Edward's P.O.V.
I released my grip on the girl's arms as Jon injected her with fear toxin and ended up supporting her weight as she slumped against me.
"That was just too easy," Jon said.
"Well it helps if our victims doesn't speak, doesn't it?" Selina pointed out.
"I was hopin' for a bit more action, ya know?" Harley remarked.
"You might still get that," I said with a sigh, "It was easy to get in here but it'll be harder now since we got what we needed."
"We need to get out of here now," Harvey said, or was it Two-Face?
"How?" Harley asked, "we can't go out the way we came in!"
"That's why we are going out the front," I said with a scowl. Honestly I could barely stand Harley Quinn, she had the IQ of a rock.
"Ya think that's wise?" Harley asked, getting on my nerves.
"Let's just get out of here," Jon said picking up on my mood.
"Righty o!" Harley said before kicking down the door that lead to the office.
I picked up our prize and followed behind her. The girl, Ridley, was slightly shaking and she let out a groan of pain. I smiled grimly. John's fear toxin could bring Batman to his knees, what would it do to her? Especially if what the press says is true. What kind of name was Ridley anyways?
"Come on Ed," Jon said walking past me and slipping on his mask. "We don't need you falling behind do we?"
I scowled at him and said nothing. Bursting into the main office I saw that Harley was on top of the desk holding her gun.
"Drop to the floor!" She yelled. "And don't ya think about callin' the police!"
She then did the most surplus thing ever; she fired her gun. Jeez, didn't she ever learn? You were threatening the people in the room but the building was full of people. They would hear the gunshot and call the police. Cursing under my breath I turned toward the entrance of the school. We need to get out of here before the police came otherwise things would get ugly.
It appeared that the others were having the same idea, as John practically dragged Harley off of the desk and followed me out.
"Hey!" Harley yelled. "Getcha hands off me or Mishta J will hear about it!"
Jon released Harley and then turned to me, "Let's go."
We all ran towards where we had parked our getaway ban and piled in. Harvey got behind the wheel and started the engine before peeling away.
I settled down on one of the seats and laid Ridley down so that her head was in my lap and studied her. Her dark brown hair was slightly wavy and rather long, a round face with a small mouth. Rather plain look if you ask me. A smile tugged only my lips when I read what her shirt said: 'Join the dark side, we have cookies'. I made a mental note to get some later. I was planning on announcing the option of making her a part of our 'family'. I knew Joker seemed interested and that he'll probably agree and anything he did Harley went along with.
"We went to a lot do trouble to get this girl," Selina said studying Ridley. "I don't get it, what's so special about her?"
"Ida know," Harley said with a shrug. "Eddie and Mishta J seemed interested in her so..."
"Nothing's special about her," Jon said with a short laugh. "Eddie just saw them talking about her on TV and got interested. You know he can't resist a good riddle."
"That's not true," I argued. "She can be valuable to us, she's Bruce Wayne's daughter. She probably knows at least something about Wayne Enterprises. And if not, it's just one more person that we can take hostage."
"Whatever you say," Jon said with a smirk.
I was about to open mouth with a reply when the van turned a sharp corner and we all went flying into the side of it. I crashed into the side of the van and let out a grunt. Ridley ended up slamming into me and then fell to the floor.
"Watch it!" Selina hissed, bracing her hand against the wall.
"Whatever!" Harvey yelled. "The police are on our tail! I don't know how they caught up to us this fast."
"Maybe it's because we're racing through the streets of Gotham," I muttered, as I straightened and reached down to pick Ridley up. She was still out cold and was sweating profusely.
"Don't you think it's odd?" Jon said.
"What's odd?" I asked.
"I injected her with fear toxin and yet she's not screaming. Usually the victims are so afraid they end up screaming bloody murder."
"Well aren't we lucky that she's not doing that," Selina said darkly.
"Yes," Jon said, "it would've made things more difficult. Maybe she really is mute."
"You just basing that off of what was on the news," I said shaking my head. "Most of what they are saying probably isn't even true. They're so simple minded that they can't tell the truth from lies."
"Then how do you explain why she wasn't talking or at least screaming for help when he kidnapped her?" John asked.
"Easy," I said, "it was shock."
"Really?" Jon said. "And if you're wrong?"
"I'm never wrong," I said confidently, "I am The Riddler."
We all froze when we heard Ridley moan and attempt to roll over, I caught he before she could fall again.
"Well at least we know she capable of making sound," Jon remarked. "So maybe she's not completely mute. Maybe it's something she chose."
I nodded absentmindedly as I noticed something on her back. Pulling up her shirt a bit I realized that her back was littered with several scars. Anger shot through me that I don't completely understand the origin of.
"Feeling her up already Eddie?" Harley asked with a snicker.
"Of course not," I retorted. "I just noticed this on her back, look."
The other leaned forward and Selina let out a gasp.
"Where'd she get those scars?" Her voice grew cold, it was a voice of a mother cat that just found out that her kitten was hurt.
"They look like the work of Zsasz," Jon said studying them. "But he hasn't been around for 12 years..."
"Are there more?" Selina asked in a low voice.
"Given the state of her back and knowing how Zsasz is, we can assume that there are," I said with an edge on my voice.
"12 years?" Harley said. "I think I remember Mishta J saying something about how the Bat saved a little girl from Zsasz's clutches about 12 years ago."
I was surprised that Harley remembered something like that, she barely remembered what happened a week ago.
"So if that's true, we can assume that the little girl that Batman saved is Ridley?" Jon asked.
"For now yes," I decided. I could get more out of her once she woke up. After putting her through some rigorous testing.
"That means that she was six when this all happened!" Selina hissed. "A child! How could Zsasz?"
"It's Zsasz," Jon said with a shrug. "He does that type of thing all the time."
"We need to protect her if he comes back," Selina said looking at me. "Make her one of us."
"I never thought that you'd say anything different," I said with a smirk.
"You planned this!" Jon accused. "You wanted to make her one of us!"
"Of course," I said leaning back with a smug look on my face. "We need some new blood."
"Do ya think that she'd wanna join us?" Harley asked.
"I don't know," I said truthfully. "It's possible that she won't but we have ways of persuading her if it comes to that."
"You think that's wise?" Harvey asked from the front. "She is Bruce Wayne's daughter after all, adopted or not. She could contact him and tell him where we are!"
"That's the very reason why Jon injected her with the fear toxin!" Selina said sounding exasperated. "We won't disclose where we are to her until we know that we can trust her."
"Heads or tails..." Harvey muttered as he turned his attention from the road to his pocket.
"Keep your eyes on the road!" Jon and Selina yelled as the van came really close to veering off the bridge.
Harvey chuckled but did as they asked.
"Good thing that we lost the police," he said peering at the rear view mirror. "I was worried that we'd need to drive around aimlessly to shake them off our tail. Not a good thing to do when we have a guest with us."
"I didn't think that you cared about her wellbeing," Jon remarked.
"I don't," Two-Face snapped, turning off the bridge and heading towards our hideout I the outskirts of Gotham. "I merely don't want to end up in Arkham. That is all."
Stupid politicians where so two-faced it wasn't even funny, and with Harvey that term could be taken literally.
Pulling the ban into a warehouse that we used as a garage, Harvey killed the engine and got out. Opening the rear door I picked Ridley back up and made my way into the main building. I only hoped that she would want to join us.
A/N: Hello readers! I hope you're enjoying the story so far~
You may have noticed that the names of the chapters either don't make sense or are named after songs. I selected songs that I feel fit part, of not the whole chapter. Let me know what you think about the selections!
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