Harley and me (Book 1)

Chapter 14

We were silent in the van for quite a while, until we were out of the private area of our house. We looked everywhere in Gotham for him, but not much success yet. At around 8 it started getting dark. I looked to the sky and nearly blinded myself as well as nearly put myself in cardiac arrest
"The bat signal is up," I gasp.
"Shit," Joker said with a devil smile. We drove back to where we lost him on the way back from the baths. The bat mobile was not in sight, neither was he. Harley started fidgeting.
"What's up?" I ask.
"What if he's already coming back for us? He could be right near us, his timing is always perfect, he probably will show his face any second," She says nervously.
"Since when have you been a pussy?" Joker says sarcastically, capturing my exact thoughts. Harley punches him playfully in the arm.
Suddenly, the windscreen goes dark and we all scream with laughter over how right Harley was. Joker speeds up about 100 miles faster, swerving like we did last time. We came out of the city and into some countryside. He still was in the ceiling. I shoot through the car ceiling, but obviously he's bulletproof.
"There's only one thing left we can do," Joker snarled, shaking his head.
"What's that?" Me and Harley turn to him in unison. I look ahead of me. Shit. there was a down part of a hill as steep as a cliff, the ocean was down on one side, the other was safe grass that lead to a train station. I knew that because Harley and I took a walk round here once. Unfortunatly we were heading towards the ocean side.
"No..." I whispered calmly. Harley was less calm about it.
"Puddin, NOOOOOO!" she screamed.
"Open the door for her and jump together exactly when I say now," he yells over Harley's hysterical screaming, thinking he was heading for the ocean. We got nearer and nearer. My nerves started coming through as I was comforting Harley. Out of nowhere my signal comes to jump. I open the door and wrap my arms around Harley. I jump, letting me and Harley fall down, and down and down, until my body feels weak as I pelt the ground. My eyes are staying shut for some reason. I can feel Harley get off me in shock as I can hear the Jokers footprints running towards us.
"You alright, honey?" I can hear him say.
"Uh- huh," She whimpers back, clearly relieved that we hadn't drowned.
"Oh, my poor baby," I hear him say as I hear him walking nearer to me. I'm suddenly lifted off the floor, my body aching, but feeling more powerful than ever. I suddenly can open my eyes.
"I think I can walk," I mumble. Joker looks at me.
"You sure?" He asks growling. I nod as he puts me down. I stumble about 5cm until I colapse. Joker sighs as Harley comes and lifts my arm around her shoulder. I walk along with her feebly, my ankles wobbling. She looks at me up and down and tuts.
"What the fuck, puddin!" she suddenly snaps.
"huh?" he growls confused, a pissed off look on his face.
"You could have killed us, you could have killed her," She hissed.
"Well, I didn't. And if I did, at least it would just be us again,"he smiled freakishly. I feel shocked and saddened.
"Is that what you want?" I snarl.
"Is that what you think?" he replies, intimidating my voice. I intimidate his growl which probably pushed him over the edge. He went in one of them moods where he just stays silent. This means he is going to do something psycho. Harley knew this too and she didn't look too thrilled about it.
"Puddin, try and calm down for me," She whispered.
"Sure, baby," he said.
"Sorry if I upset you, Mr J," I say darkly. He shakes his head, not even looking at me. We carried on walking for a bit until we came across some hole in the wall that was about 7-8ft tall.
"Stay in here until I come back, this way batman won't see you while I go and sort some things," Joker grunted, shoving us inside, nearly pushing me on the floor. Before I could recover, he vanished.

Harley and I were there for ages, at least an hour.
"I'm bored, what if he's not coming back?" Harley sighed.
"I got a feeling you're right," I mutter. We cautiously emerge and walk on, Harley was looking and shouting frantically.
"Puddin? Baby?"
"Shh, Harls, we could get caught," I say tugging her hand. We start running frantically while trying to look for him, Harley pulling me along by the wrist. We were going for at least half an hour, non stop.
"Pumpkin!" We hear at last. We look up to the rocks to see Joker standing up there, waving sarcastically.
"Come on up, gotta show you somethin" He said giving me a hand up while Harley pushes me. We help Harley up and he shows us some sort of train.
"How the fuck did you get that?" I say half laughing half serious.
"For me to know and you to not," he said patting my cheek hard.
"What we gonna do with this, baby?" Harley questioned.
"The fuck did I just say?" he replied growling. Harley sighed lovingly and he took her hand.
"Here baby," Joker said, leading her to the front of the train and then taking me and putting me in the carriage behind. He sat besides Harley and kicked something that made the vehicle start to move. Harley reached behind but I only just managed to be able to link the tips of our middle fingers together
"Y'know bats is tied to the bottom down there, followed by a boulder, so he dies and we die with him," he laughed. Harley gasps in shock.
"Are you insane?!" I yell hysterically.
"You're only asking me that now?!" He clapped. "Your not coming anyway," He laughed. I was about to question him when he pressed some button and I was thrust high into the air and I hear Harley screaming in anger. She didn't sound like Harley, but like Dr Quinzel. I see the train drop down to the destiny of death and I knew they were gone.
"Harley!" I cry loudly. I rest my head against the floor and weep.

God knows how long I'd been there for, it was dark out now and I could feel myself getting weaker. I slowly and in pain lift up my head to see a figure walking towards me. I slump my head back down and listen to their footsteps as they get nearer.
"Come and take me back to the shit hole Arkham then, bats. I don't care anymore. Harley was my best friend and was like a big sister to me. Now she's dead I couldn't give two shits what happens to me," I cry angrily. I hear a familiar, but broken laugh.
"As if I'm going to let that happen to you,"
I look up to see a poor, shaking mess of a Harley. I try to get up so I could hug her in relief and excitement.
"Stay there," She said sitting on the floor next to me stroking my head that was laying on the cool hard floor.
"I've got a bit of news," She announced. I nodded.
"Go on. I whispered. I knew what was coming.
"The good news..." Harley whispered shakily. "Batmans dead."
I took a moment to process this.
"At least it's what we wanted," I say in shock.
"Yes. But there comes a price," She says taking my hand shakily. I clung to it though now I didn't want to, it was sweating and shaky and for once made me nervous, but I took it as I knew she would need the comfort, I knew what was coming. I could feel it.
"You don't have to say it. I know, He's... it's just such a shock," I say gently.
"He died hating me and until he died I hated him, I put up a fight as soon as he threw you out. And I kicked him in the face so I could jump out the carriage,"
"But you loved him,"
"I wasn't wanting to die, and he hurt you one too many times. I know I have some obsession with him that I need help for, but I think this had fixed it, and anyway, you don't throw me on the floor when I want a hug. But thats what I loved about him," She said bravely.
"I know, he even destroyed our way of getting home!" I try to joke. She just manages a quick, heavy breath. She got up and then lifted me off the ground and supported me as she put me on the ground.
"Can you walk?" She struggled.
"Hopefully," I respond. She lets go and I was fine. We start walking back home, arm in arm.
"Do you remember when we first met at Arkham?" I laugh.
"Oh god, yeah! I was some nerdy and in love doctor while you were a scared little psycho child!" She giggled.
"Thank goodness them days are finished with," I sneer, shaking my head. "Let's just focus on our future now," I add.  Our future, together, no one now can get in the way of that, it was just us, just Harley and me...