Goodbye Sanity, Hello Headlines

Chapter 1

Her father wrote the stories, but she'll make the news.

Needless to say, my face was all over Gotham's media. The supposed hero and daughter of Gotham Gazette owner snaps and kills her father, after being thought to be dead. They had a field day with it I'm sure. The lawyers had fun too, trying to work out whether or not I was to inherit my father's fortune, considering I'd been deemed dead for months. There's also the fact that I killed him, but we don't talk about that. Well not until my therapy sessions that is. I actually kinda liked my psychiatrist, she said if I was good she would let me dye my hair.

"So Katerina." She began, resting her hands with her fingers interlaced in front of her. "If we are going to dye your hair I'm going to need to ask you some questions that you don't like being asked ok?" I knew this was coming.

"Doctor I really don't-" I looked down as she interrupted me.

"It's time to talk about it, Kat." She was the only doctor that I let call me that. "I understand this is going to be really hard for you, but considering I can get in a lot of trouble for this I'm going to need something to take back to them so that we can do it again, is that ok?" She asked softly and I nodded. I really wanted to dye my hair again, it was yellow and faded, Oswald won't stop pointing it out and he would always get Ed to join in on making fun of it.

"Yeah, I guess so." I fiddled with my fingers as I spoke. "It just all happened at once you know? No one believes me when I tell them that I didn't know it was him but I swear it's true. When I looked at him I saw Theo Galavan, now Theo is a bad man. He deserves to be here more than me that's for sure." I stated my eyes darting back to hers.

"What do you mean Theo Galavan? He's the one that saved the rest of the guests at that party." She asked and I chuckled humorlessly.

"Theo Galavan is the one that did this to me," I growled menacingly. "He kept me locked up in his mansion, he was the one behind the maniax release don't you see? He's the craziest of them all." I explained, praying that for once someone would believe me.

"Are you saying that he was the one that broke Jerome and the rest of them out of here?" She asked trying to clarify.

"Yes! That's what I've tried to tell everyone but they all think I've gone crazy! You don't think I'm crazy, do you doctor? I'm trying really hard, I'm being good!" I pleaded with her to believe I was telling the truth.

"So you blame Theo Galavan for your father's death?" She asked skeptically.

"No, of course not! I know that what happened was my fault, I-I know I pulled the trigger but Theo was to blame for everything leading up to that point." She seemed to think I was telling the truth, her kind eyes widening at the thought of Gotham's future mayor being in charge of a group of Arkham escapees.

"Can you tell me how you felt when you pulled the trigger?" She questioned, leaning forward slightly behind her desk.

"Well um, you see, I was shaky at first, I couldn't keep my hand still from how angry I was, I was just so mad you know? Like how dare you take away my last bit of happiness when you were the one that had ripped it from me in the first place?" I was starting to shake slightly again.

"Katerina your father never meant to hurt you-"

"Not my father!" I exploded. "Theo! When I pulled the trigger I saw Theo Galavan, with a smug grin and the knife held proudly in his hand as if he was taunting me. You see, he kept talking about wanting to go home and it just made me so mad! Like he had just stabbed my home in the throat what the hell!" I probably wasn't making any sense.

"Ok, and how did you feel after you pulled the trigger?" She asked intrigued at my outburst.

"You mean when I found out thatI shot my only living relative? My best friend? I felt nothing." I lied through my teeth.

"Liar." She stated simply. "You felt so many emotions that you shut it off." The words were almost venomous in their truthful ways.

"No, I don't care that he's dead. He's better off dead anyway, at least he won't have to watch his little girl turn into a monster." My voice cracked but I cleared my throat, sitting up straighter.

"Is that what you think of yourself? A monster?" Her tone was softer.

"I killed my own dad doctor." I laughed bitterly. "Can you get anymore monstrous than that?"

"You aren't monster-"

"Look at me! I shot my father, I watched him die right in front of me by my own hand, his last word was my name, even after watching me shoot him he was still trying to make amends and I killed him. Do you know how that feels? To kill the only thing giving you hope to keep your sanity? How do I keep sane now? I'm in an Asylum for Christ sake! What do you think my father would think of me? His prodigal daughter locked up in a mad house cause she murdered someone." By now tears were streaming down my face, leaving small trails down my cheek.

"You weren't thinking straight you said it before."

"I wasn't even allowed to go to the funeral you know that? I didn't even get to say goodbye, all those weeks of wanting to finally come home and you know what the worst thing is?" She shook her head again. "I'd do it all again to get Jerome back."

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