"Rose, I look at you and I think you're a lot like me. There are these things I have to do. Not want but have to. I can do them alone but I bet whatever it is that's in me is in you? and I don't want you to get hurt."
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Chapter 3 Rachel Roth
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"Please Rose, I need your help" those were the only words Rose needed to hear to drop everything and go help, Dick. Dick was everything to Rose, he had been by her side through everything when Joker had murdered her father when her mother plunged into insanity after his death, Dick was there, beside her at the funeral, beside her at the Psych ward.
Rose knew she could never help Dick in the way he had helped her, but she hoped that one day she would be able to repay him, little did she know this was how.
"There is this girl and she's in danger, her name is Rachel Roth. She knew about the circus, somethings going on and I need your help Rose" Rose turned off her treadmill and grabbed a paper and pen, she wrote down the address as Dick recited it to her.
"I'll be there in five minutes, don't do anything stupid till I get there" Rose hung up the phone, grabbed her keys and headed out the door.
Rose jumped out of the vehicle, looking towards the abandoned vehicle. Dick made eye contact with Rose, she quickly jogged over to the boy who pointed a finger to his lips, Rose quickly replied, rolling her eyes. She had been out of the gamer for a while, but not that long.
The fake policeman stood around the corner, flashlight, and gun in his hands. Dick and Rose stood in shadows watching the man, who was completely oblivious to the fact that the two were even there. The fake officer put his gun back in the holster, turning around, but Dick was quick, moving forward punching the man's arm, forcing him to drop the flashlight, then Dick sent a punch straight into the man's jaw, knocking him out instantly. Dick moved quickly and Rose stepped over the man's body following close behind Dick, she could tell that he was worried about the girl and was curious to find out who she was.
"Rachel" Dick called out, kicking down a door leading into another room.
"Help!" a girl's voice called, the two looked up to the ceiling and ran to the staircase. They quickly turned the corner, Dick pulled out his gun, Rose followed closely behind him as they made their way towards the door where the screaming had come from. Rose saw a girl in the chair, tied up. Short black and purple hair covered her eyes, she was slumped and possibly unconscious, the door was slammed closed on the two and sending Dick and Rose both into the floorboards.
The pair were quick to get back up and on their feet, Rose rattled the doorknob, she knew that wouldn't make it budge. The sound of choking and gagging came from the other side of the door, Rose gave Dick a confused look.
"Rachel, open the door!" Dick called, the two stumbled backward as the figure of a man covered in blood made its way onto the door window, his bloody hand pressed against it.
"We gotta get inside there, now Grayson" Rose spoke quietly, her eyes locked on the door. A loud thud followed as the door creaked open. Rose looked to Rachel who was breathing heavily, she was about to rush in when Dick grabbed her wrist holding her back, he took the first step into the room gun drawn.
Dick made sure there was nobody else there, he put his gun away and rushed to Rachel, untieing the restraints. Rose stared at the dead man who laid on the flood, blood surrounding his body. She would be surprised if there was even a cup of blood left in the man, it wasn't one of the worst things she had ever seen, but it was defiantly close to the top. Rose turned towards the two watching Rachel hug Dick as she sobbed.
The three left the gruesome scene behind, they needed help and apparently Dick knew where to find it.
"Where are we going?" Rachel questioned the two, Rose and Dick looked at each other, Rose gave the boy a questioning look as he swallowed.
"Somewhere safe," Rose told the girl even though she had no idea where they were going.
"My mom says there's no such thing as monsters" Rachel spoke just loud enough for the two in the front to hear. Rose smirked turning around in the passenger seat to face Rachel.
"You want a hot chocolate or something?" Dick asked the young girl sitting across from them who stared out the window. The three sat in a booth at a local diner, it was the early morning. It was cloudly outside, the whole ride to Ohio was silent. Rose couldn't sleep, she had many questions for Dick and the girl, but she knew it wasn't the right time. Rose had tried texting her younger sister multiple times, with no answer of course. Rose worried about her family back home, but this was not the time for worrying, it never was.
"Just coffee" Rachel spoke turning her head towards the two, no emotions on the girl's face.
"I bet they have marshmallows" Rose rolled her eyes at Dick's comment.
Rachel was quick to answer before Rose could even open her mouth. "I'm not a kid, okay?" Rose knew she was right, in a couple of years the girl would be an adult. The waitress looked to Rose, Rose waved her off, she wasn't hungry. She was busy thinking, wondering why Dick called her instead of Bruce. Of course, Dick and Rose have had each others backs since they were younger than Rachel, but this seemed to be a serious matter.
"Same for the lady," Dick told the waitress, the waitress poured the black coffee into the two cups that sat on the table.
"My mom didn't like me to drink coffee," Rachel told the two, breaking the silence. Rose watched as she reached for the sugar container, pouring half of it in her cup this made Rose giggle, Dick was surprised. He hadn't heard Rose giggle in awhile.
Rose was a quiet girl, she wasn't always this way. Dick remembered how cocky she was when she first began as Sharp Shooter, then the Joker happened. Dick didn't want to think about the past, he had bigger problems at hand.
"Sweet tooth huh?" Rose asked the girl, eyebrow raised.
Before Rachel could even ask, Dick had some questions that needed to be answered. "Rachel has anything like what happened, ever happened before?"
"No, not like that. I didn't mean to kill that guy" Rachel took a sip of her coffee, fear in her eyes.
"We're going to go see some old friends of ours" Rose's headshot towards Dick, confused at the word Ours.
