Disclaimer: I own nothing for The Dark Knight. I only own Terra, Jacob and the thugs if anything else since they aren't exactly the ones from the movies. The Joker and Harley Quinn in no way belong to me. Yes, there is a scene very similar to the one in the movie, don't say I copied. It's annoying. Anyway, enjoy!
Terra woke up to the sound clanking metal. She groaned, the pain from yesterday setting in but she still sat up slowly. She rubbed her dry eyes and slowly opened them to the bright light. The room was cold and white, definitely not the warehouse. Panic set in as she frantically looked around. She felt a pressure on her arm and look at it. There was a serum attached to her arm, transfusing blood obviously. There were more wires attached to her and she was very nervous.
Her head snapped in the direction of the clanking. There was a nurse with bright red-orange hair with her back turned to her. She knew it was a nurse because of the white uniform that matched the spotless hospital walls. Terra weighed her options: yank the wires off and pounce, hoping to get the woman down or stay put in this hell hole and let them "help her".
She pulled off the wires, taking the needle out of her arm despite the pain and quietly crawled out of the hospital bed. To her left, she saw a small table with a tray on it. It had many weapon-like utensils. She took a knife-looking utensil and grabbed on tight before creeping up behind the big woman. If this woman decided to fight back, Terra would be in trouble because the nurse looked oddly muscular and tough from the back, must be one of those manly-women.
Terra reached her target and readied her weapon to slice her neck. Her hands were sweating and shaking, she wasn't used to such an up-close attack. She silently took a deep breath and held it, braving herself for the murder. That is until...
"I see you're feeling better." The nurse said. Terra froze as she looked at her own reflection in a metal tray over the nurses shoulder. What made her freeze though, was not the fact that she was caught, if not that the woman's voice was not that of a woman.
"Surprised?" Came the deep, dark, raspy, all-familiar, eerie voice. The nurse turned and Terra came face to face with a scarlet smile and dark cold eyes.
"W-Wha-Wha-" She stuttered as she backed away from him as he stalked toward her. He kept walking up to her until she hit the bed, falling onto it.
"Wha-wha-wha-" He mocked her in a shrilly voice. "You scared? Nervous?" He nearly growled.
"Wh-why are you here? What happened?" She asked nervously under his cold stare.
"I still need you, stupid girl. I came here with a brilliant plan, grabbing you is just a bonus, you could still be of some use to me." He explained.
"What are you... planning?" She was almost too afraid to ask. She could tell from the gleam in his eye and the heavy aura around him that it was going to be big.
"It's a surprise. I do suggest, however, you get moving unless you want to die here." He said, moving away from the bed and going to open the door for her. She didn't move, just stayed glued to the bed, staring at him with wide eyes. The Joker rolled his eyes, "MOVE!" He shouted. Terra flinched and jumped out of the bed, running to the door. When she walked out, she gasped.
To her left, the entire building was gone, in a large pile of rubble and debris. It was smoking too. She screamed, "What did you do?!" She backed away from the edge frantically, tripping over her own feet and falling back.
"I did a bit of remodeling." He said simply. "Like it?" He asked, almost as if he honestly wanted to know. He knew Terra wouldn't reply so he grabbed her arm and pulled her up and down the good side of the hall. "Come on, hurry, the cops are going to get here in a minute." He grumbled.
"You're taking me back to the warehouse? What good am I to you?" She asked as he towed her through the halls. "You haven't used me yet, what good can I possibly do?" She argued as he pulled her down a flight of stairs.
"You just love asking questions, don't you?" He groaned, "Now you've got me doing it." He grumbled. He shoved a door open and pushed her through. "Keep going." He ordered before running back up the stairs.
"But where are you-" She shut her mouth when she heard parts of the building falling off. This place was about to crumble. She sighed and started running the rest of the way out. She noticed the main entrance/exit was no longer there. It was too dangerous to try and escape out the giant hole with the chunks of cement hanging by a thread that could crush her any second. She looked around, trying to find a way out but found no more doors. She didn't see any windows either.
She decided she should run further into the right side of the building. She kept an eye open for any doors or windows but nothing but white walls and abstract paintings. She yelped when she tripped over something, causing her to fall forward. She groaned in pain and looked back to see what had tripped her. She crawled back away quickly at the sight of a pair of legs coming out from under a desk.
