Title: Insane Love
Author: Robin-Sukino
Category: Movies » Batman Begins/Dark Knight , Slight Comic/Game-Verse...
Language: English, Mention of German, Russia, Japanese...
Rating: Rated M / NC-17
Genre: Romance, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, Action, Drama, Family...
Disclaimer: I don't own the DC and Nolan Batman Universe, neither have I rights on the mentioned Songs or Movies.
Warning: Some OOC'ness, Mention of Rape, Suicide, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Self Harming, Depression, Schizophrenia, Mental Illnesses, Abuse in General, Violence, Dark/Mature Humor, Blood, Torture, Explicit Sex-scenes, Mention of BD and SM, Nudity, Angst, Under-Age characters (Taboo-romance), Homosexuality (MxM, FxF), Language, Slight Alpha/Omega verse in later chapters. THE BEGINNING OF THIS FIC IS VERY SOFT/CHILDISH BUT IT WILL CHANGE SOON: I wanted to give them an easy start.
Summery: After an accident Selina Kyle was send to Germany where she was supposed to live a normal life but as The Joker appears everything she believed in turns into chaos and Selina realizes that maybe her life was all along supposed to be in Gotham. At the Joker's side she will come to terms with who she is and what she's supposed to be. At some point their relationship will be tested, can they overcome every challenge or will they split apart and live their own life? Kinda Alpha/Omega. Joker x Catwoman. AU! NC-17
A/N: Seriously, there is only so little attention to this pairing, I can't even believe it! It's such a lovely ship and it's one of my OTP and then no one does anything for them!? Shame on you! ...Oh well, you now have me and my crappy writing style to make up for all of this! Yey! :D
I made my characters all younger than they are because this story will play over a few years and I don't want them to be so old so soon. Some of my characters, or better many of them, are out of the Nolan Movie Verse but many others are out of the TV Series or the Games too. You'll see as soon as we get to them.
Through Angeline (Selina) grows up in Germany there will be German sentences in this FF a lot of times and even some other languages because I like putting different languages into my stories but I translate them right next to the sentence so... Why not right? See it as a chance to learn a few different languages ;P
And to those who read this story since the beginning and were waiting for almost 2 years for new chapters to come: I am so sorry that I didn't upload earlier, you may kill me xS I really first gave my broken Laptop to a friend who tried to repair it but sadly it didn't work and all the work I ever built up was deleted and that took me down for some time so that I quit writing for a few months. Then I couldn't get a new Laptop because I had no money. But I soon could use the one from my mom but then I thought 'Hey why don't I first do the update I wanted to do before keep up the uploading?' So I did that and it turned out that my writing Style changed a lot so I overworked the whole story, a lot in it changed but I really like how it turned out and it would really interest me if the ones who know this story before the update like the new update...
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the FF and leave me some Reviews will you? Thank you! :3 Off you go now, this 'greeting' was already long enough!
Insane Love: Chapter 1 – The First Page Of Our Story
'' Hey Ange! Komm schon, der Lehrer ist schon sauer genug! Kein Grund die noch wütender zu machen! '' (Hey Ange! Come on the teacher's already mad enough! No reason to piss her of even more!) I turn my head from the baby Squirrel in front of my kneeling position on the ground what makes it hush back a little from my hand in which I hold a bit of my muesli. My eyes meet the green-blue ones of my best friend Lily who looks at me with a look that shows that I shall better not challenge her patience right now. The slightly wet air made her black hair become curly on the most funny parts. With a small grin I look at Bonny who stands right next to her, her foot patting impatiently on the ground while her arms are crossed. In the opposite to Lily's hair, her natural red hair becomes only straighter but her light-brown eyes don't look very happy about that. After all she spends almost a full hour in the bathroom to get it a little curly. Either it's because of her hair or because she dares me to argue now with her. I really like arguing with people, it's always funny to see them become madder with every second but these 2 girls know exactly what buttons to push with me to make me dance. Especially Bonny, she's a year older than me and gee she's a show-off! I look both of them up and down a moment. As we met they both were still dressing normally. Now Bonny wears dark red pants to a black shirt. Her shoes are also black and have a few rivets on them and a small heel. Oh and as we met, Bonny was still more angelic than now. Now she uses to always slaps the back of my head or grabs my neck to drag me over the whole school grounds or city... or every other place we are. I don't know how, but she always manages to tweak the painful nerves in my neck! I'm really not such a whiny girl but damn... she really makes me whimper... Lily used to dress 'normally' too before we met. Now she's wearing dark Military pants, thick open boots and a dark shirt with a Zombie on it. I myself have my hair dyed in a blood-red color. My pant are red and black checkered and I wear a black top. Over that I wear a black jacket with red cat ears and red cat pads. With a last look at the squirrel I place the rest of the bread on the ground and rise to walk over to my class. Sometimes I understand why Bonny's always slapping the back of my head. She only tries to keep me away from jail or death I guess. I think most of the stuff I do really is stupid but what can I say? It keeps my life interesting. I think I really should think things through a little more before I act but, well, I don't want to.
