Someone wanted to see the interrogation of the Joker and Bruce choosing to get Alice. I hope you like it, I prefer doing OC's in first person because I find it ruins the story if a character becomes too OOC :D and I'm in the car on the motorway on my blackberry typing this up as a memo so bear with me. I was busy last weekend so this is a quick chapter to reassure you I'm not giving it up :D

Bruce

I sat in the dark behind the Joker, after the gruelling capture in which so many people died.

"Bad cop, Good Cop routine?" He asked Gordon smiling.

"Not exactly" he replied leaving

The Joker sighed and sat back in his seat.

The lights flicked on which signalled it was my turn, I reached forward and slammed his head off the desk.

As he groans I walk around the desk and sit in front of him.

"Never start with the head. The victim gets all fuzzy. He can't feel the next-"

I cut him off slamming my fist on his bare hand.

"See..."

"You wanted me. Here I am."

"I wanted to see what you'd do and you didn't disappoint." He told me "You let five people die-then you let Dent take your place. Even to a guy like me; that's cold."

"Where's Dent?" I asked trying to keep my calm

"Those mob fools want you gone so they can get back to the way things were. But I know the truth. There's no going back. You've changed things; Forever."

"Then why do you want to kill me?"

He broke out into hysterical laughter "I don't want to kill you! What would I do without you? Go back to ripping of mob dealers? No-no!" He told me "You- you complete me."

"Your garbage who kills for money."

"Don't talk like one of them-You're not. Even if you'd like to be. To them your just a freak, you'll be tossed aside at the first sign of trouble. They're only as good as the world allows them to be. I'll show you. When the chips are down, these 'civilised' people-They'll eat each other. I'm not a monster I'm just ahead of the curve."

I'd had enough of the clown talking shit, I reached across the table and dragged him over.

"Where's Dent?" I asked him

"You have all these rules, and you think they'll save you."

"I have one rule" I grinded out- I'm not well known for my patience

"Well, that's the rule you'll have to break to know the truth."

"Which is?"

"The only sensible way is to live is without rules"

"And tonight you're gonna break your one rule."

"I'm considering it."

"There's only minutes left, so you'll have to play my game if you want to save two of them"

"Them?"

"You know, for a while there, I thought you really were Dent. I mean the way you threw yourself after her,"

Alice. He had Alice.

Somehow even without knowing who I was he had managed to pinpoint exactly what and who could hurt me.

I know, I should have played it cool. Made him think I didn't care; it would keep her safer.

But once again I have to stress I'm not known for my saint-like patience.

I turned around and placed a chair in the door, to make sure the police didn't interrupt.

"look at you go!" He laughed manically
"Does Brucie know about you and his little bunny?" He asked as I grabbed his head and threw him into the glass.

"WHERE ARE THEY?!"

"Killing is making a choice, between one life or another"

"WHERE ARE THEY?!" I asked punching him in the face.

"You have nothing! Nothing to threaten me with. Nothing to do with all your strength."

"Don't worry, I'm gonna tell you where they are, both of them." He told me " and that's the point. You'll have to choose. He's at 250 52nd street, his squeeze is at 68 Lawrence avenue" Rachel. Rachel was there, Alice would want me to save Rachel, I knew it. But I couldn't leave her to die. "and your lover, well she's on Avenue X at cicero"

I threw him down and stormed out the room.

"Who you going for?" Gordon asked me

"Alice."