Chapter 11

CW: sexual content, violence, blood, character death, sexual assault

'So, what happened? One night you were walking alone in the woods and a strange looking dog came and bit you, and you felt funny afterwards?'

'Huh?' at first his question confuses me then I realize he is asking about how did I turn into a werewolf. 'Oh, no, heh. You know that feeling that you don't belong and you want to be something different?' he nods. 'I started collecting books about werewolves, vampires, demons and the like. Some of them even wrote down methods of turning. I didn't really believe them, but it was nice to fantasize about it. But one day I encountered a pawprint that matched the desription of a werewolf's paw. I drank out of it.'

'You drank out of a pawprint?'

'You maybe think it is silly but I fell very ill after that! And even died from it a little bit.'

'A little bit?' he seems to be really entertained by this ridiculous sounding story. And to be honest I can't blame him, in hindsight it is kind of silly.

'Yeah, because the next day I woke up like nothing happened. But then the full moon came and I had to find out that the transition was successful!'

'Did you regret it?'

'Oh, no. I've never felt more alive! Some difficulties aside I am happy. I feel free now.'

'Hm... And that's the most important thing, isn't it?'

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'Sam, do you have any idea, what what kind of shape the rooms of the Falcone mansion are in?'

'Uhm… yes, most of them are fine, why do you ask?'

'I was thinking we should visit one of the bedrooms, if you know what I mean.' he grins.

'Ooooh. Well, that sounds fun.' I wink at him. I'm not sure if my attempt at flirting is working, but I hope. 'There is something I would like to show you anyway.'

'Really? I can't wait for it.' then his phone rings. 'What?' he sounds a bit irritated.

'Boss.' Lark's voice can be heard from the phone. 'The Triad is here for the meet up.'

'Alright, alright, send them in.' he puts down the phone. 'Sweetheart.' suddenly his demeanor changes back to a more jovial one. 'Is it alright for you if we meet at your home tonight.'

'Yes Oswald, it is.'

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'Hello babies, I'm home!'

'Why is he here again?' Missy asks nodding towards Oswald. She still couldn't come to trust him.

'Uhm… I... I just want to show the other rooms to him.' This is technically true. I'm just not going to go into details what we are planning to do in the other rooms. 'We have to go now.' then I grab Oswald's hand to tug him along.

Among the many rooms of the mansion, we finally find the master bedroom. It's huge and despite everything being covered by dust and cobwebs you could tell it belonged to big money. Ornate furnitures, large windows and I'm pretty sure the carpet was very expensive and beautiful when it was clean. There are some candelabras as well. I look at the bed, it's quite dirty. I don't feel like laying in it in this state so I cover it with my blanket.

'Quite ostentatious.' Oswald notes dismissively. 'It will be dark soon. Are the lights working here?'

'I don't think so. There is electricity at some parts of the building but not everywhere. But it doesn't matter.' I pull out my matchbox out of my pocket. 'I'm pretty sure there are some candles over here.'

'Heh, look at you, how charming you can get!'

'I learned from the best after all. There it is!' I say as I finish lighting up the candles. 'It's going to fit the mood nicely.'

'Oh, I am already in the mood.' he sneaks upon me and starts to unbutton my vest. Then he shoves his fingers under my shirt circling on my belly. 'Heheh, Oswald.' I turn around. I start kissing him as we undress each other. 'Hm, Oswald wait.' I stop him when he starts taking off my shirt. 'Let me do it, I have something to show you.' I take off my socks and underwear and sit on the bed. 'Come here.' I pat the bed next to me.

'Alright, my dear, what is it?' he looks at me curiously. I slide off my shirt to reveal a new tattoo on my left arm which happens to be an old school heart with his name on it.

'Oh...' he is looking at it with great wonder. He starts planting soft kisses on it, then moves up to my shoulder, then onto my cheek, finally starts kissing my lips. He is so gentle but at the same time so needy, like he wants to hold me until the world ends. He pushes me on my back.

'When did you get it?'

'Not long ago, but, you know it healed pretty fast.'

