you are, god I don't know what I was thinking."

"Does this mean you're not breaking up with me?" Said Bruce with a smile.

"Yes, I suppose you're stuck with me." She said with a small smile which quickly faded. "There something else I should probably tell you, I suppose I always guessed it but I could never be certain until now."

"What is it?"

"Do you remember me talking about my ex Jack? Well, there is really no easy way to put this but, well he's The Joker now and…"

Bruce let out a sigh. So that was what he had been hinting at in the interrogation room.

"Look I understand if you don't want to see me anymore after hearing that I mean I know he's pretty much you worst enemy."

"What no, Emma for the last time you are not getting rid of me. I'm not going anywhere I'm staying right her with you. Plus that was back when you were I in high school and back when he was a different person. Yes, it does mean he was right about us having similar taste in women but I'm willing not to let that get to me, then again it's understandable you are pretty amazing." Said Bruce with a reassuring smile.

"You put me on way to high a pedestal Bruce."

"No you're perfect." Said Bruce causing Emma to scoff.

"Right me with my 6 years of therapy, a dad in prison for killing my mother, my psychotic ex boyfriends, and my ability to handle stress so well."

"Like I'm much better, my night job involved me dressing up as a flying mammal while beating down criminal with my bare hands all because of a vow I made to my dead parents on the day that they were shot right in front of me by someone trying to mug them. So we both have a lot of baggage. Why do you think I rebuild Wayne Manor so large?" Said Bruce with a teasing smile.

Emma smiled as well. "I guess all our baggage would fit in that house wouldn't it?"

"So really now you're not going to try and break up with me again? Any other secrets about your life I should know about?"

Emma though for a second. "No I think that about covers it."

"Good, I was afraid I might find out your psychologist was Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow."

"Oh that's way he wasn't in his office." Said Emma with a teasing smirk.

"That's not funny." Said Bruce with a smile. "At least you're feeling well enough to make jokes."

"At least."

"I'm just glad you're alright.' Said Bruce with a sigh of relief."

"I'm glad you found me." She said caressing his cheek with her hand.

"Hey, Emma how are you?"Asked a voice from the doorway. Misty and Charlie stood there.

"Alright see, she's fine Charlie now out, you too Bruce this is girl talk time." Said Misty.

"She was just kidnapped about a day ago and just went through surgery." Said Bruce.

"It's fine, Bruce." Said Emma just wanting things to start going back to normal.

Once both the men had gone Misty sat down in the chair Bruce had just vacated.

"So how are you really doing Em?"

"Much better after talking to Bruce actually."

"Yeah, he really cares about you doesn't he? Charlie said he's never seen his so angry before when he found out you were missing. Got himself arrested actually, hell he even took a bullet for you."

"Yes, I don't suppose you find many men like that."

"No luv you don't, that's why you'd better hold on to this one."

"I think I'm pretty much stuck with him. I've already tried to break up with him twice just this morning."

"Why the hell would you do that?"

"For very complicated and twisted reasons. I think however I'm better off staying with him in the long run."

"Yeah, you are." Said Misty rolling her eyes.

"So are you going back to England soon?"

"What trying to get rid of me too now?"

"No, just wondering."

"Nah I think I might stick around a little longer. You never know what could happen in a few months."

Well there you had it another update. I'm sad because this story only has a few more chapters left. So don't forget to review.