Tales from Gotham

Escaping the court of Owls

Authors Note: Everyone after this chapter I am going to take a break for awhile. This last chapter was written by Ripley and I am running out of ideas on where else to go with this plot. I do have some ideas I will possibly add in the next few weeks but before while I was updating everyday I will not be updating as frequently. Thank you for your patients to anyone still reading my story. 

Edward finished making the bomb and put a timer on it that's set to go off in 20 minutes. It gave him enough time to run out of the base and head towards the shore. Once he got onto the docks that's when he heard the explosion going off. He breathes heavily from running out of breath as he sits down while having his legs dangle off the docks. While looking at the sea he thinks of Oswald and wonders if they made it back to Gotham in time to bring him to a hospital.... Just when Alfred, Bruce, and Oswald got back to Gotham he was immediately rushed to the hospital. The doctors treated his cuts so he wouldn't lose any more blood. 

After being given an anesthetic Oswald passes out, and the last thing on his mind was whether Edward made it out or not. ... When Edward was picked up from the island and was taken back to Gotham. He immediately went to the hospital to visit Oswald. Oswald was already past out but the doctors told him that he's going to be okay. Edward hugged Alfred as he said to him, "Thank you so much for bringing him here. You saved him.""Well I couldn't let him bleed to death, can I? And thank you for helping me save Bruce. Have you blown up their base?""Yeah yeah I was able to do that. That bomb was powerful enough to kill everyone inside it." "Well then, I'm going to take Bruce home.""Okay, again thank you.""Your welcome." After Alfred and Bruce left the hospital he called Barbra to let her know what's going on. ... On the third day of Oswald recovering, Edward and Oswald were playing UNO. 

Oswald said to Edward after he places down a matching blue of the number 4, "The doctors said I'm going to be released tomorrow morning." Edward smiles happily as he said, "That's great Oswald! What time?""7:30 they said.""Great, I'll be picking you up then." Suddenly they heard a commotion outside. "What on earth is going on?" said Oswald."I'll go see," said Edward as he stands up and walks out of the room to see a woman who has short black hair and is wearing a black suit with a long black coat. She was carrying a blood-red headed woman who's got a bullet wound in her stomach. 

The woman who's carrying her has more than several cuts on her but they were minor. The doctors took the woman with the bullet wound and immediately rushed to save her. The black haired woman tried going with them but they wouldn't allow her. Edward was curious enough to follow the black haired woman to a room where a doctor was fixing up her cuts. The doctor asked her, "What happened?""People mugged us," She said, but Edward immediately knew she was lying. Weird, though, he thought. She made no hint to where the doctor could pick up the lie. Her response was straight up and simple, but Edward could feel that she was lying. When the doctor noticed Edward in the room he asked him, "Can I help you?"Edward said, "Sorry there was a lot of noise, so I came out here to see what's going on." He approached the woman with his hand held out to her for her to shake it.

"I'm Edward Nygma by the way and you are?" She looked at him oddly but she smiled slightly and said, "I'm Nero Dimitri. I would shake your hand but my hands are bloody.""It's fine I'll just wash them off." Her slightly smile gotten a little bigger and she shook his hand. Even though some blood got on his hand he didn't mind it. He said, "Nero Dimitri, that sounds familiar. Have we met before?""I think I would remember the name, Edward Nygma, but no I don't think we've met.""Who was the young lady you've brought in?""She's my girlfriend, Alex.""Oh really, how long you've been together?""3 weeks ago but we've been best friends since we were just kids." The doctor finishes up treating her cuts. He said, "Alright you're all fixed up. I'll be checking up on your girlfriend, Alex, and see if she's okay. I'll be back.""Okay, thank you." Once the doctor left Edward washed his hand real quick to get the blood off.

 He then sits next to Nero and asked her, "So how come you lied?""What do you mean?" She said."You've lied to him saying that you were mugged.""Huh, impressive that you would pick that up. The only other person who can tell when I'm lying is Alex. But yeah we weren't mugged. Alex and I were actually trying to find out who killed her friend. Well, we've gotten too close to the bone and we ran into trouble.""A friend of hers was killed?""Yeah, but we've also found out that her friend was in really deep trouble. While we were trying to find her killer we almost ended up getting killed ourselves." He looks at her mint green eyes as he suddenly felt really familiar about her. He said, "I'm sorry, but am I really the only one who feels like we've met before?" She looked at him and said, "Now that I think about it, I'm feeling the same way. Hold on why are you here in this hospital?"

"My fiance is here recovering from his wounds. He was cut up pretty badly, after these past three days they're finally letting him go tomorrow morning.""Oh well good. I'm glad your boyfriend is getting better.""Speaking of him I should probably get back to him. I came out here to see what was going on. Um, would you like to come with me, though? We're playing UNO.""Sure I would like to play UNO. That'll kill time for me while I'm waiting to hear how Alex is doing." Edward leads her to Oswald's room. When she looked at him she was surprised that Edward's fiance is the mayor of Gotham. "Uhh, wow. Your fiance is the mayor?""Yes," Edward smiles, "Oswald this is Nero Dimitri. She just came in with her injured girlfriend Alex. I asked her to come play UNO with us if you don't mind?"

 Oswald smiles and said, "Sure I don't mind at all." After Edward sits down and Nero pulls up a chair, Oswald looks at her and said, "Nero Dimitri that sounds familiar. Have we met before?""Nope," said Nero, "I only know you because you're the mayor.""Strange it feels like we've met before.""I know right?" said Edward, "I've gotten that same feeling too.""Well anyway," said Oswald, "Let's play UNO shall we?""Yeah," said Nero.... After a good while, the doctor came back and told Nero that Alex is going to be okay and she can go and see her now. Nero looks back at Edward and Oswald as she said, "Thanks for letting me spend time with you guys.""No problem," said Edward, "I hope your girlfriend recovers just fine.""Yeah, take care you guys." She leaves the room to go see her girlfriend. "Strange," said Edward, "I felt happy while she was spending time with us, but sad now that she left.""You're feeling that too?" said Oswald, "Are we really sure that we've haven't met her before?""Even if we did. I'm very disappointed in myself that we don't remember her."