With an apologizing look and my hands lifted I jump into the bus and sit down on a place near the window. Next to me comes Lily while Bonny stands in front of us. My class was on a school trip. We were on a totally boring museum trip. It would have been fun if this blond leader-woman wouldn't have chattered us to death with her boyfriend proposing to her. Nothing I understand to be honest, being married is out of my opinion nothing you can be proud of. I mean if you are engaged or only in a relationship you at least have the chance to get rid of the guy or the girl easy but being married? That takes a lot more time! I believe I fell asleep almost five or six times while she talked. After some time our teacher asked her if we could maybe continue with the tour and then she finally shut up!
As soon as everyone found a seat, the doors close and the bus begins to drive back to our school. On our way we drive through a small forest and suddenly the bus makes a sharp stop. With a hiss I grab Bonny before she can fall over while holding Lily back with my other hand to pretend her from breaking her nose on the metal bar. I stabilize myself by ramming my heels into the ground. A few class mates of mine actually did hit something because I hear pained gasps and suppressed tears around me. A few murmurs go through the bus while I look to the driver as the doors open and 5 men come in. Every one of them wears a clown mask and what's even worse… every one of them has one hell of a big gun.
'' Alle man, uh, alle man keine Panik. Wir übernehmen den Bus. '' (Everyone, uh, everyone don't panic. We take over the bus.) One of them says with a snarl in his voice. I see him licking his lips under the mask while he clicks a little with his tongue what remembers me on the movie Alien, you know there were these gigantic beasts made the same noise shortly before they killed the people in the movie. The man has something on his voice that makes me shudder in fear. I clearly feel excitement on the situation but this man has something that seems familiar... I know him, I'm sure about that. Blame my tired mind and the fact that I got a hit on the head yesterday but I can't remember. Another one of them goes around with a little plastic bag in which we have to put our mobile phones. When he stops in front of me I hesitated a little and eye the guy because nobody is allowed to touch my phone except from Lily, Bonny and myself through there are some very... private things on it... but with a look at my trembling best friends around me I put it in the bag too so that he goes away and they can breathe a little better. I only mourn after my lost phone a few moments before focusing on the current situation. My eyes hush to each of the guys, looking if there's any way that I could trick them but I soon see that these guys aren't after money. They are too enthusiastic for that. They have a hunger for corpses in their eyes and I start to believe that the man that is obviously the leader, is the worst one of them. He too looks around and I see him smirking behind the mask while he looks at the crying girls. His shoulders shake lightly from a cold chuckle. I shiver on the voice, it sounds cold and... brutal. Like there's nothing kind inside the man, only brutality and sadism. I never once saw someone where it only took the posture and the slightly muffled voice to make me feel paralyzed with something very close to panic. I shake my head and bite my tongue, I need to focus. None of the people around me have enough mind left to keep calm, I need to get us out of this situation. No, not all of us, only Lily and Bonny. I need to get my friends safe, nothing else matters.
I look back at the driver as I hear him suddenly screaming in pain and falling to the ground. One of the men hit him, he must have tried to get out of the bus. I stop breathing as I see the Boss suddenly moving from his position to kneel down in front of the man,
'' That wasn't very, uhm, smart ya know? '' The driver struggles in the attempt to move back but is stopped by one of the other men, the same one that hit him just minutes ago what makes the man scream out. The driver must be in his mid-40ths. I don't think he is able to take much more fear before something happens.
'' B-bitte... lassen sie mich gehen... ich habe eine Familie...! '' (P-please... let me go... I have a family...!) The man chuckles darkly and grabs his face to make him look at the mask on his face, increasing the fear even more. I narrow my eyes on that statement, I mean, we all have families and furthermore, he's not believing this would work right?
'' Aw, don't worry, we take care of them too. '' I freeze completely and my eyes widen while my lips start trembling as the Boss of them suddenly flicks a knife out of his sleeve and digs it into the man's eye. I feel my body trembling as I watch the masses of blood flowing down the now red and meaty hole. The screams of the man only overpowered by the screams of my classmates behind me. But that little push is all it takes for the man to suddenly fall back, froth building in his mouth and his remaining eye turning back, his whole body trembling powerfully. I lick over my by now dry lips and bite with a shaky jaw into my bottom lip, this is the 1st time I saw someone getting killed in front of me. It really gives you a whole different feeling than seeing someone die in a movie. I feel my skin tingling while I only faintly hear the begging voices of those who are still able to speak and I hear Lily and Bonny screaming but while Lily only turns her face away, Bonny has tears of fear in her eyes and lowers to the ground to press her back against the wall of the bus in the attempt to get away. Alone this sight causes my blood to broil in my veins.
