Lie to Me
I do not own Suicide Squad, Arrow, or Gotham in any way.
Some days Lily loved the quietness of her new life. She loved how she could walk about the city and not have to worry about being kidnapped or killed because of her connection to the Joker.
The Joker…
Lily couldn't lie.
There were some days she missed him. She missed how spontaneous he was.
How he was always ready to have some fun, even though that fun was usually at the expense of others.
She looked out across the Starling City cityscape. She remembered the day she had come to this city.
She had been walking through the city with her bodyguard when a van pulled up next to them.
The door was flung open and there was a gunshot.
Lily's bodyguard hit the ground, a bullet wound in his forehead.
A hand clamped over her mouth before she could scream. She was dragged into the van.
"Hello little Quinn", Penguin said.
"Quinzel", Lily snarled.
The van started moving and Lily noticed they were driving away from Gotham.
"Better buckle up, little Quinn. It's going to be quiet a drive", Penguin told her.
Lily reached for her phone, only to discover that her bodyguard had had it in his jacket.
How the Joker ever going to find her now?
After a few hours, the van stopped moving.
"Where are we?" Lily asked him.
"Starling City", Penguin said, "Your new home!"
"I don't understand! What have I ever done to you?!" Lily cried.
"You've done nothing to me", Penguin told her, "Now, your boyfriend however, I've been trying to take him down for years now. Up until a few months ago, he had no weaknesses, but now…and exploiting someone's weakness is my specialty".
"You'll never take him down", Lily growled.
"See, this is where you're wrong. Losing someone you love is the greatest loss you can ever experience", Penguin said, "He'll all but shut down".
"Then why not kill me?" she asked.
"Because I want him to live with the knowledge that he'll never see you again, even though you're alive. Killing you would too easy. Killing you would just send him on a rampage on Gotham", Penguin said.
"You do realize that every villain in this city is going to know who I am, right?" she asked him.
"You're not to contact the Joker in any way. Or my right hand man will put a bullet in his head", Penguin threatened, "Just look at how easy it was to kidnap you". The Penguin handed her a backpack and said, "This has a couple hundred dollars in it, a change of clothes, and some other supplies".
The door of the van opened and she was thrown out onto the concrete.
"Bye bye little Quinn", Penguin said and they drove off.
Lily glanced around and saw they had left her on a dock. Tears filled her eyes and she resisted the urge to cry. She got up and brushed herself off, grabbing the backpack.
Having nowhere to go, she roamed the city. It was cleaner than Gotham and no one leered at her as she walked down the dark streets.
As Lily got closer to the industrial district, she could hear loud thumping music. She followed the sound of it and came across a warehouse. She smiled, remembering the warehouse where her and the Joker had lived. Lily shook her head.
Even just thinking about him almost moved her to tears.
She snuck in the back door and made her way to the basement, where she found a small living area. She rolled her eyes.
All villains were so predictable.
She explored for a while before she sat down on the concrete floor and opened the backpack. She found a small blanket. She pulled it out and wrapped it around her body and used her backpack as a pillow. She closed her eyes and quickly drifted off.