Summary:
Gotham City was a city that once held a bright future hopes and dreams it was the promised land of New Jersey but a shadow fell upon it and taking its shine of glory away. Oswald Cobblepot for warned the city that dark days we're coming (James Gordon in particular) no one believed him they all thought he was crazy until now. James and Oswald have a very rocky past way back during the old days when drug lords and crime families and the possibility of secret societies we're at an all time high. James St Patrick, alias Ghost pampered in the drug ring by a man that goes by the name Kane left his chilling mark on Gotham.
With a secret love affair with a high school sweetheart Angela the woman he truly loved putting himself at odds with his wife his best friend Tommy and all that was connected to him. A man Gordon was hell-bent on bringing down. But Ghost made a lot of enemies that got to him before Gordon could and even two out of the three children he and his wife Tasha produced. After the death of her husband and two older children, the Queenpin of Gotham found herself forced into a you-have-no-choice ultimatum in order to clear herself of all the ties from the illegal trades that connected her to her husband's regime. So she with her surviving child disappeared from Gotham and was never heard of again carrying the bitterness, hatred and resentment for Angela a woman who was an FBI agent, a woman that gave birth to her husband's bastard child, the woman she will forever blame for the demise of the empire that her and Ghost had built.
With Ghost out of the way, it was good business for all the other crime families and things were looking up for them for many years.
Until a young boy with eyes that held the terrifying memory of watching his parents gun down grew into a man that dare to step up and do what no one like no other would do.
Harleen Quinzel a young girl coming into Gotham City looking for the opportunity to take advantage of its well-known education system, tried to take on the challenge of rehabilitating the notorious Crown Prince of Crime the Joke. She had fallen prey to his intoxicating manipulating spell for years together they would battle it out with the Dark Knight time and time again. Within this time Harley Quinn found herself being drawn closer and closer to the Dark Knight like a moth to the flame. The Caped Crusader having a desire in his eyes for the Harlequin just the same, welcomed her infatuation with open arms, a new chapter of a forbidden passionate love affair unfold. In this story you will find yourself thrust back and forth through time past and present for their one in the same. Twists and turns emotional roller coasters as you read the tales of betrayal, lust, love, forbidden passion and broken promises. Mysteries beyond what you ever seen for with in one woman a shocking chilling revelation lives within, revealing that the people of Gotham connected to this prophecy heroes and villains alike are tied and connected together in more ways than one.
This is the cast
Pia Mia as Harley Quinn
David Gandy as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Jacey Pacino Elthalion as Jason Todd
Shavni Vinson as Liliana Isley Dent-OC
Kathryn McCormick as Rosella Isley Dent-OC
Catherine Zeta Jones as Talia Al Ghoul
Alicia Silverstone as Barbara Gordon/batgirl
Lily Aldridge as Catwoman
Sean O'Pry as Richard "Dick" Grayson/Nightwing
Tyson Ballou as Damian Wayne
Travis Hanson as Tim Drake
Candice Swanepoel as Starfire/Koriand'r
Aaliyah Haughton as Patricia Bergman Masci-OC
Idris Elba as Isaac Masci-OC
Omari Hardwick as James "Ghost" St. Patrick
Naturi Naughton as Tasha St. Patrick
Lela Loren as Angela Valdes
Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan
Viola Davis as Amanda Waller
Vanessa Hudgens as Helena Wayne
A/N: As a child I faithfully watch Batman the Animated Series and even back then I noticed the chemistry between Batman and Harley Quinn. Recently me surfing on youtube I came across a clip from an episode of the series called Harley's holiday. It was a very memorable episode simply because she kissed the Dark Knight not once but twice and from there on shipping these two begin buzzing throughout my head. Many scenarios played out and this is one of many I decided to show the world first. The trilogy thats ahead of us was inspired by Harley's holiday or should I say that's the episode that started it all and then I decided to do a crossover with Starz hit TV series Power. If you haven't looked at it I advise you to watch it it's an awesome TV show with a lot of action I will also be taking some elements from the TV show Gotham.
