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Chapter 7 Progress

"Alright! Welcome to my favorite relaxation place!" Joker says as Bruce followed behind, entering a large circus like nut house under the ground, glow in the dark paint drawings on the walls and questionable red stuff on the floor. Bruce kept an eye on the guys behind him with guns, glancing around every corner of the place. ".. You live here?" Bruce asks, noticing other people in a different room. "Of course not.. this is my work place, it's going to be yours too soon Brucey.." Joker stepped closer, causing Bruce's eyes to dig into his. "I'm not working here.." Bruce says. "Fine fine.. you can stay in your little bat cave whatever you call it." Joker says with a smile, Bruce suddenly feels a hand on his arm. He quickly grabbed it, forcing it behind the person's back. "Ooh! A feisty one!" A lady says, Bruce quickly let go realizing she was a girl. "C'mon Bruce it's your first day, play nice." Joker says, walking over to her. "This, is Harley." Joker says, introducing them. Bruce looked at her hand as she held it out. "Nice to be working with you Mr. Batboy! I don't suppose you remember me? I tried killing you a couple times." She says with a smile. Bruce looked from her hand, back to her face. "No wonder.. you have friends, I'm guessing there's more.." Bruce says aiming his eyes at Joker who had a smile. "Of course! Harley, mind getting the rest?" Joker says as Harley walked up to him. "Of course.. anything for you, boss." She says flirtatiously, walking to the room where Bruce saw the other people. "You have a girlfriend.. I never would have guessed." Bruce says annoyed. "Girlfriend?" Joker laughed. "She's merely an assistant Bruce." Joker says, entertained. ".. Well, she seems pretty interested in you." Bruce says as other people walked up to him; Joker's smile faded. "Well well.. looks like someone grew a brain." A tall muscular man says, he had one eye replaced with metal, it looked almost robot like. "I didn't come here to be trash talked by a bunch of villains." Bruce says, losing his patience. ".. Half a brain.. well, you made the right choice. " He says, walking away. "Uh- hey um.. I'm uh.. Josh.." A guy in regular attire says nervously fidgeting. Bruce eyed Joker, not knowing if he was serious. "I'm a big fan actually Mr. Wayne! Your whole "Help the poor" thing is really uh.. cool." He stood for a second, Bruce's gaze only made him more nervous. "Welcome to the team.." Josh says, standing for a moment of awkward silence before leaving. 

"What the hell am I doing here..?" Bruce mumbles to himself. Finally, a lady in leather walks up to Bruce, staring at him sternly. Bruce gave her a stern look back. "You really got a lot of nerve you prick!" She says quickly about to punch him before he grabbed her fist, realizing she had a push dagger on her hand. Bruce groaned, quickly forcing the dagger out of her hand, forcing her to the ground where he pinned her arms behind her back. "Let go you worthless rich man baby!" She says struggling, quickly elbowing his stomach forcing him onto his back, grabbing a knife from her waist band, about to strike. Bruce struggled, suddenly hearing her growl, he turned his head to see Joker with a fist full of her hair, and a knife to her neck. "Bad kitty.. I thought I told you to behave yourself.." Joker says, Bruce saw a look of both rage and insanity on his face. He threw her off of Bruce, causing him to flip over, setting his hand down realizing it was dripping with blood. "Again!" Harley says clapping as Joker hand his hand out. "Apologies.. she's not much of a Batman fan." Joker says pulling a smile to his face. Bruce looked at his hand, annoyingly accepting it as he got pulled up. "I can tell... I've seen her before, Catwoman?" Bruce says, watching as she stomped to the room. "Bingo.. it looks like your first day is going well." Joker says with a smile. "I got stabbed I don't think I would call that 'well'." Bruce says as he followed Joker to a different area. "Of course it is! Only one tried to, that's a good thing." Joker led Bruce to an office that looked even more chaotic than the outer area. "This is your office I'm assuming?" Bruce says, looking around, seeing pictures of gruesome things. Something caught Bruce's eye as Joker kept walking, getting a med kit. "Why do you have so many pictures of me?" Bruce says annoyed. "Oh! Well, you are my greatest enemy, I'm sure you have some of me too in the bat cave, right?" Joker asks with a smile, reading Bruce's expression as a solid 'no'. "Well, sit down here." Joker says as he sat in a rolling chair as Bruce sat in a regular one near the desk. Joker held out his hand as Bruce looked at it. "C'mon.. I won't bite.. I just wanna help." Joker says.