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Chapter 8: Prep Time
"NO! that's my final word. So either you take it or get out of my sight." The Joker shifted his dark cold eyes towards Harley who was standing next to the bed not too far in front of him in a room they casually shared.
"But Baaaabee!" Harley protested as she slammed her right foot on the ground
" What, are you three now?" her lover chuckled at her childish demeanor.
"Im being serious! It's been a month since we have left this stupid warehouse. A motherfucking MONTH!" Harley emphasized every syllable in that word and raised her voice in annoyance.
"Hey hey! You better watch your tone with me." The clown raised an eyebrow and shot her a challenging look
"Baby… please I need to go outside! I am suffocating in here. We haven't done anything since that night of the heist. Not another heist or a robbery. Hell, we havent even gone out to scout for the Bats! This is bullshit." Harley rolled her eyes
"You are one whiny bitch aren't you?" The Joker shook his head in disbelief. "You have everything you ever wanted here but you… you little ungrateful slut always want more and more! Im tired of it! What else do you want? Have I not given you everything? Are you not happy here? Because if that's the case then hey, the front doors are wide open." He pointed a sharp finger towards the door.
"No. that is not what I meant at all" Harley rushed over to her lover and pulled him close to a tight embrace. "You are completely right. I have been completely ungrateful. I know that everything you do is for the best for us."
"Exactly." he half smiled and pressed his red lips to her forehead. "Plus… You need to be patient. You don't know the whole panorama of our situation. I've actually been planning a little mission for us. If you had waited about two hours for your little rant, I would have not ruined the surprise. But oh well, not everything can go according to plan, right?" He pressed his lips in a thin line in disappointment and pushed Harley away from him. His lean body pivoted and he walked over to the main phone line he had on an old woodened nightstand next to his bed and that on a closer look had knife markings on its surface. As soon as he spoke those words, Harley's stomach dropped and she lowered her head and bit her lips in slight shame and began to cuff her hands. The Joker quickly dialed the number and waited, avoiding all eye contact with his girl.
"Boss?" the voice answered at the second ring.
"Mateo," The joker spoke as soon as the voice in the other line responded "Call the meeting at The Vault…."
"Sir, that wasn't scheduled for another hour" Mateo reminded him in a confused tone.
"I know it's early….." The Joker took a deep breath and tried to keep patient.
"Is there something wrong?" Mateo pressed on in worry.
"You don't need an explanation. You go call that meeting or your head will roll" The Joker's patience ran out quick and he couldn't contain his anger as he threatened his right hand worker
"Yes sir, right away" he said quickly in fear of angering his boss anymore and hung up.
The joker sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose trying to regain his composure.
"Babe… I… uh... I'm sorry!" Harley rushed over and held him in a tight hug from behind "I promise I'll learn to be more appreciative with you. I promise you that I'll control my craziness" She reached on her tippy toes and kissed the back of his neck.
"It's fine Harley. Just go to the meeting. I'll be down there soon." He shrugged his shoulders to shake her body off and away from him.
"Oh… I thought we were going to head out there together…." Harley furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.
"Of course not Harley, don't be ridiculous. You are like every other worker; you do not get in to make an entrance alongside with me. I have to feature myself." The Joker shook his head trying hard to not go off on her.
"Oh… right. I don't know what I was thinking." She sighed and shuffled her way over to the door. As she grabbed the handle she paused and turned to look at the love of her life. "You know I love you right?" she asked in a saddened mode.
"Yeah, me too." He half smiled. Harley stared into his eyes and stood at the door for one more second before making her way out and shutting the door silently behind her.
"Yea but I love you more" She quietly whispered as she pushed her body away from the door.
Harley was lost in thought as she made her way down the old stairs in a daze. Each step made a loud creaking noise but as Harley was so deep into her thoughts, she took no notice
He's changed…. I don't even know what to do anymore.
I think this is my fault. Im doing all this things to push him away…
I left everything for him because I love him with everything I am.
