A/N: The final chapter is here. This is where things finally come to a head. Expect an epilogue of some sort to follow this. Enjoy

Chapter 10:

Harley walked through the crowd of thugs, none of them bothering her. She looked up as the Joker threw down a rope for her. She smiled up at him and grabbed the rope. Joker pulled her up to the top and grabbed her by her arms. He put his arms around her and twirled her around, smiling. "You're back. You are mine once again. No one's taking you away again."

Harley smiled at him and put her arms around his neck. Joker pressed a button on his desk and closed the doors to his office. He put her down and his expression suddenly grew serious. "How in the hell did they catch you?"

She backed up him a bit, unnerved by his tone of voice. " I-I was at the nightclub. Remember? I was supposed to talk to Maroni." He walked up to her and grabbed her hair tightly, pulling her closer. "Oh, I remember. Yes, I do. But you're not answering my question. HOW did they catch you?"

She winced from the pain. "They were there. When you dropped me off, they were already there….talking to him. Please puddin…...d-d-don't be mad at me." He started chuckling.

"Mad? Mad? I'm not mad, no not at all. MAD DOESN'T BEGIN TO DEFINE IT!" He pushed her back, causing her to fall onto the desk. He started pacing back and forth.

"WHY? WHY? WHY DO YOU CONSTANTLY ALWAYS GET YOURSELF INTO TROUBLE?" He asked, turning to face her.

She held her back and looked at him, shocked and confused. "W-w-what do you mea-"

"STOP PLAYING DUMB!" He inhaled and exhaled, closing his eyes. He opened them again and looked at her. "You're….not dumb. Just like how I'm not crazy. I may be close, but I'm not….fully insane. NO MATTER WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY! I've had to save you….twice. At this point, I'm thinking that you want to be with them. Do you?"

Harley didn't exactly know what to say, she was unsure how'd he react. "Puddin...of course I-"

"Shut up. From now on, you stay here. You stay here at all times, unless I say otherwise. No more taking care of business, no more taking my place for certain things, NO MORE! Because I can't trust you to keep yourself out of trouble. Do you understand?"

Harley nodded. "I unde-"

"Shut it. If you'd excuse me, I have some ants to crush. " He walked towards the doors and looked through the glass.

Red Hood ducked under a swing from one of the thugs and shot him in the side. Two more approached him from both sides. He shot both of them in the chest with his pistols without looking. He kept his eyes on the Joker as he was walking.

Joker looked back at Harley. "Who's the one in the red?" He asked. Harley assumed that he was talking about Jason. "They...call him the Red Hood."

Joker raised an eyebrow. "Really? I heard that imitation was the sincerest form of flattery….."

Red Hood looked at Joker and at the doors above. "I'm coming you son of a bitch."

Suddenly something jumped down in front of him. All he could see was black, until it turned. That's when he saw the all familiar bat symbol. Batman stood across from Red Hood.

"Leave him to me." Batman ordered.

Red Hood smirked from behind his helmet. "I can't do that Bruce. I won't do it."

Batman showed a quick second of surprise before regaining his composure. "Who are you? Nothing came up on you, so I'm assuming your new."

Red Hood chuckled. "I'm your greatest accomplishment and your greatest failure. Now, I'm to take care of what caused your failure." He pushed past Batman, who was standing there dumbfounded. Even though there was a clear voice changer, he could still hear a familiar voice.

"Jason?" He turned around and grabbed Hood by the shoulder. "I have a lot of questions, but those will be dealt with later. I'm not letting you take on Joker, you'll kill him."

"Something you should've done a long time ago! Since you weren't man enough to do it, I will!" He pushed Batman back and turned back around. Batman grabbed him again.

"You're clouded by anger. I mean, look at what you're 're with Waller's Taskforce!" Batman exclaimed.

"By my own choice! She gave me a chance to get the Joker, I'm taking it. If you want to stop me, be my guest. Give me a reason to put you on your ass." Red Hood continued walking. Batman stepped forward, ready to grab him again before he was sent to the ground by a flying kick. He looked up to see Deathstroke standing, looking down at him. He slowly stood up and dusted himself off.

"You really want another beating Slade?" He asked. Deathstroke chuckled and twirled his bo staff.

"You must have a bad memory from all of the hits to the head. I remember leaving you on the ground, a bloody mess from our last fight."

"You misunderstood me Slade. That's the question I'll ask you the next time we face off, after I beat you right now."

Joker smiled as he watched. "Our old friend is here. Took him long enough."

Red Hood shoot a grappling hook and pulled himself up, breaking through the doors. Joker flew back and landed on the floor. He slowly stood up, chuckling.

