Gotham's Unknown 2 (A Batman Fanfic)

Chapter 34: Lies of the Viper

Joker followed this woman into a large ornate office where she closed the door and locked it. Joker took Sarah's words to heart expecting the worst but not actually knowing what to expect. The woman leaned against the desk and smiled. "Maybe you'll recognize me if I take this off." Said the woman as she took off the mask, revealing her face.
"Abigail Dupont, why didn't I guess from the way you treat my daughter." Growled Joker.
"I can see my display of power upset you, good." She said as she grinned.
"Yeah well I want this to end! Leave her alone!" Barked Joker as Abigail grew stiff.
"You don't know how this works! I own her!" Growled Abigail as she glared at Joker but quickly changed her demeanor. "You see Sarah and I came into an agreement a long time ago." Stated Abigail as she then went into detail how after Abigail had kidnapped Sarah and experimented on her, she had she needed to know about Sarah's body but now she wanted to understand her mind. Abigail prompted to lure Sarah to her so that she could blackmail her into becoming her personal play thing and spy. She used Sarah as way to spy on Bruce but then after Sarah came back from college and became a well trusted psychiatrist at Arkham she told her to become her spy at Arkham but then once Sarah was admitted she had experiments done once more. After that she made yet another deal with Sarah but this time Sarah was to be her spy on him.
"Me? Why? Why am I so important to you?" Asked Joker as Abigail grinned.
"You are the only villain on the board that had nothing lost so how was I to control you if I had no gift to give you to make you submit but then I realized that I had no other choice but to force you to work with me." Said Abigail as she reached into her breast pocket and pulled out a small glass vial that was completely sealed with  metal casing around it and placed it on the desk.
"What the hell is that?" Asked Joker calmly.
"This is the best thing to come out of Indian Hill 2.0. This vial is loaded into a specialized gun that is built with a detonator. Once this vial is fired into Sarah's chest cavity all I do is pull the trigger once more and this wonderful toxin fills her veins and kills her in a matter of minutes." Said Abigail with a sort of tone that showed she drew pleasure from the thought of killing Sarah. This display made Joker on edge of what this wicked woman would do next. "With that in mind, why I brought you here is because you are the most feared man in Gotham so therefore you have the most power and I want it!" Said Abigail as Joker cracked a smile.
"That's really all you want from me? My power? You really will stoop so low for so little?" Asked Joker as he had this disgusted look in his eyes. "Well my power isn't exactly something I can surrender to you. You can't just tell the people who follow me to follow you instead, it doesn't work like that, sweetheart. You can't really control who people admire and want to dedicate their entire lives to." Said Joker as Abigail sighed.
"I see, I ran into a similar problem after I took over all of the assets from The Penguin. No matter how much of his that I controlled it didn't seem to matter to those thick headed morons that followed him." Said Abigail as she stared at Joker for a second. "Well too bad, you can go and take that daughter of yours with you. I'm done with her." Said Abigail as she slid back on her mask.

Joker stood and left with Sarah.

