Mystery of The Night

CH. 13



Isabella was so distraught as she zoomed down the streets of Gotham, she didn’t want the Joker to have the upper hand but what was she to do? She did have to admit that he had a very powerful connection to her and he was right it was partially her fault… if she didn’t sink her fangs into him and allow him to taste her blood then they wouldn’t be in this situation.



However, even before then she was constantly leaning towards him and that is what infuriated her… she saw what kind of man he was and knew that even though he tried his hardest to keep that cold, distant demeanor, a part of him showed something else. Yes, they were both freaks to this world and maybe that is why their connection was so strong.



She couldn’t help the fact that her mind was racing, she didn’t even pay attention to the speed limit as she continued to pass by and cut off all the cars on the road. However, even though through all of this confusion she realized why she was so torn… she wanted someone to understand her and love her. She knew the Joker was incapable of love but Bruce wasn’t, yet Bruce could never understand the lifestyle she leads like the Joker does. That was why she was having such a hard time trying to decide.



Sure, the smarter choice would be Bruce since he follows the same outlooks she does, but then she supposed it'd be to boring… she always fell for men who she knew would be bad for her, but she couldn’t help it. However she did know that it was time for a change all in all maybe that was what she really needed… she knew Bruce was very torn and Rachel did have a right to be leery about being in a relationship with him. That wasn’t her type of life… she could never understand.



In reality, maybe Harvey was Rachel's better choice, he never lived his life in utter chaos and in secrecy even though he knew the secrets of the world he never had to live the life like she, Bruce or even the Joker did. However, their years together she always tried to protect him from that kind of life… She knew he was meant to do great things and didn’t want any road stops to get in his way.



As the car continued to speed through the streets, she finally made it to her destination. She parked the car in the garage and strolled into the massive complex, she walked up directly to the elevators and pressed the button causing the doors to ding and then stepped inside and started to move, she suddenly started to feel fidgety. She was worried as how this was going to go; it could be either complete bliss or agony she just didn’t know…



As the elevator finally dinged to her desired floor, she then slowly walked out of the elevator and directly up to his door. Isabella allowed out a soft sigh as she rang the doorbell and immediately saw the door swing open she automatically thought that Alfred was going to be her greeter but once the door swung open enough she was shocked to see a very distraught Bruce Wayne.



It looked as if he hadn’t slept since last night and he was still wearing his suit from last night. She then suddenly became worried what if he didn’t catch Rachel in time? She was immediately cut out of her thoughts when she felt Bruce quickly grab her and hug her to him.



"Izzy thank God you're ok! I thought he took you from me!"



Isabella was in shock at first but then smiled and hugged him back. "Bruce I'm fine" she laughed, Bruce then pulled her back so she can look at her.



"Did he do anything to you; I swear I'll beat the shit out of him if he did!"



He said quickly as he looked over her and noticed that she had on a pair of boxers and a black t-shirt. Isabella immediately realizing that coming here was a bad idea but what was she to do now? "No… um I woke up this morning and realized that I didn’t check in with you so I decided to come visit you to see if you were alright." Bruce then arched his brow.



"You sure? You look like you just came back from…"



Isabella then smiled up at bruce and started to laugh. "Well… I'm not going to lie Bruce. I was with Jack last night… and he's not too happy either after our little spat." Bruce then gritted his teeth and yanked her into his penthouse. "Look Izzy I'm getting really tired of this. You're either with me or him! I being honest when I tell you I care about you, but can you honestly say the same for me!?" Isabella then scoffed.



"Please! If you only saw the way, you threw yourself after her last night! I understand that part Bruce, but explain to me all those women you escorted last night! If you really cared about me you would've been with me! I'm getting really tired of you trying to play up your playboy image because you don't want people to know who you are, and don't sit here and say that the only reason why I'm spouting off on this is because I cant handle you being Batman! That has nothing to do with it! I just wish I knew what I really mean to you! You say you care about me but what as of? A friend with benefits? A lover? A girlfriend or someone you can really see yourself with down the road? I care about you Bruce I really do but I have a very hard time believing you when you oogle at Rachel… so I'm sorry yes I have a relationship with Jack or I should at least say Had. Things didn’t go really well this morning and I'm just tired of Lies… Lies from you and him and in all honestly I really believe that maybe I should be alone for awhile."



Bruce looked down at her completely concerned as he placed his hand on the side of her face gently caressing it. "Izzy please don't go… I'm sorry, things have just been so chaotic lately and I know I haven’t been treating you really well lately. And I definitely don't want you to believe that I lied to you… I really care about you and want this to work." Isabella looked up into his soft dark brown eyes and saw the sincerity in them.



"I want to believe you Bruce I really do… but after everything last night and everything that has been happening I just don't know who to trust anymore."



Bruce frowned as he quickly wrapped his arms around her and hugged her to him as he gently kissed her forehead.



"Izzy you can always trust me… I'll always take care of you."



