All of Gotham City was coated in dark and surrounded by silence as the nigh drifted on. While all the good citizens of Gotham slept Eddie and Oswald sat talking at the Iceberg Lounge. The fear in Eddie seem to draw Oswald further into something dangerous he hadn't felt in a long time; respect. On the floor lay four of Eddie's closest friends. One of the men lay still alive but unable to speak. He could have been saved but was slowly bleeding to death. The other three had been shot by Oswalds and his umbrella gun directly in thier chest cavity. It was Oswald's physical stature that Eddie's was afriad to be around. It was the sinister gleam in Oswald's eyes as he shot his four friends. It was the way he continued to talk over a pile of dead bodies, one of which was suffering in front of him.

Oswald: Eddie what did you and your esteemed associates do around Gotham?

Eddie: Mir, we just came in for some laughs and we needed money to survive.

Oswald: Oh c'mon Eddie a couple of over sized men like you coming to rob a petty night lounge?

Eddie: You dont understand mir. Around here if you make to much noise you attract to much attention.

Oswald: How much did you expect to get from me tonight?

Eddie: Just maybe a couple of hundred bucks.

Oswald: Just two hundred dollars?

Eddie: I just didnt want to run into any night watchmen or anything.

Oswald: You must be talking about the bat?

Eddie: Right.

Oswald: What do you know about Batman?

Eddie: I know more than I want to know. You see me and my four pals are whats left of the Gotham Mob.

Oswald: Well I guess its just you now.

Eddie was speaking from his heart. He felt as if it may be his last conversation in his life. Oswald didnt seem to Eddie like the kind of man who would leave a witness around. The Gotham Mob had reached the top of the criminal world until Batman and Joker came into thier lives. When Joker reduce his half of the mobs money to a burning pile of ash it left them near bankrupt. The majority joined up with Joker to help defeat Batman only to be taken to jail later. Eddie and his pals had bailed on the mob just before the showdown with Batman. He remained free and had been reduced to doing petty theft jobs. The top men from the mob had been ratted out by the henchmen for a lesser sentence. It seemed Eddie had gotten out just in time to avoid prison. The ties with dirty senators and cops dried up. The city was back on track and no one would cross Gotham Police with Batman around. The fear of being caught was to much to bear. Eddie and his friends had no money to buy weapons and without money he couldn't find the right connections it would take to build the Gotham mob to a threatening force. The new Gotham held no opportunties to a common criminal. The crime rate drastically dropped. It was even a risk to pull off petty crimes. The Gotham Police had so much time on thier hands it seemed like they could watch over the whole city.

Oswald: A Gotham Mob huh?

Eddie: We had Gotham in the palm of our hands mir.

Oswald: Just call me penguin.

Eddie: You mean like the bird?

Oswald: You run along Eddie. I want you to go to Bludhaven to look up some new aspiring crooks. Only those with high hopes and low consciences. We may be able to help each other.

Eddie: What do you mean?

Oswald: I am a man with finer taste Eddie. I like champagne on an evening painted like this. I am a man who enjoys the respect that power and fear bring. I am also a wealthy man and savy in the business world.

Eddie: You talking about a business deal?

Oswald: You might say that.

Eddie: What kind of business penguin?

Oswald: Well Eddie. The business is to bring Gotham City to its knees and back into the shadows where it belongs.

Eddie: What about Batman? Why would you want to help me?

Oswald: Why Eddie? I lost my parents. I was picked on as a school boy. I lost my friends and my business I worked my whole life to get. I was rejected by Bruce Wayne. Eddie look around this lounge. Its is empty. This city has been brown nosing Bruce Wayne and Wayne Enterprises for to long now. Its empty on the second night of opening. All because Gotham's love child Mr. Wayne decided not to come. My great Grandfather Theodore ran this town. He put light in every heart of Gotham. All they can talk about is the flourishing of Wayne Enterprises in the city. I think its time for the mob to rise again. This time with a little more brains and alot more class.

Eddie: You mean your going to lead the mob?

Oswald: Eddie only a man inside the law can truly no how easy it is to jump outside the law. A man who has the name of a former great Gotham citizen can gain sympathy from others and use it to bleed them dry. Eddie a man like me in a town like this will only expected of wanting to do great things. All in the honor of my loving great grandfather Theodore Cobblepot.

Eddie: You have the money to do so?

Oswald: I have much more than money. I have money and a good name. I have been poked fun of. Those wonderful people of earth the class less people shouting out insults, calling me a pudgy penguin. Now when they think of The Penguin they will cry my name. They will beg for thier own lives. I will hit this town were it hurts. You go find an army Eddie and I will give you a war.

(I know this is a shorter chapter but I hope you enjoy reading this story. I will do a much longer one next time)