Kiddies of Crime

Play date

Que smiled excitedly. She'd dreamed of this moment. Jonathan thought she was being ridiculous getting so giddy over the thought. But what could be more adorable than the four children of the most feared villains having an official play date? Her twins Johnny jr. and Jenny, five, years old, Eddie and Kayla's daughter Emily, three, and Harley and Joker's daughter Holly, four, were all going to play in the field behind the Cranes' house. It would be the first time the twins met Holly, and she wanted the kids to have as much fun as possible. She had bought a little tea table for the tea kit Poppa Addams had gotten Jenny last year, soccer balls, a tee ball set, and a black board with chalk. This would be perfect!

Johnny crossed his arms over his chest and glared at her as she prepared the snacks for the kiddies. He was upset with the outfit she had put on him, a dark blue and baby blue plaid short sleeve button up shirt and dark Jean shirt, with a pair of baby blue Keds, dark auburn hair bushed into gently curls. This morning he threw a fit because he wanted to go out in his flannel Tarzan pjs and his hair left alone. They often let him hang out in his jammies but today she wanted him to look all cute and dressy. So his challenge was to follow her around with a frown and narrowed ice blue eyes until he got his Tarzan. Oi vey the kid was determined.

She turned to him with her hands on her hips. "Go watch TV with your sister." no response except staring. "Jonathan Cornelis Crane Jr. I said to go and watch TV, right now. Do not make me get your father." confusion, devastation and then a sulk as he headed to the living room. She sighed. Such a Daddy's boy.

The begrudgingly defeated five year old boy flopped on the couch beside his sister, who was set back with her legs crossed, reading The Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly. Jenny was dressed in a pink&white gown with rose tapestry throughout the material, that came down to her knees, little white ballets with a slight heel, and her long mid back dark auburn hair was in a side ponytail strung up by white and pink lace. She didn't care what her mother put on her body, she thought it was irrelevant at the moment.

She looked over to her brother's sour face and sighed, eyes rolling. "You're acting like a baby."
"Shut up."

"You know I don't like that word, Johnny, and Jen don't provoke him." for a moment Johnny's face looked confused.

"What does povoke mean?" Jenny sighed again. She was way too mature for her age. Que wasn't too happy with this, but it couldn't be helped. Her babies were growing up. She blinked feeling emotional, when the door bell rung.

"Yes?" she sobbed a bit as she opened the door. Kayla and Edward Nygma stood in a sort of embrace while they each held the hand of their daughter, Emily. She had to be one of the cutest little girls Que had ever seen, her pale smooth baby face, big bambi brown eyes, and unruly bright red hair that fell around her neck. Utter cuteness. The little girl wore a green toto with a green and yellow heart teeshirt, and yellow sandal. Around her little neck, spilling onto her chest was a yellow question mark pendant. Extra cute! "Hi Em, what's up?"

"Auntie." she piped back in a meek little ring. Que couldn't resist the urge to pick her up, giving her a tight hug. Emily laughed as she twirled, before being set back on the ground.
"We're here too, you know." Kayla pointed out as her and Que hugged. Que smiled and gave Eddie a light jab in the arm.

"Hello Ginger, what goes on in the world of riddles?"

"Hard work and Mac and cheese." Eddie murmured as he entered the house. He looked around raising an eyebrow. "Where's Father Crane?"

"Lab, I'm going to go get him in a sec, the kids were sad when he didn't come to breakfast this morning, but he was out doing you-know-what." he nodded as Johnny came by, not upset anymore since Kayla told him he looked handsome. He liked when pretty females gave him complements, which happened often. Though if his mother gave him one it he didn't care as much.
"Hello, sport."

"Hi uncol Gin. Jenny told me to tell you youw pants awen't zippewed up." Eddie looked down.
"Crap." he turned quick as Que, Johnny, and Kayla who had heard the whole fiasco congested with laughter. "Er, yeah, so you look nice, too, Jen."

