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NANDA PARBAT
Ras Al Ghul is observing his empire as he sees his assassins guarding his temple, his army against the people who's not worthy in their future. Ras saw the the end of Gotham and thought his best pupil will stand by his side against them and marry his daughter. He thought he can die knowing that the future of the League of Assassins were in safe hands but he chose to defend Gotham and became an enemy. Ras closes his eyes, feeling nothing but disappointment.
He opens his eyes and turns around to see Batman in front of him, hiding behind the shadows "You're stealth needs a bit of work." He said coldly as he walks to his armchair.
"Have you ever heard of Project Revival?" Batman asked, keeping his distance from him.
Ras sat down on his chair "Yes I have. My employees have came to me to find answers on bringing people back to life from the long dead. Figured that I might have an answer for their problem."
"They thought about the Lazarus Pit?" He asked.
Ras nods "Indeed. My daughter had made deals with them for some time now."
"You know the name?" He takes a step forward to the light, slightly trusting his old master but cautious of his surroundings.
Ras shakes his head "Unfortunately no. I keep away from underground deals in Gotham and trust my daughter with them. If you want answers, you only need to find her."
"Where is she?" He raises his voice.
Ras stands up and looks out the window "She's in Gotham. Taking residence there until there are any deals that needs to be made." He turns to the dark knight, glaring him in the eyes "But I worn you to be careful."
Batman walks up to him closely "Why?"
"Because whoever she is dealing with terrifies her. They're even kept in the dark even I don't know about them. Whoever they are they are dangerous and are more of a friend to the shadows than you and I."
Batman nods as he turns from him, getting the answers he was looking for.
NEXT DAY 1:pm AT WATCH TOWER
Superman, Green Arrow and the Flash, all sat around the table, looking at the statistics of the Earth while eating pizza and having a conversation about the wedding.
"You kidding? He hasn't asked you yet?" The Flash asked, while having a huge bite of pizza.
Superman chuckles "Nope. But you know Bruce, he keeps things to himself."
Arrow nods "The man who has spend years in the dark, keeps people in the dark. I'm sure there is a pattern." He looks at the invitation he received "Who would of thought that he'd be marrying Harley Quinn."
Superman gives Arrow the glare "It's Quinzel Ollie. Everyone deserves a second chance. And if Bruce can give her a that then so am you."
The Flash stands up "Totally agree. But they better pay for our tickets for the wedding. I'm not running on water or buildings or whatever from Central to Gotham City just for a wedding. Too much leg work." Superman And Arrow looks at him dead in the eyes "Fine I'll run there. But I won't be happy about it."
Wonder Woman enter the room, disrupting the three "Hey everyone. Did I interrupt something."
"Not really." Arrow grins "Just talking about Mr and future Mrs Wayne's wedding."
"And we still don't know who the best man will be." The Flash said.
Wonder Woman looks at the three "You all going?"
"He's our friend Diana." Superman said, placing his hand on her shoulder "We all have to be there."
Wonder Woman looks at her old friend "You do know who he's marrying, right? Harley Quinn? The woman who was the Joker's girlfriend and helped caused chaos in Gotham with him. She killed someone as well."
Superman looks at her eyes "I thought you be happy. He finds someone that he loves and someone that wants to change for the better. The Wayne-Quinzel Hospital is a huge success and she did it all on her own."
"With Bruce's money." She pointed out "She didn't achieve anything. Bruce brought her the hospital and made her in charge, just because he sees something in her. Me? I can see that she just wants his money to make a name for herself."
Arrow shakes his head "Sorry to say Superman but I kind of agree with her. I mean she got out of Arkham then goes out with Batman and then gets a new lease on life? Sorry but I For one am not buying it."
Wonder Woman smiles at the Green Arrow, happy that someone agrees with her views with the former crinimal while the Flash picks up another slice of pizza "Well I For one won't judge until we see it for ourselves." He turns to Superman "You want to go meet up at Bruce's. Maybe meet the beautiful or evil bride herself? Maybe see if Bruce has decided on who is going to be his best man?"