The two sat for a while talking on a balcony that overlooked the river and out on the mainland a small glimmer out in the woods. "I had no idea that you could see the manor from here." Said Sarah as she sat with her feet hanging over the edge of the balcony.
"I used to sit up here while you were off at college just wondering how you were and what you were doing." Said Joker as he smiled a little.
"I didn't realize you thought about me that much." Said Sarah as Joker looked over at her.
"Why do you let that rich pompous bitch treat you like that?" Asked Joker as he was genuinely concerned.
"You don't understand..." Said Sarah she sunk into her shoulders. Just mentioning the situation she was in with Abigail wiped the smile right off her face.
"She told me everything about your relationship with her but the facts, especially from her end, doesn't explain why you put up with this kind of treatment!" Said Joker as he stood. "The Sarah I knew would never let people push her around like they used to! You didn't go through the worst hell this cesspool of a city had to offer just to be under the thumb of some privileged uptown bitch!" Said Joker as Sarah burst tears which was not the reaction he expected.
"You're right!" She sobbed as Joker sat back next to her.
"I didn't mean to upset you this much, sweetie." He said as he rubbed her back.
"But you're right, Dad. I want to stand up to her but every time I even give her the thought that I could disobey she hurts me." Said Sarah as her hands shook.
"But you don't feel pain..." Said Joker as Sarah shook her head.
"Not that kind of hurt... She leaves cuts you can't see and scars in places of your mind that you wish you could forget about." Said Sarah as she closed her eyes.
"Are you scared of her?" Asked Joker as Sarah opened her eyes.
"You're damn right I'm scared of her! She always intimidated me when I first met her but as years went on she showed more and more of who she truly is. Abigail Dupont is absolutely the most evil person I've ever known!" Said Sarah as Joker actually laughed at that, he laughed so much he fell back on the grated floor of the balcony. "Did I say something that amused you?" Asked Sarah as she leaned back looking at him.
"You're just adorable." Said Joker with a soft smile.
"Why did anything I say make you feel that way." Asked Sarah as Joker sat up.
"Those are all things people still say about me but I don't know I just never thought you'd give up on someone just because their mental state scared you. Honestly I didn't think anyone could scare you." Said Joker as Sarah chuckled but in a sort of moot kind of way.
"Huh, I've been underestimated plenty of times but I never thought I'd be overestimated in my abilities." Said Sarah with a sigh and a bit of a smile. "Why do you want me to stand up to her?" Asked Sarah as Joker sighed.
"I don't know just something about the whole idea makes my skin crawl. You've worked so hard not to be treated like a freak and that nasty bitch took all of that away from you." Said Joker as Sarah shook her head.
"Ya know being treated like a freak was a whole lot less damaging than being treated like sex slave." Said Sarah as Joker grew very ridged.
"I'm sorry can you repeat that?" Asked Joker as Sarah blinked.
"You said she told you everything..." Said Sarah as she to became stiff.
"She left that part out." Said Joker as Sarah sighed.
"Then I should probably explain..." Said Sarah as Joker nodded.
"Probably." Said Joker as Sarah sighed.
"Shortly after I first met Abigail, I was desperate to understand why she made me feel the way that she did and no I'm not attracted to her but even though she kidnapped me and tortured me I had the ability to pull myself out of my own mind with only one goal! To kill her. I had never wanted to hurt anyone let alone have the intention to kill, it's just not who I am but everytime I see that smug grin on her face I JUST WANNA SLICE IT OFF!" Growled Sarah as she took a breath. "But because of those feelings I decided to seek her out. I wanted to interrogate her but then I was only a teenager I had no idea what I was getting into." Said Sarah as she took another breath but her breath shook. "I met her at a bar and she took me back to her home then afterwards when I tried to leave thinking that I had succeeded but then she informed me that she knew who I was the entire time. She let me think I had the advantage but I was nothing more than her pawn." Said Sarah coldly. "At first she gave me such free range, but after I started working at Arkham she only pulled the leash tighter. After I got locked up I was relieved to find I was still useful to her." Said Sarah as tears trickled down her cheeks. "Ever since I met her she's made one promise to me, the day I am no longer useful to her will be the day I die." Said Sarah as Joker held onto her. That night Joker let her stay with him since she was still pretty shook up.

The next morning Joker drove Sarah back to her place but was unexpectedly invited in. Joker stepped inside Sarah's house and looked around a little. He looked at framed pictures on the walls of her and Daniel but there were new ones of Adam. "I didn't know you had pictures of me and Adam together." Said Joker as Sarah walked over and saw he was looking at a photo of Joker and Adam shooting guns.
"Oh yeah Daniel actually took that one. He said he wanted to capture some moments of you and Adam together to prove that you aren't the monster everyone thinks you are." Said Sarah as Joker hummed.
"Hm, didn't peg Danny Boy for the sentimental type." Said Joker as he chuckled.
"Daniel is quite the sentimental type, he loves so deeply especially for Adam even if he isn't his biological son. He knows how important you are to Adam and has the same hopes for you that I do." Said Sarah as Joker sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Not this again!" He said as he walked away.
"Oh come on Dad don't you wanna be cured?" Asked Sarah as Joker turned.
"No Sarah! There is nothing wrong with me! There's only something wrong with the rest of the world." Said Joker as Sarah sighed.
"You can't really believe that!" Said Sarah as Joker scoffed.
"I'm not having this conversation again! I'm happy with the way my life is shouldn't that mean something to you?" Asked Joker as Sarah sighed. They stood there in silence for a moment Joker was actually in awe that Sarah had nothing to say to that. He scoffed, "Guess not."

Just as Joker and Sarah's talk finished the front door unlocked and opened. Sarah looked down the hall, really just trying to avoid eye contact with her father, to see Daniel walking in the door with Adam. "Grandpa J!" Said Adam as he sprinted to Joker chucking his backpack and water bottle into a nearby chair in the corner of the living room. He hugged Joker tightly around his midsection which made the clown smile.
"Hey kiddo!"

While Joker chatted with Adam, Sarah stepped aside and talked with Daniel. "So how did things go?" Asked Sarah as Daniel shook his head.
"Me and the boys raided the lab but we didn't find anything." Said Daniel softly as Sarah sighed.
"Damnit!" Sarah said under her breath.
"It would really help if we knew what we were looking for." Said Daniel as Sarah looked at him.
"I told you, it's a weapon." Said Sarah as Daniel sighed.
"Well the word 'weapon' can mean a lot of things!" Said Daniel as Sarah sighed.
"Then how do you know you didn't find it?" Asked Sarah as Daniel rolled his eyes.
"Because nothing in the lab was called Project Odyssey." Said Daniel as Sarah sighed. "Sarah, I'm glad you're finally standing up to Abigail but you need to be precise, we can't afford to mess this up." Said Daniel as he put his hand on Sarah's arm. Sarah looked over at Adam sitting with Joker and sighed.
"I can't risk losing him any more, this needs to stop." Said Sarah as she had a bold look in her eyes.