"Thanks. And hi." Jenny greeted without looking up. Que narrowed her eyes at her for being so rude.
"Uncol Gin," Johnny's voice caught Eddie's attention once more as the boy looked up at him, clutching his shirt hem. "Awe you gonna teach me how to pay tee bawl?" Eddie blinked trying to remember the rules and nodded. "Yesh! Scowe!" then he ran to the floor of the living room where Jen was reading out loud to Emily. The adults stayed back to watch them for a second before Que went down the hall to the basement door.

"Baby?" she called, receiving a yes in return. "The Nygmas are here and it's almost time for lunch so come up." now she got a sigh and an okay. She waited a few seconds when she heard his heavy steps come up the stairs. Then his face appeared from the dark and she wrapped her arms around his neck to give him a deep kiss. "We missed you this morning."

"Yeah, I had to drive around a bit. Sorry." she smiled at him ready to kiss him again when they both heard explosions of "Daddy!" as Jen and Johnny ran and glomped his legs. Yes, Jen was mature until her daddy was around, then she went into full little kid mode. Such Daddy kids.

"Hey." Jonathan smiled, scooping them both up into his arms. "You look nice." both kids laughed hugging onto him tight, while Emily, whom they left on the couch by herself blinked and tried to read the part Jen had missed.

"You weren't here this morning, Mommy made pancakes." Johnny informed him and Jonathan shot Que a look.

"Did she now?"

"I tried to save you some, but they were hungry..."
"You ate my pancakes?" Crane growled playfully, tickling Johnny and Jenny. They squealed and tossed around until they broke free to scamper off. He smiled. Five years and they were still pivot of his life. He felt Que's arms around his waist again and he turned to kiss the top of her head.

"Your such a great, Dad." she whispered and he sighed. Fatherhood softened him up a bit. But it didn't bug him as much as it used to. "And Uh...Giggles might be over, too..." his breath hitched. Damn, right when he was relaxed. He narrowed his eyes at her and she giggled nervously.
"When?"

"Later." she answered vaguely. Before he could demand more out of her, Eddie came and pulled him away.

"Crane."

"Nygma."

"Emly." Emily came running towards him or really to hide away from Johnny and Jenny, who were trying to make her the deer again, while they hunted her down with fake guns. Kayla and Que sweat dropped thinking they shouldn't have let them watch Bambi.

"Hello, Emily. Play nice now." he smiled at her frightened face as she jumped into her father's arms out of the twins's reach. Heh, cute. The doorbell rung again and Crane sighed. Here comes the bomb.
Que shot him a look before she opened the door for Harley Quin, dressed in a dark tee and shorts. "Hey, Shot, Freckles." she greeted and the other women hugged her. "Come, Holly, time to meet Miss Que and Miss Kayla. Their husbands, too." she called to behind her.

Some seconds later a little girl with dirty blond wavy hair and black eyes came forth, dressed in a pinstriped purple and green halter gown with an orange tie. Her hair was plaited into two pigtails by green flower clips and her plump little legs encased by green and orange diamond pattern stockings, on her feet purple ballets. Que and Kayla marveled at how much she looked like her mother only with cat shaped dark eyes like The Joker. She was so cute!

"Bonjor, Houx de mon nom Quinn. Nice to meet you, Qué Miss et Kayla." Holly said in a baby voice. They blinked as she held out her hand to them.

"Is she speaking French?" Harley nodded.

"She picked it up from our henchgirl/nanny, Lucille. It drives Mistah J crazy sometimes. Holly they don't speak French , in English, please."
"Nice ta meet yow."

"Awww!" the two women squealed. "Well, come on in Miss Holls. Harls." as Holly crossed the room, Johnny saw her and stopped in his tracks. She was the perttiest girl he'd seen. (he's only five and a rogue child so he didn't see many pretty girls unless they were on TV) She smiled her little cupid's bow lips at him and his jaw dropped as she came his way. In his brain it was slow motion taking twenty minutes when in reality it was only six seconds.