This story takes place a couple of years or so after Arkham Knight
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters that I will be using from DC Universe or the Starz TV show Power.
I do have some OC though.
Chapter one: The Quick Run Down
If you could, if you would,
Open your eyes,
See the fire burning deep in the recesses of your mind,
If you would, if you could, please open the corner upon the window and let some light shine.
Or has the darkness become so bright that you cannot bear it?
Or is it that you cannot see it because you are blinded by the darkness of your ever ending doom
-Blood of a lion
It was August 4th and during this particular month around this time of the year, was very sentimental to Gotham. Mayor James Gordon formerly known as Commissioner Gordon along with the help of the bat family officially made the month of August Batman Wayne Appreciation Month. On August 15th, which held the anniversary of his death would hold a festival in his honor given the name the Dark Knight Festival. This festival went on for a week. There were many things that would be going on this month.
During this time Gotham managed to attract a lot of tourists from around many places people from all walks of life.
Enjoying the Living Mardi Gras that Gotham became. All the wondrous parties, food stands, tents set up everywhere from block to block. The elegant bright lights that shined through and over the city at night; beautiful decorations in honor of the caped crusader. musicians and dancers, Acrobat performances, actress and actors doing reenactment routines of Batman's most remember-able battles. People he knew personally that were either from his circle of friends or people he rescued would come before the crowds in Gotham square to share their stories.
One cannot put in words how amazing this time of year in Gotham was it was a time of joy and celebration and appreciation for what he did for this city as Batman and as Bruce Wayne who would have ever thought they were one in the same who would have thought a playboy billionaire who was known for his arrogance and sometimes aloft behavior (even though he was very charitable) was the Dark Knight vigilante that the city didn't deserve but yet needed.
Since his passing crime had cut down at some what a high rate some of the major villains of The Dark Knight rogue gallery turned over a new leaf. Harvey Dent now rehabilitated in spite of losing his first love Poison Ivy from her last heroic deed to demolish the fear toxin that overtook Gotham leaving behind there two daughters Liliana and Rosella, started a new life with his young bride name Annabelle Mitchell who was expecting their first child together a little boy. In the wake of Dents new life he went on to write two memoirs of his life and experiences in Gotham naming one book Flipping The Coin and the other A Tale of Two Faces which went on to be bestsellers.
Slade escape from GCPD and disappeared, Firefly had died of some unknown illness. The Riddler seem to be keeping a low key profile nowadays being that he didn't have the Batman around with his narcissistic riddles but you can never be too sure with him because usually when he was very quiet he was plotting something.
Oswald Cobblepot the penguin who was also long ago given the nickname the prophet due to his insightful mind and being able to predict things at ease was out of the clear as well only because they didn't have enough evidence to slam him with the recent criminal activity that was taking place in the city Nightwing felt the need to keep a close eye on him simply for Cobblepot's rather suspicious encounters with Amanda Waller.
Nightwing and Robin including Starfire were investigating Amanda Waller and Lex Luthor...due to an anonymous tip that they were both somehow involved in Scarecrow and the Arkham Knights operation concerning Gotham five years ago.
Nightwing confronted Jason Todd concerning this and when approached the former Arkham Knight simply stated "my crusade against my father was personal and had nothing to do with Crane. However, being that I knew him better than any of his enemies I just simply assisted him with his personal battle against my father."
"I'm not buying it Jason, the Milita where a powerful armed force you had to have had these resources financed by someone of higher regard." Nightwing kept a stern look on Jason with his arms folded and his lips formed into frown yet his posture was calm.
Jason the once Arkham Knight now turn Red Hood kept silent for the moment as he too displayed a similar calm cool collected disposition before slowly turning his face away from Nightwing looking over the ocean bay as they stood on top an abandoned building
"So you think I'm lying?" Red Hood asked the man who was like his brother without looking his direction.
Nightwing said nothing just continue to glare through his mask.
"Ah, not saying I'm lying," that was when Red Hood turned to Nightwing with a smirk. "You're just saying I'm not telling you everything."
As always. He didn't have to wait for Nightwing to say it, he already knew what he was thinking that was one of the back and forth of their bat Brotherhood relationship.
