Chapter 5

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Jeanette sat in the bed, not saying a word, for the rest of the day Craig, Colby, and Ciara had left her there as a blonde nurse walked into the room, she looked down at the clipboard, then at Jeanette, her blue eyes looking into Jeanette's green eyes, her heart almost stopped, It can't be, no, Cassata would have told us… "Hi," the nurse said as Jeanette blinked giving a half hearted smile, "I'm Nurse Quinn how are you doing?" "Shitty." Jeanette answered as the nurse gave a small smile, "Well if you need anything let me know." Was all she said as she stepped out of the room to see Colby walking down the hall. The two stopped before continuing, "Rachael." He said as she nodded to him, "Colby, how have you been?" "I could be better; did you see your niece?" "Briefly, I have maybe ten other patients to attend to, how long have you had her?" Rachael asked Colby as he looked at her, "Fifteen years, Adam showed up at the door with her and said nothing else." "Hm, same time him and Cass were having problems, you know, I have never seen a man so afraid of a woman. I love my sister to death, but the way she treated him was horrible, just like our father, the way he treated my mother." Rachael said as Colby saw anger enter her eyes. Rachael, Cass, and Megan had grown up in a broken family and Cass being the youngest was the spoiled brat, she was given everything, there were a few times she would go with daddy as well to commit his crime sprees knowing it would piss Harley off.

When Batman had finally put an end to it, Cass was wild, and the rebel of the three girls her and Harley had a strained relationship, the two of them did not struggle to hide it, it was clear Harley was frightened of her own daughter. Megan and Rachael had left when they were eighteen leaving Harley with Cass and the adopted daughter Alyssa, a good friend of Colby, Ciara, Cass, and Adam who had lived with Harley and Cass up until she was eighteen and left with Dick. Since then no one had heard a word of Rachael or Megan, not even a whisper of their father, nor their mother Harley, "How's your mother doing?" Colby asked as Rachael looked at him, "Surviving, Megan and I visit her every once in awhile, she still has pictures of Cassata and Adam all over the place. Not a single picture of me or Megan or our kids, I mean if she had known about Laurie and Lucas I'm sure she'd have pictures of them." Rachael said as Colby narrowed his eyes, "Lucas?" "I thought Megan told you Cass was pregnant with twins?" "No." "Well that's to be expected of her." Rachael said sarcastically.

Colby shook his head as Rachael sighed , Megan was the lazy one, she had barely finished high school let alone go to college, Rachael was the golden one who had graduated both high school and college, even though she was only a low end nurse she still made the money. Whenever Megan was asked to do something she usually suckered her boyfriend, Cass, or even Rachael into doing it until Cass was old enough to catch onto what she was doing and would tell her she wasn't doing it anymore which made Megan angry. The three girls used to get along until the family started falling apart starting with Rachael being kicked out, forcefully, for bad mouthing her younger sister by calling her a spoiled brat, which did not go over well with her father, at all. Megan left at will at eighteen, but by then their father had been put away in Arkham Asylum, "Well, I better check on the other patients." Rachael said as Colby nodded, "It was good seeing you." Colby said as he extended his hand, she took it, her hand gripping his tightly, "Likewise, my friend, tell Ciara I say hello." "Will do." Colby walked down the hall to see Jeanette still staring off into space.

Craig walked up the spiral staircase until he got to his grandmother's apartment; he put the key in the door, stepped into the room and saw his two cousins sitting at the table, along with Harley who all turned to look at him. Craig strode to the table taking his seat across from his grandmother, his good eye looking at her as her aged face looked at him, "She was diagnosed with psychosis." He said as she nodded, "So they finally realized she's seeing images?" "Images from what?" "You're mother's past, it can mean one of two things, either you're mother is suffering from a psychotic episode, or you're sister was delayed, because I know you're mother had psychosis very young." Harley said as Craig crossed his arms across his chest. The twins shifted in their seats as a loud bang from a room startled them making them all jump, Harley stood up as the loud noise came again, and she walked down the hall opening a door to the room, "Grandma?" Delia said as Harley came back into the room, "What is it?" Deidre asked as she sat down with a picture frame in her hands her knuckles white, "Grandma?" Craig said standing up as he walked to her, he knelt beside her, looking at the frame. Harley stared into space as Craig gently removed the broken frame, a picture slipped onto the floor, Craig picked it up, and flipped the picture over it was a picture of his mother and father, a large slash across Adam's face along with his mother's face he had no idea what it meant, but he stood up and looked at his cousins as they all looked at their grandmother who had not made a sound.

Cassata Fuller sat in her padded cell, her green eyes narrowed as she watched the door, she knew any minute now that the warden would open the door to let the doctors in to give her the daily meds she was suppose to be taking. The white jacket looser than it was supposed to be, a knife concealed in her hand that she had used to cut some of the restraints so she could make her escape easier, she had spent weeks sitting in the room plotting her escape. The only thing that the warden had failed to notice was the fact that the packages that had been stuck in her normal cell had contained everything she needed, her knife, pen and paper, and metal poison tipped nails that she had already used on one of the doctors hence her being placed into the padded cell. The door opened as the warden stepped in, two guards stepped in after him as the doctor followed, a smirk crossed Cass's face as the two guards grabbed her shoulders, the doctor's hand shook as he knelt in front of her, "What's the matter?" she asked as the doctor gulped, "Scared of someone whose in a padded cell, restrained? You're pathetic." "Enough, Cassata." The warden said as Cass glared at him, "You're scared of me too, don't pretend you're not, I see the way you shake every time you step into this room, or anywhere near me, and you know what, warden? It gives me such pleasure to know a man like you is scared of a 90lb woman like me." The warden twitched as Cass gave a twisted grin. The warden looked at the doctor, giving him a nod, the guard grabbed Cass's hair pulling her head back as the doctor tipped the plastic cup into her mouth, the guard let her head good as she spat the meds back at the doctor, she broke her arms free of the jacket, the first one she went for was the doctor. The doctor stumbled back as she drove the knife straight through his stomach, the guards went to grab her, she turned and sliced ones throat as she jumped on the other stabbing his throat, the warden went wide eyed, and ran as the alarm sounded she looked up at the red light that had gone off over her head. Cass threw the knife as she ran out of the room, down the hall as the other inmates watched her, yelling, swearing, and some just cheering her on as she slid under the closing metal door as the other guards started firing their guns at her from their posts, her long legs carried her faster than she could have imagined since she had been confined for so long.

