Mad Love

25~He's back

Our long walk continues and I begin to wonder if the corridor will ever end. I crane my head to the right to see if anyone was behind me. Apparently we were splitting up because no one was behind me. Well I guess I have time to explore. Continuing down the hallway all my thoughts walk back to Mistah J. He was my angel, my saviour and my Puddin, but he left me. He promised me he wouldn't go anywhere yet he left me. A room down the hall catches my eye as I continue down the malls hallway. The door led to the roof where a faint orange glow expanded over the entire roof. Candles of all different sizes were lined up spelling my name. On the space where the dot on the I should have been was a gift from up above.
"PUDDIN"
I shriek and run up to him. He spreads his arms out bracing himself for my weight. We collide and I begin to kiss him all over. Once I'm done I grab his face. A slight shock is sent up my arm when my finger comes into contact with raw flesh. My hands automatically begin to pull away, but Mistah J tugs them back onto the sides of his face. I've never seen him be so lovey Dover towards me before and I loved every second of it. I lightly brush the sides of his face as to not cause him any pain. My finger tips graze his ears and I stare into his piercing blue eyes.
"H-how?"
Warm tears stream down my face filled with my love for this man. This man who changed my life. Crafted a new world for me like an artist. A beautifully dark, twisted, and dangerous world that I loved.
"You know I would never leave you. I do believe you dropped this though"
He says holding up my choker twirling it around his pinkie finger. Laughs fill the air as I stare at him. He truly was back. The roof door slams open and the squad pours out onto the roof all in battle positions.
"Oí mate what's goin on o-"
Boomer pauses when he sees Mistah J and me. Wind starts to sweep my hair in all different directions battling for control. A helicopter lands down on the other side of the roof behind us.
"Let's go Harley-girl"
Mistah J begins to take long strides to the helicopter, but I stay glued into place by my determination.
"Harley I said let's go"
I shake my head and turn to him.
"Mistah J I ain't leavin without my friends"
Mistah J stops dead in his tracks when the last word leaves my lips. Well shit.
"Let's.go."
I shake my head while my pigtails flounce with my head motion. My eyes wander back to look at the squad, but they all look scared. Floyd points to his hand and I spin on my heels. He was right behind me with the most menacing look on his face. It sent shivers down my spine warning me to run.
HARLEY RUN
RUN
RUN
RUN
Listening to the voices in my head I run. Something cold wraps around my throat stopping me in my tracks. My body is twisted to look at Mistah J. His breath brushes roughly across my face a warning he was mad.
"P-p-pudd-in..."
I manage to choke out.
"Y-ya hurtin m-me"
My voice cracks at end of my sentence a sign it gave out. Floyd and the squad tried to get to me, but Mistah J's henchmen held them back. They were forced-along with me forced to stare at him as the one I love hurts me. He lifted me into the air letting my feet dangle. Air was failing me at the worst time possibly imaginable. Finally showing me mercy he drops me to the floor. Hacking and coughing air begins to shakily fill my lungs once more and I feel light headed.
"You belong to me"
Mistah J hisses into my ear causing me to shake on the floor. Puddin bends down to my level to roughly grab my chin.
"Look at me when I talk to you"
He noticed me wince, but I refuse to respond to him.
"Do you understand"
I nod my head.
"Yes"
He glares at me. A glare that could shake a thousand souls to the core in seconds. This wasn't his normal behaviour. He was rough with me sometimes, but never this violent. He was treating me like one of his victims.
"Yes what"
A lonely tears streams out of my eye as I gulp.
"Yes daddy"
He drops my chin and stands up.
"You want to protect your friends eh? A ride together die together relationship huh? Well look at the irony. You will be dying together after all"
Out of his coat pocket he pulls out the grenade that I had placed on the site that I thought he had died in. It was painted red on the top and blue on the bottom with the word 'Puddin' painted in gold font on the sides. Other words like 'hahahahaha' or 'nighty night' were printed in black ink on it as well. Using his silver grill Mistah J pops out the metal piece in the grenade and tosses it to us. Waving he backs into the helicopter. As if his abuse wasn't enough he yells to me before he leaves a phrase that left my heart in fragments.
"Don't forget you are mine. Mine meaning my property. Know your place. Hopefully this is the last lesson I have to teach you. HAH GET IT LAST LESSON"
Tears blind my eyes until it gets to be too much and I yell out in agony. It's like someone took a sword and stabbed your existence, hope, love, and compassion into a salad. His laughs fill my broken world with the joy that I can't experience right now. I guess the tables have turned on me. Mistah J's men jump onto the helicopter leaving just the team on the roof. Floyd and Diablo rush to my side and carry me to a small sheltered area on the roof. My sanity was starting to turn into a memory. Finally I went into mass hysteria. I crumbled into a heap of mass on the floor laughing and crying. It's like your heart wants to be in two pieces,but is held together by a thread. Pure agony is what I like to call it. Knife after knife cut at my brain until I finally fell off the edge.
You are worthless
Worthless little Quinn
No wonder he left you
You are nothing
You are a toy
A game he played
Like monopoly
And guess what Quinney?
