Quinn POV

I wake up with a splitting headache. "What happened?" I groan as I try to sit up.

"You were becoming agitated and threatening the staff. We had to sedate you."

"Where is Bella?"

"Miss Valeska is unstable at the moment."

"What do you mean unstable?"

The doctor sighs "I really shouldn't be telling you this, but she's on a round the clock suicide watch."

"What?" I reply in a whisper hoping that I had heard wrong. "Did you say suicide watch?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Miss Valeska has made a few rather unsettling statements so the doctor thought it would best to put her on a suicide watch just to be on the safe side."

"What kind of statements?" I asked now really worried about Bella.

The nurse sighs "I can't discuss that with you. I shouldn't have even told you that much..." At this, I try to rise from my bed but am stopped by the nurse. "Hay, where do you think your going? You need your rest."

"I have to see Bella. I have to talk to her. I have to make sure she's alright..."

"I am sorry, but I can't allow that. I'm under strict instructions to keep you away from her. Oh by the way, you had visitors. Your mother and sister stopped by earlier..."

"Is that supposed to be some kind of joke? Because I don't find that the least bit funny! My mother died years ago and my sister is dead to me. She means nothing to me. Bella on the other hand, means the world to me. Now, you will tell me who ordered you to keep me away from Bella and you will tell me NOW!" I hissed at the nurse who gulped in reply.

"The GCDOCS caseworker assigned to her case, as well as the doctor whose care she currently in, don't think it is wise for her to have visitors right now."

"Quinn?" I look up to see my sister and I frown.

"What are you doing here?"

"The doctor's from the hospital called to inform me of your condition."

At this, I let out a low growl. "They had no right."

"Look, I know we've had our problems in the past but I'd like to try and mend our relationship. You are after all, my baby sister."

"It takes me getting shot for you to come see me?" I reply with a scoff.

"I've been a little busy as of late helping our mother regain her memory."

"GET OUT!" I snarl at her she sighs her gaze full of sadness.

"Father didn't tell you did he?" My sister asked sadly.

"Tell me what?" I replied irritatedly.

"Dad went practically insane after mom's death. He refused to accept it. He took mom's body to Hugo Strange on Indian Hill. The casket on the day of the funeral was empty. That's why dad insisted that it remain closed. I found mom a few years ago. She had managed to escape Indian Hill but she had no memory of who she was or what had happened. All she knew was that Dr Strange had somehow managed to revive her. That He experimented on her for years before she was able to escape."

"That's a nice story, but I don't buy it. What's the real reason your here? Did you come to gloat? Huh?" I demanded grabbed my sister by the throat.

"Quinn Victoria Young release your sister this instant! You know I abhor violence, but if you don't let go of your sister right now I will take you over my knee and give you a good spanking despite your injury."

"Mom?" My eyes went wide and I immediately released my sister. "How??? How is this possible?"

"Like your sister said your father couldn't cope with my death so he took me to Hugo Strange. I don't remember much. I do remember that you are my daughter and that I love you dearly. Your sister tells me that after my funeral your father basically abandoned you. For that, I will never forgive him. How are the Valeska boys? Did you ever find their sister?"

"That's a long story. Yes, I found her. In fact, she's here in this hospital but they are refusing to take me to her. I need to see her mom. It's a matter of life and death."

"Well now if it's a matter of life and death then we will do whatever we can to assist you. Excuse me sir, I'm looking for Bella Valeska. She was brought here with a friend of hers. Could you tell me where I might be able to find her?"

"I'm sorry ma'am but I'm afraid that Miss Valeska isn't allowed visitors of any kind right now."

"Look, I don't care what you were told you will take my daughter and I to Bella now! Or I won't hesitate to contact a good friend of ours from the GCPD. He won't be happy to hear that your keeping Bella's legal guardian from seeing her. That is illegal you know."

"Excuse me Doctor, there is a woman here that's insisting that her daughter be able to see Bella. She refuses to leave until this happens."

