The Joker x Reader Imagines 💚

The Shadow Within Part 1

Dark Shadow World just received a startling notification: The Department entrusted with the villains' protection has foreseen an imminent catastrophe into The Joker's future that will mean the end for him and his family. It was decided that a Dark Shadow will be born as human and become his son, this way it can always be close and make sure tragedy won't happen. But when Shadows are born as humans, they forget who they are; something needs to trigger their awakening...

The emergency meeting started a few moments ago and the Department protecting the villains is in complete lockdown, trying the find the perfect solution for the troubling news. The Shadow World can predict the future with alarming precision and it seems that destiny holds nothing but misfortune for The Joker and his family.

"So what will happen exactly?" the head of the division requires a detailed briefing since this is a very delicate situation.

The entity to his left takes a peek at the paperwork scattered all over the place and informs:

"It seems that right when they think they won't have any children, The Joker and Y/N will have a daughter. She will be killed at the age of 4 as revenge against her father and that will mean the end for her parents: Y/N leaves the Joker because she blames him for what happened and three weeks afterwards she will die in a freak accident. We still can't tell with certainty if Y/N drives the car over the edge of the cliff on purpose or if it is due to a technical malfunction of the vehicle. But when The Joker finds out she's gone too, his troubled mind can't take it anymore: he turns the gun on himself and ends a life that has no meaning without his child and girlfriend."

The Shadows look at each other until their boss speaks again:

"That's a terrible fate! He's one of the best villains we ever had and we have to avert crisis at any cost. "

"What should we do, sir?" someone asks.

The leader thinks of a few possibilities while the others are waiting for a decision in perfect silence; they kind of have an idea where this is going.

"We'll send one of our own to be born as human," the Shadow in charge concludes after careful consideration. "Any volunteers?"

"I'll go!" the youngest entity immediately offers: merely 100 years old, still in training.

"I don't know about that," the boss debates. "We need someone with experience that's not going to fail the mission. You are aware that if you are born as human, you won't remember who you really are and that makes it harder. Something will have to trigger your awakening in time before disaster strikes."

"I won't fail, please let me go," the young Shadow begs because that would score huge points on his training sheet. "I will wake up in time, I swear! I did very good so far in all my assignments," he points out and that is correct: the entity has a promising future as Guardian of Villains.