Mystery of The Night

This chapter is rated M for a Mature Audience.



CH. 11



Morning finally came, and Isabella quickly shot up from the bed. Yes, Bruce eventually ended up getting his way. She immediately became disoriented with her surroundings until she realized that she was now in Bruce's apartment, lying in his bed.



Sure it probably would look bad considering, but what actually happened that night was her and Bruce continued to argue who was going to sleep where and when Isabella saw how invitingly warm that bed looked she ended up allowing Bruce to win this debate.



She slowly allowed out a soft smile as she looked around, he was nothing but a complete gentleman and didn’t try to pull anything. Isabella had to admit that it flattered her immensely that he was so sweet with her, it was something she wasn’t very used to. Suddenly her thoughts quickly went to Jack and immediately gasped realizing that she hadn’t spoken to him since she left her apartment. She then quickly leaned over the bed, pulled out her cell from her purse, and immediately dialed his phone number.



Jack had spent the entire night at her place wondering if she was going to come back anytime soon, and as soon as his cell phone started to ring and saw who was calling him he ended up allowing out a dark sneer.



"Hello?"



He answered irritably, Isabella frowned hearing him on the other line she knew he was going to be furious. "Jack… hey how are you?" Jack then gritted his teeth as he started to walk out into her living room. "Oh just fine." He said condescendingly, Isabella then sighed he must've stayed at her place and was waiting for her. "Jack listen, I'm sorry…" she was then instantly cut off.



"I don't want to hear it Izzy. I made it clear to you who you belong to and then you do this… oh trust me you'll learn, even if I have to make you."



He said darkly, and believe it or not this actually sent chills down her spine. "Jack please…" she was then instantly cut off again.



"I don't want to listen to it I have to go and trust me you'll be seeing me soon."



He growled as he hung up the phone. Isabella quickly stared down at her phone seeing that her call was canceled and gently shook her head. How was he capable of making her feel so horrible for not being with him? Maybe because in reality he wasn’t just a one night stand to her, he really did mean something to her, and in all honesty that is why she even allowed what happened between them to happen, he was a creature of familiarity to her, she almost felt that maybe they were right for each other.



They both had so many similarities and all in all he was there for her during all of her little episodes… but then there's Bruce. Bruce was kind and gentle and something completely opposite to Jack, he was dark and mysterious but that is what she loved about him, he was like a puzzle she wanted to piece together while Bruce's puzzle was already pieced together. It's not that she didn’t enjoy being with Bruce, she absolutely loved it, and figured that he really is the better choice for her, but then why was Jack constantly haunting her mind while she's with him and when she is with Jack, Bruce never crosses it once. No… Jack was possessive, and too unpredictable for her… she needed someone she could count on and that was definitely Bruce.



They had an absolutely wonderful day together and it was the most fun she's had in a long time. No Bruce definitely was the one for her; there was no doubt about that. Just then, Bruce then came walking into his room seeing her eyeing her phone. "Hey…" he said softly with a shy smile on his lips. Isabella quickly looked up at him and then gave him a small smile. "Hey…" Bruce arched his brow at her as she quickly hid her phone in her purse and then slowly moved out of the bed still in the same attire. "I take it that someone called you?" Isabella looked at him quickly and then slowly shook her head.



"No. um I had to call someone to see how they're doing."



Bruce then nodded, walking further into the room, having an idea of who it was. "Was it Jack?" he asked boldly, Isabella softly frowned she wasn’t about to lie to him. "Yeah it was…" Bruce sighed and then crossed his arms. "Look Izzy if you want to be with him you can… I don't want to force you into anything." Isabella frowned up at him and then immediately walked up to him and then wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.



"Bruce… I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t want to."



Bruce slowly nodded as he placed his hands on her sides and rested his forehead against hers.



"Izzy… I know what we have is complicated right now. I know we're both confused as to where we both should be, but I'll be honest with you sweetheart… I really do have feelings for you and as screwy as that sounds because we're both extremely torn right now I just want you to know that if you ever need me I'm here for you… I'll never leave your side."



Isabella smiled up at him completely touched by his statement but another part of her was screaming what would happen if Rachel decided to go back to him… he would definitely go and be with her no matter what. And in all reality it made her realize that she'll always be second in his eyes. "Bruce you're so sweet…" Bruce grinned down at her and gave her a soft peck on the lips.



"Only for you baby."



He whispered, Isabella smiled as she wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her face into his chest as he held her tightly against him. After a few more moments together, he then slowly pulled away from her and gave her a soft kiss on her forehead. "Why don't we go get some breakfast ok?" Isabella nodded as she allowed him to take her hands and lead her out of the bedroom and into the kitchen to grab something to eat.



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It had been a couple of hours since breakfast, after they had finished Bruce drove them to Wayne Enterprises to pick up his new suit. Once he had gotten that, he did as he promised and dropped Isabella off at her apartment so she could pack.



As Isabella walked past her door, she noticed her apartment was completely dark; she then slowly flipped on the switch causing her whole apartment to light up. She allowed out a soft sigh as she saw that Jack was obviously here… there was a pizza box laying on the counter with a two liter of soda and as she walked into her room, her sheets were all ruffled indicating that he slept at her place last night.



