The Joker Made Me Do It

Chapter twenty six

<Claire's POV>

"Claire! Claire, what are you doing!?" Dick gasped and shoved Jonathan off of me and onto the ground. "What the hell did you do to her Scarecrow!"

"Ask her, Mr. Grayson." He smirked as he spoke to Dick with a sarcastic tone deep in his voice. Jonathan picked himself up and was about to step out into the hall before Dick grabbed him by the collar of his white uniform and pulled him back into the room, slamming the door shut with his foot.

"You're staying here."

Jonathan didn't say anything to object.

"I wonder how guards haven't came in to check what the noises are yet."

Dick and Jonathan both stared at me and I realized I had spoken out loud and let a startled squeak out.

"Oh" I said and I didn't exactly know my reasoning why.

"Claire, what did you do?" Dick asked me with a deep, angry growl.

I stared at him, but I wasn't really looking at him. I was looking through him in my own world, my eyes glazed out. "I don't know." My voice was quiet and monotone.

"Why did you kiss him?" I didn't answer. "Claire, tell me!" he growled once more and put his hands on my shoulders, shaking me violently.

I just giggled. "You make me laugh, Dick Grayson. Or should I call you Ro-"

"I'm taking you home!" Dick cut me off so I wouldn't mention his second persona.

Jonathan raised an eyebrow, wondering what I was about to say, but I had stopped speaking so his suspicion wouldn't be confirmed. "Good luck with that!" He sneered at Dick and then looked over to me.

Dick looked over to Jonathan with angry eyes and gripped the collar of his shirt, pulling him up to eye level. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"I don't know." Jonathan smirked and stared directly at Dick.

"Tell me!" Dick snarled at him and looked ready to rip his head off while I sat on the bed, aimlessly looking around.

"Does Dicky want a kissy?" Jonathan laughed, but made no move to plant a smooch on his lips.

Dick shoved Jonathan back to the ground as he had before and shouted at him. "What, did you fucking poison her? That's an Ivy move!"

"No silly boy. What's the point in that? There's no fun." Jonathan let out a cackle. "It's much better than that!"

Dick suddenly picked up the bags he had dropped when he walked in on Jonathan and I kissing and started shoving all of my belongings into them, which was barely anything. Then he grabbed my wrist and pulled me up and out into the hallway stating we were leaving. Jonathan just grinned at me, but remained silent and on the ground.

We were at the front desk to get checked out and all of the others looked at me, Ivy had a thumbs up and a smile on her face, but she also looked sad like she was going to miss me. The others tried to look positive as well, but they all had that same sad look plasters over their faces. I just looked at them blankly. I had nothing to say. Nor did I know what to say. I just left when Dick pulled me out the door.

Dick pulled me into a side alleyway and then opened the top to the bat mobile, throwing my bags inside and then sitting me down in the passenger's seat. He jumped into the driver's side, closing the top with him, and he sped away to Wayne Manor.

Neither of us spoke the ride home, but he kept stealing worried glances at me as I sat in silenced looking out the windshield at nothing particular in front of me.

Dick drove us straight for a rock wall, which I knew would move just as we were about to hit it and just as I predicted it moved to the left, allowing us to enter the tunnel and into the bat cave. Bruce was sitting in his chair at the computer, waiting for our return.

"Bruce I think something is wrong." Dick stated as he picked me up out of the seat and brought me over to Bruce, who studied me for a moment before speaking.

Bruce looked as if he were about to speak, but suddenly something came over me and I just wanted to kill him. I wanted to strangle him to death even though he had never done anything to wrong me. I wanted him dead.

"I think..." Bruce began, but was cut off when I abruptly screamed and reached for Bruce's throat while jumping out of Dick's hands.

"Im going to kill you!" I screeched at him as I grabbed hold of his throat and started to squeeze as hard as I could. "I'm going to kill you!" I screamed again, but before I could squeeze harder Bruce wrapped his fingers around my wrists and ripped my hands off of him. He didn't even seemed phased from what just happened nor was he gasping for breath.

Bruce cleared his throat quietly and said, "there's something wrong with her all right. I'm just not quite sure what it is." The entire time he spoke I tried desperately to get back at him, growling and screeching. I wanted to hurt that man. I seriously wanted to hurt him. But he wouldn't let me. "We have to restrain her, Dick."

"But Bruce!" Dick clearly wanted to argue back but he backed down when Bruce glared at him and they both pulled me over to the bat cave's medical cot and strapped me down to it putting restraints around my wrists and ankles mans across my stomach and chest.

"I'm going to get you!" I screeched over and over again, thrashing to get out of the restraints. I pulled at them, trying to free myself, but they wouldn't let up. I lifted my head, trashing it around to bite the restraints off, but the one across my chest held me back. "You're mine!" I screamed. "You hear me? You're both mine!" I growled over and over again, but it was pointless.

'That's a good girl, my dear. Next chance you get, you're going to kill them both!' The Joker laughed in my head and I laughed right along with him.

As soon as the laughing began, Dick and Bruce looked at me, and then exchanged expressions with each other.

"He's got her." Dick whispered.

"I know." replied Bruce.