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Just Joking Around
Chapter 3
The Next day and Cassie was in at work early and was proud to show her boss in to her office when he came to collect her. "Ah good to see that you tided up in here Doctor Jenner" he commented as he walked through the door. "Thank you sir" she said as they walked out the door.
"Now Doctor, there is a table already sat outside his cell you are separated by a glass window which he can talk through and vice versa. There is a panic button if he should break the glass, but that shouldn't happen." Doctor Arkham reassured
"Why am I not allowed into his cell? I have been with all the other cases I attended?"
"Doctor Jenner, you are now dealing with a psychopathic clown. I hardly think that your other cases really matter right now! If you'll excuse me I have a meeting that I'm already late for. " He left her out side room 12666 and continued walking.
"Well someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning" muttered Cassie. She got her card out from her pocket of her black jacket and swiped it in the door lock. Sure enough there was the table and a chair. An extra bonus was the coffee machine on the left hand side. On the other side of the glass she could see nothing because the lights had been switched off on his side.
Lucky for her that she had control of the lights in the form of a button on her desk. She sat down on her chair and pressed the lights button. They flickered on to revel the man on the other side of the glass was sleeping. The Joker had his back to her she could she is sleeping form rising and
falling with every intake of breath. She was about to say something when she heard his voice "Do you mind I'm trying to sleep"
"Good morning Joker, it's time to get up" said Cassie as nice as she could.
"No mommy five more minuets!" came the reply
"Get up Joker!" she said loudly
"Gee, mommy, you're no fun" said the Joker turning around to look at the woman behind the glass. "Wait a minuet, you're not Lock, you're a girl"
"Very well observed Joker, I'm Doctor Jenner. Your new physiatrist "
"What happened to Lock?"
"That's DOCTOR Lock to you clown boy, and he has been signed off due to high stress levels. Anyway I'd like to ask you a few questions"
"No" said the Joker getting closer to the window.
"No?" asked Cassie as she observed him. His makeup looked like it needed a good touch up. His black pander like eyes had run down his white face. You could see his real flesh colour peeping through on his forehead but his lips were the same as ever. Clown red. His usual clothes had been taken away from him when he was admitted into Arkham so now he sat dress in all grey. A colour that doesn't suit him Cassie thought.
"No, you see. I wanna get to know my new Doctor. I wanna know what makes her tick and whatever." He leered
"Fine!" Cassie sighed "but tomorrow is my day ok?"
"Fine" the Joker agreed
"What do you want to know?"
"You name might be a start"
"My name's Cassiopeia Jenner, but you can call me Cassie or Doctor Jenner. I was born August 12th 1985"
"How old are you?"
"Oh work it out Joker, I'm twenty four. I got a degree in criminology at Gotham University and I have only been working here for a month. There anything else you wanna know?"
"Cassiopeia, that's unusual. Who gave you that name?" Asked the Joker stretching the o out longer than he needed to.
"My mother, it means 'she whose words excel' in Greek"
"Whoopee, a history lesson" exclaimed the Joker sarcastically.
"Hey clown boy, you asked!"
"I wish I'd hadn't now"
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Cassie glanced down at her watch. They'd been talking for two hours and she was in desperate need of a coffee. She got up and made her way towards the coffee machine, made herself a coffee and sat back down again.
"So what's a beautiful chick like you doing in a place like this?" the Joker asked. He was now lying on his back on the floor.
"I told you already. I graduated….." Cassie started
"No! I mean why here darlin'?"
"I don't know, to be honest. My friends think that I should have gone into singing. I however don't see that as a stable occupation. Now if you don't mind Joker. It's time for me to go. I'll see you tomorrow." Said Cassie
"Whatever, Cassie babe or and before you go I want you to do a little favour for me."
"What now Joker?"
"I want you to bring my make up to me. It being so long and all"
"Fine" Cassie agreed
"Good, see you tomorrow doll face."
Cassie got in her car and drove back home. Stopping once to collect her dinner from a drive through Mc Donald's.
When she got home she saw that someone had left a message on her land Line she hit the play button to hear it.
"Hey sweetheart, it's Mom. Guess where we are. Yep that's right Greece, oh Cassiopeia, you'd love it here. Too bad that you couldn't get time off! Ring me when you get this message Love you!"
Cassie smiled her Mom and Dad, Kelly and John, always when on holiday this time of the year and every time she said that she couldn't go even if it wasn't true. She hated going on holiday with her parents. Her Mom would always drag her and her Dad off to boring archaeological sites. They would argue, end up cutting the Holiday short and go back to Gotham again.
Cassie picked up the phone and dialled her Mom's phone number. After a short while her Mom picked the phone up and her dizzy blonde voice rang through the telephone .
"Hello?"
"Hi Mom"
"Cassiopeia, how are you? I'm so glad you got the message!"
"I'm fine Mom. How's Dad?"
"Your father's fine and so am I! Oh Cassiopeia we've just been to a temple ruin and saw a picture of the Queen you were named after! Oh she looked just like you!"
"That's nice Mom! Listen I've got a new case"
"Really dear, who?" asked her Mom with a little less interest.
" The Joker"
"Oh Darling is that wise are you safe with him?" asked Kelly
"Mom I can handle him you know!" said Cassie
"I'm sure you can darling just be careful ok?"
"Yes Mom! I love you but I've got to go"
"Bye Darling love you!" and with that she was gone.
I'd like to say thanks to my reviewers. And I hope that you saw enough of the Joker in this chapter. Constructive critisitions appeciated!
Luv
Elphaba
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