Penguin's Bird ~ A Gotham Fanfic

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Confessions before death

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Confessions before death

Dacey's POV:

I watch as Harvey ignites the engine. I know there isn't enough room in this car for us all to fit in. At the moment, though, I am sat on Houston's lap and he is in the middle of Falcone and Butch. Oswald, on the other hand, is sat on Butch's lap and is not looking impressed. Harvey suggested it was this or Oswald would go into the trunk. Everyone looks like they either want to be sick or want to kill each other, whilst I am a happily sat minding my own business.

"So where are we off to?" Harvey asks. I look at him and think for a moment. Out of all of the places in Gotham, where won't Maroni's men find us? I think to myself. Everywhere in Gotham has at least a couple of Maroni's and now that we have Falcone we are in a gang war. 

"There's this apartment I used to rent out, it's an old building around the outskirts of Gotham, it's a twenty-minute drive from here," I tell Harvey. He nods his head and quickly speeds off out of the hospital. 

It is silent for a good five minutes and with every hole in the road the car sinks and then rises like a boat on the ocean's waves. When this happens, of course, I and Oswald fly into the air before landing back down on both Houston's and Butch's laps and Oswald is getting aggravated.

"Would you please slow down the car," Oswald asks as we sink into another hole. I laugh as I go into the air and land back onto Houston's lap, he chuckles with me. Harvey looks into the wing mirror and smirks.

"Well if you don't like it you can go into the trunk." Harvey mocks. Oswald frowns at this and scowls at Bullock as he speeds over the millionth hole today. And off I fly again. 

"BULLOCK! I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU DO THAT AGAIN I WILL KILL YOU!" Oswald threatens. Harvey then slams the car brakes and if it wasn't for Houston holding my waist then I would have turned into a transformer. 

"Is that a threat Cobblepot? IS THAT A THREAT?!" Harvey shouts and turns around about to grab Oswald by the throat. 

"Would you both please stop this childish arguing and hurry up!" Falcone says but he is ignored. Harvey grabs Oswald by the collar and brings him closer to his chest. 

"Harvey..." Jim warns. Harvey tugs onto Oswald's collar tighter and it looks could kill Oswald would be ten feet under. 

"Do it Bullock! KILL ME!" Oswald urges. I sigh, I have just had enough of this. At this rate, Maroni's men will not have to kill them because I will have, so I do the only thing I can think of. 

"It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes... " I start to sing as I slide my jacket slowly down my arms. Both Oswald and Harvey stop what they are doing and stare at me in surprise. Harvey's grip on Oswald loosens as my jacket slowly starts to slide down my shoulders. Just as I am about to finish taking it off I pull the sleeves back up. 

"Now that I have your attention, can we please get moving or else I will shoot each one of you so Maroni will not have to do it for me!" I order. Harvey mutters something under his breath but I let it go when he restarts the car and we continue our journey. 

*****

We walk into the abandoned apartment and close all of the curtains. We each take a seat after we lock all of the doors and windows. I sit staring at the floor and I close my eyes relaxing for the first time in ages. 

"So what happened? How did you not die?" Jim asks. I re-open my eyes and look at the worn-out police detective. I smile at him and then sit up. I look at all of them and start my story. 

"That day I was taken, Hollister injected me with poison that would stop my pulse, I was not dead but I would be classed as clinically dead, that's why I was taken to the morgue. I remember everything you said to me, every little detail when you were talking to my body. Then I woke up and Ed saw me. I told him about how I needed to kill Hollister and such but collapsed during the process. I presume Ed switched my body and had a replacement body posing as mine so know one would know I was alive. I was then taken to a hospital, and here I am I guess." I told them. I missed out the part where I gassed out the GCPD and the part where I now have freaky powers. Oh and the part about my mother, but they didn't need to know all of the details. 

"That explains why your body was missing when I went back to the GCPD," Jim says. I nod my head and stand up.  But as I am about to walk into the kitchen, I start to feel a little dizzy. They all look at me expectingly. I need some fresh air, I need to be alone. 

"I'm going out for some air," I say walking towards the door and gripping onto the brass handle.

"Be careful." I turn and see Houston give me a knowing look. I nod my head and leave the room. As I walk down the corridor, I start to feel a little faint. I fall onto the wall beside me and lean up against it. 

They don't believe you... 

I look around and see no one with me. Who was that? 

They know you are not telling them something...

I look the other way. I am sure I just heard something. 

You are hearing us, all of us...

I clutch my head and close my eyes. Who was that?

The little voices inside of your head...

I feel breathless all of a sudden and fall to the floor. My vision starts to slowly cloud over. I feel sick and paralyzed. But I don't know why. I look down and lift my arm up, my veins are glowing a bright violet. I gasp as another strand of my hair turns violet. 

The voices are real, we always have been... We've always been here Dacey...

"Dacey?" I snap out of the phase I was having and notice that I am standing up. I turn around and see Oswald with concern plastered across his face. 

"Oswald?" I say in confusion. He nods his head and then takes a step towards me. I look down at my hair and it is the same as it was before. 

"Did you mean what you said before?" He questions. I look at him puzzled. But then it hits me. He means did I hear him when he gave me the ring and when he confessed to me that he loved me. I nod my head. 

"Yes, I heard you. I heard everything you said." I tell him. He nods his head and I see his eyes glazed over slightly. 

"I'm sorry. Dacey, I am sorry." He says genuinely. I take a step towards him curious to what he is going to say. 

"I am sorry for driving Fish out of town, I am sorry I wasn't there to protect you when you nearly died. I am sorry that I just wasn't there. I am sorry that I faked my death and hurt you. Dacey, I am sorry that-" I decide to cut him off with my lips. As soon as my lips meet his, he stops speaking and grabs my waist and pulls me to him. I wrap my arms around his neck and pull him closer to me. I can feel the same fireworks as I did before. I had forgiven him. 

"I love you too," I say to him and give him a small smile. He looks at me in shock. I take off the ring on my finger and hand it to him. 

"I forgive you for everything you have done which has hurt me and I forgive you for everything else. Oswald, I love you and I will never stop loving you." I confess. He smiles and slowly slides the ring onto my ring finger. 

"And I love you too." I smile and he pulls me in for another kiss. When we pull apart this time I start to chuckle. 

"This really confessions before we die." I joke. Oswald shakes his head at me and takes my hand in his and kisses it lightly whilst rubbing his thumb gently over my knuckles. 

"We are not going to die Dacey Strike, not today and not tomorrow. I promise that I will never hurt you intentionally again. Not that I did before anyway." He laughs and pulls me in for a hug. I wrap my arms around his neck and the word intentionally plays over and over again in my head.

Did Oswald intend to hurt me the first time? Did he want to hurt me? I didn't know any of the answers to these questions but what I do know is that I love him and he loves me back and there is nothing that can separate us again. 

He will break your heart again...