Chapter 4

"Alright, so we are up to the large smile, where do you want it?" Lilith asked as she prepared her tattoo kit and The Joker stood beside her wearing a black suit pants and a dark purple jacket that showed off his pale skin and toned body. Lilith looked up from the purple folder when she realized he wasn't going to answer and found him staring at her deep in thought. She clicked her fingers in front of his face snapping him out of his trance and he looked down at Lilith confused for a moment before grinning.

"New plan toots. I want this tattoo on my hand" Joker said digging into his pants pocket and pulling out a crumbled piece of paper. Lilith raised an eyebrow at him before grabbing the paper. Both Lilith and The Joker felt a spark run up their arms as their fingers touched but both ignored it. She un-crumbled the paper to find a drawing of a large open mouth smile. Lilith looked at the design before up at The Joker's smiling face.

"You want this… on your hand?" Lilith asked curiously and The Joker grinned nodding enthusiastically.

"Yeah. I really do, toots" The Joker said rolling his shoulder blades and listening to his sore muscles crack slightly. Lilith shook her head amused and started drawing up the design on the carbon paper.

"So I met someone who knew you this week… Sean Riley" The Joker said watching Lilith closely to see if he got a reaction from her. Lilith continued to draw disinterestedly but made a noise of acknowledgement to let him know she was listening. The Joker frowned when he didn't get a reaction from her so he tried again.

"And he had some interesting things to say about you… yes he did, he did, he did." The Joker continued but once again Lilith gave no reaction to what he said. She simply motioned for The Joker to give her his hand. He placed his white hand in her slightly tanned one and watched as she cleaned the spot on his left hand where the tattoo was going to go.

"Ri-ley says that you don't just do tattoos for his family. You do them for everyone. Everyone in Gotham's Underworld. Every. Single. One" The Joker explained still trying to get some sort of reaction out of Lilith. Lilith raised an eyebrow at this but gave no indication of how she felt about it. She grabbed her tattoo gun and started tattooing his hand.

"I tattoo everyone in Gotham's Underworld because I'm not loyal to any of the crime families" Lilith explained after a moment of silence; finally offering The Joker some sort of reward for his efforts to get a reaction out of her. She kept her eyes on the hand she was tattooing so she didn't notice The Joker smile to himself and then laugh at something he said inside his own head. The Joker watched Lilith for several moments, his right hand sitting on his lap when he felt the stitches from his wound.

"Riley also mentioned that you would rather watch them die than lift a finger to help them, is that true?" The Joker said earning a chuckle from Lilith as she wiped away some of the blood and continued tattooing. The Joker surprised himself by waiting patiently for Lilith to reply because he knew eventually she would. She stopped tattooing for a moment and looked up at The Joker.

"For once in his life Sean Riley is correct. I wouldn't even piss on those men if they were on fire" Lilith explained calmly which made The Joker burst out laughing. He doubled over, grabbing his stomach laughing loudly as Lilith waited patiently for him to finish.

"Oh toots, you are hilarious" The Joker said wiping tears from his eyes as he sat back up and placed his hand back in Lilith's. She re-started the tattoo with a small smirk on her face.

"My point is J; I don't care about the men who come in here. Only their money" Lilith added simply. She finished the tattoo in silence but could feel The Joker's questioning eyes on her the entire time. She sighed and put her tattoo gun down once she was finished and looked up at The Joker.

"What?" She asked making The Joker cock his head to the side slightly.

"I can literally feel you wanting to ask me another question so just spit it out" Lilith snapped making The Joker raise an eyebrow at her attitude before cracking his neck.

"You said that you don't care about those men so why did you stitch me back up?" The Joker asked genuinely confused by this. Lilith grinned and stood up, finally letting go of The Joker's hand. She clicked her tongue as if thinking about her answer but she knew straight away what it was that was different about The Joker.

"You're like me" Lilith said shocking The Joker and turning away from him to put away her tattoo kit. She turned around to find The Joker standing directly in front of her. Lilith felt her heart skip a beat at the closeness but she ignored it and focused her attention on the 'J' tattoo she had done. The Joker was also feeling a strange new emotion by being this close to Lilith but he ignored it to focus on a tiny scar along her left eyebrow.

"What do you mean I'm like you?" The Joker asked curiously searching Lilith's face for some sort of answer to the millions of questions that he has about this strange, mysterious woman that was currently in his life. Lilith smirked because she knew that she had The Joker's head swirling and she stepped even closer to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, her thumb gently touching his cheek. She leaned in close to his ear making The Joker's eye close on instinct.

"You have no loyalties to anyone in Gotham's Underworld" Lilith whispered before laughing as she left The Joker stunned and frustrated and even more confused by this strange woman.