Gotham's Unknown 2 (A Batman Fanfic)

Chapter 14: Amends

The 9 months of Sarah's pregnancy had passed and she gave birth to a little boy which she named Adam Malcolm Ivory, he was born on September 25 at Elliot Memorial Hospital. Sarah took care of him mostly by herself since Victor's employer, Oswald Cobblepot had no idea that Victor had even slept with Sarah let alone had a son with her so of course he wouldn't abide by Victor disappearing for a day or two. With Daniel in Arkham Victor took his place as Oswald's right hand man so that meant that more was expected of him which wasn't really a good thing because Victor had yet to even meet his son.

Sarah really didn't mind having to take care of Adam though she was a little frightened having to do it all by herself. The day she had Adam Joker was the one to drive her to the hospital. He tried his best to stay out of sight but eventually he found a way to sneak into the hospital to see Sarah and his grandson. He was the only person besides Sarah to see Adam but one of the nurses happened to see him and call the police so the cops burst into the hospital and arrested him right in front of Sarah and little Adam. She wanted to stop them but Joker told her just to leave it be, he was glad he at least got to meet his grandson before being sent back to Arkham.

Though Sarah found her time with her son to be both delightful and terrifying she knew it was soon to come to an end. She only had two months left on her maternity leave so she had to find someone to take care of Adam and she suspected with the way she grew up it couldn't just be anyone, had to be someone that could keep a secret.

One afternoon Sarah sat in the Wayne Manor talking with Bruce while Adam was in her lap. "So how are things?" Asked Bruce obviously referring to Sarah's mental state.
"Well I haven't exactly been sleeping all too much but it's like it's because of Adam, he's actually very quiet, doesn't scream at all hours of the night like the nurses at the hospital told me he would." Said Sarah as Adam sat upright in her lap just taking in the room.
"He looks older than he should be, do you think he's like you?" Asked Bruce as he looked at Adam noticing that though he was only two months old, he didn't look like a newborn anymore.
"Oh I'm positive he's like me but I'm starting to think he might age slower than I did, that's why I'm having a hard time finding him a babysitter for when I go back to work. Not even the entire Wayne family fortune could stop someone from telling everyone that my son isn't normal." Said Sarah as she bounced her knee a bit keeping Adam at least a little entertained.
"Well I could watch him while you're at work." Stated Alfred as Sarah shook her head.
"I could never ask you to do that." Said Sarah as Alfred smiled.
"Well you wouldn't be asking, I'm offering. I cared for Master Bruce as a baby and you, I'm certainly qualified and it's not like I really have much else to do around here during the day." Said Alfred as Sarah looked at Bruce and then back at Alfred.
"Are you sure you don't mind?" Asked Sarah as Alfred nodded.
"I wouldn't have suggested it if I wasn't certain that I was capable." Said Alfred as Sarah smiled.
"Thank you, really I mean it." Said Sarah with a smile.

After that was settled Sarah prepared for her first day back at work and then drove Adam over to the manor. She had a hard time letting go but once she had left things felt a little more normal than they have these past few months. Sarah walked in the door and was immediately greeted by her coworkers. As she walked to her office Dr. Natalie Wright ran up next to her and bumped her shoulder into Sarah's. "Hey new mommy! So tell me everything! What's the little one's name? Is it a boy or a girl?" Asked Natalie as Sarah smiled.
"I have a little boy and I named him Adam." Said Sarah as Natalie smiled.
"So who's his Dad?" Asked Natalie as Sarah huffed.
"Does it really matter!" Said Sarah as she walked up to her office door.
"Yes I need to know who he is so if he bails on you and little Adam I can go castrate his ass so he can't screw up anyone like that ever again!" Said Natalie as she followed Sarah into her office.
"You're a true friend but I think my family would beat you to it." Said Sarah as Natalie sat in one of the chairs in Sarah's office.
"You don't talk about your family much, what are you embarrassed of them?" Asked Natalie as Sarah sighed.
"No... Quite the opposite actually I love my family and they're amazing but..." Said Sarah as she paused and sat at her desk. "Natalie, if I told you about my family and you thought they were... Odd. Would you judge me for it?" Asked Sarah as Natalie leaned forward.
"Of course not. I mean take me for instance both my parents are medical doctors and my older brother is following in their footsteps by being a surgeon but I am a psychiatrist." Said Natalie as Sarah chuckled.
"Yeah I'm sorta in a situation like that but um I'm a psychiatrist and my Dad is the Joker." Said Sarah as Natalie started laughing but quickly realized Sarah wasn't joking.
"You're not kidding... Holy shit! You're the daughter of the Joker?!" Asked Natalie as Sarah sighed. "Who would sleep with him besides Harley Quinn!? Wait is your Mom Harley Quinn?" Asked Natalie as Sarah glared at her.
"I don't know who my Mom is but I know it's not Harley!" Barked Sarah as she sighed and told Natalie a white lie of a summary of her life.
"So let me get this straight? Your Dad the Joker gave you up for adoption to give you a better life only to learn that you were never adopted because you used to look exactly like him and that you were dying. And after surviving a near death experience, you were adopted by the richest man in town?" Asked Natalie as Sarah nodded.
"Yes." Said Sarah as Natalie huffed.
"I get why you don't talk about your family, but why are you telling me this?" Asked Natalie as Sarah sighed.
"Because I'm tired of the world treating my father like he's nothing more than a monster. With me he's kind and sweet so I think that if he has the capacity to be a good person to me then maybe he could actually become a normal person again." Said Sarah as she sighed.

