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"Happy Father's Day, Daddy." came a small voice right beside Jonathan.

He looked over and there was Vera, a small piece of paper in her hand. It had two people on it, one male one female. The male was much taller than the female. Jonathan realized that it was a drawing of him and Vera. They were holding hands and smiling, which didn't ever happen. What was this?

"What is this?" he asked, gesturing toward the paper in his hand.

"It's a card. Today's Father's Day, so I thought I'd make you a card to make you smile, like you are in the picture." Vera said, happily.

"Well, do you see me smiling?" he asked, scowling at her.

"No..." Vera answered, her smile faltering.

"You truly are a fool of a child. I don't want this card, I don't want it to be Father's Day. And I most certainly don't want you as a daughter."

"Well I don't want you for a daddy." she whispered under her breath.

"What was that?" he asked. Jonathan knew what she said but he wanted to scare her a little bit.

"Nothing."

He took her arms in vice-like grip. He could just feel the bruises forming.

"What. Did. You. Say?" he asked, his tone deadly.

"Doctah Crane! Doctah Crane, stop!" Harley screamed as she ran in.

His grip became tighter, as Harley could see. She ran over to them and started beating Jonathan with her fists. He still wouldn't let go.

After her futile attempts, Harley gripped onto Jonathan's hair hard. She dragged him out of his chair and along the floor. He let go of Vera and she ran into the corner.

Scarecrow began to come out. Harley knew that and dragged Jonathan to the basement door. She threw him down the stairs, closed the door, and locked him down there.

Vera could still hear him through the door.

"YOU DESPICABLE, DISGUSTING, UNGRATEFUL, PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A CHILD! YOU HAVE MORE THAN I EVER DID AND THAT'S ALL YOU DESERVE! YOU UGLY BI-"

Vera Crane, now 13 years old, woke up to someone shaking her. She became fully awake as her last scream died down.

She started hyperventilating as the dream came flooding back to her. It was a memory and a nightmare. She left that life long ago but it didn't stop the memories or the nightmares.

"Vera, you were screaming again." whoever shook her awake said.

"Dick? Is that you?" she asked.

"Yeah, I was worried about you. Do you wanna talk about it?" he asked.

Vera had been taken in by Bruce Wayne shortly after she ran away. He found her in the hospital while Time Drake-Wayne had to go to the hospital for a broken wrist.

"What's the date today?" she asked, still trying to breathe right.

"June 17th."

"Father's Day." she stated plainly and start to cry.

"Come here..." Dick said as he hugged me tight against his chest. All she could do was cry as she remembered all of her useless attempts at having a good Father's Day with Jonathan.

"Let's go get you some water, kay?" he said and got up. Vera stood up, too.

That was his codeword for going to the living room and watching TV for the rest of the night. Of course it was 2 in the morning but it still counted.

They started walking down to the living room. They tried to sneak past Bruce's room as quietly as possible, but Vera made a crying noise and Bruce was immediately at the door.

"Vera, you okay?" he whisper called in the dark.

"Just another nightmare." Dick answered for her.

She squeezed his hand as a thank you. It was impossible for her to speak right now. Finally, Bruce's eyes adjusted to the darkness and he could see the outline of both of them.

"Let me guess, you're gonna go watch some TV downstairs?" Bruce asked, sleepily.

"Yeah, we were planning on it. Vera doesn't want to have another nightmare." Dick said.

God, Dick is my favorite person ever, Vera thought to herself.

"Well, I'm gonna go with you guys. Just to make sure you're okay, Vera." he said.

The trio finally made it to the living room where they all sat down. Dick put on Scooby Doo, they're favorite thing to watch at 2 am.

After a while of watching this, Vera threw herself at Bruce, hugging him tightly. He was startled but hugged her back.

"Happy Father's Day." she said.

"Love you, Vera." he whispered.

"Love you, too, Bruce."

"We Interrupt this program for breaking news." a newscaster on the television says.

"Who interrupts cartoons at 2 am for breaking news?" Dick questioned.

"Gotham?" Bruce tried to answer. They all laughed.

"Some of the most dangerous criminals, Harley Quinn, The Joker, and Two Face, have escaped Arkham Asylum early this morning." the newscaster said.

Vera smiled. She missed her friends.

A/N: Hope everyone had a wonderful father's Day or just a wonderful day in general. I kind flipped out on my cousins but other than that, it was good. The next chapter will also be Father's Day, I didn't have time to write it however. If you would like to have a character in this story, leave a review or send me a message with

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Vera does not like Father's Day. Can you tell? What'll happen next?

See you next time, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!

-Harley

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