Thanks so much for your review Kagura!
Okay since it's the same universe, I thought I'd bring in some of our lovely Suicide Squad characters... Hope you guys like it...
Also, the start of this chapter might be a little confusing but just read untill the end, you'll get it ;)
Chapter 4
With her head againts the cold concrete, Hannah thought about all the steps and wrong decisions that led her to this situation. She heard Joker's sickening laugh and she started thinking...
"I shouldn't have bleached my hair, my friends all said it was a bad move for someone as pale as I am... I shouldn't have put on red lipstick... Why would I do that? I should have just let Bruce go, what kind of a person gets in this much trouble in order to follow a man around? Is this what's called being boy crazy? Am I boy crazy?"
Her inner monologue ended when she caught a glimpse of herself in a shattered glass peace. She thought about earlier that night...
The Party
Hannah was finally feeling the nervousness of basically lying her way into the party, being surrounded by all these poeple who seemed to know each other and that had absoulutely nothing in common with her. But after giving herself 5 minutes of freak out time, she straightened her back and plastered a smile on her face. She new she would charm them all in no time. She knew how to find what people liked and disliked very quickly. She would just ask couple of questions and throw in a few compliments. Everyone loved talking about themselves. She would just let them. After all people loved other people just listening and acting like their lives were just so fascinating didn't they? She was good at catering to people's needs.
She could see Bruce making an entrance with 2...3 girls around his arms. Waow. She knew it was kind of his thing but it still angered her. She decided it was time to take action.
After all the reason why she tried so hard to get into the party was to be able to talk to Bruce. After their little lunch she had the feeling that he had been ignoring her. She would occasionally see him getting on the elevator or in meetings and they would politely say hi to each other but that was it. At first she figured that it was her fault for interpreting their lunch as anything more than her boss being friendly but she was drawn to him and giving up wasn't her style.
She would always fall easy and hard for men and fight with all she had. But she would also get over them just as fast, so she had the confidance of knowing that pursueing him a bit would tire her out and she would get over him quickly. So she decided to create an environement for them to talk without being too obvious.
She could remember making her way to the top floor , with the excitement of her new found resolution and flying over to Sharon's desk, who was Bruce's assistante.
"Sharon! How are you? Ah you look great today." She sent her a warm smile. Having interviewed almost everyone in this company, Hannah knew she had a better chance with her than any other assistante. She was sweet and she minded her own bussiness. Was she using her position to her advantage? May be... She didn't really care though.
"Hi Hannah, oh thank you, so do you... How can I help you? Are you here to see Mr. Wayne?" She asked her hand reaching for the phone.
"No no, I ... Actually I was gonna ask you for a favor. You see I have this friend who is coming from out of town and she really wants to go on one of those parties Mr. Wayne throws. I just wanted to ask if you could fix me up with an extra invite... You know it would be super embarresing to ask Mr. Wayne since we don't know each other that well." Hannah was trying to use her big Disney eyes and all her charm to woo the assistante in front of her.
"Oh Hannah... I don't know... I don't wanna get into trouble..." she mumbled her eyes fixed on her desk, which Hannah knew that meant with a little persuading, she could actually manage to do something about this.
"I promise nobody is gonna find out. I'll just say that my friend was invited and I'm the plus one. It doesn't have to be a huge party like an ordinary one... Come on ! I bet there is something you can do." Hannah started leaning into the table, her face basically inches away from Sharon's, looking deep into her eyes with the best cute face whe could manage at that moment.
"I'll be your best friend." She whispered desparetely which earned her a laugh from Sharon and she started typing something. Win!
"Okay fine tomorrow night there is this event. I don't even know why it's on Mr. Wayne's schedual it's bunch of high profile politicians and stuff but appearantly it's an annual thing so there won't be much attention surrounding the event. I think may be I could get you in. All I have to do is just tell them Mr. Wayne wants to have a couple of more...plus ones... you know... It'll be fine... I hope..."
"It will , it will I promise you're the best! I owe you coffee!" Hannah landed a huge kiss on the shocked girls cheek and left the floor. She used all her might not to look through the glass door that was separeting Bruce's office from his assistance's but she had a feeling that he had seen her.
Hannah stopped thinking about how she got in to the party and decided to focus on the party itself. For a brief second, she caught a glimps of her reflexion. With the black dress she had on, she looked even paler than normal. It was a simple long sleeved black dress. The only reason why it could pass as a coctail dress was that it was tight fitting, really, really tight. She could hardly breath for a second. She took a sip of her champagne and realized her eyes were drawn to a woman. She looked extremely charismatic, serious and kind of scary.
"Well she must be important." She muttered. So that was her target. Surely she had to make some friends in order for this to seem normal, right? She made her way towards the woman, kind of regretting her decision as she came close to her.
"Excuse me , hi, I'm Hannah." She said half shy half warm. The woman sized her up and shook her hand."
"Amanda Waller."
And just like if that was the cue, the whole hell broke loose.
People screaming, glasses breaking,gun shots...
Everyone was trying to either get out of the ballroom or get down on the floor to avoid getting shot. But Hannah was standing there like a deer caught in headlights. In her defense , she had a gun to her head and on the other side of the gun, there was the Joker. The villian all city talked about non stop. So much so that she actually thought that it was a myth. But now, brink of her death, it didn't seem like it.
Their eyes locked for one moment too much for her to stay calm. She started shaking.
"Everyone quiet!" He yelled and.. well everyone listened.
"Now, well, tonight, I'm here amongst you folks cause I lost something! I was hoping you could help me find it." He pulled Hannah close and turned her face toward Amanda Waller. Hannah couldn't understand what was going on at all. The only thing she knew, she wasn't gonna be able to stand for too long with her knees shaking like that.
"Well she looks exactly like her." He said, pointing the gun at her temple. "You..." he countinued pointing the gun at Amanda Waller who was surrounded by at least 5 security personnel already. "...can accept this as a warning... If I don't get her back, I'll have to come and get her myself... And I will do it..." He said pushing Hannah to one of his man, walking towards Amanda Waller.
So this was it, it was about all the high profile criminals Batman has been catching and Harley Quinn , Joker's infamous partner in crime was one of them. All this was just to give Amanda Waller an ultimatum than... As in I know where you go, I know what you do and I can get close to you if I want... Well, at least she was right about Amanda Waller being in charge...
With everyone distracted, she did only thing she could. She quickly pulled her phone out of her purse and tucked it into her sleeve without anyone noticing. She knew she didn't stand a chance againts these guys if she tried to escape and if she really did bare a resemblance to Harley Quinn, then may be Joker wouldn't kill her just yet.
After Joker's ultimatum, her memory got hazy... She remembered a chaotic situation, someone... may be Batman fighting Joker's men but she was drugged and carried off before she could see what was happening...
When she woke up, she was in the trunk of a car. She checked to see if they had taken her phone but she got lucky. She waited until they stopped and sent Bruce her location. He knew what had happened at the party so he would send it to the police immediately she figured. She would be saved in less than half an hour and even the thought of if made her calm down a bit.
But she didn't realize even 15 minutes with this man was like 15 years in hell...
She was tied down to a chair. He didn't even say anything and hit her with the back of his hand , causing her chair to fall to the side.
So with her head againts the cold concrete, Hannah thought about all the steps and wrong decisions that led her to this situation. She heard Joker's sickening laugh and she started thinking...
"I shouldn't have bleached my hair, my friends all said it was a bad move for someone as pale as I am... I shouldn't have put on red lipstick... Why would I do that? I should have just let Bruce go, what kind of a person gets in this much trouble in order to follow a man around? Is this what's called being boy crazy? Am I boy crazy?"