'' Beruhige dich... Es ist wichtig jetzt ruhig zu bleiben. '' (Calm down... It's important to stay calm now.) I know this is the only chance we have to survive this. People don't kill others like this because of revenge or some reason, this was just for his own entertainment. Maybe if I manage to keep them somewhat calm, they will be safe for some time. I just need some time to make up a plan...! I see Lily looking at me but she winces at a new voice,
'' Hey! Shut up! '' I glare at the man that just screamed at me with a deep, rough voice and watch him taking a step back on my hate filled glare. I feel everything in me tingling, my mind screams at me to hurt the people that make my friends feel this incredible scared. But it doesn't even need half a minute for me to figure that I would do more bad than good with this. I am too weak to manage to protect anyone, more likely I would end up making them kill me and my friends. I watch one of the men getting onto the driver's seat. Some of the girls begin to cry quietly as the bus suddenly moves again. Silently I wonder where we head to as suddenly the man's eyes meet with mine and he smirks as he sees me by now more angry than actually scared. On direct look into his eyes I feel my mouth opening slightly while my eyes narrow in interest. I never saw such a look in a human's eyes before. Such a cruel look with so much amusement and something I can't really make out...
'' Bitte, lassen Sie die Kinder gehen...! '' (Please, let the children go) His eyes move from mine to the ones of my teacher as her trembling, silent voice goes through the bus. I roll my eyes at that, it's more than obvious that pleads won't work with this man. As if to confirm my thoughts, the Boss suddenly pulls the mask from his head and throws it straight into my teachers face with a loud, almost animalistic snarl,
'' Can't rememba allowin' ya to speak! '' I wince slightly as he suddenly talks in a deeper voice than the one he used before. I close my eyes and take a breathe, this voice isn't normal and it definitively has an accent so he's not from America. This isn't something I ever heard about another man than- No. No it can't be him. This isn't possible...
If I survive this -right after I took some Valium- I'll demand that I can retire!
With a sigh I look at the man again, studying him from toes to head. He wears brown shoes that look like he's got them for years and never wears other ones. The purple pants he wears are a little too short and show some blue and withe striped socks. Like the pants, his jacket is a dark purple that has some dirt and blood here and there. Underneath the jacket he wears a green west with a blue and white striped shirt. But really interesting is his face. He wears white make-up, red lipstick and around his eyes is black make-up. From the wrinkles of his mouth are at each side 2 large scars that make him look like he's a 24/7-smiler.
That is the Joker! The Clown Prince of Crime from Gotham City is here! But... why is he here? He lives in Gotham. He can't just go out of Gotham! That seems... not right somehow. Uhhh! Does the Batman come here now too?! That would be interesting!
Silently observing the Joker I remain on my seat but soon I feel my fingers twitch from interest in the Psychopath in front of me. With a look at Bonny and Lily I bite into my lip again. Bonny has her eyes glued to the threat the Joker automatically is and is trembling in heavy fit. Lily's eyes are focused on me, like asking me what to do. I form my lips to 'stay calm' and slowly stand up. Lily looks with wide eyes and an expression on her face that tells me clearly 'Sit the fuck back down you moron!'. I only give her another short glance before focusing on Joker, not even acknowledging the other men around me. The Joker's lips stretch into a grin as I slowly move past Lily to get to the middle of the bus.
'' Hey you, sit back- '' One man starts but stops as the Joker gives him a quick glance that clearly tells him to be quiet. I straighten my posture and take the last steps towards the seemingly arrogant Clown and look up into his eyes, my own ones slightly narrowed. His back is slightly bent over and he's shifting forwards and backwards what gives his whole I'm-insane even more power while he grins at me,
'' Was tust du?! '' (What are you doing!) My teacher screams at me in panic but both the Joker and I ignore her completely,
'' Why hello beautiful...'' He says while looking me up and down. I watch him waving carelessly at his men that now slowly lower their guns again but I feel them looking at me. He circles me a few times, coming closer here and then to check if I move away but I don't move and through that feel his nose brushing my hair on the back of my head a little. I follow him slightly with my eyes and force my breathe to stay calm and my voice passive,
'' You're The Joker right? The one from Gotham City. '' He begins to laugh loudly what causes me to almost jump. My classmates look at me half disbelieving, half panicking just as my teacher does. I ignore the people around me and focus on the man in front of me. I know that if I allow myself one wrong move now it'll be the last move I made. I have to focus, this isn't a game where I can press the restart button, this is real life. If I die here it's over for me.
'' The Clown Prince of Crime at yer service darlin'. '' He shows a light bow but keeps on laughing while 'saluting' me. I narrow one eye a little and title my head on that gesture but before I can tell him to let my friends go, he already is in his normal position again and smirks at me, coming way closer now to tower above me,
'' Hey, wanna know how I got these scars? '' His voice changes to a dangerous growl, telling me this will be my last question. I keep my face straight and cross my arms, raising an eyebrow at him like he's asking the most stupid thing,
'' Not interested. '' He looks at me almost surprised a moment and smirks then,
'' 's that so eh? Shouldn't ya sit in a corner and cry yer eyes out like the other lil' pant-shitters then? ''
'' Not really, I like my pants clean, thanks. '' The Joker starts laughing loudly while a few of his men around me chuckle but keep their guns firmly in their hands and pointed at my class mates. I suppress the smirk that wants to get on my lips as I watch him laughing in a way I heard him laugh on TV. Actually I followed his way through Gotham a little for about 3 months since I first saw him on TV in the News. I never payed much attention to other villains though, only to him and The Batman. They seemed the most interesting persons there and they seem to have a somewhat complicated relationship.