"He's not going to pick you Barry." Arrow said, chuckling at himself.
"He might." He responds while leaning back on his chair as he turns to the Man of Steel "Come on. I'll race ya." He runs out the door, while Superman just chuckles to himself and runs after him.
Wonder Woman turns to the Green Arrow "You think she's changed?"
The Arrow shrugs "I'm not sure. I say we keep an eye on her."
THE EYE-MR SILVER's OFFICE
Mr Silver grabs Sarah and lifts her up "You gave information to Batman, haven't you?"
"N-no…" she choked "I-I haven't."
Mr Silver drops her to the ground and agitatedly paces around the office "I said to you if he ever gets close, kill him. And now he is getting closer by the second."
"He… isn't." She said, taking deep breaths.
"He found you and spoke to you. That's getting close and since you didn't listen I will have a special someone to meet the young Miss Quinzel."
The Mother's eyes turns to fire as she stands up "You lay one hand on my daughter and I will fucking-"
Mr Silver pulls a stun gun and fires at her, putting Sarah to sleep. He walks to her and smiles at her carefully "You think they learned about threatening me." He turns to his desk and presses a button on the intercom "Bring Project Judgement in."
Mr Silver turns to Sarah and smiles "An old friend really wants to catch up with the beautiful Harleen."
AN HOUR LATER AT WAYNE MANOR
Barry Allen and Clark Kent (now in their civilian clothes) knocked at the front door, while looking at the front garden on the mansion. Barry places his hands in his pocket while whistling casually. Clark pushes his glasses a bit closer his eyes while waiting for someone to open to front door.
"I'll get it!" A woman shouted, making Clark and Barry nervous.
Harley opens the door, looking at the two and shrieked in excitement "Oh, my God! The Flash and Superman!" She quickly jumps to hug the two, startling the heroes.
Harley let's go of the confused heroes and opens the door a bit wider "Come in you two. There's plenty of room.
The two entered the building, while Clark looks at Harley curiously "How did you know who we are?" He asks curiously.
Harley smirks "I read all your files. Bruce thought it be safer if I know who to trust in case of emergencies." She spins around and shouts "Bruce! Clark Kent and Barry Allen are here!" She turns to the two again "Is there anything you need? Tea? Water? Or should I order pizza?"
Barry's eyes widened "Pizza?"
Clark chuckles "We're fine ma'am."
"No need to be all formal. You can call me Harley." Harley walks to the kitchen "And I'm going to order pizza anyway. Gives you two time to catch up with Bruce."
As she leaves, the two men looks at her in amazement "Can I marry her?" Barry joked.
"I'm afraid you can't Barry." Said Bruce, who was standing behind the two, scaring Barry in the process.
"Would you stop with the sneaking!" He shrieked.
Clark chuckles and walks to his best friend "It's so good to see you Bruce."
"And you Clark. You too Barry." He responds.
Barry shakes Bruce's hands while smiling at him "Long time no see, Bruce." He points to the kitchen "Just met your wife. Without the make up this time I might add. She seems cool."
Clark nods in agreement "She definitely has changed Bruce. And we couldn't of been proud."
Bruce nods, but doesn't make eye contact "But not everyone is convinced?"
Clark stutters but unable to say a word, while Barry looks away, uncomfortable with the question.
Clark straightens his tie "They just need to get used to it. Barry and I know she's changed and we want you both to be happy. The others will see soon enough."
"After a few champagnes." Barry grins, while placing his hands in his pocket "But seriously they will get over it."
Bruce nods "I understand. But I know what I am doing and I know she is safe. I trust her with my life. I love her."
"And that's all we ever want." Clark said, while raising his arms up.
Harley enters the room and look at the three men "Pizza is on their way. Should be here soon enough. I also gave Alfred a night off, he deserves it." She grins at them.
Bruce walks up to her "You like to join us? I want them to know you a little more."