The pang in her heart was starting to become more apparent as she saw a button down shirt laying on her comforter. She then gently picked it up and could smell his scent… she couldn’t help but hug the dark fabric against her and then placed her arms over the sleeve holes and pulled on his shirt.



For some odd reason his shirt felt completely warm on her, she felt a sense of security as she walked around her apartment and started to pack her clothes. She couldn’t help but think about him… laying under her covers, waiting for her to come home to him. In a way it just kinda surprised her that she cared this much, it was almost as if she was starting to truly fall for him, but then where does that lead Bruce? He obviously cared for her but she knew there was someone else maybe that is why she was drifting more towards Jack, maybe it was because her and Jack were so much alike… she just didn’t know.



Isabella sighed as she finished packing; she then quickly looked over at her alarm clock and saw that it was time to go, she then pulled on her backpack and then walked out of her apartment and headed down the stairs to see Bruce's car parked outside. She ended up allowing out another small sigh as she walked out of the complex and then hopped into his car…



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The trip to Hong Kong was somewhat enjoyable… Bruce ended up taking Lucius and Alfred along and included the whole Gotham City Ballet Corps. Sure Isabella didn’t really care, but it did annoy her that he was playing off his whole playboy status, this to her was not amusing. Going to Hong Kong was a job for her, not entertainment… Plus it didn’t help that majority of the women from the Ballet Corps were nothing but extremely rude to her. Lucius was sympathizing with her and spent majority of his time with her while Bruce was trying to pull off his playboy image. Once they hit their destination, they ended up taking Bruce's sailboat to remain undetected…



Eventually, Lucius was able to go to his meeting with Lau while Bruce and Isabella sat by and was preparing for the nights events. While Lucius was busy commuting with Lau, Isabella and Bruce were walking around near his building pretending to be a married couple who were tourists. Bruce would constantly take pictures with his camera while Isabella was scoping the area.



"You know I still can't believe how crazy this place is."



Isabella said irritably as people kept pushing past them. Bruce chuckled as he wrapped his arm around her waist still taking photos of the building "Yeah… it can get that way, but all in all it really is a beautiful country." Isabella sighed as she looked up at the tall skyscraper. "I wonder how the meeting is going." Bruce shrugged giving her a warm smile. "Hopefully really well, I guess we'll have to see." Isabella nodded as she and Bruce heard a voice come up from behind them.



"There's a better view from the peak tram."



Bruce and Isabella then quickly turned around see Lucius smiling behind them holding a street map. "How's the view from L.S.I. Holdings?" Bruce asked as he smirked over at him. "Restricted. Lau's holed up in there good and tight. Here…" Lucius then hands Bruce a phone with a display of a 3-D map of Lau's office suite. Isabella then looked over at the phone completely impressed. "What's that?" she asked as she looked back up at Lucius who was smiling at her.



"I had R and D work it up… it sends out high frequencies and records then response time to map an environment."



Isabella then grinned up at him and started to laugh. "A Sonar! Just like a…" Lucius who was grinning at her then instantly cut her off. "Submarine... Like a Submarine." Bruce then looked up at him curiously. "And the other devices?" Lucius then looked over at him and smiled. "All in place." Bruce then nodded as he started to escort Isabella to follow him, Lucius then quickly spoke up. "Mr. Wayne, Miss. Raven?" Isabella and Bruce then quickly turned around to face him. "Good Luck." They both then grinned at him and started to head out to prepare for the night.



Later that night, Isabella and Bruce where standing on a glittering skyline both crouched down. Isabella was in her full attire of black while Bruce had his Bat Suit on holding the mask in his hands, the blades of his gauntlets click into place as he dons his helmet like cowl.



Bruce's cape then forms into a hard faceted pack as he and Isabella now stand up. He then pulls out two black boxes from his belt and clicks them together and unfolds them into a Rifle-like Device.



"Bloody hell you have more gadgets than James Bond!"



Bruce then smirked over at her. "Trust me this isn’t even the half of it." Isabella then rolled her eyes as he scoped a second, lower building. Bruce then adjusted the settings and fired the gun four times causing four small sticky bombs slap onto the glass of the lower building that have visible timers which were counting down.



Once this was all done, Isabella took out the phone Lucius gave them and started to dial the number, causing the phone the phone that was confiscated from Lucius earlier starting to ring. The monitor then starts to flicker off causing all the lights in then building starting to dim and all of the security doors in the front of the building open at once. The guards immediately panicked and then quickly grabbed their radios to call for help…



Meanwhile, while this was going on Bruce then smiled over at Isabella and held out his hand for her. "You ready?" he asked in his dark raspy voice, Isabella smiled over at him and nodded. "Ready when you are luv." Bruce's grin then grew even wider as he wrapped his arms tightly around her waist and launches off into the glittering night dropping from the tall tower. His pack then bursts open becoming his Bat Wings causing him to glide into the night; he then banks a hard right to line up with a window, then hurtles towards the glass, wraps his wings around himself and Isabella, and cannonballs through glass. Isabella and Bruce quickly roll across the room, as Lau started yelling at his security guards.



"Where the hell are the cops!?"



