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*~Jack~*
I kept my eyes solely on Halo, as she slept soundly against Kane's chest, not knowing that she was in danger at the moment. I trusted that Kane wouldn't harm her, seeing as he wanted to be with Alex so bad, but there was no doubt in my mind that Harley would harm her. I noticed the way she'd glare at her, rolling her eyes, and picking up her trusty baseball bat; slamming it into the metal bars and making loud noises. Halo would squirm and whine, but only for a split second, before falling back asleep and that made me smile.
"You know...I don't believe you're really sane, Puddin'." Harley spoke, wrapping her arms around my neck from behind, and leaving kisses on the side of my face. "I think this is all an act."
"I can assure you that it's far from an act. I'm sane, Harley, and I will not be going back to the old me." I spat. She giggled and nuzzled her face against mine, leaving yet another kiss on my cheek before spinning her body around and landing on my lap.
"We'll see about that." She got up and walked over to Halo, gently stroking her curly hair, as both me and Kane glared at her. "You wanna know something funny, Puddin'? I was pregnant once before too." I looked up at her, watching as she continued to stroke Halo's hair, not bothering to look at me.
"What?"
"Yep, I was pregnant with your kid and you wanna know what else? I spent my entire pregnancy in Belle Reve, giving birth in the infirmary to our precious baby, before she was taken away from me." She stopped stroking Halo's hair, but held a good handful of it in her hands, as she glared at me. "And when I broke out of that awful place...I came straight back to you, just for you not to even notice that I was gone for an entire year!"
"Harley calm down." Kane spoke, as she started pulling at Halo's hair. "You're gonna hurt her!"
"Let her go!" I shouted. "I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry that I was such a horrible person to you! For the way I've treated you over the years. You were kind, supportive, and you tolerated a lot of my crazy mood swings." Her eyes filled with tears, but instead of crying...she started to laugh.
"But the mood swings were my favorite part." She admitted.
"Can't you see how unhealthy I was back then? I knew you loved me and I took advantage of that! I never said it back because it gave me power over you, but that's over now. I wish I could give you the version of me that you always wanted, but I can't. This new version of me belongs to Alex and only Alex." I wasn't trying to provoke her or hurt her feelings, but I was trying to reason with her. She was so desperate to bring Joker back, but what she didn't know was how unhealthy he was to both her and Alex. He didn't care about neither one of them, despite how he put on an act every now and then.
Harley stared at me in disbelief, looking as if I had just told her that I had killed Joker and that he was never coming back. Sure, I said something along those lines, but maybe she'll finally get the picture and let us all go.
"What's our daughter's name?" I asked, still in shock to find out that I had yet another child. I can't believe it. I was a father of two little girls.
"Lucy. Her name is Lucy." She answered. "She doesn't even know who her parents are. She thinks my sister is her mom and she thinks I'm her aunt. Isn't that funny?" She started laughing, looking back at Halo, but this time Kane made sure that she couldn't touch her again. Smart man.
"Tell me about her." I needed to distract her in anyway that I could, hoping that she'd just give up and let us all go. I doubt it would happen, but like I said...I was hoping.
"She's amazing. She has blonde hair and big, beautiful blue eyes, and she talks well for her age. She loves barbie dolls and Play-Doh, her favorite food is macaroni, and she loves watching cartoons. She's perfect in every single way and I can't even enjoy her because I'm trying so hard to give her the family she deserves. A mother and a father, that love her unconditionally, and we love her just the same. You think I like chasing after you? Well I do, but that's because what we had was so special. We literally have one of the greatest love affairs and you can't even see that because you're so involved in Alexandria!" She turned and stormed over towards Kane, snatching Halo from him, and carrying her over towards the edge. She dangled her over the huge vats of chemicals, the same ones that I had her jump into to profess her love for me, and that made me feel ill.
The worst part about all of this is that I was tied to a chair, so I couldn't help my sweet baby Halo, even if I wanted to.
"Harley, have you lost you fucking mind!" Kane snapped, rushing over towards where they where.
"Come any closer and I'll drop her!" She spat. Halo was screaming and crying, kicking her little legs, as Harley continued to hold her by her arm. "Let me ask you something, Puddin. Would you die for me? Better yet...would you die for her? No, no...that's too easy. Would you live for her?"
"Yes! I would die and live for her, Harley, please don't do this!" I begged.
"Careful...do not say this oath thoughtlessly. Desire becomes surrender, surrender becomes power!"
"I'LL DO IT HARLEY! I'LL JUMP! I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO, BUT PLEASE JUST PUT HER DOWN!" I could feel myself wanting to cry. My daughter was in danger because of me and I had no way of helping her. On top of that, I had no idea what was taking Alex so long, but I knew that if she saw what was happening right now...Harley would be dead with a snap of the finger.
"I'm glad you see it my way." She smiled, practically tossing Halo back into Kane's arms. Her cries grew louder as Kane tried his best to console her, but he seemed to only be making things worse.
"Can I hold her? Just one last time?" I asked.
"Of course you can, but try anything and she dies." Harley untied me, placing a soft kiss on my lips, before motioning for Kane to bring me Halo. He looked skeptical at first, but he did what he was told, gently placing my daughter in my arms.
"Shhh...it's okay, daddy's here." I rocked her in my arms, calming her down, as I placed a kiss on the side of her head. "I'm so sorry, Halo. This is all my fault and I promise that I'm going to do everything I can to get back to you." She laid against my chest, cooing lightly, as I continued rocking her in my arms. Now would be a good time for Alex to just show up so I could try to make a clean getaway, but only the lord knows where she is. Does she even know that we're all gone? Surely she's come home from her dad's house, discovering that the house is completely empty, so where the hell was she?
