I saw Gotham 5x08, the one when the Ventriloquist appears and I have to say I'm kind of disappointed with how they killed him off at the end of the episode. I have a feeling they'll bring him back, but still it's just too soon. I'm starting to have mixed feelings about Season 5. I love how they introduced new Villains like Bane, The Ventriloquist and Scarface, and Mother and Orphan, whom I didn't know who they were when they showed them at the end of Season 4. I also liked the return of Jeremiah and Ecco and how Bruce is working more with Jim Gordon and Selina becoming closer as Catwoman and I'm also excited to see more of Ivy, I really wasn't expecting her to be the alleged witch Bruce was searching for. But there are some things I didn't like, such as Tabitha's death, I know she killed Penguin's mom, but aside from that I really liked Tabby. And I'm still disappointed with what happened to Jeremiah, him falling into the chemicals and being put in a coma. I know they were being nostalgic, and I respect that, but I thought Jeremiah's Joker design looked perfect, no changes needed. I almost forgot, does anyone else think Jeremiah (Cameron) looks hot in the Zorro costume? Well, here's the next chapter.

Snickerdoodles, Abuse, and Comfort

It's been six months, since they were in Kansas City and now Haly's Circus was now doing a show in Nashville, Tennessee. Quinn was just finishing feeding and giving water to the animals in the petting zoo.

"Finally I'm finished," Quinn said with a relieved grin and said to herself, "You know, one would think the ones who own these animals would be the ones to take care of them, because it really should be their job. Oh well, time for me to go find Jerome or Jeremiah, hopefully they're not too busy."

As Quinn walked around the grounds looking for her friends, she heard a scream in the distance, which sounded like Jerome or Jeremiah and it sounded like they were in pain. Quinn was running as fast as she could towards the scream when she stopped and saw Jeremiah smiling at something. When she turned to look it was at the twins' trailer when she ran inside she saw their Uncle Zack dipping Jerome's hand in a pot of boiling chicken stock.

Jerome and Jeremiah apparently thought it would be fun to dare each other to sneak into their uncle's chuck wagon to steal a cookie or two. Their uncle caught Jerome trying to take one of his snickerdoodles, so he decided to dip his hand in a pot of boiling soup to teach him a lesson.

"Maybe this will teach you a lesson," Zack growled over Jerome's crying and pleading.

"Get away from him!" Quinn shouted.

Zack gave the girl a small glance, "Get out of here, kid."

"No," Quinn snapped, and she ran and pushed him as hard as she could, which was just enough to make Zack let go of his nephew's hand.

The man picked up the girl and threw her violently onto the floor as if she was a rag doll, when her body hit the floor, her arm made a horrible cracking sound, which made her cry out in pain. Before he could grab Quinn again, Jerome got to his feet and with his good hand he grab the pot of boiling soup and threw it on his uncle making him yell and cry in pain. Jerome then grabbed Quinn's good arm and pulled her up.

"Quinn, come on," Jerome told her and they sprinted out as fast they could.

When they were sure they were far away from him, they stopped to breathe, but Quinn was too busy crying and cradling her arm.

"Quinn, let me see your arm, please" Jerome said, gently.

Quinn sticks out her injured arm, nervously, and he smiles at her response and slowly and gently pulls up her sleeve, revealing her swollen arm.

"Your arm is broken very badly," Jerome frowned.

"Let's tell my mom about this," Quinn declared.

"Good idea," Jerome agreed with a nod.

Quinn and Jerome quickly headed for her trailer where they found Quinn's mother sitting outside enjoying the warm weather. When Claire Young saw the look on the children's faces she knew something was wrong, she quickly got up from her chair and ran towards them.

"Quinn, Jerome. Kids what happened?" Claire asked with a concerned voice.

Quinn was too busy crying in pain to give a proper answer so Jerome told her mom what happened, by the time he finished. Claire had a very angry and irritated look on her face before she decides to call a cab take them both to a nearby hospital to get them treated, but first she gives an ice pack to her daughter to use on her arm and gives Jerome a container of cool water for him to soak his hand.

When they got to the hospital they fortunately didn't have to wait very long. The doctor who treated them both suggested that they both stay overnight to make sure they didn't have any infection or extensive pain from their injuries, much to both of their relief considering that both of them were scared of Zack, especially Jerome.

While they were at the hospital, Claire confronted both Lila and Zack for what he did to her daughter and his nephew. They of course, made terrible excuses about it saying how Zack was giving him what he deserved and saying how Quinn getting hurt was her own fault.

"Stop making excuses for yourself, both of you!" Claire snarled at them, she turned her attention to Zack and gave him a hard slap, "How dare you do that to your nephew! And how dare you harm my child!"

"What about me? Just look what that boy did to me," Zack complained gesturing to his still red and pained right arm and side.

"I think you look great," Claire sneered with an icy glare.

"Hey, he was-," Lila interrupted, but Claire cut her off.

"No you don't get to speak, Lila Valeska," Claire snapped at the snake dancer, "You don't get to have a saying in this. The only reason why I haven't called the police already is because the police department here is run by incompetent fools. But make no mistake about this if I find out either of you have been hurting Jerome or Jeremiah, and especially my daughter again, I will destroy you both if it is the last thing I do. Goodbye Mrs. Valeska, Mr. Trumball."

That night at the hospital, while Jerome and Quinn were sleeping, a small shadowy figure came into their room. The figure looked at where Jerome was sleeping and sends him a sharp icy glare and then looked over to where Quinn was and smiled softly at her. He pulled out a red carnation and set on the small table next to her bed.

"I'm sorry, Quinn," the shadowy figure whispered.

Then being careful not to wake her, he leaned down and gently kissed her cheek softly, Quinn was smiling unconsciously at that. With one last gentle smile at Quinn, the figure crept quietly out of the hospital room.