Isabella's eyes then started to well up into tears, things were going way to crazy right now and there was no one she could talk to… she knew if she ever told Ally and Harvey her rendezvous with the Joker they'd flip.



They'd all say that she had lost her mind and would scorn her since she had sex with him twice after knowing… maybe this game was to huge for her to play in who knows but all she knew was that she needed someone to help her… to understand what is going on.



She then gently looked up at Bruce as tears started to roll down her cheeks. "You promise?" She wanted someone so badly to love her and not look at her like a freak and ever since she's known Bruce he has treated her completely normal, maybe there was still some hope yet. Bruce then gently smiled down at her and then gave her a soft sweet kiss.



"Izzy I'd do anything for you… you have no idea how worried I was for you."



Isabella smiled up at him, gave him a gentle peck on the lips, and then buried her face into his chest as he hugged her tightly to him.



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Later that night, Isabella softly walked into the kitchen to see Alfred cooking up a storm as Bruce was going over some plans; she then softly smiled to herself as she watched the older man busying himself around the kitchen.



"Do you need any help?"



She asked softly, startling the older man, Alfred then quickly looked back at her and smiled. "Not at all Miss Raven." Isabella then rolled her eyes. "Now come on mate, I think we're above formalities as of right now and be honest would you like some help?" Alfred then chuckled at her as she walked into the kitchen, fully dress in the same black t-shirt but switched the boxers for a pair of Bruce's baggy sweats.



"Well Miss. Isabella I have everything set and ready but if you would like to keep me company it would be most obliged."



Isabella grinned at him and then plopped herself down on one of the stools and rested her elbows on the counter. "I think I can do that!" Alfred grinned at her as he started to stir the noodles. "So I see that you and Master Wayne are getting along famously." Isabella softly smiled at Alfred and shrugged. "I suppose you can say that… Alfred can I talk to you about something?" Alfred slowly looked back at her and slowly nodded. "Of course Miss. Isabella." Isabella sighed, as the look on her face morphed nothing but complete seriousness.



"I'm sure you know by now that I was in another relationship with someone else while being with Bruce… which I'm also sure that you knew it was fine for the both of us. But that's not what I want to talk about… what I want to talk about is… is there a possibility to fall in love with two men?"



Alfred then smiled at her as she continued.



"I mean I know I shouldn’t even give a bloody shite about Jack but I honestly believe it's too late to not care about him… But with Bruce I honestly believe that we could have a future together, and with Jack I know that he has so many layers that you couldn’t literally pull all of them back by now… he's too far deep into his world of hate and rage but I still worry for him and care… I know this is bad of me to talk about since one of these men is your boss but I have no one else… Alfred what should I do? I know I shouldn’t be with Jack, he's too dangerous and too unpredictable and he lied to me… he lied to me and made me believe that he was someone I could trust and when I'm with him it's almost like he knows how to work my emotions and I know that is bad he is bad. The whole bloody situation is bad! But I really care for Bruce I want to be with him and I really want to believe that he deep down does care for me… but I almost wonder if maybe his love for Rachel will always overshadow me."



Alfred nodded giving her an understanding look as he walks up to her.



"Well from what I've seen of you Miss. Raven you allow yourself to wear your heart on your sleeve. Mr. Wayne is the same as well… But if you want my full honest opinion I'd say that a heart that is split it two could either be a blessing or a nightmare. I believe that in the line of work you have been in since you were younger, you only have been involved with nothing but the type of men Jack would be categorized as… You strive for someone who is just like you and maybe the reason why you keep going to Jack or allow him to do his little antics is because you believe that he is just like you. That he completely understands who you are and maybe in some ways he does but in others he may be possibly be using them as a way for you to stay with him, make you his little puppet. I'm not saying this to Honor Mr. Wayne. You asked me a question and this is my honest answer to you. From the day, you've entered our little city Mr. Wayne has been nothing but intrigued with you. And since the day that he had first asked you out I must admit was the most excited I have seen him in a long, long time… It's not everyday that the woman you care about understands the duties of the life you have chosen. He spends majority of his time talking about you when he doesn’t have to worry about the city of Gotham or Wayne Enterprises, he's always concern with your well-being and may I also add you are the first woman he has truly involved in his plans as Batman… that Miss. Isabella is saying something in itself."



Isabella then smirked up at him.



"So you're saying that my better choice is Bruce…"



Alfred then grinned over at her knowingly.



"What I'm saying Miss. Isabella is that the heart is a very funny thing, it could lead to you bliss or complete chaos. Something I'm very sure you're familiar with… if you're heart feels for a man of complete mystery and affects every emotion in you're body, if you thrive for the Chaos then I suggest that you pick Jack. But if you're heart is yearning for compassion and sincerity I believe you should choose to be with Master Wayne."



Isabella smiled up at him as she jumped off of her stool and walked up to him and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek. "Thank you Alfred." Alfred then nodded.



"Anytime Miss. Isabella."



