Thanks to everyone who decided to review I have decided to write this chapter so you are no longer feeling sad. Also because I have like 6 basketball games in 5 days this coming week most likely won't be able to update so this will just have to hold you over till then.

Faye woke that next morning to the sound of her phone ringing.

"Hello?" She said groggily as she slowly woke up. She noticed that the sun was shining brightly and she was surprised that Alfred had not woken her earlier and then she remembered, and it weighted upon her like a stack of bricks.

"Mrs. Wayne?" Said Jim Gordon on the other line for the second time since she had answered the phone.

"I'm sorry, what is it?" She said with a yawn.

"I know this is something you don't really want to do right now but we need to you to come down to the station to identify the body, we just want to be sure it is in fact your husband and not someone else."

"Alright I'll be there as soon as I can." She said rolling out of bed. She grabbed a sweatshirt that ended up beginning one of Bruce's old ones that still smelled like him, it was a comfort to her. Once she put on some shoes she grabbed her keys and was almost out the door when Alfred stopped her.

"And where do you think you are going?"

"I need to go id the body." She said with a sigh.

"Not like that your not, for starters you are still in you pajamas and you look a fright. You have a name to up hold Mrs. Wayne, you can't go out of the house looking that this."

"He's dead Alfred, we only upheld that image because he couldn't have people questioning whether or not he was Batman, but everything we have worked for is over now. So what's the point?"

"At least put a hat on and let me drive." Said Alfred with a sigh. They were silent for almost the whole drive over to the station until they parked and Faye said "I've scheduled a press conference."

"Are you sure that's the right thing to do Mrs. Wayne?"

"The people deserver to know, I would rather just come clean then have some scandal surface later on." She said as she headed into the office.

"Mrs. Wayne, I didn't know you went to Princeton." Said Gordon in a effort to make small talk when she entered his office. His plan for polite conversation however back fired when she burst into tears and Alfred who had followed her in said "Mrs. Wayne did not attend Princeton but Master Wayne did for a short time."

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't know." Said Gordon looking extremely apologetic.

"No, it's alright you didn't know, why don't you just take me to the body." Said Faye wiping her eyes.

"Okay, it's being keep in the lab because forensics wanted to look over the evidence one more time." Said Gordon getting up from his desk so he could show them were the room was. Once inside Faye asked for a moment alone. She looked down at the charred practically unidentifiable body. The face was completely burned beyond recognition, but the only part of the torso and the feet where burned the rest of the body was just very bruised with a few cuts. Then something broke the silence of the room, there was a clang and a ring fell the floor.

Faye picked it up a looked at it. It was Bruce's wedding ring, it must have fallen off his finger…she looked at the hand that was dangling from the side of the metal table where the body lay, she noticed that most of the flesh was still in tact which meant something was wrong, Bruce's ring fit like a glove and when she placed it on the hand again it was loose, which meant…no she would not give herself false hope, so she began to look at the body more closely. She looked at his right shoulder and noticed the cut she had stitched on his arm for a few days ago was not there! She heard a knock on the door and Gordon poked his head in "Mrs. Wayne have you identified the body?"

"Yes, and it's not him." She said tears of relief falling from her eyes.

"Are you sure, I mean there's a ring and everything."

"It doesn't fit right, and a set of stitches on his right shoulder are missing."

"Anything else, I mean the hand could have been shrunk or something I need at least three things, you can only provide me with two."

Faye looked at the body trying to find anything that might be able to prove that this man was not Bruce. Once she realized that nothing she saw would work she lifted up the sheet that was covering the lower half of the body.

"Well I have something but…" Said Faye blushing slightly.

"Well what is it?"

"It's too small."

"Pardon?" Said the Commissioner not entirely sure he understood what the woman in front of him was saying.

"Oh god please don't make me say it, it's embarrassing enough as is." Said Faye covering her face with her hands.

"Oh…oh!" Said Gordon realizing what exactly she meant. "Well then that means that Mr. Wayne has now moved from the deceased list to the missing persons list."

"No. I think we should keep saying he is dead, we hold the press conference like a planned. It's what the Joker wanted which means he will be there and if we catch him we might find out where Bruce is." Said Faye a plan forming in her head.

"Yes, but last time we caught him it was a combined effort between the Batman and the police department, we missing a key player, and you can't fill in for him in your condition."

"He's not nearly ready but he's going to have to be." Muttered Faye.

"You mean the replacement you have been training?" Said Gordon.

"Yes, I may not be able to give you Batman, Commissioner by I can give you his ward, Robin, the next best thing."

"Alright, but you do realize that we would be using you as the bait?" Said Gordon.

"I know, but it's the only way. I'd thought I lost him for good, and that was the worst feeling in the world, now that I know he is just lost I will do anything to bring him back. I'll go to the charity event tonight like we always would and get as many people as I can to come to the press conference, the bigger the crowd the more The Joker will be drawn to it.

After talking with Gordon some more and figuring out a rudimentary plan Faye and Alfred headed home. When they got back Grayson and Jesse were waiting for them.

"Well?" Asked Grayson.

"It was him." Said Faye summoning up so tears.

"Oh god Faye I'm so sorry." Said Jesse hugging her.

"Grayson, can I talk to you in the study, there are some matter involving the estate." Said Faye while Jesse was still hugging her.

"Yeah sure." Said Grayson confused but compliant.

Once inside the study Faye wiped her eyes again and said "He's not really dead Grayson."

"What! That's great news!" Said Grayson extremely relieved that his mentor was in fact not dead.

"But he is missing which is why I am holding a press conference tomorrow to talk about Batman, in hopes of luring the Joker out into the open. Now I have already spoken to Gordon and we are beginning to make arrangements, but you or rather Robin might have to fight him, can you do that?"

"Yeah of course, anything for guys."

"I mean you can face the man who killed your parents without losing control."

"I've seen what that man is capable of and the sooner he is behind bar the better I will be. I mean he almost killed Bruce, he's almost killed you, he killed me aunt, my parents and Jesse's sister! I don't want his hurting the people I care about."

"You've really grown up a lot haven't you?" Said Faye with a smile.

"Yeah, I guess so." Said Grayson also with a smile.

"So, you care about Jesse?" She said with a teasing smirk.

"Well yeah I mean how else would I learn calculus and stuff…" Said Grayson awkwardly.

"Whatever you say." Said Faye not buying any of it. She then left the room and began to think of what her speech would be like tomorrow and how she would be able to get through the charity ball tonight…

I know it's a bit of an odd place to leave off but I didn't wan to get into some of the other stuff now so the chapter ends here. Review please.