The Adventures of Barbara Gordon and the Joker
Chapter 1
Barbara
It had been about four mouths since the "accident," and my father had finally agreed to let me go out and get my own apartment. My argument: "I have to learn to live on my own sooner or later. You won't always be there to protect me." With that argument, my father agreed to let me move out on my own. So I had been in my new apartment for about a week now, and while it wasn't perfect, it was better then constantly being watched over and having everything done for you because people felt you couldn't do it by yourself.
I lived in apartment eight D. This apartment was on thee top floor, eight, and it was the fourth door down. It had been hard finding an apartment that was handicapped accessible that was in my price range and livable, but eventually I did find one. While I had been here, there had been no trouble, which made the place nice to me. I really enjoyed the place and all the freedom It gave me to live here, and the other plus was that it was just down the road from the park and you could see the park from my window.
Well, today I came home from a long night as being Oracle, and was very tired. I came up the elevator and down the hall to my door, and was never so happy to see the small place. I went to close the door, but a foot stopped me. I looked up and frowned at the man standing there.
"What do you want Joker!"
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Joker
I had some work to do with an old biz friend of mine, so I agreed to meet him at his working home. He lived in an old apartment building just down the road from the park. He lived in apartment Eight F, it was the sixth door down on the eighth floor.
While we were there, we had a nice little chat and got our work done. During that time, I was thinking about my old friend Barbara. It had been about four mouths since I had seen her and I figured it would be nice to visit her again, but there was no way her daddy would ever let me see her again.
I was totally bummed out about the whole thing as I was leaving my friends house, but then I saw her. My old friend Barbara Gordon was heading down the hall to a room with her keys extended. This was just perfect for me! I was going to get to see my old friend after all! I scurried down the hall after her, but her door was beginning to close. I put my foot in the door hoping to catch her before it was too late. She looked up at me and scowled!
What do you want Joker!"
Her words cut me deep, so i walked in and closed the door hoping to explain. She did not look happy to see me, so I pulled her with me and sat down on her couch to tell her all about how I had missed her and had come to see her.
"Hey Babs, its been a long time!"