Maybe they're sleeping with each other?
'' What if I kill ya? Huh?! Would yer still be this cheeky if I slit yer throat?! '' Suddenly I feel the cold steel of a knife's blade against my throat while his eyes burn into mine. I swallow and stare into his eyes a moment, looking for anything that gives me assurance. Something tells me that he bluffs…
'' Why don't you try it? '' My eyes narrow while I bare my teeth at him in a small hiss but with a voice that practicually dares him to kill me. I know what I do is risky and no one in my age should behave like this but I'm a little strange after all so why not trying his limits? If I'm dying anyway then please with a little fun. Furthermore, if he kills me, I maybe manage to pull something so that I can return the favor. I just hope Lily and Bonny manage to get away then. He laughs again and takes the knife up to my face. I don't break the eye contact on that, I barely even blink. Because if I would, he would probably kill me or worse, he would see that I'm damn nervous about the closeness between him and me. At least I never got threatened from a psychopathic murderer, I never thought that this phantasy would come true once. Even if Bonny and Lily already suggested that I would get myself in big trouble sometimes but I guess none of them thought it would be so early. But if neither my teacher nor my classmates beware a cool head, then I have to do something. Even if I don't like them, I don't want them dead…
At least I think so… They're all not something I would call real friends but they're not so bad and these are the only classmate I would get along with. I know them for years, I built up something similar to friendship with them, if they all die I don't think I manage this with others too.
The others look at me, panic in their eyes, their bodies trembling. The Joker seems to see that too because he turns to my teacher and presses the knife to my throat a little harder, grinning widely as he see her screaming silently the harder he presses the blade against my throat. I smell blood and gunpowder and fire on him together with a musky smell that makes me shudder in pleasure but only for a moment. His body is definitively too close to mine. I feel my hand twitch but I curl it to a fist so that my nails dig into my palm and keep it still.
'' Hmm, seems like someone's worried bout ya ma lil' Rebel. ''
'' So? '' I ask bored while shrugging my shoulders in an uncaring manner. Hard to believe but he laughs again!
Wow this man really has too much air… And gah! Get out of my personal space! Shoo!
In that moment the bus stops and the Joker's grin widens even more, this time with excitement. Giggling he looks at my class mates that still look more than just utterly terrified,
'' Well, time to get outa 'ere. Boys, tie the brats up, don't be too soft! '' Abruptly they get my classmates out of the bus before tying them up and simply letting them sit on the cold stone floor. I simply look how everything around me happens and stay a little in thoughts. I can't move anyway, after all the knife is still placed firmly on my throat. Still, I growl as I see them pushing Bonny and Lily to the ground roughly.
'' Worried bout yer friends lil' Rebel? ''
'' I swear if you hurt them I'll- ''
'' Yer in no position to threaten me darlin'. ''
'' If I'm dying here anyway then at least I can say I tried my best. ''
'' Cheeky. I like that. ''
'' I will just take this as a compliment then. Still, if I see one of your goons hurting them I jump at his throat. ''
'' Then they'll shoot ya. ''
'' I'm not afraid of dying. ''
'' Yer really one fucking Rebel aren't ya? Ya see, I always like a good challenge... What would ya do if I shoot yer friends now? Ya gettin' mad then? Hmm? ''
'' If you kill them, I promise you, it will be the last day you walk around alive you damn bastard- '' The Joker suddenly presses the sharp blade into my cheek and carves into it, leaving a rather deep mark. Moments later I feel how blood flows down my cheek and hits my shirt where it disappears almost instantly. I clench my teeth as the pain reaches my mind but refuse to let the gasp escape my throat so that it sounds strangely whiny. With a loud laugh he pushes me out of the bus so that I almost slip but before I can fall his hand is around my neck and a few minutes later I sit tied up and totally pissed off between Bonny and Lily, cursing silently under my breathe,
'' Fuck this, fuck him, fuck the world, fuck everything...! I quit! Being a hostage is shit! '' With another snort I look around, forcing down the broiling anger inside me. My eyes move from one point of the area to the next, looking for small gapes in the wall or another door or maybe even a window that I could open. There must be a way to get Lily and Bonny away from here... But if he sees us we're screwed...! I need to get his attention away from them so that they can escape. ...I need to attack The Joker, then they will all be focusing on me. It seems that he'd brought us into an old warehouse, at least it looks like that. Every one of us, me too, has ropes on wrists and foots. We have to sit on the cold floor and right in front of us is the bus. Like he wants to tease us, showing that there, only a few meters away from us, is the thing that would get us away from here. Most of my classmates are still crying, some silently, some with sobs here and then. I don't know but I can't get myself to pity them. They could all be more useful if they would keep their mind now but nooo! We more like it to sit in a corner and be a useless crying heap! I watch how the men position around us and 2 at the large entrance while The Joker pulls a camera out of his pocket and holds it first to himself then to us and back to himself.
