It Was Only a Text

Full Circle

A/N: I think I will stop this story here. It seemed like the end. Enjoy!

~I've begun to realize

That I'm better when I am with you

You delivered me from the pain

In my life

Easy now to recognize

All the misery I have been through

It was beating me to submission

Till the day you arrived

Suddenly, I felt alive~

~Disturbed~

I was running, barely able to breathe, I could feel the sharp stitch in my side. My legs were burning, but I knew I had to keep going, I couldn't stop. The corner was just up ahead, if I could just get to the corner. I gripped the bricks and pulled myself around the corner of the building, ducking down behind the large garbage bin. I held my breath, watching for the men that were chasing me.

They ran passed me, missing the alley completely. I let out a sigh of relief. I stayed crouched down, waiting to make sure they were gone. I hated that I had to run, Joker had taught me how to handle most situations. I had no problem shooting if it would save my life. If I still had my gun this would be a different story.

I had had a bad feeling from the start. When Joker had called and told me he wanted me at the meeting with him, a familiar face for the guys there, my stomach had butterflies. Even though I didn't want to be there, I had showed up to the meeting, gun in my holster ready to just be backup. Moral support. Joker had a meeting with the men from before, the ones I had pulled a gun on in the bar.

The room was large, like an actual office. It had a long table with maybe twenty seats around it. The men we had met with before were at the end of the table. Joker walked in and sat at the opposite end, propping his feet on the table. I set by him and the guys with us stood behind Joker.

I sat in the chair, listening to the conversation, it was the same as before, basically. Money this, deadlines that, blah blah blah. I wasn't sure why I was even there. I crossed my legs and couldn't help but fidget.

Raised voices brought my attention back to the conversation.

"You doubled the last one, that should at least give us a discount for this. You are being outrageous." The man practically yelled across the room.

Joker stood, "I'm a murderous clown, of course I'm outrageous." he nearly laughed.

I stood, my instincts telling me shit was about to go down. The men were all talking at once, and Joker was laughing at the entire thing. One of their guys turned and drew his gun. I saw the man move quickly and grabbed my own. I shot him, three times. All hell broke loose.

The men all opened fire, Joker shoving me towards the door. We got out of the room and started to run. We took the stairs, Joker laughing and pushing me, I cursed as I dropped my gun. He wouldn't let me stop to grab it, keeping me running. We got to the doors of the building and I froze. There was the lit up bat signal, bright on the dark sky.

Joker's eyes were on the signal. "Go, take the longest way back to your apartment, stay there."

"Where are you going?"

"I'll head that way, but we gotta split up, they will be sending men and it looks like the bat is out there somewhere."

"Okay." I said.