Ellie got out of bed, but as soon as she tried to stand on her own, she tumbled to the floor. She hissed as pain shot up through her injured leg. Pulling herself back onto her feet, Ellie managed to steady herself as she applied most of her weight onto her uninjured leg.

Looking around the room, she saw that she was in fact in Joker's room, having remembering it from when she had worked for him. If she was in his room, then that meant that her old room was just down the hall; assuming that it was still her room, but Ellie doubted it.

Limping towards the door, Ellie pulled it open and looked down both directions of the hallway. No one was in sight. Ellie turned left and hobbled along, using the wall for support.

Finally reaching the door that she recognized as being once hers, she slowly opened it, mostly expecting to find it empty or being someone else's new bedroom. But once she opened the door, she saw her room exactly the same way she had left it before she went and betrayed the 

Joker. Well...it wasn't exactly in the same condition…all her possessions were in the room, the room was still the same light blue color, and she still had her bed and dresser; the only difference was that the room had been completely trashed.

Her mattress of her bed was now on the floor, a huge slash through it which appeared to be from a knife; the curtains also had knife slits through them. Her dresser drawers were open, some completely taken out, clothes were thrown everywhere. The mirror that had been on her wall was smashed, shards of glass littering the floor. But the worst part had to be the walls.

Obscenities were written all along the walls in a reddish color that could easily be mistaken for blood. Actually, Ellie wasn't quite sure what the words were written in and it could in fact have been blood. She shuttered at the thought. On her back wall was a huge portrait of a smiling face in the same red color. The other walls were covered with threats and other words that wouldn't be appropriate in a civil conversation.

Ellie managed to snap out of her initial shock as she walked into the room, being careful not to trip on anything. She walked to the wall that had the face on it and she lightly touched it. The substance was dried a now deep crimson which gave Ellie a stronger feeling that it was blood. Looking at the other walls, Ellie silently read words such as: kill, bitch, die, whore; you get the picture.

"Like what I've done with the place? It needed a little redecoration." A voice said behind Ellie, making her jump and yank her hand away from the graffiti. She turned around and saw the Joker leaning on the doorframe, arms crossed and looking around, admiring his work.

"Let's just say I wasn't very happy when you left." He said, looking around the room, and then focusing his gaze on Ellie. 'Jeez, ya think'



He walked towards her, but Ellie stood her ground, not really having anywhere to go anyways. He grabbed her and pulled her close to him, wrapping his arms tightly around her. "But now that you're back, I'm not angry anymore because I know just how much fun we'll have together. Even if you'll only be around for a short time." He said in a creepy, calm voice as he forced her head to lay in his chest as he ran his fingers through her hair.

"Why don't you just let me go...I'll pay back all the money, I swear I will." Ellie said quietly, still with her head against his chest. She felt his chest move rapidly as he let out a shrill of laughter, the sound making her wince. Joker pulled her away from him, but held onto her arms as he stared at her. His grin was wide as he caressed her cheek. "Oh no, no, no, no. What would be the fun in that? No, no, you need to stay here. Stay with me until I'm ready to get rid of you. Yeah, that's what you'll do…it'll be so much fun! Oh El! I could just kiss you!" He squealed childishly as both hands grabbed the sides of her face, making her look at him.

Ellie looked at him disgustingly, "Please don't" She said with a hint of attitude. This wiped the grin off Joker's face, and his expression instantly turned to fury. 'There goes the Bi-Polar again'

"I thought I told you to get dressed. Hurry up and do it." He said icily, letting his hands drop from her face as he continued to stare at her with cold eyes.

Ellie made sure to not turn her back to the Joker as she searched the room for something to wear. Quickly, she pulled on a pair of dark jeans and a simple green top. Remembering that the weather was cool this time of year, she grabbed a hoodie and threw it on. She then turned to the Joker, showing him that she was ready. He still had a scowl on his face from her last comment, and then turned and walked out of the messy room.

She followed, still limping, until they got to the garage of the warehouse. Three men in clown masks stood next to the beaten up van, all with guns in their hands. Ellie recognized the masks, but didn't think that they were the same men that she used to work with. Joker had a tendency to kill his employees after awhile, then he would go out and hire more. She'd never understand the wacko's thinking.

Joker signaled for one of the men to open the back of the van. He did as he was instructed to do, and the three men then piled into the van. Ellie stood there, but before she could get in, she was pushed roughly, falling into the van. The floors were now partially cleaned of the blood from Ellie, most likely cleaned by one of the three men that sat in the van with her. The back doors slammed shut and Ellie made sure this time to climb onto a seat and strap herself in with the seatbelt.



Of course the Joker's driving was crazy, but Ellie this time wasn't sliding all over the place, much to her relief.

The van then stopped in front of a large hotel/casino and the three men along with Ellie climbed out of the van as the Joker stood there impatiently waiting for them. "You go in and talk to him first, we'll follow behind." The Joker whispered harshly into her ear as he nudged her forward towards the front entrance.

Ellie limped inside, looking quickly behind her, seeing that the Joker and the men were nowhere in sight. Shrugging it off, Ellie went to the front desk, seeing a woman in her mid-thirties, dressed in a nice skirt with a dress shirt. Her hair pulled up into a loose bun as she smiled widely at Ellie. "Welcome, may I help you?" She said sweetly.



"I need to talk with the owner. It's very important." Ellie said back, sounding annoyed. The smile on the lady's face fell, "I'm sorry, but Mr. Coletti is a very busy man. He doesn't really have the time to--"

"Tell him Ellie Turner is here to speak with him." Ellie said, interrupting her. The lady looked at her skeptically, but grabbed a phone and started talking quietly into it. After a moment, she hung up the phone and looked at Ellie, "Mr. Coletti will see you now. His office is on the seventh floor." Without another glance, Ellie walked to the elevator.

At the seventh floor, Ellie walked until she saw a door with a plaque that read, "Vincent Coletti, Owner". Ellie took a deep breath of air and knocked on the door. When she heard a deep voice say "Come in," Ellie opened the door, stepping into a large, well decorated office.



Behind a mahogany desk sat a man in his late fifties, staring at Ellie with a calm, yet loathing expression. Two men stood at either side of him, both muscular and wearing all black.

"Well well. Ellie Turner. I thought for sure you'd be dead by now." He spoke with a sort of New York sounding accent. Both of his elbows rested on his desk, hands crossed together with his chin on top of them as she continued to eye her.

"Well it would appear that I'm not dead wouldn't it?" Ellie shot back coldly, glaring daggers at the man across from her. Vincent Coletti chuckled a bit, "I guess it would appear so. But you must be pretty stupid to come back here. You know, I'm actually quite surprised that the Joker freak hasn't found you yet. Maybe he realized that you're just not worth it."

"Not exactly." A cold, high-pitched voice said, making everyone jump. A sinister laugh filled the room as the Joker stepped in. Vince Coletti looked as if he had just seen a ghost.

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