Dick laid on his bed, curled up in a ball, with his back up against the back wall and staring at the door. He had tried to fall asleep for about an hour now but didn't have any success. Dick crawled off of his little dog bed and dragged his bed over to the door. He laid back down, curling up into a ball, staring at Zucco's bedroom window and fell asleep not long after.

Dick was laying on the foot of Zucco's bed waiting for him to return from a 'job'. After about fifteen minutes of waiting, Zucco walked into the room and grabbed Dick by the hair, who yelped in surprise. "You have been a very bad dog, Richard!" Zucco slapped him across the face, who gasped at the contact, and dragged Dick down to the basement.

When they reached the basement, Zucco continued to drag Dick over the far side and chained him to a pole with his back to Zucco. Zucco walked away to the cart and grabbed a whip and a pair of scissors. He walked back over to Dick and cut the back of his shirt pulling it down to his wrist with so much force that made Dick stumble forward a little. Zucco walked away so he was behind Dick, he raised the whip and slammed it down on Dick's back, who let out a whimper, and raised the whip again, only to repeat it. "Start counting, dog," Zucco commanded "And every time we get to 20, I will change to something else, understood?" Dick nodded and said "Unu" And was whipped again. "Două" This continued until he counted to twenty and Zucco switched to the zapper, then to a bat, then to a crowbar, then to taser, and then a knife.

Zucco continuously stabbed Dick in the back with the knife as he begged for Zucco to stop. By the time Zucco was satisfied, Dick was on laying on his side trying to breathe and crying. "There, now you can join your parents!" Said Zucco kicking him in the stomach as Dick gasped for air with every kick. Zucco walked away, leaving Dick on the ground crying and shaking from the pain.

Zucco was in his room, sitting on his bed. "Jake, come here!" Zucco called one of his men. A few seconds later Jake walked into the room. "Go check on the pet, see if he is being good," Zucco commanded and Jake nodded. Jake ran down the stairs and to the back door. He opened the door and looked at the dog house to see that Dick was laying against the door of the dog house, moving around and mumbling a little bit. Jake quickly closed the door and ran towards Zucco's room, but before he could reach the door to Zucco's room an agonizing scream could be heard from outside. Zucco instantly perked up with a smirk etched on his face, running out of his bedroom door and down the stairs to the basement, he grabbed the muzzle. He ran back up the stairs and outside to the dog house to see Dick moving around in the dog bed. "Jake, grab the keys for the shed!" Called Zucco fiddling with the muzzle to get it ready to quickly put it on, Dick.

A few seconds later, Jake came out with the key for the 'shed' and unlocked and opened the door. Zucco grabbed Dick by the arm and pulled him out of the doghouse. He puts the muzzle on Dick instantly waking him up and quieting him down. "I thought you said you weren't going to make a sound!" Zucco smacked Dick across the face and threw him back into the dog house. "Now, I know that I can't trust you to stay quiet outside!" Zucco yelled, "I have to keep the muzzle on you now!" Jake locked the door, giving Zucco the key, and walked inside leaving Dick and Zucco alone.

Dick looked down in shame, "I sorry" His broken English was muffled by the muzzle. Dick hated it when he made Zucco mad or lose trust in him. Zucco hit the door of the dog house, causing Dick to jump and back away a little. "Did I say you could speak, pet!" Dick quickly shook his head. "Come here," Zucco unlocked the door and opened it, Dick crawled out and sat in front of Zucco with his head down. "Since I can't trust you, you're coming in and staying on the end my bed." Zucco unhooked the leash from the dog house and Dick followed right behind him into the house.

When the two of them reached Zucco's room, He turned on the lights, unhooked the leash picking Dick up and setting him on the foot of the bed, who instantly laid down and curled up into a ball. Zucco patted Dick's back and Dick had a small smile on his face, even though Zucco couldn't see it. Zucco turned around and walked to the kitchen to grab a bowl of water.

Unknown to both of them, someone was watching them from the shadows.

Batman was on patrol searching for the Joker, who had escaped earlier that day when he heard the agonizing scream of a child. He instantly went to check it out, but what he saw when made it to the location, made him sick. He saw a little boy, no more than 8 years old, with a collar and a leash attached to it like a dog; he also noticed that the boy was wearing a muzzle that was black and covered his mouth completely. The boy followed, on his hands and knees, a tall and skinny man into the house. Batman continued to keep an eye on the boy until the man closed the door.

Batman lost sight of the boy for a few minutes until he spotted a light turn on in an upstairs window, he quickly made his way to the window to see the man unhooked the leash picking the boy up and setting him on the foot of the bed. The boy instantly laid down and curled into a ball. The man patted the boy's back, turning around and walked out of the room.

He's gone, now would be a good time to help the little boy Batman shot his grappling hook at the roof of the house gliding over to the house and landing softly next to the window. He slowly opened the window, which alerted the boy. The boys head shot up as he looked directly at the window. "Who are you?" The boy signed sitting up on the bed.

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Wow I have updated 2 Days in a row