Too Late

Riddle Man

Walking down the lonely hallway, my heels clicked as I made my way towards a door labeled "forensics." I turned the knob slowly, my anxiety eating me away. A small amount of light hit my eyes and the room was revealed. It was dark room, the little light that it had was yellow and made it hard to see the rest of the room. There were two desks; one empty and the other well kept, at one of the desks sat a man who I assumed was Mr. Nygma. He looked up and I took in his features, he had brown eyes, a very chiseled face, black hair, and a pair of peculiar shaped glasses. I found him genuinely attractive and tried to hold my blush when he found my eyes.

 
"Yes?" he spoke softly.

 "Hello Mr. Nygma my name is Katherine, your new partner."

"Ah yes, they told me you would be coming, make yourself at home" he wasn't very friendly and  seemed awkward with his words.

 I walked to my desk and decided to start working on the papers Essen had given me.

I was answering the questions on the sheet and could see Mr. Nygma from the corner of my eyes glancing at me. I tried my best to ignore it and went back to reading the rules and regulations of the GCPD.

**Eddie's point of view**
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As she walked to her desk, I watched her dress flow leaving the scent of peaches in the room. 

She looked to be about my age maybe a few years younger, I could tell that she hadn't been corrupted by Gotham's darkness and still had an aura of innocence to her.

Oh I think I like this one Eddie boy, she's better than that Kristen you chase around. She might even go for you. 

No. Not now, I couldn't let him come out. I hadn't even met this girl yet let alone talk to her, I didn't want her to think of me as Miss Kringle did. Freak. This voice inside my head was becoming more than just a voice, it started coming out when I would get angry or frustrated. I was afraid of what it was, and the power it was gaining. 

It? I think you mean more of a he, more of a... we.

Leave me alone just while she's here. 

Why? You're always such a debbie downer Ed, why not some fun once and a while? Maybe she'll be more fun than Miss bratty over in Archives. 

Don't talk about Kristen like that, you don't know her.

I am you Eddie.

No you're not. 

Kristen Kringle: if she wasn't dating that scumbag Tom she would be going out with me. We had been making progress over the last few days, Kristen was beginning to talk to me. 

Don't let that idiot fool you, she has no interest in you.  

I ignored the voice and went back to my work. I was analyzing someone's blood for a case that Harvey and Jim were on. This blood had been tainted with a drug; Viper, or that's what they call it on the streets. It seemed that every person who had been caught with Viper in their system was found dead which made it a little harder to track down. 

"Who makes it, has no need of it. Who buys it, has no use for it. Who uses it can neither see nor feel it?" I muttered to myself proud of the riddle I came up with. 

"A coffin?"  I looked over and Miss Nightblood had a smile on her lips. 

I could get used to that.

 I was surprised that she answered my riddle correctly, most of the time people would look at me like I was crazy or they would call me names. Officer Dougherty loved calling me names, his favorite was  Riddle-man. He would use that more than freak when I was around. This girl didn't stare at me or call me names, she answered my riddle. She might not be so bad after all.

"How did you know that?" I asked her. 

"Oh, um I always enjoyed riddles and challenges."

"Oh well thank you for answering."

"You're welcome?" a giggle bubbled up in her throat. 

Really that's the best you can come up with 'thanks for answering.' Why don't you invite her over for a tea party later with your stuffed animal collection.

Just shut up, I'm not interested in her. 

Well get interested, Kringle doesn't think twice about you.

How would you know?

How do you think? You're an idiot if you don't see her and Dougherty sucking face every two seconds.

Shut up.

Just give up with Kringle.

No I could never. I was making progress she seems interested now. 

No she doesn't, you're just trying to make yourself feel better. Let it go Eddie boy. 

No I won't.

You will eventually when Kringle tells you how she really feels. I can hear the conversation now. She's laughing at you 'You thought that I would love a freak like you?  That's funnier than your stupid riddles...'  Shut up, shut up, shut up '...You need to stay away from me and from every other human being on the planet. You know where freaks like you should go? Places like Arkham...'

"SHUT UP!" I slammed my hands down on my desk. 

Oopsie.

I looked over and saw the girl's wide eyes. She looked like a deer in headlights. 

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