"About time you got here," Tasha said basically dragging me out of my car. "Sorry! I woke up a little late," I said rubbing the back of my neck and smiling. Tasha stuck out her tongue at me as Ally walked up to us. "Hey," she said waving to us. Tasha and I met up with her and found a nice shady spot under a tree to relax. "I've felt like I haven't seen you in forever," Ally said hugging me. "It's only been a week," Tasha said rolling her eyes. Ally glared at Tasha who returned the gesture. I laughed half-heartedly hoping they wouldn't start fighting again. Ally flipped her blonde curls and turned her attention to me again. "So what have you been up to, Lauren," she asked ignoring Tasha.
"Not much. Same old, same old," I said, "How about you?" Ally smiled bigger than usual. "Only everything! I'm already planning for next year's cheer squad! I'm going to be head of course. Also, I got a new boyfriend! His name's Steve and he's totally amazing," she began to babble on. Tasha put up one of her hands to make Ally quiet down. "Remember I'm here, too," Tasha said kind of annoyed. "Sorry," I said with a small smile. Ally rolled her eyes. "It's ok, Lauren," Tasha said smiling and side glaring at Ally.
"What have you doing since school got out," I asked Tasha. "Nothing," she said and bit into her apple she brought from home. "You stopped me just to say nothing," Ally yelled at Tasha. "Yep," Tasha said before taking a second bite of her apple. Ally threw one of her celery sticks at Tasha, who in return, threw her half eaten apple back. "Stop it you two," I said getting in between them. "She started it," Ally said crossing her arms over her chest and turning away from Tasha. "I did not," Tasha snapped at Ally. I sighed. "Who cares who started it? I'm ending it," I said getting annoyed.
Tasha played with her multi colored, short hair as Ally cooled down. "Now that's better," I said going back to my spot under the tree. "Oh my gosh," Ally said, "I just remembered! Did you see that article in the paper about the Joker escaping the Asylum, again?" My eyes widened and Tasha froze. "No," we both said surprised. "When did this happen," Tasha asked Ally. "Like two days ago! The article said he was there and then 'poof!' He was gone! They believe that some guards were really his henchmen in disguises." "Could they get any information from the henchmen," I asked. "No, they were all killed by the Joker. I'm kind of scared now," Ally said looking back and forth from Tasha and me.
"There's no reason for you to be, Ally," Tasha said with a smile, "Batman, Robin and Nightwing are all out there! They'll protect Gotham for sure!" "Yeah don't worry," I said patting Ally's back, "They're all out there to protect us." Ally sighed trying to fight back tears, "I know but people always end up dying from the Joker and his damn tricks! I'm just scared about my mom! She's in the Gotham Police Force and she's frisking met the Joker! He almost killed her!" We sat there all in silence while Ally cried for a bit. Tasha and I tried to calm her down, but nothing worked. Maybe three heroes aren't enough, I thought. That's when it hit me. Starting tonight there wasn't going to be only three heroes in Gotham anymore…