Gotham's Unknown 2 (A Batman Fanfic)

Chapter 15: Join the Ranks

Sarah woke up in a white padded cell with scorching bright lights. It took her eyes a moment to adjust but once they did she saw that she was in one of the many observation rooms so there was a two way glass window and someone must've been on the other side. "Hello? Can anyone hear me?" Called Sarah as she tried to stand but found the ground to be so uneven that she just sat back on her knees. Then she finally saw the trail of blood that led from the white door with no handle on her side all the way to her. She looked down at herself and saw her hands and clothes soaked in dried blood. "No, no, no, no! No! NOO!" She screamed finding the sight to be rather insightful. She knew that Iris had done something and that's why she was in here. She started to cry thinking of what she had done while unconscious. Suddenly the door opened and Malcolm stepped into the room. "Malcolm? What did she do? What did she make me do?" Asked Sarah as she looked down at her hands covered in dried blood.
"She broke both of Johnathan Crane's wrist and his upper arm. Four guards rushed into your office and they were not as lucky as Mr. Crane. They tried to subdue her and she killed one taking his gun and killing the other three. Sarah ten guards pulled their guns and emptied their clips in your chest. After we got Iris into the padded cell I went to see your father, he explained everything." Said Malcolm as he didn't even look at her, he had his eyes glued to the floor. He was terrified to be near her.
"You're scared of me..." Said Sarah as she hung her head and began to cry. "I tried so hard to be normal... To be like everyone else! But I guess it's just no use trying all I am is a freak!" Said Sarah as she closed her fists around the fabric of her lab coat.
"By Arkham policy and state law I have no other choice but to admit you to Arkham until seen time that you are to gain your certificate of sanity." Said Malcolm as he sounded remorseful in that statement. "As your friend I'd like to know who should I call to ensure that your son is taken care of?" Asked Malcolm as he finally looked up, tears in his eyes.
"His father, Victor Zsasz. His phone number should be in my phone in my office." Said Sarah as she sniffed. "Please don't tell him about her... I don't want Victor to know about Iris." Said Sarah as Malcolm nodded.
"Of course." Said Malcolm as he turned to leave but stopped at the door.
"Sarah we're putting in the general population unless you would rather be kept in solitary like before." Stated Malcolm as Sarah shook her head.
"No the general population will be fine." Said Sarah as Malcolm then left.

They let her take a shower to clean up the blood all over her body and she requested some tweezers while she showered as she still felt the bullets lodged in her chest. So as she sat under the hot water she dug the bullets out of her chest one by one. Most would've thought she would spend this time crying but she was all out of tears. Once her shower was done she was dressed in an Arkham Inmate uniform then was brought to her cell, a cell she hadn't seen in a very long time. She stepped inside and sat down on the cot running her fingers along the etched tally marks that was her way of recording how long she had been there. She stood and looked out the window, when she was a girl it seemed impossible for her to be able to look out it, for no matter how high she jumped she could never reach it but now she just barely looked out it. She sighed as the sight out her window was not as blissful as she imagined when she was a child. The sight she saw overlooked the parking lot where she saw Natalie and Malcolm talking. Natalie was crying and Malcolm gave her a hug then the hug turned a little more physical. They kissed and Malcolm pinned her against her car. Suddenly Natalie patted his shoulder rapidly and they separated as Sarah saw a group of guards walking out to their cars. Sarah laughed at the sight. "Now I know why she never talked about her love life!" Said Sarah as she turned to the inside of her cell and sighed. "I guess this is my life now." Said Sarah as she sat down on her cot and flopped back.

As Sarah watched the sun go down it sort of made everything feel so real, so permanent. She rolled over on the cot and started to cry. She missed her home, her bed, and her son. The first two weeks she had Adam he wouldn't sleep in his crib, he would just scream until Sarah laid him down in her bed with her then he would sleep peacefully. Sarah began to sob thinking of how abandoned he must feel. "Hey don't cry." Said the voice of the person in the next cell over.
"Who are you?" Asked Sarah as she tried to listen where the voice was coming from.
"Silly don't you recognize my voice?" Asked the voice as Sarah found that the voice was coming from a vent in the corner of the room. Sarah got down on the floor and could finally see who she was talking too.
"Dad..." She said as more tears poured from her eyes. Joker took the grate off of the vent and sort of crawled through into Sarah's cell. Once he actually stood in front of her, she leaped into his arms and he held her close.
"Oh sweetheart, Malcolm told me what happened. I'm so sorry things worked out this way." Said Joker as he rubbed her back as she just buried her face in his chest and sobbed.
"This isn't how this was supposed to go! What kind of cruel twist of fate is this!?" She cried out as Joker held her. "I worked so hard for this just for one bad day to take it all away from me!" Said Sarah as she continued to sob. "Why me? Huh? Why am I always the one singled out to suffer?! Dad why does the universe hate me?" Asked Sarah as Joker hazard a guess at her question.
"Genetics?" He offered an answer as Sarah began to laugh. "See? This isn't all bad, kiddo." Said Joker as he wiped a tear from her cheek. "Just remember one thing, you're in Arkham Asylum with the Joker and you're the most important person in my entire life so I can get you anything you want just say the word." Said Joker as he held the sides of her face then kissed the top of her head. "You should try and get some rest." Said Joker as he turned to leave her but she grabbed his arm.
"Can you stay?" Asked Sarah as Joker smiled softly.
"Ok." He said softly. He sat down on the end of the cot and Sarah laid down putting her head in Joker's lap falling quickly asleep.

