Behind The Smiles.

Chapter Seven.

Ivy and Harley finished their 'shopping'.
"Red, did you really have have to beat that lady over a cactus?" Harley grumbled.
They got kicked out of the store because Ivy went on a rampage in the nursery.

The redhead looked at Harley frustrated. "Yes! That lady was over watering it and then she ripped off a thorn!"
Harley rest her hand on her arm. "It got caught in the door it not her fault, but can you drop me off at the station instead?"
Red looked at her funny. "What for?"
Harley didn't want to tell so she just told her it was business.

Meanwhile with Joker and his crew, "I hope you also thought about to get some bullets." Joker looked at Don and Steve as they got into the van. "S-sure thing, boss. A-And we also found seven grenades, in case...you could use them." Steve said and he nodded, not saying a thing until they got home.
Murphy and the others take the weapons and toys into the hideout and leave right after Joker told them to.

"Now let's get started." He coughed and winced for a second as the pain killers wear off but decided to simply ignore the pain all over his skin and instead, he used purple, red and green pens to draw smiley faces and random words such as 'ha', 'smile' or 'to Batman' on the barrels of the rifles and the granades.

Harley and Ivy arrived at the station.
"Here's your stop, I guess."
Harley reached back for her coat. "Thanks Pam-a-lamb, you don't know how much this means to me." She have her a hug.
"You're right, I really don't know." She patted Harley's head.

Harley got out of the car and headed inside. She went into the rest room and put on some a collard shirt and pencil skirt.
The secretary from before is still there. She smiled at her, "May I speak to Commissioner Gordon?" She used he 'doctor voice'. She looked kind of tired.
"Of course." She walked Harley to his office, Harley walked inside. "Commissioner, there's someone here to see you." The lady introduced the two.
Gordon looked surprised when he saw her.
She looked at a picture on the wall. "I was hoping if you could get me an appointment with Batman, I know it's seems odd considering but-." A tear started to roll down her face, it's amazing what a little built up tension can do.
Gordon interrupted her. "I got the tape Quinn, I'll see what I can do...No promises though, you know how he is." Harley jumped out of her seat and gave him a tight squeeze before heading home.

After Joker took some more pain killers - too much for his taste - he took the weapons to the storage room next to the closet with the joke items. Right after that, he walked over to Lou and Bud, then sighed while sitting down right next to them.
"Don't look at me like that." Joker stroked their heads as they stare at him and sniff up and down his face. As if they could smell that he wasn't healthy at all.
"Daddy's just a bit sick. But it gets better."
Lou puts his head down on his leg. "Heh. Hehe. Who am I kidding."
Joker giggled and look at Bud as he starts to lick his face. "Just don't tell anyone."
Both of them look up at Joker and give him that weird laughing sound. "Aren't you the sweetest kids?" He smiled and closed his eyes for a moment while Lou fell asleep.

He stood up after ten more minutes and walked into the bathroom to take another shot of antibiotics since his immune system is completely down and he can't risk getting another infection or even a cold. "Look at the bright side."
Joker smiled at the mirror and look at a capsule filled with the pure titan formula. "You'll leave with punchline." He put the capsule back into a drawer at a desk.
"Batman will love thisssss, hehehe!" Joker laughed at the plan he'd been working on for months now. "Can't wait to see his face!"

Harley walked in through the door. "Hey puddin, did you find any guns you liked?" She put the groceries over in the kitchen area and sorted them into the cabinets.
"Hello." Joker walked out of the bathroom and sat down on the couch. "Sure. I even found some useful things at a toy store." He threw his head back to look at her. "Did you know they make action figures of me and Batman?" Harley skipped to the couch and sat down next to him. "Well, at least now all the kiddies can practice beating up Batman." She smiled and called Lou over. "Red gave me laughing gas she had left over, she said you could use some." She began to pet Lou.
"That's...nice. I think." He snapped his finger and Bud jumped over and onto the couch. "Slow down, Bud!" Joker pushed him away a bit as he licked his face.
"Great. Now I have to wash it again." He starts laughing, Joker stroked his head.
"At least one of us is laughing." Lou hopped up on Harley's lap. "Lou, you know you're not the lightest thing in the world." Her breathing gets a little heavier while he turned around to lick her face. "I got the boys some toys today, I know they won't last very long but I can't afford to go through five mallets in a week." She rested her arm on Lou.
"Look at us. We're like an old married couple." Joker gave Bud an angry look as he started sniffing his face again. "Will you stop!" He says and he poked his cheek with his nose before he lays down on his side while he stroked his neck. "You want something to drink, too?" He ask as he slowly stood up to get himself some water.
Harley looked over at Joker and smiled. "We are, aren't we?" She began to rub Lou's side and he started to lick my arm. "No thank you."
"Okay." Joker said as he grabbed a bottle of water, then sat down on the couch again and started playing with the fur between Bud's ears. "You know, I thought I saw you in front of the GCPD station today." He took a sip from the bottle and yawned with his mouth closed. "Was that you or am I confusing people?"