"Well hello there, new friend. I must say, using my old moniker is flattering and disrespectful at the same time." He said staring at Red Hood. Hood tightened his grip on his pistols. "Revenge is a bitch. But it's my bitch. The same thing you're gonna be after I'm done with you."

Joker placed his hand on his chest and mocked being surprised. "Revenge? I haven't even done anything to you yet. Unless….we know each other somehow." He tilted his head. "Did we blow up a school bus together? Gas a nursery home?"

Hood walked closer. "You killed me. Now I'm back to haunt your ass."

Joker raised his eyebrows and looked back at Harley. "Oooh, ominous! Harley take care of him."

Harley looked at Red Hood and clenched her bat. She slowly stepped forward. He looked back at her.

"Don't do something you'll regret Quinn."

She smirked. "I'm not." She ran and swung her bat at him.

Croc grabbed two thugs and threw them at Killer Frost, who froze them in mid air. The bodies dropped to the floor and broke into pieces. He looked over and saw Batman standing off with Deathstroke. He growled. "Deadshot!"

Deadshot turned and shot a thug without looking. "What?" He followed Croc's line of sight and saw the Bat. "Ain't no daughter here to keep me from shooting your ass now." He walked towards them, casually shooting the thugs in his way in the head.

Batman threw a punch at Deathstroke, which he dodged. Deathstroke hit Batman in the stomach with his staff. He then sent a spin kick at his head. Batman dodged it and answered with his own. Deathstroke blocked it with his staff and hit Batman across the face. He hit him with a couple of staff strikes before kicking him in the stomach. Batman kneeled over, holding his stomach. Deathstroke sent another kick his way, aiming for his head. Batman caught his foot and elbowed his leg hard and flipping him backwards. Deathstroke landed on his feet.

"You're still good, for an old man." He spinned on his knees and attempted to knock Batman's legs from underneath him with his staff. Batman jumped over it and attempted to kick Deathstroke in the face. Deathstroke blocked his foot with his staff and kicked Batman in the chest, knocking him back. Batman landed on his back and flipped back up. "I could say the same thing about you."

Red Hood quickly holstered one of his pistols and grabbed Harley's bat.

"That's a poor decision Harley."

She looked at him. "I know, but it is mine to make." She kicked him in his leg and hit him in the side with her bat. Red Hood dropped to a knee and held his side. She hit him across the face with her bat, knocking his helmet off. He quickly stood and spin kicked her in the stomach, sending her back a few feet. He looked at the Joker and smirked. "Recognize me now?" He asked.

Joker looked at him for a moment. "Junior is that you? Wow….back from the dead. It's too bad you're going back there." He rushed at Red Hood with his crowbar and attempted to hit him. Jason side stepped and kneed him in the stomach. Joker fell over, holding his stomach. Jason grabbed him by the face and threw him into the wall. He pulled him up and dragged Joker to the desk. Jason threw him against the desk. Joker shook his head repeatedly.

"Please. Wait, we can talk about this. Come on, I didn't actually mean to-"

Jason punched him in the face. "SHUT UP! YOU CRAZY PSYCHOPATH! YOU TOOK MY LIFE AWAY! YOU EVEN KILLED MY MOTHER!"

"Okay look, I don't even remember doing tha-"

Jason punched him again."You're gonna pay for everything. EVERYTHING!' He started punching Joker repeatedly.

Deathstroke ran at Batman and attempted another hit with the staff. Batman punched through the staff, breaking it in half. He quickly punched Deathstroke in the stomach before hitting him with a jumping knee to the face. The knee broke a piece of Deathstroke's mask. Deathstroke quickly adjusted and pulled out his sword and slashed at Batman. Batman blocked the slash by holding up his arm. Deathstroke kneed Batman in the stomach and kicked him in the face. Batman stood upwards, holding his face. Deathstroke started slashing wildly at Batman with his sword. Batman quickly kept up with Deathstroke, blocking each slash with the fins on his gloves. Suddenly a bullet entered Batman's side, causing him to fall to the ground. Deathstroke looked and saw Deadshot walking to them. Deadshot looked down at Batman and aimed his gun. Deathstroke quickly kicked up the gun out of his hand.

"What the hell are you doing Lawton?" Deathstroke asked. Deadshot looked at him and back at Batman. "I'm getting rid of him once and for all. You're not stopping me." He pulled out another gun, just for Deathstroke to grab that one and throw it to the ground.

"You just interfered with a good fight. Back away and take care of the rest of the thugs."

Deadshot stood in his face. "You wanna stop me from killing me. Do it. I dare you."

Rick Flag walked up to both of them. "Would you two stop it? Focus on the task at hand." He looked back and shot a few more thugs. Captain Boomerang took out his automatic boomerang and threw it around, taking out multiple thugs.

