There For You || Edward Nygma [4]

Chapter Eleven || Meant for each other

Ed placed his hands around Charlotte protectively and she held on to him as well. She had placed herself in front of Ed in case Penn planned to shoot him. However, it was Dale who was Penn's target. He groaned before his body fell on the floor.

If he could have facial expressions, Scarface would be smiling. It was time for people to know who was the real boss in Gotham City. "Now, let's talk turkey, turkeys".

"'Harmless', you said?" Ed whispered to Charlotte.

"Penn never did anything like that before," she told him.

"Nice view, blondie," Scarface said and it too Charlotte a while to realize he was talking to her. She had her back to them and it gave Scarface a view of her rear.

She looked over her shoulder with knitted eyebrows before letting go of Ed and turned around. "What did you just say to me?"

Ed was angry now and glared at Penn. "Yeah, what did you just say to her?"

Penn's eyes widened in terror. "I didn't say anything. It was Mr. Scar-"

"Shut up!" Scarface shouted and Penn immediately went quiet. The dummy looked over at Charlotte again.

She made a weirded out expression that mirrored Oswald's and stepped forward. "Penn, I understand that your Chucky is a huge fan of Al Capone. He was a great guy I'm sure, but this has gone way beyond limits".

"Couldn't agree more with you on that one," Ed commented annoyed with the dummy's impertinence.

Scarface chuckled which sounded weird to everyone in the room and then Penn pointed the handgun at them as Scarface continued to bark orders. "Hand over the heaters!"

"If you don't mind," Penn added, not wanting to have Scarface make him hurt anyone else.

"Mr. Penn, can't we just talk this through?" Oswald raised his hands in the air and advanced, but bullets were fired at his feet and he jumped back to avoid getting shot. Ed grabbed Charlotte again and pulled her out of harm's way.

"Get back!" Scarface shouted at Oswald.

Penn was very worried about the way things were going and hoped they wouldn't hate him too. "I'm so sorry".

Charlotte looked at Ed. "We should do as he says". Ed nodded and the two of them placed their guns on the floor in front of Penn and Scarface. If he was alone, Ed wouldn't just hand his gun to the crazed Ventriloquist, but he didn't want Penn to shoot Charlotte too.

Oswald sighed, but also placed his gun on the floor. "At least tell me what happened after Haven. Help me to understand..." he gestured towards the dummy, not even know how to address the situation before him, "...this".

Scarface's eyes looked over at Penn. "Go on. Sing your song".