One Bad Day

Tactics

Joker's POV

I grab the wheel as tightly as I can so I don't wrap my hands around Harley's neck. She put herself at risk. She put the baby at risk. And she did all this alone! I have to kill off valuable and much needed security guys now. Now when I just added extra.

"What were you thinking?!" I shout bashing my hands on the wheel. She looks too terrified to answer me and hovers all along the passenger door. I make a sharp right with a growl, the tires squealing loudly.

"Let's kill her!"

"No! Baby on board, just slap her."

"Punch her!"

"I can't believe you didn't even get someone to help you pull it all off!" I punch the roof and return my hand to the wheel. I'm fighting so hard just to keep my hands from causing her harm. The voices in my head are just egging me on. I want to listen to them too. I agree with what they're saying. Yet, I know that my child is in her and that manages to dredge up a tiny sliver of humanity in me.

"See how weak and pathetic that thing makes you? Just end it all now. Kill her! Kill yourself! Come on, crash this ride into a brick wall!"

"No! If we die we don't get to fulfill our purpose with Batsy. And I want us to get to see our baby."

"Oh to hell with the baby! Pull our balls out of Harley's pocket and push the bitch out and run over her!"

I growl and bash my head into the window, "Shut the fuck up! All of you!!"

"P-p-puddin...just calm down...and and slow down, we're gonna have a wreck..."

"You you you...have you no concern for your child?!" I growl through clenched teeth.

"Of course I do! I couldn't just let you stay in that place! I know what they do to you there! I didn't want you to forget anything! I wanted my baby's father with us!" She cries.

"You acted impulsively and without thinking it through! It was all a whim! I should kill you for not following my orders! I've killed people for less!! My child in you is the only thing saving you right now!!"

"Kill her! Kill her now!"

"We don't need to kill her to prove a point. Let's just rough her up a bit."

"See how weak and spineless we are now? It's her fault."

I keep my hands on the wheel and get back to Ha-Hacienda. I slam the vehicle in park. My men come running up with their weapons in hand. I see Frost among them. I storm up to him. "Who's the one person in charge of tonight's security?!" I shout in his face.

He sighs and motions with his thumb to the man standing next to him. I pull a knife from my waist band and plunge it into his stomach. I hold him to me and growl, "You let Harley leave the house!" I stab him two more times and let him fall. I turn back to Frost, "Now who's in charge of the night security?"

"Um, me boss," someone meekly says. I walk up to him and glare at him menacing for a moment. He's terrified. I love the look of complete fear. It makes me feel in control.

I smile brightly, "You won't make his mistake, will you? HaHaHa!" I lightly slap his cheek.

"N-no no sir," he shakes his head.

I walk back to Frost. "Care to explain how Harley got past you and out of the house?" I do my best not to choke him.

"Boss, she jumped from a second story window," he shrugs.

I turn to Harley's direction, "Oh did she now??"

"You," I point to one of my men, "take Harley inside. Lock her in her room until I...just get her out of my sight!" He quickly rushes away dragging Harley by her arm. I turn back to Frost. "You and I need to chit chat Johnny old boy. The rest of you, GET BACK TO WORK!!"

I walk into the house and into my office with Frost right behind me. I plop down behind my desk and he stands at attention in front of me. "Johnny, my boy, I have a very very important order for you. Actually, it's in some ways a...a request?"

"Yes boss?"

"I have been gone this week because I underwent a full psychatrist evaluation. I needed to know more about my crazy. Turns out I'm a sociopath, as well as a psychopath, I have narcissistic rage, personality disorder, OCD, Messiah complex, and...well the rest is boring. Anyway, it is in the belief of my therapist that I would benefit from an antipsychotic and additional therapy. Well I have the additional therapy worked out. I have Harley. She loves crawling inside my head anyway. But... I really wanna hurt her. Tonight was wrecklessly and could have caused harm for the..." I growl thinking about it. "Anyway, I have to get an antipsychotic in me so I don't bring harm to the...you know... But when I do... I'm not going to be the same man. I may get...soft. That's where I'm depending on you Frost. Basically, I need you to run things until the child comes. I'm not going to be able I'm afraid, not the same way I always have. Plus I imagine my therapy with Dr Quinzel will take up most of my time. Any questions?"

"Yeah, where are you going to find an antipsychotic that can work in your blood stream boss?" He asks.

I sigh, "I think I have that figured out too. I need you to bring me The Plant. Tell her it concerns Harley or she will never come willingly."

"What makes you think you can trust Ivy boss?"

"Because if she helps me she will also see what it takes to kill me with all her little concoctions. In exchange for her help I expose my Achelies heel. HaHaHa, she'll love it. She won't be able to resist."

"Yes boss," he nods and leaves.