'' Hellooo Germany! Joker's in town! I know you all secretly wanted me to show up here too and get your booring lives a little more interestin'. Well! I can satisfy you, it will soon. Get. Interesting. '' He says almost with childish excitement into the camera while walking around in front of us. I title my head slightly, wondering why someone that is obviously quit intelligent does something like kidnapping a 10th grade class. He could spent his time a lot better. I mean... like kidnapping popular people.
'' And look who screamed loudly 'here' the first when I wanted to know who would like to have some fun! Ya want the brats? C'mon and find 'em! I leave ya... uhmmm, 1 hour time, proof me that yer not as stupid as ya all look like. -Oh! If ya don't get 'ere in that hour then ya gotta make looots of 'sad-calls' so it's all up t'ya folk! Hahahaha haha ahahaha! '' He laughs madly and turns off the camera, carelessly dropping it into his pocket.
'' I can't remember ever screaming 'here'...'' He quits my comment with a small grin but he doesn't look at me, instead The Joker ignores me while he goes to one of my female classmates who always was easy to scare. By now she's a trembling and crying mess but exactly that's what The Joker likes. I can see it in his eyes, he loves seeing others in pain or totally terrified,
'' Ohh Are you scared? Don't worry! The cops will, uhm, come... and save ya! Well, if they find the mines at least. Otherwise they would be kinda dead and who can be saved from a corpse huh? '' I see her tearing up even more and even Lily, who normally is really tough, starts to tremble next to me while I see tears in Bonny's eyes who's trembling furiously,
'' Was sollen wir jetzt tun? Er wird uns umbringen! '' (What now? He will kill us!) Whispers Bonny while trying to control her erratic breathing. I look at her for a moment and lock my eyes then with the Joker's. He looks at me with a grin and I stare at him with narrowed eyes…! Now the rage consumes my mind but I play it down with cheekiness,
'' Nein wird er nicht. Wo würde denn der ganze Spaß bleiben wenn nur ein paar Menschen hier sind und nicht eine ganze Klasse! Es würden doch viel zu wenige sein die Angst haben und das ist einfach Langweilig. Er wartet jetzt bis irgendwer aus Angst etwas Dummes tut wie in eine der Mienen Rennen, oder sich irgendwie anders Verletzen. Das würde nämlich den gewünschten kick geben. '' (No he won't. Where would be the fun if there are only few instead of a whole class? There would be far too less that fear him and that would be boring. He waits now until one of us does something stupid like running into one of the mines or get hurt any other way out of fear. That would give the wanted kick.) I don't care to lower my voice. He can hear what I think about him and this situation. Bonny and Lily seem shocked that I'm so careless that I could die but I'm past the point where I would care about that. Right now I only need to make sure Bonny and Lily are safe. Most of his men point their guns now at my head but I don't cut my eye contact with The Joker. He comes in my direction while signaling his man to put the guns down.
'' Ya got it ma lil' Rebel but ya takin' the fun ya know? Yer not afraid of me. '' He sound's disappointed, pouting even. I grin at him cheekily and title my head,
'' I'm sorry but I can't take a guy for full who wears more make-up than I do myself. And I wear pretty much make-up. You know, being a Punk. '' He laughs loudly and kneels down to my height, so he can look right into my eyes,
'' Well, punky, we gotta change this then don't we? '' He asks in a dangerous voice that makes me shudder a moment. A few moments later, he cuts the ropes on my wrists and feet and 'accidentally' a little of my skin too what makes me press my teeth together and signals me to come with him. For a moment I want to simply stay where I am but I can't help the excitement filling me on the thought of being able to talk a little longer to this interesting man. I may hate him but With a sigh I stand up and walk after him while knocking some dirt off my cloths. My friends look stunned and scared at the same time. He makes in front of the Bus a little bow and lets me go in first. After we're both inside, he closes the doors and so nobody can hear us, only see...
At least no one can say I never told a crazy psychopath what I think directly in the face!
As soon as the doors swoosh close behind me I look at the Joker who simply observes me. After a few seconds of silence I simply look out of the window to Bonny and Lily, making sure they're all right. They both look terrified and amazed at the same time. I move a 'don't worry' with my lips, wink at them and turn then my attention back to The Joker. He stands in the middle of the bus and looks at me, observes me… He grins a bit wider and begins to walk over to me. I move no bit as he comes closer. The Joker takes a knife out of his pocket and lets it glide over my face. He observes every move that I make and so he sees how I clench my hands to fists. The Clown Prince observes me, grins and presses the knife against my throat… Now I growl quietly on what he laughs lightly. He puts the knife back into his pocket and grabs my chin to force me to look at him. I narrow my eyes and bite deep into his hand. I soon taste his blood in my mouth but before he leaves me the chance to do anything else, he suddenly punches me right into the face. I fall back and hit the ground hard with a loud thumb and a gasp. Gritting my teeth I press my eyes close in the attempt to keep the pain down but another pained gasp escapes my lips, causing him to grin. One hand moves to the back of my head to find out if I'm bleeding through I hit my head on a seat but except the feeling of dizziness and a few black spots in front of my eyes, I'm not hurt. Instead of getting up myself through, The Joker suddenly grabs me on my throat and pulls me up, holding me a few inches over the floor so that my hands warp around his arm to keep myself from chocking.
