She was standing on the edge of the waterfall, willing to jump, to end it all, when at her back she heard sob. She turned around and saw her mother in the hands of that man that had driven her to her current state of insanity; the blood froze on her veins as she saw the knife against her mother's throat and the terror written in her eyes. Then she heard it, something deep down in her head starting snapping, a flash, rage, adrenaline… a longing … for this man's life to end by her hand.

"NO NO NO, keep it together Sarah!" Sarah was holding her head between her hands. She was shaking feeling the little control she had over her mind slip away with a last whisper in the back of her head.

"Are you let him hurt your mother the way he hurt you?"

Sarah ran towards the man grabbed his head and turned all the way back until his neck snapped ... she closed her eyes and enjoyed the sensation, it was almost blissfully, so peacefully, no regrets, until a voice broke the silence.

-"What have you done!"- Sarah opened her eyes to see her mother crying over the man's lifeless body.

She looked at the knife and pointed at Sarah in a defensive way.

-"Mom I did it to protect you... please understand I HAD to do it … mom ... please don't..."- Sarah took a step closer. She looked at her mother she was now on the edge of the waterfall.

Then she placed the knife on her throat. -"I don't want to be the Mother of a monster like you!" and she cut her throat.

-"NOOOOOOOOOO! NOOOO!"- She woke up yelling and sweating cold, the door opened in a burst revealing a very concerned Bruce, Alfred came in a moment later.

-"Sarah! What's wrong?"- Bruce said as he got closer.

-"I … I …he … had mom ... cut her throat and ... "- Sarah placed head against her hands; she started crying not being able to say anything else. She sat up trying to calm down, Bruce and Alfred looked at her with concern looks

-"Did the Joker ...?"- Bruce started asking but Sarah cut him off.

-"No ... no ... it was just a … horrible dream but it had nothing to do with Joker ..."- she smirked at him.

Alfred simply stared at her; by the sounds of the screams he had thought someone was attacking her.

-"I'm sorry I woke you guys up ..."- Sarah said sitting up and rubbing her eyes.

-"It's okay Sarah, it is almost 8 am."- said Bruce with a light chuckle.

She blinked and looked around to see a lot of light, the sun was already up.

-"Guess I should get going, to get my stuff and my motorcycle."- She got up from the bed while she smiled at Bruce and Alfred.

They stared at her seriously and then at each other.

-"Sarah, I don't know if that is a good idea."- Bruce said looking at her with a serious stare.

Sarah froze for a second, she knew that tone, and it was that condescending tone everyone used when they started to care about her. "Why would he care about me? Is not like he knows about me or even Chicago, does he?" She glanced back at him and smirked.

-"Why not? I need my stuff besides it will be quick; my clothes are still packed in bags so no worries."- She smiled at him sweetly. Bruce looked at her and what she saw in his eyes was something like pity.

"He knows … but how?" she thought. Only a few people knew about the incident, not a lot of people would get that information, only perhaps a hacker or a very good detective that was curious enough. She looked at him waiting for an answer, she need to know how much did he knew.

-"The Joker could come after you; he could even be at your apartment and …"-

-"I never … said I had an apartment."-

Silence. Her eyes widen, he had investigated her.

-"Had fun checking my profile?"- She said sarcastically approaching towards him and planting in front of him –"I do not appreciate people sneaking around in my life Wayne, don't even try denying it, I recognize a liar when I see one." She spat the words at him with anger, lifting her finger and pointing at his face.

His features harden for a moment but then he remembered he had already read her profile, he knew her training, he smiled at her.

-"I assure you I didn't meant any harm; I just needed to make sure you weren't one of Joker's goons." – He locked his eyes on hers, she seemed like a mask

-"Asking would have been better … besides it gives it a personal touch."- She narrowed her eyes at him.

She hugged herself, she looked to the floor; she felt naked, exposed, vulnerable. She needed to get some air.

-"The joker will not be at my apartment, I am going for my stuff and that is final, you can come with me and make sure I'm fine …"- she said placing her hands on her hips while staring at the floor.

-"Okay, as soon as you have eaten something, we can go."- He said as she was shown out of the room by a very uncomfortable Alfred.

Alfred guided her to a big kitchen with a glass wall.

-"What would you like to eat, Miss Gillepsie?"- He asked her with a little smile.

-"Uhm, eggs over-easy are okay and if you have orange juice that would be awesome."- She said sitting down on the kitchen bar.

An hour later with food on her stomach Sarah was ready to go, she thanked Alfred and went looking for Bruce, she looked through the rooms until she found his bedroom she walked in.

-"Bruce I need to get going, are you coming or …"- She was not able to complete the phrase; he was fast asleep on his bed. She got close quietly, he was wearing his shirt open and she could see some scars.

The scars looked fresh, he had a lot of bruises as well, Sarah was so focused looking at his chest she didn't thought when she reached out to touch one of the scars, she was an inch away when her hand was caught by a hand.

She looked at Bruce who was staring at her hand. Sarah blushed and stared at him apologetically.

-"What are you doing?"- Bruce asked with anger.

-"I was just … I'm ready to go"- Sarah said releasing her hand, taking a deep breath and taking a few steps back.

-"Go to the elevator, I'll see you there."- After this Sarah rushed to the exit.

"Oh god … he is pissed … but why? Is it because I saw his scars?" Sarah's thought were rushing when she felt something vibrating on her pants.

She took out the object, it was her phone, the screen said Jonathan.

-"Great …"- She sighed and answered the phone –"Hey J"

-"Well hi there beautiful"- Said the voice of the joker.

Sarah felt her stomach shrink.