You Can Run, But You Can't Hide

Chapter 7

Reginamuffled screams went unanswered as the Joker kissed her. She tried to get her mouth off his. She didn't want this! She did not want to be kissed by anyone. It was her first kiss! It was supposed to be special!

Regina opened her eyes wide. The Joker's eyes were closed. It looked like he was the only one enjoying the kiss.

Regina bit down on his lips and sure enough, that got him to release their mouths.

The Joker licked his lips and tasted blood.

"Mmm," he said.

"You stole it from me," said Regina standing up and backing away from the couch in horror.

"Stole something?" asked the Joker as he tilted his head. He too got up.

"That was my first kiss!" yelled Regina.

"It's not my first, nor my last," replied the Joker as he starred at her intently.

"You just be thankful that's the only first I stole from you," said the Joker.

Regina crossed her legs when he said that.

"No way I'm giving up my virginity to anyone," said Regina aloud.

"You are a very straightforward person, aren't you?" asked the Joker as he took her chin into his hand.

"I'm way more forward than you are," said Regina.

"That's one of the traits I look for in a woman," replied the Joker.

"You getting a woman? HA! Don't make me laugh!" said Regina as she crossed her arms.

"Ah! But I'm the Joker! I'm supposed to make people laugh!" laughed the Joker.

"Yeah. You make them laugh to death," said Regina as she glared at him not leaving her spot.

"Ah ha! You just made a joke! Looks like I'm rubbing off on you," said the Joker as he pointed to her.

"Fuck off," swore Regina.

"Better yet, if you don't start to get with my program, I will fuck you," threatened the Joker.

Regina knew he was now being serious.

The Joker left Regina with his goons and went into another room.

"Watch her," he said to the henchmen before he closed the door.

Regina looked at the men then proceeded to go use the bathroom.

One of the goons stood in front of her to prevent her from leaving.

"I'm just going to use the little girls' room," she said. The door was right in front of her.

The goon nodded his head and let her pass. He stood in front of the door to guard it.

Inside, Regina looked at herself. She took a nearby hairbrush and proceeded to brush her long ponytail.

She started from the top of it and brushed gently through the long locks of red.

Her mind was jumbled with a thousand questions, but not one she knew the answer to.

Then she saw that the top of her ponytail was shining red then black.

She saw it and knew that the tracking device was working. Batman would surely be there soon to rescue her.

She made sure some of her hair was covering the blinking light and exited the bathroom.

When she emerged she saw someone else sitting on the couch. Whoever he was, he was wearing a long purple robe with a newspaper in his hands.

"Who are you?" asked Regina as she was pushed over to the couch by the bathroom guard.

"I'm surprised Regina. You don't recognize me without my make-up on?" the Joker asked.

Regina silently gasped.

"I've never seen you without the war paint on," stated Regina as she sat far away from him.

"Only a few people have," said the Joker as he looked at her.

"You know, you're not so scary looking without the make-up," she said.

"Really?" asked the Joker, clearly upset about her words.

He pulled out a gun, pointed it at Regina, and fired without looking at his target.

Regina gasped. She brought her head down on the couch. She panted silently in fear. When she felt no pain and looked up. The bullets had hit the wall behind her in the shape of a "J."

"Never judge a book by its cover," asked the Joker as he put the gun back into his robe pocket.

"I'll keep that in mind," said Regina.

She yawned and proceeded to cuddle up on the sofa. The goons were leaving. One of them turned off the light before he exited. Only the Joker and Regina were left in the room.

What the hell am I doing? Here I am, a hostage of the Jokers and I'm cuddling up on his sofa in his hideout. What am I thinking, thought Regina.

What I am thinking is to play it by ear until the Dark Knight shows up. I know it's grotesque but what else can I do? If I put up a fight, I know this clown will not hesitate to kill me. I did get kissed by him, but what's his deal? I don't want to solve this puzzle that is the Joker, thought Regina.

She cuddled up and breathed in and out to calm herself. She heard the rustling of paper and knew the Joker was still reading the news.

Regina's thoughts drifted from her current predicament into dreams she had.

The dreams of her going off to Gotham College. The dream to become an artist. The dream to show off her skills.

Within minutes, Regina was asleep.

The Joker noticed that Regina was sleeping. He got up and went into the makeshift bedroom and got a blanket and a pillow. He then went back over and covered Regina with the blanket and put the pillow under her head.

"Sleep soundly my angel for eternity," he said.

He glared down at her and took out his knife. He was going to cut her in her sleep. He got the knife to her throat and immediately Regina felt the blade and woke with a start.

"What are you doing?!" she yelled trying to get up.

"Killing you," replied the Joker.

"Why?!" she screamed.

"Because I know I'm starting to get bored with you. And when I get bored, I get rid of the root of the boredom," he said.

"And it's also a turn of events. Expect the unexpected," said the Joker.

"NO! GET OFF! SOMEONE HELP ME!" Regina yelled.

Her screams were answered when Batman broke through the glass roof and right on top of Regina and the Joker.

The couch broke with the combined weight of the three people.

Regina took off to the other side of the room.

She looked back and saw Batman punching the Joker.

"Thank God," whispered Regina.

The henchmen heard the noise and burst into the room. They saw their boss getting beaten by Batman and started to release gunfire.

"I shouldn't thank him yet," as Regina ducked to escape the gunfire.

The Joker signaled for his men to stop shooting.

"It's alright boys," said the Joker.

"Let us bad boys talk for a minute," the Joker said.

"Well, well well. Look what the night drug in," said the Joker as he blocked the next punch.

"The night is me," replied Batman as he head butted the Joker and backed away from him.

The Joker put his hand up to his head and stumbled a little due to the hard blow Batman had just delivered.

Batman backed over to Regina. He grabbed her around her middle.

"Hang on," he said.

"Okay," replied Regina as she hung onto him around his neck.

As soon as they hung on to each other, the gunfire started up again.

But before the bullets hit their marks, both of them took off through the broken glass and into the night.

The Joker watched them fly out of the roof, then turned his attention to his men. An angry smile was painted on his scarred lips.

"You know boys. I am really getting tired of this overgrown flying rodent spoiling my fun," he said.

"I think it's time for us to start taking things a little more seriously," he said as he turned his glare back into the night sky.