A live one? She wondered curiously. She crawled over but quickly the legs hid under the desk. "It's okay, I won't hurt you. Are you alright? Are you hurt? Please come out." She cooed, trying to look around the desk. "Please, I just want to help you." She tried.
"Yeah right, all you wanna do is steal Mistah J from meh." The person spoke up. Obviously a woman, she could tell the minute she looked at the skinny legs. She had a rough accent, probably from inside Gotham.
"Steal who? Who are you?" Terra asked guardedly, standing up and backing away as the woman came out from under the desk.
The woman was tall with the probably six inch heeled go-go boots on. She had on a flashy outfit, showing a lot of skin and cleavage. She wore a red eye mask that matched her red lipstick and red ribbons that held her high pigtails in place.
"The names' Harley. Harley Quinn. But I prefer bein' called Mrs. J. Me and Mistah J are gettin' married as soon as he takes ovah Gotham." She squealed.
"Mister J?" She voiced in thought. Then it hit her. "The Joker!? You're the one he left!" She said as realization settled in like bricks.
"He didn't leave me! We were takin' a break! Now he's come crawlin' back to me and you know, I just can't stay away from him! He'll be so happy to see me, he'll wanna get married right away!" She squealed some more. Terra got a weird vibe from this girl.
"He doesn't know you're here? How did you know he'd be here?" She asked suspiciously.
"I love the man but I can't trust 'em not to cheat on me while we're on break! Gotta keep an eye on my Jokey-poo." She explained.
Jokey-poo? No wonder he dumped her. God. Terra thought with a shiver running down her spine. "You think I'm with The Joker? That's messed up." She said in disbelief.
"You're still alive, aren't ya!? That says a lot when it comes to Mistah J!" She exclaimed like an upset child.
"He says he needs me fo-"
"Needs you!? Mistah J needs no other woman but me!" She said angrily, clenching her fists.
Terra held her arms out to calm her somehow, "And I couldn't agree more! I would be more than happy to leave. All you have to do is convince The Joker to let me go and-"
"Why not just leave now? He ain't here. He won't be able to stop ya, he don't know where you're goin'." She said as if it was something anyone else would do.
Terra stood there with her jaw agape. Why hadn't she thought of that before? Was she really going to willingly go back to the warehouse because he asked her too? What the hell is going on with her? But wait...
"And you won't tell him?" She asked suspiciously.
Harley scoffed and rolled her blue eyes, "Please, honey, by leavin' you're doin' us all a big favor." She said snootily.
Terra would have come back with a smart reply but honestly she couldn't be any happier to leave. She gave Harley a sharp nod and then ran off, going through the large hole from the explosion without thinking. She squinted as the sun hit her full force and coughed as the smoke continued to rise from the rubble. She squinted her eyes and looked around. She spotted the black van to her right so she turned to go left.
"Where do you think you're goin', pretty lady?"
Shit. "I was... I was looking for you guys. The Joker didn't tell me where you'd be and-" She made a run for it, stumbling down the debris and she jumped the rest of the way down. She could hear the thug shouting after her as he chased her but she kept running. Until there was a gunshot. She froze. Not again. She stayed completely still, waiting for the pain to set in but it never came. She popped an eye open and immediately saw the bullet at her feet. She looked to her side and kept searching until she saw the shooter up on the third floor, standing at the edge of what remains of the hospital.
Terra gasped when the thug grabbed her from behind and lifted her into the air. She struggled to get free so much that she gave him a strong headbutt. They both fell to the ground but Terra managed to recover quickly and stumble away. There was another gunshot. Terra looked back over to the third floor but he was no longer there. She looked to the first floor. Standing there was Harley, her gun pointed at her.
"Sorry, little girl, but if Mistah J wants you here, I gotta make it happen. Anythin' to make my man happy." She said. "Besides, I want my outfit back, that's one of my favorites!" She said with a bit of malice in her voice.
Terra had forgotten about her crazy outfit. Seeing Harley made the outfit make a bit more sense though.
"I thought you wanted me gone!" Terra argued.
"Mistah J's happiness before mine, always." She stated, keeping the gun pointed at her.
