The final chapter at long last. I'd like to thank everyone for their patience and loyalty to this story. Look out for the final instalment of this trilogy. And as always please R&R.
Dent's voice faltered "Y. . you know each other?" King walked up to the desk and proceeded to unlock Aceie's cuffs, he kissed her throat
"You could say that Doc . . .you could say we know each other very well" King presented Aceie with a gun "I got this too" With a flourish he revealed her beloved purple coat, genuine delight shone in her eyes "Thank you Kingsy, thank you" While they were talking Dent had crossed the room and was frantically trying to open the door, King cocked the gun's hammer and aimed at the doctor placing his finger on the trigger. Aceie kissed him on the cheek and put her arms around his waist "Don't kill him, he was only doing his job" King looked at her smiling face "Anything for you Beautiful" He lowered his aim and shot Dent in the leg before unlocking the window "After you Ace"
The pair slipped out of the window and scaled skilfully down the old building's side, luckily Dent's office was only a few floors up. Dodging lights they hid in the shadows "Where are we going?" "Anywhere away from here, I have a car waiting on the other side of this wall and another at City Park" Aceie followed as he crept along the wall to the gate, he pressed the code he had stolen into a grey panel. For a moment nothing happened and Aceie could taste the tension in the air. The gate rattled open.
"Go Ace, go"
"One minute" Whoever had removed Aceie's coat had obviously not got round to emptying her pockets, she plucked a small can of purple spray paint and scrawled along the tarmac Come and get me! She drew a heart beside it and an arrow pointing down the road. Her message complete she dived into the black car beside King, who raised an eyebrow at the paint "We don't want it to be too easy do we?" King smiled, then spotting security guards shouted "Drive!" The henchman slammed his foot down and sped towards City Park.
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Alarms echoed through the Batcave, Bruce ran in, still dressed in his dinner jacket.
"Alfred! What's happening?" Alfred tapped furiously on the keyboard "The Ace of Hearts has been broken out of Arkham" He tapped some more keys "Aided by someone she called 'Kingsy'" Bruce pulled his mask on "The King of Spades" Hope appeared dressed in her costume "Swift reporting for duty" Bruce opened his mouth to argue but thought better "Fine, get in, Alfred where were they last seen?"
"Heading towards Gotham" The Batmobile roared out of the cave.
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The car pulled up beside the park gates, Aceie stepped onto the pavement and breathed the night air, before putting a bullet through the driver's head "He was only doing his job Dear" Kingsy said with a grin. Aceie reloaded the gun "His kind is ten a penny" King gestured towards the park "We better get moving before the cops show up" She giggled "But id we're gone before they get here, the a the fun's gone"
The pair walked through the desereted park. Aceie stopped in front of a bench.
"Remember King? This was where you first kissed me" King held her close and whispered tenderly "How could I forget?" Aceie smiled up at his and he smiled back Whatever she's done I love her "I have something to tell you" Aceie said, slowly behind King's back she drew a slim si;lver knife from it's concealed pocket in her sleeve "I'm pregnant" A grin spread across his face. "A child our child" Aceie shook her head, malice creeping into her eyes "No no no, dear Kingsy. My child." She drove the knife into his heart, he gasped at the sudden pain, Aceie withdrew the knife and gently lay him on the tarmac. He tried to speak blood dribbling from the corner of his mouth. Aceie stroked he cheek "Shhhh my dear, you stabbed me in the back, I'm just returning the favour" King tried to speak once more but the fire of life wavered and ceed to burn, Aceie brushed his dark hair out of his eyes "Such a pity" Taking the silver knife to the cooling flesh of King's chest she carved a heart. She wiped the blood on her Arkham gown before replacing it in a pocket. Her fingers encountered a deck of cards, with expert speed she plucked the Ace of Hearts and King od Spades cards from the pack and cast them into the bloody heart.
"Good night King, and good night Gotham" She bowed with a flourish of her hands and walked back to the black car. She hauled the thug's body from the driver's seat. With a screech on brakes the car careered into the familiar darkness of the moonlit city.
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The moon was low in the sky when a police unit finally found the body. Batman and Swift watched as the body was taken away.
"It was Mr Desspa" Swift remarked in disbelief "He can't be The King of Spades, all that talk of stopping crime" Batman watched the scene in sorrow Another death I couldn't prevent
"She got away this time, but when she comes back I'll be ready" Swift declared "She'll pay fwhat she did" Batman rested a hand on her shoulder "Don't get caught up in revenge, Desspa wanted revenge and got snared in his own trap" The pair watched the ambulance and police cars drive away "Let's go Alfred will have made tea"
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The sun rose over Gotham illuminating it's steel and glass spires, setting each drop of dew sparkling like a diamond. There was hope iun the air, hope for at least one day of peace after the madness.
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A life is done and a life begun.
New for old blood turned cold.