Jack was sitting in the driver's seat of his new car parked outside the warehouse they lived in, Chloe was sitting in the back playing with her teddy bear and the boot was filled to the brim with luggage "When are we going, daddy?" she asked.
Jack looked back at her and gave her a small smile "When mommy's ready."
"What's mommy doing?" she pressed.
"You know how she's going to have a baby?" he asked and she nodded "Well sometimes she gets sick in the morning, so we just have to wait until she feels better and then we can go and visit your grandparents."
Harley had convinced him to visit her parents in Brooklyn, she was almost six months pregnant, her stomach had grown considerably, she was beginning to gain weight and she wanted her parents to meet her family. She hadn't seen them since she ran off with him but now she had a family with him and she needed her parents to be a part of it. Jack had asked Harley to get some medications that could conceal his 'disfigurement', he had dark brown hair like his daughter and pale but flesh colored skin. It made him happy that he could take his family to the park or go grocery shopping.
"How big is it now?" Chloe asked.
Jack turned in his seat so he could see his daughter better, he took her hands and showed her how big "This big, about the size of an eggplant," he told her.
"That's small."
"Well, it'll get bigger, just like you did," he said smiling and kissed her forehead before turning back around to see Harley ambling out of the warehouse. She when beaming at him as she got into the passenger seat "Hey beautiful" he greeted as he leaned in to kiss her.
"Let's go," she said excitedly, almost jumping out of her seat.
"Calm down there or you might wet yourself," he chuckled pulling out of the lot and began driving down the street.
A half hour later Jack groaned when his daughter began to sing 'let it go' from the movie Frozen that she was currently obsessed with "I swear if I hear that song one more time, I'm going to go bungy jumping without the rope." he muttered.
"Oh come on, Jacky, don't be such a party pooper," Harley laughed.
He was silent "You think I can sue frozen for giving me a migraine?"
She threw her head back and laughed but her smiled dropped when she saw the amount of luggage they had which seemed to be the majority of their belongings "Jack, why we have all of this stuff? We're not moving in with my parents."
"We're moving but not with your parents," he replied.
"Why, what was wrong with the warehouse?"
"The cops were hot on our tail and that meant the batman was only hours away from finding us. I broke any security cameras that were in the area and made sure the footage was unrecoverable so that they can't follow the car. I made sure that we're untraceable, by now he has the whole bat family after me and not to mention the whole of the Gotham Police Department."
"Where are we going to live?" she asked, beginning to get worried.
"Hiding in warehouses and abandoned buildings ain't good enough" he sighed "We need to hide in plain sight and by that I mean we need to get a normal house maybe somewhere in Brooklyn where you, Chloe, the baby and I can have a normal life. Hiding out in a warehouse ain't right for Chloe and it won't be for the baby."
"What if they find us?" she pressed.
"We'll cross that bridge if we get to it."
Harley was silent "We should go get an ultrasound while we're in Brooklyn," she said suddenly.
"That'd be amazing" he responded smiling, they hadn't been able to get an ultrasound in Gotham out of fear of being noticed. Because of Batman, they lived in fear.
It took them a few hours to get to Brooklyn, they pulled up in front of a large house, Jack sighed as he took the keys out and the engine stopped making the car silent "Are you sure about this, sweetheart?" he asked.
"Don't back out now, Jack or I'll never forgive you," she said and he was silent "Well?" she snapped.
"I'm just trying to think what would be worse," he replied with a smirk.
He hit him softly on the shoulder "Ok, funny-man, let's go," they all got out the car in time to see an old couple appear from the house, who waved joyfully at the family "Come on, J, time to meet your in-laws," Harley said waving back before grabbing Jacks hand and pulling him towards the house.
"Hey, Harley, it's been so long!" he mother exclaimed giving her daughter a hug and a kiss.
"Hi Mum," she greeted hugging her back.
Her mother suddenly turned to Jack "This must be, Jack," she said excitedly and Jack frowned in confusion, why would they be happy to see the man who took their daughter from them? He thought, he was about to ask but he was interrupted by her suddenly pulling him into a tight hug "Welcome to the family!"
"Uh…thank you?" he said but it sounded more like a question.
"I'm Sharon and this is Nick," she introduced gesturing to her husband.
Nick turned to him while the two ladies cooed over Chloe and talked about Harley's pregnancy "Are you going to take care of my daughter?" her father asked.
Jack nodded, about to respond but was distracted by Chloe pulling on the leg of his pants "Daddy, I'm hungry."
"Ok, baby, we'll get you something to eat," he said softly, picking her up and casting a pleading look to Harleen's father.
"Of course, sweetheart, let's get you inside and we'll find something for you to eat," he said smiling.
Harley ran up to them wide eyed "Food?" she asked excitedly.
Jack put his arm around her and kissed her cheek "Yes, food," he chuckled and led his family inside.
Five months later in Arkham Asylum Jonathon Crane, Harvey Dent, Pamela Isley and Jervis Tetch were strapped down to individual chairs by their strait jackets as the Batman paced in front of them. They had been woken up in the middle of the night by him and taken into one of the old therapy rooms deep inside the asylum "Where are they?!" Batman demanded.
"Why should we tell you?" Ivy seethed back at him.
"Because you'll regret it if you don't," he threatened.
"What do you plan to do to them?" Jonathon asked glaring at the dark knight.
"I'll beat him into oblivion and return him to Arkham."
"They'll just let them back out and this time legally, you won't be able to hurt them anymore," Harvey said smugly.
"They're insane," Batman retorted.
"What have they done for the past month that has been remotely insane?"
"I know he's planning something and I'm going to find out what it is!"
"You know, Joker always said that you were dependant on him. I never believed him till now, you're practically in pieces without him," Ivy laughed "You're disgusting," she added and spat at him.
Suddenly Batman slapped her across the face "Stop protecting him!"
"You'll never find him, he isn't even in Gotham anymore, far out of the GCPD's jurisdiction."
"Batman has no jurisdiction!"
"Well he bloody well should," Jervis muttered.
Batman began to try to beat information out of all of them until he heard the door to the room open and multiple set of feet rushing in "Batman!" one of them yelled, who he knew to be Dick.
"What?!" he roared whirling around to see Dr Leland, Nightwing, Robin and Commissioner Gordon. Dr Leland rushed to tend to the patients and Batman sneered "Don't help them, their protecting him!"
"Yeah, we are, so you don't beat them half way to hell!" Ivy shouted through a bloody nose.
"Calm down, Pam," Dr Leland said softly.
"You know if you talked to them like a civil person and asked him to prove his sanity, he would do it for his family."
"Family?" Leland asked.
Jonathon nodded "He has more important things to take care of then this bastard," he replied glaring daggers at Batman.
Gordon sighed heavily and turned to Batman "I'll need you to give me your utility belt and any other tools you have on you, we're going to hold you in a cell here while Leland and I find Joker and sort this mess out. Keeping you here is the best for everyone," he told him sternly.
"I need to protect you and Gotham, he'll…"
"Hand over your belongings or I will take them by force!" Gordon roared and Batman glared at him before obeying.
He then looked at Nightwing and Robin who looked at him sadly "We agree with the commissioner, you're becoming delusional."
An orderly came into the room took Batman away without hassle, the rest of them turned to the inmates "Ok, where are they, we promise they will not be harmed," Leland asked gently and Ivy nodded and began to explain.
