The heart of the joker

Chapter 9

i woke up in the room Bruce gave me and i got up and ran out the room not caring that i look a mess and got in the elevator, once it opened i sprinted to the living room on the level and saw Bruce sat on the sofa with a cup of coffee,

i ran up infront of him and accidentally made him jump,

"WHEREWOULDBATMANTAKETHEJOKER?!"

"waoh? what? say it again slower"

"where would batman take the joker?!"

"i dont know, why?"

"...my own reasons..."

"didnt he strangle you?"

"NO!!he just-"i took a breath, "sorry, he just held me by the throat against the wall",

'why did i defend him like that? what is up with me? why am i trying to find him so badly?!'

"thats still not good, oh and why did you lie to me about your name?"

"i wanted hide my identity a bit, thats all"

"so what is it really?"

"Ryder..."

"thats a nice name"

"thanks"

"now i have to go sort some things, you can go out or do what you want"he smiled,

"okay thanks, see ya"

he nodded and left the room as i headed the elevator, but once he was out of sight, i snuck round the corner and followed him, we went down to the basement and as he walked through the door a black suit came around him,

i held my hands over my mouth and held in the gasp, 'Bruce Wayne is batman!', i followed him in and hid behind a desk, the lights came on and i saw the joker tied to a chair with blood all over his face, i put my hand over my mouth,

"Joker wave up!"batman growled,

jack groaned and lifted his head up to look at batman, it seemed to hurt him as he lifted his head, tears lined my eyes, 'why am i crying?',

"hmm...what now?...what do..you want...this time...?"he wheezed,

"why did you hold Ryder hostage and why did you harm her more than once?!"

"i...didnt..mean to...i already...told you...this....."the joker then started coughing a lot after,

"bullshit!!"batman shouted and he punched the joker,

i flinched, 'move, body, MOVE!!!',

"ASK HER!!!!"Jack screamed, then he spat out blood, "i didnt...want to...hurt..her....ask....her..."Jack begged,

"your lying!!"batman bellowed,

Batman punched him once more, i stood and yelled,

"STOP!!"

Jacks head lifted and saw me, his eyes widened, and so did batman's, tears fell down my face gracefully, i slowly walked over to batman,

"leave him alone! he didnt mean to hurt me!"i defended,

'what am i doing?'

batman turned and backed up a little, i ran to Jack and knelt in front of him, i lifted my hand to his face, he flinched but then relaxed into my hand,

"im so sorry..."i whispered,

"dont..cry...doll"he croaked,

"shhh...dont speak"

i lifted my head to his and gave him a gentle kiss, he returned it but i pulled away and i stroked his hair,

"lets go back"i smiled,

he nodded, i turned to batman,

"untie him"

"but-"

"i said untie him! i dont like to repeat myself"i growled,

he grumbled and walked over to us and cut the ropes around his ankles and wrists, as son as he did Jack started falling forward, i stood and held him, he clung onto my by waist and i held him by his back, he surprisingly wasnt too hard to hold either,

"its okay, your fine, your with me"i soothed,

"batman get me a car as i know you can, dont worry ill bring it back"

he nodded and walked off, i sat on the chair and Jack sat on me and his head on my shoulder against my head,

Not long after a car came into the room and batman got out, Jack stood up and I helped him over to the car, only then did I realise it was Jacks car,

I grinned and laid Jack on the back seats, I kissed his forehead and I walked to batman, I walked up to his mask and whispered in his ear,

"I'll be back later for my stuff, sorry I had to leave this way but I have to look after him there is no reason and don't worry your secret is safe with me.......Mr. Wayne"

I walked to the car and got in, I drove out the tunnel and soon found the route to Jacks house or warehouse, every few minutes I would check on him by looking back but every time he was fine, I sighed and carried on driving,

soon enough we got there and i drove outside the warehouse, i dashed around to the side and opened the door, i put my hand on Jacks face, he was asleep, 

"Jack...wake up..Jack...?"

"mmmngh..."he grumbled,

he then opened his eyes and i smiled at him, he half smiled but winced, i removed my hand fro his face,

"come on lets get you inside"

he nodded and got out the car, i held him by the waist and his arm was on my shoulder, we limped into the building, his men stood up as soon as they saw me,

"Girl, go to your room we will take him"one of the men growled,

"no, im taking him"

"you ran away! you get to your room now!"another one yelled,

"shut up!!!....shes..taking..me..and..thats..final!"Jack growled,

we limped into his room and i laid him on the bed, he groaned and i sat next to him,

"ill be back in a minute, im just going to find a First aid kit"

"..theres..one..in..my bathroom.."

i nodded and headed to the bathroom, i looked in the cupboards and finally found one, i also found some wipes, i walked back to the bed and i sat next to him,

"..Jack i need to wipe your paint off to clean your wounds..is that okay?"

he hesitated then replied.