The next morning Sarah woke up to a loud siren sound which meant it was time to wake up. She sat up and Joker was gone. "Dad? Are you still there?" Asked Sarah as she sat down next to the grate which had been put back.
"You know it kiddo." Said Joker softly as suddenly the cell doors opened. She looked out into the hall and saw the shocked face of Daniel Van Dahl standing across from her.
"Sarah?" Asked Daniel as she felt incredibly embarrassed because she he would pity her and she hated that he had that power over her now. "Sarah what happened? Why are you an inmate?" Asked Daniel as he followed close to her down the hallway.
"Just leave me alone Daniel." She said firmly.
"Are you off your meds?" Asked Daniel as Sarah just snapped. She has not only lost her job and her home all in one day but she wasn't going to be able to see her son until she gained the certificate of sanity which rarely anyone in Gotham ever earns without breaking laws so she completely lost it and Daniel was the closest person to her. She quickly grabbed Daniel by the back of his head gripping his hair tightly then quickly slammed his head into a wall causing him to drop to the floor.
"Hey!" Barked a guard as Sarah held up her hands.
"What I slipped." Said Sarah in a fake innocent tone as she kept walking. Joker walked up to Daniel and started to stand up.
"What the hell is wrong with her?" Asked Daniel as he spit blood on the floor. Joker bent down to him and smiled. "Oh ha ha asshole!" Said Daniel as he looked at Joker and Joker got very close to him whispering in his ear.
"She asked you to leave her alone so consider this your only warning Danny Boy." Said Joker as he stood up and kicked Daniel square in the side of his face with his heel then walked away.

They were brought into the mess hall to have breakfast and when Sarah saw what the inmates had to eat she refused too. "Oh come on kiddo it's not terrible." Said Joker as Sarah slid the tray across the table.
"It's not like I'll starve to death anyway." Said Sarah as Daniel sat next to her. "You just don't know when to quit do you!" Barked Sarah as Daniel looked at her.
"What happened?" He demanded as Sarah looked at him.
"I don't want to talk about it!" She barked as she got close to him. "Especially not with you, if you've forgotten, you murdered me! So why would I want anything to do with you?" Asked Sarah in a snarky tone.
"You said you forgave me for that!" Barked Daniel as Sarah rolled her eyes.
"I was lying! I will never forgive you for how you hurt me! I will never feel more than festering rage for you!" Said Sarah as she stood.
"You murdered my little girl?" Asked Joker as Sarah smiled.
"Right you didn't know about that, I'll leave you to it then." Said Sarah as she walked off. Joker stared at Daniel for a moment and because of that Daniel couldn't move he was too scared. Joker walked around the table and grabbed a plastic spork off of Sarah's tray and snapped the utensil bit off of it leaving only a sharp piece of plastic. He thrusted forward to stab Daniel in the throat but Edward Nygma came between them.
"Joker!" Said Edward as he placed his hand on Joker's chest which Joker found weird so he looked at Ed.
"Look Eddie you're not quite my type." Said Joker as Edward sighed and ceased all contact with him.
"Look I know you wanna kill Daniel but do you really want to end up in solitary again when she's in here?" Asked Edward as gestured to Sarah who was off in the corner of the room looking out the window looking ever so sad.
"Guess not..." Said Joker as he tossed the plastic on the table. "But keep him away from her! All he's gonna do is upset her even more and she's been through enough!" Said Joker as he turned to walk over and sit with her but someone beat him to it. It was that girl Lyla that seemed to know Sarah somehow.

"Doctor?" Asked Lyla as she sat next to Sarah.
"Hello Lyla, I'm sorry you had to see me like this." Said Sarah as Lyla as she sighed.
"It's ok, all it really takes is one bad day and the whole world goes crazy." Said Lyla as Sarah chuckled.
"That's what my Dad says." Said Sarah as she looked over at Lyla who looked very serious all of a sudden.
"I have a message for you, it's very important!" Said Lyla as Sarah blinked.
"Ok?" Asked Sarah as Lyla looked around and leaned close.
"The Silver Serpent plots evil in the garden of Eden."