Batman and Isabella then quickly rose up as one of the guards shouted to Lau. "They're coming!" Lau then groaned out of frustration. "What the hell am I paying them for!?" he shouted, a group of guards then started to surround Isabella and Batman holding their guns tightly to them. Isabella and Bruce then automatically smirked as the lights immediately went out, causing the room to become pitch black.



Suddenly you can hear screams immerse from the darkness as Isabella and Batman were fighting against the guards. Lau then immediately starts to shoot; his muzzle flash from his weapon immediately strobes the room. Cops immediately swarmed the building as Batman and Isabella continued to fight, Isabella immediately did a roundhouse kick into one guard while Batman crashes his fist against another.



Lau immediately runs to his office to hide like a coward, Isabella immediately noticed his disappearance and quickly ran towards his office while Batman was fighting the rest of the guards. Isabella then quickly kicks his office door open to see him cowering in the corner.



He then immediately started to shoot his gun after her Isabella swiftly dodged his bullets and tackles him. Lau screamed as Isabella pulled out a small pack and straps it onto Lau.



The Counters on the sticky bombs then finally counted down to zero as the Hong Kong police come bursting in. The wall and the ceiling behind Isabella and Lau then blows up revealing the dawn sky of Hong Kong. Suddenly a low rumble was heard from the outside as Batman quickly made his way towards them, Isabella was holding Lau's arms behind his back as he tried to thrash out of her hold.



Batman then jerks the ripcord on Lau's pack as the cops started to cower as they saw Isabella sneering at him and allowed out an inhuman growl. Immediately a huge weather balloon explodes out of the pack unreeling high-test nylon, Lau looks up bemused as the weather balloon floats up to 200 feet.



Suddenly, a massive c-130 roars over the complex. The large V on the front of the plane snags the line causing Isabella, Lau and Batman to jerk out of the building as they all held on.



Lau screams as Batman and Isabella held him still as they soared up into the dawn sky… they immediately felt the rope starting to pull up and noticed that they were now being pulled into the plane as the Hong Kong Police watched them disappear into the night…



The next morning, Lieutenant Gordon get's a phone call from his department demanding him to come immediately, Gordon then quickly rushes towards the facility, as he made it to the building he quickly parked his car as he saw a crowd of police men standing near the entrance.



Gordon then arched his brow as he rushes over to them and sees a tied up, trussed like a chicken, Lau with a sign taped on his chest that states. 'Please deliver to Lieutenant Gordon.' As Gordon stared down at this, he couldn’t help the smirk that was now morphing on his lips.



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It was about 5 days since the trip to Hong Kong and tonight was the night for Bruce's fundraiser. Isabella had spent majority of the day with Ally to pick out a dress for the occasion, she was very nervous since this was going to be her first formal party and was fearful of all the sharks that were going to be there.



Ally of course tried to boost Isabella's confidence but it wasn’t working… she knew that the people there will be vicious and if they for once thought that she was Bruce's new squeeze that there was something they would find out to make her look bad. It's bad enough that she already has one mark up against her however, knowing that Rachel and Harvey will be there also really did calm her nerves.



She knew Harvey was extremely nervous since he came from the same background she did… even though he became the new D.A. he was still a regular Joe at heart. So here she was, now pulling on her burgundy plunging neckline gown that was beautifully complimented by a deep scoop back. It also had a sexy slit in the front with a flowing train.



The fabric consisted of fluid stretch velvet that fitted her body like a dream. She allowed her long dark hair to lay freely on her shoulders, curling them with her curling iron.



Once she finished with that, she then placed on her earrings and applied on her make up, rouging her cheeks and lips, and then applied on a dark smoky eye shadow. As soon as this was all done she then pulled on her high heels and walked out of Bruce's room. Yes, she had brought some of her things to his penthouse so she could get ready while he was off doing something at Wayne Enterprises. She could hear all the guests congregating into his ballroom and allowed out a shallow sigh as she gently opened the doors to see probably a good two hundred to two hundred and fifty people talking and reminiscing with each other.



As soon as she walked inside, she felt a rush of nerves consume her. "Ah Miss. Raven, would you like an ounce of courage to congregate with the wolves?" Isabella then slowly turned around to see Alfred smiling at her. "I'm going to need more than just a glass of champagne to calm my nerves." She smiled as she took a glass from him, Alfred then chuckled as he placed his hand on her shoulder soothingly.



"Don't worry Miss. Raven you'll blow them all away."



Isabella grinned at him as he started to walk away to speak with the other guests, she then started to look around the room and smiled at all the hoity toity new and old money. She was thoroughly amused that they all thought money was the only sum of happiness that keeps them to continue living. It never made any sense to her why these kind of people always felt that they were better than everyone, that they felt that people who literally work hard in this world was just a waste of time.



She then allowed out a soft sigh as she continued to scan the room and instantly smiled when she saw Harvey scanning the room in awe. She then eagerly walked towards him and smirked as she crossed her arms as she made it up to him. "Ya know Harvey… this party is all for you no need to be terrified." Harvey then quickly turned around to see her and instantly grinned.



"Damn Izzy give a guy some warning when you're wearing that!"



