It was morning, the sun began to shine its warm light into their private room, Harley was up making breakfast after a great night sleep. Joker was busy sleeping, snoring like an angel, Harley thought. She was humming and had an apron on that said 'Kiss The Cook', making some egg s with bacon on the side, the circus's kitchen was wide and tall, it didn't seem to be dirty, but Harley cleaned it first before even using it.
Joker was starting to wake up, he was talking in his sleep and moving around the bed like a wacko, but Harley was wondering what he was saying and why he was moving around so much. Harley was too busy making him breakfast to worry, but looking at Joker move like that, she couldn't get her mind off of him.
"Uhm, Mistah J?" Harley said, as she moved closer to the doorway, she saw him laying with his arm raised high to cover his eyes. Harley didn't know what to think, all that was going on in her mind was what is going on in his head.
"What is it, Harley?" Joker said, glaring at her. He wasn't feeling good, Harley thought, but why would he not? Last night was perfect. Joker got up, putting on his slippers and walking toward the kitchen, Harley followed, but kept a distance.
"What's wrong?" Harley hesitated at telling the Joker this, but she wanted to know what had been bothering him. Joker looked back at her, but this time with a tired look. Harley was thinking it was only because he was tired, so she didn't think of it much.
"Nothing, I'm just hungry" he responded, with a wondering look. He began walking in a speed like way, and sat down on a squeaky chair, Harley then dashed to get him his breakfast.
"Here ya go, Puddin!" Harley cheered with happiness, while setting the plate down on the filthy table. Joker looked up at her with a fake grin, hoping she wouldn't notice. Harley then got her own plate and sat across from him, the table wasn't really long but Harley felt lonely.
She was thinking of sitting next to him, to not feel lonely she got up and sat close to him, smiling she hopped he would notice what she was wearing. Harley had on a new Harlequin costume she had found from one of the dressing rooms, the new costume was very different from her own, the bodysuit was now a soft red colored skirt and a half black and red shirt showing her belly button, her new hat was opened so her hair can flow out, her regular shoes became knee high boots.
Joker looked to the side of himself and saw that Harley was smiling in a weird way, he lifted one eyebrow at her in confusion at what she was wearing. From head to toe, he looked up and down in a confused way, he thought it was just a weird fraise she was going through. He cleared his throat and spoke, "What are you wearing Harley?".
Harley stopped chewing on her bacon and looked over at him, his face impression was not promising, he looked like he was confused. Harley swallowed the last of her bacon and answered in a shy like voice, "It's my new outfit, Mistah J", she began to blush at him because she felt nervous. Joker was eating his Sunnyside eggs while she was saying that.
He finished up his eggs and bacon, then walked off to get his suit and jacket out of the massive closet inside their special room, as he got his suit and jacket on he went back and told Harley, "Look, I'm sorry, Harley, but I have to go to work" kissing her on the cheek, he left.
Harley sighed and went to her room to change back, after changing she sat back down on the dusty couch and turned on the TV, all that was on was a boring show on the animal channel. She sat there for about one hour, until she decided to get up and call Pamela Isley, also known as Poison Ivy.
"Heya, Red…" Harley said when Ivy answered, for about a minute Ivy got back on, "Hey Harley, haven't talked to you in a while.. what have you been up to these past days?", Harley at firs hesitated but answered, "I've been doing fine… uh.. me an Mistah J moved in together, wow you should come and visit Ivy!".
Ivy answered with a hesitation, she didn't think this through but didn't want to let Harley down by rejecting her offer, "Uh sure Harley, I'll be there at 6 okay?". Harley immediately checked the clock to see what time it was, she read 2 pm, she didn't want to wait long so she told her, "How about at 4?". With a grief of air, Ivy agreed and hung up.
Harley got up from her comfy spot and danced around like a lunatic, cheering 'YAHOO' and 'YEAH' that the whole circus began to echo with cheerful high pitches of the clown girl. Then Harley came to her senses and began to look around the circus, "How filthy! I can't believe Mistah J, would leave it like this…" with a finger in her mouth she looked at the table first, the dishes from the morning were still there, the table was splattered with ketchup and some salt grains.
Harley dashed to the table and began gathering the dishes, tossing them into the sink she got a rag and began wiping down the table, once finished she stood there starring at it, looking for something that would make it more 'Home Like'. She ran through dressing rooms looking for a table cloth, clothing, fabric, anything to cover the tables retread appearance.
