The Joker's New Toy { Wattys 2016}

Emma Napier

                 

Once again, thank you to all my viewers! *gives you all a Joker shaped cookie* I wanted this chapter to be longer . Oh and I might be reposting this chapter with grammar corrections soon. I'm just impatient and thought I'd post it now lol.

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Bruce Wayne winced and grunted as he examined his bruised ribs in the mirror. The large man who he had gotten into a brawl with at the mall had certainly did a number on Bruce's body when he had thrown his weight on top of him. "Were you crushed by an elephant sir?" Alfred asked in his thick accent as he was helping Bruce bandage up his wounds.

"Close," Bruce responded in a not too enthusiastic tone. "I was this close to rescuing her Alfred. He slipped away, right under my nose. Right under my nose! I lost him for five seconds at a department store and now, once again, not even the F.B.I can seem to figure out where he's hiding. I suspect he has men in the inside again. There had to be some at the galleria. I had a sneaking suspicion in my gut before Gordon's units even arrived there."

"Patience Master Wayne. You always get your man. The Joker will be brought to justice. He has a love for theatrics and he seems to love an audience, so it's only a matter of time before he'll bring so much attention to himself, that he'll back himself into a corner and be caught. Just like he always does." Said Alfred in a comforting voice, as he wrapped a bandage around Bruce's arm.

"Bringing the Joker onto custody is not all I'm worried about this time Alfred. Each day I fail at rescuing Stacey is another day Jim and his family have to suffer. I made a promise to Jim that I would bring her home safe. It's hard for me to look into his eyes and promise that, when I am unsure myself. The Joker is so unpredictable. I can't let what happened to Rachel and Harvey happen to Jim Gordon's little girl," Bruce sighed in a sorrowful tone.

"You're only one man sir," Said Alfred.

"He had her in a collar, hooked onto a leash Alfred. Leading her around like a dog, dressed like a vampire. Pulling her around like a dog Alfred. I'm worried to know what he's doing with her at his hideout. He kept referring to her as Emma Napier. That's the word around town too, from witnesses that he had encountered with her by his side. He calls her Emma, trying to hide her in this laughably obvious disguise," Said Bruce with a hint of disgust in his voice.

Alfred's eyebrows furrowed. "What did you say was the full name he used for her sir?"

"Emma Napier," Said Bruce. "Probably just a name he pulled out of a hat. A fake name to mock us."

"I know I've heard that name somewhere before," Said Alfred.

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Bruce was busy tinkering with some of his equipment in the new 'bat cave' when Alfred called him over to the computer he was sitting at. "Master Wayne, can you come over here a second please?"

"What is it Alfred?" Bruce speed walked over to Alfred and stood over his shoulder as Alfred surfed the Internet.

"Well Master Wayne, for some odd reason the name that the Joker has been using for Stacey had me curious, and I decided to do a search," Said Alfred. "I did a search for Emma Napier. And I found only one known match in Gotham. Listen to this." Bruce leaned over, and stared at the computer screen more attentively. On the computer screen appeared an old police report, with a picture of a smiling young woman beside the written report.