AN: Okay, at the end of the previous chapter, Travis met with some unfortunate circumstances. He figured that he was going to meet with Michael to discuss some things, but instead, he was surprised by Harley Quinn. In that meeting between the two, Harley shot Travis multiple times, but no shot that hit was life threatening. Now suspicion is falling on a missing friend, but is it that simple?

Chapter Three: Concentrated and Calculated Attacks

It didn't take long for the news of Travis's shooting to reach all of the important parties involved. Miley, Robby Ray, and Jackson got word when Jeff came and knocked on the front door to tell them all what just happened. David was at the scene investigating what happened. Harley Quinn was the one that did the shooting, so her and her crew were sitting somewhere celebrating what happened. Then that left Michael and his crew.

The thing was, Travis was supposed to meet Michael at that location where he was shot. Michael didn't show, and then Travis was shot by Harley. Now, the thing that everyone could, and is, assume/assuming is that Michael set Travis up. What the people investigating this shooting, at least some, don't know is that Michael hasn't been in contact with Harley since they broke out of Arkham Asylum. They aren't running together, but the fact that Travis' life had an attempt on it, the situation between him, Miley and Michael, those things made Michael the prime suspect.

Ambrose, one of Michael's friends, was watching the cops taking evidence, asking questions, and just trying to get a grasp as to what was going on at the scene. He was trying to see just what was going on. Michael and his crew already knew what happened, but he had to make sure that if anything new came up, he would be able to relay that to his friends and crew.

Once he was satisfied that nothing new was about to come to light, Ambrose made his way back to his crew to tell them what was going on.

"So, what happened?" Zane asked him. Ambrose just got back to the house where all four of them were staying. They all knew what happened to Travis, and Ambrose was the one that was sent out to figure out what was going on. Mostly because he was the member of the crew that wasn't wanted by the police at the moment. The minute that he got in, Zane was on him, asking questions as to what was going on and what he found out.

"From what I could hear and tell, the cops are trying to figure out what happened at the scene between Michael and Travis." Ambrose said, taking a seat at the home's round table.

"Michael wasn't there, though." Zane said.

"Everyone here knows that, but they don't, and it is obvious that they aren't going to take Michael off the hook for something like this." Ambrose said.

"So, what happened?" Sergei asked them, walking into the room where they were talking.

"Travis got shot, and the cops think that Michael had something to do with it." Ambrose said.

Sergei shrugged. No one in that house is going to shed a tear about what happened to Travis. The only thing that they were concerned with is how Michael is going to react.

"So, we are doing what?" Sergei asked him.

"I haven't the slightest idea." Ambrose said. "I am willing to bet this house that they are already pinning this on Michael. We know that he didn't do this, because Michael wants to deal with Travis on his own terms, and randomly shooting him in a public place doesn't sound like something he would do."

"Mike isn't exactly on the 'sane' side of things at the present time." Zane interjected.

"Fair point." Ambrose agreed.

"You look as though something is on your mind." Sergei said, taking a seat with Ambrose and Zane.

"Alright. Harley Quinn was the one who shot Travis." Ambrose began.

"Okay." Zane said, motioning for Ambrose to continue.

"We know that Harley and Michael, wherever he is, they aren't running together." Ambrose said.

"What are you trying to say?" Sergei asked him.

"I think that there is another player in this." Ambrose said. "Someone is watching what is going on with Miley, Travis and Michael."

"That would explain why Harley knew where Travis and Michael were meeting, but why would this unknown party be interested in this drama at all?" Zane asked them both.

"I haven't the slightest idea." Ambrose said.

Jeff wondered what the hell was going on in this city. He had just returned from the hospital, and from what doctors there told him, the person who shot him was either the worst shot ever, or that they shot Travis in places where it wouldn't do any damage, but hurt like hell.

When Jeff knew it was Harley Quinn who did this, that really got him concerned. Why? This is why. One, Harley Quinn was literally the only person that he could think of besides Michael and his crew that wanted Travis dead more than Michael himself. Two, Harley knows how to handle a gun. She did that to Travis to send a message. Why would she do that, though?

"This is troubling." David said, sitting at Jeff's desk.

"I know. Something is really screwy about this whole situation. I can't say what, though." Jeff said.

"Be honest. Do you honestly believe that Michael did something to do with this, do you?" David asked him.

"Not at all." Jeff said. "It's like this. I can't prove that he didn't do this, but I know that he didn't do this."

"What do you think about an outside party being involved in this?" David asked Jeff.

"It would give Harley a reason to do what she did, but it wouldn't answer all of the questions as to what happened here." Jeff said.

"It's a muddled mess, and it is going to get worse before it gets better." David said.

"I 100% agree with that." Jeff said. Jeff looked over at his cell phone just in time to see that he got a text message. He flipped open his phone, and saw that it came from an unknown number.

"It begins..." Jeff read it.

"What does that mean?" David asked him. Jeff sat there, and before he knew it, he was rushing out of his office.

"Nothing good." Jeff said to David as he was rushing out of the office. David's concern went to Alex, and then he was in the wind as well.

David rushed back to his hotel room that he shared with Alex, and almost immediately as he pulled up to the room, he saw the door creaked open. David grabbed his service pistol, and casually entered the room, not knowing what to expect when he got inside.

Taking a deep breath, he stepped inside, and saw that the room was trashed. It looked as though someone was inside of here, looking for something. David didn't step inside, because this was a crime scene now. His first concern is finding his fiancee, Alex.

