"Any chance of pregnancy?" the hospital nurse asked Adriana.
"No," Adriana replied, knowing they would still do a normal blood test and pregnancy test before doing the x-ray. She had been in the emergency room enough times to know the routine.
"I'll give you a couple blood tests, which we'll have to to wait for the lab results for and then we can proceed with the scans."
"Okay," Adriana said in a distant voice as her blood was taken.
After the nurse left the room, she stared at the TV in the top corner of the wall. The volume was too low for her to hear anything but the movie playing was in black and white. Adriana stared mindlessly at the men playing what appeared to be a very serious game of poker, when there was a light knock at the open door.
"Commissioner Gordon," Adriana said when she saw her boss enter the room.
In her years working for the police department, either Damien or Gordon would give her assignments. Initially only Gordon knew what she did. Gordon and Adriana happened to meet by accident when he was working with a team, trying to locate a hacker. She simply told him where to find the man, after bumping into him in a cafe across the street from the hacker's apartment. At first he thought she was insane and didn't believe in what she said she could do. A random woman knew what he was there for and who he was looking for. At first he was suspicious, but she proved herself. Eventually he convinced her to work for the police. After she got involved with Damien, she told him the truth as well. He became the one who negotiated with her and brought proposed cases to her attention. None of the other people on the police force knew exactly what she did or what her job was outside of being a private investigator.
Adriana and Gordon had become close but in recent times she had become more of a recluse.
"Hello, Ms. Navarro," Gordon replied and Adriana noticed he was holding her one and only bag of luggage that she brought with her to the institution.
"Thank you," Adriana said. "For bringing my stuff."
"No problem," he said. "Mind if sit?"
"Not at all," Adriana said. "Are you here to take my statement?"
"No," Gordon shook his head. "I've seen it." He then pulled out the sheet of paper and handed it to her.
"Yeah, I hit my side on the desk.." she said as she began reading and then paused. "He did not force himself on top of me. Fucking Damien. Let's just say he was misinformed."
"The officers on the scene reported what they saw. They also claim to have heard screaming. And they seem to be convinced this was an attempted rape. And Officer Ricard isn't exactly correcting them," Gordon explained.
"No," Adriana sighed. "That's not accurate. Can you change this?"
Gordon reached forward and took the paper.
"I could, but you need to tell me exactly what happened. The truth."
She looked at Gordon. Such a sincere and virtuous man, not only in character but in appearance. She took a deep breath, realizing the truth was nothing to be ashamed of.
"Who will see it?" Adriana said, wondering who would have access to the report once it was filled out.
"If you would like, I could have the incident report classified," Gordon said. "I'll make sure it's above Ricard's clearance level."
"Okay," Adriana said, even thought she was sure Damien was resourceful and would likely still find a way to see it. "I really appreciate that."
Gordon nodded and pulled a pen out from the front pocket of his jacket as well as a small pad of paper.
"Okay," she said again. "I went to Dr. Andrews' office because I lost my prescription. He wasn't there-"
Gordon asked for the time she went to his office and she replied. He then asked if she went into his office.
"No it was locked. When I turned around he was there."
"He, meaning the Joker," Gordon looked up briefly from writing.
"Yes," Adriana said. "He was running from the guards. I heard them and some police sirens outside."
"Go on," he said still writing.
"He sort of pulled me along to run with him," Adriana said.
"Forcibly?" he asked.
"Well," Adriana paused. "Yes. We ran for a while. We got the office of Dr. Barillio and went in."
"Mhm," Gordon kept writing. Adriana wanted to sum of the rest of the story as quickly as possible.
"He went to the window, I guess to try to escape but it was locked. He was planning to break it and then go over the wall right outside of the office. One of the guards was coming. He made me go into a closet with him because the guards were close. They checked the room and didn't find us, left quickly. There was ..vermin in the closet-"
"Vermin?" Gordon looked up.
"A spider," she said, and he nodded. "So I ran out and I was going very quickly. I think had grabbed his arm too. I was just trying to get out of there, I guess I pulled him out along with me. I hit my side on the desk and fell down."
Gordon wrote silently for several seconds before looking up.
"Did you scream?" he asked. "Guards on duty reported hearing screams."
"Yeah, I guess I did," she said. "Maybe after I saw the spider, and definitely after the edge of the desk jammed me."
"Okay," Gordon said and wrote a bit more. "That's everything?"
"Yeah, the guards came in right after that. The whole incident probably took place in less than five minutes."
"Were you threatened?" he asked. He knew the Joker's threats, even if not executed in the moment, were serious. He would come for people he had threatened if he ever escaped.
"No. I think he was just trying to escape. Had to pull me along so I wouldn't be able to tell the guards which direction he went in and possibly as a hostage-" she said.
"And that was what he was thinking," Gordon stopped her.
"Oh," Adriana said. "He definitely just wanted to escape. That's what he was thinking about."
"Alright," Gordon said and put his pen away. "That was all I needed."
"Is Damien really going around telling them that he attacked me?"
"I believe so," Gordon said. "Don't worry about that. I will have the record corrected. Just rest and heal up."
"I will," she said back. "I can't believe he would lie about this."
"Let's give Ricard the benefit of the doubt and guess that he was just mistaken, as you said, misinformed. We miss you at the Police Department."
"I miss you guys too," Adriana said.
"After your big job, I'm sure you won't be back," Gordon said with a smile.
"You know about that," Adriana said.
"Of course," Gordon said. "I know who you are working for now, and I think you will work well together."
He was thinking of the Batman, Adriana could see it clearly. No one but Gordon knew that the Batman was the one who paid her and wanted to use her skills. Even Damien was not made privy to this information.
"So far, so good," she said.
"Great," Gordon responded. "Just be careful."
"I will," she responded.