"No. Please! Please! Don't!" she whined. Tim winced, feeling his heart break as sobs filled the room. He crept through the ventilation system trying not to make a sound. He was so going to be killed for this one. Bruce had forbidden him to leave the house. Not just grounding, but a really serious order. But he couldn't take it any longer. At least—if you could even put in an "at least" here—she was alive. She was breathing. It felt like he was going to puke once he finally reached the end of the crawl space and looked into the Pacification Center.
She was strapped to a raised stretcher that was attached to several wires, leading back to a box near Harley Quinn. No, he thought. Harley hit the button and Tim watched as 150 volts of electricity shot through Maddie's body. Her blood-curdling screams echoed through his head. He tried his best to ignore them. Push them out. Don't listen. Concentrate. He looked around the room, trying his best to find some way to sneak around Joker and catch him from behind. He would never be able to take him head on. He'd have to get rid of Joker first, then fight Harley. But how? There was always a way, Bruce said, always. Then why couldn't he find it?
The screams stopped and were replaced with sobbing. Tim blocked it out to the best of his ability. He nudged open the grate in front of him and quietly moved it to the side. He gathered his courage, looking down at the Joker and analyzed the best angle to take him out. Just as he crouched down for the jump, the skylight burst open and a black-clad figure flew in through the glass. Tim knew instantly that it was Bruce so he leapt from the vent and went for Joker. In one quick takedown and a punch to the temple, the clown was down. Because he had not been expecting Batman to break through the window the villain had let down his guard while he looked to the man above. So when Tim came from behind, he was so completely unaware that he didn't even have time to smile. Robin didn't worry about Bruce or Harley. That would be an easy fight for the Dark Knight.
Robin spun on his heal and sprinted to the girl stretched out on the hospital bed. Her sobs didn't stop as she stared into the space around her. Her body was still shaking with electricity.
"Turn off the power!" Tim screamed, needing to touch her, help her. But he couldn't if she was writhing with electricity. "Please!" He collapsed to the ground in front of her when there was no reply behind him.