Dani's eye widen, "W-what…oh my god, I'm…sorry. I didn't know Erin, I swear." She stutters, "If this place brings back too many bad memories we can always find a different-"

I shake my head, "No, no, it's alright. I have to face these demons sooner or later. Sooner is always better." I said, smiling. We continue down the hall and get to a part in the prison where the roof has not caved in. We notice a pair of doors to a room. Dani opens them and a smile races across her face. "What?" I ask. Dani looks at me and then disappears into the room. I huff, following her into the darken room. "Dani, come on. This isn't funny." I said.

Suddenly, the lights flash on and I'm blinded for a second. When my eyes recover, I see we're in a theater. It's a 2 story room. The stage sits on the 1st story; a kitchen set sits on it. The next story is seats. I look at Dani who is sitting at the table, "Ain't it a beaut?" She said her smile unchanging.

I look around, eyes sparkling, "Wow!! It's prefect!" I chime.

"I'd know you'd love it." Said a voice to my left. I look over and see the Joker walk out of the shadows.

My smile disappears, "What do you mean by 'I'd know'?" I said.

Joker walks up to me and puts an arm around me, "Just what I mean. See I told Dani about this place a long time ago. And about the little…uprising that happened here." He sneered.

I look at him darkly, "So let me get this straight…you choose this place because of the connection it had with me and the uprising that killed my parents?" I ask.

Joker smiles, "No, but that would sure throw the police off. The reason for choosing this place is because it's got history, stories-"starts Joker.

"AAnd it's got a great antenna for broadcasting across the whole city. Not the mention it's untraceable." Dani said, interrupting Joker.

Joker smiles at Dani, "Exactly. Now, there's no time to waste!" said Joker, suddenly spinning me out from under his arm, causing me to almost land face first on the ground, "We have some chaos to make!" And with that, he disappeared out the doors with no further explanation.

The very next night

The episode's plot is simple. We're making a bomb. But, with Dani nothing is ever as it seems. Dani chats on and on to the camera about the chemicals and the steps to making the bomb. I couldn't really add anything to the episode because, well, I didn't know anything about making bombs. Except that peanuts were some how involved in the procedure. Yeah, I'm such a bomb maker, I thought, sneering to myself.

Dani concludes with, "And so that's how you make a bomb! We previously made a bomb and sent it as a, 'gift', to the mayor. Oh, won't he be surprised!"

The camera's light flashes off as the feed changes to the mayor building, to catch the sight of the explosion. I take this chance to roll my eyes. Typical Dani, always putting her own 'spin' on things. Not that I'm surprised or anything, I mean she's done this for every single episode now. Yeah, I guess once you get use to the bloodshed, it doesn't seem to bother you-. I shake my head, Hang on, this isn't me!! What the hell is going on here?

The camera's light flashes on and we're live…live to the whole city. "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. And welcome to the Dani and Erin show! I'm Dani and that's Erin! If you haven't found out already, your mayor is dead. Blown sky high! Now don't panic. I know you're all thinking of escaping from here. But-"She said.

I cut in, "Let's go to the bridge feed." I said, smirking. The camera's feed switches over to different shoots of all the bridges leaving Gotham. Simultaneously, they all explode. When the camera feed is switched back, I announce, "Now then. It looks like you're all stuck here. So why don't we have a little…fun."

Dani smiles, "Yeah, its party chaos in Gotham city!! And you're all invited! Now, no party isn't complete without some…entertainers. Entertainers as in, the prisoners of Arkham!" Dani laughs.

My smile vanishes as I'm overcome with panic. I look at Dani, "Dani, what are you doing. I WILL not have this!" I hiss.

Dani smiles at me, "Erin, we are still live! Can't we talk about this later!" she said mad, but her face happy as to confuse the watchers.

"No, we CAN'T. How could you even, think to do such a thing?! After what I've been through…" I start.

Dani cuts in, "CAMERA, change feed to in front of jail. NOW." She snaps. The light flashes off. Dani glares at me, "What the HELL was that?!" She growls.

"HEY! I'm the mad one here!" I scream, "How could you, Dani? Most of the criminals you're releasing were probably at this jail the day of the uprising. And you're planning on letting them run about the city?"

Dani smirks, "Uh, yeah…..pretty much." She said.

I narrow my eyes, "I've let you get away with a lot of shit…I let you threaten me, kill innocent children and even kill the mayor. But THIS time, you've gone too far. I can't stand back and watch you do this." I hiss.

Dani walks up to me and tilts her head to the side, a sly smile painted across her lips, "And what makes you think you can stop what has already happened?" She whispers, bursting out in uncontrollable laughter.

The feeling of helplessness hits me hard as I step back and fall back into a chair. I put my head in my hands, as tears started to form in my eyes. "Oh…oh, god no." I mumble to my self, thinking of how the criminals would ravage the people of Gotham. I thought of the way their hard eyes stared at me, ready to kill me. I thought of how million of people would be in the same position I was in 10 years ago. I couldn't help myself, I cried. As the last bit of sanity I had dripped away in my tears.

