"Should be this shelf there," the Joker said to Adriana once they were in the police storage facility. "Number 8122."
It was an enormous warehouse. The shelf that the Joker pointed to was extremely high, and looked like a ladder would be needed to climb it.
"Can you reach it?" Adriana asked him.
"We'll see," he said.
The Joker made a single leap and they both could see that he was not able to reach the shelf. His fingertips barely hit the edge.
"And there we have our answer," the Joker told her. "There must be a sliding ladder. Somewhere."
"I guess I'm going up," Adriana said, knowing that neither one of them felt there was enough time to go looking for a ladder.
"Yes," the Joker said and knelt.
She stepped onto his hands, held interlaced, and went up as he gave her a boost. She rested one hand on his shoulder to stabilize herself before she could reach for the edge of the shelf. She pulled herself up easily. The Joker looked up and watched her disappear into the dark shelving area. Adriana crawled between large boxes and then turned around.
"Throw up the bag!" she whispered loudly.
He tossed up a black cloth bag for her.
Adriana turned back and looked at the labels on the boxes. The shelf was deep, and several boxes were lined up in a row.
"8119.." she said and turned and began to crawl to the right. "Ouch!"
Adriana felt her head hit something. She looked up and saw what appeared to be a half-broken golf club dangling between the grates from the shelf above.
"This place is a mess," Adriana said to herself.
She pulled her ski mask up around her forehead as she searched. Eventually she found the boxes she was looking for. She peeled back the tape carefully and began stuffing the bag. She moved some of the junk from surrounding boxes of unrelated items into the emptied box.
"Here," Adriana said and tossed the bag down to the Joker. He caught it. "Throw up the other bag!"
He tossed a second bag to her and she threw it back. It was much less full than the first one.
"That it?" he asked after she threw down the second bag.
She double checked.
"Yes," she whispered.
"Okay," he said and sat the bag on the floor. "Jump now."
Adriana swung her legs over and looked down.
"Come on," he said, seeing her hesitate. "I'll catch you. Or at the very least, I'll break your fall."
"Funny," Adriana said.
The Joker held out his arms and she jumped. He caught her and lowered her to the floor slowly.
"Thanks," she said.
She reached up and touched the top of her head.
"You alright?" he asked.
"I...." Adriana said, unable to look away from his eyes. ""Bumped my head up there....I am fine."
She made herself snap out of it and yanked down her mask.
"I'm okay," she said. "Just a little bump."
She reached down for the larger bag on the floor and the Joker took her forearm gently to stop her. He picked up both bags.
"Shall we?" he asked and nodded towards the door.
