Chapter Ten
A few weeks had passed and Jack became even more busier than usual.. it was like he had no time for anymore. he had became so obessed with the "batman" it was like he wasn't the same anymore... He never even came into bed with me anymore he would pull an nighters in with his henchmen, and when he did sleep he would just pass out on the couch that was near by his desk. As for me, he would just send me away with Rachel, as a 'special mission". I guess he wanted to target her and her "Boo" Harvey Dent, i didn't know all the specific details of his plan since he didn't want me to know to much in case i ever got caught.. it was like we were slowly drifting apart..
Today was the day that we were going to go after the mayor , Jack wanted the whack on him, so Batman would unmask himself. Jack blended in with the rest of the military officials and i tagged along with Rachel as usual so nothing would be out of the ordinary. Rachel had mentioned early in the day that Bruce wayne would be joining us for the celebraion of some sort and that he was going to ask me out to dinner...yet again. How could he not get the hint? Everything was strictly proffesional when it came ot him and i had made it clear that i had no interest in him. Yet Rachel would try to convince me otherwise, i think she was just happy Bruce was done chasing after her and now it was me he was coming after but still he was quite annoying.
Me and rachel stood off in the sides, watching the Mayor give his speech, about the Joker and Batman and how the city of gotham will never surrender to his doings and what not. Harvey Dent sat along side officer Gordon on the sides of the Mayor. It felt like his speech went on forever, i just wanted everything to be over with so Jack can just be his old self again but his obsession with batman was making him loose focus and i didn;'t know how long i could stick around for this. i know i love Jack, its a love that only comes once in your lifetime. the kind of love you always want to fight for, the one that would just break you apart if that person ever left. But when would it be enough? how much can i handle? When i first lost jack, i was a complete mess, i couldn't live without him, i was completely sucidal but now having him here, seeing what he has become... well that isnt the jack i knew, the Jack i fell head over heels for, what could i possibly do?
"Fire!" Someone shouted. my thoughts cut off.
The scene before me was completly choaic, i saw jack aim and fire towards the Mayor but officer Gordon jumped before him taking the bullet, people running and screaming everywhere, Jack dropped his gun and ran away with the crowd. Rachel pulled me alongside to go with her but i knew it was time. i had to play my part.
" Scarlette come on! we have to get out of here!" Rachel gripped my wrist dragging me along with her as she ran in the opposite of everyone else.
"Wait! this way my car us just in this direction " i insisted.
Rachel simply nodded and followed behind me, and just one cue Jacks henchmans sacked both of us and threw us both into a van. Rachels screams filled the moving car and pretended to cry.
"where are we going?! who are you?!" Rachel cried.
Noone answered her. it wasn't long until we reach out destination, the dragged Rachel out first and i heard her call out for me, the henchmen hit the sides of the van to make Rachel believe i was getting beaten. i heard the van close and my sack came off. the van became in motion again and we headed back to the wherehouse were we would meet up with jack to figure out what was next.
As we arrived i jumped out the van to meet with Jack, part of me was feeling guilty for betraying Rachel, she was a good friend to be but everything here was just bussiness and i did everything Jack wanted me to do so isnt that a good thing? Jack explained that nobody would get hurt and that this was just all for show to lure out the bat but something in my gut was telling me otherwise. I guess we were the first to arrive because Jack still wasn't here. We all sat around waiting.. seconds became mintues and minutes became hours until finally one his henchmen who was with Jack finally walked in.
"where is joker?!" i immeditaly asked.
"He ..he got caught." he stuttered out.
"What do you mean he got caught?! what the fuck happened?" I shouted.
"he told me it was part of the plan" he looked down at the ground.
Part of the plan? I was completely dumbfounded. He never mentioned anything to me and but how could he when he didn't even come to bed with me anymore. I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs for how stupidt his was but at the same time my heart sank in my chest because he kept this from me, not to long ago we shared a beautiful moment in his bed, made sweet love and now it was like all that never happpened. i look back all those days that has past and i don't know where i went wrong or how we drifted apart, it just started with "Honey i have to stay a bit up, i have to figure out some details" to "I wont be coming to bed tonight" to suddenly not telling me at all. was he so consumed with his work that he was going mad with whatever he was trying to do that i didnt even understand? why the batman anyways .. why couldn't he explain that to me in the first place. why did he choose this life? why didn't he just leave this all behind when we first found eachother again. wasn't our love enough to leave all this behind? Will i go mad staying and doing all these things? All i know is when i see jack again i will rip his fucking head off then sow it back together again, maybe..
