Love, Hate, and Family Ties

(Michael's POV)

It's been two weeks. Amber barely talks to me. I've really messed up. I don't know how to make it up to her. Joker told me I have to do it myself.

Gahhh.

Joker's been getting antsy. He said he's got a bad feeling about tomorrow. He's pretty smart. Maybe that's when the battle begins.

I'm excited for the battle but... not. I'm terrified of getting hurt or losing someone I love. But I'm excited to finally get it over with.

"Michael, can I talk to you?" Amber's voice says, coming from the doorway of my room. I shake my thoughts out and smile at her.

"Of course, Amber" I say, patting the spot on the bed beside me.

She sits down with a heavy sigh. I brush her hair out of her face and she quickly retracts, holding her cheek.

"What? What is it?" I ask. Then I notice the make up on my hand. It must have come off of her cheek.

I reach over and gentley move her hand away from her face. There is a huge black and blue mark. It's sort of hand shaped.

Joker.

"What did he do? Why?" I ask, putting my hands on her shoulders.

She sheds just one tear and tells me to leave it. I drop it for now but make a mental note to confront Joker later.

The doorbell rings and I get up. I plant a kiss on the top of her head and leave the room to answer the door.

Does this mean we're ok? I hope it does.

I open the front door and am greeted by the worried expression of the Doctor.

"Doctor, come in." I gesture for him to come in. He pushes past me and yells through the house.

"EVERYBODY, QUICK! THE BATTLE SHALL START TODAY!" He runs back out to his T.A.R.D.I.S.

This is it.

(Amber's POV)

As soon as I heard the Doctor yell I got horrible chills. I feel like I might loose my dad. I love him. Even though he hit me. He just wanted me to talk to Michael.

We all quickly run out of the house, bringning our weapon of choice. Mine is a gun. I've gt two pistols tucked away on my body. Jess is going to use her super human strength. My dad has a whole arsenal on him. Crowbar, guns, knives, grenades. He's got everything. Matthew is gone. Presumably with the Bat already, playing double agent.

Michael isn't going to hurt anyone. He'll lead others into our traps.

I'm ready.

Jess and I go one way, Joker and Michael go the opposite. The Doctor claims he's taking his "army" to the park.

As we are walking I see a very large crowd of people. Upon further inspection I see that it's the villians of Gotham. Allies or enemies?

Hopefully the former.

Jess and I take a detour through an alleyway. We immediately notice one of Batman's allies lurking there. We nod to each other and get to work.

(Clara's POV)

I feel so bad for all of them. The Doctor showed me what is going to happen. There's no getting around it.

I just hope it doesn't split up the family. They've all gotten so close. That poor girl, Jess. Where will she go? What will she do? She's practically dedicated her life to these people. She won't go back to her dad.

The Doctor showed me that too. Along with all of their backstories. They're most dysfunctional families ever. One from each family came together to make one mixed, dyfunctional family.

Poor Jess. Her dad was so harsh. He got upset and told her that he regretted adopting her. I don't care how upset someone is, that's not right.

Then there's Michael. His family kept hounding him for this and that. Mainly money. He thought he'd go to Gotham and lay low. He thought he'd be safe from their harrassment and from everyday stress. Things are about to get so much worse. But he'd never want to go home. I wonder where he'll go after tomorrow. At least he has Amber.

Amber had it hard too. But not too hard. Joker was hard on her but she knew he loved her. He's the only family she's ever known. She'll probably just stay with Michael. She'll be so upset though...

Matthew spent his whole life bouncing from homes in Gotham. He finally moved out to Hollywood. Batman found him and recruited him. He agreed. The entire time he was double crossing not only the Batman, but his family. I didn't like him from the begining. He's leading them into a trap. I hope he feels guilty tomorrow.

And finally, Joker. Man, his life was messed up. Still not sure how he got the scars, the Doctor didn't show me that out of respect for Joker. Abusive parents, never enough money, the judging stares from passersby. He hated his scars. Something just snapped one day, he never recovered. His first kill was his own father. It progressed from there.

They've all had it so hard... It breaks my heart to know they'll all be torn apart from this stupid battle.

But... there's nothing we can do.

It's set in stone.

And the Doctor always says:

Time cannot be rewritten.