'Sam I... uh...' he wants to say something but stops himself. Instead he continues kissing me as we embrace each other for the night.

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An odd feeling wakes me up in the morning. Maybe because I'm still half asleep or because of the comfort of Oswald cuddling me from behind but I can't pinpoint what it is. When I smell something sweet and rotten and I hear heartbeats I realize someone is here. Two people more precisely, but before I can even react, suddenly vines enter the room, grab Oswald and me and slam us at the wall which is unpleasant enough, but the thorns digging into the skin makes it worse. And if it's bad for me I can't even imagine how Oswald, who unlike me is a mere mortal could feel right now who has just woken up in the most painful way possible. Then finally our intruders reveal themselves. It is Poison Ivy and Riddler.

'Ivy...' says Oswald with a pained voice. 'Tell me… what is the reason… of this dramatic entry?'

'You know very well why I'm here.' she looks pissed.

'Pammy, since I had to see Cobblepot's fat ass naked you owe me for dragging me here.'

'Ivy, could you please kill me… It would be more preferable… over listening to… Nygma's yapping...'

'You! How dare you say this, you little...' he is shrieking in anger, until the plant lady stops him.

'Enough Eddie. Now Oswald, you killed Harley so you have to pay for it. But don't worry, after I finished with you, your little lover will be next.' she then starts leaning towards him for a kiss. I start panicking. I have to do something before she can hurt Oswald.

'Wait! It was me!'

This startles her. 'What do you mean?' she approaches me instead.

'I killed Quinn. Oswald has nothing with it.'

'Really?'

'Really. I smashed her head into a bloody pulp. It looked pretty nasty.'

She is visibly seething with rage, but composes herself enough to stay relatively calm.

'Then that means I have to start with you.' she comes closer and presses her lips against mine. My whole body is shaking with disgust, and the smell of rotten plants makes me want to throw up. I feel violated. 'Ugh...' this is all I can say when she finishes.

'What?' she is obviously in shock that her most formidable attack didn't work this time.

'Uhm… Pammy...' everyone turns to Riddler, whose head now is between the fangs of a lion-like, giant dog. Not for too long though as the beast soon severs the body part and the villain's headless body collapses on the floor. Poison Ivy freezes for a moment when she realizes what trouble she is in, but after the shock she winds into action. Or she would if it isn't for a little cat in the corner who holds her back. Or at least her shadow. Unable to move the villainess is looking at me with despair.

'Now hurry up, release us!' I command. She has no choice but to comply, if only because Missy is making her. When Oswald and I are finally set free I look at him as he is bleeding. It breaks my heart seeing him in pain. 'Attacking me is one thing but you had to hurt Oswald.' my voice is unnervingly calm, which scares the woman in front of me. In a sudden move I grab her neck and rip her throat out. Without a sound she fells on the ground to bleed out. 'Look what you got yourself into for that babbling womanchild. How pathetic.' I say with pity. 'Babies!' I turn to my companions. 'Please help me get Oswald some treatment.'

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'There's really no need for this.' says Oswald grumpily as I apply my special ointment on his wounds. I made sure that he is comfortable so I tucked him into my own bed.

'Oswald, calm down, you need to heal!'

'I'm going to heal, you just make a huge deal about it.' he might be right, he is surprisingly though. It just worries me that his body is much fragile than mine and can't recover as easily.

'Look there are some wounds on your penis. I treat them then I stop bothering you, okay?

'Okay, fine.'

When I've done treating Oswald I turn around and I see Teddy and Missy being lethargic. They have outdone themselves this time and I feel bad for them. I sit down on the coach and pat my lap to invite them. They slowly come to me and jump onto my lap then I start petting their heads to console them.

'Both of you did a great job today, I'm proud of you.'

'I killed someone.' Teddy says with a pained voice. He was always a protector, never a murderer. Missy looks tired as well. Her powers weren't designed for fighting either.

'It's okay, you protected your master.'

'Your pets are really special.' Oswald notes.

'They are my companions. And of course they are special.' desipte the circumstances my heart warms up. These three and also Debby, my plant are the ones I love the most and now I have all of them with me.

