Title: It's all a bad joke

Author's note: I wrote this after I'd seen The Dark Knight in the cinema. I was fascinated by how Heath Ledger managed to make The Joker so sinister, I loved him! He scared me to death, but he also made me laugh a lot. RIP Heath Ledger.

Summary: What if The Joker wasn't captured by the S.W.A.T. team at the end of The Dark Knight? What if he escaped the Batman and could just keep doing was he loves to do most? Like... blowing up those two ferry's! Warning: spoilers of The Dark Knight.

Disclaimer: The Joker, Batman and Harvey are all not mine characters. I'm merely playing with them ;) The flashbacks are direct quotes from The Dark Knight to help readers understand my fanfiction a tad better.

Chapter 1

FLASHBACK TO THE MOVIE

The Joker stood in front of the window with his three guard dogs behind him. From this building across the water he could supervise his little 'social experiment' just fine. He just told the two ferry's in the water before him they where loaded with dynamite and that they had to blow each other up to stay alive or else I would blow them both up at midnight. The S.W.A.T. team entered the building. He knew that, but it didn't matter. The Batman could be here any minute now, that is what matters. Adrenaline was pumping through his body of excitement. Tonight was going to be loads of fun! Now only Batty has to show up, then he could enjoy the fireworks andthe look on Batman's face! Because… you know, I'm a man of simple taste. I enjoy dynamite and gunpowder and gasoline!

Suddenly the dogs started growling and I turned around. There was the Batman.

'Ah you made it. I'm so thrilled,' I said while shaking my shoulders loose.

'Where's the detonator?' Batman growled.

I didn't like that. A frown formed on my painted face. No one was going to take away my happiness! 'Go get hem!' I commanded the dogs.

They made a run for the Batman. He hit the first dog aside but the others bit down in his arms and legs, pulling him down to the ground. Ahhh lovely!

Now it was my turn. I grabbed a steal pipe I saw lying around on the ground and I started beating in on the Batman. I totally let go and focused only on the Batman. I hit him as hard as I could on any part of his body I could reach. The dogs got scared of me and got out of the way or else they would have been beaten up as well. The Batman managed to kick me in my stomach and I fell backwards. The Batman got up and looked around, he felt dazzled. I gave him no time to compose and threw him through the window. We landed on the balcony. I quickly pinned him down with a metal construction bar and got on top of him.

'We really should stop this fighting, otherwise we would miss the fireworks.' I told him. Waving my hand calmly at the ferry's.

'There won't be any fireworks.' Batman said.

I moved my hands as if I were counting down as I said: 'And here we GO!' This was exhilarating! I awaited in sheer glee for one of the ferry's to blow the other one up. But… nothing happened. In disbelief I stared over the calm waters. It stayed quiet. The ferry's were still there! Both of them! Why didn't they blow each other up?! This wasn't funny! I watched the clock. Yes, it really was midnight. They knew the deadline was midnight! I told them!

'What where you trying to proof? That deep down… everyone is as ugly as you? You're alone.' Batman said. He got his arms under the bar that hold him down and tried to get up.

I threw my steal pipe back on the floor. I felt myself become angry. Very angry. Livid. This-was-not-funny!

'You can't relay on anyone these days. You've gotta do everything yourself…' I mumbled to myself. 'Don't we?' I growled to the Batman. 'But that's okay, I came prepared.' And I pulled the detonator out of my pocket. 'That's a funny world we live in - speaking of which, you know how I got these scars?' I pointed to the scars on my face that formed a Chelsea smile. A smile I had grown to love and hate.

'No. But I do know how you got these.' Batman said and he lifted is arm.

All of the sudden I felt some kind of blade cut my chest, the detonator flew through the air and Batman kicked me off the balcony. I was funny when I hit someone, it was funny when someone hit me.

I was laughing like a maniac as I fell down the building. I was in invincible and it was merely fun to wonder through thenight sky as if I could fly. I flapped my arms a little bit. Knowing the Batman would never kill me. And I would never kill Batty. Then I felt a cable wrap itself around my leg and I wasn't flying anymore. I let out a groan as the Batman pulled me up to the balcony again. I hung upside down and faced him.

