The Witness

Nine year old Kathy Thompson was walking home from school,swinging her schoolbag back and forth as she nervously walked down the street.

This was the first time that Kathy had walked on her own from School and she wasn't too happy about it. Both her parents were busy. Her Dad was at work and her mum had a job interview and she didn't have time to pick up Kathy. Luckily, her apartment wasn't far from school so she didn't have far to walk but Kathy was uncomfortable about walking in Gotham city without adult company. She had heard about all those madmen and murderers that were on the loose and the thought of it scared her.

She had just turned half-way down the street when she heard a scream followed by crazy, phsycotic laughter. Kathy hid behind a wall and peered over it to see a terrified young woman being terrorized by Gotham's most dangerous criminal,the Joker.

Kathy had seen him on the news and in the papers, but in real life he looked much scarier. She couldn't help watching as the woman backed away nervously.

"You look nervous, is it the scars, do they make you nervous?" he asked the scared young woman, bringing out a knife and brushing it agaisnt her cheeks. Kathy wanted to do something, but she was rooted on the spot with fear and couldn't take her eyes of the scene.

The woman was attempting to fight back and she kicked the Joker in the kneecaps.

"A little fight in ya, I like that " he replied in a menacing tone making the woman more nervous than ever. "You still look kinda nervous, well le me fix that. Let's put a smile on that face hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha".

What Kathy saw next made her scream bloody murder and she ran out of her hiding place to get a better look. The Joker could have sworn he heard a child screaming and looked to find Kathy watching him, a shocked look on her face.

"Well, well, what do we have here?" he said, dropping the Woman's corpse and walking towards Kathy who gasped and ran down the street.

Scared and shocked, Kathy ran down the street to find the nearest police station to inform them on what she saw.

"Oh god, Oh god, Oh god" she kept saying as she ran and ran as fast as she could. Kathy wasn't exactly tall so she couldn't run as fast as fast as an athlete but she ran as fast as her little feet would carry her.

What she didn't notice that the lace on her sneaker had come undone and it got caught under her feet, causing her to fall down.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" she screamed as she fell and hit the ground. She was a little dazed but she wasn't hurt. She looked down at her trainer and saw that it was untied but as she went to fasten it, a Purple gloved hand covered her mouth and dragged her from the ground. Her Schoolbag lay unaided on the ground.

Dun dun dun...