Sequel to 'Fools'.
Six months have passed since the events at Arkham Asylum and both Charlotte Bateman and Edward Nygma are still locked up and kept away from each other. However, an old friend reveals himself to be the key out of Arkham. Things out...
"All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire."
- Edgar Allan Poe
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Charlotte didn't sleep well that night and the time she did sleep was filled with nightmares of Ed finding the truth of what happened to Kristen or Ed being kidnapped and tortured. The lack of sleep was getting to her and she wished she could stay in bed all day, but Charlotte knew she couldn't. Not after what happened on live television on the previous day or with Ed's abrupt disappearance.
Oswald had fallen asleep on the sofa and Charlotte didn't have the courage to wake him up. She had placed a blanket over him, hoping his sleep wasn't being filled with nightmares like hers were.
As soon as Charlotte read the headline of the Gotham Gazette, placed on top of the dining room by Gabe, she threw it into the fire. They were calling Oswald 'Mayor Crumblepot'. Charlotte didn't find it amusing at all.
She was making her way to the kitchen when she almost bumped into Barbara in the hallway. "What are you doing here?"
Barbara ignored her question. "You read the Gazette?"
"Yes, but that doesn't answer my question. What are you doing here, Barbara?" Charlotte repeated as she followed Barbara down the hallway back to the dining room.
"My dear Charlie, if you read the newspaper then you know why I'm here," she remarked and looked around the room. "Now where's Ozzie?"
Charlotte narrowed her eyes at the other blonde but ended up pointing at the sofa where Oswald layed still asleep. She didn't want to wake him up but she knew she wouldn't get rid of Barbara unless he talked to her. Better get it over with.
Barbara sat on the couch opposite to Oswald and started reading the newspaper she had in her hand. "'Unsurprisingly, there have already been calls for the Mayor's resignation". Oswald started waking up with a groan, but Barbara didn't stop. "The clearly disturbed Mayor Cobblepot capped the interview by announcing, 'To hell with the people of Gotham'".
"Actually he only said: 'To hell with the people'," Charlotte corrected matter of factly.
"Same thing," Barbara replied, waving her hand dismissively. It caused Charlotte to narrow her eyes again.
"What are you doing?" Oswald asked Barbara.
"I'm reading," she told him while turning the front cover so he could read the headline. "'Mayor Crumblepot'. Clever, huh?"
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