Mad Love (The Joker And Harley Quinn Fanfiction)

Chapter 1: In or Sane

Author's Note

While reading this you could try listening to HEATHENS BY TWENTY ONE PILOTS

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"Hey guys it's the book worm! Hey nerd!" The girl with the glasses looked down while walking fastly, she was scared that they might hurt her again

Keep walking, keep walking,keep walking- she said to herself

She felt her body crashed hard in the floor as her things were scattered in the hallway

"Stupid nerd! Hahahahaha" she tried not to look up as she collected her notebooks and pens , tears were blurring her eyes as she heard all her schoolmates laughter

"Stop! Stop!"  The girl pled while covering her ears, the laughter was becoming louder and louder, stranger and stranger-

Harleen bolted upright from her bed, Her heart was still beating fast as she turned off where the sound was coming from, her alarm clock.

It was just a dream. It's nothing.

that was 11 years ago, don't worry.

She stood up and had a shower, letting the warm water flow to massage her skin, she close her eyes and savored the moment

Today, the next phase of my life begins

After being bullied in her middle school, Harleen experienced her high school as an outcast, a ghost floating in the hallways, no friends, no social life, just books and papers. Being a straight A student even in college seems to affect her place in the society

But today is my favorite day

She put on her clothes and tried to cheer herself up

You are now a licensed psychiatrist,

And the Arkham asylum offered you a job

Until now she was undecided to take the offer or not, but it was a great opportunity, Arkham asylum was always the best known place for insane criminals. Harleen was always interested with the mentally insane mind and besides, this was Gotham city.

She tied her blonde curly hair into a bun as she wore her blazers on, she'll visit Arkham today for an appointment. Harleen stared at her reflection in the mirror for a long time, her olive green eyes was staring at her too, not bothered to wear makeup she grabbed her bag and opened the door.

ARKHAM ASYLUM

The engraved name on the gate gave Harleen a rising anticipation, today she will meet the Head of the Asylum- John Arkham, the man who personally offered her the job and she doesn't have the slightest idea why.

"Ms. Quinzel, a pleasure to meet you" A man in his late 40's stride towards her and offered his hand to shake

"Mr. Arkham" She smiled as he signaled her to sit down

The two chatted formally about the asylum itself. As the meeting goes by- Harleen was starting to convince herself to accept the job

"The reason why i chose you is because it was your area of expertise , you have impressed me with it." She was flattered by what he said and before the meeting ended, Harleen told him that she was interested to accept the job.

Harleen was gathering data from her laptop for her work tomorrow, it was already late and her eyes were droopy, but she cannot sleep, she cannot contain her excitement and fears of what will happen tomorrow morning.

ARKHAM ASYLUM

Harleen slammed the door shut of her car, she once again raise her glance to the engraved name on the gate , Arkham, the asylum before looks more gothic than now, it was more modern looking, fit for the era.
Her hair was tied up into a pony tail, wearing her usual glasses and a white coat, Harleen looks every bit of a psychiatrist that she is, she entered the asylum and smiled at the the doctor who was approaching her

"Good morning Dr.Quinzel I am Dr. Joan Leland, I was assigned to escort you around the asylum " A woman with a thick british accent greeted her, she looked bookish which reminds Harleen of herself.

Harleen nodded, they both walked around and talked about the criminals itself, some are extremely dangerous and some are not,the Asylum was massive and full of metal doors

"Psychos,sociopaths,freaks,weirdos and any kind of mental illnesses we all have it here, patients who are all high profiled and well known criminals, Arkham was always the first choice for the mentally insane..."

"And most of all we have the Asylum's most valuable asset" Harleen stopped short and felt intrigued about what Dr . Joan said

"What is it?"

"Not what is it, but who is it, it's a person"

She swiped her key card as the metal door swung open, revealing another corridor

"Who?"

"The Joker, the Clown Prince of Crime and the well known enemy of Batman; Dr. Quinzel, you as a psychiatrist who graduated in Gotham University-I can only assume that you know him already"  Harleen knew she was right, when she was studying in Gotham University there was this whole semester in her abnormal psyche class dedicated to The Joker, a study for his very complex, psychopathic mind

"Can we have a look on his cell?"

"I guess that's a bad idea"

"Why?"

"We're just following precautions, he had escaped this Asylum thirteen times for two months and all those times he was always bound and tied in his chair" Harleen felt a wave a shock and amazement when she heard what the doctor said

"But we're just gonna take a look for a second, we're not gonna go inside his cell" she insisted

"No Ms. Quinzel you will not" she heard an authorative voice from behind and the moment she turn around she saw the man who personally offered her the job yesterday

"Mr. Arkham" Harleen said, surprised

"Ms. Quinzel, for now you will only handle the less dangerous ones, the Joker is being handled by very trained specialists, he is very manipulative, you don't know what kind of monster you want to see"

"But you told me that this is my field of expertise, and you are very impressed by it, I don't quite understand sir"

"Dr. Quinzel, I am not underestimating you , but the Joker can wait , we need to asses you first, the Joker is quite deceiving" Mr. Arkham said his words with finality as Harleen inhaled deeply

"Okay I understand, I'm sorry"

" It's alright, let's go and have a look to your first patient"