Isabella then started to laugh. "Don't try to change the subject Dent… Where's your lady of the hour?" she smirked as she arched her brow, Harvey sighed as he took a long drink from his glass. "Socializing… Be honest Izzy do you feel as out of place her as I do?" Isabella then nodded. "You have no idea; I would so rather just hang out at home and curl up on my couch and have a nice nap or watch movies." Harvey then smirked at her.



"Honestly I rather be doing that myself… this place isn’t for us Izzy we don't belong in this sort of place. I mean these wolves could eat us good people alive."



Isabella then shrugged. "Well considering that I kill baddies for a living to keep this world safe I suppose the wolves won't be that bad." Harvey then chuckled. "Well then can you be my body guard for the night?" Isabella giggled as she moved closer to him. "Tell you what I'll be yours if you'll be mine." Harvey the grinned and shook her hand. "Deal." Isabella then laughed. "Deal." Just then, they both hear a voice come up from behind them. "Now I've seen it all; Harvey Dent, scourge of the underworld, scared stiff by the trust fund brigade." Isabella and Harvey then quickly turned around to see Rachel smiling at them, Harvey then nervously smiled over at her.



"Rachel…"



Rachel then immediately spotted someone and darted off while Alfred came up to them. "It looks like you also may need some liquid courage Mr. Dent." Harvey and Isabella then turned to see Alfred smiling at both of them. "Thanks Alfred right?" Alfred then nodded at him. "Yes sir." Harvey then instantly grinned at him. "Rachel talks about you all the time. You've known her, her whole life?" Alfred then shook his head. "Not yet sir." Harvey smirks over at him and starts to survey the crowd. "Any psychotic ex boyfriends I should be aware of?" Alfred couldn’t help himself but smirk even more…



"Oh you have no idea sir."



Isabella looked at him curiously as he walked off, what was that supposed to mean? And when she looked back at Harvey she noticed that he had the same confused look masking on his face. "Well… That was fun!" she grinned, Harvey then rolled his eyes. "Seriously the faster we could get out of here the better… Speaking of which where's your date the Infamous Bruce Wayne?" he asked condescendingly, Isabella sighed and gently shrugged her shoulders. "Mentioned that he had some work to do and be here when he finishes." Harvey then frowned.



"So you're saying Izzy that he had you go to this party by yourself?"



Isabella then shrugged. "Yeah… but it's not like it's my first time doing things on my own Harvey." Harvey groaned out of frustration, he couldn’t help but look at her as his little sister, she and Ally were all he had to consider family and the last thing ever wanted for both of them was to end up getting their hearts broken. "I know Izzy but I still worry about you." Isabella gave him a soft smile and gave him a warm hug.



"And I appreciate it Harvey, you have no idea how much I really do."



Just then, a loud roar drowns out the conversation… Isabella and Harvey quickly look over at each other and then back at the large massive window that was over seeing the city and saw Bruce Wayne's chopper touching down. The doors to the chopper open up show Bruce jumping out with a bunch of supermodels. Isabella instantly frowned when she saw this and Harvey then quickly looked over at her noticing the shocked expression morphing on her face.



He then gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder and hugged her to him. "I'm sorry Izzy..." Isabella quickly looked over at him and gave him a small shrug. "Well… I guess you were right on this one Harvey." She said softly, she knew that everything he ever said to he was a complete lie anyways, she then looked back to see Bruce and his models start walking into the building.



"Sorry I'm late… glad that you started without me! Where's Rachel?"



Isabella instantly frowned even more from this and then looked over at Rachel who was cringing. Bruce instantly spotted her and started to walk towards her grinning. "Rachel Dawes… my oldest friend. When she told me she was dating Harvey Dent, I had one thing to say… the guy from those God awful campaign commercials?" The whole crowd erupted with laughter as Harvey moved his arm off Isabella's shoulder and shifted his weight embarrassedly as Bruce continued.



"'I believe in Harvey Dent.' Nice slogan Harvey. Certainly caught Rachel's attention. But then I started paying attention to Harvey, and all he's been doing as our new D.A., and you know what? I believe in Harvey Dent. On his watch, Gotham can feel a little more safer. A little more optimistic. So get out your checkbooks and let's make sure that he stays right where all of Gotham wants him…"



Bruce then took a Champaign glass and lifts it up. "All except Gotham's criminals, of course. To the face of Gotham's bright future. Harvey Dent." Harvey then instantly smiled as Harvey accepted the toast as the whole room erupted with applause. Harvey then looked over at Isabella who was eagerly applauding him.



"You deserve this Harvey."



Harvey grinned at her and clanked his glass with hers. "You Izzy… are too much." Isabella started to laugh as she and Harvey started to converse with the other guests.



Meanwhile, Bruce was standing out on the balcony thinking about everything that has been going on as he looks out at the city of Gotham, but then suddenly he hears a voice come up from behind him. "Harvey may not know you well enough to understand when you're making fun of him but I do." Bruce then quickly turned around to see Rachel standing there with her arms crossed looking as beautiful as ever.



"I meant every word."



He then walks up to her and takes her in his arms. "The day you once told me about, the day when Gotham no longer needs Batman. It's coming." Rachel looks up at him conflicted as he moved closer to her. "You can't ask me to wait for that. Plus what about Izzy aren’t you two in a relationship now?" Bruce then smiled down at her excitedly as he takes her arm.