Just then, they both heard a familiar voice coming from behind them. "Now Alfred what did I tell you about trying to steal my women from me?" Isabella giggled as she turned around to see Bruce standing there with a smug smirk on his face as he had his arms crossed and was leaning against the doorframe. Alfred chuckled at him as Isabella started to walk towards Bruce.



"I assure you sir that was not my intention but in all honesty if you ever decide to rid yourself of this woman I will admit to be the first in line to ask her to dinner."



Bruce then chuckled as he wrapped his arms around Isabella, hugging her to him as she rested her head on his shoulder. "Well you're going to be having to wait a very long time Alfred because I'm never letting her go." He grinned as he and Isabella looked at each other and softly kissed one another.



"I wouldn’t expect it any other way Master Wayne."



Alfred smiled knowingly at Isabella who had the same smile on her face.



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Once Dinner was through and the night continued to fly through. Bruce and Isabella were now lounged about on his bed watching a movie. Isabella as resting her head on Bruce's lap as Bruce laid up against the headboard softly running his fingers through her hair.



"Izzy?"



He said softly as he gently looked down at her, Isabella softly looked up at him and smiled. "Yeah Bruce?" Bruce sighed, giving her a serious look.



"Me being Batman doesn’t bother does it? I mean… are you really ok living a life knowing that I would be out all night and sometimes coming home with all sorts of wounds?"



Isabella then instantly grinned up at him and then gently rose her body up and straddled his hips as she gently moved aside some hair from his face.



"Bruce… you being Batman will never bother me… I admire what you do and would never leave you because of that reason. You're an incredibly amazing man and for the whole wounds bit well luv that's easy! I can patch you up as good as new!"



Bruce chuckled as he softly moved some of her hair behind her ear. "You are so wonderful Izzy." He whispered as he rested his forehead against hers, Isabella softly laughed as she gently kissed his lips.



"Yer not so bad yerself mate."



Bruce then chuckled as he continued to kiss her.



"I'm falling head over heels for you Izzy."



Isabella grinned and kissed him back.



"I think I'm falling head over heels for you too Bruce."



Bruce instantly grinned when he heard that and then gently laid her down on his bed and started to give her a strong passionate kiss.



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Meanwhile, little did Bruce and Isabella know was that the Joker had two of his henchmen keep an eye out for Isabella and once they realized that she had been at Bruce Wayne's penthouse for majority of the day they knew that this wasn't going to be good. Chase sighed as he looked over at Murray.



"You know the boss is going to be pissed once he hears this."



Murray then shrugged. "I still don't understand why he's so adamant on us watching this Bitch it's almost as if he's falling for her or something!" Chase then started to burst out into laughter. "Yeah ok! Like the Joker could ever fall in love with a woman like her! Please he could never have someone like her to fall for him!" Murray then shrugged.



"It sounded like they were going at it last night and this morning! But who knows with the Joker they probably were beating the shit out of each other they both seem like the types who would like it rough!"



Chase then smirked. "I would definitely not mind tapping her! With that Body and Mouth of hers I'd have myself one hell of a goodtime!" Murray then chuckled as he dialed the Joker's phone number. "Too bad we know that if any of us touch her it'll be our heads." Chase then nodded as Murray pressed the talk button. Just then, on the other line The Joker answered.



"Hello?"



Murray then frowned. "Hey boss it's me and Chase we have an update regarding the girl you want us to watch." The Joker instantly became interested as he jumped in his seat a bit. "Well what the hell are you waiting for!? Let's Here it!" Murray then sighed. "It's not good Boss, she's been at Wayne's penthouse the entire day and night and it doesn’t look like she's planning on leaving anytime soon either." The Joker immediately gritted his teeth as she jumped up from his seat.



"WHAT!?"



He yelled, Murray flinched on the other line. "Miss. Raven parked the Ferrari she stole at Wayne's apartment building and since she left our hideout she hasn’t headed back home, she had been at his penthouse the entire day… neither of them leaving either! Is there anything you want us to do?" The Joker gritted even more, he was furious that his Izzy was playing games and they were games he definitely didn’t like.



"No… I'll take care of this."



The Two Henchmen then looked at each other hesitantly.



"You sure Boss because we can take them out if you want."



The Joker then started to laugh hysterically on the phone and then slammed his phone shut not even giving them an answer. Murray quickly looked over at Chase and shrugged.



"Guess he doesn’t want us doing anything."



The Joker started to pace back and forth thinking over what he was going to do and then figured out a perfect way to involve this situation into his master plan. He then instantly grinned as he looked out his window that showed all of Gotham.



"Oh Izzy, Izzy, Izzy… you want to play with Fire? Well then my dear you will get you're wish."



He then deviously smirked as he closed the curtains and stormed out of the room.



*****



Well it looks like Bruce and Isabella are getting really close, but what i wonder is what the Joker has planned since Isabella is now one of his main targets. Will he be able to sway her of her feelings for Bruce or will she hate him even more. Stay Tuned there is even more surprises to come! ;)



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.



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