Harley started to get nervous, but she didn't want the lies to get anymore complicated. "Yeah, Red was already out so she told me to meet her there." She pushed her hair back. "I don't get half the stuff she says anymore." Harley started scratching Lou's head.
He looked at her for a moment, not sure about whether to believe her or not. "Wouldn't they take her straight to Arkham if they would catch her? I think there would be better places to meet up, anyway." He blinked and keep staring at her.
Harley looked over towards him. "I told her to meet me at the lounge, but she said GCPD was closer." She fixed her sleeve on her shirt. "I didn't question it and I agreed to meet there."
"Weren't you two afraid someone would catch you that close to one of the biggest police stations here?" He wondered, then drank some of the water again. "Even if you two were probably dressed totally different, one would've noticed you. Especially if Gordon was there."

"I wasn't worried about Gordon because today's his day off." She took off her heels. "And who's going to mess with someone that has a man eating plant in their backseat?" Her legs started to fall asleep due to Lou lying on them.
"Batman would." He reminded her. "If someone would've noticed you two, The Bat would've been there within three minutes." Feeling getting angry again, he quickly gulped whilst biting his lip. "Forget it." He finally looked away. "Just don't hang out close to these guys. I couldn't get you out of Arkham at the moment. So be careful about where you spend time."
"I'll try." Harley tried to think of a way to change the subject. She yawned. "So, what kind of guns did you get?" She looked down at Lou as he tried to lick her nose.
"Don't try. Just do it." Joker put the water bottle down on a nightstand as Bud started biting it. "Four rifles, two machine guns and a bunch of granades." He ran his hand threw his hair. "And tomorrow I'll put some surprises into the stuffed animals."
"Yes, sir." She sighs and start moving her leg to wake it up. "That's good, everyone likes a surprise right?" She grins and continued to look at Lou.

Joker kept stroking Bud while looking at her from the side. "My point, heh." He giggled, then scratched his nose and narrowed his eyes. "You seem a bit...Well, down during the last days. Is something wrong?"
Harley looked at him. "Everything's fine, I guess it's from not being able to sleep lately." She faked a yawn trying to convince him. "I'll probably feel better in the morning."
Smiling, Joker held Bud's paw as he starts scratching the couch in his sleep. "I'm buying this as much as the GCPD story." He reached for his water and take another sip. "Has this something to do with my..." He raised an eyebrow, more talking to himself. "Can one even call that sickness? It's not a virus or something." He shook his head. "...with the titan formula?"
"Well I guess that part of it."
Lou decided Harley made a good pillow and fell asleep. "But I really am tired." A real yawn comes out this time as she stroked Lou's head. Joker sighed and rolled his eyes. "I told you I'm getting better." He drank from the water bottle until it's empty and licked his lips. His spine started hurting and made him wince for a moment. "I'm also feeling much better since three days. Bud, up!" Joker growled and he woke up right before taking his head off his legs and jumped off the couch so Joker could stand up and walk over to the bedroom to take some more pain killers.
"I know, but something still just doesn't feel right." She leaned over towards Lou. "Sweetie, can you please get off of me?" She whispered in his ear.
He licked her face and hopped of the couch. She went into the bedroom and change into some pajamas. "And I really haven't been getting any sleep." She then walked into the bathroom to wash her face.
"I believe you that part with the sleep." He walked over to the bathroom and brush his teeth. "And what doesn't feel right?" He asked with the toothbrush in his mouth and his right hand on the sink, trying to hide that he was barely able to stand.
"I don't know, it's like there's a part that you're not telling me." She started to feel lightheaded so she went to sit on the end of the bed. "Maybe I'm overthinking things." She ran her hand through her hair.