Hi!! wow, Thankyou peoples for reviewing on the last chapter and making me feel soo much better. it really made me feel much better about a chapter that i thought was...well... .below mediocre XD
I'm feeling a little more satisfied with this chapter so i hope you like it as well :)
Disclaimer : I am not the owner of the characters of Batman, they all belong to DC Comics and friends.
STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
Chapter six - Games
I'm only laughing on the outside
My smile is just skin deep
If you could see inside I'm really crying
You might join me for a weep.
- The Joker
The Joker took off his now wet coat leaving it on the chair, still chuckling over Rachel's face when he surprised her in the shower.
Haaha! She looked as though she didn't know weather to kick him in the balls or kiss him; personally he wouldn't have minded either.
It wasn't like he could really blame her, he was pretty irresistible if he did say so himself.
He returned to his spot on the floor, leaning against the wall on the other side of the room to the bathroom door, 'when she finally decides to come out, I'll be the first thing she see's ha!' he thought to himself.
Just as he was saying this, the bathroom door slowly started to open, revealing a very pissed off looking Rachel Dawes.
Her hair was still wet and still slightly tangled but other than that it seemed the shower, however interrupted it was had done her a world of good.
The Joker couldn't help but grin at the look on her face, her lips were pursed and her eyes sending daggers at him.
Ahhh the hatred in her eyes, however underlined with many other emotions, it thrilled him!
Looking down at the clothes she now wore, the clothes he left for her to put on he couldn't help but laugh
"Well, would you look at that…..we match"
Rachel looked down at the clothes she was wearing, they were slightly big for but still fit her comfortably, the colours however made her cringe.
"And I used to be such a fan of green and purple" she sighed.
"What can I say…. My favourite".
For the first time Rachel took notice of what he was wearing, he looked different without that coat that always looked as though it was swallowing him. He didn't look as scrawny for one thing.
The shirt and vest looked perfectly tailored to fit his body. He looked good…very good. She mentally scolded herself, 'stop it, not after everything he's done to you'
Rachel couldn't help but flush red in embarrassment when her thoughts were interrupted by the Jokers amused voice.
"Admiring my assets Miss Dawes?"
"…No… I was admiring your cheap suit" she said smirking slightly instantly feeling laughter bubble under the surface at the Jokers offended expression.
"It was not cheap…custom made act-u-ally...What do you take me for?" he said brushing all the crinkles out of his suit admiringly.
Rachel couldn't help but smile a little at that, this man, this crazy insane man who kills people gets offended when his hostage calls his clothes cheap? How...Fascinating.
Rachel sat in her spot across from her captor.
"How about a game Joker?" she said confidently.
The Joker looked at her surprised by her sudden eagerness to talk to him.
"A game……. Not so serious now are we, well your coming along nicely…..what kind of a game do you have in mind?" he said licking his lips, raising his eyebrows seductively.
Rachel rolled her eyes "I was thinking a game…to get to know each other better….. Like 20 questions"
If Rachel wanted to know things about him, she figured the only way to do it was to think like him, turn it into a game.
"Alriiight…" The Joker said clapping his hands "but… before we start, we should lay down some ruuules"
Rachel frowned…rules for 20 questions? What rules could he possibly have for a simple game like 20 questions?
"Okay…like what?" Rachel said.
"well…..Rachel I'm not a big fan of rules, they are created by a bunch of no-brain twitters who don't know how to have fun, so there will only be one rule ooo-kay".
Rachel nodded.
"The first and only rule is….There are no rules…….. Anything goes… but you have to answer all the questions" he said.
"Okay" Rachel said, but she already felt her heart rate increase, where to start, she had so many questions that she wanted to ask him…. .But did she really want to know the answers?
"I'll go first" The Joker said "Do you know who Batman is..?"
Rachel gulped... Oh dear
"Yes" she said not breaking eye contact.
"In-ter-es-ting…. I thought as much".
"My turn…" Rachel said her nerves evident due to the slight quiver in her voice "…Why do you wear make up?" Rachel held her breath almost dreading what would come next, after all last time she asked questions he shoved a blade in her mouth.
"Why do you?" he asked gesturing to her, Rachel opened her mouth to say something but closed it again when she couldn't think of anything.
"…you still didn't answer my question" she said.
"I like the way it brings out my eyes" he said mockingly.
Rachel scoffed, frustration crawling into her body, he was so annoying!
"Stop it, be serious!" she grounded out through gritted teeth.
"Raaachel, you've been in my company for a little while now, it does not take long to understand, that I……am never serious" he said giggling insanely making Rachel feel all the more annoyed.
"My turn" he began before Rachel could say anything else.
"But-"The Joker had cut her off "…Rachel it's my turn...Play fair" he said looking mock offended.
"How well do you know the Batman….how far would he go to save you?" The Joker said, his voice sending eerie shivers down Rachel's spine.
"That was two questions" she said trying to change the subject.