"Why is there so many of these bastards?" He asked as he threw more. Killer Frost slid over to him and froze more thugs. "Pay attention, they're falling thin. It's almost over. Everything will be sunshine and rainbows."

At the mention of that, Boomerang's eyes widened. "My unicorn!"

Jason kept punching and punching, until his knuckles were either bloody on it's own or from the Joker. Harley watched and reached out to stop him, but stopped herself. He'd just kick her back down anyway. Joker was laughing from each punch,

"Come on boy wonder. Is that all you got? You still hit like a Robin!" He kept egging Jason on. Jason was hitting him so furiously, that he didn't notice when Joker reached into his pocket and pulled out a knife. Joker stabbed Jason in the side, causing Jason to step back, holding his side. Joker walked over to Jason and kicked him in the stomach. He grabbed his crowbar and hit Jason in the head. Jason leaned back and spit out some blood. Joker smiled and did the same.

"Well junior, I suppose there won't be an explosion following this beating."

He started hitting Jason with the crowbar repeatedly. Harley watched as she slowly started to get flashbacks from 5 years ago. Jason didn't say a word as he took the hits from the Joker. After a few more hits, Joker stopped and looked back at Harley.

"You're turn. Beat him down. Now." He said to her. Harley slowly moved to where Jason was, holding her bat. She looked at the battered Jason and closed her eyes. She swung at Jason, but her direction changed and she hit the Joker. Joker fell to the floor holding the side of his face. He looked up at her in surprise.

"What….the hell….are you do-"

"SHUT UP!" She yelled at him. "I'm tired. I gave you everything. I gave you a huge chunk of my life. Doing things….that you wanted me to do. Some things I even wanted to do. I gave you my heart. But as years have gone by, you've gotten meaner. JOKER, no matter what I do, it's never good enough. I deserve someone, who will treat me with respect. Treat me as an equal, something you haven't."

Joker looked at her and slowly stood up. "All you have is me. No one else cares, but ME. No one else will ever do the things I did for you, except ME."

Jason pulled the trigger on his gun and shot Joker in the shoulder. Joker fell to the floor, clutching his shoulder.

"Stop talking. Just...stop."

Harley ran over to Jason and put both of her hands on both sides of his face. "Are you okay?"

He coughed. "Yeah….I'm fine. Was…..you hitting me...apart of a plan or something?"

She smiled. "What plan?"

Joker was on the floor, moaning and laughing at the same time. Harley pulled Jason up and placed his arm around her shoulder, keeping him up. Joker looked up at them.

"You…..left me….for junior?" He asked. Harley looked at Jason and then back at Joker.

"I didn't leave you for anyone. But if that's what you want…" She grabbed Jason and kissed him, passionately. She broke the kiss and turned around to walk to the door. Joker screamed in anger and in pain. Jason picked him up. "Well then, you've just been dumped hard. Twice in one day."

Joker looked confused. "What are you talking about twice?" Harley opened the doors and looked down. "LOOK OUT BELOW!"

Jason pushed Joker out , causing him to fall down below, landing hard on the floor.

"...Oww."

The rest of the thugs were quickly knocked out by Croc. The other Taskforce members looked at Jason and Harley. Deadshot looked down at Joker. "Well damn."

Flag radioed in with Waller.

"Waller, we've got Joker neutralized."

"Good. Bring him and Harley in now."

"That's the thing, I think Harley's with us…...for good?"

Harley nodded at Flag smiling.

"Still bring her in. I have a lot of questions for her. There will also be repercussions for her escaping."

"Understood. Alright let's get things movi-"

Batman sweeped Deathstroke and Deadshot and flipped up. He looked around at everyone. Flag aimed at Batman. Frost's hands glowed.

"You're outnumbered Batman." Flag said. Batman looked at him.

"I noticed. Tell Waller we need to have a one on one conversation." He looked at Jason. "We do as well." He dropped a smoke bomb, causing everyone to cough and cover their eyes. Deathstroke kipped up and looked around as the smoke cleared. Flag helped Deadshot up.

"Where's he? Where'd he go?" Floyd looked around.

"He's gone. I don't know how he does it." Flag said.

"I do. " Jason, Deathstroke and Croc said in unison. Boomerang's eyes lit up.

"Maybe the red streak took him. He is pretty fast afterall. Floyd looked at Harley who was clinging onto Jason's arm. "So, I see things went down up in there."

Harley nodded and laid her head on Jason's shoulder. Floyd walked up to Joker. He bent down.

"This must all hurt. Shoulder wound, your men are dead, your connections are broken….your body's probably broken a little inside, and to top it all off, your girl left you for the guy you killed. I'd take the time to look into some cyanide pills buddy.

A/N: There it is. The finale. The main story is complete. Keep an eye for the epilogue. It has been fun writing this story and I hope you all had fun reading it.