I wasn't really sure how to write the Joker in this. I wanted him to still be psychotic but I also wanted his actions to show that he cared about her. Please feel free to tell me what you thought.


She woke up in a bed, wearing a different shirt. He came back after he'd cooled off to find her in a ball, with tear streaks on her face. Today was the last day for her brother to expose himself, there was a press conference which is what she found him watching on the news. Harvey Dent was speaking about Batman and knew her brother was about to show himself.

"I am the Batman." Her eyes widened in pure shock at what Harvey just confessed. She didn't know if he'd planned this with her brother, or if Harvey was protecting Batman.

"You ready to catch the Batman, little Princess?" he looked at her and giggled. While they were arresting Harvey at the press conference, they went in a big truck. He got in and pulled her in after. She noticed that there were a lot of guns and explosives, and she hoped that the real Batman would save Harvey before the Joker got to him. She didn't know why she was coming along, she just hoped he'd keep his word and not kill her.

She heard a guy in the front say they were in position. She shivered against the wind as it blew through the now open truck. She almost jumped when she heard him let off shots at the armored car Harvey was in. She saw the garbage truck just before it smashed into the car, making the car an easy target. He dropped that gun and grabbed a bigger one, and let off more shots. Luckily the armored vehicle was stronger than the bullets. She almost cried out when she saw that the Joker had a bazooka. The armored car was not stronger than that. He shot two at the police cars surrounding the car Harvey was in. And then she saw the bat-mobile ram under the garbage truck, rendering it immobile.

Then the truck ran over something and everyone lurched. Her feet slipped and she felt wind in her hair as her body slid toward the open door. She screamed as she fell out head first. He had been waiting to see her fear, but he didn't want this. She felt his arm wrap around her waist and he pulled her to him. She was half laying across his lap as he aimed another bazooka at Harvey's car, but the bat-mobile took the hit.

Something happened to the driver because their truck stopped. The Joker jumped out and helped her down as he went to get in the truck. She saw that something had embedded itself in the driver's head as the Joker pushed him out. She sat between him and one of his guys, wondering if her brother knew she was here. And if he would stop himself from getting the Joker at the risk of hurting her. They were driving behind the armored car when they saw the helicopter. She heard the Joker tell someone to "Tee em' up". She watched in horror as the helicopter crashed in front of them. And listened to the Joker's crazed laugh of absolute euphoria at the destruction he'd caused.

Then she saw him. He was on his bike headed straight at them.

"He missed!" She knew her brother didn't, then she felt the truck tip forward. She thought she was going to go through the windshield when she felt a warm body wrap itself around her. Then she was upside down. Her head hurt. She found that she could not pick it up. She felt something pulling her body, then she felt herself fall. She was on top of him with her head on his shoulder, one arm under his head, and one hand on his chest. She felt gentle fingers move her hand and he slipped out from under her. She thought she heard him say "Goodbye my princess" but her head was too clouded for her to tell.

She watched him walk towards a black shape, she realized was her brother. The Joker was shooting at the cars in his way. She laid there and watched as her brother raced towards him. There was a war being waged in her heart; praying her brother would not hit him and begging him to kill the Joker. Her brother fell in an unconscious heap after turning just in time to miss the Joker. She watched as some man tried to remove her brother's mask, only to fly back from the shock. Joker was stopped just as he was about to take a knife to the mask. While they were being arrested Gordon kneeled in front of her. She didn't know what she'd said but he looked as if he would cry when he said yes. Her world darkened then, leaving her with nothing by darkness and a clown.