Insanity
A/N – The Joker is not in this chapter but he will be introduced in the next one. Enjoy!
Disclamer – I may not own The Joker but I do own Sarah and Laurie. And Anthony, no matter how much I dislike him. Enjoy!
Chapter 1 – It's Just a Flesh Wound!
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She ran through the streets, gasping for breath, clutching a bag of clothes to her chest. The angry yelling of the shopkeeper seemed to egg her on as she tried to make her legs move faster. Ducking into an alley, she leaned against the cool bricks of an apartment building and tried to slow her breathing back to normal. I made it. She brushed a strand of dark brown hair out of her light brown eyes. A voice of a man startled her and she yelped.
"Sarah," it said. She recognized the voice but pretended not to. "How do you know my name? Who are you?" she asked, determined not to show how nervous she really felt. "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah. You know who I am," he said and stepped into the dim light of the city. It was Anthony. "I told you already. I quite the gang." "You know the only way to quit is by death." The man pulled out a gun and aimed it at her head. Sarah's eyes widened at the sight and she quickly look around fro a way to escape. Anthony laughed. "There's no way out," he whispered but it was too late. She had already spotted a fire escape leading up one of the buildings. She sprinted for it and leaped. Barely making it, she swung her body up and over just as the shot of a gun rang out.
In her panic, Sarah was already climbing the stairs. She reached the roof and collapsed, knowing Anthony wouldn't follow her up there. Pain. That was her first thought after the adrenalin wore off. It was her second thought, too. She looked down at her left leg and saw red. "Fuck," Sarah swore and a tear rolled down her face. Knowing she had to keep moving, she stood up, grimacing. Fuck! Oh, God, it hurts. Limping across the roof of the apartment building, she thought about what to do next. "I could always go sleep under the dock. No. He would look there. What am I going to do? Dammit!" she yelled. Ok, Sarah, you can do this, she told herself as she began to climb down the fire escape on the other side of the building. Slowly, she made her way down until she was hanging from the edge. Gritting her teeth, she let go and dropped to her feet. Somehow, she managed not so scream as she landed but instead began to make her way towards the run down part of the city.
Reaching a house with pealing green paint, she limped up to the door and knocked. "Laurie?" she called out. A few seconds later, a woman opened the door, looked at her, and motioned for her to come inside. Sarah sat on an old couch and picked at it as she waited for Laurie to come back. When she did, Sarah looked up and smiled slightly, trying to hide how much pain she was in. "Tell me what happened," she said and so Sarah told her. "Let me take a look at your leg," Laurie said and examined it carefully.
"You're very lucky. The bullet only grazed you. You should be fine, but I'll bandage you up anyway." Leaving again, she came back with a bottle of rubbing alchohol, gauze, and medical tape. "This is going to sting," Laurie warned as she applied the alcohol to the wound. Sarah sucked in her breath and waited for her to finish. She put the gauze on the wound and then secured it with tape. "You'll be ok, but try to stay away from Anthony, alright? Come back anytime," she told her with a smile and then walked her to the door.
Sarah's leg felt a whole lot better and she wasn't limping as much anymore. She went and slept through the day in another alley.
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Sakura