*Disclaimers: I do not own any Batman characters used in this fan fiction. I also do not own any other DC characters I may use in this fan fiction. Rated M for very mature content, defintly not for kids This is also a Harley Quinn x Batman fan fiction.*

It was early November, November 4th to be exact and winter had already arrived in Gotham. Huge flakes of snow floated to the ground in the gentle breeze. Snow in early November wasn't all that unsual in Gotham. The first snowfalls indicated the start of a decline in crime as the villians began a winter hibernation.They knew better then to be trying to take down Batman in snow and cold. The same couldn't be said for Harley Quinn and The Joker though. The Joker didn't care for the weather. Harley of course didn't want anything to do with his schemes when winter set it. Sadly she couldn't refuse or she'd get beaten up for not following orders and "disrespecting" the clown prince of crime.

Harley hated the cold. She beg and plea The Joker to not do anything during winter time. Strangly it was also Harley's favourite time of the year because of Christmas, Thanksgiving and new year. All Harley wanted to do was stay in a nice warm cozy house in front of the fire in the living room. The hideout the pair was in had non of those luxry things. Instead Harley was freezing her ass off. She didn't like it one bit.

On the other hand a stoic Bruce Wayne didn't mind the winter as it gave him some much needed down time. There was some nights that he had to go out but most he had off. It also gave the Bat-family some much needed rest and preperation for the holidays, something Bruce wasn't too fond about.

Tonight wouldn't be a night off for Batman and neither Harley or Joker had the night off for The Joker's plans were set into motion at the now abandoned Ace Chemicals factory. Many villians had used to place in the past including The Joker himself. Some say its where the clown was created. He wasn't in the best of moods as it is and Harley didn't help the situation.

"Mr J do we really have ta do this" Her arms high in the air in protest. This of course didn't go down well with The Joker. In one swoop, he backhanded Harley across the face so hard it knocked her to the ground and left a cut in her cheek.

"Shut up you fool, are you trying to alert Batsy before we're ready". A sinister grin on his face through out the entire ordeal.

Harley, now sat in the cold snow rubbed her cheek, taking no notice of the blood on her gloved hand. Tears sat on the brim of the blonde jester's eyes as the pain ran through her right cheek. The harlequin wanted to cry but held back as much as possible because she didn't want the clown to see her crying. She'd often cry her self to sleep, deep down Harley was a broken woman. She never show Joker that though, Harley denied it herself.

Grabbing Harley's arm, Joker yanked her up in a really rough way, he didn't care how much he hurt Harey. "Get up, we've got traps to set, bombs to set up. Hostages to tie up, goons to get ready" he yelled at Harley, dragging the jester behind him. Her arm also in pain now.

Harley obliged and got up, she wasn't her usual bubbly self tonight. Something was different. The snow crunched under her footsteps. Soon J barked another order at Harley. "Take those bombs and place them around these beams out of Batman's view and also get the damn goons in position" He ordered laughing as he finished his sentace.

Harley didn't need to say anything, the goons went and got in position. As for the Bombs, Harley went to each beam holding the building up and placed a bomb, the main action was going to occur in the vat room. Harley sighed as she placed the last bomb.

Joker was working on what he called 'The Joker Signal'. Harley didn't know what it was but assumed to be something like the Bat Signal. The clown prince of crime was soon back yelling at Harley, wondering if the bombs were all in position. "Are the bombs done my dear harlequin?" he yelled over his shoulder, the same smile plasted on his face.

"yes puddin" she said with a sad depressing tone. By this time her body was psyically shaking from the bitter cold, the snow doesn't either. Pain engulf her arm and cheek still. It was clear Harley is being continally abused my Joker as she has scars and marks all over her skin. Some bigger then others. "when will this end, I'd take death at this point" Harley thought to herself. Deep in thought she completely forgot about The Joker who had finshed setting up his signal. Harley soon snapped out of it when she felt a seering pain in her right ribs. The killer clown of comedy had punched her as hard as he could in the ribs. Lucky for Harley there was no crushing sounds so pressumed they were just bruised but even then Harley was in a lot of pain.

"Go get ready for the bat showing up, dumb bimbo" the clown barked in Harley's face, letting out a small laugh at the end. Harley listend and moped off behind a wall waiting for her time to 'strike' the bat. Her whole body shaking from the pain and called. Harley still held back tears so Joker wouldn't notice her make up smudged or her crying not like he'd care anyway.

Everything appeared to be in place, all Joker had to do was turn on his so called 'Joker signal'. With the pull of lever, the sky lit up with Joker's ghoulish face. The whole time was laughing. Harley just gave a small fake smile when J looked at her.

Batman was already on patrol since he knew Joker and Harley we're still at large in gotham. In front of him in the sky, he saw the Joker signal. It suprised him little and he had to look twice to make sure he wasn't seeing things. Well at least he knew where the two were at. With that he quickly grappled away 'at least he's in place I know like the back of my hand' Batman thought to himself as he saw the big green 'Ace Chemicals" sign, although not lit up like it used to be.

A short distance later the stoic Batman close to the back entrace, already noticing two armed goons guarding the door. He didn't attack straight away though as he wanted to scan the building for more goons aswell as the two clowns that he assumed was in side. He pulled out his thermal goggles and scanned the building. There he saw goons at every doorway in and around the building. Where the vat room was, Batman saw a bunch of red bodies show on the thermal goggles. The two in the center he persumed where Harley and Joker but couldn't be sure at that time.

The Dark Knight gappled to the roof of the building. From there he threw to random pieces of debris that were laying on the roof a distance away in front of the goons. The two clown clad men fell for the trap going to look at where the noise came from. With that Batman silently dropped down behind them. He grabbed both their heads and smashed them both togther, knocking them both out. The limp bodies of the clown dressed men now slumped to the floor in front of the Gotham's hero.

To be continued...

*Thats the first chapter and don't worry they'll be more action in the chapter. I'll be honest I don't know how many I'll be doing. I'm just going with the flow. There should be a new chapter each day.*