David took a step outside, and checked his phone, trying to call her. Just as he was about to do so, Alex called him.

"Babe, where are you? The hotel room is trashed." David said, sounding a little panicked.

"So sorry, Alex isn't able to come to the phone..." An all too familiar voice said.

"Dr. Crane." David said. He knew them all to well, and they knew him. This was Dr. Jonathan Crane, who engineered fear toxins and used them on Gotham residents. That is why he became Scarecrow, actually.

"Where is she?" David all but shouted into the phone.

"Wow, after all of this time, no 'Hi, how have you been?' or 'How's things are going?', you are just right to business." Dr. Crane said, giving a chuckle after his statement.

"Where is Alex?" David asked him.

"Alright, I'll tell you. Listen, I didn't take her, but my associate did. We are safe and sound in a comfortable place, for the time being anyway. This place is worse than Arkham, I'll tell you that." Dr. Crane said.

"Where did you take her!?" David screamed at him.

"We are at Arkham City. I will be waiting for your visit." Dr. Crane said.

The call ended, and David found himself rushing back to Gotham City, and right into a possible death trap.

Travis was sound asleep in his hospital bed, then he woke up when he heard someone come into his room. He figured that it was a doctor coming in to check on his vitals, and what ever, so Travis didn't pay no mind or even had his guard up so what happened next was not surprising.

Travis was not paying attention to the doctor, paying attention to the woman standing next to him. At that point, it became obvious, that something was wrong. That feeling became stronger and stronger by the moments that passed. Travis looked over to the side where he felt the doctor that entered his room was supposed to be standing, and right into the eyes of Harley Quinn.

"Hello Travis. Not expecting to see me again, where you?" Harley said. Travis tried to make a move, but he was held down by some goons that she brought with him.

Harley pulled out a syringe, and injected it into his neck. Travis started to fade, and eventually pass out. Harley let out her signature laugh, as the guys lifted Travis up, and into a body bag.

"We're taking him to Arkham City." Harley laughed as they wheeled him out.

"Everything is coming together, and that slut is up next." Harley said silently.

Miley was sound asleep in her room, when she was suddenly jolted awake by a small disturbance going on downstairs. She thought that she was hearing things, but she couldn't resist going down there to see what was going on.

"Dad?" Miley said softly. She carefully made her way down the hall, and kept on creeping towards the stair case at the end of the hall. With each steps she got more and more nervous, knowing that something was going on, she could just feel the bad news. Sure enough, she reach the steps, went down ever so quietly, and turned a corner into the kitchen, and saw her father laying on the ground, tied up.

"Dad!" Miley screamed. As she tried to reach her father, someone knocked her on the ground, and tied her up.

"Hey! Get off of me!" Miley screamed. Just as she bit one of her attackers, another one hit her in the head with a pipe, nearly knocking her out.

Just as Miley was losing consciousness, she heard one thing.

"Tell Mr. Strange that we have the last of them, including Melody."One guy said.

Then everything went black.

Ambrose sighed, as he sat in the remains of Michael's former house. It looked as though a twister has been through the place. This wasn't good, and it confirmed the suspicion that there was another player in this whole situation. Now that other player has kidnaped Michael's family.

"Well, Charles and Melody are gone. There was nothing in the rooms that would point to who would take them." Zane said, coming down the steps. He went through their rooms upstairs, looking for anything, and found nothing.

"Nothing down here. As if you could find anything in this mess." Ambrose said to his friend.

"Do you think that Talia and Sergei found anything over at Miley's house?" Zane asked him.

"I doubt it. If nothing is here, why would anything of value be over there?" Ambrose said.

"Yeah." Zane said.

"What?" Ambrose said, hitting a button on his bluetooth.

"We got a situation over here." Talia said.

"What's wrong?" Ambrose said.

"Robby Ray is on the ground over here." Talia said. "He's alive, not conscious, though. What should we do?"

"Did you at least find something that would tell us where they are taking everyone?" Ambrose said.

"No. Robby Ray might know, but he's not conscious, of course. Ambrose, what are we going to do with him lying here?" Talia asked him again.

"Simple. Call the cops, and leave him right there where you found him." Ambrose said.

"Alright. We better clear out quick then." Talia said. Ambrose hung up, and looked at Zane, exasperated.

"What's wrong?" Zane asked him.

"Robby Ray is over there unconscious." Ambrose said. "The cops are coming, so we better clear out quick.

"Great. We still don't know where they are going." Zane complained.

"I have an idea, but it is a long shot." Ambrose said.

"Where?" Zane asked him.

Ambrose turned to his friend, and told him.

"Where...where am I?" Miley moaned as she regain consciousness. She felt someone rip the tape off of her face, and saw Melody standing over her.

"Well, nice of you to join us." Melody snapped at her.

"Where are we?" Miley said.

"Hell. That is where we are." Alex said from a corner. Once she got her bearings, she realized that they were in an abandoned building. She walked over to a window, and looked out to see various criminals and people below running around, shooting at each other.

"What is going on? Where are we?" Miley asked. Melody and Alex shared a look, and then Alex finally spoke up to answer her.

"Arkham City."

AN: Things get worse for our little captives. They are going to be on the run soon enough, and Harley Quinn is going to be responsible, along with some other Batman villains along with the Dark Knight himself is going to show. Thanks for reading!