Author's Note

Hey, this is my first fic so be nice! My fragile mind can't take this as it is.. *cries*

I don't own the Batman universe. But if I did there would be a lot less Batsy and a lot more Joker!

Prolog

Somewhere in the Narrows..

"I'm leaving"

"Excuse me?"

The rain was pouring down, drowning all the noises of the city night. No one worth mentioning was near the old warehouse, so if you ever wanted to hear about the following conversation you would have to go to someone who isn't worth mentioning. That someone is Johnny. He was moving slowly along the gray buildings, trying to find his way home, cursing the spinning outlook he had on the world and his silly feet who wouldn't move the way they should, when he heard a low female voice behind the greasy glass he had just walked past, followed by an odd males.

"You heard me" the woman answered

"Yeah? I just see a big slip in your plan" the other voice commented. The male one. His tone was oddly twisted like a clowns voice and rather mocking.

"Oh, really?" she questioned sarcastically.

"I won't let you."

The woman let out a snarl of frustration "this has gotten too dangerous! I won't go down in flames like you, you know? I actually planned on getting on with my life after this" Though Johnny was more than a tad wasted he could almost feel on his skin how angry the woman was. And she had sounded so lovely just before. Now he would rather be caught ears dropping by the man in the room, rather than by her.

"You can still do that. When we're finished" The guy answered seriously

"This hasn't even started yet!" Her anger once again burned his skin, like fuming flames.

"Exactly. Why leave before the, uh, fun has even begun?" Johnny couldn't believe how calm the man sounded. There was no fear in his voice. He should know better than to talk to an angry woman like that, Johnny thought slurredly. He had to be crazy.

"You haven't noticed the small events in the Narrows? Right outside these doors! Don't you watch the news? Don't you hear the rumors?"

"Nope. It must have slipped past me" he joked. The woman seemed to have calmed down because she answered softly "I'm not doing this. The risk is too big now"

"Seriously?"

"When it was just the police I didn't have a problem. And the mob doesn't scare me, but..."

"Oh! Don't tell me that you're afraid of bats!" he cut her off, laughing.

Johnny was now so caught up in the argument that he sat down, leaning his back against the brick wall, too drunk to care about getting wet.

"Oh, shut up!" she hissed.

"Then what is it?"

"He just seems… different. Too strong"

"Well, I must admit; he knows how to make life, uh, hard for the mob, but that just plays into our hands" The man was clearly excited; Johnny would almost call it amused.

"What do you mean?" Both the woman and Johnny were fairly confused.

"What does the mob do to the ones who stand in their way, beautiful?"

"They put a bullet in their brains"

She said it so plainly and relaxed, that Johnny didn't comprehended what it was she had said at first. She sounded so young. So innocent, even after the outburst of anger before. Too decent to be talking about killing people.

"Exactly" He sounded happy with her answer.

"But that's the point! They just can't kill this guy!"

"But we can!"

"No. No way. I won't do that"

"Why not?" Now it was the clownish mans turn to be confused.

"Never mind"

"Aren't you tired of ripping of those insignificant mob dealers? What's the fun in killing small fish?" He asked frustrated

"I've only ever killed bad guys." She stated quietly, as if it justified killing at all.

"There are no good and bad guys, pet. I already told you that. And don't you think the bat is one of those who deserve to get their skull smashed in?"

"He is helping this city. I won't destroy the only thing that seems to be able to make Gotham a better place" She said it softly, with sadness dripping from her statement like rain from the sky.

"Sorry to say it, but you aren't exactly a positive factor of the universe yourself"

"You know how I feel about that"

"And they call me crazy!" He laughed bizarrely. Johnny had never met the guy, but now even he would swear to this guy's lack of mental stability.

"I won't fight him" She said strongly.

"You can't run now. He will find you, perhaps even before I do" That was unmistakably a treat, but she ignored it.

"The police doesn't have anything on me"

"The Bat clearly doesn't need evidence"

"Well, that's my problem. You just have to do without me. Besides, you would undoubtedly work better solo"

"I won't let you go. You're just too much fun!" He chuckled darkly

"Find someone else to play with" she whispered, almost too low for Johnny to hear

"You can't run forever, Zoey!" The man yelled, just as Johnny heard a door shut with a loud thud, and then there was only that insane laugher left, spilling into the watery night of Gotham.

Author's Note

Haha, fooled you! Thought it was Harley, right? Sorry! But perhaps we will meet our hot blonde in the next chapther?

Like? HATE? Rewiew please :D It makes my evil black heart a little less evil, and a little more ready to post the first real chapter... Bwahahah! xD