Many thanks again to KimTheKat and Fyrefly for being repeat reviewers. Also, I'm thanking Miss Heathaaaa for yelling "More!!" When I showed her bits of the story. Katie, you too, for saying you love it over and over again.

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So...Here's Chapter four. Enjoy.


"When can I leave…?" Asked Fenari from her seat on a hospital bed.

"As soon as you're cleared. The Commissioner wants to put you under protection, and-" The doctor started to explain.

"Uh, yeah...About that, my family is all the protection I'll ever need. That sounds noble and all, but if you knew what I meant, you'd understand. I think my Father is going to want to talk to Gordon…" She said looking down at her now stitched hand.

"Well, for now, I want you to get some rest. Try to sleep. It's not every day I get the same patient back in here 2 days in a row. Miss Callaghan, I want you to make sure Miss Castelletti gets her sleep. A nurse will be in soon to check on you. Have a nice day girls, and try not to get into more trouble, hm?" The doctor said with a smile to them as he left. Evelyn went to sit down, as her phone went off.

"Why?!" She said to no one in particular. Fenari looked over at her.

"Aunt?" She asked. Receiving a nod, she turned back to her hand. Evelyn stood and left muttering something before she picked up.

"Yeah? I'm at the hospital again. ….No, that's not a lie! ….Ask the Castelletti's if you don't believe me! ….They are not bad people. …Damn, why do you always yell at me? …No, I didn't do anything wrong. …I stayed there because her family asked me to. …Yes, I feel safer with them. …Aunt Sandy, we can't all be as perfect as you! They watch over me! I'm like a daughter to them. I don't know why you're always on my case! ….Yeah, fine. I'll talk to you later…. Bye." Evelyn hung up, and let her head hit the nearest wall. She sighed and put a fist on the wall next to her head. "Why can't she just deal? I try so hard…" She said quietly.

She then decided to get something from the café. Something to clear her head. She knew Fenari would be alright until then, because there were several policemen standing near her room. As she passed, she heard,

"I'm her freakin' Uncle! Let me in to see her!" 'Tony. Oh, that man. He's her godfather, but you'd think he was her actual Father. They should let him in before he kills them…' Lyn mused. She walked by a nurse that accidently jostled Lyn as the nurse was looking at a chart covering her face.

"Some people just get too involved with their work…" she said to herself. Then she walked into the café and out of sight.

Back in the room, Fenari was gently tracing her new stitches, and thinking.

"Why did he do this…?" Fenari was saying to herself. 'Hmm…I don't know…Maybe he wanted to remind you he saved you and Lyn?' A voice in her head tried. "…But then why didn't he attack Lyn…?" She asked that same voice. 'Well…he did say you intrigued him…Maybe that's why.' It responded. "Hmm…maybe." Fenari agreed, lying back onto the bed. She absentmindedly slid her shoes off, and threw the sheet over her. She let her head sink into the pillow, and started to fall asleep. But, before she could, the door opened, shut, and a nurse walked in the room, looking at a chart. It was covering her face, but Fenari saw short, curly, red hair. 'Looks like that style never ran out…' That voice in her head commented. 'Shh…' Fenari silenced it, and observed the nurse as she stood at the foot of the bed.

"So…How are things…?" Fenari asked, breaking the silence. The nurse stopped what she was doing, and she walked to the side of the bed. She seemed to have tripped over Fenari's shoes, and Fenari looked down at them, and fixed them so they were out of the way. When she sat back up, she didn't see the nurse…she saw the Joker. He was now seated next to her, in a nurse's outfit. He removed the wig, and looked at her. The Joker saw her deep, sapphire eyes widen in shock.

"Well, things are alright considering the coffee in the lounge is bad, and the pay here is terrible. How are you?"He said nonchalantly. After a few moments of silence, he looked at her. She was looking at him with that same shocked expression. He sighed. "Hello?" He snapped his fingers in front of her. "I asked you a question. Don't be so rude." He said. The Joker smacked her face somewhat lightly and she snapped back to reality. Using her good hand, she smacked his away.

"How did you get in here?" She asked. She knew her uncle was outside the room, because she had heard him arguing with an officer before. So, she did the first thing that came to mind. She started to scream for him. "Uncle Ton-Mmmphh!!!!" She was silenced by the Joker's large hand covering her mouth roughly. He was close to her face again. She didn't like the personal bubble sharing at all.

"Shh….I just want to…talk." He said. "Promise to be good and not scream?" He asked. To make his question seem more like a command, he pulled out another little knife, and showed it to her. Just like before. Fenari nodded under his hand, and he smiled. "Good girl. Now," He pulled his hand away. "How are we feeling today?" He asked all business-like.

"Well, gee, I don't know. How would you feel if someone saved your life, stalked you, carved his initial into your hand, followed you to the hospital after, and then came in dressed in drag acting as if he did nothing wrong at all?!" She said in one breath. The Joker raised his eyebrows at her.

"Wow…it seems as if you've had a rough few days…" He commented. Fenari's eye twitched and she went to lunge off the bed. He quickly pinned her down by the sheets she was under, and was an inch from her face. Her eyes searched his. She saw mostly darkness. But then she saw something else. She saw curiosity. But she was too afraid at the moment to wonder why he was so curious.

Fenari looked up at him with wide eyes, and she said in a shaky breath, "Why are you doing this to me?" He looked at her and smirked evilly. "Well...you are my favorite."

"Why?" She asked. She didn't understand why he was doing all of this. "I haven't done anything to you." She said, trying to move her hands from under his weight. He pressed down harder, and she stopped struggling.

"Yeah, you did. You did…" The Joker said, taking one hand and stroking her hair gently, but awkwardly. "You promised me a favor…remember?" He said, holding her face.

"What do you want?" Fenari asked, remembering. 'How do you always manage to get yourself into shit?!' That voice had returned, and she was flipping out on Fenari. The Joker thought for a moment. Then he smiled.

"I want you to tell your Father that he works for me. Him, his brothers, his cousins, his….daughter." Fenari's eyes widened even more, and she gaped at him. She shook her head frantically, refusing.

"Why me?" She asked shakily.

"Because, I know that you truly are dark inside. You are exactly like me. You've seen so much in your young years. You have so much…pent up energy. The system you try so hard to follow…it's beneath you. There's so much…power inside you. Let it out." He explained, stroking her face this time. He roughly wiped away a tear and stood. Then he picked up the chart, looked at her, and said "You know, you're so tense. You should really take something for that." The he put the wig back on, covered his face with the chart, and slipped out.

Fenari was so confused. So many emotions ran through her. But, the most powerful one of all was confusion. The confusion wasn't because of his favor…

It was having him so close to her, feeling his breath on her neck and face, and then his touch…it had done something to her. She mind refused to believe it, but she had liked all of that. That scared her the most.


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