Gotham Sirens

3. Arkham Knight (Harley's POV)

No Batman? Hmm Mister J is gonna lose his mind. No no he is gonna beat me up. Again.

'Red I'm heading home, bye.'
'No you're not, Joker will break your arm.'
'Nah, he won't, he loves me.'
'Stop fooling yourself.'

I know damn well that he is gonna break some bone in my body, and I'm really scared. But he really does loves me. He told me that.

'Harley, you're back. How was your day?'

He's being freakishly nice..

'It was great Mister J, what about yours?'
'Not so great. You see, first of all, I haven't seen you all day. Second, I've heard about this rumour. The Batman is gone. Now you wouldn't know anything about this do you? You would have told me.'
'Of course Puddin' you know I tell you everything.'
'This concerns me a bit doll, I've heard that your dearest friends, Poison Ivy and Catwoman were the first ones to discover him. I need you to tell me, have you seen him?'
'No Mr J.'
'You know what happens when you lie don't you?'

He walked towards me put his hands in front of my eyes. He dragged me somewhere. He had brought me to his torture room. I remember the first he had brought me here. The scars are still on my body.

'Are you starting to remember the real answer Harls? You know I don't like this.'
'But Mr J, I ain't lying. Red and Cat were there, I was somewhere else.'
'Then better start telling me where you were.'

He walked to the wall with all the torture devices, he usually starts small but now he had took Catwomans old whip with thornlike needles on it.

'I told you I haven't seen that other Batman. But uhm, I have seen the real Batman. And I know his identity.'
'WHAT?!'
'Well your birthday is coming up and I thought this would be the perfect gift.'
'YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FUN IS GONE IF THE BAT IS GONE. YOU'VE RUINED EVERYTHING.'

The adrenaline in my body peaked when Joker was ready to hit me. The whip got stuck around my neck. The pain was insane, I could feel the blood going into my lungs, and before I knew I had passed out.

I woke up with an intense pain in my neck. Heh, I'm still alive, who'd had thought that.

'There is my dearest Harley. How is your neck?'
'It's even worse then last night.'
'I know, and I am truly sorry. I just lost my patience. You know that Batman is my weakness.'
'Yes but I'm not sorry. You can't beat me up whenever you feel like it.'
'I could beat you up right now if you don't stop it.'

It is my fault. I shouldn't have captured Batman, it was my stupid mistake. Now Mr J is sad. I don't want him to be sad. I'll make it better.

'I'm sorry Puddin'...  I will release Batman!'
'No no, let's have some fun with him.. Where did you hide him.'
'Uh, in our basement...'
'Clever girl, but don't you ever do that again! I don't like watching you almost die.'

J went downstairs and I could get some rest.

'Harley? Where are you?'

Shit who is that. Mister J doesn't like visitors.

'Who are ya?'
'It's me, Red.'
'No no no, go away he'll kill you.'

She found the room. I had pulled the blankets all the way up to my mouth so she wouldn't notice the wounds.

'Why are your blankets all the up there, you got a hickey or somethin'?'
'Yea uhm, a hickey, heh..'
'Harley.. what'd he do to you.'

I dropped the blanket and Ivy looked at me like with pity but at the same time with anger.

'Look I gotta go to the basement, you better get outta here before Mr J notices you.'

I know she isn't gonna leave, but I have to go downstairs otherwise he'll come up to see if everythings alright. He was waiting on the stairs with a pair of scissors in his hands. Before I could ask why he had scissors he had taken away the bandages from my neck.

'I want the Bat to see what I am capable of.'

There he was, tied down, vulnerable. I saw a smile appear on Jokers face. A genuine smile, a smile that I haven't seen in a very long time. A smile that remembered me why I fell in love with him. Joker removed the piece of clothing from Batmans mouth en he began to shout.

'HARLEY YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE!'