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'So what do you think, what should we do with those two?' I ask Oswald referring to the two corpses at the mansion. It's been a day and they can't be up there forever.

'I'm not sure. It would be real tedious to drag them across the city to dump them into the ocean. We could throw them into the river nearby, but there's the risk of them being washed ashore.'

'How about we light them on fire for a change?'

'Not a bad idea. What do you have in mind?'

'Hm... well, I believe there's a furnace at the… no, wait!'

'What's wrong?'

'It might be a bad idea, what if my famous neighbour, Bruce Wayne would notice the smoke? I successfully evaded him noticing me for a long time, I don't want to reveal my hideout. And even worse, he might be Batman.'

'He is.'

'Oh, you already know?'

'Of course, being in close proximity with both Batman and Wayne really helped me find it out. But he underestimates me too much to realize it.' he straightens his back proudly.

'Then what should we do?'

'How about we make a bigger fire? We could set the whole mansion on fire, make it look like an accident.' he smiles cunningly. 'Two criminals burning to death at their secret in an unexpected fire. Yes, that sounds like an idea.'

'Wait a minute? Where am I going to live then?' I ask in confusion.

'Over the lounge in my penthouse, of course.'

What does he mean "of course"? He didn't even ask me if I want to live with him. Why is he making assumptions?

'No.' I mutter.

There is a minute of awkward silence. 'What do you mean by no?'

'I don't want to move in with you.'

'Really? Alright, if you want to live in that rat nest in the walls of the Falcone mansion, then go on.'

'Wow you really bad at rejecting, aren't you?' I snap back. Why does he have to be such an asshole?

'That's because you are acting unreasonable, meanwhile I could give you everything!'

'Have you ever thought about it that I don't want to spend every single minute of my freetime with you?' then I storm out.

'Goddamnit, where are you going?!' he shouts after me.

I end up in Robinson park. I'm trying to evade all the annoying couples who like to make out under the sky so I can be alone. I might have cried a little bit. I think maybe that last line to Oswald was too harsh, and now I feel bad. As I calm down and think about it maybe Oswald has a point. There would be a lot of benefits to live with him. But I like my place and the freedom it gaves me. I don't know what to do.

Then someone sits next to me on the bench.

'How did you find me?'

'I tracked your phone.' Oswald says.

'Wow, that was clever.' I say with a deadpan voice.

'Something's wrong? You can tell me about it.'

'Can I?'

'Listen, I'm sorry for what I said.'

'I'm sorry too.'

'So… is the idea of moving with me really that horrible to you?'

'No! It really isn't. It's just that I really like that place, and I like that I can live there how I want and I can decorate it and to be honest I'm afraid I wouldn't feel at home at your place because it is only yours and not ours and I would be just a guest there...' I'm not sure I made my point across with my rambling.

'Oh, I didn't know you would be this existential about it.'

'And honestly I don't want every aspect of my life to be controlled by you.'

'Why not?' he asks snarkily, which makes me give him an annoyed look. 'I was just joking. But would you hear me out? You don't have to travel across the city and back every day.'

'I'm listening.'

'It would give you stability. You must be really lucky noone discovered your hydeout yet.' he has a point, I have many invaluable items that I would rather keep in safer place.

'And finally...' he is putting his hand on my thigh. 'I could pleasure you all night long.' then he pulls me into a kiss but then two figures appear from the bushes.

'... and then I told her… oooh.' they get startled as they notice us but when we are giving them death glares they run away in horror.

Finally the disturbance is out of sight. 'Oswald, I want to tell you something.'

'Yes?'

'I'm really sorry if you had doubts about me, but please don't forget, that I love you. And I would very much like to live with you.'

His face lights up in a way I have never seen him before. 'I love you too, Sam.'

'But there's still one thing left, I only can go if my companions could come with me.'

'That's fair enough.'

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'Alright, when will we move?' asks Missy without second toughts when I mention them Oswald's proposal.

'No matter where you go, Master, I will follow you.' says Teddy.

'Okay I think that is settled.'

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