After what seems like forever I finally got this updated! I wanna thank the people who've faved his story and the ones who are following it, but a big thank you to ShadowCat98 who left me this review:
"*stares intimidatingly* Update or no cupcake for youX3"
Oh my God did that make me smile! Seriously if it wasn't for that review I don't think I'd of got this out but now that I've finished this chapter I am completely proud of it! I read a lot of Batman comics to get my ideas following and listened to the game soundtracks.
But anyway I hope this chapter was worth the wait! Enjoy!
Filly refused to go back to her room, she wasn't going to miss her chance to see the Joker and Batman up close before the chaos erupted. She imagined herself sitting back at home with eyes glued to the screen and waiting for the fun to begin, the giant doors to the asylum opening, the Joker secured and the long walk through intensive treatment.
Standing close to Doctor Young she kept her head down and just listened and studied everyone's reaction to the Joker returning. Some guards looked on high alert and other seemed rather boring, almost like they've been through hundreds of 'Joker returns' and Doctor Young looked calm but Filly knew that she was just covering up. How can someone hid their emotions like that so well, in the tape recordings she always try to sound that she was better, like nothing to make her angry or lose a nerve, though it was a horrible thing to think about, Filly was glad that she got killed, she had it coming to her.
Giggles belong to cute little babies who get easily amused by washing machines. Giggles aren't so adorable when they come from a mad man. You could be anyone, you could not be into Batman at all but you'd recognise that laugh anywhere, that laugh would send you running to the hills. For Filly it was the most surreal things to hear, from television speakers to actually hearing it from the man…monster itself was more terrifying than anything she could imagine. She obviously forgot about the things that were still to come.
"What's up Doc? Put me in for tomorrow at four, we've got a lot of catching up to do"It was the little things like that that made the game great, when you first played the game you'd completely look past what he just said then second time you play you smile as you know what he means.
Filly took a quick glance in the Jokers direction but he was looking elsewhere. But as her eyes moved away she noticed that Batman was looking directly at her and her heart just stopped beating. Imagine looking at your hero or God that was the best she could describe it. In fact she remembered when they were in the elevator if you zoomed into the Jokers face he looked directly at you a few times just before it blacked out, it gave you shivers.
The Joker and Batman had continued on and Doctor Young and Filly left Intensive Treatment, but once they were outside Filly had been ordered to go back to her room but in a few minutes time that wasn't going to safe place, nowhere on the island was going to safe.
Getting to Arkham West was fairly easy, she had expected the doors to be shut but they opened for her when the sensors detected her, They must only stay bolted shut when the chaos starts. Instead of doing what Young told her to do, she ran to the showers and found the boxes of clothes and put on her outfit and ran back outside before she was caught or asked too many questions. Time seemed to drag on, God this is taking forever to kick off! But it gave her time to ponder on about her character, though she got herself confused, OK your real life name is Curly, but in Arkham its Emily but your true Batman name is Filly. During this game I'm discovering what my character Filly is like. Right, glad I got that figured out.
The guards didn't question her, she must have usually gone walking around at night and then the alarms went off. She knew how she wanted her story to begin but she still had to patiently wait for the Joker to get to the visiting centre as she knew the only places he was ever really in were intensive treatment, the visiting centre and the botanical gardens. She hid silently so none of the guards could see her and when the time felt right she ran towards the visiting centre doors, opened them and quickly slammed them back shut once she was inside.
"I don't think they saw me" she breathed out a sigh of relief and walked towards the set of doors that lead you to the Joker. Filly opened the door with a big swing almost as dramatic like Batman and took in her surroundings. There was damp feel to the centre, it was murky, dark and cold and poorly lit, she noticed a few careless moths bumping into the light bulbs and a spider twisting a fly in its dangerous web, a woodlouse scurried along a chair leg and as she turned her head her breath caught hold of the glass that would hold a patient and their visitor apart and two handprints appeared on it faintly. Filly couldn't imagine anyone else noticing any of these things and it only occurred to her in that moment that her eye sight was enhancing everything, she could see everything. But the only thing that her attention now was the Joker's body with a TV instead of head sitting behind the glass. Filly took a couple of cautious steps and then the TV made a static sound and it switched itself on and the mad man was on the screen.
"Come in! Sit down, take off your mask. So Bats I was thinking-"
"I'm not Batman, Mr Joker" interrupted Filly approaching him slowly.
