Sick Is the New Sane

The 5 Wonders

(harleys POV)

"Where did you go?" I asked after I saw Prophet reappear again randomly.

"To the other realm" He sighed tiredly yet with a hint of chill

I knew the only reason why he would go to the other realm is to torture someone or to see Andy. Which...he wouldn't do.

"Next time you go to torture someone, take me with you ok?"

"Why?" he squinted

"Look I know you went to go torture someone." I crossed my arms

"Yeah my son" He winced like it hurt him to even think about it.

"You went to go see Andy?" I stepped forward but when he turned around, the look in his eyes made me think twice.

"Why are you so eager?" He huffed

"How is he? Is he out of the hospital?" I got closer to him.

"His fine." The Prophet was obviously annoyed at my interrogation and he snapped at me.

"No he's not! He needs help and you're just making it worse!" I ran up to me but I was met with a hard slap.

"Shut up, little girl."

"No i'm not! And you're not the boss of me! Im Harley Quinn and Andy is my friend and if you lay a hand on him, we are --" *slap* his hand felt like a whip across my face. I could feel the hot tears forming.

"Actually, darling, I am the boss of you. And you do everything that I say, whether you like it or not. And you will drop this subject right now." He let go of my wrist and spun on his heels and stomped away.

"Fine! I'll just go live with Mourner! He's helped me better than you have anyway." I regretted that sentence right as I said that because he flew right up to my face with his sharp teeth bared. His inner demon was starting to show because his eyes flared red and his voice became extremely streaky and deep. I wanted to push him. I wanted to push him as hard as I could, see what his buttons were and see how far he could go.

"Yeah! Thats right Prophet, I knew him before I met you and he actually HELPED ME!" I literally fist fought him till I was loose.

"Fine! LEAVE!" He screamed and he threw me out into the now pouring down rain and the storm that had brewed while we were inside. My side kind of hurt but I shook it off as I stood up and ran out into the storm. I was kind of mentally summoning one of the other 4 Wonders hopefully that would come to my rescue. I wondered where Belle was when I needed her, I wanted to go home... I wanted to go back to my normal life.

I ran into the dark woods that surrounded the castle. There was nothing but thick brush and thorns that ripped my dress. I stumbled down a bank and rolled to my side. In-front of me were these large boots. I looked up slowly and saw someone standing there with indian looking war paint and a black bandana. His hair was kind of like Prophets except shorter.

"Destroyer....." I stuttered aloud

"You called?" He kneeled down to my level.

"I uh...yeah....called?" I just wanted to get away from him.

He lifted my face up as the rain and tears stung my face. He had such a soft touch and I didn't flinch like I did when the prophet laid a hand on me.

"What did he do, child?" That's when I started bawling and all I could do was just fall into the Destroyers arms. He picked me up and carried me deeper into the woods. We arrived at some log cabin looking thing. He set me down on the porch and opened the door.

"Make yourself at home" He smiled and showed me in.

The place was glowing with candles and I noticed the 3 other Wonders were sitting there playing cards and drinking. It kind of made me giggle because that was the last thing I expected the Wonders to be doing. The Deviant turned around kind of half drunk.

"Aye! The Prophets little girl decided to come play!" He laughed but shut up when he noticed I was not in the best shape. "I'm gonna kill him." He whispered walking past me. Destroyer brought me a change of clothes and made me some food.

"This isn't our first time seeing someone deal with his torture." Destroyer made me some hot tea that tasted really good.

"He went off on his son first...." I explained. The other guys just tensed up and continued playing cards.

"You know Andy?" Mystic asked

"Yeah....we were in the hospital together...it's a long story."

"Andy is a good kid. I'm glad Prophet can't seem to seduce him to the dark side though."

Apparently they don't like to put up with the Prophets bullshit and they know how he can be, I guess they meant Belle when they said that I wasn't the first. We all sat in a circle just talking. Well they were chatting about news going on in the other realm, I was just listening and wondering why my life had to be like this. I wanted to ask them about the whole Belle/Prophet thing but I was nervous.

"So I have a question." I stated. The guys just all looked at me.

"Why does the Prophet get so pissed off about his wife."

"He hates his past." Deviant whispered.

"Which is?"

"He used to be really happy and he found this girl that he really liked. They ruled the realm together and things couldn't be better but when she fell pregnant, he got extremely mad that his power would most likely go to the child. At least that's how it's supposed to work. When a fallen angel fornicates with a mortal, the In-between are created."

"So Andy is the In-between?"

"Yeah, and the Prophet is trying to stop the realms from clashing genetically by bringing him to this side but Andy isn't having it."

"Oh... so the prophet is trying to help him..."

"He just has a twisted way of doing it." Destroyer chimed.

"Do you any of you have... in-betweens?" I asked

"Probably" Deviant laughed drunkenly

The rest of the guys just shook their heads.

"That's stuff we don't want the other realm to deal with. It wouldn't be fair to clash the realms." Mourner spoke up.

"It's also forbidden.."

"So do you visit the other realm often?"

"Yeah we go where we need and help who we need and then come back here and party"

"A while ago I think I saw you in New Orleans all together....but no one else saw you.. Except me.. And my teacher thought I was crazy."

"Well you said you didn't believe in us ..." Mourner looked almost offended.

"I guess I was being dumb.." I looked down and noticed the scars on my arms were more faded than last time I had studied them.

Hours passed and the guys started leaving to go home. I was really tired but I was so scared to go back to the Prophets. I knew if I stayed away too long, he would probably come looking for me or torture me in my sleep. I didn't want to sleep. I know how Andy must have felt. Scared of the demons who chased you in your dreams. That demon was the Prophet and he will not rest till he gets his revenge. I stared at the door waiting for the Prophet to burst through any moment.

"He's not going to come for you...not while i'm here..." Destroyer put a hand on my shoulder.

"Thanks for rescuing me..." I whimpered. The Destroyer just hugged me and showed me to bed. I did actually feel safe here and I ended up sleeping just fine.