Mad Love

Chapter 24

Jokers POV:
Harley had been gone for days! No ones given me any information of what's going on. Maybe she's dead, it's for the best anyways. I only needed her to get out of Arkham, but she sure has proven herself useful. Just then one of my men burst into my room. His clothes were ripped and his face was covered in sweat and grime.
"Woah! What happened to you? Got thrown in a dumpster? Ha! AND WHAT HAVE I TOLD YOU ABOUT COMING IN MY ROOM?!"
"S-sorry boss. But I gotta tell ya somethin'... It's about Harley."
"What about Harley?! She's not dead is she?"
"What? No! She's in an Asylum, Arkham Asylum. Gordan finally caught her, it's only a matter of time before she tells him EVERYTHING. He'll find you faster than batman will. Our only option is to break her out of there before Gordan wears her down."
I thought about it for a moment, Harley's always been full of surprises. She may be tougher than she seems. "Ah! May as well save that darling girl from who knows what in that sickly place known as Arkham Asylum."
"How?"

Harley's POV:
It's been two weeks and Gordon has really been wearing me down. I don't know how much longer I can confuse him and keep myself from spilling the beans on the Joker. He knows my name, age, and almost everything else except for my reason for staying with the joker and helping him escape, where the joker is, and anything else joker related. It was almost time for our daily questioning but at this point I think I've lost it, I'm yearning to get out of this place one way or another. I don't care how many people I have to kill in order to do so. Suddenly there was a light knock at my door. I attempted to mentally prepare myself for what was soon to come at me but Jessica, the intern I had met during my time working at Arkham, the one true friend I had made entered the room instead.
"Long time no see, eh Harleen?" She asked quietly, taking the seat across from me. I was shocked to see her, especially since I assumed she hated me for what I had done.
"I was gonna say the same for you Jessica."
"It's Pamela, my real name is Pamela Lillian Isley. I would've told you earlier but..."
"Why are ya visitin' me? We haven't seen each other since..."
"Yeah, I know." She looked sad and hurt with each word I said.
"Look, I'm sorry about that whole... Fiasco. I can't really describe my feelings for why I did what I did. I had already started developing feelings for the Joker and I guess I was confused and freaked out by that and then when my brother died on top of that, I just snapped. I remember bits and pieces of that night but my mind was so filled with emotions that I couldn't stop. But then I saw your face after pulling that switch and releasing the joker and who knows how many other prisoners and my heart fell, but I knew it was too late to fix my mistake so I ran like a coward. I've been waiting for months, maybe even a year to apologize to ya. I'm so sorry Pamela, I wish we were still friends."
"Yeah, me too." Her red hair fell over her face as she looked down. "Where's the joker now?"
"I don't know anymore... Last I was with him he said he was goin' to the old chemical factory or somethin'." I lied, I didn't want Gordan to win, and he never would.
"I just wish it didn't have to be like this, but it has to be. Your a criminal now. Gordan sent me in to get information. I guess it worked. I'm sorry, but I have a job to do even if it means hurting you." With that she left the room, poor thing. She seemed sad and broken of all hope. Gordan entered a few minutes later.
"Thank you for your participation miss Quinzel, it's been a long two weeks dragging all of that information out of you but it's been a real pleasure." He un-chained me from the table and escorted me to a new cell that was pretty large, had bulletproof soundproof glass, really thick metal doors and needed a keycard to get through.
"This is your new cell, it's brand new in Arkham as well, one of the hardest cells in the country to break out of, just in case you were wondering."
"I wasn't." I responded coldly. I then entered, was un-cuffed by two large guards and was left alone in the cold space. I wondered how long I would have to stay in Arkham but it was probably going to be a LONG time.