He's everything I've got…
And im losing him.
As these dark thoughts tormented her on her journey to the end of the hallway, a tight knot had formed inside Harley's throat and it was too hard for her to swallow. But she managed to do so as a small tear ran down from the corner of her left eye and she quickly reached out to wipe it away.
Soon Harley reached the great metal doors she anticipated and halted right before reaching out to them. She took a deep breath to old herself together and began to think positively as her most recent wish was about to be granted.
As she entered The Vault, the eyes of all men turned towards her, mostly hungry with desire as they had not been this close to a beautiful woman in a long time now. But there were of course a few who eyed her down with jealousy of her skills and her talent as their boss' sidekick.
"Hey Harley!" Riley smiled excitedly to see his only friend arrive.
"Oh, hey Riley" Harley, who was still lost in a sea of her own thoughts, answered with much less excitement than usual; he was her only friend there too.
"You guys had an argument again didn't you?" Riley asked, immediately takin note of her unusual behavior.
"Sort of…. It was my fault. Im just so needy" Harley couldn't help but frown
"I understand Harley… But it isn't completely your fault you know. You love him. So you want to spend all your time with him. It's just natural, but you have to understand that you aren't a normal girl in love with a normal man. You are Harley Quinn, and you are in love with The Joker." Riley finished his statement and half-heartedly smiled at her, hoping that she would understand.
"You're right… I mean, I did know what I was getting myself into right?" Harley shrugged and tried to play off that she was ok before being interrupted by a loud bang at the door.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH"
Harley's heart skipped as she recognized the familiar sound of that crazy laughter. As soon as the laughter began all the henchmen lined up in front of the fighting rink to listen intently to what the boss had to say.
"Hellooooo everyone! It's so nice to see your morbid faces! Haha !" he slowly made his way around the octagon to make sure he had captivated the attention of all his workers and made eye contact with all in the first rows, except one.
"So we've laid low for way too long! We waited for the heat to die down a little from our last heist and now it is time for us to remind the city that I am their King." He continued to parade himself around the rink and stopped for one second to stand proud and tall as he pulled down on his suit in order to mimic upper class gentlemen.
"I came up with a plan that will not require big numbers. I need a getaway team, a sniper team, and like always I will handpick my partners. I have secretly been inspecting you all individually and have a list of people who I have classified as the best for me on this mission. I do not really care about who is in the getaway team so if you will like to join that team I will take 4 of you who are skilled with motorcycles. Mateo has a list, so go to him if interested after the meeting. I had a group of snipers working the last heist and I would like if the same team people work this plan.." The Joker paused and looked around to make sure everyone had gotten the message.
"Now to my favorite part!" he beamed in glee "I only chose 4 of my best workers to accompany me in this wild ride: Mateo, Riley, Tony, and Harley."
As every name was announce the corresponding person joined their boss on the rink. When her name finally escaped his lips, Harley's heart reacted and began to sprint. She was so excited to join her love in this new mission, and even though she had no idea what it was about, knowing her lover, it was going to be exciting.
"To my office." The Joker commanded as a mischievous grin spread along his lips. "Everyone else get back to training, maybe then you can be as good as my all-stars here" and without another word he pivoted around and walked off the rink with his entourage closely behind him and the eyes of everyone in that room followed them. Harley looked around and proudly smiled.
That's right…. Show me that respect I've earned! ... Now I know why my Puddin enjoys this so much- Harley giggled and as more henchmen they walked by, the more her ego grew and the louder her laughter got. Soon the Joker took notice and halted. He spun around and after one glance at her he knew exactly what was going on through her mind.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA" he joined in and reached his pale hand out to her and she didn't stop laughing as she grabbed it. The Joker pulled her closer and threw his lean arm around and kept walking pulling her along and escalating their laughter into another octave. Their eerie laughter could still be heard once the door shut behind them as all the henchmen looked at each other in a wave of confusion and fear.
