Alright…Sorry for the long wait. I finally have a few days to rest, and write a chapter or two. I'm enjoying the response I'm getting; alerts and favorites. But, I need a little more reviews. Hope that's not too much to ask…
Now, moving on from that, let's get started, shall we?
'Italics': Thoughts
Italics: Flashbacks
"Where…Is...She?!" Miss-E stood back as Joker stormed throughout the warehouse looking for one of his assistants. Cringing as he threw something, Miss-E tentatively stepped forward.
"I…don't think you're going to get anywhere yelling at an empty warehouse…" The Joker had sent out all of his men to search for Killjoy. Miss-E watched him carefully as he circled the empty lobby area. Without hesitation, he spun on his heel and looked her in the eye.
"Do you know where she is?" Miss-E's eyes grew wider. She shook her head.
"She wouldn't tell me…" Joker stepped toward her.
"I can, ah, figure out if you're lying to me, my dear." He flicked out a blade and held it against her neck.
"She wouldn't tell me! Joker, why would I lie if you're ready to kill me?" Joker searched her terrified eyes for any signs of deceit. He came to a realization and dropped Miss-E.
"She's smart. Too smart to let it slip to someone she cares about…" The Joker turned around, and stormed off while muttering to himself.
Miss-E waited a few seconds, and finally let out the breath she had been holding. She tip toed out of the room, and made her way into Killjoy's bedroom.
Killjoy's room was in shambles. The Joker had torn it apart whilst searching for any clue to give away where she had went. Miss-E knew Killjoy would come back. Even if her personality's different, Killjoy wouldn't leave Miss-E behind to deal with The Joker for long.
"She's going to be so pissed when she sees this…" Miss-E said while surveying the room. She made her way over to Killjoy's window. Something caught her eye in the reflection off the glass, so she turned to face the destroyed bed. There was a black string sticking out of the sheet on the mattress. Miss-E grabbed it, and the string came out, along with a Queen of Diamonds card. There was something off about it though.
One of the Queen's faces had been drawn on to look like Killjoy. The other face was completely covered to look like there was a brown mask on it. On the shoulder of that side, there was a crude drawing of a crow. Miss-E sighed with a little smile. She knew Killjoy put that there for her to find. The Joker isn't that clever sometimes. Miss-E turned back to the window, while grabbing a discarded lighter off Killjoy's floor. Opening the window, Miss-E held out the card into the air. She set the card on fire, and let the ashes blow away. "I hope you know what you're doing, Killjoy…"
'I hope you realize I need to come back…' Fenari was looking in her mirror. "I know you do, Killjoy. But not yet…" Fenari pleaded. Jonathon came into her room, and placed his hands on her shoulders. He looked into the mirror, at Fenari's reflection. 'Do you even care about Ryan, anymore?!'
"You alright?" He asked her, eyes full of concern.
"Killjoy wants to come back…" 'I promise to be nice to him…'
"I just got you back…I don't want to give that up." He turned Fenari to face him.
"I know, but I have a promise to keep. That gang that killed Ryan is still out there. I need to find them. Without Killjoy, I'm not strong enough to take them out."
"Yes, but you have me." Jonathon put a hand on her face. Covering his hand with her own small one, Fenari smiled a little.
"That's different, Jonathon, and you know it. She promises to play nice." Jonathon smiled at her.
"Killjoy and nice don't mix." Laughing at this, Fenari kissed him. In the middle of their kiss, something changed. Pulling away for air, Fenari asked,
"Miss me?"
"Didn't take long for you to grow tired of imprisonment, Killjoy." Crane said matter-of-factly. Smirking, Killjoy pulled him back to her.
The night air was cold, making Killjoy quicken her steps. She was looking for something. Her contact had tipped her off about this part of Gotham. He said that something was going to happen tonight, and that Killjoy needed to be there.
There was a crash off in the distance. Normally, Killjoy wouldn't have cared. But there was something different. There were voices yelling, but not in English. They sounded Russian. Killjoy's eyes widened, and she began running toward the voices. She came across a townhouse whose door was broken off its hinges. The doorway was mostly obstructed by two, large, burly men.
Killjoy craned her neck to see around them. In front of the armed men, was a woman holding her son behind her. Killjoy gasped silently. She no longer saw this woman and her son. For a few seconds, they were replaced with Ryan and their mother.
Ana grabbed Ryan to put him behind her, but he shrugged her hand off. He stepped in front of her, protectively. The men laughed, and one said something to the other. The other raised a gun up, to Ryan.
Killjoy knew immediately that these men in front of her were part of the gang she was looking for. Her contact came through. Killjoy's eyes clouded over with rage. She leapt into the air, bringing out a blade. Sailing over the steps and onto one of the backs of the men, she slit his throat. The other man, turned his gun onto her and tried to fire. In one smooth motion, Killjoy jumped and kicked the gun out of his hand. Pinning him to the wall, she glared at him.
"Who is your boss?!" She seethed. Instead of answering her, the man spit at her. Killjoy's eyebrow twitched, and then the man was on the ground, bleeding slowly from the neck. She turned to the woman and child. "Who do they work for?" She asked calmly. The woman was crying.
"I…I don't know. My husband and I were having a rough patch and he said he could get us all the money we would ever need…Thank you so much…" Killjoy looked down at the men, and grabbed some of their things. She could hear sirens in the distance. Before she left, Killjoy took a long, hard look at the woman and her son. Without another word, Killjoy was out the door and gone.
What's this...Killjoy doing something nice?!?! Yep. That happened. Who do you think her contact is? He's another Batman villain, I'll tell you that much….Review, loves. =]
~Miss Killjoy
