Author's notes: Now as I told in the last chapter, I am not 100 % sure if the timings go right in this story with the events of the film. They may or they may not, but this story will be set during as the name suggests, nine days during Batman's first days. From where we are to the League of Shadows attacking Gotham and be told from the Ninth Doctor's, ad some times Clarissa's, point of view.


Jumper

The Doctor and Clarissa returned to the TARDIS to think what to do next. For one, the flowers were coming to Gotham through the docks brought by Carmine Falcone, next shipment by Wednesday, meaning there was going to be a lot of Falcone's thugs between them and the Doctor. Not only would have it been a problem to get to them and make sure they were the same flowers or even flowers at all.

Another order of business was that they knew that Falcone had put a hit on Assistant District Attorney Rachel Dawes. She was, as the Doctor had observed, a driven woman and determined to fight against the corrupted system that was Gotham City. Her murder was assumed to happen in the next few days, possibly when the next shipment was going to arrive. Any sooner would have put Falcone under observation as a suspect and endangered the shipments as Dawes had actively working against the mobster.

''Even with the TARDIS, I can't be in two places at once,'' the Doctor said leaning to the console.

''What do you mean?'' Clarissa asked, making the Doctor raise his head.

''Oh, forgot to tell you,'' the Doctor said grinning proudly, ''she's also a time-machine.''

''Ah, okay,'' Clarissa said, letting the idea sink in. ''Why can't we use your time-machine to go to future and see how to save Dawes and stop the flowers?''

''Because every time I land the TARDIS somewhere, she becomes a part of the events,'' the Doctor said seriously, meaning to return to the topic at hand.

''Right, you suppose we should shadow Ms. Dawes and save her once the attempt on her life arises?'' Clarissa asked.

''We'd have to split up for that,'' the Doctor said shaking his head, ''and it's not safe going out alone in this city, especially with Assistant DA's work hours.''

''You're right, that is a risk'' Clarissa said in a thinking posture. ''What if we get involved with Dawes as in… getting friends with her? That way other one of us could be with her most of the time and-''

''And I'm sure you'd pull it off fantastically in the short time we have,'' the Doctor said putting his hands on Clarissa's shoulders. ''Unfortunately, I can't guarantee that you'll live through it, or that I'll be able to live with myself letting you go as collateral.''

''Aw, that's sweet'' Clarissa said as the Doctor let go and walked past her. ''So what do you suggest that we do?''

The Doctor walked back to the console and pull out a screen from rotating railing above it. He pressed some buttons on the console, bringing the files of Arnold Flass, the dirty cop they had witnessed Falcone meeting with. Instead of reading them through, the Doctor skipped most the file and pointed out his partner.

''Sergeant James Norrington Gordon, been in the force for twenty years, married, has two children, a boy and a girl,'' the Doctor read from Flass' partner's file. ''I first need to see him before I can assume we can trust him.''


The TARDIS moved herself from the City Hall to building between Gotham Police Department and the one next to it. It was nightfall as they landed. The Doctor kept her in the alley, to hide her sudden appearance from prying eyes.

''I'm going to meet with Gordon, you stay out here and keep watch,'' the Doctor said, before turning to Clarissa and pulled a key form his pocket. ''Here, this gets you back inside the TARDIS if you need to.''

''You mind giving me pepper-spray, too?'' Clarissa asked looking around the surroundings. ''I know I'm outside police department, but-''

''Here,'' the Doctor said giving Clarissa the pepper-spray. ''It's actually made from peppers grown on a farming planet formerly a weapons facility. So don't use it too much.''

''What happens if I use too much?'' Clarissa asked.

''Don't!'' the Doctor said as he walked out of the alley, leaving Clarissa with the TARDIS.


Getting inside the police department was easy with the psychic paper. The officer at the reception desk seemed mostly bored with his position he basically let the Doctor as soon as he showed his 'badge'. Walking inside there was another thing. The Doctor couldn't just walk out normally as normally he would walk around smiling, which would have stood out in this city. Not to mention he was un-escorted and an unknown face. That reminded the Doctor of the fact he hadn't even gotten a chance to see his new face since his last regeneration.

Eventually the Doctor managed to find Gordon's office by seeing Gordon enter it. He walked to the door and was about to knock it, until the lights went out and he heard a feint click inside, followed by a:

''Don't turn around, you're a good cop, one of the few.''

Gordon wasn't alone in there. He was with someone who had apparently sneaked in. The Doctor looked at the both ends of the hallway to make sure no one was watching and pulled out his stethoscope.

''What do you want?'' Gordon's voice asked nervously.

''Carmine Falcone bring his shipments of drugs in every week. Nobody takes him in. Why?'' mysterious voice asked, puzzeling the Doctor with his questions.

''He's paid up with the right people,'' was Gordon's shuttering response.

''What would it take to bring him down?'' was the mysterious voice's next question.

''Leverage in judge Faden,'' Gordon's voice said calmer, but still nervous, ''and a DA brave enough to prosecute.''

''Rachel Dawes,'' the mysterious voice said, shocking the Doctor by the mentioning of the Assistant DA's name.

''Who are you?'' Gordon finally asked from the voice, Doctor also waiting for its answer.

''Watch for my sign,'' the voice said and the Doctor's face grew even more puzzled.

''You're just one man?'' Gordon asked, his voice sounding much calmer now.

''Now were two.''

''We?'' Gordon asked and the Doctor heard noise outside the window. Whoever had been inside Gordon's office had left and was climbing out the fire-escape. Then Gordon ran out of the room and straight to the staircase. He was so much in a hurry that he didn't see the Doctor standing outside his office. It was lucky for the Time Lord, who left the building.


''Did you see that?!'' Clarissa asked coming to the Doctor as he walked out the Police Department. ''Some guy just jumped out of the roof to the next building.''

''You saw him?'' the Doctor asked taking her hand and walked her to the TARDIS. ''What did you see of him?''

''Not much, it was dark,'' Clarissa responded. ''But he was tall and muscular. And was wearing some kind of yellow harness and a ski-mask.''

The Doctor didn't respond to that as he put the TARDIS key to hole and let them inside. Once they were in side, he said what he was thinking.


Author's notes: What was the Doctor thinking about what he witnessed? What do you think about the situation? REVIEW!