"You're not," Nightwing begin to reward Red Hood with a simular smirk as he walked closer towards him as the winds gust begin to pick up. A herd of seagulls flocking above them the waves of the ocean bay roaring beneath them on the Far East End across the dock. Fishing boat bells could be heard ringing.
"The man who raised us both was a man with a brilliant mind playing foolish doesn't look good on either of us." Nightwing went on to say.
"Sometimes you gotta act a fool in order to fool the fool that believes they're fooling you.
That's the strategy my dear old father taught us is it not?"
"And how does that strategy pertains to me Hood?"
It doesn't personally; blame it out of force habits,"
A lot of the Bat families interactions we're out of forced habit. A majority of their brain became everything The Dark Knight taught them.
All of Batman's wisdom knowledge and understanding instilled within them.
A silence was between them as the afternoon Sun gleamed on them a cool breeze ripples the air they knew the other was thinking about him then. Dick wondered if Jason mentally beat himself for what transpired in Gotham a few years back.
Also the things that happened around the time Jason had died, that Jason was unaware of and the reasons why the Bat family broke up. Jason knew that he was somewhat a part of the reason of the falling out. His death tore something within the clan. Jason was somewhat brainwashed into his hatred and resentment towards his father, but Dick...that was a completely different story.
Something he'd like to forget about all together they say you should forgive and forget. Dick made his peace with all that happened all those years ago but it was hard to forget it was hard to not think about it sometimes.
"You know I don't think we should give Bruce all the credit Jason, as far as you're concerned I don't think it's all an act your mother plays a part in your ditzy nature." Nightwing then chuckled.
Jason smiled at the mention of his mother.
That smile then turned into somewhat of a frown with the thoughts of her current state he was pulled out of his thoughts as he seen a church owl circle around a water tower before finally sitting on one of the surrounding poles connected to it.
Odd...
Nightwing studied Red Hood carefully they're trailing off was getting him off track with his investigation. As much as he wanted the small talk this meeting was solely based on business at the moment.
Red who gave a knowing look, let out a soft sigh as he placed one hand on his head and slightly shook his head back and forth with his eyes lazily on Nightwing. "Listen Nightwing...the truth, the honest truth, I don't know who financed me I don't even know how I'm alive..."
His words trailed off for a moment as the hoot sounds coming from the owl ran through his ears.
"You know my father had a lot of enemies it could have been anyone using my hatred that I had at the time for their own vendetta. I didn't really care how I was going to get revenge as long as I got it so I didn't care to look deeply into this." He finished with assurity. And made a quick hand gesture to his statement.
Nightwing nodded in belief he really had no choice but to give Red Hood a pass because he really was out of his mind at the time.
Even though Red Hood was cleared (for now) this investigation was far from over. The fear toxins that threaten Gotham City was just the beginning fear gases were released in Bludhavan around the time the mysterious cloaked figure who saved a wealthy family in Crime Alley from being mugged had surfaced a few months after Bruce Wayne's death. Whatever this thing was it appear to be using fear toxin. This cloaked figure quickly became Gotham's urban legend civilians and criminals alike believing that Batman still lives on and fights crime as a phantom.
Whoever this mysterious so-called phantom was he was under the bat family's interest because whenever criminals came into contact with this mysterious being authorities reported after arriving to the crime scenes the criminals had seem to be displaying behavior quite similar to those who have been exposed to the fear toxin in the past and present.
Everything about this was just sharted in mystery. The Bat family interrogated everyone they were led to believe that had some involvement within this. The crime families of Gotham the Mafia and gang members alike but they were led to one dead in after another.
There is only one other person that wasn't questioned and that was simply because he was dead.
"Too bad you can't question Crane." Red Hood said with a sigh folding his arms smoothly as he stared off into the distance.
"Yeah, something I should fashionably thank your mother for." Nightwing said.
Nightwing of course didn't care that Scarecrow was dead. He was just upset that it was done at the wrong time he was actually the first person that Nightwing wanted to question. However, Crane was still out of his mind driven mad by his own fear toxin. By the time the Scarecrow regain some level of sanity he was silenced forever by a woman that was driven to madness.
