Chapter 6

Disclaimer: Look at the last five

Authors note: JESUS have I had writer's block on this story…like really really bad writer's block. Two years in fact….anyway! On with the show!

"What do you need my help with?" Rachael asked, considering her youngest sister never asked for help with anything.

"I need medical attention, breaking out of Arkham proved hazardous."

Rachael poked her head around the corner to see Gotham Police Officers standing guard at every entrance and exit, she quickly walked by into the nearest unoccupied office, "You can't come here, the place is swarming with cops that are looking for you."

"Oh goodie, Barb was on her game."

"Look, I really can't talk, Cass, so if you're done speaking to me I need to go check on a patient."

"You hang up on me you'll regret it."

"God you're just like dad."

"Thank you!"

"That wasn't a compliment!" Rachael exclaimed throwing her free hand in the air as she heard her sister snicker, "Ugh, since you're unfortunately related to me, I'll sneak you in. How bad are your injuries?"

"Oh you know, scratch here, bullet wound there, nothing too serious."

"Who's driving you?" Rachael asked then realized that was a stupid question, "Never mind, tell Megan to drive to the ambulance entrance, I'll meet you there."

"I'll tell Adam to drive me to the ambulance entrance, considering he is the one driving."

"Whatever! Just…I'll meet you there." She said hanging up the phone and going to storm out of the room only to almost run, quite literally, into Bruce, "Holy…what are you doing here?"

"Where's your sister?" the old man asked as Rachael crossed her arms over her chest glaring, "That's none of your business," Rachael snapped as Bruce narrowed his eyes at her, "listen you old bat, just because you had an issue with my father does not mean you can take it out on me, my sisters, my daughters, my mother, or my nieces and nephew. You should be rotting away in Arkham for what you did to my father!" Bruce closed his eyes then looked at her, "It wasn't me who killed him, and it was the venom he was taking." "Oh shut up!" Rachael said as she felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, "I have to leave, if you'd excuse me." She quickly walked by him and sprinted down the hall way towards the ER entrance to meet her sisters.

Megan jumped out of the backseat of the car grabbing a hooded sweatshirt along with a blanket to throw over her sister as she slowly got out of the car, wincing every now and again. Adam grabbed the clothing while pulling his own hood up and over his face, quickly putting an arm around his wife's back, "Move the car," he said tossing Megan the keys, "we'll meet you inside." He said as Rachael appeared at the side door, he scooped her up in his arms, and ran to the door as Megan peeled out of the ER entrance to get a parking spot.

"Where is she hurt the worst?" Rachael asked as they entered the nearest room, she shut the door, locked it, and closed the blinds into the room, "Her ankle, that's the only spot I know of." Adam answered as Rachael quickly tore off her younger sister's shoes and socks, "You're insane, you know that?" she asked as Cass gave her a twisted smile, "Of course, I know." Rachael washed off the blood and removed the bullet as Cass gritted her teeth, "The ankle's swollen where the joint is, they must have hit it, you'll need a cast and a brace on it, and it doesn't feel broken does it?" "No." Cass said as Rachael rolled over a portable X-ray machine, a knock came on the door, "Police, open the door." "Shit." Rachael muttered under her breath, "I'm in here taking care of a patient." She responded as the sound of a body hit the door she whipped around, "Open the door now, Quinn." Adam and Rachael looked at each other, then at Cass, then back at each other, "You've got until the count of three, one, two," Rachael opened the door to see Commissioner Gordon standing there, "You're under arrest for aiding a fugitive." "Aiding a fugitive!? You're arresting me for helping a person in need?" Rachael asked as Adam slunk back into a shadowed corner, he looked over at Cass, who sat perfectly still, not moving a muscle.

Rachael struggled with the officer who was attempting to arrest her, when out of the corner of her eye she saw her sister move faster than she had seen anyone move, grab the Commissioner, wrap her arm around grabbing the gun on her waist, and held it to her head causing every cop in the room to freeze. While the officer was distracted, Rachael threw her head back into his nose, and then twisted his arm behind him mimicking her sister, fear was written on every face as Adam appeared out of the shadows looking at the two women. With her free hand, Cass pulled the hood down off her head, "Now that I have your attention," she said with an evil grin, "I make the rules now and this hospital is under my control."

Terry stood by the door with his arms crossed while Jeanette slept in her hospital bed, he glanced at the clock on the wall that read 11:30PM, it had been over an hour since she had been checked on, and he was starting to wonder where the nurse was. The door opened as Bruce wheeled his way in, the cop at the door, closed it quickly behind him, "We have a problem," he said as Terry looked at him, "What kind of problem?" he asked, "Her mother is here." Terry stood straight as he looked at Bruce, "Where?" "In the ER, the nurse helping Jeanette is her aunt; she is aiding Cassata as we speak." Terry opened his mouth to begin to say something when he heard commotion outside of the room. Terry peeked out of the blinds to see cops running down the hall towards the ER rooms, he heard cops yelling to cease fire, "The Commissioner is being held hostage!" one yelled, "Don't shoot!" another yelled, "Stand down, all of you." He heard a female voice say as he shut the blinds, he locked the door causing Jeanette to sit up in alarm, "What's going on?" she asked as he looked at her, "Nothing, go back to sleep." He said as everything went quiet outside.

