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POV Bruce
Harvey Dent was a madman that was Bruce Wayne's closest friend and maybe his only friend. But everything changed when Harvey got his face injured and changed for the worse. Right now Bruce could think about it for right now. He was more worried that Two-Face kidnapped Tim and he needed to get him back before he got injured or worse killed like Jason.
When I got to Two-Face's security hideout I saw Tim tied up to a dime with a bomb just above him attached to the dime. I was watching through the glass skylight that I did not see the henchmen behind me. They hit my head and everything goes black. I wake up tied up to a chair in front of a poker table. I put my hand on my head from the head aching.
"It's nice to see you finally wake Bats," he says with a laugh. "Why am I tied to a chair? What do you want?" I say angrily. "I just want to play a game with you, Bats. I know that you want your little playtoy back. So,let's play a simple game of blackjack. If you win you and your play thing will go free and I will go to Arkham-. " I interrupt by asking "and if you win?" " If I win, the plaything will die and you will be my plaything." Say as he smirks.
It took everything in me not to yell "What do you mean plaything" I say though gritted teeth." I mean is that you will be my toy. I mean you are quite attractive and I think it will be lot's of fun," he says with a melody in his voice. " What about I break this chair to break the other side of your face," I say, not containing my anger. He laughs, then says "You could try that but that would cause your boy toy to explode and that would also would kill you inside this building. " He laughs again but harder this time.
You're insane but I will play your game" I say in complete disgust. Two Face Shuffled A deck of cards and then asked "Do you know the rules of blackjack,bats"he asked. "No, I haven't. I was never the gambling type," I replied. "It's simple, if you have ever played twenty one before as a child. I shuffle the deck of cards and hand you two cards. But you are not allowed to look at them. Then, ask hit or miss or hit or check are both correct. But hit or miss is more correct.
Then you would throw in two chips. That would represent twenty-five dollars or twenty-five dollars depending on the table but you are betting with your lifes. So, we skip that part. Each card is its number except face cards that are ten and aces are wild so they are eleven or one." He explains. Then, he deals two cards to the both of us. Two-Face goes first and then says "check" and checks his cards. Then I do the same.
Then I look at my cards. It's a four and a queen which makes fourteen. "Hit" I say, as Two-Face hands me another card. I look like a king, it's twenty-four which is over twenty-one."I lost" I say as I hand him the cards. " Best two out of three, I want to give you a fighting chance before you become mine" he smiles a terrible smile. I gave him a look of I wanted to yell that I will not be your plaything your sociopath, but I don't I bite my tongue for Tim's sake.
Two-Face deals out two more cards. "Check" I say trying to keep my voice strong. " Check," he also says. I check my cards, a Jack and nine. "check" I say with confidence. "Hit" he grabs another card and card he swears under his breath. "I lost" he slams down the cards. "One more round to see if you become my plaything." He says as deals last four cards before I would know what Tim's fate was. "Check," he said. "Check," I also said. I look at my cards. It was a ten and a ace, a perfect twenty-one.
Two-Face smirks and puts down two tens, I try not to smile as I put down my ace and ten. "There we go,I win, now you must go back to Arkham Asylum and Robin and I walk out free," I say sternly. " Not so fast Bats, I don't have to hold my end of the bargain. So, Your Robin is going to die! He exclaimed and laughed as he turned on the bomb strapped above the Tim's head for a minute. "So you both don't escape this terrible accident." He says as he walks out the hideout.
I struggled and struggled with ropes as the timer ticked down. I needed to get him out of here. By the time I got out of the ropes ten seconds were on the clock. With a heavy heart I needed to leave without him. "Batman, where are you going? you need to save me!" He yelled. "I am sorry Tim, I can't save us both". I say, as I walk out of the building. Then, the explosion happened. I knew that I didn't need to check that he was dead. I also knew that they probably never found his body.
It was ashes caused by being close to the explosion. I let my tears fall down my face as I rode away from the scene. First,Jason died because of him and now Tim is dead as well. I could hear his parent's death playing in his head. He could also hear his parents' voices yelling at him for not saving the young boy from Harvey's wrath. I will never get another Robin ever again, I swore to myself. That will never get another kid killed. I also swore to take revenge on Two-Face.