Red Hood was about to make reference to Nightwings statement but was cut off by the vibrations that went off on the side of his waist each member of the bat family had walkie talkie device communicators that were either build inside of their gloves are next to their ears each had a private cell phone as well concerning work related things it was untraceable as well.
They use the cell phones as calling cards for clients and to spook unexpected villains surprise phone calls to them was one of their favorites.
But of course when you have a bratty kid sister they usually like to call for their own little teenage nonsense.
Red Hood thought himself as he looked at the cell phone screen seeing Helena's name flash across.
"Hey kiddo if you're not anywhere bleeding to death or haven't been kidnapped by one of the rogue galleries thugs I don't have time for your silly shenanigans so this better be important," he said with a stern voice.
"Oh please you talk as if the only time I ever really call you is the bother you with my Teenage Drama Queen madness!" Helena said smirking on the other end.
There was a long pause his silence says everything that her ears didn't hear.
"Ok so what if I do...sometimes though...but...this time l-I'm for real I need to see you its very important I'm at my mom's apartment I'll tell you everything when you get here ok," she had a very soft spoken voice very silky.
Nightwing stood by as the ongoing conversation between the siblings carried out. Throughout the years Nightwing noted that they were only siblings by DNA they look so much alike yet very very different from each other. Helena had a very bubbly personality the super happy fun girl type. Memories of the family being together at Wayne Manor would be consistent of her being the prankster she seemed nothing like her parents Bruce and Selina. However, Alfred once noted that before Bruce lost his parents he was a lot like Helena he was very bubbly and was the practical jokester of the household.
But of course it was not over the top like Helena was.
And then there was two other younger sisters that were conceived between the union of Red Hood's parents Aaliya and Jade.
Aaliya was a daddies girl. She took her fathers death very bad. Her depression over his death caused her to become withdrawn. And then there was Jade the daughter that Bruce Wayne never got to meet. Her mother found out she was pregnant with her a couple of months after he died she never got to meet him yet she was so much like him.
And then there was Damian and well that's a whole nother story...
Jason finished his phone conversation with his sister with a sigh as he tucked it back to the side of his waist and then looking on to Nightwing.
"Helping her pick out a dress? Or maybe she needs you to intimidate one of her boyfriends? Or take her and her friends joyriding whichever one, I understand it concludes our session for now." Nightwing said with a grin and a chuckle.
Based off of the tone in her voice surprisingly for once he was hoping it would be either of those but she sounded pretty worried Jason rubbed his chin as thoughts ran his mind.
"No, I don't think it's none of those not this time and yes our session is concluded for now." Red Hood said without looking in Dick's direction.
There was really nothing else left to say at the moment Nightwing turned his face as well looking towards the afternoon sky it was just something about the atmosphere, the scenery, that brought old memories to Grayson. When Batman was around and they'd be on rooftops and would have different conversations on life in general. Taking in all the words that Batman expected of them and with everything stacked against the back family now, he was wondering if he could ever live up to those expectations even when he quit being at Batman side he wanted to make his mentor proud was something that stayed with him even when he didn't want it to anymore.
"Jason...listen I-" Nightwings words trailed off as he turn to have final words with a man who was like his brother.
But Red Hood was gone.
Nightwing kept a straight composure.
"...forced habits."
With a deep sigh he decided to turn in for the moment and go back to his apartment in Blüdhaven Starfire would be waiting for him like always
The thought of having her to go home to was very warm and welcoming.
He took out his grapple prepared to make way on to the next building and on to the next but he stood still and slowly turned his head to the side looking behind him. For some reason he felt uneasy he squinted his eyes as he thought maybe he was just being a little paranoid but living the life he lived would do that to you sometimes. He quickly shakes it off as he shot his grapple into the next building and made his way off of the abandoned building content with the thoughts that a normal life waited for him...somewhat of a normal life.
