Chapter Five.

The room was dark, she was not able of seeing what was moving, the movement seemed like breathing, so she reached out a hand and touched whatever it was next to her, it felt soft and warm like an arm. She got up in a jump and looked for her cellphone to a least make sure she wasn't in the same little room as one of the goons. She took the cellphone on her pants and got down to check the body, she looked for the face. It was Harvey Dent, she knew it from all the god awful news, she smiled a little wondering how would the joker react if he knew that she got to Harvey Dent without breaking a sweat. She looked around to see the whole tiny room when she pointed her phone at the end of it she what seemed like a door.

"Hmm ... so a secret door ..." she thought as she reached out to what seemed the door knob when she heard the door behind her opening and filling the little room with light.

-"Are you alright miss?"- said the Old man with a concerned look.

Sarah smiled, it had been so long since had heard a British accent, she turned around and looked at him. He was old, but he had a look on his eyes that made him look younger.

-"Yes I'm fine now, thank you for saving me from the clowns." she said while she got up trying not to move Dent. -"Is he okay?"

-"Ah yes, he will be fine or better than he would have been in the jokers grasp. Just like you Miss …?"- He asked as he carried Dent to a couch. He stood up straight and waited for her answer

-"Oh, Sarah, Sarah Gilepsy and you are…?"

-"Alfred Pennyworth, but you can call me Alfred."- he said as he guided her to what seemed a living room.

-"So ... Alfred ... is this your apartment?"- she asked curious to know how a British man ended up in Gotham City.

-"Oh, no no Miss Gilepsy, this Penthouse belongs to Bruce Wayne."- He said as he was giving her a kind smile.

-"Oh, ok ... so ... uhm what do you do here?

-"Oh I am the Wayne family's butler Miss Gilepsy."- He said chuckling -"I suppose that you are new in Gotham, please sit down you look like you could use a meal."

-" Oh no please don't trouble yourself, I'll be on my way in a few ..."- I said as I started to get up but then her stomach grumbled.

Then you heard something on the inside of the apartment and Batman entered in the living room the woman that was thrown out the window was behind him. -"Alfred I need ..."- he was looking back at her when he entered the room, when he looked around his eyes got fixed on me. For a moment they widen a little bit.

Then the room felt silent until he cough and spoke again-"Where is Harvey Dent? "- he finished with a grave tone, the tone of the Batman.

-"He is in the guest room, right this way, please wait for me here Miss Gilepsy, I'm sure Master Wayne will want to meet you."- He said as he was walking away with Batman showing him the way back to the room of the tiny closet. Sarah was looking at them when she felt watched, she looked at the other woman, and she seemed to be very calmed for someone that had been thrown out of a window.

The silence was very uncomfortable, Sarah started drumming her fingers in the couch… she was getting nervous.

-"So uhm what a night huh? ... uh...Sorry I don't know your name.-" Sarah asked smiling.

-"Rachel … you are the girl the Joker brought."- the tone and the stare were a statement not a question at all … A very tone aggressive.

-"Yes I guess I am. My name is Sarah by the way"- she gave her a cold stare, how come she was being all aggressive when she didn't do anything?

-"Why did you came with the Joker?"

Sarah's mouth dropped open, she felt her face heating up, and she looked her right to the eyes with an angry look.

-"First of all, I didn't came with him, he brought me here, Second of all, I know better when a lunatic is requesting me to do as he says I don't go arguing on it!"

Rachel looked at Sarah and felt embarrassed; she knew she had no reason to be to her. She apologized and Sarah only gave her a short nod.

Sarah walked towards the window and looked at the street, it seemed like a pandemonium down there by one side there were policemen and by the other side of the street she was able to see the van that drove her there.
-"Run devil run …"- she placed her hand on the window, and looked at the sky and couldn't help to think of Jonathan "Not even a day and I'm already missing you ..."

-"It is a nice view isn't it?"- said a voice of a man behind her Sarah smiled.
-"Yeah ... "- she turned around and she turned around and saw a dark hair man behind him was a very annoyed Harvey Dent.
-"Where is everyone? And Rachel?"- Harvey asked looking concerned for called Rachel.
-"I'm here Harvey."- said a voice coming from the couch.

They hugged and asked the regular are you ok thing but Rachel said nothing about the incident with the Joker.

Sarah looked at the other man and the way he was looking at her like if she was the light of a candle in the middle of cave.

Dent and Rachel left saying their thanks to the other man. Rachel turned back to look at Sarah and then at Bruce.

The room was silent.

-"I believe we haven't met … My name is Bruce Wayne." He smiled warmly at Sarah.
Sarah gave him smile but she felt like there was something wrong with that.

-"Sarah Gilepsy, sorry I crashed your party I was brought here by the Joker, and I asked Alfred to hide me"- Sarah glanced at the floor feeling dumb for the whole situation, all that training, all her common sense had failed for the last couple of hours.

-"Yes he did mention that part, would you care to tell me who that happened?"- He said as he took some steps and sat on the couch making a sign so she would do the same.

Sarah sat down and told him how the Joker had shown up in and took her to the party, she also felt the need to make it clear she was new in town.

Bruce stared at her cautiously and nodded. If she was telling the truth she was in danger and the police was not equipped to help her, she was too small.

-"Well Sarah, seems like you really do need help …" – Sarah opened her mouth to protest but Bruce raised his hand asking her to wait- "So I offer you this, stay here for as long as it take for the police to clear all this up and get this man in prison."- They stared at each other, Sarah sighed and looked at the floor. She gave it a thought "Just a few days … then I can always leave if I don't like it"

-"Okay, I guess I can give it a try."- She said as she looked up back at him with a defeated look –"But my gut is telling me, that this situation with the Joker is far from over."-