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Twisted-Wayleska part 7

Bruce POV

I run down the hallway in this abandoned building, the walls covered in a projection of Alfred being tortured. I can't help but scream, more terrified than I've ever been. I eventually find myself on a theater stage, Alfred sitting in a chair, laughing darkly.

"Alfred?" I sob quietly. No, Jerome and Jeremiah used the laughing gas on Alfred. Alfred looks up at me, laughing harder as he clicks a straight razor open and starts cutting his mouth open. I stare at the sight in horror, terrified. Before I can completely process what's happening, he's standing in front of me. He swings at me with the razor, cutting my shirt at abdomen level. On instinct I put a protective hand over my abdomen, immediately worrying about it. Alfred tackles me to the ground, holding the razor to my face.

"Please, Alfred. You can fight this. Please! I need you, it needs you! I can't do this alone!" I plead with him, my fear in overdrive.

Suddenly Alfred is shot in the head. His body falls off the stage to the ground below.

"No! Alfred! No!" I yell, crying like never before.

"Bruce, that's not Alfred! Scarecrow was pumping his gas in there! You were just seeing what he wanted you to see!" Selina yells, grabbing my arm. Suddenly, Alfred walks in behind her. The real Alfred. I look down at the man that attacked me, and it's just some random older man Jeremiah kidnapped. I rush over to Alfred, hugging him tight.

We return to Wayne Manor, exhausted. I slump onto the couch, holding a hand over my slightly swollen abdomen. This isn't so hard...so far...

"I can't even imagine what you must have gone through in there." Selina says quietly, sitting on the coffee table.

"Jeremiah said we could all go insane with just one bad day. The worst day of my life was the day my parents were murdered. I can't help but wonder...what if I'm a little insane?"

"Bruce, you are the sanest person in gotham. It doesn't matter what Jeremiah says." Selina says warmly, smiling.

"This day isn't over yet!" Jeremiah announces, suddenly standing in my living room. He points a gun at Selina's abdomen, pulling the trigger. I immediately panic, holding my hands over her wound. Alfred is somewhere in the background, fighting with Ecco while Jeremiah escapes with Jerome, I'm sure.

"You're gonna be okay. It's okay, it's okay." I say over and over, crying my eyes out.

I'm gonna kill him...