The Dark Truth

Jervis Tetch: Chapter 20

As I enter the examination room for the second time today I'm greeted with a man in a paper machead top hat. "Hello jervis tetch, I will be your new psychiatrist. " I walk around to my seat and sit down. Jervis looks up at me with big eyes and a smile on his face. "Good afternoon! Oh! How do you do?" I take note on the rhyming and smile up at him. "I'm doing well, but we're here to talk about you. Can you tell me why your in here?" I see jervis look up a bit in thought, I suppose looking for another rhyme. "My dear Alice was taken away, for that, Batman must pay. He locked me away, confined by these walls. For I've done nothing but search for my doll." I write a bit more in my notebook as jervis talks and I realize he's going to be much more of a challenge then riddler. "Tell me dear doctor, what is your name. For I must know, your beauty is to blame." I smile a bit at the rhyme and put my hands in my lap. "My name's lizzy, lizzy hyde." As I say my name jervis claps feverishly to which I jump. "Beautiful name for a beautiful woman." I say a quick thank you as I jot down a few notes. As I'm writing the guards knock on the door. "Times up, I will see you in two days. It was nice meeting you." Jervis grabs the hat from his head and holds it to his chest as best as possible with cuffs on. "The pleasure was mine dear lizzy, until next time comes." I smile a bit as I walk out of the room and back to my office. As I enter I see my food from earlier is still sitting on the table with my tea. I set my stuff down and grab the cup, which surprisingly still has warm tea in it, and food. I go sit at my desk and eat as I work. I fill out the placement paper for jervis and Nygma. Nygma was going to a more free and sane place in the institute while jervis was going to have to go somewhere a bit more confined for being loud and extravagant. as I finish filling out the papers I look at the time to see it was almost time for me to leave. thank god, this day has just seemed to drag on. my mind goes back to bruce and the kiss. why would he kiss me? 'i don't know maybe he likes you, duh.' i look around for the voice i just heard but im in my office alone. am i the crazy one now? i shake it off and collect my things. on my way out of the asylum i drop the papers for placement at the front desk and im on my way. i exit the building to see a face i thought i wouldn't see for a while. "frost. pleasure to see you here." frost is leaning against the car from last night and he smiles up at me. "lizzy. may i take you home?" he opens he back door for me expecting me to say yes. i walk down the few stairs that lead to the entrance and start to get into the car. i stop and bite my lip as i think. "actually. could you take me somewhere else?" i see frosts wheels turning in his head as he considers it and nods. "get in." i jump into the car without hesitation and sigh. soon frost is in the front seat and were off. "i think you know where id like to go." frost looks in the review mirror to me and nods his head yes. i relax a bit in the seat as i think. "so, did j ask you to pick me up or are you just on break and wanted to be nice?" i raise an eyebrow as i look in the mirror at him. i see a smirk play on his lips but he stays silent. "ohhhh i see, big man not supposed to say. understood. tell me this then." i lean up so im against the front seat near his ear and whisper. "if he didn't ask you to then how do you know where to go?" frost shakes h9s head and i know im right. i jump back into my seat and smirk a bit cockily. "your a smart girl. and you look so much like Harley. guess j has his taste. " i see frost smirk back at me just as cockily and i just stick my tongue out at him. where did all this confidence come from? guess im just relaxed with frost. i take down my hair and put my glasses on the top of my head. as soon as we started driving it seemed that we were at the place i haven't visited in five years. i hesitate to get out but frost opens my door for me. i step out and walk towards the brown grass with weeds overcrowding the sidewalk. this was the only house on the block that looked like it has been abandoned in years. despite vines and plants overcrowding the place it looks just like the day i left. i feel a hand on my shoulder and jump a bit as i had zoned out. "you ok?" i look up at frost not sure how to answer his question. i could still smell the iron in the blood, see the red white and blue of the police car lights, still hear my pleas for j to talk to me.. the pleas of others...i look back to the house. "I'm fine." i walk towards to closed door of the house and reach for the door knob but hesitates before i grab it. can i do this? i feel frost closer to me and he whispers in my ear soothingly. "you can do this." i grab the doorknob and open the door that holds everything about my past."