"Then call security and have the woman removed from the premises."

"I would but the lady threatens to called the GCPD and GCDOCS. She said it's illegal for us to refuse to allow the child contact with her family and friends regardless of her condition. Couldn't we allow them a short visit?"

The doctor sighed "fine, but it she starts to get agitated they will have to leave immediately."

"I will let them know. Good news Miss Young, the doctor has agreed to allow you to visit Miss Valeska. However, the moment Miss Valeska shows any signs of agitation the visit will end immediately."

"I accept theses terms."

"Then follow me. Oh and Miss Young, you should know that Bella blames herself for your injury. And she blames you for hers."

Bella POV

"Bella, your  friend Quinn is here to visit you."

"No. Me no wanna see anyone. Especially not Win. Me wobe Winn, but it's me fault Winn got huwt. Me no desewve Winn fwiendship let alone hewa lobe." I replied my voice filled with sadness.

"So you don't want to see her?"

"Me do but...."

"But what Bella?" The doctor asked in her condescending voice. Quinn let out a low growl. She didn't like it when people talked to me like that.

"Bella? Baby? Please look at me." I heard Quinn plead. I looked over in her direction and then instantly turned away. "Bella it's ok. I'm still me. I'm still the same Quinn who loves you more then anything in the world. Won't you come give me a hug?" I shake my head no still refusing to look in her direction. "Please?"

I bite my lip and whimper slightly and again shake my head no. I want to run to her and jump into her lap. To give her the biggest hug ever but I don't deserve too. I don't deserve her love. I don't deserve anyone's love. Everyone who loves me gets hurt or goes bye bye . Mommy gowilla go bye bye cause of me, Uncle Zachawy go bye bye because of me, Jewome go bye bye cause of me, Winn is huwt cause of me.

"Bella, have I done something to upset you?"

"No." I reply quietly.

"The doctor tells me that they put you under 24 hour surveillance because they are afraid your going try to kill yourself. Care to tell me what's going on?"

Quinn has rolled her wheelchair directly in front of me so I can't avoid her gaze. "If You not twy to come wescue me fwom the bad wadies then you not get shot. They say you no walk again and it's all me fauwt. Maybe mommy was wight, maybe it be betta fowa evewyone if me not been bown. Me can save the wowld fwom me evil by going bye bye." I reply tearfully.

To my surprise Quinn wipes away my tears and then looks at me with a frown. "Bella I want you to listen to me very carefully, what happen was NOT your fault. Your mother was a nasty lady. You should never listen to anything she ever told you. Or anything that her nasty brother ever told you. You are an amazing wonderful, beautiful young lady. I don't want to hear anymore about you wanting to end your life. I could never imagine a world without you in it. Promise me Bella, promise me you will put those horrible thoughts out of your mind."

"But..."

"Roseabella Catrina Rosealynn Valeska do not argue with me. I want you to repeat after me I deserve to have been born. I deserve to have friends and I most importantly I deserve to be loved.

"I..."

"Bella please do this for me." Quinn pleaded with me.

How could I refuse her? "Otay Winn me do it fowa you. Me desewve to be bown. Me desewe to have fweinds and most impowtantly, me desewve to be wobed."

"I want you to keep repeating that until you believe it. And if you hear your Lila's voice telling you otherwise, you tell her to shut up. She is a liar. So is your fear. Don't listen to them. If they do say that no one loves you and that you don't deserve to be loved what do you say?"

"That it's not twue. Winn wobes me. Jewome wobed me...."

"Jeremiah loves you."

"Nu he don't. He nu come to bisit (vist) me. Him say he nu want me. That me is a twoublemaka that he nu have time fowa me."

"He just doesn't know how to show that he cares. Truthfully he never has. Trust me he does love you."

"Thank you Winn."

"For what?"

"Fowa helping weawize the twufth."

"Any time Bella. Now get over here and give me a hug."

