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"Zoe, it's nice to see ya again!"

The older girl gave a forced smile as she reached the siblings but it quickly fell earning a shared look between Lucy and JJ before the girl placed a hand on her shoulder brows knitting together.

"Hey what's wrong? Did ya mess up a shot again?"

For about a year now Lucy had been giving Zoe shooting lessons at least once a month along side what Deadshot would teach her and though she could shoot well enough to protect herself she was a ways off from being able to pull off some starter heist alone and being 25 years old as well as new to the world of crime that wasn't a bad thing. Zoe shook her head meeting Lucy's eyes with her own teary brown ones making Lucy take her hand back for a second before wrapping her arm around Zoe's shoulders leading her into the office.

"Come in and we can talk about it without all this noise."

Zoe nodded and let JJ lead her upstairs to the penthouse while Lucy scanned the club before spotting Frost waving him over, obediently the man came over looking up at her.

"Miss Lucy?"

Lucy gave a small smile.

"Get the other guys to clear the place out then take the rest of the night off, JJ and I have a guest to tend to."

Frost nodded and turned to walk away but paused looking back at her.

"Should I give the guys watching the apartment the night off?"

Lucy thought for a moment crossing her arms.

"All of 'em but Jerry and what's-his-face, the young gun."

"Ya mean Eric?"

Lucy nodded.

"Yes him, keep them close and don't let the guys wonder outside the club, we might need 'em."

Frost nodded watching as Lucy turned and made her way to the penthouse pausing in the office to grab something from the desk then following after Zoe and JJ before doing as she'd told him. Once upstairs Lucy found Zoe sitting on the couch in the living room petting Jester as she looked blankly at the wall while JJ walked in from the kitchen with three drinks setting them on the table then handing them out as Lucy sat down beside Zoe.

"So what's up Zoe, you don't normally come by except for training once a month."

Zoe looked into her drink tears coming to her eyes again.

"I need your help Lucy, you and JJ are the only people in the underworld I know, the only ones that can help."

The siblings looked at each other again silently communicating before nodding once to each other as Lucy set her drink down then placed her hand on Zoe's arm.

"What is it ya need done girly? Whose head do we get ta bash in?"

Zoe gave a small smile before meeting Lucy's eyes taking a deep breath.

"The Bat caught my dad about a week ago, at first I thought he might have taken him to Arkham or maybe sent him back to Belle Reve but I found out he was sent to Blackgate. I need your help getting him out."

Lucy smiled leaning back into the couch crossing her legs.

"Blackgate huh? Well it won't be as hard as Belle Reve but it ain't gonna be a cakewalk like Arkham, JJ how many of our guys are newbies?"

JJ thought for a second his eyes focused on his drink before turning to his sister.

"About a dozen give or take, plannin' on usin' them to get in?"

Lucy smirked closing her eyes letting her head rest on the back of the couch.

"Possibly. I say give us a day and we'll get your ol' man outta there Zoe."

Zoe looked at her and smiled.

"Thanks Lucy! I knew you guys would help!"

Lucy chuckled lifting her head and getting to her feet.

"Lucy Quinn never turns down a friend, you may need them later. Are you gonna head back home until this is over or are you gonna lend a hand?"

Zoe blinked surprised unsure what to say, she hadn't planned on going along seeing as she was as good at this whole criminal thing as a child, then again evidently not all kids are bad at this kind of work Lucy and JJ had been doing it since they were god knows how old and now they were practically overnight rulers of Gotham.

"Y-yeah I'll help out anyway I can, I'm not that good of a shot yet but I'll try."

Lucy smiled patting her shoulder.

"Don't worry Zoe, you'll be doing more of the actual getting your father out of his cell than firing a gun, that's JJ's favorite part."

JJ rolled his eyes throwing back the last of his drink.

"Liar, you're the one that likes to shoot things and carve a smile into 'em, I'd rather bash 'em."

Both girls laughed making JJ smirk watching as Lucy pulled Zoe to her feet.

"We head out at first light, you can stay in the guest room if ya want so you're already here."

Zoe nodded but looked confused.

"Okay but don't we need a plan first before we go charging in? I mean I know you're crazy like your old man Luce but I KNOW you're not that crazy."

Lucy chuckled nudging her towards the hall leading to the bedrooms.

"Don't you worry about plans, JJ and I can do them in our sleep now go on shoo, can't have ya all tired and crabby when we go. Last door on the right, has a few little vines on it."

