Hurt me: Joker's flame

You give me strength

The car ride was as bumpy as ever. Joker's laughs echoed throughout the small cockpit of the car, imagining his Leyla killing more.

She didn't speak. At all. She just peered out of the window, her ears filled with his laughs and giggles.

As he pulled onto the driveway of the mansion, he stopped the car and turned to face her with a huge grin.

"What made you do it, my dear, sweet Leyla?" Joker's voice was laced with enticement.

Leyla still didn't bother making eye contact with him. She kept staring ahead of her, eyes red. She was trying so hard to keep the tears from falling.

Jokers grin disappeared but he kept the smile on his face.

"Well?" He asked impatiently.

"You couldn't give me a few more minutes with my sister..." she said in a low voice.

Jokers smile was now completely gone. "THIS is why," he hissed. With one hand, he grabbed her chin and forced her to look at him, and held the index finger of his other hand up to her face.

"THIS weakness...love." He moved his finger swiftly. " You lose the spark in your eyes when we talk about your family."

She stared at him in disbelief. "Are you saying love is weakening me?" She asked, raising her voice.

"Doll, you know better than to talk to me like that." He gripped her chin harder, forcing her face closer to his.

"Then...why did I kill all your guys?" She asked, returning his meanly intense stare.

Joker cocked his head to the side, never breaking eye contact.

"It's because you were there. You gave me the strength to do it. All those time I killed was only because YOU were there." She admitted and shifted her gaze down.

Joker remained silent. He let go of her chin.

"You give me strength. You inspire me." She gripped the door handle and turned back to him. "That's what love does." She exited the car and slammed the door, walking inside the mansion.

The Joker watched as her figure walked further and further away from him, eventually disappearing through the large doors of the mansion.

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Leyla had stripped naked and was holding her phone. As she drew a bath for herself, the water filled the tub slowly. She needed to collect her thoughts.

Surprisingly, murdering Joker's guys didn't really bother her. But the little time she had with her sister did.

She decided not to dwell on it. She had been reunited with her phone, and could keep in touch with her sister.

She smirked as she placed the phone on her pile of clothes on the sink and entered the tub slowly. She let out a sigh of relief and smiled at the warm sensation of the water.

She looked ahead of her and saw the door open slowly.

The Joker entered completely nude, holding two glasses of wine. She smirked. He wasn't a wine person.

He must have really felt bad.

He walked toward her and looked down at her with an apologetic grin. She lifted her legs up, motioning for him to sit at the other end of the tub.

He smirked and walked towards her, placing her glass down on the floor next to her.

"No, doll. Move up front." He said in a husky voice as she complied. He sat behind her, his legs on either side of her, hugging her from behind. They both held their wine and sipped on it, enjoying the quiet.

"You continue to intrigue me," Joker said amused.

Leyla tilted her head back resting it on Joker's neck. "You continue to give me strength."

Joker sipped on the wine and spotted her phone on her clothes.

His face twisted in a wicked smile thinking of all the pictures she had of herself.

He brought his lips to her ears. "I want you to take pictures for me doll. With your phone. When I'm away." He smirked as he sat back up.

"Speaking of which...I'll be gone all of tomorrow. Frost and I have some business back at the hideout we seized back from the police. You'll be here. Which gives you plenty of time to doll up and send me pictures, videos, anything...of yourself." He sipped on his wine and set the glass down after downing the whole glass.

His eyes squeezed tight at the surprising sensation in his throat but he quickly recovered.

Leyla smirked and arched her back slightly.

"Oh I know just what to do." She giggled.