Harley looks at her fiancé, blushing "You sure? I-I mean I love to but I don't want to be in a way or anything that involves the Justice League."
Barry shrugs "There will be no Justice League talks tonight. It will just be amongst friends and pizza."
FEW HOURS LATER
DINNING ROOM
The four newly formed friends sat on the table talking, while Barry turns to Bruce and smiles "Okay, Bruce. It's time to pick who your best man is."
Harley looks at her fiancé in disappointment "Can't believe you haven't decided yet."
Bruce takes a sip of champagne and shrugs "I've been busy. You know how it is."
"I understand perfectly." Clark said while taking a bite of his pizza.
The blonde smirks "Okay but you got to decide soon."
Bruce looks at her "Maybe I did." He turns to look at Clark "And I want it to be you."
Clark looks at Bruce shocked "You sure?" He asked.
"I wouldn't want it any other way." He said while stands up and walks to Clark. He stands up to and the two hugged each other.
Barry smiles at his friends "Isn't this sweet." He turns to Harley "But I'm praying for a stag party."
Harley looks at him suspiciously "No strippers." She said darkly.
Clark chuckles and places his hand on his heart "I promise Harley, there will be no strippers. We should get back to the Watch Tower."
"Yeah. This was nice Bruce. It's great to finally meet to you Harley." Barry said as he stands up from his chair.
Harley stands up and hugs Barry "It's great to finally meet you Mr Allen." She turns to hug Clark "And you too Mr Kent."
"The pleasure is ours… Mrs Wayne." Clark said "I will see you both at the wedding."
Clark and Barry both leave the mansion, while Bruce and Harley remained, looking at each other.
"I think they liked you Harley." Said Bruce.
Harley shyly looks away "I hope so. And I do hope to meet a few others. I know I got a long way to go-"
Bruce lifts her chin "They'll see what I see. They will understand soon enough. Trust me." Bruce let's go of her chin and looks at his watch "I got to go. I got to find Talia."
His fiancée kisses him on the cheek "Good luck finding the bitch." She said playfully.
Bruce smiles as he leaves to the Batcave, while Harley cleans up the dinning room.
WATCHTOWER
Superman and the Flash both entered the main hallway, laughing about their evening.
Flash places his hands behind his head "I get it now. I actually get why he likes her. Harley is funny and beautiful. Plus she's smart."
Superman places his hand over his shoulder "Me too. I'm just glad that Bruce saved her from the Joker. Otherwise we'd never meet the Harley we're getting to know now."
The two men both find Wonder Woman walking pass. She stops to look at the two curiously.
"How was your evening with Bruce and Harley?" She asks coldly.
Superman looks at his old friend "Diana, your getting it all wrong about her. She is great. We both had a great time talking to her and I think you should give her a chance."
"Would you give Lex Luthor a chance?" She countered as she storms off from the two.
EVENING AT TALIA'S APARTMENT
Talia's apartment is damp, yet has nothing special about it. Just a bed and a laptop on a table. The kitchen has hardly been used other than the fridge. Talia walks inside, carrying bags of food that she brought from the shops. She places them on the table, making sure it doesn't fall off. Talia can sense someone is in the room, just by hearing a heartbeat. Talia pulls out a knife and turns around, aiming the knife at Batman's neck.
"My love. For what do I owe the pleasure?" She whispered.
"You has dealings with people about Project Revival?"
Talia places the knife down and smiles at her ex "Not really. But they have dealings with me." She sits on the table "They were around since your return to Gotham. Maybe they were around a bit longer. They also had dealings with the Gotham City's Police and maybe the United States Government. Maybe they had dealings with your little Justice League." Batman looks around the room carefully. "No one is watching Bruce. We're safe for now." She responded.
Batman turns to her coldly "Who are they?"
Talia Al Ghul walks to the front door and locks it "We need to be careful. The Eye has people everywhere."
"The Eye?" Batman asks curiously "Who are they?"
"I don't know how this organisation was formed. But I can tell you who runs it." Talia pulls her hair over her ear "Mr Silver. He's in charge of the whole organisation."