There was a second or two of silence and then the Joker's arms began to move, he took a firm grasp of the TV and lifted it slightly off his head to peek out, Filly gave a small wave and the Clown Prince of Crime groaned. "Ooohhh it's just you."
"I'm sorry were you expecting someone else" Filly said edging to him closer.
"Yessss a man in a black bat costume, you wouldn't of happened to of seen him have you?" he asked through a sarcastic tone.
Filly rolled her eyes and just went with it, "No sorry not since you arrived."
"Well then leave; I don't want you here until my friend pokes his long nosy point nose in here."
Well tough I'm not leaving yet, "What do you have planned for me Joker?"
"Why would you even think I'd have anything planned for you m'dear!?" he laughed and sat down on the chair and folded his arms, he seemed to have a smug sort of look on his face that made Filly believe he was challenging her.
Challenge accepted.
She thought for a brief second, "You have games for everyone, surely you wouldn't leave me out." she said.
He gave a little giggle and scratched his chin, "Do you remember the first day we met?" Filly shook her head, "You were only a little girlie, I'd say five or six, and I had bribed a kitchen worker to add a tiny dose of my venom into the gravy for dinner. There weren't many people who had the pie for dinner, only seventeen people but I laughed, so hard that my sides were splitting. But before the guards were even close enough to reach me I felt a punch in the stomach and I shot backwards and bashed off the wall, it was painful but not quite near a Batman punch, but it made me angry," he started laughing and stood up from his chair, "Imagine my surprise when my eyes met the ones of an angry little girl eh. Hehe I couldn't stop laughing, but I knew you had some of that gravy, hehe going through your messy eating stage of childhood, had fallen on your t-shirt, you were immune to my venom. Then after that I threw everything I had at you, not even my laughing gas worked!"
Filly swallowed the lump that formed in her throat and stood as still as she could and listened as he continued on, "The Doctors were oh so protective of you, but I wouldn't expect your child mind to remember all the things they done to you, they weren't all very nice. Running tests constantly, taking your blood, imagine all the nightmares they must have given you hmm."
She sure if he believed him but this was the Joker; you should take everything he says with a pinch of salt, "Is there a reason for why you are telling me this?"
He gave her a disgruntled look before answering her question, "All I really want to know is…what makes you so special eh? Why are you little Miss Princess of Arkham? You asked if I had a game for you well…it's more like I'm giving you history homework hehe" he giggled, "Go and find out about yourself."
That's all?!
"That's all?" she asked not succeeding in hiding her disappointment.
"Run along now Horsey" he said ignoring her question, "I am a very busy man but I will be keeping a close eye but please pop in again soon." He picks up the TV and puts in back on his and moves into a pose and stays in it.
Sighing but accepting that that's all that he's going to give her, she turns round to leave but glances back for a few seconds and he's changed position again with his arm sticking out; she opens the door and she can't help but smile.
"Where to go to first then?" she asked going back into sneaking, she could sense no guards though she knew about the one up in the tower. As she walked out the two goons who were working on the big Joker face door stopped and looked at each other then at Filly. Were they supposed to attack her? Their orders were to build this and if Batman they were to fight him. Before they could make up their mind Filly had already started running towards the medical building. She figured if those guys were building away Batman was still getting his way through intensive treatment and there was a chance that Harley with Commissioner Gordon hadn't got out yet.
Walking up the steps to the building she saw the group of goons chatting amongst themselves, smoking and laughing at whatever cruel jokes they were sharing. She made sure that they couldn't see her and tried to decide what she should do. I don't remember fighting that many goons outside the medical centre so some of them must be waiting for Harley. She didn't want to go in through the roof as that was for Batman…she counted to three and took a few deep breaths before walking towards them.
"Well lookie here, little girl got lost or somfin"
"Girlie? Not many of them in this place, most of them die, eh!" one rushed forward and grabbed Filly by the wrist, "You can't go in there darlin', bad stuff is gonna happen."
"Then again something bad might happen out there" one said with a suggestive tone. She didn't like the sound of that.
Filly managed to squirm out of the goons grip, she looked at the goon she decided was the ring leader until Quinn got here, she gave him a sweet smile, "I'm sorry boys, even though I'd love to stay and chat the Joker has sent me on a personal mission and I've to start in the Medical Centre and I'd rather get started before the Batman Shows up."
