**COMPLETE** Diamonds and Scars (Harley Quinn & The Joker - Fanfiction)

The Dark Knight

Batman's Perspective:

I place Max's unconscious body on the floor and signal the Batmobile to pick me up outside of the nightclub building. I'll load his body in the back and bring him to GCPD for lock-up.

Maxwell Wright doesn't strike me as a man who takes orders. Or even gives orders, he isn't that high up in the criminal chain and I doubt he's made it past the rank of a simple thug. Still, his power cannot be underestimated. He just killed a woman. An innocent woman. Interestingly... he seems similar to The Riddler. The same use of 'The Dark Knight' over and over. But no poems or riddles every five seconds, that's a step inthe right direction at least.

My wrist communicator vibrates. An incoming call:

"Batman, are you alright?"

It was Ivy. She must want something, I doubt she's just calling for a chat.

"Ivy, why are you calling me?" I asked.

"I wanted to know if you heard anything more about Max Wright"

"I crashed an auction he was running. He has Selina locked up at the back of the building, I'll have to rescue her. Currently Max is unconscious and I'll be bringing him to the GCPD for further questioning."

"So did you find out if he's the mysterious poetry murderer then?"

"I can't confirm anything yet, I know he's dangerous"

"Don't forget about Selina, Harley's been bugging me for the past week asking me where she is. I said I don't know, but clearly our dear Maxwell had plans for her. I hope she's alright"

"Me too" I said, closing the communicator.

I looked behind me. Max was still lying there unconscious. Good, that's one less thing to worry about.

I walk towards the door near the back of the stage. I try the handle.

Locked. Of course...that'd be too easy.

I kick the door down.

Hmmph. Easy enough, no thugs.

I see...all of these girls, trapped in cages. Oh my god...Selina.

I walk towards her cage,nervously looking around at all of the other trapped girls. What monster would do this? This is horrible.

"Selina, are you alright?"

"I'm fine, bored...but fine. You took your time though, had something more important to do?"

"I had to deal with Mr Wright, he was going to kill you."

"Oh, so you do care about my personal well-being?"

"Not now, Selina"

I try and find a way to open the cage. The only way is with a key. If each cage had as pecific key...then that's going to be a lot of keys for a lot of cages. I also have to be careful of Maxwell Wright, I fear he would wake up soon.

I decide to call for some help. I dial some buttons on my wrist communicator.

"Batman?" the officer answered.

"I need you to send GCPD officers to the 'Smiles and Skies' nightclub in Gotham. Don't ask about the name, it was a cover up."

"What was the actual name?"

"The Brawler"

"That would make sense, no wonder they changed it"

"Like I said, it was a cover up. Please send some backup as soon as possible."