"AHA!" Harley smirked, looking at the diamond covered fabric, it seemed long enough to cover the table, it did have Harleys favorite two colors after all. She dashed back and placed the fabric over the table, then looked to the side of her and saw an old flower vase, she thought of Ivy for a second, "Well she does like flowers" Harley looked at it again, then grabbed it, washed it, and placed a rose inside. "Beautiful!" Harley cheered, feeling accomplished about it, but looked over at the other parts of the circus, "Fuck.. well I think Red would understand" smiling she went back to watching TV.
KNOCK-KNOCK! Went the door, Harley was busy sleeping but woke quickly once she heard the door, "Shit! It must be Red!" she said, almost knocking her drink off the coffee table. She dashed to get the door, almost tripping on one of Jokers shoes, she reached the door. "Red!" she screamed when opening the door, Ivy's face was blank, it seemed like she has seen a ghost.
"Harley? I haven't seen you in forever!" Ivy shouted at Harley with joy but yet had some anger as well, but decided to hug her with such a grip that Harley couldn't even breath. Harleys face started to get red from lack of air, she pulled away from it and looked at Ivy, she looked different Harley thought, the way she looked it seemed like she had changed her ways.
"Did ya go sane, Red?" Harley asked, with one eyebrow up she looked at her with wondrous eyes, Ivy was looking around not paying attention to Harley. "HEY! RED ARE YA LISTENING!?" Harley yelled at the top of her lungs, the echoes got Ivy's attention finally.
Ivy starred at Harley and answered her question, "Right, uh I actually didn't, I settled down, made a family finally" Ivy smiled at the fact that she was finally married. Harley looked at her with an opened mouth, in shock she jumped with happiness but then stopped and looked upset.
"What's wrong, Harley? Aren't you happy?" she looked at her, with a worried face she hugged her, "There, there Harley…. It's okay." Harley looked up at Ivy with tears coming down from her face, she couldn't speak she was heartbroken.
"Its just that Mistah J doesn't want a kid…" she wiped away the old tears, but was really upset that she wouldn't have a little 'JJ' or even a little 'Jester'. With hopes of that happening, she put on a grin. "I'll ask Mistah J of course!" Harley jumped with joy, hoping of having a child.
After a great day of hanging out with Ivy, Harley waited patiently for the Joker to come home. It was nine p.m., she was falling asleep on the couch but managing to stay awake. CLANK went the door, Harley woke up in a stuttering way "WHOS THERE!?" she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"SHUT UP, HARELY!" said the mysterious voice in the darkness, once the lights went on she saw that it was her 'Puddin'.
"Phew… I thought you were a robber, Puddin" she said, with a little giggle from the confusion, he looked at her with a pissed off face, his grin was gone, this for Harley meant that he was in a bad mood and to leave him alone. She got up and left to her room in a shameful way, she changed and went to bed.
"Good night, Puddin" she told him when he came in and laid next to her, he looked at her feeling ashamed so he gave her a kiss on the cheek, while the moon got covered he went to sleep with a smile.
The next morning was a special morning, Harley got up stretching herself out before getting up from her bed, she looked over to her side and found that Joker was still asleep. "He's so adorable" she said, kissing his cheek before getting up.
Harley was humming 'This Is Halloween' for the occasion, she got her slippers and went to the kitchen, unbelievably the circus was a lot cleaner. "Time for Halloween! My favorite holiday!" she cheered as loud as she could, a large smile grew on her face, a devilish one too.
The Joker yawned, getting up in a slow motion way he looked at the wall towards the calendar and read: OCTOBER 31. "Fuck! Its Halloween!" he dashed to the closet in search for his suit, his gags, and his specialty: laughing gas. I'm going to blow the houses he though, I'm going to show them how to laugh.
They began their day by eating breakfast, changing and getting everything together to go into Gotham city. The Joker looked at Harley who was getting candy bags into her giant purse, "What do you think you're doing, Harley?" he questioned, Harley looked back at him with a smile on her face.
"Well, Mistah J, I was thinking of giving the trick or treaters a little treat before we throw some laughing gas." She said, with a smile she finished packing, she skipped towards the door ready to go, but the Joker felt doubtful of the idea.
"Fine we'll give candy out first but then we get going with the plan." He told Harley, while stepping out of the grand door, he went straight for the car they have stolen from a couple not too long ago.
"This is so exiting, Mistah J, I can't wait to see everyone run for their life's" she smiled like a little devil, while The Joker took the wheel. They drove of onto the long road ahead toward Gotham City, awaiting for arrival Harley began to play with her bells found on the pig tails of her hat.