"Hi, I'm Holly, what's yowr name?"

"J-Jonathawn Cwane." she cocked her head to the side.

"My Daddy, says Jonathan Crane is a tall, creepy stick man, yowre jwsh uh boy." she said and the adults blinked glancing at Jonathan who was glaring into the air. Stick man? The Joker was so kind.
"Our Daddy is (not) a stick, joker girl." Jen challenged with a slight glare. Holly blinked and took a step back, nodding. "This is my brother, you can call him Johnny, it's less confusin. I'm Jenny, and the baby is Emily." she grabbed both Emily and Holly by the hand, leading them to the tea table outside. "My mommy's bringing us lunch so we have to sit."

Johnny stared after them before following. The parents in the room all began to laugh at this turn out. They'd all get along just fine. Que finished making lunch and put the sandwiches on a tray, bringing it out to the tea table. "Thank you." Jen murmured taking a collected sip of her tea.
"Merci." Holly thanked.

"Tanks." Emily laughed as Johnny made a funny face.

"Thank ya momma." he used a weird deep voice. She raised an eyebrow suspecting that he was being even more of a comedian because of Holly. Cute his first crush! Wait till she, Kayla, and Harls talked. She danced back to her friends as they all enjoyed their BLTs.

Soon the children finished their lunch and transitioned to the backyard that dipped into a steep hill, which Jonathan made sure to block with an iron gate. Outside, there was a tea set and dollhouse on one side, and a jungle gym and sport balls on the other. Jenny, Holly and Emily set themselves at the tea table, where Edward and Jonathan sat stuffed animals at their sides.

"Would you like tea, Dear Holly?" Jen asked in a very lady-like voice, positioning the pitcher over Holly's cup.

"Oui! That sounds lovely, fair Jenny." Emily smiled at them and took a giddy sip from her cup, before puffing her hair.

Johnny watched them with a frown. He wished he could join in and sit by Holly, but he was a boy! He was afraid that if he sipped from the tea cup, he'd catch the girl cooties that he heard about from the TV. Eddie came behind him and pat his back. "Come on, sport. Let's play some ball."

The look on Johnny's face brightened up as he scurried over to put on his lil helmet and bat. Jonathan stalked over carrying a mitt and stood a bit away to catch the ball while Edward was behind Johnny to coach him. The bat felt powerful in the boy's puny fingers as he gripped it determined. Then he swung missing the ball nested on the tee-stand. "Come on, champ, you can do it." Johnny frowned and tried again, missing once more. Edward continued to coach him, while Jonathan smiled reassuringly at his son.

"Now, lisen here ball, 'm gonna hit yow. Bedda watch out." the driven child remarked to himself, pretending to be an all-star player. Both Jonathan and Eddie cracked grins at this, until Johnny gave a great swing, hitting the ball into the air at a good distance. Unfortunately he continued to bring the bat around hitting Nygma in the crotch as Jonathan caught the fly ball.

"Da fuck..." Edward wheezed falling to his knees a clutching his sacs. The kid could handle a bat alright, he felt as if he'd been nurtured.

Johnny jr. turned to look down at the green villain, frowning. "Tha's a cuss word, Uncol Gin. Mommy said cussers ged spankins." Edward's eyes narrowed slightly as the three woman, who had been at the glass door watching the whole scene, rushed over. Emily also trotted to her daddy, starting to tear up.

"Okay daddy? Daddy okay?" The little girl asked kneeling by him. He winced and managed a nod.
"Yes...Daddy just had an accident..."

"Did you say sorry, Johnny?" Que asked looking at the little boy who looked down.
"Sowie." Edward nodded that it was okay as Jonathan pulled Johnny away quietly.
"Don't tell your mother I said this but..." He gave the boy a pat on the back. "High five, you make Daddy proud."

"I heard that Crane..." Jonathan shrugged at Nygma smirking. This was the beginning to the tales of rogue children and the troubles they caused.