Penguin's Majesty

6. Welcome to Arkham

Once the night was nearly over Fish got her muscle man, Butch, to drive me home. When I got inside the place look nearly untouched. I went to check on Marcy, only to find her dead in the kitchen with a knife in her back. I screamed.

Who would do this?! I ran to go find Jason and Riley. I went to Jason's room only to find him on the floor face first, with his gun out and blood pooling from his head. I flipped him over to take a look at where he was shot. Right in the middle of his forehead.

I was shocked. I began crying...

I ran to find Riley. I HAD TO FIND HIM! What if he was killed too?! What about the Gardner? And the other housekeepers?

I ran to the garden to find the Gardner and the maid dead too. The maid had laceration marks around her neck. And the Gardner looked to be killed with his own shears. 

I ran and ran. I had to find the others. Someone had to be alive. I looked around the mansion finding everyone dead. Some with a bullet in their head, or some other major artery. Some with lacerations and knives stabbed in their chest.

I cried and cried, screaming. I ran out of my mansion, all the way to town. I couldn't handle this. I felt like everything is going against me. The world turning its back on me. Everyone leaving me. My parents even though they weren't much there anyway. Fergus, my old butler, Marcy, Jason, the other house hold staff. I couldn't believe everyone was dead. I ran to Mooney's. I pounded on the door until with a strength unknown to me, I kicked it down, and ran to Fish's room.

I shook her bed trying to wake her up only to find myself pinned to the wall with a knife to my neck.

"Fish! Fish! It's me Isabelle!"

She slowly removed the knife from me.

"What are you doing here so late?"

"It's horrible! Fish! I went home and I found... I- i found everyone d-dead! I.. i don't know what happened! I should have been there! I should done something! ANYTHING! I could have prevented this!" I began hyperventilating and freaking out.

She slapped me and then shook me.
"Snap out of it! Snap out of it Isabelle! There was nothing you could do about it! It's not your fault!"

"What am I going to do?"

"I'll tell you what you're going to do." She said holding my hands. "You're going to kill the bastard who did this, then we move on."

"But how? How can I move on? They were like my family..."

"I'm going answer your question with a question. How do you move on from old friends?"

"You make new ones..."

"Right you are, my little doll. Now dry those tears and focus on revenge. It helps quite a bit. But don't distract yourself from the pain. You need that. Use the pain to make you thrive. Got it?"

I nodded.

-timeskip-

And and so a year and a half passed after Fish had contacted the GCPD. Somehow for some reason. They found Isabelle as the culprit. Fish argued and raised hell. She wouldn't let her go to Arkham without a fight. However Isabelle assured her she'd be fine. Fish calmed down a little at this. But she still didn't like it.

And So Isabelle Jessylin Pennington was escorted to Arkham Asylum for the criminally insane. She was in cell number V226 and her cell neighbor seemed to be a little girl. But she couldn't tell. The girl had sloppy red hair and was huddled in the corner.

-first day in Arkham-

They tossed me the clothes and told me to strip.

I was reluctant but then a man started walking up to me with a taser stick. My eyes widened as I saw the electricity spark. I quickly began to strip and put on my new uniform.

Once I was finished they put me back in cuffs and guided me to my cell. Once we were there, one guard opened the cell and the other pushed me in there. The first guard slammed the door shut.

The second guard said, "Enjoy your stay little lady!" And laughed.

The first one shook his head at his partners antics. "Welcome to Arkham..." he said looking somewhat genuine.