The Queen of Gotham

Chapter One

I was on the rooftop of the Gotham Gazette to be the look-out for my partner, Victor Zsasz, we both worked as hitmen for Falcone. I perched my sniper on the edge of the building, I was waiting for our target to come running out of the building when they saw Zsasz. Everybody knew about Victor Zsasz's work. The target came running out of the building, I aimed at the moving figure and shot. The guy fell over and his nice white shirt turned red from the loss of blood. I saw Zsasz come out of the building, he looked up to see me on the rooftop and gave me thumbs up. I put the sniper back into its case, I pulled my long, black hair out of the ponytail I had.

I got off of the rooftop, grabbed the dead body of the man and put him in a body bag in the trunk of the car. I got into the driver's seat while Zsasz was in the passenger side. My blue eyes were focused on the road while I was speeding to get to the Falcone mansion.

I pulled into the driveway of the Falcone mansion. The bricks were light brown and the trimming around the windows and the doors were off white. Zsasz and I walked into the mansion, we saw Don Falcone sitting on one of his chairs drinking tea,

"Did everything go as planned?" Falcone asked,

"Everything went well." I said motioning to the full body bag that was over Victor's shoulder. Falcone nodded in praise and went back to drinking his tea,

"Good job with sniping that guy, Cobblepot." Victor said while patting my shoulder, "You are one of the best shooters that Falcone has so I never doubted you." I smiled at Zsasz's compliment.

"Zsasz, I said that you could call me Gwen. You don't always have to call me by my last name, we're friends." I said, Zsasz looked at me with his brown eyes and nodded with a slight smile. Zsasz walked away to get rid of the body. I went back to my car and drove to Fish Mooney's.

Fish Mooney's:

I walked into Fish Mooney's, it had red accents everywhere, it had a stage and a bar. There were dancers on the stage, Fish was watching from one of the tables in front of the stage. I saw my twin brother, Oswald Cobblepot, with Fish Mooney. Oswald was Fish's umbrella boy and he has told me he wanted to be more in Gotham,

"Gwen!" He walked over to me, I looked up at him since he was a bit taller than me and he gave me a hug, "What are you doing here?" He asked pulling away from the hug and looked at me with his blue eyes,

"I just wanted to come see my big brother, is that so bad?" I teased him, he giggled,

"I'm happy you showed up but I just wasn't expecting to see you here." Oswald sent me a smile,

"Oswald!" Fish called, "Who is this nice young lady with you?" Fish had short black hair with red tips, dark skin and dark hazel eyes,

"Ms. Mooney, pleasure to meet you." I said, holding out my hand for her to shake, "I am Gwendolyn Cobblepot, Oswald's twin sister."

"Oh yes, Ms. Cobblepot, Falcone speaks highly of your skills. Is it true you can 'take someone out' from over fifteen miles away?" Fish asked,

"Yes, it is true." I said, Fish looked over the moon with my response,

"I might need to hire you some time, I have a lot of enemies you can deal with." Fish said with a smirk on her face. Three men walked into the lounge with a guy that was struggling to get out of their grasp,

"Oswald, we have some business to take care of." Fish handed Oswald an umbrella then all six of them walked into the alley behind the lounge. I followed them into the alley.

I was hidden behind one of the dumpsters. One man was big and was wearing a black suit and a white shirt underneath the suit jacket, 'I wonder if that is Butch, Ozzy talks about him being Fish's right hand,' I thought. My brother was holding the umbrella above Fish's head so she wouldn't get rain on her. She hit the guy they had taken with a metal bat, Oswald didn't cover her head in time. Fish smacked Oswald over the head for letting rain get on her, I pulled out the gun I had in my holster that was hidden underneath my black jacket. I heard the door open behind me and I saw a waiter, I put my finger to my lips to make him be quiet and showed him the gun in my hand, he nodded like he understood,

"Ma'am, Detective Bullock is here to see you." The waiter calls out to Fish, she takes the umbrella from Oswald, gives the bat to Butch and walks in with the waiter. Fish didn't notice me hidden behind the door. I looked up to see Butch hand Oswald the bat, Oswald has never beaten someone or killed anyone. Oswald beat the guy with the bat, then he kept hitting the man that was on the floor bleeding. I winced to see my brother enjoying someone else's misery and torture, Oswald had blood all over him. The door opened back up, the men were still beating the man one at a time, I saw Oswald being happy for the man's demise, 'what is happening to you, Ozzy,' I asked myself.

When the door opened, I saw a man with dirty blonde hair and a casual suit on. He saw the men beating up the bleeding guy on the floor, I saw Oswald drop the bat when the man showed a detective badge, 'oh no, better not let him see me,' I thought. I ran inside and tried to hide that I was still in the lounge, I looked for a way out,

"Ms. Cobblepot," I heard a familiar voice, I turned around to see Fish, "I thought you already left." She looked at me with her hazel eyes boring into my blue ones,

"I was planning on it then I seemed to have lost a ring I had." I said, lying through my teeth. Fish nodded but she looked suspicious of me. I was crouching looking for something I didn't even have, Fish left and went back over to Bullock, 'that was close,' I thought. I got up and left the lounge, I can still hear the man groaning in pain. I got into my car and turned on the radio to hear that the Wayne's were killed, 'what is going to happen to Gotham now,' I asked myself.