The silence stayed that way for a good five minutes until a knock came on the door, Jeanette froze, "I have your medicine." A female voice said, "Please unlock the door." Another few minutes passed until the sound of a gun going off broke the silence, Terry closed his eyes, Jeanette tensed up even further, "Open the damn door, or the Commissioner gets it, Bruce Wayne." Terry looked over at Bruce as he gave a hesitant nod; he reached over and unlocked the door revealing four people, "That wasn't so hard now, was it?" the first female said shoving the Commissioner to the ground, "Stay down, bitch, I'm not done with you."

"You'll be done soon enough, once the SWAT gets here you're-"

"There will be no SWAT team. I'M IN CHARGE, do you understand me?" the female said pointing the gun at her again, "DON'T make me pull this trigger."

Terry looked down at the Commissioner as a taller figure made its way into the room, "Brucey I'm home!" the female said hopping over to Bruce, "Did you miss me?"

"Not even a little." He said as the female smirked, "I missed you, too. I suppose I have FIFTEEN YEARS of my LIFE to thank you for ruining." She said as she looked over at Terry, "Who's this? You're new sidekick? Oh wait, you're not BATMAN anymore, so that means….this must be the new one I've been hearing so much about." Terry narrowed his eyes at her, "I don't know what you're talking about, I'm his live-in assistant."

"So was a dear friend of mine, do you know who he is now? Nightwing, he is also the guardian of my son. Speaking of my children…." She said looking over at Jeanette who started visibly shaking, "my little princess. My pride and joy that had to be given away after such tragic accidents that befell my children before," Terry noticed the shadowed figure wince, "my little Laurie." Cass took a step forward towards her daughter, and Terry quickly stepped in front of her. The two glared at each other as Adam stepped forward putting a hand on his wife's shoulder, she looked at him, them at Terry, shrugged it off, and turned towards the door, "You won't be able to keep her psychosis under control for very long," she said, "I'll be back for her before you know it, and not even YOU will be able to stop me, new Batman." She added with a hiss before walking out, Adam following, Terry watched as the door swung closed he sighed a sigh of relief while the Commissioner rose to her feet, "Crazy lunatic." She muttered under her breath, "You know she will be back Barbara," Bruce said making her look at him, "I know that, for right now, I am going to keep every available officer on patrol until Jeanette is free to leave. I will also make sure that she goes back behind bars." The Commissioner said as the door opened with a new nurse holding Jeanette's medicine.

The Commissioner walked out of the hospital room as the nurse walked in, handing Jeanette her pills, along with a cup of water, "You need to get rest, we put melatonin in as well to help you get to sleep." She said to Jeanette before turning to Bruce and Terry, "I will have to ask you to leave." "But-" Terry started as Bruce shook his head, "I'm sorry," the nurse said with a frown on her face, "every door is locked and guarded, I promise she will be safe." Terry looked at the nurse then at Jeanette, who looked at him, fear written on her face, "We will be back in the morning then, come on, Terry." Bruce said wheeling his chair out to the corridor through the open door. Jeanette's eyes started watering as she looked at him, as if begging him not to leave her by herself, the nurse cleared her throat making him turn his head, Bruce narrowed his eyes at him, and Terry looked at Jeanette one more time before walking out of the room.

The door closed with a metallic click behind them, while a heavily armed guard took his place by the door, Terry could hear soft sobs behind the door knowing it was Jeanette being terrified, "Come, Terry." Bruce said getting the teenaged boys attention again, he turned walking beside Bruce, "I don't feel right leaving her by herself," Terry said while Bruce looked at him from the corner of his eye, "especially with her mother out and on the loose in full view of everyone." "If there is one thing I know about her," Bruce said, "she is just as psychotic as her father; she will stop at nothing to get what she wants. As a child Joker used to bring her out on crime sprees, he would use her to get into small spots, use her as a distraction, but as she got older she was the dangerous one. Adam and Cassata both worked for me at Wayne Enterprises, both were smart, stunning, young adults, I had no idea that an enemy was under my nose. Adam was the thinker, she was the manipulator, from what I heard, this is not to be repeated," Bruce added with a sideways glare at Terry who nodded, "the first set of twins that Cass had become pregnant with, were not Adam's son and daughter, they were her father's children." Terry paled almost stopping short, "Joker was sick and twisted that way, I don't even think Harley knew about it, the only two that knew were Cass and himself. I remember the day of the hearing, that poor girl, she had to blame psychosis on her killing Nathan and Natalie. From what I remember Cass broke after that, she didn't want to be near her husband, she didn't want to be touched, by any man. Adam somehow persuaded her to have children again, thus Jeanette and her brother happened when they were in their twenties. When Jeanette and her twin brother were born, they had to give them away, she was in the middle of serving a life sentence at Arkham, well, more like completing her father's life sentence. I had no other choice, neither did she." Bruce fell silent as they stepped into the limo, Terry looked out the window at the darkened hospital as the car rolled away.