"Well just answer me this then, would he be doing all he can do to find you?"
Rachel couldn't think of any way out of this question "….yes" she whispered.
The Joker blinked, leaning forward pressing a hand to the back of his ear "I'm sorry…. I didn't hear that what?"
"Yes….. Batman….would be doing anything he could to find me" Rachel said louder this time.
"Hmmm" The Joker nodded his head "…verrry in-ter-es-ting...does Handsome Harvey know about his little squeeze and Gotham's Vigilante?"
Rachel blinked "I don't know what you're talking about…. And it's my turn"
The Joker smirked "…that it is, take your turn beautiful"
Rachel took a deep breath knowing that she was really skating on thin ice with this question but The Joker said everything was a game and she wanted to play.
"…What's your real name?" she said looking deep into the depths of his eyes waiting for them to turn black.
"Steve" he said without missing a beat, Rachel blinked… Steve?
Their eye contact was not broken but neither said anything, Rachel looked at him waiting for something in his eyes to change, but nothing did, just the same emptiness as they always were.
"You're lying….." She said still not breaking eye-contact.
The Joker's ever present smile faltered again before he stood up walking towards the door
"I have some business to attend to Miss Dawes, please excuse me, but chaos cannot be late"
Rachel stood up quickly, not letting him get out of answering the question so quickly, two could play at this game.
"Well, I guess I touched a nerve didn't I…… what's wrong Joker cat got your tongue?" once again before Rachel could even react, The Joker had his hands around her throat backing her against the wall.
"..Oh Raaachel, and you say I'm the crazy one…..you've been held hostage by a rrraving psychopath who kills people for laughs and you ……question….and talk back to him… I got to tell you kid, you've got balls"
The Joker lowered one of his hands to the inside of her thigh, gently caressing it through her trousers.
Rachel bit her lip to keep from moaning as The Joker's fingers reached the apex of her thighs
"Figuratively speaking…..of course" he growled into her ear.
Rachel felt her breathing quicken, it couldn't be helped not when his hands…were where they were.
"I'm not afraid of you..." she said as The Joker licked a trail from her ear to her mouth.
"...Oh really..? Then tell me…. Rachel... Why are you trembling?"
Rachel opened her mouth but nothing but a gasp escaped as she felt The Joker stroke her through her clothes.
The Joker laughed "what's this then, something other than fear…or perhaps… it's both…hmm? Fear and arousal mixed with blind hatred would serve for one wild session of…..ass kicking"
The Joker pressed his scarred lips to hers before taking a step back giggling manically.
"Parting… is such sweet sorrow Miss Dawes" with that he left the room once more leaving Rachel standing there with a mixture of shock and confusion.
'What a waste of time that was' Rachel thought to herself as she sat back down on the dirty and dank floor of the room.
'And now he knows exactly what kind of effect he has on me' she thought mentally punching herself.
So much for turning the tables and getting in on the game. He was certainly winning that was for sure. Not only that but she didn't know anything more about him than she did before. Trying to get any kind of truth out of him was completely useless.
Yet she told him many useful things, for one thing he'd already guessed that there was more to her and Bruce's relationship than simply putting away criminals.
It was only an amount of time before he probably did some research into her past and came to his own conclusions about who exactly The Batman was.
This was all getting too much. Rachel buried her head in her hands, wishing to block everything out.
She sighed, wondering what Harvey was doing at this moment in time. Was he out searching for her, she hadn't been gone that long just under two days… or at least she thought. It felt as though she had been here forever locked inside this room as The Jokers own personal comedic show.
There had to be something more to him… there just had to be. What could have possibly happened to this man that could make someone turn into something like that?
It couldn't have been very nice that was for sure. Though he hardly showed any type of emotion except for amusement there was those small moments were Rachel saw that humanity within him, lying dormant.
Of course there was the time where she brought up his past, she felt the cuts in her mouth with her tongue, There was definitely no forgetting that.
She saw the change in his eyes. It was scary, yet almost comforting. Because it was proof that there was something else among all that emptiness in him.
Something within Rachel told her to keep going, to keep looking for those rare small moments where The Joker showed something other than hollowness. There had to be something there and she would find it.
Suddenly an uncomfortable growl entered her stomach. Rachel groaned clutching her abdomen. Right…. She'd been here for at least over a day now with no food. She felt as though her insides were sliced open… another couple of hours of boredom and hunger. Rachel sighed
"Terrific" she muttered before burying her face in her hands again.
alright... so things i feel are getting a little repetitive... joker comes... Rachel and Joker exchange witty dialogue... add some sexual tension Joker leaves right when things start getting a little steamy. so i think i'm going to add some new dynamics in the next few chapters. I'm thinking i might add Harvey onto the scene... or something along those lines just to keep things interesting. I hope you enjoyed it... and you know what to do click that button. you know you want to!
of course.. there will still be The Joker/Rachel tension.. because we all love that XD