"Are we there yet?" Harley asked, frowning at him and feeling fairly bored. The Joker looked at her, he seemed fairly okay, not mad or anything, all he did was smile at her.
"We are almost here okay, Harls" he said, they passed a sign that read: GOTHAM CITY 10 MILES, Harley smirked at him feeling relieved by all the wait. After the ten miles were over, they began to hear the loud sirens of cops, ambulances, and even fire trucks. "What the?" Joker said, while looking at the rising fires ahead, Harley looked at him with concerned implanted on her face.
"Uh, Puddin? What's Goin on?" Harley asked, while the city's fires were roaring and making the Joker confused, she didn't know what to do, all she could've gone was look forth and watch the road for him. 5 MILES: GOTHAM CITY, read the sign, closer and closer they came forth toward the ragging fires, Harley thought to her self 'Who would've done this… and why', afraid she just snapped the Joker out of his hypnotized self.
"DAMN, HARLEY! DON'T YOU SEE IM TRYING TO GET MY MIND SET STRAIGHT!" Joker yelled, at the top of his lungs he then looked at the road almost crashing a truck, he turned his wheel preventing an accident. "Now that was close…" he said, with a sigh.
"Mistah J, um…. We are here" Harley said, pointing at the large sign that was half burnt, WELCOME TO GOTHAM CITY, and after seeing the sign Joker stopped the car and got out to see what was going on. Harley followed and looked around at all the ashes left on the dirty road, "What do you think could've happened here, Mistah J." Harley asked worried.
The Joker just looked for more clues onto what could've happened to Gotham City, he was thinking it could've been either 'Black Mask' or 'Two-Face', but why would they do that he thought once more. Then Harley headed toward a burnt up car, what she found were two toys, a teddy bear and a stuffed wand, Harley felt a little grip on her heart.
Then came a scream from the distance screaming 'HELP!', Harley lifted her head in shock and looked over at the Joker which was looking at something else, caring less about the screaming person. "PUDDIN!" Harley yelled, with anger punched the car, Joker then looked over to her and just looked at her confused.
"What?" he questioned, with a straight face he just noticed that Harley started to cry, so he went to her side and hugged her, "I'm sorry, Harls I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.." he said.
Harley wiped her tears and gave a smile in return to Jokers kind words, "Then Mistah J, lets help that pleading child" she clanged onto his sleeve and begged, the Joker just sighed and gave her a frown back.
"Fine but it better be fast, Harls." Joker walked off to the direction he believes the scream was herd, Harley followed along grabbing her weapons if needed. They headed west through the city, only finding broken glass, windows, burnt up cars, and a street covered with ashes.
"Mistah J, where's B-Man..?" Harley questioned, while the Joker was looking at the top of the building where the Bat Signal was found, the Joker then turned his head mid-way at Harley.
"You're right, where is Bat-Brain…?" he asked, looking around he decided it wasn't really safe to stand out in a burning city, Harley was surprised that the city was burned down even though it had Batman for protection, with him even secrets were no kept long with him around.
"HELP ME PLEASE!" the child screamed, he seemed closer than usual so Harley dashed to the direction that was located inside a building, "COME ON, MISTAH J!" Harley yelled at the Joker with some urgent in her voice. The building was burnt but not burning, they dashed towards it and screamed back at the child, "WE'RE COMING!".
Clank, clank, clank their footsteps went up the stairs, reaching the top Harley saw the child under a giant celling squashing him alive, with blood coming out of his mouth he looked at them like he was scared to death, "GET AWAY!" he yelled, with fear he waved his arms signaling them to leave.
Harley stopped and put her arms in front of her as if giving a hug, "We're here to help you not hurt you.." she said, in a calm voice she stepped closer and closer towards him. He looked paranoid and decided to try once more to get out on his own, the Joker just looked at the child in a unimpressed way.
"Harls, if he doesn't need our help let him go, he can get out on his own, am I right kid?" the Joker gave him a smile and placed a hand on Harleys shoulder. Harley looked back at the Joker with a pissed off face, she didn't want to say any 'bad words' in front of the kid so she just bit her tongue.
"LEAVE YOU, CLOWNS! I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!" he was still struggling to catch a breath and attempting to get out of the small area, Harley just looked at him with pain, she just wanted to help him out but he was acting so uncoordinated.
"Look I'm just her to help you, may I please?" Harley asked, with concern she handed him a hand to show she wasn't the enemy, the Joker just rolled his eyes feeling annoyed and already bored by the way the kid was acting. Harley felt confident in actually gaining confidence from the boy.
