Chapter 3

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(mention of murder)

A 5'4 Asian woman with black curly hair that reaches her shoulders, black eyes, and an average figure exits her car with her partner. Her partner is a 5'10 man with short black hair that has slightly longer bangs, blue eyes, and a gymnastics-built body. They were called over from the Haven Police Department by Jim Gordon asking them to help with the investigation due to his call off on the investigation for his relationship with the victim. The woman's partner wasn't supposed to be a part of this investigation due to the same reason as Jim but with enough persuasion, he was allowed to go. The two partners enter the apartment building after flashing their badges to the fellow police officer gauding the front door.

"You really could wait outside Dick." the woman tells her partner.

"If I need to I will. Thanks though Kelly." Dick reassures his partner. 

"Don't feel bad about leaving I know how close you two are," Kelly replied. 

The two walk into the kitchen to analyze the victim. Dick pauses and takes in the scene causing Kelly to rub his arm in a form of comfort. Kelly walks up to a forensic scientist writing down information. 

"What have you gathered?" Kelly asked her.

"Well, from all the blood on the counter and the bullet wound in the back of the head, it seems like she died by getting shot in the head. The knife was postmortem after the suspect carved the word 'Batman' into her stomach. I did swab the knife for fingerprints, I will email you the results." The forensic scientist explained.

"Thank you," Dick said as he came up behind Kelly, "I'm gonna go get some air."

Kelly nods and gives Dick's arm a comforting squeeze. Dick leaves the apartment as Kelly turns back to the body. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a bag of gloves. She opens the bag and slips on a pair of gloves. Lifting Barbra's head Kelly moves the hair to spot the bullet hole where the forensic scientist said it was. Laying down Barbra's head she squats down lifts her shirt to see the word 'Batman' and lays the shirt back down.  Kelly stands back up and examines the blood on the counter and floor. She then turns and walks to the apartment door and windows looking for a break and entering but there is none. Walking outside Kelly meets Dick at the car where he was leaning on it looking lost in thought. 

"Hey, you want to know what I learned, or is it too much right now?" Kelly asks.

Dick takes a deep breath stands tall and draws his attention to Kelly. 

"Hit me." Dick declares. 

"What the forensics said checks out. I checked all the windows and doors and I believe that the suspect was invited in. Did you contact Bruce and tell him about the thing." Kelly hints pointing to her stomach.

"I told him. He wants us to come over after. We need to figure this out. Barbra deserves justice." Dick determines. 

"Let us head out then," Kelly said.

The two partners got into the car Dick was driving, heading off to the Wayne manor. Upon arrival, the two walked up the many stairs to the front door. Dick knocks twice before the door opens to reveal an older slender man in a butter outfit.  

"Evening Master Dick, Kelly. Come on in Master Bruce is in the cave." The butler exclaimed.

"Thank you, Alfred," Kelly said as she followed Dick through the door.

The butler nods and closes the door behind the two. Dick leads Kelly to an old grandfather clock he moves the hands to the secret password causing the clock to move revealing stairs. Traveling down the stairs into a cave-like place with a bunch of computers, cars, weapons, and a variety of gadgets  

Over at the computer sat two figures, one of them Tim and the other a 6'2 older man who was extremely physically fit with black hair cut short and neat, blue emotional eyes, and a pale emotionless face. Tim was focused on typing rapidly on the computer trying to find any clues as to who killed Barbra but so far was coming up blank. The older man was watching the screen as Tim worked looking for clues as well. 

"Did you get the fingerprints?" The older man asks Kelly.

Kelly checks her phone, "Not yet Bruce." 

Tim groans stops typing and leans back into his chair, "Nothing. I have nothing. No cameras in that area. Nothing."

"Hack into the forensic unit and see if they have the fingerprints back yet." Bruce directs.

Tim leans forward again and begins typing again. Tim hacks into the police forensics unit and clicks on Barbra's case. Scrolling for a second and finds the results of the fingerprints. Tim clicks on the document which opens an old Russian police file about the suspect. 


Name: Simone Petrov 

Age: 17

Appearance: Light brown hair that reaches midback, hazel eyes, tan skin, slender. 

Accused of homicide. Castrated and killed 43-year-old Marc Lambert dropping him off at Parc Monceau, Paris France on 06/27/2008. Marc's wife Chloe declared it was due to jealousy from Simone's infatuation with her.   

Death: 11/13/2008. Prison riot.


Tim scrolls down to show a picture of Simone. He gasps minimizes the file and hacks into the Miley's Coffee Shop security cameras. 

"I know her. She was at the coffee shop with me yesterday." Tim blurts.

Tim fast-forwards the tape till 1:13 pm when Nadia walks into the cafe. Tim pauses in and zooms in. Bruce freezes the woman looks so familiar that it's uncanny. 

"Her. Just her name wasn't Simone. I... It wasn't an American name but it started with N." Tim rushes out. 

Tim pushes play again and the four watch as Nadia gets into line two people behind Tim. They watch as she normally observes her surroundings ending her gaze at the menu. She looked like a normal innocent lady looking at her surroundings, you wouldn't know that she kills people for a living. She reaches the counter and you can hear her order her drink give the cashier the name Nadia and pay.  They watch as she walks over to stand beside Tim and observe him. Tim's name gets called and you can see Nadia's eyebrow shoot up for a second in realization she watches Tim till her name also gets called. She sat across the cafe and watched Tim. Tim pauses the video again and turns to the others. Bruce was still staring at the lady trying to figure out why she was familiar. Tim brings up the police file again and maneuvers it so it's beside the video so you can see the women side by side. 

 "It's the same person." Dick gasps. 

"The real question is how is she alive and which name is actually hers." Kelly wonders.

Bruce's facial expression changes to one of disbelief. He shakes his head douting his thoughts. His daughter was stolen after she was born and the police records claim that this Simone or Nadia person is dead. The woman looks so much like the mother of his daughter though.

"Fast forward to when she leaves and follow her. We need to figure out where she lives and get a blood sample." Bruce demands. "And keep doing research we need to figure out when she reappeared after her death." 

"Perhaps looking in or around Russia and France seeing that's where the prison and documented murder is," Kelly remarks. 




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