"It's happening now… Harvey is that hero. He locked up half the city's criminals, and he did it without wearing a mask. Gotham needs a hero with a face… and with me and Izzy it's complicated between us. I'm not going to lie she does mean something to me but we both agreed to keep this slow… she knows of my feelings for you Rachel, she understands."



Rachel then scoffed. "I hardly believe that she could understand you waltzing in here with a couple of supermodels and trying to impress the woman she knows you have a thing for." Bruce then frowned realizing what she said to him and didn’t even think about how his actions may effect her, he hoped that she won't be too angry with him after all he had told her this whole playboy scheme was just a façade anyways. Just then, they both heard a very familiar voice.



"You can throw a party Wayne. I'll give you that, thanks again. Mind if I borrow Rachel?"



Rachel and Bruce glances back to see Isabella and Harvey standing together, Rachel then slowly starts to walk over to Harvey and him and her leave to go inside leaving Isabella and Bruce alone together. "Well… That was quite an entrance luv." Isabella said softly as she crossed her arms and walked towards him Bruce instantly frowned as he took her hands into his.



"Izzy you know that I did that as a show. They mean nothing to me."



Isabella sarcastically smirked up at him and nodded her head. "But Rachel does… Bruce I'm not a fool, I see the way you look at her. And I know why you have me around… you want to make her jealous and make it look like you moved on but in reality you really didn’t you still love her and always will." Bruce's frown grew even more as he pulled her closer to him.



"Izzy you have to listen to me. I'm not using you to get to Rachel, I really do have feelings for you it's just this is my life Izzy… and I need you to believe me when I say that I meant every word I have ever said to you… I really do have feelings for you and I have feelings for Rachel… it's complicated just like it's complicated for you with Me and Jack."



Isabella softly nodded, still a little hurt about the whole situation, Bruce on the other hand smiled down at her and then leaned towards her and gave her a soft sweet kiss. "Have I mentioned that you look absolutely beautiful tonight?" he grinned; Isabella softly smiled up at him and shrugged. "You don't look half bad yourself." Bruce then suddenly had this dreamy smile morph on his lips as he took her hands in his and rested his forehead against hers.



"Will you stay the night again with me tonight?"



Isabella looked up at him a little surprised but gave him the benefit of the doubt and nodded. "I don't think that'll be a problem." Bruce then chuckled down at her and softly kissed her once again, allowing their lips to linger for a few minutes until they both broke apart, Bruce then grinned down at her and took her hand into his. "How about we get back to the party?" Isabella softly smiled up at him and nodded. "Sounds like a plan to me." Bruce then chuckled and escorted her back into the party.



Meanwhile, while this was going on Harvey was pulling Rachel into the kitchen away from the crowd as he nervously smiles down at her. "You cannot leave me on my own with these people." Rachel then smirked up at him, thoroughly amused. "The whole mobs after you and you're worried about these people?" Harvey then smirked down at her. "Compared to this, the mob doesn’t scare me. Although, I will say them gunning for you makes you see things clearly." Rachel then arched her brow as she crossed her arms. "Oh yeah?" Harvey then nodded.



"Yeah. It makes you think about what you couldn’t stand losing. And who you want to spend the rest of your life with…"



Rachel then looks up at Harvey and smiles. "The rest of your life?, huh? That's a pretty big commitment." Harvey then frowned. "Not if the mob has their way." Rachel then looked up at him worriedly. "Don’t." Harvey then shrugged. "Ok. Let's be serious. What's you're answer?" Rachel looks up at him and sighs. "I don't have an answer." Harvey then frowned. "I guess no isn’t no." Rachel then sighed. "I'm sorry Harvey I just…" Harvey then quickly cuts her off. "It's someone else isn’t it?" Rachel then frowned and didn’t answer him while he continued.



"Just tell me it its not Wayne… The guy is a complete jerk look what he did to Izzy!"



Just then Rachel's eyes goes wide as Isabella and Bruce come walking up behind Harvey a look of seriousness morphed on their faces as Bruce puts Harvey into a headlock. Rachel gasped as Harvey's body slumps over into unconsciousness. "What are you doing!?" she said worriedly, Isabella then quickly answered her. "They've come for him." she and Bruce then carried Harvey into a hidden room and closed the door. Rachel looked at them frantically while Bruce quickly looked back over at her.



"Stay hidden."



He said sternly as he stormed away from the two women. Rachel ignored him and ran towards the crowd with Isabella rushing after her. "Rachel wait!" Meanwhile on the other side of the room there was a knock at the door. Alfred opens it to find Detective Wuertz holding up his badge. Alfred nodded and beckons him to come in and then suddenly noticed a shotgun at the back of his head held by the Joker in a purple suit, and make up. His henchmen following him in, he then smashes Wuertz's head with the butt of his gun and steps over him "We made it!" he then aimed the barrel of his gun towards the ceiling giving out a warning shot. Causing everyone to gasp and scream in panic as the Joker walks further in.



"Good Evening Ladies and Gentlemen…"



He then walks in further to the room and picks up a ordure and starts to eat it as everyone stared at him in fear while his henchmen were pushing guests around. "We are Tonight's Entertainment." He then starts walking around the room looking around at everyone.



"I only have one question… where is Harvey Dent?"