'' Ya know, being stupid's somethin' else than being rebellious. And yer clearly crossin' the line. '' I glare at him as good as I can and dig then my nails deep into his hands before pulling down. Instead of letting me down he only chuckles and crashes me into a seat. I scream out on the pain but muffle it down before slowly getting to my feet,
'' If I'm dying here I at least can try to make sure my friends are safe. Nothing else matters. '' He suddenly takes a step to me again and grabs my arm in a tight grip, making me wince but at the same time I feel the burning running through my body I always feel when someone touches me. I hate that feeling...
'' Dead ya can't protect anythin' and yer so short before being a bleedin' heap on that floor. And ya know what I do then? I'll slowly torture yer friends, carving their eyes out, maybe cutting off a few fingers. Maybe I just allow ma goons to have their way with- '' Before he can end his sentence, I slap him right across the face and his head rucks to the left! Shocked of what I'd done just a moment ago, I look at my hand before slowly looking up again. He looks at me with a burning anger in his eyes what makes me swallow hard. Through my hand still remains in front of my face I look at it once more and then back at him before waving slightly, grinning stupidly at him what shows that I'm positively nervous now...
'' Uh... hehe... Hi...? ''
- Outside the bus -
Angeline walks into the bus and everyone seems shocked that she forms 'don't worry' with her lips and winks at us. The Joker walks towards her a he suddenly punches her hard across the face a few screams run through the crowd. He suddenly grabs her on her neck and lifts her up, leaving her dangling over the floor a little but as he says something and grins, her eyes narrow and she scratches him what only causes that he crashes her into a seat but this time she gets up on her own. It seems that he speaks with her. Whatever he says, she doesn't like it. At least she looks really pissed off…. Bonny and Lily swallow hard as she slaps him across the face.
'' Oh scheiße…'' (Oh shit) Lily says.
'' Sie… hat ihm eine geschmiert…'' (She... slapped him) Bonny stutters.
'' Und mit wie viel Kraft…'' (And with how much force) One of the boys says.
'' Angeline… Was hast du getan…? '' (What did you do?) Our teacher breathes out.
'' She's as good as dead. '' One of the Joker's man says with glee in his voice. The others just look shocked and amazed at the same time. Even Joker's men forget the class and just watch the little game that plays in front of them. They never really saw someone acting like this in front of The Joker… And if then the person didn't live very long...
I begin to laugh hysterically and put my hand on the red stripe from her slap. It feels a little hot and… Wow! What a punch that was!
'' Nice punch for a, uh, a girl! '' I say and lick my lower Lip, making her smirk a little at me,
'' Oh I'm much better normally. ''
'' Don't tempt me lil' Rebel. '' She grins apologizing at me and holds her hands up in self-protection, grinning a little nervous at me while I see her cheeks redden just the tiniest bit,
'' Sorry. That's a reflex of mine. You threatened my friends, I kinda react bad to that. ''
'' So ya think I let ya hit me just cause yer crazy?! '' I ask with dangerous voice while stepping closer, looking down at her threatening,
'' See it as revenge for the cuts! That thing on my cheek definitely will leave a scar! And it hurt by the way, thank you very much! '' She answers and crosses her arms. Again I lick my lower Lip. My eyes narrow a moment but then I begin to laugh,
'' Yer a fighter huh lil' Rebel? I like that! ''
'' I have a question though…'' She says suddenly nice and friendly what makes me narrow my eye in a mistrusting manner. Someone like her isn't suddenly nice if there isn't anything she wants and this girl wants something, I see it.
'' What'cha want? ''
'' What are you doing in Germany? As far as I know, you live in Gotham. I think it somehow… ruins the image of you being out of Gotham and away from The Batman. '' I look her over a moment carefully, making sure to take in everything visible on her. Her eyes seem so challenging but there's something in them I can't identify... Like she's hiding something important. I'm sure I could break her if I know about that... But something in me makes me wonder about this girl... She's not like her little friends, that's for sure. She's not such a lil' pant shitter and she's more curious, like she has a thing for getting herself into danger. Maybe she's even attracted to danger, interesting. The girl sure is cheeky, I even go so far to say she would maybe be a good challenge. It surely would make my stay here a little more interesting.
She could bring some fun. And to watch her scream would be a personal pleasure! It could make my booring trip here a lil' more... colorful.
