Gotham's Unknown 3 Predator and Prey

Chapter 21: Low Tide

It had been 6 months since anyone had seen Daniel and Sarah was more on edge than ever. Malcolm had insisted that she go on paid leave for a family emergency. She couldn't stand being at home so much it bored her to no end. She could only do the same household chores over and over again before she wanted to blow her brains out with how bored she was. She especially hated being alone all the time, Adam rarely came home at a reasonable hour since he often went out on patrol as Stagg and Lorraine hadn't been home since Sarah cleaned up her mess in the basement.

After about the 5th day of being home from work Sarah decided that she wanted to reconcile with Lorraine so she knew she had to go talk to Oswald. She went down to the Iceberg Lounge in the middle of the day to see him knowing he'd be there with Ophelia and probably Edward. She walked in the doors and saw him sitting at the bar. "Oh joy, for what do I owe the pleasure?" Asked Oswald as he sipped a glass of wine.
"I want to speak with my daughter." Stated Sarah as Oswald looked at her.
"Then why are you talking to me?" Asked Oswald as Sarah suddenly snapped.
"She's not at your house!?" Sarah barked.
"No, she left a few months ago said Ed and I were holding her back so we let her go out on her own." Said Oswald as Sarah clenched her fist trying not to hit him but every thought in her head screamed at her to start hitting him and not to stop.
"She's only 17, she can't take care of herself. I thought you cared about her?" She asked as she tried to remain calm.
"I care about her far more than you do! You can't accept her for who she truly is because you still cling to this cruel notion that she has to be like you!"
As Oswald continued to berate her for her parenting skills Sarah felt sort of dizzy then she was gone. What had taken over was an episode of unadulterated psychotic rage that she wasn't even aware she had. Sarah quickly grabbed the empty bottle of wine and smashed it against the edge of the bar then grabbed Oswald by his lapel and held it to his throat. Oswald froze as Edward rushed over.
"Doctor, what are you doing?!" Asked Edward as he grabbed her shoulder and she froze but he noticed this glazed over look in her eyes like she wasn't making a conscious action. Edward waved his hand in front of her face and there was no reaction. "Oswald, don't move, I don't think she's aware of what she's doing." Said Edward as he slowly reached over to touch her hand that held the bottle. He moved her hand carefully away from Oswald then took her hand off the bottle. He did the same to make her let go of him. The moment her arms were at her side she collapsed into Edward's arms.
Edward took her up to Oswald's office and laid her on the couch against the wall. "What the hell was that!?" Asked Oswald as he followed Edward.
"I have no idea." Said Edward as he looked at her, brushing a white hair off the pure white skin of her face. Oswald went and sat at his desk but looked over at her then looked at the drawer in his desk, a drawer that Daniel had locked and Oswald didn't know where the key was but never cared to look. He wondered if whatever was in that drawer could tell them about why this was happening to Sarah.
"Ed, do you have a lock picking kit on you?" Asked Oswald as Edward looked over.
"Yes, why?" Asked Edward as Oswald held out his hand.
"Give it here." Said Oswald as Edward pulled his lock picking kit out of his breast pocket and handed it to his husband. Oswald took the kit and started to pick the lock but as he started to something shocked him. He dropped the tools and held his hands. "Of course, Daniel would have it rigged." Said Oswald as Edward came over.
"What did it do?" Asked Edward as Oswald scooted back in the chair.
"It shocked me." Said Oswald as Edward laughed.
"Of course, well in Daniel's office that seems likely." Said Edward as he started opening all the unlocked drawers in the desk.
"What are you looking for?" Asked Oswald as Edward continued searching.
"This is Daniel's desk so I know for certain he would keep shock resistant gloves in his desk." Said Edward as he opened a drawer and found a box of shock resistant gloves. Edward slid on a pair of the gloves and started picking the lock. "See this is something I taught Daniel how to do when he was a boy, you lace the inner workings of the locking mechanism with copper wire and the wire is attached to a circuit board and when someone tries to pick the lock they will scrape against wire and the vibration against the wire triggers a electric shock to deter someone from wanting to pick the lock further. It also prevents anyone but Daniel from unlocking it with the key because he won't feel it. God Daniel's powers are absolutely fascinating." Said Edward as Oswald leaned back on the chair.
"If you say so Edward, personally I find them terrifying and irritating." Said Oswald as he rubbed his hand. Edward unlocked the drawer and opened it. Inside the drawer was a box of cassette tapes labeled as Patient 25179 Interview Tapes. There were 4 tapes but they were labeled oddly, 28, 29, 30, and an unlabeled tape. Edward walked across the room and grabbed the tape player Daniel kept by his decanter. He took the first tape and played it.