~Chapter 1~

Arkham wasn't as scary as people said it was, or maybe it was just me. I stared at the cells, watching the inmates who stared at me. Some glared, some waved smiling, others stared at me in fear.

The walls to the cells where all hard rock stone, except for the wall facing the hall way, that was made from polycarbonate glass. In the glass wall was small holes so the inmate could breathe.

The guards surrounding me pushed me forward when I stopped to stare at long hallway that was filled of doctor offices. I narrowed my eyes at them and the back away in fear but tried their best to hide it. I laughed, but it was muffled by the metal mask they put on me to keep me quiet, and continued walking with them, despite the tight chains the where on my ankles and wrists.

We were on the lowest security section, and I needed to be taken to the highest security possible. I trudged into the elevator along with the guards who filled the whole elevator, but despite the small space they all squished together away from me. I just giggled to myself and waited watching the numbers light up on every floor we passed. After waiting for some time the elevator door binged opened.

I walked out of the elevator and watched the guards surround me again. I smiled behind the mask at the faces I recognized from the news. The stared at me curiously at the strange way I was being taken to my cell. I'm sure none of them had to have a metal mask on their face.

We stopped in front of an empty cell and one brave guard began taking off my chains. I looked at the other guards as the stared at me prepared to grab the guns strapped to their sides. Once the guard closet to me finished taking off the chains, but not the metal mask quite yet, I noticed him pulling a needle from a pocket in his suit. I growled as he moved near me.

I saw the rest of the guards lift up their guns alert. I narrowed my eyes at them and did the first thing that came to mind.

I grabbed the guard holding the needle, brought him to my body and grabbed the gun from it's holder around his waist and pointed at his head, ready to shoot. The other guards stared wide eyed and one of them yelled "Drop him!" I just pressed the gun harder to his hand and laughed as he trembled in my arms.

I heard sirens going off as doctors ran into the hallway along with many other guards. On female doctor walked a little towards me, holding up their hands to show they had no weapons. I narrowed my eyes at the her. Their was fear in her black eyes but she hide it well behind her brunette hair. "It's alright Star. We aren't going to harm you." She said in a loud squeaky voice, and at the mention of my second name I heard laughs and gasps from the inmates in the cells surrounding me. "What do you want?" She spoke. I moved the gun slowly to the metal mask on my face and tapped it lightly, then brought it back to the guards temple.

The doctor nodded her head understanding and said some things to one guard, who grabbed a key from his pocket and threw it towards me. I caught it swiftly with my other, quickly unlocked the mask and peeled it off my face. I threw the worthless thing to the floor and smiled to the people around me. "Now Doc, I actually want nothing, but I DON'T want any sedatives." I spoke for the first time that day. The doctor stared at me and spoke once again "We won't give you any sedatives if you let the man go and go into your cell."

"Anything you say Doc." I laughed as I kicked the guard I was holding to them and threw the gun to the floor. "I never was going to shoot him." I laughed again while backing into my cell. "Slow deaths is more fun and I like the screamers."

I sat on my bed as the crowd slowly disappeared and some guards and the doctor stayed.

"Here is your clothes." the doctor said handing me a orange jumpsuit. "Your nurse will be here tomorrow along with a guard to take you to the showers, group therapy, cafeteria and possibly the rec room or outside." I nodded my head softly and placed the clothes besides me.

As they began to leave my cell I spoke "Hey Doc." She turned back to me as the guards continued walking, obviously anxious to leave "Yes?"

I smiled up at her "Your voice reminds me of the noises my dad made as I stab a knife into his throat." I spoke giggling to myself at the look of horror on her face as she heard what I said. "He was such a girl." I laughed. She just hurriedly walked out of my room, closing and locking my cell door behind her.

I giggled as I leaned against the wall behind me on my bed. "Well hello, Beautiful." I heard a voice say. I looked up to see a familiar clown painted face sitting in the cell across from me. I smiled at the man. "How do you do?" I said back pretending to bow in my seated position.

The man laughed at loud, but his laughter was cut of by a voice yelling "Lights Out!"

And then we where all consumed in the darkness that was filled with the laughter erupting from the clowns throat. "I like you girl. You, uh, got a nice smile." I heard his voice coming from his cell in the pitch black.

"Joker quiet! And you too newbie!" A voice yelled from somewhere in the dark. "Oh, well you don't have to be so rude!" I yelled back. I giggled along with the chuckles from the Joker.

"Goodnight Joker." I said smiling to where I thought he was, cursing at my eyes that haven't quite adjusted to the new lighting. "Goodnight, Star." He said stressing the 'R' in my name. "I hope to, uh, see you around." He said laughing. I laughed along with him at a joke that wasn't even present. "I'll make sure of it."

"Wake up."

"Please, Dear."

"Wake up."

"You're going to be late."

I opened my eyes slowly, being shaken gently by skinny, fragile fingers. My eye sight moved over to see an elderly woman. her white silvery hair was held back in a tight bun, she wore a lose white nurse dress, and stared at me with chocolate brown eyes.

My sat up slowly rubbing eyes, but quickly smiled up at her. "Hello, dear I'm your nurse, Eve." She said politely and hurriedly handed me my orange jumpsuit I have yet to put on. "Hello" I said back grinning from ear to ear. She smiled back and spoke again "You slept an hour late. Now we just need to take you to the showers and then you can get on your way to group therapy." She said grabbing my hand and softly pulling me towards the door to my cell.