Tongue flipping over my lip, I grin at her and take a step closer to her. Again she narrows her eyes and glares at me in a way that sends pleasurable shivers down my skin and makes me chuckle,
'' What a stubborn lil' one ya are, ma lil' Rebel! '' I say and grab her chin to force her to look at me. She hisses at me and grabs my wrists, trying to get my hand away from her but I tighten my fingers, digging them into her flesh until she gasps a little and the anger is mixed with sweet pain. On a kind of reflex situation I chuckle deeply on what she shudders as the rumble reaches her body. I tighten the grip on her a little, making her squirm slightly uncomfortable but making sure at the same time that there will be marks on her sweet, porcelain-like skin. I smirk at her while she opens her mouth to release a gasp, her eyes closed a little,
'' But to yer question, darlin', I'm in Germany 'cause some business. Ya know, getting some stuff, killin' a few guys... I'll not stay long, don't ya worry yer pretty head. '' She hesitates a moment, but then again she narrows her eyes and… This time she kicks me in the stomach. I fall backwards and crash against a seat, coughing slightly as the impacts punches the air out of my lungs, filling my mind with sweet pleasure only pain can give me. As I begin to laugh again, she clenches her hands so hard that her knuckles become white. Even if her fists are trembling of anger, her whole body is completely calm… I walk towards her and as she tries to slap me again, I catch her wrist to press tightly until I feel her bones resisting under my grip. With her other hand she manages to grab my own wrist to dig her rather long and sharp nails into my skin but as she realizes that this isn't hurting me she releases her grip on me and lashes out at my eyes but I luckily manage to catch that wrist too to press both of them until I feel her bones aching.
I narrow my eyes at him, this man is a riddle for me. I have no idea how he works and I don't think I'll ever really understand. I don't want to slap him again, but he really comes too close… And the fact that he laughs at me constantly makes my anger burn even more. The Joker stands up and comes towards me, I take a step back, but he stands so close to me that I try to slap him again but he catches my wrists!I try to struggle free but his grip is too strong. I clench my teeth together on the feeling of my bones protesting under his vice-grip! As I try to dig my nails into his skin he only smirks at me as if to say 'This isn't working lil' Rebel' in his mad and teasing voice. Frustrated I hiss silently under my breathe before lashing out at his eyes, trying to scratch the damn thing out but he catches that wrist too and once more threatens to break them. I give a small gasp at the pain but urge myself to gain control then. With narrowed eyes I look up at him, suppressing the gasp as his grip tightens,
'' It's rude to hurt a girl! '' I say, still teeth clenching and my voice sounding a little too pain filled for my liking.
'' It's rude to kick someone for no reason. ''
'' What?! Sorry I'm not liking being touched! I hate contact ok!? '' He raises an eyebrow and tilts his head a little. Without me noticing it, he takes a step closer, our chests touching so that I feel the rumbling going through it on his next words, making me shiver a little,
'' Then, uh, look at our positio-n. And then tell me that one again. '' He says completely calm, almost whispering. I look down and…
Shit…
Trying to call up when he got this near I force down the heat rising to my cheeks while my heart hammers against my chest from fear and the uncomfortable feeling I get when people come close to me. By now he pressed my body almost flush against his. My eyes widen slightly on that sight and the heat I tried to suppress comes now fully up so that I hear him chuckle, sending once more shivers up my spin by the rumble that goes though his chest. I never was this close to another human except Bonny, Lily and my Mom... On the other hand, even with my mum it feels strange. I look up into his eyes and stop a moment at the close look I get through this position, his eyes really have something interesting in them...
'' Hey, your eyes are almost green…'' My voice comes out as a small, careful whisper what makes him grin at me almost in boyish-proud. I don't know why but I have a fable for green eyes since I'm, like, 10 years old. I like interesting eyes in general, the more colors the better but green are like my favorites. I don't know how long I look into his brown-green eyes but at some point I come back to reality and blink a few times,
'' Ah! Stay away from me! '' I scream at him and try to push him off, to get away but he only pulls me closer if that's even possible and whispers into my ear, his hot breathe flowing against my ear,
'' Make me…''
Oh you want to play?! Good then let us play!
'' How about a joke? '' I ask while grinning at him cheekily,
'' Try yer luck lil Rebel. ''
'' What has green dyed hair and terrible pain in his lower region? '' I ask serious. Before he can think about it or react, my leg shoots up and hits the sensitive spot right between his legs… The Pain forces him to his knees and he begins to laugh hysterically.
Ahhh now I understand! He doesn't scream when he's in pain, he laughs.
I kneel down to him and so we're out of sight for the others and wait patiently until he calms down..
- Outside the bus -
Now he holds her wrists and obviously she can't free herself. We see how she clenches her teeth and says something. After he answers her, she seems to be really annoyed. She narrows her eyes and he moves closer to her… Suddenly her eyes widen and she looks at them both.
'' Does she notice only now that they're so close each other…? '' One of The Joker's men asks.
'' Possible. She sometimes is a little slow in thinking. '' Lilly says without really realizing who she's answering. Our classmates nodding their heads in agreement and then something strange happens… It seems that both of them freeze… They're not moving, it even seems that they're not breathing. They're just staring at one another what makes the others exchange a few glances,
'' What's going on? '' Someone asked. Everyone shrugs their shoulders and observe then both of them again. Then abruptly Angeline screams and tries again to get away from him but she can't, because of his grip, move. She begins to grin at him and then we all can see how she leans forwards a little suddenly and he kneels laughing down, out of our sight. It takes us only a few seconds to realize what happened there just now and a wave of 'ow' goes through the crowd,
'' Ouch! ''
'' Das muss weh getan haben…'' (That must have hurt)
'' Ich glaube ich entwickle Mitleid für den…'' (I think I start to have pity)
'' Ja, Angeline kann ne ganz schöne Furie sein...'' (Yeah, Angeline can be a real hellcat...)
