Alfred was downstairs when he heard the hard knocking at the door. It sounded urgent by the way they were pounding on the door. He ran over and opened it. The first thing he saw was Taylor's tear stained face.
"Lady Taylor. Why are you here?" he said his heart racing a little.
"Have you checked on Camilla?" she asked while trying to calm down. Alfred shook his head no. She pushed past him and ran upstairs to her room. She saw the blood coming out of her bathroom and screamed. Alfred tried opening the door but it was locked. Luckily, if Bruce taught him anything it was to kick down a door. He kicked it and saw her body with blood surrounding it and the bottle of pills everywhere. He saw the glass shards everywhere especially the one covered with blood.
Taylor immediately called 911 who said they would be there shortly. Alfred got some of her clothes to cover the wounds. Taylor was pressing down whispering in her ear. Within the chaos Alfred decided to call Bruce. Right when the call was about to go to voicemail Bruce picked up.
"Master Wayne-,"
"Alfred I'm in the middle of something." Bruce was pissed off because he knew Alfred knew how important this mission was.
"Lady Camilla," he said out of breath. He was about to start crying. Something he rarely does. "She-," he could hear his voice crack.
"Alfred, what's going on?" Bruce said becoming more concerned rather than pissed. He heard Taylor in the background too. She was crying also and was hysterical. "What the hell is going on?" he asked in a demanding tone.
"Bruce, just meet us Gotham General!" he yelled his voice cracking multiple times throughout the sentence. He hung up just as the medics came in checking a pulse. They got her on a stretcher and put her in the ambulance. Alfred refused to leave her side no matter so they didn't have a choice whether he went in or not. Taylor on the other hand stole someone's keys and took their car. She speed down the highway to the hospital, following the ambulance.
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"Bruce what was that?" Nightwing asked scared. The whole team turned their attention to him.
"Camilla-" he said in a soft tone.
"What about Cam?" asked Hood. Everyone was now looking at him pleading for more answers.
"I have to go to Gotham General," he said turning to get off the rooftop.
"Bruce this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to catch Joker and you're just going to drop it like that?!" Nightwing shouted while grabbing his shoulder to turn him but Batman pulled away.
"Keep your damn voice down," he said getting in Nightwings's face. "And no. I am sure you 8 can handle it. I am going to see what is happening. Maybe she cut herself with a knife by accident," he said trying to convince himself that nothing to extravagant had happened.
"I'm coming too," said Nightwing.
"No. You need to be with them," Bruce said. "If he slips through your hands all hell will break loose." Batman ran to the Batmobile.
"Something tells me he's lying," Robin said.
"It doesn't matter," Nightwing said. "We have to get this done now." He cocked his gun and looked at the team. "It ends tonight."
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"Master Wayne," Alfred said standing up when he saw him.
"Alfred what the hell is going on?" He then saw Taylor. "What the hell is she doing here?"
"Lady Camilla-,"
"Who is here for Camilla?" a young blonde doctor said. Bruce, Taylor, and Alfred walked over to him. "Camilla is stable right now but she has to fight if she wants to live. We can't do much but leave it up to her."
"Alfred, what the hell is going on with my daughter?!" he shouted. Everyone turned and was shocked to see Bruce Wayne.
"Taylor was knocking on the door like a lunatic. When I opened she ran in to Camilla's room where we saw blood coming from her bathroom. The door was locked so I kicked it and I saw her on the floor with her wrists slit open and pills around her."
"Are you telling me that-,"
"She tried to kill herself."
"Would you like to see her?" the doctor asked. Bruce looked at him and nodded. When Taylor tried to come with Bruce turned and stopped her.
"What do you think you're doing?" he asked being defensive.
"I'm going to see my best friend," she said.
"Over my dead body." They stared each other down before Alfred intervened.
"Lady Taylor this is a serious family. Go home and I'll call if she wakes. Okay?" She gave Bruce a disgusted look before turning away.
"I'll be in touch, Alfred," she said turning way. Then she mumbled under her breath, "Prick," knowing it was loud enough for Bruce to hear while she walked away. The doctor then led him down the corridor and into the ICU.
"I want her transferred tonight," Bruce said looking at the doctor.
"Mr. Wayne she needs to stay-"
"I mean to the 8th floor!" he yelled. The doctor jumped. "I'm sorry."
"I'll get the doctor in charge of her case to come talk to you," he said turning and practically running out. Then Bruce got a call from Dick.
"What?!" he yelled.
"Jeez. I wanted to say we caught him. He was distracted by Black Bat but realized it wasn't Cam. The family is curious about what went down last time Cam was Black Bat. Other than that we're on our way now."
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After 10 minutes Bruce got Camilla to the 10th floor instead since she has more family than the 8th floor could handle. Bruce and Alfred were met with the other kids right when they said they could show up. When they got to the floor they stood and looked at her. Tears welled in their eyes and didn't know what to say or how to feel.
"Who the hell did this?" Jason asked fuming on the spot. He looked at Bruce who couldn't look away from the view. He couldn't look at her because he swore to never feel this feeling after Jason died. "Who?!" Jason demanded.
"She did," Dick said while looking at Alfred, who had his head down, not wanting to answer. "Didn't she?" Bruce turned away and looked at the family
"You mean she tried to-," Jason asked while looking at Bruce, who nodded, not wanting him to finish his statement. "Why?" he said softly.
"Maybe it was because of me," Bruce said. "What the Joker did," he said softly.
"Bruce, what happened with her and the Joker?" Dick asked turning to Bruce. The family was all ears but Bruce couldn't bare to tell a story like that. He walked back to the window and looked at the city.
"I don't want to tell the story. God I don't want to remember it."
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how it all went down {batfam}
Fanfiction"I looked at all of you as a family one night and saw how you all didn't need me. You all were just talking and smiling. I knew that if I walked in that would be gone in seconds because Bruce would talk about something I did that wasn't right."...
