Harley and Joker: Star-Crossed
Chapter One
Shots rang out near the old Steel Mill in Gotham City. Gunfire was common to Gotham but for most people, this Steel Mill was off limits. It was home to a man that most feared and considered a violent force of nature. He would leave most of the heavy lifting to the men that he kept at his employment but sometimes he would grace them with his presence.
"You oughta know that you shouldn't a picked a fight with us!" Yelled out Albert from behind a position of cover. "This is our turf!" Another one, named, Blake, yelled out as he peeked over cover and opened fire on the cars parked outside the gate that were protecting the attackers. "Who do you think they are?" Blake asked as he fell back behind his cover.
"I dunno. Whose stupid enough to attack the boss like this?" Albert responded, seconds before a bullet slammed into the side of his head. "What the hell?" Blake asked, looking around. "No one could've made that shot. FALL BACK!" Blake yelled to the group of men behind him. A man walked up to the front gate. "C'mon, they're on the run!" The man called out as the entire 15 man band of thugs charged into the Steel Mill.
He wore a red body armor with an 'A' spray-painted on it, a long red hood with a cape that went to his thighs and a white gas mask. He pulled a radio out of his pocket and began to speak. "Deadshot, move to the second position, we're headed inside. Joker dies tonight," He said. "Copy that, Anarky," The voice on the radio simply replied.
"They're all inside?" Anarky asked as he approached his men who were waiting in. "Everyone of 'em we didn't get," One of his men simply responded, motioning for Anarky to look at all the bodies on the ground around them. "Let's head inside," Anarky declared. The group stormed inside and was immediately met with a loud cackling over the PA System.
"Anarky? I always thought you were a fan of chaos!" The voice declared. "Riddler, Pengurz, I'd expect this from. Hell, even Black Mask might do something like this. But not you, boy, and it makes me sooo sad because now..," The Joker began with a pause. "Now what?" Anarky asked back. "I have to kill you," He hissed with great air of menace in his voice.
"We've got you outnumbered, clown! You don't have a chance!" Anarky yelled. He motioned his men to move up when an explosive triggered releasing a green gas into the room. "This is one of my new toys, Anarky. I know you're wearing a gas mask but on the monitors in front of me, I see your men aren't. I call this Joker Gas," He explained as Anarky's men began to laugh hysterically.
"Get a hold of yourselves!" Anarky yelled as he walked over to one of his men. "They're going laugh and laugh and laugh!" Joker declared with a laugh. "Why, maybe they'll even laugh themselves to death. There's nothing you can do, here, boy," Joker said. Anarky stood still as he pondered what to do before finally turning around and running to the front door. "It's locked," Anarky muttered as he tried desperately to open it. "Oh, what kind of host would I be if I let you get away so soon? Stay awhile, kick your feet up, let that hair down. Take off that gas mask," Joker said, laughing hysterically.
"Deadshot, I need help!" Anarky said into the radio, panicking. "Joker's mutilated them all. Made them start laughing and now they...look like him," Anarky continued as he observed one of the bodies that had now ceased to breath at all. "Head into the next room on your right. I can see inside one of the windows, it's low enough you can escape," Deadshot explained as he fired a shot. "It's open," He added.
"Alright," Anarky said and he ran through the building. He approached the door into the next room and opened it, being immediately struck in the face by a crowbar. Anarky was knocked backwards onto the ground causing his mask to almost come off his face. "Welcome home, honey," Joker said as walked up to Anarky and kneeled down next to him.
"You know, most people will call the police during a home invasion. Me? I like to take care of business myself. And you and me, boy, we've got a lot of business now," Joker said. He stood up and let out a murderous laugh as he began striking Anarky with his crowbar.