'' That wasn't a fair move! '' One of Joker's man shout but the man next to him snickers a little,
'' But it was kinda funny…! ''
'' Yeah I really start to like that girl! '' Another one says. Then a few seconds later she joins him on the floor and we're not able to see anything…
'' Did you get the joke? '' I ask grinning as he calmed down a bit. He looks at me and then he signals me to come a little closer. Confused I move closer so long until his mouth is right next to my ear,
'' Tell me yer name, ma lil' Rebel…'' He asks in a whisper. I hesitate a moment, something tells me this is a bad idea...
'' My name is Angeline…''
'' Well Angel, lemme ask ya somethin' else- ''
'' I said Angeline, not Angel. '' I throw in but he simply ignores that,
'' When ya hate it to be close to people, how come yer so close to me? '' Something on that question shocks me enough to make me yelp a little and fall back where I land on my butt.
'' Now we're even. Well, uh, kinda…'' I crawl backwards until I bump into the handbrake of the bus. From there anyone can see how I frantically try to get away from the Joker who comes closer again. My eyes widen but I can't look away. I breathe out loud as I hear the sirens of the police. How it sounds they're almost at the warehouse.
'' Seems like your 'fun' is over now. ''
'' Wouldn't be so sure bout that one Angel. '' He winks at me with a grin on what I remember the mines he set around the place. By now he's close to me again but I'm too deep in thoughts than to actually notice. At some point I look out of the Bus door and see almost everyone grinning. The only one, who doesn't seem to find that funny, is my teacher, three girls of my class and two boys. They seem disgusted. And I don't even know what's going on!
'' Why are they grinning so stupid? '' I ask The Joker confused. He looks out too and then it seems that he knows why. The Joker looks down at me and grins.
'' What? ''
'' It's our position. '' He says still grinning. He seems almost... satisfied...? With himself. But why?
'' Our position...? '' His eyes moving down and I follow them, my breathe hitching in my throat as I realize what he's hinting on,
Oh no… not again! He's playing with my mind isn't he? He just does this to anger me! Fine I admit he does that pretty good but… Why the hell did I bloody idiot tell him I hate contact?!
- Outside the bus -
'' Das... das ist... ich glaub das nicht…'' ( That… That is… I can't believe it) Our teacher stutters while looking at her student and the maniac that is once more this close to her. Angeline never was someone that really fits under the same image other teenagers in her age do but this? This is odd, even for her.
'' Bin ich die einzige die denkt das die beiden irgendwie süß zusammen wären? '' (Am I the only one who think that they somehow would make a cute couple?) Lily asks on what Bonny looks at her with a mix of shock but she seems to think a moment before lowering her head in defeat. The other classmates now seem disgusted,
'' Der Typ ist ekelig! Seht ihn doch mal an! '' (This guy is disgusting! I mean look at him!)
'' Yeah! Das ist ein Freak! '' (That's a freak!)
'' Was wenn die krank wird? Ich meine, niemand weiß was der Typ hat! '' (What if she gets sick? I mean no one knows if he has any diseases!)
'' Hey! You shut yer mouths now or I sew 'em shut! '' One of Joker's men says obviously dangerously so the others shrink back. The Joker's men may not understand German but English is a very common language in Germany and they fully believe that this man would sew their mouths shut...
'' Shush! Something happens! '' Another one of Jokers man says and our attention wanders back to the 2 people in the bus...
I lay with my back on the floor, supporting myself with my arms so that I'm leaning up a little and The Joker is right over me. His arms on both sides of my body and his face only inches away from mine… again… I feel my cheeks flush and the Joker begins to laugh again!
'' Get off me…! '' I say with warning voice, but still with a little bit too much red on my cheeks than to really look threatening.
'' I think this, uh, position's sort of comfortable, don't ya think Angel? ''
'' I said my name's Angeline! Not Angel! And no it's not! Go away from me! '' I shove him off with my feet and move as far away as possible. He grins again, pulls out a game card and scribbles something on it. Then finally the police arrive. They put Joker's men away and as nobody looks, Joker hands me the card and whispers in my ear:
'' Call me, ma lil' Rebel…'' Then the doors break open and the police rip him off me, pulling and pushing the laughing psychopath into one of their cars while one of them slowly kneels down in front of me. I hear him asking me something but I can't understand him, the pressure on my ears makes this impossible.
All I hear in this moment is The Joker's hysterical laughing that slowly disappears from my hearing…
All I feel is the card that I clench tightly in my Hand…
All I see are the hunting, cold eyes that hold this frightening excitement in them… And I know that this isn't over yet, no, this is just the beginning... This was not the last time I've seen the Clown Prince of Crime...