He looked at her with a confused expression not too sure if he should believe her, "I'm not sure little missy, maybe you should wait till Harley gets here"
"No, I need to get this done quickly, I'll be in and out in a moment, I'll be gone before you and your men are put to work."
She didn't know if she sounded like a true bad guy but it would have to do just now, she had a feeling that the 'talking' technique wouldn't work for her long, she'd have to start fighting soon.
The goon sighed, "Fine but understand that if you are still in there when Bman gets here and you get caught up in our shootings, it's your own fault. Understand?"
Filly smile, "Perfectly" she responded by going on her tip toes and giving him a peck on the cheek and his mates cheered and one whistled. Filly turned and quickly entered the building feeling happy that she got past her first confrontation without having to fight.
The Mansion and the Medical Unit were her favourite places to explore in the game; she hated the Botanical Gardens and the Sewer, even though the Botanical Gardens held some pretty good riddles it felt like that part of the game took forever to get complete and as for the Sewers, she only hated it because of the Killer Croc part, that too felt like it took forever to complete plus the part where the camera angle changes if you didn't know it was coming you surely died at the first try of it. She liked the Medical building because it also had some good riddles hidden, a lot of stuff was happening in the building and it was the first place Scarecrow made his appearance. The Mansion was one of the greatest parts of the game as Filly loved history, and when playing the game, Batman went to the room where they kept all the files on patients throughout the ages and oh how she'd love to read through them all and see what stories the asylum had to share, and also, the Scarecrow made him second her appearance there.
That was one thing Filly never understood, why did Scarecrow get a lot of female attention? She remembered reading fan-fiction and a lot of people had commented mostly about their love for Scarecrow and she failed to see the attraction. He wore a mask; you didn't even get to see his real face! Then again she wasn't one to judge, maybe if she encounter him face to face she'd finally see what everyone was talking about.
Once Filly had reached the main area of the medical centre she expected to see a few doctors around unaware of what was happening but it was quiet
"Where are the Doctors?" Maybe they are in the other rooms, good chance to snoop about before the goons break loose here. But before that she had to check out Killer Crocs old cell. Even though she hated Killer Croc this was on her 'Favourite Riddles' list. She placed her hands on the bars and looked around the hell cell. There was an awful smell god knows how long it has been hanging around and by the look of the cell for a pretty long time. One thing she didn't understand was why the doctors hadn't removed the bones inside, it was understandable why they wouldn't if Killer Croc still occupied it but…You gotta understand girl that it's just a game, she thought.
A sensation ran through her hands, it seemed to come running from the bars, the hair on the back of her neck were standing up. What the hell is happening? It was beginning to feel like a weak electrical current going up her arms across her shoulders, twirling through her neck then into her brain. She closed her eyes and out of nowhere an image started to play under her eyelids. It was a very strange experience.
The image was of Killer Croc in this cell, he was silent apart from his loud deep breaths, there were two guards standing outside watching him and all of a sudden they start to mock him and tease him. What are you doing?! Don't do that you idiots! Croc didn't say a word of react which Filly thought was very out of character but she watched the scene, still angry with the guards who thought that they were the tough guys just he was in the cell. Soon Croc lost his patience. He had known that the bars to the cell were getting rusty but he could only break it wide enough to pull someone through. He roared and grabbed hold of the bars and tore them off, his large hand rushed out and grabbed one of the guards and swung him about for a bit knocking the other out, he dragged the guard into his cell and bit his arm clean off then threw him to the ground, he then put his hand back out and grabbed hold of the guard knock. Minutes later a Doctor comes out of the elevator and is hit by the smell of blood and rushes over to Killer Crocs cell. He tries to scream but his mouth erupts and is sick over the floor. And Croc just laughs. "Heh heh heh don't worry Doc, I've had my fill, I have even saved a hand for a midnight snack heh heh heh"
The electric current suddenly stopped and Filly gasped for breath and let go of the bars, she bent over her arms resting on her knees. She needed a minute. Or two…or three.
"I think…I should start my mission."
I so hope you've enjoyed this and please drop a review I'd love to hear your opinions, and I hope you think I got the Joker right in, fingers crossed! Oh and if you spy any mistakes please let my know and I'll fix them right away.