Stupid bitch, he doesn't really love you! No one would. Terra glared at Harley intently while the thug behind her bound her wrists with thick rope. He tightened it too much and it hurt. "Ouch! Be careful back there, idiot!" She snapped at the man absentmindedly. The man growled and yanked the rope around her wrists, making her fall on her butt. "Shit!" She hissed, throwing herself to the side to try and lessen the pain on her rump.
"You just don't get it do you?"
Terra shut her eyes tightly, knowing well that it was The Joker and that he wasn't happy. She turned her head, putting her forehead against the gravel. She was in so much pain, she couldn't take it. Tears formed in her eyes and her throat clenched. She bit her tongue but her body trembled as her sobs managed to escape.
The Joker cocked his head to the side in wonder. He tilted his head toward Harley, which he would have a serious talk with later about her being here right now, but kept his eyes on Terra. "Is she -uh- crying?" He asked.
Harley craned her neck closer to Terra but she couldn't exactly tell. She left Joker's side and knelt beside her. She reached out to grab her leg but she moved too fast. Next thing she new, she was on her back and Terra was on her feet, running away.
The Joker instinctively flinched to help Harley up but he quickly composed himself and turned the other way, running after Terra. Why he was doing it himself instead of sending one of his morons, he liked to think it was because he didn't want to handle Harley just yet.
Joker became angrier the more he picked up the pace. He remembered back to the time he and Terra were stranded on Arkham after the van accident. The girl had managed to stay in front of him a good distance and didn't look moved by the more than two hour hike meanwhile he was exhausted and could barely make it up the hill.
"Stop!" He shouted reluctantly, knowing she wouldn't. He grunted when he ran into her. He took a step back and tried to recompose himself but she shoved him back. What just happened? Joker asked himself furiously as he stared at the fuming Terra in disbelief and bewilderment.
Terra panted heavily, her nostrils flaring and her eyes flaming. Her fists clenched at her sides and she just glared at The Joker with all her might.
"What the hell is the matter with you-" He fell onto his back and blacked out for what he believed to have been a few seconds. He sat up and scowled, grabbing his throbbing nose in his hand.
"I'm so sick of you!" Terra screamed, shaking her trembling hand. She punched him as hard as she could and it hurt. "You're always going on with the same shit! You're always threatening that you are going to kill me but you never do! You use me, tease me, mock me, hurt me, humiliate me, treat me like I'm nothing! I'm sick of it! If you're going to do something, do something already!" She screamed at him furiously. "Never in my life have I felt so frustrated! That's what you do, you frustrate me! You confuse me! You're some kind of bipolar psychopath with a soft interior!" She kept shouting angrily. She flailed her arms around and stomped her feet, she made faces and pulled her hair as she spoke. "You don't really need me, we all know that! I'm not going to do anything for you!" She finished ranting to catch her breath.
Joker wiped the blood off his face that dripped from his nose. He clumsily got up and dusted himself off. "Are you finished?" He asked calmly as he straightened out his suit.
"I can go on forever." She hissed.
"Hurry up and get back to-"
"No! I'm not going anywhere with you! Not anymore. I'm not doing shit for you, Joker." She spit at him and her saliva landed on his face. The Joker closed his eyes, rolling them into the back of his head. He took a deep breath and wiped the spit off with his glove. He forced a smile that threatened to split his face in half.
Terra watched him intently with a defiant smile on her face. That felt good. She started to giggle at his expense. It felt contagious. So much so that she started to chuckle audibly. Joker heard her and his eyes snapped open, glaring at her. "What are you laughing about?" He hissed.
"You should see your face!" She said before breaking into laughter. "You're all like, oh, you do what I say because I'm me and I -hahaha- I just spit on your-" She couldn't finish her sentence before she broke out laughing again. Her voice that tried to imitate his made it even more amusing to her.
Joker snarled and slapped her across the face despite his effort to keep his cool. Terra almost gave a 90 degree spin from the force of his blow. She felt tears form but she didn't sob. She laughed. She turned to face him again and pointed at him, "Ohh, now you're mad at me! I've been a bad little hostage, haven't I?" She giggled. She suddenly frowned and managed to shove him back again. "Well good! You fucking deserve it! You've been nothing but a jerk to me, asshole!" She shouted, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"You're still alive, aren't you! I think I've been more than-" He stopped himself from arguing, thinking it was pointless and a waste of spit. He pinched the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath, trying to recompose himself. "Just calm down and-"
"Stop telling me what to do!" She shouted, diving down to grab a rock and she threw it at his head, too fast for him to react in time.