He then rolled his eyes up as if thinking and turned around to see if anyone was going to answer, once he noticed that no on would he started to walk up towards people. Isabella watched him intently ready for if he tries anything. The Joker then aims his gun at a couple of women and starts to walk past them. He then picks up a Champaign glass, shakes it up causing some of the drink to fly out, then rolls his head back, takes a dramatic sip, and slams the glass down. He then walks up to a woman and looks over at her. "Do you know where Harvey is?" He then slaps her and then walks up to the man next to her.



"Do you know who he is?"



He then walks up to the next man and grabs his chin and leans towards him. "Do you know where I can find Harvey? I need to talk to him about something… something little huh?" she then releases his hand off of the mans chin and places his hand over his head and shakes it side to side.



"No."



And then releases him and starts to continue walking off, little did he know that Isabella was following his every move. He then walked up to an older gentleman and looked up at him. "You know I'll settle for his loved ones." He then grabbed another ordure and starts to eat it while the older gentleman looked at him sternly. "We're not intimidated by thugs." The Joker observed the older man and slightly turned his head staring at him intently.



"You know? You remind me of my father."



He said observantly, Isabella arched her brow knowing that what he just said sounded extremely familiar. He then placed his hand in his pocket and used the other to grab the old man's head and place the knife right up against his cheeks, saying in a dark furious voice.



"I hated my father."



He growled… Rachel heard enough and walked up towards the middle of the room with her arms crossed while Isabella stared at him dumbfounded, why did this all seem to familiar to her? "Ok that's enough." Rachel said sternly, Isabella's eyes widened when she looked over at Rachel consciously cursing at herself that she didn’t stop her. The Joker then finally released the man and turned around to see Rachel standing there defiantly with her arms crossed. The Joker smirked as he started to walk towards her.



"Well Hello Beautiful…"



He then licks his lips and mockingly smoothes his hair, he then points his knife at her as he continues to walk closer to her. "You must be Harvey's squeeze… hm?" he then started to talk in a low lustful voice. "And you are beautiful." He then starts to circle her causing her to nervously shrug away from him, the Joker then finally circled around to face her and looked at her curiously, leaning towards her with his knife pointing at her. "Oh, you look nervous." He the holds the knife up. "Is it the scars? You wanna know how I got 'em?" Suddenly it all came together, Isabella's heart dropped when she realized who the Joker was…



"Jack."



She whispered to herself in shock, not believing that she didn’t figure this out before, rage started to ensnare through her veins as she watched him grab Rachel's chin as she continuously tries to look away. "Come 'ere." Rachel started to shake her face away but he held her chin in a firm grip placing the knife against her cheek.



"Look at me… So I had a wife, she was beautiful…like you, who tells me I worry too much, who tells me I oughta smile more, who gambles and gets in deep with the sharks…"



Isabella stared at him in disbelief he was telling her the same exact story he told her before their night together… she had never felt any more betrayed than she did now… the only thing she saw was red and it was directed straight for him, Rachel then squirms, and he pulls her back.



"Hey… One day they carve her face. And we have no money for surgeries. She can't take it. I just want to see her smile again. Hm? I just wanted to let her know that I don't care about the scars. So, I stick a razor in my mouth and do this…to myself." he then mimes moving a razor around his mouth with his tongue just like he did the night he was at Isabella's apartment. "And you know what? She can't stand the sight of me! She leaves! Now I see the funny side. Now, I'm always smiling!"



Isabella heard enough and stormed up a few feet behind him. "Ok J. let her go." She said sternly, The Joker then instantly smirked and slowly turned around to face her. "Izzy!" he said excitedly as he spread his arms wide open. "I was definitely not expecting you to be here." He sarcastically smirked, knowing full and well that she was going to be at this particular party and knew now more than ever that she had figured out who he was by the angry glare she was giving him.



"Right J. I definitely believe that."



She said sarcastically, the Joker chuckled and roughly grabs her and yanks her tightly against him placing the blade against her neck, their faces mere inches from each other's. "I have to say Izzy you look sinfully beautiful." He smiled as he leaned forward to whisper in her ear as he held her tightly against him.



"That color is very becoming on you… I cannot wait to rip that dress right off of you when I take you home with me."



He said seductively as he smirked even more against her. Isabella gritted her teeth and roughly shoves him off, the Joker then started to laugh as he stood fully up and starts to walk towards her waving his blade side to side. "You still got a little fight in you… I like that." He smirked biting his bottom lip as he was walking closer, just then they heard a familiar low raspy voice come out of no where.



"Then you're going to love me."



The Joker then turns his head catching Batman's blow in the head causing him to spin and gets disarmed. The Joker's men then jumps him as Batman and Isabella starts to take them out disarming the thugs and breaking forearms.



The Joker then clicks a blade from the toe of his shoe and kicks and jabs between the plate of Batman's armor covering Batman's ribcage while Isabella was busy fighting the other henchmen. Batman hurls the Joker across the room and one of the Joker's Henchmen lunges at Batman but he lays him out cold.



The Joker took this as his chance to run and grab his knife and runs directly towards Rachel and quickly wraps his arm around her and pulls out his shotgun and aims it towards her head. Batman immediately stopped as Isabella finished knocking out the other henchman. "Drop the gun." He said in his low raspy voice, The Joker then chuckled.



