2. Clowned and Gagged
The entire ride to the hideout, Qwinneth… Correction: Qwinn glared at her two visible captors with contempt. She wasn't angry over the fact that they'd kidnapped her, however. It was that they'd done it while she was watching her favorite sort-of-celebrity in action on a giant projected screen. Couldn't they have stolen her before she went through all the trouble of hacking government files and syncing her laptop with the projector?
Qwinn wanted to yell at them for it, but they hadn't removed the gag yet. She guessed that she'd remained tied and gagged until they reached their destination. It would probably be far from civilization 'so no know would hear her scream.' She rolled her steely eyes. Could they be any more stereotypical? The only thing unusual about these guys was the clown masks they wore…
"Wait, clown masks?!" Qwinn tried to speak aloud, but it came out completely muffled. She stared at the masks, trying to make out the details in the darkness. Lucky for her, one decided to turn on a flashlight to see what she was making a commotion about.
"Didn't the boss say not to gag her?" the one with the flashlight asked. He shined it on his partner, allowing Qwinn a good look at the mask he wore.
"Who cares? We can take it off before he sees her… And get that damned light outta my face, will ya?" the other replied.
Qwinn could barely believe her eyes. She knew the masks from the videos she watched! They were used in a few crimes involving the Joker as ring leader. All his henchmen usually wore them and once he wore one to rob a bank. Did this mean that the Joker was the boss they referred to? She would find out in a minute, she guessed, as the van came to a stop. Almost immediately, the doors flew open and there he was; the Joker, in the flesh and staring right at Qwinn.