"Stop that!" Joker shouted. He acted before he could think and had her on the floor. Terra groaned, putting pressure on her abdomen where he had just kicked her. She had the air knocked out of her. "You're making me lose my patience." Joker said, running his hand through his green hair.
"Why don't you just leave me alone!?" She cried out, turning on her side and assuming the fatal position.
The Joker stared down at her in disgust and anger. He swallowed the bile in his throat so he could say the next thing, "Because I still need you." He spat out reluctantly.
Terra sat up and slapped the ground, "What the hell for!?" She cried out desperately.
"Jokey-poo!" Came that annoying voice. The hairs on the back of Joker's neck stood on edge and the vein in his temple throbbed almost visibly.
"This." Joker grumbled before spinning around to face Harley that was running toward him with open arms. Once she got to him, she threw herself over him and hung on tightly.
"Oh, Jokey-poo, are you alright? Did this bitch hurt you?" Harley asked, her voice turning violent quickly. She let The Joker go and moved past him to attack Terra but Joker caught her, pulling her back in front of him. "What happened, baby?" She asked, her voice frilly and sweet again.
"What are you doing back, Harleen?" He asked sternly.
Harley felt her heart sink. He never, ever called her Harley. Never. "Wha- I'm back for you of course! I realized I can't live without ya, Mistah J! I came back to-"
"I told you to stay away. I told you what would happen if you ever came back." He said, ignoring her words completely.
"But-" She didn't know what to say. She frowned sadly, her eyes stinging. "I love ya, Mistah J, we're gonna get married, remembah!?" She cried out, flinging herself back onto him.
"I don't love you, Harleen." He grumbled, pulling her off of him and pushing her away.
"And aftah all we've been through! How can ya be so cold!? I saved you from that asylum, Jokah, we're going to get married!" She cried.
"Yeah, you saved me from there and I'm grateful. That's all there's to it. Gratitude. And I admit, you were fun to have around at first. Now you're boring, Harleen. Now I have..." He turned and grabbed Terra's arm, pulling her up and putting her against his side tightly. "Terra to entertain me. I love her now." He lied smoothly. He tasted the vomit in his mouth that saying that phrase caused him but he knew he had to say it in order to get Harley off his back.
This is cruel. Terra thought in disgust as she glared at Joker from the corner of her eyes. She stood there unwillingly, reluctantly hearing Harley's loud and obnoxious crying.
"What's wrong with ya, puddin'!? You know ya still love meh! Snap out of it!" She cried more, grabbing her head as her world slowly teared apart. "You!" She screamed, pointing an accusing finger at Terra.
"Me?" Terra asked dumbly, tensing under The Joker's arm.
"This is all your fault! You made Mistah J fall blindly in love with you when he still really loves meh! What kind of a sick and twisted person does that!?" She screamed at her. "It's nevah gonna happen between you two! I'll make sure of that!" She kept shouting.
"Trust me, I want nothing to do-!"
"Shut up!" Harley shrieked. "I don't want to hear you! I don't even wanna see ya!" She growled. She reached into her skirt and pulled out a pistol, pointing it at her.
Joker, who was watching the amusing girls, pulled his arm over Terra and pushed her back so he could stand in front of her. He quickly drew his own gun and pointed it at Harley. Her jaw dropped and she burst into tears, "How dare ya pull a gun at me!? I'm your fiancee!" She screamed, pointing the gun at his forehead absentmindedly.
"Harley, we've had a good run but it's time we went our separate ways. Now, I don't want to have to pull this trigger so put down your toys and go home." He said, drawing his gun back and holding up facing the sky.
"No! I'm gonna fight for ya, puddin'! I'm gonna fight for ya now!" She said, throwing the gun to the ground and stalking toward Terra. Joker stopped her with his hand and gave her a questioning look.
"You wanna fight Terra for me? Now?" He asked curiously.
"Yeah!" She shouted enthusiastically.
