Many many many unreserved apologies for the time this has taken me to finally type and publish. I hope I will not disappoint you, my readers, with this story's eventual conclusion. As always please R&R.
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Five Days later.
Aceie skipped along the water's edge, playing hide and seek with the moon's pale beams, and her mind drifted back to that beautiful night, a warmth she never knew existed filled her body and she laughed aloud to the sky.
"I'm in love, Daddy" She declared to the ever smiling ghost that had held her hand since the night he died "In love" She saw her Lover's masked shiloette in the doorway and ran into his arms, she breathed in his scent before smiling up at his serious face. He beckoned her inside, she saw tears in the corners of his eyes.
"What's wrong Kingsey?" He looked at her, sorrow and regret etched into his face "I'm sorry" He whispered, before stepping back and signalling to the shadows.
Police officers armed and armoured burst from the warehouse's dark corners.
"Put your hands up!" Shock breathed it's ice breath into Aceie's veins.
"Hand up!" Slowly she obeyed her eyes fixed on King, who took off his mask before having his hand shook by one of the officers.
"Well done, everything went according to your plan, take her to the van" Aceie smiled, a smile full of hatred, confusion and betrayal, she began to laugh softly at first but it rose her eyes becoming wilder, the laughter turned to inhuman cackling. It almost sounded like screaming.
They slammed the van door shut, the screeching laughter echoing in their minds, the van sped away to Arkham and King sat heavily on a crate while the officers concealed themselves to await the arrival of The Nine of Clubs and The Six of Diamonds.
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Annie walked into the warehouse followed by Clubs, "Where's Ace?" She demanded "I don't have all night you know" King rose from his seat "Indeed Diamond, you do not" Officers materialised out of the shadows "You have the rest of your life" Annie looked calmly around at the police officers and put her hands in the air, dropping her gun, she saw surprise in her colleagues faces Not as big a surprise as they're going to get She thought a wry smile on her lips "Come on Clubs, game's over" She whispered as two officers handcuffed her and lead her to the police car.
She heard Clubs let out an inhuman snarl as another pair came towards him with handcuffs. She heard the sickening screams as he smashed their heads together and tore at their throats with his small, sharp fingernails and penknife. She turned and saw the flashes of light as bullets shot towards him and his lifeless victims
"Shoot to kill!" The guns found their target "Second rank fire!" Annie stared in disbelief, blood poured from wounds all over Clubs' slight frame but he was still fighting.
"Get her to MCU!" An officer shouted at the driver of the car who slammed his foot down on the accelerator. As they rounded the corner Annie heard a scream and a thud. She faced the officer beside her and through gritted teeth said "He was only seventeen"
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Annie walked to the holding cells. Only this time she wasn't one of the grim faced guards in attendance, or the searcher checking criminals for weapons. This time she was the criminal. She spoke out in a business-like manner "I invoke my right to a phone call" An officer sneered "You can invoke all you want, it won't get scum like you anywhere" She smiled drily and chuckled "Scum am I? You're in for a surprise" They locked and bolted the cell door and Annie sat down staring at the floor, catching glimpses of the shoes of friends and colleagues. A door banged open and the Commissioner strode across the room followed by James.
"Why has she still got that mask on?" He demanded, a rookie officer replied
"No one wants to go in there after the incident with The Nine of Clubs" Commissioner Lee frowned "Very well I'll do it" He made to open the door "No, I'll do it Sir" James said, Annie's heart sank He was going to find out anyway She thought as he unlocked the door "Keep still and don't move" He ordered. Looking into his eyes for one last time Annie felt the knot loosen and the mask come away in his hands.
"Hey James" He staggered back slightly "No, anyone but you . . ."
"Who is it Detective Rhys?" Asked the Commissioner from the other side of the bars "See for yourself" James stormed out of the cell and slammed the door shut, a chorus of gasps came from every throat "Detective Gordon!"
"In the flesh, so Andrew" She looked at the man who had called her scum "Am I still scum?"
"Why Annie? You were one of us, one of our own" James shouted, tears blurring his vision "Please, Detective calm yourself" He ignored the Commissioner's order "Your father served as commissioner!" Annie shook her head "My father was the same as my sister, scum you call them and I called them too before I realised I was one of them" James grasped the bars for support "Who is your sister?"
"The Ace is my sister, The Nine of Clubs was a friend and The King of Spades is a traitor" Everyone knew what it meant if The Ace was Annie's sister "You're father was . . . him?" Annie nodded, her secret was out, the game was over and the four was now three Two soon if The Ace gets her way