My eyes wandered down the hallway, and I noticed that each and every cell was empty. "Where is everyone." I said laughing softly. She turned her head back to look at me, but kept walking. "Everyone is either in group therapy, rec room or outside." She said, stopping in front of a large door that had the word "SHOWERS" on it. "Lucky for you! You don't have to take a shower with all the other women here." She beamed, and pushed me in handing me a bar of soap, hair products, a towel and my orange suit.

I stared down at the items in my hands, and walked slowly into the room. Flashbacks went off in my mind, and my father's laughter filled my ears. My mother's lullaby along with his laughs. I dropped the toiletries I held.

I growled in pain, and anger, as I brought my shaking hands to my head, gripping my head, and scratching it furious. Tears fell down the corner of my eyes, and dripped to the floor, combining with the water from the shower heads. I picked up the items I dropped, ignoring the voices in my head and turned on the one of the shower heads.

I finished as fast as I started. I never did like showers anyway.

"Done so quickly?" Eve said to me outside of the showers door, surprised. "Yea" I said weakly smiling. She stared at me with concern and opened her mouth again to speak, but she never got the chance to say a word "Nurse Eve!" A voice bellowed down the hallway as a guard walked up to us fuming. "Ms. Star, here is 4 minutes late to her group therapy!" He yelled, glaring at Eve, who just glared back. "Can't you see that, Ms. Star here isn't in the great of a mood!" She screamed back, pointing towards me.

The guard looked over to me. My black wet hair stuck to my face, was dripping wet and stained my orange suit a darker color. Tears fell slowly, and quietly down my face, as I tried to smile at him, but it came out as a crooked line. He looked at me shocked, his jaw hanging open slightly. "Believe or not, Tim but they can actually feel human emotions too. Now close that ugly mouth of your's before a fly pants larva in it." Eve said sweetly and sarcastically.

I laughed in my head at the sight of a touch guard being told off by a sweet old lady.

Eve grabbed my hand again, and softly pulled me away. I turned my head back at the guard that was left dumbstruck and I stuck my tongue out at him. He just rolled his eyes, and left off in another direction.

I probably looked ridiculous, crying and sticking my tongue out at him. I laughed quietly picturing that thought in my head. Eve stopped once again, in front of another door, but this time there was no words written on it. She fixed her clothes, and pushed her hair back. I stared at her curiously, before doing the same behind her, mocking her. She opened the door and shuffled inside, pulling me along.

"I'm so sorry Doctor Mills, Mrs. Star here slept in a little late." She said politely pulling me up besides her. I looked around the room, recognizing the other inmates as the people that occupied the cells around me. The Joker smiled at me from his seat, but then looked at my tears curiously and confused.

The Doctor, sat in the middle of the inmates staring at Eve and I, emotionless. "It's alright, take a seat in the empty chair over there." He said pointing towards a chair that laid in between The Joker and a man with flaming red hair. Eve smiled gratefully, and pulled me around to face her. She grabbed a towel out of a pocket in her dress and patted down my soaking wet hair. "Now stop crying, I don't know what happened, but stop." She said softly, and wiped the last tears on my face. Everyone in the room, even the guards stared at us, shocked by how motherly Eve was acting towards me. "Now smile." She said grinning towards me.

I broke out in insane laughter, and showed her my teeth. Instead of being scared of my sadistic smile, she laughed and shoved me gently towards my chair. I sat down as everyone stared at me, and Eve quietly left the room. "Nice to, uh see you again, Star" Joker said licking his upper lip. I laughed quietly "Likewise."

"Mrs. Star." Doctor Mills began looking up at me from his notebook. "I see you already know the Joker. The man on the other side of you is Edward Nygma or The Riddler."

I looked at the man next to me and smiled at him. "Hello, Ed" I said sweetly. "Hello." He said back smile. He opened his mouth to speak again but was cut off by Doctor Mills. "The woman next to Joker is Harleen Quinzel, also know as Harley Quinn." I narrowed my head towards her. She sat in her seat twisting a strand of her golden hair in between her fingers. "Hiya, toots." she said in a very thick brooklyn accent, and gave me a fake smile. "Hello there" I said back, giving a small wave.

"Next to her is Pamela Isley." Doc said. She smiled slightly at me. "Ah, Poison Ivy, still killing people with those toxic lips?" I said giggling. She blinked at me, confused. "How did you know about that?" She muttered. "Well, I know a lot about all of you. After all I have been in this game longer then you champs. I need to know the competition." I said laughing, as the Joker laughed with me. "The man sitting next to you, Ivy" I began, looking at the beautiful face of the man I spoke of, who stared at me with piercing blue eyes. "Is Johnathon Crane, or Scarecrow."

He raised an eyebrow at me, but kept quiet. "You, sir, interest me. Now everyone likes to give people a scare, but you" I began giggling "You just love to see the fear flash across your victim's face, as the slowly go insane and die." I said smiling, at him as if what he did was art.

He gave me a quick small smile but it disappear as soon as it came. "Last but not least" My mouth continued talking "Sitting next to the Crane, is none other then Harvey Dent!" I said showing my pearly white teeth to everyone, waving a hand towards the man. "Two-Face over here, heard his girlfriend died, and became sooooooooo angry that his rage has to be taken upon everyone else." I laughed. "Did I pass, Doc." I said eye balling Doctor Mills.

"You certainly know your stuff Star." Mills stared at me questionably, but I just gave him my sadist smile. "I guess that wraps it up for today's group session. Guards please escort them back to their cells." I giggled all the way back to my cell, over the effect I pulled over everyone.

It's actually not that bad here, or maybe it was just me.