After that little talk Natalie left and Sarah decided to go talk to Malcolm but on her way to his office she got stopped by Daniel. "Sarah?" Asked Daniel as he walked up to the chain link fence that separated them. "But I killed you.... Are you real?" Asked Daniel as Sarah sighed and turned to him actually pitying him.
"Yes, Daniel and yes you did kill me but I woke up." Said Sarah softly as not to alarm others around them.
"I'm sorry, so sorry for everything I did to you." Said Daniel as tears started to fill his eyes.
"I know and I know Oswald made you hurt me so I'd never want to see you again." Said Sarah as Daniel had seemed hopeful as he heard her statement.
"So does that mean you forgive me?" Asked Daniel as Sarah shook her head.
"No Daniel, I'm not mad at you. I understand now that no matter how I felt you could never return those feelings." Said Sarah as she started to walk away.
"But I love you! I always have and I always will!" Said Daniel as he shook the fence.
"But I don't love you, not anymore." Said Sarah as she walked away. Daniel stood there holding the fence.

He hung his head pressing his forehead against the fence. "Danny Boy did you really think that was going to work? She's moved on so should you!" Said Joker as he was sitting on top of a table playing with a deck of playing cards.
"Well that's easy for you to say!" Barked Daniel as he turned. "Because you have never loved anyone in your entire life!" Barked Daniel as Joker froze and looked up from his cards setting down the stack of them on the table. Joker stood and got down from the table.
"Well, well, well, you must really be needing an ass kicking because no one in Gotham would say that to me. You as well as anyone should know that's not true but you still felt the need to say it." Said Joker as he walked over to Daniel.
"Daniel the only thing antagonizing him is going to accomplish is getting your ass kicked just back down." Said Edward as he had watched all of this unfold.
"Listen to your Dad, Danny Boy because now that Sarah doesn't love you there is nothing stopping me from turning you into a fine red paste on the floor." Said Joker firmly as Daniel waited for him to get close enough then hauled off hitting him in the face actually busting his lip. Joker didn't even hesitate to strike back just as quickly. Joker grabbed Daniel by the back of his head and slammed his face into the metal table causing him to fall to the floor. "Now what have we learned?" Asked Joker as he rubbed a bit of his own blood between his fingers. Daniel stood up and tackled him so they beat the crap out of each other until 4 guards had to separate them.

While Joker and Daniel were beating each other senseless Sarah met with Malcolm. She approached his door but noticed it was cracked open and she heard him on the phone. "Absolutely not! Tell that bureaucratic psychopath Dupont that I don't care if she's on the board of directors the well-being of the inhabitants of Arkham is not up for debate!" Shouted Malcolm as he slammed his phone down on the receiver. Sarah knocked on the door slowly pushing it open. "Sarah." Said Malcolm softly as he walked out from behind his desk and walked over hugging her. "How's the baby?" Asked Malcolm as Sarah smiled.
"He's perfect, actually I named him Adam Malcolm Ivory." Said Sarah as Malcolm smiled.
"You named him after me?" Asked Malcolm as Sarah nodded.
"You were the first ray of sunshine in my dim and fleeting life and I wanted you to know just how much I treasure your friendship." Said Sarah as Malcolm wiped a tear out of his eye.
"Don't tell Joker this but you're the closest thing I'll ever have to a child of my own." Said Malcolm as Sarah smiled. "Anyway down to business, we got in a new patient. Well not exactly new but he's been escaped for sometime and I'm sure you're aware of the Arkham policy, if more than 5 years between stays at Arkham a psychiatric evaluation is required for pairing with a psychiatrist." Stated Malcolm as he sat down at his desk. "Here are the files we have on him currently I hope you can do more than identify what we already know." Stated Malcolm as he handed Sarah a rather large stack of files.
"Johnathan Crane A.K.A Scarecrow." Sarah read from the file aloud.

Sarah returned to her office and prepared for the psychiatric evaluation for Johnathan Crane. The patient was then brought into her office wearing his mask. "Hello Johnathan-" she stated but he interrupted her.
"Johnathan is gone, only Scarecrow is left." Said Scarecrow as she nodded. Sarah always preferred to play into the fantasies of her patients as it not only kept them calm but also tended to help them be able to trust her.
"Alright Scarecrow, we're going to do what we call a psychiatric evaluation just to get an idea of what's going on in your head, ok?" Asked Sarah as Scarecrow looked at her through his mask.
"No, I think I'd rather like to see what's going on in yours." Said Scarecrow as he slid a small syringe out of his sleeve and pricked it in Sarah's neck.
"No! No! What have you done!" She said as she backed into the wall seeing Iris flickering around the room laughing.
"Tell me doctor what do you see?" Asked Scarecrow as Sarah faded into oblivion.