I give her a huge smile and wheel my self over to her where we embraced to the best of our abilities. "Me wobe you Winn."

"And don't worry, I don't care what the doctor's say I will walk again. One last thing before I have to return to my room, I want you to remember what happened was NOT your fault. Barbara would have shot me eventually."

"Why?"

"Because we didn't always see eye to eye. When I was looking for you years ago I searched through some of Tabitha's brother Galavan's files without permission."

"Who's Gawaban?"

"Do you remember that day when Jerome was stabbed in the neck?"

At this I frown. "Yes. Me got in twouble with Uncle Zachawy cause Me cwied."

"Galavan is the name of the man who stabbed Jerome."

"Me no wike him. Me wish he go bye bye and not Jewome."

Quinn POV

Flashback:

"Jim you know Galavan deserves to be punished for everything that he has done."

"Quinn it's not that simple. We can't take the law into our own hands."

"She's right Jim Galavan has to be brought to justice for all the evil that he has gotten away with." Oswald replied.

After a little while Jim sighed. "Fine. How do you want to do this?"

"We will take him to the South side docks. There Quinn and I will deal with him in our own way."

"And your way is to kill him?" Jim replied somewhat sarcastically.

"Jim he murdered Jerome in cold blood and he was hailed as a hero for it. He was arrested for kidnapping the Mayor and walked away scott free. Who's to say he won't do something like that again?"

"Not to mentioned he allowed his Sister Tabitha to murder my mother in cold blood. He got away with that too."

"He needs to know that he can't get away with doing things like this or he will continue to do so. Plus, I know for a fact that he has a personal vendetta against Bruce Wayne. He's already tried killing Bruce once. What happens if he succeeds the next time?"

"He won't succeed." Jim replies his voice filled with uncertainty.

"He's a cold calculating donkey Jim. He's capable of anything." Oswald replied.

"Fine."

A little while later Galavan was pulled roughly from the car by Jim and shoved forward to a waiting Oswald and Quinn.
"Jim your a man of conscience don't do this. Your going to regret it. Your a good man who upholds the law. This isn't like you." Galavan said his voice cold and calm as Jim shoved him to his knees on the beach." However, this didn't fool any of us we knew that he was terrified.

"Oh you don't know me as well you think you do. I've done many things that I regret but this, this is low on the list."

As Theo pleaded with Jim Oswald was smiling from ear to ear. I played with the mallet and bar that had once belonged to my mother. Usually I don't condone violence and would get queasy from the sight of blood but Theo seals his fate the moment he stabbed Jerome in the neck. "This really is a shame it's going to be a beautiful sunrise." Theo said with a sigh then turning to me he fixed his gaze on mine. "Quinn, I must say that I'm quite disappointed in you. I'm sure your mother would be too. you."

At those words I hit Theo squarely in the jaw. "Did you dare talk about my mother!" I hissed at him. "I told you I'd make you pay for what you did. Your a treacherous murderous snake!" With that I hit Theo upside the head once more switching between my mallet and the baseball bat.

"Look Quinn, I know that I hurt you when I killed Jerome and for that I am truly sorry. I really did like him. He had a lot of potential but I had no choice. I had to do what I did for the sake of the city.. Jerome was... Well to be quite frank He was unstable and insane..."

"Yeah well, your rude cruel and evil and your still alive."

At this Galavan laughed. "My dear sweet child, I am no more evil then you or Jim. I was simply trying to right a wrong done to my family and restore what rightfully belongs to my sister and I. Unfortunately, in order to restore what belonged to me I had to get the town to trust me and that is where Jerome came in. He loved to cause chaos. He was the perfect puppet and he played his part well. I can't expect you to understand but the sad truth is that Jerome wanted to die."