Zoe opened her mouth to ask why vines but decided against it as she headed down the hall leaving the siblings to plan. Lucy sat beside JJ on the couch propping her feet up on the coffee table.

"We have inside connections at Blackgate don't we?"

JJ nodded taking his knife from his belt and began messing with it as he thought.

"Thomas and Aviary are acting as guards there still under dad's orders, after what happened no one told 'em different so they just stayed put. Then there's that pretty little Doctor Harper in the medical wing, we pay her now and again to keep an eye out for any of our guys and the occasional house call for the dumbasses that get hurt."

Lucy nodded taking her phone out sending a message to Frost asking him to get in contact with the trio before petting Jester as he jumped up beside her and rested his head in her lap.

"With those two acting as guards we'll have codes to the cells and exits so all we need are a few guys to cause trouble and we slip in then back out."

JJ nodded tossing his knife so that it stuck into the wall on an expertly placed dart board.

"What about Bat-brat?"

Lucy hummed before sighing.

"He won't take much, a well placed break out of a few dozen prisoners to keep him busy."

JJ smirked at her.

"Or we could just push you at him and ya can kiss him to distract him."

Lucy growled leering at him.

"Ahh shut up bozo, what do I need someone like him for? I'm a queen I don't need anyone."

JJ rolled his eyes.

"Keep sayin' that sis but you know as well as I do that bed gets cold now and again."

Lucy huffed getting to her feet and walking toward the hall to her bedroom.

"Shut up JJ, you're still a kid what would you know about a cold bed?!"

She whistled for Jester who ran to her side at once as JJ laughed.

"Oh touchy! Did I strike a nerve sister dear?"

Lucy growled throwing one of Jester's undestroyed chew toys at him getting the back of his head.

"Quit bein' an ass JJ."

With that she stomped down the hall pausing outside her room to look at the closed and locked door of the master bedroom her heart sinking like it always did, shaking her head she slipped into her room and started getting ready for bed. She sat at her vanity in her night dress brushing her hair as her eyes focused on the picture taped to the upper corner of the mirror, a picture of her parents where her mother was smiling that bright almost childish grin, her eyes dusted with cotton candy pink and blue eyeshadow that matched the tips of her hair, her lips painted red and she wore an off the shoulder pink sweater with a low neckline and a pair of tight blue jeans. Her father was in what could only be called his normal attire of a red wine dress shirt, black dress pants and black oxfords with his lips painted red, slick backed neon green hair and gun holsters over his chest and of course his signature silver smile.

Lucy set her hairbrush down before going to her bed flipping down staring at the ceiling memories filling her head as she closed her eyes.

-xXflashbackxX-

She was sitting in her room with her mother on the edge of the bed, her hands in her lap as she bit her lip a little nervous, her mother wasn't saying anything just sitting and waiting for Lucy to speak in her own time knowing pushing the 15 year old wasn't going to help. Finally Lucy took a breath and lifted her eyes to her mother's her cheeks flushed.

"Momma, why do you keep this little pills in the bedroom?"

Harley lifted her hand and gently stroked her daughter's currently half lavender purple and half aqua blue-teal hair, a style the girl had chosen for herself after learning her mother used to sport red and black hair, before giving a small sigh.

"Well Luce, once a girl becomes intimate with her guy they need to take precautions, little things to make sure they don't end up having a baby."

Lucy leaned into her side earning a soft chuckle and a kiss on the head.

"What kind of things?"

Harley rubbed Lucy's back.

"Well things like using a condom, male or female it doesn't really matter as long as ya don't use them both at the same time, between you and me it's a little more comfortable for the guy to wear it, or there's what I do, well did, and that's birth control. It can be a little pill like I take or there's a shot you can get in your arm every few months, there's also a patch you can wear or an implant they can put in. Of course none of them can fully prevent a girl from getting pregnant, really the only thing that can is not having sex at all, but condoms and some kind of birth control really lower the risk."

Lucy was quiet for a moment before raising her eyes to Harley's as she bit her lip.

"D-do I have to start one of them now that I'm 15?"

Harley chuckled kissing her forehead, Lucy may have been a younger female version of her father when she wanted to be but in moments like this Harley got a glimpse of the girl going through confusing puberty like any other girl.

"I don't think so baby, not unless you want to or unless you have a little boyfriend you haven't told me about."

Lucy chuckled as Harley giggled.

"Momma you know I don't, daddy won't let any boy near me."

Harley chuckled again holding her daughter close enjoying the mother daughter time.

