The Dark Truth

Chapter 24

last time:

suddenly a laugh I know all too well rings throughout the ballroom. "sorry to interrupt such a beautiful speech but I think the entertainment is here." I'm slowly backing away when I hit a wall. I turn around to see the joker their with an all too big grin on his face.

hes wearing a red suit with a silver jacket. I go to run but he catches my arm and pulls me into him. joker wraps an arm around my waist and I see goons grab Bruce and a few others. "well isn't this one hell of a dance. " I hear his laugh as it echo's throughout the room. the goons now have Bruce down on his knees looking at me and joker. "joker. let us go. " I feel him play with a loose hair as he leans closer to my ear, completely ignoring me. "you look ravishing, but I will say this dress doesn't suit you." I see him take out a knife and I tense up. I stay looking at the crowd as I try to stay calm. the next thing I know my dress is being ripped near the middle of my thigh. "much better." j starts walking away from me just for another goon to point a gun at my head. "let her go joker! why are you here." me and j look over at Bruce who looks pissed beyond belief. "look at rich boy trying to be brave. well to answer your question I just came here for a little fun, to dance a bit." joker takes my hand and spins me into him while laughing. "but I am interested to see what your guest do." Bruce and I look at each other a bit confused. joker pushes me back to the goon but I stumble a bit and fall. "ladies, gentlemen, and others. I issue a challenge, whoever gets out of here tonight, survives!" joker laughs and I start to stand up only to have the goon push me down again. jokers head snaps over to the goon and rage fills his eyes. he stomps over to the goon, pulls out his gun and shoots him. I feel his blood splatter on my face a bit and I start shaking. j pulls me up and puts his hands on my cheeks. "sorry for his rudeness." j raises his gun in the air and speaks loudly so everyone can hear. " if anyone but me touches this one, I will not hesitate to kill you." j drags me with him, I'm guessing not trusting his goons with me. "now as I was saying, a little idiot of mine has places several canisters of gas to start going off in about thirty minutes, so if youd like to survive, start calling your savior batman." multiple people start yelling and running around like chickens with their heads cut off.

as joker is distracted looking at the mayhem with pride I elbow him in the side and grab one of his guns from his coat. I point the gun at him and hear a few moans of pain behind me. I don't dare to look away from j. he puts his hands up in mock surrender. "don't shoot me, ill be your friend." j says in a mocking voice and I feel anger creep up in me. "how do we stop the gas asshole." joker gets so close the barrel of the gun is on his forehead right under his damage tattoo. "shoot me. oh, but you wont will you. you still have too many questions to ask me." I can feel myself start shaking and j grabs my arm lightly. "ill tell you everything, just come with me." I think for a second, looking into his big blue eyes. i see honesty and a bit of the old j. i shake my head and pull myself away from him. "your lying, tell me how to stop the gas!" j throws his head back and laughs loudly. "ill tell you something right now to prove I'm not." he gets closer and whispers, "Bruce is only dating you because your little friend told him to." my eyes go a bit wide and I look out at the crowd to see Selina trying to get through the crowd towards me. "she wouldn't. " before he can answer a crash comes from the opposite side of the building. the boatmobile had crashed into the house so people could get out. as I'm looking at the boatmobile something hits the side of my head and I fall. I feel someone grab me and look up to see batman a few feet away from me. I feel cold metal against the side of my head and I whimper a bit. "batman! so glad you could make it!" i struggle in jokers grasps only to feel him tighten his hold and press the gun against my head more. "let her go joker." i feel j's laugh. "and why would i go and do something like that? the fun is about to begin." i hear a beep then green gas surround the area were standing in. i cough from the fumes and i feel anxious. i look around to see the few people that were left are fighting and i squirm in jokers arms. i see worry in batman's eyes and joker leans in close to my ear and whispers. "you see that big scary bat, why don't you go and attack him, or else he'll attack you." i feel him play with my hair as he whispers in my ear as if i was a child. i feel j let go of me and i look back at him in shock. does he really think ill listen to him? wait, this is fear gas isn't it? why am i not afraid? i run into batman's arms and he looks at me in shock as well. i hear joker scream in anger and in a flash batman and him are fighting. i look around for the source of the gas when i see a room its coming from on the bottom floor. "shit." i take off my heels and start running for the door.