"KNOCK KNOCK!"
A woman with white face make up stood in front of a whole mob of people pushing through a small doorway.
"What the hell is goin' on here?" she says trying to push the men back towards the front door of the apartment building.
"Boss says we all are moving in."
"Ok, you all wait here! Don't do anything!"
The woman jingled all throughout the building, stomped up the stairs, and started rapping on a neon green door. There was no answer, so the woman just barged right in to a man with green hair sitting at a desk lightly banging his head on the top.
"MISTAH J!" she said in a loud high pitched nasally voice. "All the boys are downstairs and they-"
"WILL YOU SHUT UP HARLEY! DO YOU EVER JUST SHUT UP!" the man screamed at her banging his head on the desk harder and harder with each word. "They're all moving in."
"But why puddin'?"
The man lifted his head to reveal his twisted clown make up. A paper white face, with eyes covered in a black charcoal color, and a red mouth that covered an extended smile of scars.
"Harley," he said with a calm smile and a sigh, "What did I say about questioning me?" he stood up.
"Don't do it?" Harley said sheepishly while slowly approaching the desk.
"And when I tell give you a rule you follow it, right?"
"Right Mistah J!" Harley jumped and smiled.
The man slapped her hard on the temple.
"WRONG!" he laughed maniacally. "You didn't follow that one!" he said smiling in a sing-song voice.
He skipped down the hallway to the stairwell jogging down always jumping the last five steps until he reached the last of the stairs; he then slid down the railing.
"Paper for ya boss." One bulky man handed him a newspaper.
The man eagerly snatched the paper and started reading the headline, JOKER ROBS GOTHAM OF SAFETY; he jumped and giggled admiring his handy work.
"HAHAHAHAHEHEHEHE! WE'RE IN THE PAPER BOYS!" he yelled triumphantly.
The Joker quickly read his article then flipped to the theatre section. Now, what no one knew about The Joker is that he loved the theatre, especially Gotham City High School's theatre. They're almost Broadway worthy! The Joker is acquaintances with the assistant director and saw every musical that they presented; he would even sit in on some rehearsals without anyone noticing surprisingly! Their newest musical was The Little Mermaid. Oh I just LOVE that Ursula character! He giggled,
"The kids are very excited for opening night. It's a story that they all grew up with so, it refreshing." says the assistant director Mr. Brendan. The star of this musical is a senior, 18, Katelle who plays the bubbly, golden voiced Ariel.
"It's been really fun playing Ariel in a different light! You see, I grew up reading The Brothers Grimm Little Mermaid witch is much darker than the Disney version and, well, it's just been great with the whole cast and crew! One more rehearsal to go!"
The director has announced that the next rehearsal will be open to the public and they are free to come and go as they please, but is this a good idea with The Joker on the loose? We wish the cast and crew a safe rehearsal.
GCHS Talent Show April 15th
GCHS The Little Mermaid Open Rehearsal April 16th
GCHS The Little Mermaid Opening Night April 20th
Joker jumped and giggled again realizing that today was the sixteenth. He ran into the buildings restaurant kitchen.
"FIVE OF YOU COME WITH ME!"
The men looked at The Joker perplexed.
Joker gave a lazy sigh,
"We're going to the theatre!"
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"CAN YOU ALL LEARN YOUR DAMN LINES!"
"Well Brendy, frankly, we just like seeing you pissed off!" she laughed.
"Katelle, just… just do the scene." Mr. Brendan flailed his arm and chuckled slightly.
She smiled and went back to her spot behind the fake water and began the scene. She sang,
"What would I give to live where you are, what would I pay to stay here beside you? To see you smiling at me." She smiled and "swam" off stage for a moment as the scene between Eric and his butler waiting for her que. She then "swam" back out to a large fake rock to finish the scene singing.
"Where would we walk? Where would we run? If we could stay all day in the sun! Out of the sea, wish I could be, part of your wo-"
The sound of a gunshot cut off the end of the song.
"Well, well, well! The papers were right! You do have a golden voice!" Joker called out to Katelle.
"I came to watch the rehearsal but I got bored, normally these are more entertaining." He started towards the stage.
"Now I just feel like kidnapping someone! Any volunteers?" he looked backstage, "Any of the crew?" he turned back to Katelle who was now leaning against the fake rock. "Cast? No? Well, if no one wants to volunteer, I'll just have my friends open fire on everyone and we'll see how many people jump." he giggled his child-like giggle as his men burst through the doors wearing clown masks.
Katelle looked at The Joker with wide eyes, she had only seen him in the papers and had convinced herself that since she never saw him in person he didn't exist. But there he was now! Right in front of her threatening to kill her friends! Her second family…Her only family…
"D-don't hurt them!" she stuttered.
The Joker looked at Katelle in amazement,
"AND WE HAVE A WINNER!" Joker quickly walked towards the exit dragging Katelle by the wrist along the way. What surprised The Joker is that she followed without a struggle.
Once they reached the street, one of the men opened the door to the black van in front of them and they threw her in the back as she started screaming.
"SOMEONE GIVER SOME DAMN ANISTETIC!" Joker half screamed half laughed.
After that moment Katelle felt a sharp pain at the back of her head and blacked out.