As the abandoned building that Nightwing and Red Hood previously stood upon once again regained its meaning the owl that was resting upon the water tower decided it was time to retreat as well. Owls are never seen during the hours of sunlight expecially resting on water towers a strange thing indeed. The owl quickly flew further down to a building over that Outlook the abandoned building and rested its clawed feet upon the shoulder of a cloaked figure the dark mysterious figure slowly pulled a cell phone from their front pocket press the speed dial button as they looked straight ahead.
"Miss Waller, your presence is much needed." The mysterious voice said ever so, calmly.
But this was Gotham and nothing out of the ordinary was unordinary it was the norm and it was abound.
This was their secret place a place where they dared to further explore their forbidden passion if walls could talk, they would have a lot to say but these were no particular walls these were the walls of a bat cave so these walls wouldn't speak if they could they had no intent to betray their master nor his mistress. The whole land that was known as Wayne Manor the surface and beneath it held the family secrets the enemy known as scarecrow was able to unmask one secret but no one else would have the rest of them. It had been 3 weeks since the Batman was unmasked and for those three weeks he barricaded himself and his loved ones in prison with in Wayne Manor walls. All kinds of reporters and tabloids visionaries Swamp the yards of Wayne Manor hoping to get a word out of Bruce Wayne who the world now knew as Batman.
They showed up every day he refused to come out their presence became less and less and just when he thought that they had given up they would surprised him with another visit screaming for him to come out begging for his presence but they fell on deaf ears.
The only sounds the Batmans ear waves acknowledge where the sounds of moaning pleasure that came from the Harlequins sweet voice. As his kiss cress her tear soaked cheeks his strong hands roaming her secret places. Their body's rocking ever so closely in time she bit her lower lip only to be slipped away from her teeth's tight grip as a powerful gasp from her throat released. Her arms wrapping tightly around his waist as her fingernails made a tight grip on his back as she felt the climax building threatening to overtake her.
"Don't be afraid let me take you there, give me what's mine." He whispered huskily not taking his eyes off her for a second.
And she did it.
But not alone.
It took it's hold on them both.
They had been through so much throughout the years through so many twists and turns their love challenged and tested a love that was never supposed to be but somehow stood the test of time. Dared to prove the world wrong. Somehow through the rocky waves they were able to find that middle ground and just when everything was finally coming together just when they finally could breathe it all went up in smoke and ashes.
BOOM!
Harley Quinn's eyes quickly fluttered open from its sleep from the explosive sound yet her body stood at a standstill as it lied softly in place on the comfort of her bed staring her gaze upward. The room was pitch black forcing her vision to take time adjusting to her surroundings as her left hand slowly roamed the left side of her bed cressing a spot that was meant for a second suitor hoping he was there but there was no one there beside her she was alone
"Bruce..." His name a whisper on her lips not in the form of a question but more of a statement.
She slowly lifted herself up ever so slowly turning her head back and forth around the room with the face of childlike innocence with her hand still caressing and gliding the empty space of the bed it's slowly rolling its way underneath the pillow.
Lying underneath it was something of hers to treasure she pulled out of the frame that held the picture of her with the man she loved her eyes adjusted to the night now she knew where she was not that of the Batcave not that of Wayne Manor but in an asylum dreaming dreams that were intertwined with nightmares of her last night with the Dark Knight
She looked at the picture and begin to smile. "Ha, my B-Man," Chuckling as she continued. "You sure know how to get a girl's hopes up teasing me like that while I sleep."
Her smile begin to form into a very sad frown her eyes beginning to water from the pain of a broken heart and longing.
"My B-Man." She hug the picture frame tightly to her chest as silent tears rocked her form. Her long wavy hair flowing down her right side she slowly laid her body back down in a fetal position as she held the photo frame tightly as she cried herself back to sleep knowing full well she would be plagued with more dreams that was once reality.
Of what used to be...
A/N: So there you have it folks that's the first chapter there's much much more to come. If the first chapter confuse you I'm just letting you know it's meant to do that this story will have a lot of suspense cliffhangers twists and turns I hope you enjoy roller coasters because this is basically what the story is. If I made any errors just let me know I'm trying to grow in My craft in writing so any constructive criticism will be very helpful.
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