Hey everyone. This is a revised version of this chapter. I hope it will still get some love.

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Chapter One

It was a stormy day in Gotham. A young girl was just brought to GCPD. She was badly beaten and scared, she wouldn't let anyone near her. You could tell she had a rough life and that she was going to be on the defense for a long time.

"Hello little miss." a man walked up to her with a warm and comforting smile. By the way, he acted and dressed, you could tell he was a cop. " My name is Jim Gordon. Can you tell me what happened?" he sat next to her and looked at her hands where she held a crescent moon amulet.

"Why am I here?" she asked Jim.

"A few officers found you in an alley not far from here. What were you doing down there?"

The young girl shivered " I was hiding from someone. He has been having people following me for quite a while now." she told him in a scared voice.

This confused Jim to no end. Who could she know that could scare her so much she resorted to hiding in an alley. "If you don't mind me asking but who are you hiding from?" Suddenly the TV in the office came on.

"JIM" yelled a man with shaggy hair and wore a fedora on his head called out to the man. " HE'S BACK!"

"Who?" Jim was confused about who was back.

"Jerome's wannabes." When the girl heard this name she froze and turned pale. Her reaction did not go unnoticed by the kind man. He crouched down and looked at her.

"You know Jerome's cult don't you?" She nodded shakingly. "What's your name?" he knew that it was too late to ask her name but if he knew her name he could see the connection between the madman and the scared girl.

"Lily. He always called me his pure flower," she said to him gripping the necklace.

"Who did?" he questioned Lily looked terrified

"Jerome himself" this confused Jim even more so. How did she know him?

"What was your relationship with him?" Jim asked Lily.

"I'm his adopted sister." The shocked Jim to the core. How did he not know that Jerome had a sister? "He didn't see me as his sister. "

"What do you mean?" Jim was confused.

"He is like Jervis Tetch. He sees me as a lover, a possession." Lily coward.

"Oh my god." Jim knew Jerome was sick but his own sister. One lunatic loving his sibling as a lover was bad enough but two was a nightmare. If Jerome was anything like Tetch, he would have come after her and hurt her like Tetch did Alice, but since he isn't alive that means Dwight would. This isn't good. He had to watch out for Bruce as well because of Jerome's cult. " Do you know anyone around here to take you in?" She shook her head no. "Would you mind if I put you with someone until we catch Jerome's cult leader Dwight?" She shook her head again. " Let's get you checked over then we will head to a friend's house." Jim brought her to the M.E. office to get checked over. He walked into the office and was greeted by the ever angry Medical Examiner Dr. Lee Tompkins.

"Jim? What's going on?" she walked up to him and saw Lily hiding "Oh hello. What's your name?"

"Lily. My name is Lily" the young girl shyly responded.

"She needs to be checked out before I put her in protective custody," Jim said sternly. This confused Lee to no end. Why would he put her in protective custody?

"Jim, what in the world is going on?" Lee asked sternly. "Why does she needs to be put in protective custody?"

"She's Jerome Valeska's adoptive sister. She ran away from his cult and I'm guessing because he was much like Tetch." This made Lee very concerned. She knew she had to put her anger towards Jim aside and help this little girl hide from that monster. It's bad enough that his cult is trying to revive the monster.

"But Jerome is dead. How do Dwight and his cult know about her?"Lee looked at the small timid girl with a mother like worry laced into her eyes.

Out of nowhere, the young girl's voice broke through the tension that was in the middle of the trio. "Because they found his diary."

The adults looked back at the girl who both had confusion written on their faces. "His diary?" Jim asked the young girl.

"When an inmate dies at Arkham, their belongings go to the morgue along with the body so they can be given to the family," Lee stated the fact. Lily nodded at the older woman. Lee held out her hand to the innocent girl before saying"Come on sweetie. Let's make sure you are ok." Lily was hesitant about moving forward but she could see that Lee was a good person at heart, so she grabbed the woman's hand and followed her. Lee gave her a ten-minute check up and saw that she was fine and perfectly able to go to wherever Jim was taking her. "You are a very brave girl, Lily." When Lee said this, it shocked Lily.

"I'm sorry to tell you that you're wrong Ms. Lee, but I am far from brave. I ran away from Jerome as soon as I could and then ended up living on the streets." Lily's eyes started to water at the memories of her past.

"You are brave because you stood up to a mad man." Lee smiled at the young girl. "You know, if I ever have a little girl, I would want her to be as brave and as kind, like you." the good doctor rolled over to her desk and pulled out a hidden stash of chocolate "Chocolate?" she gave the young girl the stash and smile. The young girl nodded and smiled at the nice doctor before taking a tootsie roll. " Well I hate to say it but you are all good and ready to go with Detective Gordon." she placed a soft kiss on the child's head "Be safe sweetie."

The young girl nodded and walked back to the kind-hearted cop. As she was walking with the cop she turned around and yelled out "Bye Dr, Lee" The young girl smiled softly then followed Jim out of the station.

****Time Skip****

About an hour later Jim's car pulled up to the Wayne manor's Gates.

"This is where I'm staying? Why?" Lily spoke up.

"Because Jerome was going to kill Bruce before he died. We need to keep both you and him protected."Jim said with no room to question him. He pulled into the driveway and walked to the door. When he and Lily made it he rang the doorbell and not even five minutes later an older man that had a kind but the slightly serious face had opened the door.

"Ah, Detective. Nice to see you again." The man said in an English accent. His eyes wandered down to the young girl next to him "Who's this?"

"This is Lily. She needs to be in protective custody because of the Cult" Jim gently pushed the young girl forward."Please let her stay. She and Bruce are in danger." Jim begged slightly to the Englishman.

"Of course." He smiled and held his hand out to the young girl. "Welcome Miss. Lily. Let me introduce Master Bruce." He called out for the mysterious Bruce

"Yes Alfred?" a young man that was about Lily's age walked up to the door. His eyes met the young girl's dark brown eyes that were filled to the brim with curiosity. "Hi," he smiled and gave her a small smile. "I'm Bruce." The young girl shied away from the young man by hiding behind Jim.

"Bruce meet Lily."Jim gestured to the young girl that was hiding behind him. She waved at the boy with a shy smile. "She needs to be in protective custody but right now you are the only one who can keep her safe."

"Now if you don't mind my asking but why does this young girl need to be protected?" Alfred asked the young cop.

"The cult is after her and they are trying to bring Jerome back. Keep her safe." with that Jim went to his car leaving the shy girl in the care of the British butler and the boy billionaire.