'Ow, ow you…' I groaned. 'You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an unmoveable object. You (pant) truly (pant) are incorruptible, aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just to much fun.' I said licking my lips, flapping my arms and laughing. 'I think you and I are destined to do this forever'.

END FLASHBACK

Suddenly the cable started making noises it probably shouldn't. And it was letting me down again. Batman tried to pull the cable to keep me near the balcony but he couldn't prevent I was still slowly sacking downwards.

'Ow I like surprises! What are you doing?!' I cackled and realised this wasn't what the Batman had planned to happen.

'No!' Batman growled. 'Someone has sabotaged my cable!'

'It's magical!' I couldn't help but laugh. I laughed so hard my sides hurt. Batman couldn't hold me still and somehow I started to make my way to the ground faster and faster until I smacked against the pavement with my head.

As always when he hit his head against something, he felt fuzzy and couldn't feel the ache of his chest for a second from where Batman's blade had cut him. He tried to get up and run away but he forgot his foot was still wrapped up in the cable and tripped.

I got a small knife out of my pocket and cut the cable loose. Quickly I stood up, but then I heard gunshots. The S.W.A.T. team had caught up with the Batman and were now shooting at me. I liked that. They can't catch me anyway! I just stood there, laughing, until a bullet hit me in my shoulder. And then another one in my arm. I fell to the floor again. Clutching my injured shoulder. I crawled out of the sight of the S.W.A.T. team and I accidentally

kicked something small with my foot. Not knowing what my foot just touched I looked around and saw my detonator to blow up both ferry's! It must have fallen down when Batty cut me.

'The Joker is on ground level! He is injured! We have to get down! MOVE!' Someone of the S.W.A.T. team yelled.

I groaned and licked my lips. They stopped shooting at me but sure they were on their way to meet me here. I looked up and saw the Batman still standing on the balcony. I jumped up and down, making funny faces at him, ignoring the pain that went through me as I did. The Batman grabbed his cape like bat wings and jumped off the balcony. Not having my shotgun with me… or anything else I could really defend myself with against him, I realised to late my move wasn't such a practical one.

But The Joker is no 'sceamer'… he's a dog chasing cars, making things up along the way. He made a run for the bay that was only a few meters away. Luckily the building across the two ferry's was right in front of the waterside. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and jumped into the water.

It was COLD! By the time I got up to take a breath it all was quiet. I was treading water while listening for any sound of the Batman or the S.W.A.T. team. Then it struck him; the side was up to three meters high. No way anyone could see him over the edge in the water if he stayed close to the side and kept quiet. Then he heard footsteps, but they weren't close to him.

'The Joker is gone.' Is what I heard the Batman say.

'Damn! We were so close! I could have caught that freak!'

'Well, luckily he didn't got to blow up those two ferry's!' Someone else said happily.

Ferry's… yes, the boats! Still treading water I searched my pockets for the detonator. I found it in my coats pocket. Hopefully it still worked. It wasn't too late to enjoy his fireworks. The S.W.A.T. team was looking for him in all the wrong directions. It was so tempting. I was really looking forward to blowing something up tonight! It is what I had been planning for days! Maybe I'm just a little 'sceamer' then, hmm?

I pressed the button.

Nothing happened.

No! I want my fireworks! It want it! I want it! I want my fireworks!

I pressed it another few times, shook the little device and pressed the button again.

BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!

Author's note: Well, I hope you liked it. The flashback is a bit long, I know, but I wanted to make things clear for people who haven't seen the movie yet….. are there still people out there who haven't seen the movie yet!? O, and I noticed he liked words such as 'sqeamers' for people who make plans, 'squeeze' for Harvey's girlfriend and 'squeelers' for traitors, so I used it in my story. Make my day and review this story! Tell me the parts you liked and didn't like. I'm from Holland so if you see any mistakes in my writing please let me know. It would really help me out!