"No!" Terra protested. She knew she wouldn't be able to take Harley. Harley knew how to fight and wasn't as bent out of shape as herself. Terra only had the will to live and years of martial arts and gymnastics. Wait a sec... Terra thought to herself. She took a deep breath and straightened up, taking her full size instead of shrinking behind The Joker.
"I don't want to fight you for him. I want nothing to do with him. I don't love him, in any way." She said calmly.
Harley growled and got up in her face. Terra swallowed heavily. The blonde woman towered over her in those deadly boots. "You lie! I see the way your eyes twinkle! I see the way you hang on to him for protection! You trust him! You like him!" She shouted, her eyes crying again.
What? I don't... I don't. Terra convinced herself, shaking her head to get rid of the words.
"I can't blame ya, Mistah J is perfect!" She swooned over dramatically, clutching her hands together and blinking rapidly with a dreamy sigh. She looked like a cartoon character. Terra raised an eyebrow and looked from the woman in pigtails to the man with the scarlet grin.
"Yeah, perfect." She teased, rolling her eyes. "Listen, Harley, I don't wanna fight you over The Joker. I'm not- Ah!" She gasped, her eyes widening. She held her stinging cheek and stared at Harley in disbelief. Harley crossed her arms over her chest and smirked proudly.
"What the-!?" Harley screamed as she fell to the ground. Terra tackled her to the floor, pinning her legs down with her body. She grabbed a chunk of hospital wall and held it over her head. Harley stared into the furious girl's eyes with horror. She was too shocked to react in time too.
Joker watched as the scene unfolded before him, almost as if it were going in slow motion. Terra had moved so fast, no one expected to tackle Harley like that. She grabbed the chunk of wall and held it over her head, Joker wondered what got into her. He cocked his head as he wondered and just as her arms came down, he realized what she was going to do.
"STOP!" He shouted. He didn't know how he managed to move so quickly but he was on Terra in a second, yanking her off Harley who looked like a deer caught in headlights. Just because he didn't love her didn't mean he didn't care. "What the hell is the matter with you?" He hissed angrily, shaking her small body.
"Leave me alone!" She screeched, swinging her arms around. She managed to get a hold of his green hair. She clung on, determined not to let go.
"Ow! Let me go, woman!" Joker screamed, trying to pull his hair out of her iron-like grip. Terra screamed and grunted as she yanked and pulled his hair mercilessly. Joker felt it when his hair popped off his skull, it hurt. His brain told him to reach into his pocket and stab her in the stomach with the knife but something else told him not to. He grabbed her wrists and twisted them outward. His mouth watered as he imagined the feeling of her tiny wrists snapping in his hold but he stopped himself. He turned her around so her back was to him and pinned her arms against herself in a cross. He moved his face over her shoulder so she wouldn't break his nose with a headbutt. "Calm down, Terra." He whispered into her ear. Terra was blind and deaf with fury, she kept thrashing around in his hold, screaming and growling.
The Joker gave her a good shake, jerking her around. He wanted to hurt her so bad somehow. Next thing he knew, his teeth were deep into her neck. She screamed in pain and kicked around but The Joker was latched on pretty well. He could taste the bittersweet blood in his mouth and it somehow satisfied him along with the sound of her screams of pain. He opened his mouth and released her flesh so he could whisper in her ear, "Calm down already." He said.
Terra whimpered, going limp in his hold. Without noticing, Joker had been holding her in a tight hug. He sighed in relief. He felt so drained, he laid his head on her shoulder to catch his breath.
"Let's just go home." He grumbled. He shifted her in his hold so her feet dangled from the ground and then began to walk back toward the vans, going over Harley who was still on the ground, staring at them in disbelief.
"What about me, puddin'!?" She shouted.
"You too. Go home. Wherever that may be." He grumbled, being annoyed by her voice. He just wanted to go home and sleep. He hoped Terra would be still all the way back to the warehouse, he wasn't in the mood for dealing with a emotional wreck of a teen-aged psychopathic girl.
A/N: Took me a while to finish this chapter but I finally closed it up! Woo! My apologies for any mistakes or just if you didn't like the chapter, I tried. Hopefully the next chapter will be up sooner! I know that there is a great similarity to a scene in The Dark Knight in this chapter so don't say I copied, I did it on purpose, people! I liked the scene so I redid it, simple as that. Thanks for reading and leave a review, I love those things!