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DISCLAIMER 2 - This is only a fan-fiction, written only for the entertainment of comic-book lovers like me.
DISCLAIMER 3 - All characters in this story fictitious. Any resemblance to those who are living or dead is co-incidental.
DISCLAIMER 4 - The characters of this story have not been created to hurt the sentiments of any community. These characters are purely fictitious.
DISCLAIMER 5 - This story is inspired from climax of Gotham Season 1 and teasers of Season 2.
In the Arkham Asylum, Barbara Kean was walking with a Bewildered look on her face. She was chanting only one name, "Jim! Jim! Jim!"
In a dark room, Jerome Valeska was sitting playing the song "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam.
"Jeremy nowehere"
Suddenly Jerome heard, "Jim! Jim! Jim!"
All lunatics were busy with their activities in their own dream world.
Nobody cared about Barbara walking aimlessly and chanting the name "Jim".
Jerome walked up to Barbara and asked her, "Are you Jim?"
Barbara said, "No! I am Barbara! Jim Gordon was my fiance!"
Jerome said, "Oh! He brought me to this Arkham Asylum! This is a serious house on serious Earth! So boring! I wonder why everybody is so serious! Why did he bring you here?"
Barbara replied, "I loved him! He did not tell me about people he was fighting against! Thinking he was cheating on me, I broke up with him! Later I realized that I was wrong! He was trying to protect me! I returned to him and saw him kissing another woman! I decided to find love in another man! That man tortured me and made me kill my parents!"
Jerome replied, "Oh! That's so mean! I bet your parents were like my mother! Really nagging! But your mean acts remind me of my mother, you know!"
After a pause, Jerome shouted, "I HATED MY MOTHER!"
Barbara was startled.
Just then, Dr. Hugo Strange arrived and announced, "Silence! We have a good news!"
All lunatics now became attentive. Strange announced, "Gotham City has a new billionaire! His name is Oswald Cobblepot! Thanks to his philanthropic donations, now every last Saturday of month, we will order cakes and all birthday boys and girls will cut the cakes! This month, only Jerome and Barbara have birthdays!"
One Arkham inmate whispered to the other, "Last time when I saw Cobblepot, he was rookie walking like a Penguin!"
All lunatics started clapping. Jerome started singing,
"It's my birthday!
It's my birthday! I must spend my money!"