"Oh sure! You just take off you're little mask and show us all who you really are hm?"



He then started to laugh and leans his arm back and shoots the glass window behind him. Rachel gasps as he starts pushing towards the now open window, he then leans her over and holds her arm and turns back to Batman who was watching them intently.



"Let her go…"



He growled, the Joker then started to laugh. "Very poor choice of words." He then started to laugh once again and shoves her out the window; Batman quickly runs after her and jumps out to save her. The Joker and his men then quickly ran out of the building, Isabella watched them for a moment and instantly ran after them.



The Joker and his men finally made it to the car and sped off. Isabella didn’t make it in time but then quickly looked over at a black Lamborghini and slammed her fist into the window causing the glass to shatter and opened the car, she then quickly jumped in and hotwired the car so the engine will start and sped off right after them.



She followed them for a good 20 minutes and realized that they were now at a different warehouse. She subtle parked the car at the side of the building and noticed some shallow stairs that led up to the top window. Once she hopped out of the car, she then quietly climbed up the shaky stairs and made it up to the top window.



To her delight, the window was unlocked, she then climbed in and started to walk inside the old weathered room, she quietly opened the door and heard the commotion, she could sense the Joker and started to walk towards his scent.



She finally made it up to another door and knew that this was now or never… she softly turned the doorknob and gently opened to door as it creaked from the old hinges and walked inside seeing him with his back to her staring out the window.



"It's amazing how beautiful this place will be as it starts to burn..."



He said mindlessly, Isabella glared at him, just ready to end his sorry life. "The world wont burn Jack… because I'll be there to stop it." The Joker then chuckled as he slowly turned to face her. "You know Izzy? It amazes me that someone as well qualified and is well experienced couldn’t figure out that it was little ole me who was slowly stealing you're heart." Isabella smirked at him as she crossed her arms.



"Stealing my heart? Please… you were nothing but just a good screw."



The Joker then allowed out his hysterical laughter as he walked towards her dangerously. "I find it amusing that you're trying so hard to prove that I little ole me meant nothing to you." Isabella then shrugged. "What makes you think I didn’t know all along? Ya know… I'm actually shocked that you haven’t figured out that I've been playing you this whole entire time.



When are you going to get it through your thick skull Jack? I'm the one who's always ahead of the curve." Jack then gritted his teeth and backhanded her across the face, Isabella then quickly placed her hand on her cheek and started to laugh.



"Do you feel better now? Knowing that you can hit a woman? Does it make you feel more like a man?"



The Joker then growled and roughly grabs her, pulling her tightly against him.



"Lets get this straight Izzy… you want me. The way your body reacts to mine is undoubtable and you even can't deny that… Just face the facts that you belong to me, you're heart, you're soul your entire being is mine now… hence the reason why you can't just let me go."



Isabella then roughly shoves him away from her. "I can let you go Jack that's not a problem for me, You're completely wrong." The Joker then smirked at her. "Then how come you're so spooked? And why can I…" He then punches her. "Affect you so badly hm?" Isabella then gritted her teeth, clenching her fists.



"You're wrong."



She growled, she then attacks him, crashing into a wall falling into the other room as they continue to fight as they speak the following, the Joker then grinned as he threw another punch at her.



"Oh, poor little lost girl. She doesn't fit in anywhere. She's got no one to love."



Isabella then scoffed as she connected her fist with his jaw.



"Me? I'm lost? Look at you, you idiot! Poor little Jackie. Can't be a normal human being, can't float along with the rest of the crowd. Where the hell do you fit in? The only Job you're good at is blowing things up and killing people. But ever since the day you've met me all you ever could do is make moon eyes at me!"



Joker gritted his teeth as he punched her in the stomach. "I'm in love with the entirety of you." Isabella then scoffed as she harshly kicks him under his chin.



"You're in love with pain. Admit it. You like me ... because you enjoy getting beaten down and the way I bit into you. So really, who's screwed up?"



The Joker then started to laugh his trademark laugh. "Hello! Agent of Chaos here! I'm supposed to be treading on the dark side. What's your excuse?" Isabella then punched him, and the Joker then immediately slices her arm with his blade.



She then immediately morphed out and inhumanly growled as she grabbed his neck and throws him at the other wall causing him to go right through and land into the other room. Isabella walked through the hole as the Joker wobbly gets up and grabs a chair and slams it against her causing the chair to shatter and knocked her onto the ground.



"Ya know Izzy… I really wasn't planning on hurting you…"



He then smirks.



"Much."



Isabella was laying on her stomach as she looked up at him defiantly. "You haven't even come close to hurting me." she then roughly kicks behind his legs causing him to fall down, The Joker started to laugh as he and Isabella quickly got up onto their feet. "Well then what is it Izzy? Afraid to give me the chance?" Isabella then shoves him violently against the wall.



"You afraid I'm gonna…"



He was then instantly cut off by her kissing him, hard, and as he kisses back, she punches the wall above them. The wall cracks and begins to crumble. Still lip locked, they spin away from the wall, slam into the opposite wall, The Joker pressing Isabella against the plaster.