At this I let out a deep growl and slammed my mallet into his chest. "That's a lie!" Then I chose to switch it up and hit him over and over again with my bat. His screams of pain were music to both mine and Oswald's ears. "He was the love of my life and you took him away from me! You ruined my life that night! Murdering Jerome wasn't enough for you. No you had to go and try to murder one of my closest friends too. What did Bruce Wayne ever do to you?" I didn't wait for a reply instead I hit him once more. "This is for Jerome, this is for Bruce, last but not least, this is for me." I reply hitting multiple times.

"Ummm I hate to interrupt you but I think it's high time I get to join in the fun don't you? After all, Galavan and stood by and watched as my my mother was stabbed to death." Oswald said and I stepped aside.

"Oswald please listen to me. What happened to your mother was a horrible, but you shouldn't blame me."

"Oh? And why's that?" Oswald replied.

"Because I punished the person responsible for her death. I avenged her death for you. You should be thanking me, not trying to kill me." Theo replied and Oswald shook his head.

"First of all Theo, only my friends get to call me Oswald. It's Penguin to you. Secondly, I know you were the man responsible for my mother's kidnapping and ultimately her death." With that Oswald hit Galavan multiple times.

"Please, have mercy. Just get it over with. Kill me already."

"Now where would the fun be in that? Am I right Quinn?" I nod as Oswald hits Galavan in the chest with his bat.

"Jim please help me. End my pain. Kill me. Please. Kill me." Theo begged reaching towards Jim who sighed.

"Enough. Put the bat down Oswald." Jim said stepping in between the two of them.

"I knew you couldn't let them kill me." Theo said with a smirk.

"Oh do shut up!" Jim replied pulling out his gun and shooting Galavan in the heart.

For a split second I felt a twinge of guilt rush through me. No this had to be done. Galavan had to be punished for what he had done. Heaven forbid that he actually might succeed in hurting Bruce or worse Bella. I shuddered at the thought. I sighed it was over. We had done it. I watched as Jim turned and walked away leaving us with Galavan's body. Jim was a tough man. He would eventually realize that what we had done was the best thing for this city. He would survive and if he could live with what had happened then maybe I could too. End of flashback

"Winn is you alwight?"

"I'm sorry Bella, yes I'm ok. You don't have to worry about Galavan. My friend and I took care of him. What were we talking about again?"

"Why bawbawa shot you?."

"When I realized that Barbara had no intention of helping me locate you I decided to take matters into my own hands. I snuck into the room where Galavan's files were kept and tried to find his file on Jerome. Unfortunately, Tabitha discovered me and Barbara allowed Tabitha to hit me with her whip. She threaten to shoot me several times if I tried to leave her gang of criminals. She just wound up carrying through with her threat while you were there."

"So it not my fault?"

"No puddin it wasn't your fault."

"Me wobe you Winn."

"I love you too Baby."

That night I had a bad dream. "You stupid good for nothing little brat! You were supposed to kill yourself! I can't believe you were stupid enough to believe that girl's lies!" Lila shouted at me. "Now take this and finish the job!"

I awoke in a sweat to see Quinn sitting in her wheelchair chair beside my bed. "Baby what's wrong?"

"A mean wady kept saying me shouwd make myself go bye bye cause the wowed wouwd be bettas off witfh out me."

"Shhh. It was all just a bad dream sweetheart. How about I sing you a lullaby to help you get back to sleep. Would you like that?"

Bella nods so I decide to sing her the words on my mothers old bat which was a combo of No ones gonna harm you from demon barber of Fleet Street, hush little baby, and my lullaby from lion king 2 Simba's pride. Sleep my little Bella let your dreams take wing one day when your big and strong you will be a queen. Hush my little baby don't say a word. Mama's gonna protect you from the whole cruel world. And if they dare to make my baby, cry mamas gonna make them go bye bye. Nothings gonna harm you not while I'm around. Nothings gonna harm you no sir not while I'm around. No ones gonna hurt you no ones gonna dare others may desert you not to worry I'll be there. Hush my little baby let your dreams take wing one day when your big and strong you will be a queen."

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