Maxim Volkov sits at his desk thumbing through paperwork as one of his men come into his office. They look at him almost confused, "Drugoy kloun byl zamechen v gorode." He tells him that the other clown has been seen in the city.
Maxim's eyes float across his desk. J had told him about his twin conspiring to kill him. Was this merely coincidental traveling? Or did Jester figure out J was still alive and well? Was Jester there to kill J? Maxim promised to protect the Joker. But he was indebted to Jester for what he did with the Irish Mafia. So Maxim finds himself in a difficult position.
"Gde vse on byl zamechen?" He asks wishing to know where all his men had seen Jester.
His man tells him that it appears as if Jester was looking for the Joker. "Pokhozhe, on ishchet sera Dzhokera."
"Syn..." Maxim sighs a half curse and drags his palm slowly down his face. He truly wished no harm to Jester. He infact, owed him quite a lot. But he was bound by a loyalty of a different type to the Joker. Meaning, that if the Joker wished Jester harm, he had no authority to stop him, regardless of whose country it was. The Joker simply had more power than Maxim. The only thing that Maxim could do was cover up the Jokers trail so Jester couldn't find him, and refrain from telling the Joker that Jester was in Russia searching for him.
"Kakovy vashi prikazy, ser?" His subordinate asks Maxim what his orders shall be for the situation.
"Poluchayetsya, chto my dolzhny zamesti sledy oboikh klounov, chtoby ikh puti ne pereseklis'. " Maxim informs his man to cover up the tracks of both clowns. As this way neither will cross paths and try to kill each other. It was the best he could do. For both clowns.
"Da ser," the man obediently nods.
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The Joker stands in Sasha's penthouse window staring at the snow drifting outside. Jackson sleeps soundly in his arms. He can hear Sasha entering the room behind him. How does he know it's her? Because he can smell the alcohol wafting from her lips.
"Don't you ever poot baby down?" She slightly slurs as she steps out of her shoes with a drunken stagger.
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"No," the Joker flatly answers as he continues to stare at the snow, "He's safest in my arms. And his name is Jackson."
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