"Ah ms Deck, how are you feeling?" A women wearing a doctors uniform asks and is holding a clipboard and pen. Her blonde ,almost white, hair is pulled back with a black ribbon and her lipstick is a dark red.
"Where...where am I? What happened?" I demand, running my hand over my face, trying to remember what had happened.
"You are in Arkham Asylum." She smiles, writing something onto her clipboard. The room i'm in is all white and looks like a medical ward with the occasional doctor or patient followed by a guard passing by. "My name is Dr. Kiena. Robin and batman took you here from the bank robbery." She finishes. That's right the bank robbery! Leave it to batman and birdbrain to get me thrown into Arkham. "Now are you feeling better?" she asks, with one hand on her hip. I can tell I don't like her already. I'm not answering her when I shouldn't even be here in the first place! I'm not crazy....well i don't think i am... "I'll take that as a yes then." She smirks. She waves over a guard who basically pulls me off the bed. I fall onto the floor so he tightens his grip on my wrist and starts to drag me through the ward. I stumble to my feet and hold back a snarl as he attaches handcuffs to my wrists.
"Watch it!" I growl while we pass through endless white corridors. He ignores me. After a few more minutes of walking, I feel my patience snap. "Where are we going?" I mutter not expecting an answer.
"Crazies lane, Joker named it."He gruffly replies, typing in a passcode to a locked door, making sure I cant see over his gigantic shoulders.
A giant sign that reads KEEP OUT ELECTRIFIED FLOORS in bright red writing is above a door way where i can already see dozens of cells all lined-up in rows.
"Hey Jerry!" Someone crazed yells, ending up in laughter,"'whos the new recruit?"
"Shut it Joker." The guard who is leading me, now named Jerry, replies. So the Joker is here, just wonderful. As we continue down we pass, Harley, Catwomen, Two-face and a few others who all yelled out a variety of things. Finally we come to a stop outside a cell, containing a bed, sink, desk, chair and a wall which I'm guessing where the toilet is. Everything is bolted down of course. "You're next to Nigma and Crane." He informs as he roughly throws me inside this tiny cell.
"I swear once I break out, you're gonna be first TO GO!" I threaten as he joins another guard at his post. Defeated, I walk over to the mirror above the basin and start to wash water on my face.
"My, my what do we have here?" A man from the cell on my left asks.
"What do you want?" I grumble while going to the front of my cell where I can see the people either side of me.
"You shouldn't ask me things like that." His voice is alluring, transfixing almost. "What i want to know is what you fear." He says maliciously, coming into my sight. Like his voice, he is fairly attractive, with brown hair and ocean blue eyes but they way he looked when he said it sends chills down my spine. I straighten up and glare at him. If this man wants to attempt to frighten me, then he won't be getting any satisfaction of seeing me afraid.
"Johnny leave her alone." The person in the right cell defends while approaching the glass.
My heart stops.
His dark brown hair is combed over and his brown eyes make contact with my olive ones. I can feel my breath hitch in my throat and his eyes widen, mouth slightly sliding open. "And who may I make this acquaintance with?" He asks politely, seeming to recover before myself.
"My name is Olive Deck but most know me as Shadow. And yourself?" I smile, trying to hide the sure redness in my cheeks.
"My name is Edward Nigma but you may have heard me being called the Riddler." He smiles back, straightening any creases there might be on his orange arkham jumpsuit.
"Yes i have indeed heard of you." I reply while leaning against the bars at the front.
"How did you end up in here?" He queries, copying my actions with a shy smile.
Laughing i reply "I was doing a bank robbery when Batman and Birdbrain made an appearance."
"You use the same mannerisms as the Joker." Edward notes, interestingly, picking a bit of loose paint of the bar his hand is resting on.
"Enough with the flirting, I believe I haven't been introduced!" The man on my left hollers.
"Olive this is Johnny, The Scarecrow, and Johny this is Olive. Are you appeased?' Edward smirks earning a sigh from John.
"Nice to meet to you John." I greet.
"The pleasure is all mine, but may I ask how old are you? I'm quite sure Edward is just dying to know." John asks, quickly adding, "Because if your-"
"I'm twenty, twenty-two in October." I interrupt, casting a quick look at Edward who looks red in the face from either embarrassment or anger.
"Good good, Edward and I just turned twenty-one."
"Yes thank you John, I was about to ask her that!" Edward snaps, but quickly smiles again once he catches me trying not to laugh. Basically for the rest of the night we just chat until the guards announce lights out. I make my way over to my bed and lay there thinking about everything that has happened.
Who would've possibly thought I would meet anyone interesting in this institute, let alone get along with them. I have never been a social person, an outcast, I believe is an appropriate term. I taught myself everything I need to know when I was abandoned, interacting with people only when I was either trading with them, robbing them, or killing them. But talking with Edward and even John comes easy to me.
It shouldn't.
But it does.
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Riddle Room *completed*
Fanfiction*this book is completed* 'Riddle me this Olive Deck,' Edward Nigma chimes, cocking his head to the side, 'Made by God in pairs. Separated at birth on Earth. Found after years of search. Inseparable for the rest of the time?' 'I have no idea.' I repl...