It cracks, too. Isabella shoves the Joker away and pushes off the wall. The crack there spreads up to the ceiling and Plaster falls causing the chandelier wobble. Isabella lands upright against The Joker, pinning him to a post across the room. She kisses him desperately, angrily. Walls crumble. Shelving collapses. Shards of popped-out window glass crash to the floor.



The Joker then roughly grabs her and violently lifts her up against a stronger wall with her legs wrapped around his waist. They then both quickly ripped their lips away from each other and look at each other, both surprised. The Joker then shrugged off his coat and gloves, then started to fumble with his belt and zipper, tore off Isabella's undergarment and without any warning thrusts himself right into her, and started moving rhythmically.



Isabella gasps as he continued to move her dress further up feeling her warm strong thighs wrapped around him as he continued to thrust inside of her. The chandelier comes crashing down, barely missing the Joker and Isabella. They keep kissing, still moving their hips rhythmically against each others, moving in sync...



The Joker then growled and roughly ripped her away from the wall and carried her to the vacant bed, their lips never breaking apart from each other's as he laid her on the mattress. He then moved out of her, took his knife, and ripped from the slit of her dress all the up to the top seeing her now bare before him. He instantly grinned, felt her rip his vest and shirt off, and pulled off his tie making him bare before the world as well.



She then wrapped her legs around his waist while he moved one of his hands, placed it on her breast, and rolled his thumb against the tip getting a nice moan coming out of Isabella.



“Oh yeah… ugh… come on baby you know you want it… you know you want to be inside me.”



She growled, now nipping his neck with her blunt teeth, The Joker growled and took her other breast, placed the tip in his mouth, nipped, and sucked on it causing Isabella to roll back her head and arch her back against him. “Jack please… oh baby please I need you.” She whispered pleadingly, that was all the Joker needed to hear and then thrust inside of her. Isabella moaned and felt The Joker rock his hips against her; he held her body tightly against his and growled in her ear.



“You like that don’t you baby…"



He then moans. "Oh hell yeah, you like it when I’m inside you don’t you?” Isabella smirked with her eyes closed and then let out another moan. “Oh yeah… harder… please harder…” she said breathlessly, The Joker then started to rock his hips harder against her every thrust making her come closer to her climax. “Tell me Izzy." Thrust. "Tell me who you belong too." Thrust. "Say it!" Thrust. "Say you belong to me…" Thrust, thrust. "Ugh yeah come on…" Isabella then moaned, she felt The Joker's touch and hold on her become more possessive, she seductively smirked and then said.



“I belong to you, always have and ugh yeah right there and always will…”



The Joker smirked and looked back at her seeing that she morphed and her eyes were glowing and when she tilted her head back, her fangs were showing. The Joker knew she was coming close since her moans were getting louder and he could sense the oncoming climax, he then thrust even harder into her. “Damn Izzy you're so fucking amazing.” The Joker felt Isabella coming closer and then slipped his teeth into her neck making Isabella automatically climax…



“OH BLOODY HELL!”



She shouted, she then felt the Joker's climax come close so she then sank her fangs into his neck and felt him spill his seed inside of her. “OH, SHIT… IZZY…” he shouted rocking his hips until his climax was finally finished. The Joker then roughly kisses on her and then rested his head against her shoulder while he held her against him. “You're mine…” he growled possessively and hugged her tightly to him. Isabella had an evil grin on her face while she roamed her hands against his bare back.



"Always and forever darlin."



She then pushed him off of her causing him to fall backwards off the bed and against the cold floor. The Joker looked at her confused and annoyed until she crawled on top of him straddling his hips and placed him inside of her, she then gently placed her hands on his chest and rode him, The Joker chuckled and moaned “Damn Izzy already?” Isabella evilly chuckled and started to ride him faster.



“What can I say I enjoy a good ride.”



The Joker smirked at her and started to thrust his hips against her making her moan. “Oh yeah that’s it… ugh yeah… right there, that’s the spot… ugh…” The Joker watched as her breasts bounced up and down and then grasped her hips starting to feel his climax come back again and knew that hers was coming as well, he then rose up and placed one of her breasts into his mouth and licked and sucked on the aroused tip still thrusting inside of her.



Suddenly Isabella’s walls started to tighten against his shaft and felt her climax come instantly; Isabella moaned and arched her back while the Joker felt his seed spill inside her as both of their climaxes have ended.



Isabella then moved herself off of him and then laid right beside him and wrapped an arm around his waist while he wrapped his arm around her shoulder, Isabella knew that the Joker finally fell asleep due to his now rhythmic breathing and smirked from the recent events.



She then gently closed her eyes and allowed out a sadistic chuckle until she finally fell into a land of rest as well…



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Uh oh! It's starting to get interesting, I wonder whats going to happen next!? It's quite a triangle we got here and now everything is out in the open, the major question is will Isabella fall for the Clown Prince of Gotham or Gotham's Dark Knight?



Who do you guys think she should be with?



- Jack (The Joker)



Or



- Bruce (The Batman)



Hope you all are enjoying the story it really is fun to write.



Reviews are greatly appreciated and help motivate me to continue writing. I cannot wait to hear from all of you soon, and if any of you have any questions or suggestions don't hesitate to ask. :)