Chapter 5

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Chloé

I looked everywhere and I can't find Marinette anywhere. And the feeling I get when one of my friends is in danger was intensifying by the second. I stumbled into Kim, and before I hit the ground he caught me.
"What's wrong?" He asked
"So things wrong with Marinette. I can't find her anywhere. The feeling is getting worse." I whispered. "Alix go see if Adrien is anywhere nearby. Kim go look around the garden. I'm gonna call Damian."

Marinette

I woke up to my head pounding. My flannel was taken off me and laid in a pile on the floor. I knew my hands and legs were bound, but I tried to pulled against them anyways. They just cut deeper anyway, but I'm numb to pain anyway, so I didn't feel it.
"She awakens." A sickly voice called. "She awakens and does nothing." A green boot stepped forward and I stared at the Joker in his ugly green outfit. "She awakens, and looking at me and is— what the hell are you doing?"
I shrugged "well I'm tied up at the moment, so nothing."
He huffed "you haven't changed I see."
"Of course not. If anything I'm worse." I stated. "What's the ransom this time?" I asked bored.
"No ransom today. Just the usual torcher." Joker said with a nasty laugh.
"Asshole, you know I can take anything you throw at me. That's how I got scars one-twenty."
He laughed maniacally. "I know you can." He stepped aside and smirked, "but can he?"
There sitting in a chair was a boy no older then six, gaged and tied to a chair.
"Don't you dare." I hissed and glared at Joker.
"I would, because I know how easily it get to you. The fact you won't be able to help this little boy." Joker said and slapped the boy across the face. The muffled scream that came from him, crushed me.
"Leave him alone, Joker." I hissed.
He didn't stop. He didn't stop till the boy was out cold, and punched him repeatedly after the fact. And when he finished he took both of my hands and chained them to the wall. I didn't know what was happening till I felt the stinging and cuts through my back. I heard the whip crack against the ground, before making contact with my back again. I bit my lip and cheek. I could feel this. I could feel the whip. The only time I didn't want to feel something like this, but I couldn't stop feeling this. I could feel the whip going on and out of my skin. And when he stoped, I could feel the blood racing down my back.
When I heard the door shut, I slowly undid the chains that held me, before rushing over to the boy. My body pumping with adrenaline, momentarily numbing my back. I undid his bindings and removed the gage and nearly gasped. I had to stay quiet, or else it would only get worse.
The boy had bruises all over his arms and face. I lifted him up and held him close to my aching body, before sneaking out the window and running into the night. I ran and ran till I reached Wayne Manor. And when I got there, I rang the doorbell, keeping my head down low, placed the boy on the stairs and running back into the streets. I made it into an alley and was able to hit in the back next to a wall, before I passed out.

Damian-Robin

Three days.
It's been three days and no one has found Marinette anywhere. When I first found out Marinette hadn't returned, a little boy was sitting at our table. He had bruises everywhere and didn't speak to anyone. He didn't eat, or drink, just sat there and watched. I felt slightly bad, but I could care less about him. Till he walked up to me and handed me a piece of paper.
His handwriting was terrible, but I could make out the letters and words written.
She save me. The girl you lookin' for.
I stared at him before quietly asking what happened. He held up a deck of cards, before shuffling through it and holding up the joker card.
Ever since, I went out nightly looking for her. I checked all of Jokers hiding places and food nothing.

I was in my own head when I heard kids yelling. I jumped down onto the street and stood before the kids.
"What happened?" I asked in a low voice.
"We don't know. We found her like this. She was nice, gave us money, but then we found her on the ground, and she's not moving. She bleeding a lot." The older girl cried, grabbing my hand and dragging me down the alley. "We didn't know what to do, so we've been trying to flag someone down. And your the only one around."
When I got to the girl, I froze. She had blood running down her back. I lifted her, and gently turned her over and gasped. Oh no. I checked for a pulse, it was faint. I held her against my chest and frowned.
"We need to get her to a hospital. Can you keep up?" I asked quickly. They nodded and we raced out of the alley and towards the hospital.

My ear piece went off and Dicks voice filled my head.
"Hey, baby bird, We just checked for your location and saw you moving fast. Everything ok?"
"Remember the little boy the Wayne's said was mysteriously dropped off? Well the woman that saved him, was bleeding out in an alley. I'm heading to the hospital. Tell Damian Wayne his best friend is on her way to the hospital." I replied. Trying desperately to keep my voice in check.
"We'll be there soon. Chloé and the others are going nuts. ETA, 20 minutes."
Then he was gone. I checked on the kids, and they were keeping up really well. When I entered the hospital, I started shouting at people and then I watched as Marinette was rolled through some doors. I looked at the kids and gently pat their heads.
"Stay here. The Wayne's will be here soon to see how she is doing." I whispered before running into another alley to change out of my Robin costume.

When I entered the hospital we Damian, I walked over to the nurses stations and frowned.
"Marinette Dupain-Cheng." I demanded.
The nurse at the desk flinched and typed on her keyboard.
"She's in surgery right now, Mr. Wayne. Someone will be out the second they know something."
I walked over to the three kids that found Mari and sighed. "I heard you guys found her. Thank you."
"It was nothing. It's the least we could do. She gave us some money to get clothes and food and blankets, I'm just glad we found her when we did." The oldest said with a sad look.
"Addie, is she gonna be ok?" The middle child asked.
"I don't know Daren. I hope so. Have you seen Jelly anywhere?" She asked Daren.
He shook his head no. She got worried for a second before she hid it. I wanted to ask who this Jelly person was, when my family, and Marinette's friends walked inside.

"How is she?" Chloé asked. She was the first one to reach me.
"She's in surgery. I don't know anything else." I stated. I was going out of my mind.
"Unacceptable." She said before storming over to the nurses station. They talked for two seconds before she picked up a phone and called someone. Five minutes later, a doctor came out.
"She's stable. She has multiple cuts on her back, that we can only assume is from a whip. He had some cuts on her wrist, that look my like burns from a rope and chain. We had to insert a tube into her throat to help her breath. Her heart stopped beating a few times, but were positive she'll make it through the night." He handed Father some papers before sighing.

"I remember her. And the last time she was here was Joker related. And she fought tooth an nail and recovered quickly. But now, it's like all the fight is gone." He cleared his throat quickly and sighed. "I have some questions if the young ladies don't mind stepping away from the group to answer them."
I looked at Chloé and Alix as they nodded and walked with the doctor into a corner away from them. I watched Chloé grip Alice hand as the doctor listed off questions and wrote down the answers. Chloé looked neat to tears, as well as Alix as they answered the questions.
"They're telling him." Kim whispered sadly.
"Telling him what?" Dick asked.
"About Adrien and her parents." He whispered, turning to face my family. "Adrien raped her a few months ago, and her parents basically took everything away believe a lier over her. How do you not know." Kim hissed looking at Bruce.
When the girls walked back over they practically collapsed into Kim's arms. Both looking completely drained.

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