"Then it's up to you sweetheart, if you wanna start one we can set it up for you to get the shot or start pills but if ya don't then we can just worry about it later when you're ready."

Lucy turned enough to wrap her arms around her mother nuzzling her shoulder closing her eyes.

"Not just yet momma, but maybe someday."

Harley closed her eyes holding her daughter close petting her hair.

"Sure thing puddin' pie, whenever you think you're ready."

-xXend flashback-

Lucy opened her eyes letting out a sigh as she rolled onto her side and pulled her body pillow close cuddling it as Jester curled up on her other side by her legs, even at 18 she wasn't ashamed to admit that she missed and frankly still needed her mother but she couldn't let it show outside closed doors not with a kingdom to run and a brother depending on her. Closing her eyes she forced her mind to go blank and let herself get at least some sleep before their rescue mission, dawn however seemed to come all too soon when it felt like only seconds after closing her eyes JJ was shaking her shoulder to wake her.

She groaned pushing his hands away and burying her head under the pillow.

"Unless the house is on fire, we are under attack or someone came back from the dead go away."

JJ rolled his eyes at her normal come back for being woken before she was ready but pulled the pillow off her head.

"Come on Luce we have to leave soon if we are going to get this job done. Zoe's counting on us."

Lucy sighed sitting up and leering at him through her purple sleep mussed bangs.

"Who's bright idea was it to do this so damned early?"

JJ chuckled kissing her cheek.

"Yours sister dear. Come on let's go, the faster we get this done the sooner you can come home and take a nap."

Lucy nodded as she yawned waving him out of her room, once he was gone and the door closed she went to her closet carefully picking out her outfit before going to the bathroom and showering. Once dried off and her makeup and hair done she got dressed pulling on a white t-shirt that had a skull surrounded by purple roses with a pair of switch blades crossed under it and the the words 'Ain't no princess' in pink cursive across it, a pair of black skinny jeans, deep purple knee high boots concealing her favorite knife, and her necklace that had a small heart shaped locket and inside were a picture of her mother and father that she always wore for luck.

Finally ready she went out to the kitchen and smiled finding JJ talking on the phone in the living room while Zoe sat at the counter holding a cup of coffee looking half awake. Going to the fridge and grabbing the orange juice Lucy smiled.

"Morning sunshine, ready to move out soon?"

Zoe gave a sleepy grumble sipping the coffee making Lucy chuckle pouring herself a glass of juice before putting the carton back then walking to stand across the counter sipping her juice as she glanced at JJ.

"Who's he talkin' to?"

Zoe shrugged taking a solid drink of her coffee before yawning into her hand. Lucy drank the last of her juice before going to JJ as he hung up.

"Somethin' wrong already?"

JJ shook his head walking past her toward his room.

"Nope that was Aviary, they know we are comin' and he said if we get there by 6 most of the guards won't be there yet so it should be fairly easy."

Lucy nodded looking at Zoe.

"Alrighty then that means gear up Zoe, were out of here in 10."

As she spoke Lucy went to the door motioning for the other woman to follow, which she did after putting her cup in the sink. She led her down to the training room sending her in ahead before poking her head into the area Frost often occupied as a work space and gave a small smile seeing he'd already left to get the car in the surveillance screen that showed the garage.

"Good man, this is why I kept you around."

Chuckling to herself she joined Zoe in the training room and grabbed her gun from its place smiling as she looked it over. It's handle was inlaid with ivory, the chamber barrel had playing card symbols in alternating colors of lavender purple and lime green a purple heart, a green diamond, a purple club, a green spade and the last one was purple HAHA, the barrel of the gun was decorated with gold swirls and vine like lines but the best part was the little charm that hung off the end of the handle that was shaped like a jester's hat split down the middle half red and half purple and the name 'Quinn-Joker' in gold cursive across it. Kissing the gun she tucked it into the holster over her shoulders grabbing another gun just in case before looking at Zoe.

"All ready?"

Zoe nodded making Lucy smile and lead her back up to the garage where JJ was waiting with the goons they'd chosen to bring along explaining how things were going to go. Lucy went to his side patting his shoulder before looking at the young guns they'd picked with a few of her father's men.

"Everyone getting the idea of how this thing is gonna go down?"

The few old henchmen nodded but a couple of the newbies looked confused making Lucy roll her eyes.

"Go in, shoot anyone that gets in our way and don't die that's all ya bozos gotta do, got it?!"

Now they all nodded making her smirk.

"Good then get your asses movin'! I wanna get in and back out before noon!"

