Of course after all he was her doctor

"He believes in me," thought Batgirl as she looked upon Kellerman's hand sitting firmly on her shoulder. When she first arrived at Arkham Batgirl considered her doctor to be her enemy fighting him at every turn. Yet here he stood placing his hand on the shoulder of her straight jacket telling her he believed in her. His actions and words meant a lot to Batgirl even though there was a straight jacket between his hand and her actual shoulder just knowing that his hand was there filled her with a warm feeling.

That warm feeling told her she needed to do anything she could to continue making her doctor proud. At the same time though she couldn't completely shut out the voice deep inside that told her that this wrong. That voice had been loud when Batgirl first arrived at Arkham so much so that she had physically assaulted a couple of nurses trying to escape. It's why even after time had passed Batgirl remained in her straight jacket not only for the safety of the staff but hers as well. Thankfully though with the help of Doctor Kellerman and her medication the voice inside had almost gone away only appearing at times like an itch inside she couldn't scratch.

Today though that itch was screaming inside for Batgirl to listen to it. The voice was once more telling her she couldn't trust Kellerman and that she could only trust herself. That didn't sound right to Batgirl though as the only thing she was sure of was that she could trust her doctor even if the voice told her she couldn't. The doctor had told her that the voice was her sickness trying to keep its hold and not to trust it so she did everything she could to ignore it. Now though she had to make a decision would she trust the man who was like a father figure to her or the voice inside? One offered her support and freedom well listening to the other would mean turning her back on the only person that believed in her.

"Go a head doctor I'm ready," Batgirl said fighting back the voice inside.

"Are you sure my dear?" Kellerman asked trying to fight back the urge to whip the mask right off Batgirl. "Once I remove it there's no going back".

"I'm sure doctor," Batgirl said looking once more at Kellerman's hand." I trust you," said Batgirl confirming her faith in her doctor. Kellerman took great pride in this moment not only had he broken Batgirl to the point she was willing to let him remove her mask but he had also earned her trust.

"Oh right my dear here we go," Kellerman said moving his one hand back on top of her mask well keeping the other on her shoulder. Once Kellerman's hand reached the top of Batgirl's mask again the voice started to scream again but this time Batgirl ignored it. She had made her decision the voice only wanted to trap her to continue causing her pain but her doctor only wanted to help her. Between the choice of freedom or pain, there was only one logical choice to make.

"I'm ready doctor" Batgirl screamed feeling Kellerman's hand atop her mask. Once he heard Batgirl reassure her readiness Kellerman began to pull on her mask. At first, the mask stuck to Batgirl's skin having been on for some time but after a couple of tugs, Kellerman was able to remove the mask.