FIRST CHAPTER OF THE SEQUEL! Let me know what you think, be brutally honest even.

1: I Will Lose Him

When I woke up that humid summer morning he was beside me. He was beside me like he had been for so long; his arms were wrapped around me and I was happy. "Good morning, Sweetie."

"How did you sleep?" he pulled me closer to him.

"Wonderful, you?"

He didn't answer, he just kissed my forehead and got out of bed. He was just as magnificent as when he fell into my window almost seven years ago, but now he was mine. He was mine, and I was his, and we were together. I got up and walked down the hall to wake up our little JJ.

"JJ. It's time to get up!" I sat on the small bed and began to tickle my boy. "Wakey wakey! Grandpa and Grandma want to see you today!" He was smiling; I remember the first time my Jack Jr. smiled. I had been so happy, so happy that he had his father's handsome smile. I picked him up and carried him to the kitchen.

"Daddy!" he reached for Jack and there he was. I made breakfast for us.

"Last job today, Rose. Then I am done, I promise."

I smiled, "You better be telling the truth." He kissed me then. His kisses never lost their spark, even after all of this time. "My parents are moving there next week, did I tell you?"

"About five times, are you excited to move JJ?" he looked over at our child who began hitting the table wailing happily. "Looks like he is."

"Are you, Jack?"

"Of course." Jack's need to show the people of Gotham how truly evil they were had subsided gradually since JJ was born. He hated that he couldn't be there, he hated that we couldn't have a normal life in this town. I think that's why he was giving it up, though he normally would say he was getting too old for it. Lies. But I wouldn't argue with him. It made me so nervous, constantly nervous that someone would find him and he would be sent away. One last job, one last job and he was done, then it was only a month and we would be gone. We would be relaxing on our couch in a small town just north of Portland in only a month. That's why JJ and I were visiting my parents tonight. I would be a wreck, watching the television closely; making sure my love was okay.

Every time Jack went to 'work' we had a ritual. We would kiss, many kisses. He would go over what to do if he was caught, and he would play with JJ. Then we would kiss some more. Today was no different. "I love you, Jack." I kissed him one last time before he went out the door.

"I love you, Rose," he kissed me. Then he held JJ's face in his hands, "I love you too, little guy." We were a happy family, about to be 1,000 times happier after our move.

At my parents' house I was glued to the TV for a long time, then I was pried away to look at pictures of the new house. We would be living right next door to each other, which made me glad. It would be nice to know that they were never too far and JJ can get a lot of time with them. Then I heard my cell phone ring. It was Camille.

"Camille?"

"Rose! Did you see the news? Do you know?" Her voice was frantic. The news; I felt the jolt of fear run through my body as I ran to turn on the TV. There it was. The Joker had been caught. My Jack had been caught. "I am so sorry."

"I don't think I can make it into work this week," I felt the sickness spreading over my body.

"Of course, don't worry about it darling. Take all the time you need."

"I have to go. Thanks Camille." I hung up and looked over at my parents. "They caught him," I felt the warmth behind my eyes and the tears forming. Immediately my dad went into father mode.

"Here is what we are going to do. Your mother and I are going to go to Oregon tomorrow, and we are going to take JJ with us. Most of our stuff has already been shipped, so we will just go with you to get JJ's things together, and anything else you need us to take. Then we will leave and you will figure out a way to get him out. You can do that right?"

I felt numb, and JJ ran over to me. I picked him up and kissed his forehead. "I think I can. I mean, I will. I have to." My mom was already off collecting things for their long drive across country. "JJ, you are going to get to go on a trip with Grammy and Pop-Pop. Are you excited?" He looked confused. My sweet baby. He couldn't stay with me now, I was going to need to do several dangerous and terrible things to get his father back to him. "You are going to have so much fun," I spoke through my tears. "You will get to see so many cool things," we began walking to my parents' car. They already had a child seat installed for when they would babysit him. We drove to our home. I kept telling JJ how great his trip was going to be, but he knew something was wrong. My parents and I packed everything JJ needed in only a couple hours. Then we put in Jack's things, and most of mine. I wouldn't need much now. I just needed to get him out. I just needed to save him. "I love you my sweet baby boy." I kissed Jack Junior. "And your dad loves you too. We are going to be with you as soon as we can, until then be good to your grandparents." I kissed him goodbye. I handed my parents the letters that Jack and I wrote for little JJ, just in case. Just in case something like this were to happen. "Thank you, I will get there as soon as I can." I waved to my parents and went to work.