He won
The voices won't stop!! Croc, Boomer and Diablo yelled at me hoping to bring me back, but there was no escape. My vision was going in and out and black was beginning to surround my vision until Floyd whispers of comfort cut through the voices like a knife.
"Hey gorgeous hold in there ok?"
"Baby doll are you still with me?"
"Hey crazy I've got you don't worry"
The darkness fades while my vision regains color.
"Hey. Since when have ya gone soft Deadshootey. I thought the real Floyd never fell in love"
In truth he was just a rebound from Mistah J. I'll always love Mistah J no matter what, but it was nice to know someone cared about me. As Mistah J told me the world truly is a dark place. He was wrong about something though. The great Joker wrong about something. Hard to imagine huh? Turns out it ain't so bad having someone to trudge along in the darkness with you.
"I knew you would hold on Crazy"
Floyd winked at me as I giggled. I didn't have anyone telling me messing with Floyd was wrong so it must be right...right? Truth be told I don't know the difference between wrong or right anymore. Mistah J fucked that up a long time ago with that shock therapy. His way of making me like him and I loved him for it. Mistah J wouldn't abandon me like he did today. He was just trying to tell me something. Send a message to me about something that I couldn't decipher for the life of me. Diablo helped me up and a small voice in my head returned. It sounded raspy and cold yet still I followed its directions.
Punch Boomer
I don't know why I did it, but I did. Boomer's groans filled my ears. A gigantic grin parted my lips and I giggled.
"HARLEY QUINN IS BACK Y'ALL"
My voice booms back to me from across the roofs edge. I snatch my jacket from Crocs hands and kiss his cheek. Have you ever seen a croc grin before? Well neither have I, but it's really weird. Aren't we all weird at some point though? The soft inner material of my jacket lightly brushes me when I slip it over each arm.
"Welcome Harleen"
A dark feminine voice echoes through my mind and by the looks on everyone's faces they heard her too. All of a sudden everyone collapses. I look around frantically, but find no sign of what caused it.
Umm hiya lady
Her gentle laugh rings in my brain.
"Do you remember me?"
Struggling to remember her I rack my brain for any signs of her in my memory yet some up empty handed.
Nope sorry lady
"Those chemicals really did a number on your brain didn't they? I'm enchantress, but let me introduce myself personally"
My vision is temporarily lost thanks to a giant black out.
Squad are ya still here?
Nobody responds. Hey wait I'm talking in my mind no wonder they can't hear me. My vision returns and adjusts to the sight of a woman in white and blue clothes floating by a throne. I lug my body forward to get a better look of the strange woman. She had beautiful features with great cheek bones, piercing blue eyes, and full lips. My eyes wander to her long cape. Note to self: in case of fight grab cape.
Listen lady ya separated me from my friends so whaddaya want from me?
She chuckles once more before grinning.
Your alliance
My always talkative mouth decides to fail me at the wrong time and I can only stand there dumfounded.
Having doubts? I'll show you what I can really do.
With a wave of her hand a flash of light places me in a different setting with different clothes and different surroundings. I was holding a beautiful baby girl with blonde hair and blue eyes and across from me was an adorable baby boy with brown hair and blue eyes.
"Honey I'm off to work"
It was him. Puddin was here. What happens next surprised me. In walked a gorgeous man with brown hair and normal pale skin, but with Mistah J's same piercing blue eyes and grin. Yet his grin was full of glossy pearly white teeth and not silver. He walked over to our baby boy and kissed his head.
"Hey Bernie"
Bernie giggled which brought a grin to my face for some reason. Mistah J walked over to me and leant down and gave the baby girl a kiss.
"Hi little Harley"
Harley giggled which made me grin even more. These were my kids. Bernie and Harley Jr. Well I guess not Jr since in this world I was never Harley. I look down to see a pink track suit. Mistah J looks up at me and smiles.
"Good luck at your gymnastics tournament. I know how much it means to you and I know you will ace it"
The strange Mistah J winks to me and kisses my cheek. He walks away and enchantress returns.
I can make that reality
"Can ya really make that happen?"
Yes. All I need is you to bow before me.
Enchantress floats towards me and gracefully floats down to the floor.
Bow before me and have your hearts truest desire.
"I don't know lady"
As quick as a flash the lady turns from 'nice magic physic' to 'bad mud bath day' in a matter of seconds. She saunters to me.
Bow to me or die
My surroundings change to a dirty street with puddles.
I SAID BOW
I could really use Katana's blade right now. As if someone granted my wishes Katana's blade appears right by me.
"I like whatcha sellin lady, but there is a teeny tiny problemo"
WHAT
I smirk up at her.
"Ya hurt my friends"
My hand tightened around the blade and I chop right through her. She disappears into a puff of smoke, but something slimy falls into my hand. I look down in delight as a heart is beating in my hand. My surroundings return to the roof, but we have 3 less members. My grin is whipped from my face in a matter of seconds.
"Where are Boomah, Croc, and Diablo?"
Floyd looks to me in a sad expression and murmurs a phrase that makes my heart plummet.
"They are dead Harley"