Gotham's Unknown 2 (A Batman Fanfic)

Chapter 25: Savor the Moment Part Two

Sarah stood in the foyer of the Dupont Mansion feeling on the verge of tears, scared that she was going to lose everything if she stayed here but knew that Abigail would make everything so much worse if she left. Suddenly she heard the sound of barefeet coming down the marble staircase behind her. "What are you doing all the way out here, typically you stay in bed." Said Abigail as she came down the stairs and wrapped her arms around Sarah's waist placing her head on Sarah's shoulder and kissing her neck just a little.
"I needed some air, that's all." Sarah stated as she felt a shiver down her spine with every kiss that Abigail placed on her skin. "I got a call from Daniel I need to go." Said Sarah as she turned to face Abigail which caused Abigail to look at her still holding her hands on Sarah's waist.
"Of course." Said Abigail as she then placed her hands on Sarah's face rubbing her thumb on Sarah's bottom lip. "We don't want that boy of yours getting suspicious now do we?" Asked Abigail as Sarah shook her head.
"No of course not." Said Sarah as she was stiff which made Abigail huff.
"The longer I keep you around the dimmer you become... What happened to that fire from the first time? When you actually tried to kill me?" Asked Abigail as Sarah looked her dead in eyes with this sad sort of broken look.
"Back then I actually thought I had the upper hand but now I know that no matter what I do I'll never be free of you." Said Sarah as Abigail sighed.
"Only in death ma douce petite espionne." Said Abigail as she let go. "Gather your things and go." Said Abigail as she went up the stairs then she stopped and looked at Sarah. "By the way, I know that he saw us. Feel free to tell him everything but if he comes after me, I'll kill him again and this time you won't bring him back because you won't find him." Said Abigail as she then went up the stairs leaving Sarah alone in the foyer.

Sarah went into Abigail's bedroom, took off the night gown that Abigail insisted she wear when they lay together and put on her own clothes then ran out of the manor finding that Daniel was still sitting in the driveway. "Can you give me a ride home?" Asked Sarah softly in a pathetic kind of tone as Daniel sighed.
"Of course." He said as he opened the passenger door for her. Sarah got inside and Daniel got in the driver seat.  They drove for a while until Sarah finally asked.
"Are you mad at me?" Asked Sarah as Daniel sighed.
"No of course not, honestly I kinda thought it was karma for me cheating on you in the first place." Said Daniel as Sarah sniffled trying not to cry.
"That's not it at all, I haven't been sleeping with her to get back at you I swear, it's more like a hostage situation than anything else." Said Sarah as she burst into tears.
"Is she?" Asked Daniel as Sarah sighed.
"No it's not like she's raping me! It's a deal we have, originally I was just meant to give her access to my body both for experiments and for whatever else she wanted me for and in exchange she would make sure I got my position as a psychiatrist at Arkham but because Malcolm was already so dead set on me becoming a psychiatrist she didn't have to do anything but persuade him to give me my father and yours as my first patients. After I got locked up I became her personal play thing and it's gotten so much worse after she found out Project Cleric was a failure." Said Sarah as she pressed her knees against her chest. "She was gonna use Project Cleric to save her sister who's been in a coma for the last 30 years but it didn't work it actually killed her and after that Abigail got so much rougher with me, she hardly lets me leave her anymore.  She won't say it but I know it's because she's lonely without her sister and she sees our abusive partnership like it's what you and I have. She's sick but rich enough to not even acknowledge it and knowing that all I do is feed her insane obsessions makes my skin crawl!" Said Sarah as she rubbed her arms but Daniel held her hand.
"I'm so sorry, why didn't you tell me about this, I could've-!"
"That's exactly why I didn't tell you! I knew that if I told you or my Dad or Bruce or even V you would all get yourselves killed trying to protect the girl that can't die, the girl that can't feel pain! Do you know how stupid it is that everyone wants to protect me when all you're going to do is get yourself killed! Do you know what kind of guilt I feel knowing I'll outlive everyone I love whether you die of old age or not Daniel I will have to watch you die! I refuse to let people get hurt trying to protect me from something that will never happen." Said Sarah in a bitter tone as Daniel stomped on the brakes of the car and turned to her.
"SO WHAT IF YOU CAN'T DIE! YOU CAN STILL BE HURT IN WAYS THAT ARE SO MUCH WORSE THAN DEATH! You can be mentally and emotionally hurt and trust those hurt so much worse than anything that can be physically done to harm a person. That's why I want to protect you so you don't have to live with the mental scars of everything that I can protect you from! Don't you understand that at all!? Sarah I love you more than anything in my life so it hurts me to know that someone is hurting you." Said Daniel as they were quiet for a moment. Eventually Daniel turned towards the road and kept driving.