With that command they all jumped into action getting into the black van while JJ shook his head and walked over to the purple Lamborghini getting in the passenger side and Lucy got in the driver smirking at Zoe in the back.

"Uhh Luce not to question you or hate on this beauty but isn't it a little conspicuous to drive up to a prison in a purple Lamborghini that used to be your dad's?"

Lucy chuckled starting the car and revving the engine.

"Oh but honey that's part of the fun! Now hold on tight."

Zoe opened her mouth to argue but didn't get the chance as Lucy slammed down the accelerator and the car tore out of the garage with the siblings laughing wildly. The trip to the prison in the middle of Gotham bay seemed to only take minutes and surprisingly the place was sparsely guarded making driving the Lamborghini right to the front door easy.

"Alright Zoe now the guys are gonna go in, stir some shit up then we run in, follow Aviary to where your dad is, get him and scram, got it?"

Zoe nodded gripping her own gun tight ready to jump out of the car making Lucy smile and nod to JJ, taking her signal JJ messaged Jerry to start causing trouble and the henchmen to go in and start clearing the way. After a few minutes Lucy led Zoe and JJ inside through the destruction to where Avirey was waiting for them, then followed him to the lowest cells in the building. They were nearly to the last level when Lucy heard an out of place commotion back up near the entrance making her growl and get on the phone as she trailed behind the others.

"Jackson what's going on up there?!"

There was too much noise to make anything out very clearly but the one thing that came through was 'Batman' making her snarl and turn on her heel to head back up.

"Be fast JJ Bat-brain is here! Take the back way out, take the Lamborghini and just get out!"

JJ looked at her his brows knitting together.

"What about you Luce?"

Lucy met his eye keeping her internal worry under control.

"I'll find a way even if I have to walk! Just go!"

JJ hesitated but nodded hurrying back after Zoe and Avery to Deadshot's cell while Lucy made her way back up to the entrance finding what was left of the henchmen and a few sprung prisoners fighting Damian.

"Get him ya idiots! I want him alive but make sure ya hurt him!"

She cursed as Damian began making quick work of the goons and prisoners having seen her. She pulled her gun and ducked behind a desk peeking around the corner as the last prisoner fell and Damian looked around for her.

"Come on, just a little closer."

Lucy mumbled to herself then cursed as suddenly he was gone from her sight forcing her to move from behind the desk and stand looking around.

"Where the hell did you go? Come on, come out and play little bat!"

No sooner had the words left her mouth did she suddenly find herself pinned to the desk her arms being held at her side where she couldn't reach her gun making her growl.

"I don't know what you're doing here Babydoll but I can only assume it's nothing good."

Lucy leered at him before bringing her foot up enough to kick against his stomach and send him stumbling back giving her enough time to stand.

"Ya see that's where you're wrong baby, I came here for a friend since someone locked up her daddy."

Grabbing her gun she fired off a few shots snarling as each one just bounced off him before he charged her managing to kick the gun from her hand and forcing her against the wall.

"Ahh so you were here for Floyd Lawton."

Lucy tried to kick her feet but found them pinned to the wall by his leg but she wasn't ready to go down without a fight so she headbutted him enough to free one hand and grab the knife from her boot and swipe it across his face creating a shallow bleeding scratch earning a his in pain.

"Come on let me go baby, ya know I'll just get away before ya can do anything so just give up."

Lucy smiled wickedly leaning close to him chuckling and he grabbed her throat to hold her back but she managed to trail her tongue over the dripping cut before laughing as he slammed her against the wall.

"Not this time Babydoll, this time you're going to be locked away some place that brother of yours won't find you."

Lucy continued to laugh.

"Oh sure ya will and ya know what's gonna happen? JJ is gonna get pissed and rip your handsome ass apart to find out where I am then he'll save me and we'll be right back at square one! Don't you get it pea brain?! We are cursed children! Cursed to play the eternal game of cat and mouse like our fathers because you won't kill me and I won't kill you! So you're gonna do like ya always do and let me go and slink back home and wait then you'll punch when this little mousy comes back out to play! I'm the thrill you can't kick baby, don't deny it!"

As she kept talking Damian growled growing annoyed with her and also at the fact she was right. Finally he snapped slamming her head into the wall hard enough her world started to go black but she fought it laughing slightly.

"Ooh the kitty has his claws out."

With those words she blacked out going limp in his arms allowing him to pick her up and carry her to the batmobile outside placing her in the passenger seat then cuffing her hands and feet so if she work she couldn't escape.

"And the little mouse falls for the trap."