As she ran she started ripping pieces of the baggy inmate uniform off so she could clear the barbed wire fence without getting snagged, the guards kept firing as she seemed to dodge the bullets, but as she slowed to rip pieces of the pants off one grazed her arm, leg, cheek, and one hit her in the ankle. Cass gritted her teeth as she pulled the bullet out, she wrapped a piece of cloth around the ankle to stop the bleeding as she limped the rest of the way to the fence, the scaling was not easy with the ankle, as she climbed more bullets hit her making her wince, Cass climbed as fast as she made it to the top, she let herself fall to the ground. The pain was unbearable from the bullets hitting her, her heart raced, her head throbbed from whacking her head on the ground, she laid there for a few more seconds as she sat up she noticed a car pull beside her, "C'mon, get your ass in the car, now." Cass inched her way to the car, pulled herself in halfway, the driver grabbed the back of her shirt yanking her in, and she slammed the door shut as the car's tires squealed pulling away. Cass slouched in the seat as she looked in the back to see her sister Megan smirking at her, "You're crazy, you know that right?" Cass smirked, "It runs in the family." Megan shook her head as the driver looked at her from the corner of his eye, "And look whose back from the dead, you did well my dear." He smiled as he put his hand on her knee, "Disappearing for fifteen years is hard enough, lying to our kids and public is another, Cass." "You realize Gotham is going to be thrown into a tizzy looking for you, right?" Megan said as Cass looked in the rearview mirror at her, "I expect them to, and from what I hear there's a new dark knight," "There is, he's a young kid." "How are my daughter and my son?" "Laurie is in the hospital, they diagnosed her with psychosis, and Lucas is on to everyone according to mom." "Smart like his father." Cass said looking at the man next to her as he smirked, "At least there's a semi normal one in the family." Cass laughed, "Adam, my love, there's no such thing as normal in my family."

Terry pulled his jacket on as his phone rang, he looked to see that it was Bruce calling, "I was just heading over, what's going on?" Terry asked as he waited for his response, "I need you to go to the hospital to check on your friend," Bruce said as Terry narrowed his eyes, "Why?" "Turn the news on." Terry walked to his living room turning his TV on, "We interrupt your normally scheduled programming for this breaking news, and we now turn you over to the warden of Arkham Asylum who is holding a press conference." Terry looked at the frightened man as he shook, "Ladies and gentlemen of Gotham, for the first time in years, we have an escaped fugitive, she is armed and very dangerous, her name is Cassata Fuller, it is very possible that she is injured with multiple bullet wounds so we ask all hospitals to keep an eye out. She has long blonde hair with red and black streaks in it, green eyes, and it is believed she still has her white uniform on, if anyone has any information, please contact Commissioner Gordon and do not approach her for she is very unstable." Terry shut the TV off as he hung up on Bruce, he ran out the front door. Terry ran down the streets of Gotham as rain hit him in his face, the only thought going through his head was the fact that Jeanette was now in danger since her mother had escaped, and he would never be able to forgive himself if he let anything happen to her.

Jeanette watched as the hospital staff started running around the hospital, locking doors, locking windows, and watched as the security guards stood in front of her door. Jeanette sat up as she noticed Terry outside, the guards trying to stop him from getting in, "It's ok," she said loud enough as the guard backed away, Terry stepped into the room, "Are you ok?" "I'm ok…what's going on?" Jeanette asked as Terry sat next to her on the bed, "Don't worry about it, all that matters right now is that you are safe." He said pushing a stray hair behind her ear, "I'm a big girl I can take care of myself." She said as he smirked, "I doubt you would be able to this time." He said as he heard the automatic locks on the door lock, the windows locked down, and the bullet proof metal lowered darkening the room. The lights came on slowly as the two teens sat in silence looking at each other, Jeanette fiddled with the sheet as Terry looked away, the heavy metal door opened making both look at the nurse who had stepped through, a smile on her face, "Evening, how are you feeling?" Rachael asked looking at Jeanette, "I'm fine." Jeanette answered as Rachael pulled the cart through the door, "Well, I didn't know you were going to have a visitor, but if you are hungry here's some food for you." Rachael said as she checked Jeanette's vitals and her fluid. Terry watched as he looked at Rachael's name tag which said 'Rachael Quinn' he narrowed his eyes at the name and Rachael caught him looking, she gritted her teeth as he looked at her, but didn't say a word as Rachael looked at her niece who was staring off into space again, "Well, looks like you're doing just fine my dear, I'll be back in an hour or so to check on you." Rachael said as she turned her back to them she felt Terry's eyes glaring at her back.

Rachael closed the door behind her, a sigh escaping her lips as her phone rang in her back pocket, she reached for it and looked at the name 'Megan' flashing at her, "Hello?"

"Miss me big sis?" Rachael's face paled at the sound of the voice.

"Cass?"

"The one and only."

"How did you…"

"That doesn't matter, but I need your help…"

TBC….