Red Hood and Harley

A Family Affair

Jason sat in his twins' room staring at the sleeping toddlers, refusing to think Harley might not come home.... or worse she may come back to pack. "Back up plan" kept replaying in his head over and over in her thick enraged Jersey accent.

"A fucking escape route from reality." He muttered bitterly to himself. Bruce tapped on the doorframe softly to get his attention before motioning to follow him.

Jason sighed and walked out after Bruce, he just wasn't in the mood to argue. "Dick told me what happened tonight, I can't say I'm completely surprised. Joker is a deeply rooted part of Harley, Jason. Even if she was done and wanted to leave she couldn't make it truly final. Now that we know they had a son, that makes this situation even more easily understood." Bruce spoke gently.

Jason glared and let it all out, "understood? You understand why the hell she kept that fucking lunatic clown on ice? Why she lied? Why she didn't tell me about Jester?? Harley is her own fucking person!?! We have a life, children.... I don't care she didn't tell you. What about me!?!? I've slept next to her every night for YEARS!! Not a fucking word, not a clue, nothing!?!!! Now I sit here, knowing she's bringing him back. Knowing she might not come home.... or worse she will and come get the kids." Tears filled Jason's eyes, "That my kids will be fucking killed by that clown... or worse he will fucking raise them to be psychopaths like him just to hurt me. He can come kill me again, but I don't want my kids to have their lives ruined over this. Over me mistakenly fucking the Clown's whore."

Bruce spoke with conviction, "Jason Todd, you don't mean to call her that. I do not believe she would put the twins in anymore harm than she did Jester. Even if she awakens Joker, she will not tell him about them. He would most certainly beat her for the betrayal, if not kill her. You need to wait and hear what she has to say."

Jason stared off into space before replying, "yeah if she even comes home." and stormed from the room to his own.

Harley and Jester sat on stools in the corner of the hidden lab watching Strange warm The Joker's body and start the medication and electric current combo. It had been 2 hours since he started and Strange promised any moment Joker would wake up. Harley was beginning to grow impatient, she wanted to go home. She knew how angry Jason would be, she missed the twins. She walked over to Joker and leaned over shouting at the doctor, "all this money we pay ya and hes still fucking dead?" She looked away from Joker's corpse and growled, "I promised my kid he would meet his daddy and I suggest ya get him fucking breathing."

Jester saw his father's fingers twitch and before he could warn Harley Joker was up and had her by the throat, "will you shut up! I feel like someone shot me in the fucking head." He cackled at his own joke as Strange cowered to a corner and Jester jumped up to stop him.

Harley shook her head slightly at the teen before gasping out, "Listen Mistah J, I brought ya back to meet our boy..... he wanted his dad. I personally was still mad atcha."

Joker stared at her for a moment before laughing, "Oh Harls, daddy is so proud of ya! I'm not mad about the whole bullet in my skull thing. Hahaha! Hoo hahaha!! I would've killed me eventually too!! But the fact ya brought me back from hell?? That's fucking commitment!! Now where is daddy's little man!!" Joker let go of Harley's throat and smiled menacingly at her.

Jester finally spoke up, "uh I'm oveah here. And I'm not ya lil man. I'm 17 and I've been running yer business for a couple months now."

Joker cringed as he turned around, "Letting your mother leave you at her sister's in Jersey was a terrible mistake, your accent is as thick as Harley's." He looked over his shoulder, "it still is Harley, right? Even after fucking that hooded chap?" He turned back to Jester, "So, who's still here? If you got rid of Ace or Frosty we may have a problem here."