"Whose Mr Silver?" Batman asks abruptly.
"One of the survivors of Project Revival. One of the first subjects I might add. You might be more familiar with his brother." She walks to her window and closes the curtains "you might know some of his aliases like Jack Napier or Jack White. Maybe you know him as Melvin. But we both know him a lot better as the Joker."
Batman's eyes widened "Brother?"
"The very same. But he's just one man. There is another hiding behind the shadow."
"Who?" He shouted.
Talia grins at his outburst "Ah. There he is. Ready to come out of the shadows, while you hide away locked in the cage with Miss Quinzel. The two of you are locked in cages ready to set fire of this world." She smirks at his lips "How is the clown?"
"I'm not playing anymore Talia. I need to know who is behind this. Who is this Mr Silver? Who is he working for?"
She chuckles "I never said he was working for her. But I'll give you a name." Bruce looks at her dead in the eye as she opens her mouth "Jessica Hope." She said.
"Jessica?" He asks confusingly
BANG!
A gunshot hit straight through the window, hitting Talia by the eye. Her eye came out as blood flows straight out of the back of her head. Batman looks at her in shock, while grabbing her body. He looks at her corpse, unable to say a word while he looks out the window to find no one near any of the roof.
WAYNE MANOR
Alfred walks down the stairs while Harley was cleaning the dust off the counters, wanting to save him the trouble of cleaning it up later.
Alfred smiles at her "Had a nice evening Miss Harley?" He asks.
Harley grins "Yep! Got to meet Superman and the Flash without bashing their heads in with my bat was a nice change of pace."
A door bell rings Alfred looks at the door curiously "I wonder who that could be at this time of night?"
Harley takes a step forward towards the door "I'll get it."
Alfred raises his hand up "No. I will. You just concentrate on the dusting."
Alfred walks to the door until…
SMASH!
The door bashes through, sending Alfred flying away. Harley, in shock runs to Alfred "Alf? Alf you okay?" She panicked, trying to get an answer from him.
Alfred doesn't answer, he lies there unconscious. Harley looks at the broken door, finding a huge green type monster, with grey eyes and no hair. No pupils in his eyes yet pain inside. His body is hulk like muscles and taller than doomsday himself. You might of mistaken him from Solomon Grundy, but unlike Grundy, this monster seems to be functioning like a normal human.
"Harley Quinn…" he growled.
Harley looks at the monster in horror, while quickly grabbing Alfred by the arms, pulling away from the monster.
"Harley Quinn…" he shouted louder.
"Come on Alfred! Come on!" She shouted trying her best to pull him to safety.
"You took everything from me. You took someone I love."
Harley looks up in horror and confusion, trying to understand why this monster is attacking "What?"
"You are a murderer… murderer!" He roared, running up to her.
Harley quickly pushes Alfred to one side of the room with her feet, while she pushes herself to opposite direction safely. The monster chargers towards Harley while she runs to him and skids under his legs. The monster falls to the stairs while Harley looks at the creature carefully.
"I didn't kill anyone." She pleaded "I didn't kill-"
"My sister." He whispered "It was my 6th birthday… the day she died… 11 years of revenge… a year from now since the Eye has turned me into this monster and…" his raises and yells "ITS ALL YOUR FUCKING FAULT!"
Harley's eyes widened, realising who he is "Your Jessica Hope's brother." She whispered.
The monster walks to her, his body overshadows her as she is unable to move. Scared of her past haunting her, Harley looks at the monster… no, the boy. The boy whose life has been ruined because of her.
A tear slowly flows down her cheek as she looks at the boy in the eyes "I'm sorry. I am sorry for everything." She collapses on the floor, feeling any energy she had left, and will the live, left from her body. She looks at him in the eyes, taking a deep breath, ready for the final blow.
with no escape… no hope… the pain she caused…
Her redemption feels like it is getting further and further away from her by every second step…
TO BE CONTINUED…