Tears rolled down Jeanette's face as she laid in her hospital room, alone, she didn't want to be alone, she was terrified, the dark room was not friendly, every sound she heard made her jump, and it made her want to be with someone who could protect her. The clock ticked by slowly as the door opened and closed, she blinked, wiping the tears out of her eyes, "You've got nothing to be afraid of," a male voice said as she went to scream, a hand covered her mouth, "I'm not going to hurt you." Jeanette felt the bed sink as the person sat down, "If I take my hand away, do you promise not to scream?" Jeanette nodded slowly as the hand moved away from her mouth, "Who are you?" she asked as the figure pulled its hood down revealing dark black hair and brown eyes, "…dad….?" Jeanette said as Adam nodded slowly, Jeanette lunged forward wrapping her arms around his neck. Adam wrapped his arms around her quickly, squeezing her tightly, she rubbed her face on his shoulder, more tears streaming down her face, "Fourteen years since I've held you, and I regret every minute of abandoning you and your brother." He said as she let go tears still in her eyes, "But you died." "No sweetheart, I never died," Adam said pushing a stray hair behind her ear, "your mother and I had to fake my death in order to save me from facing any jail time. It was either she served the remaining fifteen years of her father's sentence, or risk having me do the time, so I ended up disappearing for those years." "Why did you leave us?" Jeanette asked as Adam looked as if he had been stabbed in the heart, "I wanted to take you with me so badly, but I couldn't take two infants from the hospital, and fake my death not long afterwards. We left you and Lucas in the care of two of our friends, you were left with Colby and Ciara, Lucas was left with Ashley and Dick, Lucas apparently strayed and found his cousins, therefore he's known all along we were alive." Jeanette blinked at him, "Lucas?" she asked as he sighed, "That's right, you were given different names, I believe you might know him as Craig." Jeanette blinked then remembered the boy with the milky white eye, "I've seen him, what's wrong with his eye?" "He was born blind in one eye, we never had it removed, it has now apparently give him a 'seeing eye' a telepathic type thing to look into the past, present, and future. He has reached out to me previously, but I never did, I did not want the Commissioner knowing I was alive, it was fear perhaps that he would throw me away as well and release your mother." Adam stopped talking as he heard shuffling outside of the room, "I have to go." He said quickly standing up from the bed, "Wait!" Jeanette said as he looked at her, "I'll be back, I promise." He said giving her a pat on the head as the door swung open, he dove under the hospital bed.

Jeanette jumped five feet in the air as a figure in a nurses uniform got behind the bed and pushed it, Jeanette started panicking, "Where are we going!?" she asked frightened, "Relax, you'll be ok." The female said turning down a dark abandoned hall way, the bed stopped as two doors were pushed open, the bed started moving again, "Please, I just want to go back to my room!" Jeanette said as her heart started pounding, she started hyperventilating, "You'll be back in your room soon, I promise." She said again putting a face mask over Jeanette's nose and mouth, "Inhale and exhale, slow deep breathes, this will make you sleep." Jeanette shook her head vigorously, she reached up going to rip the mask off when a pale white hand grabbed it pinning it down, "I don't think so." The voice said as Jeanette screamed a burlap sack was quickly placed over her head, her hands zip tied in front of her, she heard doors open before she was tossed into the back of a truck, she heard the sound of boots jumping into the back with her, and the doors closed. Jeanette started hyperventilating again as she heard the back doors open again, "One down, one to go." A female voice said as another pair of boots jumped into the back, she heard the familiar click of heels, "Only I don't think he'll put up as much of a fight." A male voice said, "I don't care, as long as I've got bait, the new improved idiot in tights will appear." "Do you think it's fair to take a grudge out on a kid though?"

Silence, then, BANG!

"I take my grudges out on anyone I am able to take them out on." Jeanette felt tears in her eyes again as she heard the heels walk towards her, "Anyone else have stupid questions?" Jeanette heard silence, "Good," the female said as she ripped the sack off of her head, she squatted down to be face to face with Jeanette, who sucked in her scream, the female had a painted face, purple and black diamonds painted over the opposite eyes, her outfit was the same, all the way down to the combat boots she was wearing, "let the games begin."

TBC….