"Turn around and come back while you're still breathing!" Was yelled through the phone at the woman who was driving.
She chuckled, "Michaela, I'll be fine, calm down." The woman said.
"Aniyah, this is dangerous! That town is dangerous!"
"You worry too much! Besides, I'm staying with Bruce. I'm sure he has good security." Aniyah shrugged.
"You're moving there for writing, Aniyah. That means you won't be in Bruce's penthouse 24/7, you'll be on the streets!" Michaela was freaking out, worried half to death. Aniyah was a very close friend and she didn't want to see her hurt.
"I'll be fine, I promise!" Aniyah said as she parked her car, "Besides if something happens, I'll leave Gotham A.S.A.P so you can be there to say 'Told you so'."
"....Alright, fine. But I'm telling Bruce to keep an eye on you. Be careful, please!" Michaela said.
"Okay! Look, I'm at the penthouse, safe and sound. I'll talk to you later tonight." Aniyah said.
"Okay..bye." Michaela sighed.
"Bye, love you!" With that, Aniyah hung up and got out of her car. She grabbed her laptop bag and her suitcase before locking her doors and walking inside the building to be greeted by Alfred. "Alfred! It's been what? Two years?" Aniyah smiled.
"Three years to be exact." Alfred took Aniyah's suitcase.
"Master Bruce is waiting for you. Do you have any more luggage?" He asked her.
"No, that's all. You should know I don't carry a lot." Aniyah stated, following Alfred into the elevator. "So what did I miss? Did Bruce do anything special without me?"
"Master Bruce is exactly how you left him, Aniyah." Alfred smiled and nodded as they stepped off the elevator.
"Ah, so busy as Hell then. I'm looking forward to spending time with you, Alfred." Aniyah joked, looking around.
"You didn't change at all." Bruce stood up from his seat, "Still rude, and mean."
"Rude and mean? Oh please! I'm the nicest person that you know." Aniyah rolled her eyes playfully and put down her laptop bag and gave Bruce a tight hug, "And that's no way to greet your best friend." Aniyah smiled.
"You're crazy, you know that?" Bruce asked, hugging her back, "Gotham isn't really the best place on the map."
"I'll be fine! I'm living with a millionaire after all." Aniyah said, pulling away from the hug.
"Billionaire." Bruce corrected her, smirking.
Aniyah raised an eyebrow, "Don't get cocky."
Aniyah grabbed her notebook and pen. "So! Mind if I head up to the Police Department?" She smiled sweetly.
"Aniyah, you just got here. How about you just come to work with me today?" Bruce asked.
Aniyah pouted. "I won't get into trouble, Bruce! I just want to sit and watch, ya know, research." She tried to convince him.
"Then you'll have no problem with doing your research later. Besides, I want to spend time with my best friend." Bruce put an arm around Aniyah. She groaned slightly but nodded anyway.
"Fine, Mister Billionaire. It wouldn't hurt to sit through a meeting." She said.
"Then grab dinner. Because you know, I haven't seen you in three years." Bruce raised an eyebrow.
Aniyah rolled her eyes and smirked, "You know I feel about all that fancy--"
"Hey. I never said anything like that. There's a nice diner that has the best burgers."
Aniyah's eyes lit up as she smiled. "See, this is why you're my best friend! Let's do this thing." She put her notebook into her laptop bag and slung it over her shoulder as she put her pen in her pocket and followed Bruce out of the door.
~~~~~~~~~
'This is more boring than last time I sat through a meeting with him.' Aniyah thought while typing on her computer. She zoned out a while ago and she already wasn't too fond of the businessmen for questioning her earlier. Growing bored of the story she was working on, she added a new tab and started to do more research on Gotham. 'You miss a lot in three years, huh? Who the Hell is Batman?' She thought while scrolling through pictures. She came upon a website and the description had Arkham Asylum bolded.
Aniyah leaned in and read further. 'Home for the Criminally Insane?' Aniyah went back to the search box and quickly typed in 'Criminals of Gotham'. The Joker was the first to pop up. She raised her eyebrows and began reading through the website. She blinked a few times, looking at the picture of the leftover burnt wood and ash of a hospital.
'He, blew up, a hospital. Killed several people, and, this website says he had NO motive what so ever?' Aniyah wasn't buying that at all. 'There must be more to the story.' She searched up Arkham Asylum again to see if she could find pictures of the inside but she couldn't find any.
She raised an eyebrow, now determined to find out more about this asylum.
"Aniyah." She blinked and looked over at Bruce. "The meeting's over. You can pack up." He said. Aniyah nodded and shut down her laptop.
"It's about time." She mumbled, making Bruce chuckle, "That meeting was so boring I even saw you zone out a few times." Aniyah chuckled.
He shrugged slightly and stood up, "I wasn't interested in their offer." He said while putting on his jacket. "What were you over there researching?"
"Crimes in Gotham and boy did I miss a lot." She huffed, putting away her laptop, "Who the Hell is The Joker?"
Bruce shook his head, "A madman who'll be locked away for a long time."
"So I take it madmen like him are locked away in Arkham Asylum, huh?"
"I guess your research didn't give you enough information." Bruce chuckled, walking towards the elevator.
"You guessed right, Mr.Wayne. Now come on! Spill it!"
"It's a Home for the Criminally Insane," Bruce said.
"I know that much. Do they allow visitors?" Aniyah asked.
"No." Bruce shook his head.
'Damn.' Aniyah started to think of other ways to learn more about the asylum.
"Before you make up some crazy plan--"
"Crazy plan?" Aniyah raised an eyebrow.
"It's written all over your face." Bruce poked her forehead, "I do fund what they're doing, so I'll call up there so you can visit." He finished.
"Yes! Awesome!" She cheered.
"Of course, you'll be with a doctor the entire time," Bruce added.
"Of course." Aniyah rolled her eyes playfully.
"Busy. Very busy. Almost as busy as you." She poked Bruce's arm as they walked outside.
"I doubt that." Bruce opened the car door for Aniyah. Once she was in the car he closed the door.
"Yes, burgers!" Aniyah cheered as Bruce got in the car.
"You act like a twelve-year-old sometimes." He sighed.
"Tch, please! I'm scared you might replace me with one of your toy cars!" Aniyah retorted, pointing at the car they were in as Bruce drove off.
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