In Too Deep

51

"Now what?" one of his men asks. He has his hand on the table before us and his head hangs in between his shoulders.

"You should've just left Schiff out of this" I tell him and he looks up at me.

"The problem wasn't Schiff, the problem was fucking Gordon" he says as he swipes his hand down his face.

Frosts phone rings and he answers the call.

"Whatever. A kill is a kill. Now we—"

"Boss turn on number 3" he nods to the various amounts of televisions behind Jack.

He turns it on to see Harvey Dent holding a press conference.

"Ladies and gentlemen, i've called this press conference for two reasons. Firstly, to assure the citizens of Gotham that everything that can be done about the Joker killings is being done."

Jack looks back at us and scoffs.

"Secondly the Batman has offered to turn himself in"

"This outta be good" Frost adds.

"Should we give into this terrorists demands?" Jack turns around.

"The plan hasn't changed. We grab Rachel and we grab Dent and the Bat has to choose between who he saves—"

I hear an uproar coming from the tv and I walk away from the table closer to the monitor.

"The night is the darkest just before the dawn. And I promise you.....the dawn is coming

One day the Batman will have to answer for the laws he's broken. But to us, not to this madman"

The crowd roars again, shouting 'no more dead cops' and that the Bat should turn himself in.

"So be it. Take the Batman into custody-"

"Guys.." I say, alerting the group of men behind me.

"I am the Batman" he says and the police officers begin to handcuff him.

"Bullshit" one of the thugs behind me says and I stare at the tv screen dumbfounded. I watch as they take an old friend into custody and away from the prying eyes of the media.

"This makes no sense.." I say and look at Jack standing behind me.

He looks at me before shaking his head and turning around to his men.

"Alright. The plan hasn't changed. They'll be transferring him to Central Holding. We'll intercept them and make them take lower fifth, they'll be cut off from air support and we'll do the most damage down under. When we reach the top the two of you will fuck with the chopper and the ones on the semi with me, you will stand down—"

"Stand down?" I cut him off.

"Yes sweety, they will stand down. Now once i'm in custody—"

"The Bat will kill you!" I stress to him. He looks over at me and grabs my arm.

"Harley. Shut the fuck up" he says annoyed before shoving me aside.

I walk away and sit down on the ground far from him. He's a fucking idiot who's gunning to get killed. I'm starting to think he enjoys his near death experiences.

I rest my arms on my bent knees and close my eyes for a minute. I feel like i'm about to pass out. I should've eaten something.

"While Im in custody it is up to Maroni's men to get Harvey to that warehouse. I'd do it but I will be preoccupied with Gotham's finest. And you will help her get Rachel there. Let her take the lead. See if she's got what it takes. If not...."

I look up at his pause. You can't be serious.

"Cut her loose" my eyes widen and I spring up from my spot.

"Are you fucking crazy?!" I yell and he laughs.

"Show me you got what it takes to survive doctor" I flip him off and walk out of his little meeting.

I'm not going to sit here and entertain his craziness. I'll prove him I got it in me. I'll show that son of a bitch to stop underestimating me.