A couple minutes pass and my tears have finally dried up. I feel someone pat me on the head lightly. My eyes stare up at the person, it's Dani. "I can see you want to be along…I'll be back stage if you need me." She said, quietly. She floats pass me and through a curtain to the back stage.

I wipe my face of my fallen tears. Well, no sense in crying about it. Not like THAT'LL do anything. I hear the ripple of cloth flying through the air as I see Batman fly in and land stage down center. A sly smile appears on my face, "Well if it isn't Batman. So, what's the threat today? Shutting us down, throwing us in jail…killing us?" I said, walking over to him, turning my old stripper charm on, "Oh, certainly no 'kill us'. That'd mean you'd have to break your one rule."

Batman's facial expression remains unchanged, growling, "I'm thinking about it."

I stop in front of him, only inches away from him. I trace my finger lightly across his chest, "Are you turning soft on me? Oh come on…where's the fun in being soft?" I said, stopping my tracing of his chest.

"What happened to you, Erin? You used to be such a sweet little girl." He said his voice not as harsh.

I giggle, "10 years changes a person. Besides, I was only 11 years old back then. How could anyone have known I'd go this way?" I said, my eyes narrowing, "Besides, this wouldn't have happened if you had saved my dad instead of me. He was dying. Not me."

Batman shakes his head, "It was a snap decision. I thought you were in more danger. And besides, you just said no one could have known you would go this way." He said.

I smile, "Smart, you caught my slip up. That's weird because I don't make a lot of mistakes." I said, staring up at him, ready to stand on my tip toes, "See, from my time as a stripper…I learned stuff." I stand on my tip toes, my lips only a couple inches away from his. "Like how to love and tease." I said, whispering. At the last second, before my lips connected with his, I brush pass them and whisper in his ear, "Oh and also….how to deceive." With that, I stabbed him in the gut with my blade I pulled from my pocket. He staggers back, keeling over in pain. I laugh uncontrollably.

Batman glares up at me, "You fooled me." He growls.

I smirk, "Yep. Hasn't anyone every told you, never trust a stripper? After all….in the end, it's all just a show. Hope you enjoyed it." I said, stifling a laugh. I turn heel and start towards the back stage doorway. Unexpectedly, batman hits me with the bat tool he used on Dani after we blew up our studio. The rope wraps around my mid section, constricting my arms to my side. The sudden action causes me to fall to my knees. I stare down at it, one of my eyebrows lifted up in a questionable manner. I look at batman, "Ropes. Kinky." I said, "But I really have to go."

Batman takes to knife out of his abdominal, discarding it angrily. "Now you're coming down to the police station." He growls, walking over to me. He grabs a bunch of the rope at my back and starts dragging me off.

My smile turns into a frustrated frown, "HEY!! LET ME GO!! THIS ISN'T FUNNY!! NO!!! !!" I shriek, laughing in between each comment.

I see Dani run out the back stage door, carrying a baseball bat. She jumps on the table and launches her self off towards batman. She swings the bat at batman but he dodges it, letting go of me. Dani lands and spins around, swinging another home run at batman. This time he can't dodge. It hits him in the abdominal. He staggers back, probably seeing spots.

I lay on my side, trying to wiggle free, "Hey Dani, not to sound like an annoying bitch…but could you, I don't know. CUT ME LOOSE?!" I scream. Dani skids over to me, flipping out her switch blade. She easily cuts the rope and I'm free. I rejoice for a minute for we're reminded of batman. We look over and he's gone. Dani takes out her gun, glaring at the darken rafters.

We make it to the back stage door and chill there. Dani starts loading up on gear, including an RPG. I choose not to ask about that, since there's probably a long story involved and I'd rather we get out of here before batman swings in. I notice one bullet proof vest in the stash. I take it and sneak off to a secluded spot to put it on under my mid drift top. It looks a little unusual but I change that by zipping up a form fitting black sweatshirt on over it. I rejoin Dani, picking up 2 fully loaded AK 47's.

"Alright, here's the plan. We have to meet up with joker at 7th and capitol. Simple enough. We're packing heat just in case we run into the fuzz or our batty friend. So, you ready to go?" she asks. I nod, starting to the door. She stops me, "Hey, what did you and bats talk about? It sure was quiet in there..." she said, trailing off.

"Oh nothing, I just used my stripper charm to get close to him and stab him in the gut." I said, smiling slyly.

"Oh….well, uh…I wonder how Joker will feel about that-"she starts.

"What, so I acted a little 'friendly' to him so he'd let down his guard…big deal! Sure I may have…gone a little too far with the fake kiss deal-"I said.

"YOU KISSED HIM?!?!" shrieks Dani, cutting in.

"No, no I SAID fake kiss! To fake him out, OK! Let's just drop it, OK?" I hiss.

Dani smirks, "Alright if it's driving you 'batty'." She remarks, bursting out in laughter.

I roll my eyes, "Ugh, you're SO unbelievably ANNOYING!!" I said. With that we set out to find Joker.