Right on! Still no reviews and I'm starting to take it personally. We are about to get into some really deep shit now and it's not going to be a pretty chapter. I hope you are ready for this!!!! HAhahaha sorry over glorifying it is a bad habit. So here is your update.
Chapter 10
Batman jumped off the top of the van and landed on the Joker who rolled across the ground. He jumped up and attempted to stab batman but batman ducked. Batman punched the Joker in the face and the Joker kicked him in the side with his shoe blade. As the two fought with each other non stop the four still in the van watched in anticipation. It was hard to tell which was the better fighter. Both obviously knew what they where doing but the Joker played dirty. Artemis shook her head in disbelief. How was it that batman stuck to his weird little coat of honor?
Then the police arrived and pointed guns at them. Batman ran out of the way and jumped into his kick ass car leaving the Joker to the police. They surrounded him and cuffed him, putting him in the car. Gordon turned to Damian, Jesse, Artemis, and Joey but they freaked out and scampered out of the van. They ran for Jesse's and drove off in a real hurry. Gordon gave a sigh of frustration.
"I don't understand it," said Gordon to one of the police officers, "they tell us everything but the Joker's name and then they freak out and run."
"They are just scared," said his partener (what's that guys name anyway? The one he used as a hostage for a phone call in TDK?), "besides, they robbed several stores and by the looks of it the mall, they are scared of getting caught and arrested." The Joker was listening to the conversation as they put him in the squad car. He had a dark look on his face. They told the police almost everything, he would have to punish them for that, and who was that guy they were with?
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"Police say they have the Joker in custody and will no longer be continuing the pursuit for the convenient store robbers even though they hit the mall that night. Authorities found the money in the Joker's vehicle stating that the robbers were a bunch of teenagers being stalked by the Joker. Further news on the Joker is not yet available."
Artemis rolled over off the couch and headed for the kitchen. She got a glass of water and went back to the livingroom to change the channel until the news story came back.
"This just end. It seems that the Joker has escaped the precinct again causing yet another explotion to their wall and is on the loose. The teenagers responsible are asked to go directly to the police station for protection." Artemis needed no other explanation from the anchor man. She ran into Joey and Damians rooms telling them to get up.
"What's going on," asked Joey, coming out.
"The Joker just got to the police station and broke out again already! I think he knows we told Gordon, they showed him on the news and he was pissed off," responded Artemis. Damian grabbed the keys and they rushed for the door. But when they opened it the Joker was already standing in the doorway giving them the meanest look he could manage.
The three backed off slowly as he walked toward them. Three clown masked men walked in and grabbed them. "It seems you three really like to, uh, talk a lot. Oh I know about what the commissioner knows. I am just going to have to teach you three a, uh, lesson about silence."
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Artemis woke up in a dark room with a pounding head ache. She reached up to grab her head but noticed her arms were restrained. She looked down and saw they were strapped down on a chair, a dentist chair? She looked around and heard the laugher that sent chills down her spine. The Joker had her and she couldn't move.
He walked up dressed up as an awkward looking dentist with a face mask on and a drill in hand. "Open wide," he said with plenty of cheer in his voice to make someone sick. Artemis just shook her head, no way, not with that drill in his hands. "Don't worry, sweetheart, we are just going to, uh, make sure those teeth are bright and shiney." He grabbed her nose and made sure she couldn't breathe.
She tried to hold her breath. Her lungs felt ready to burst as her face was about to go blue. Maybe she could knock herself out? No such luck, finally her body gave up and she had to open her mouth and take a deep breath. He forced her mouth to stay open and observed her teeth for a moment a little closer then she liked, damn her for not flossing!
"Well, well, well, what do we have here? A cavity? Let's see if we can drill it out, hmm?" Artemis's eyes went wide as he turned on the drill and brought it close to her mouth as slow as he could. She tried to push herself up the chair and breathed heavily. This was going to really hurt.
That was an exaggeration, an extreme exaggeration. The pain shot through her mouth like fire from Hell. She screamed as he drilled on her cavity and no Novocain to kill the pain. She felt hot tears run down her face. It was the first time she had cried in a long time. The Joker finally stopped and Artemis started to breathe heavily. This was the worst thing he had done to her yet.
"Doll," he said standing up strait and picking up a small white water hose like the one at the dentist, that was apropriate , "I don't like squealers." He started to spray it in her mouth causing her to choke on the water. "You seem to have this idea that they can lock me away and never bother you again." He started drilling at her tooth again and she screamed in pain. This time it wasn't on a cavity it was on a healthy back tooth. He drilled it right down to the nerve and she screamed even louder. "I'm just showing you what happens when you, uh, use that big mouth of yours. Telling on people is dangerous. Next time, uh, make sure you got an ace in the whole." He drilled on another back tooth to the nerve. Artemis finally passed out from the pain. "Hmm, only three teeth." He turned to leave the room, one down, two to go.
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Joey had his hands and feet tied together as he sat on the floor leaning against a wall. He looked around the room having no idea how he got there. He heard a door creaking open and he readied himself for the worst. The Joker came in with what looked to be a small knife. Oh great, he is going to kill me! He felt his heart stop as the Joker kneeled to his level.
"Joey, right," he said. Joey just nodded his head. "Well, I'm guessing you have no idea why you are hear do you?" Joey shook his head. The Joker's eyes scanned the blade in his hand. He lifted it just above Joey's brow and slowly drug it down. Joey hissed in pain, that was going to scar. He closed his eyes and wimpered. "Ah, ah, ah, eyes open," he growled. Joey did not comply.
"Alright," he said. He slashed the knife down Joey's eye and he screamed out in pain. "Now, Look. At. Me." Joey looked up in fear. "That's better," he said with a twisted smile. "You're lucky, I wasn't quite so nice to Artemis. But, uh, you tell Gordon any more information, and you just might lose that other eye as well as a tongue. Got it?" J
oey opened his mouth to say something but the words didn't come out. The Joker grabbed his tongue and placed the blade on it. Joey furiously nodded his head looking at the edge of tears. The Joke let go of his tongue and patted his head. The then took the hilt of the knife and brought it violently down on Joey's head knocking him out.
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Damian was woken from his black out by a sharp pain in his ear. He opened his eyes and saw the Joker standing over him with dark empty eyes. Damian tried to scoot back but the wall was in his way. The Joker reached down and smacked him in the same ear. He heard ringing in his ear and was getting dizzy.
"So," said the Joker in a dark tone, "thought you would, uh, tell Gordon on me, hmm? Well, no one likes a tattle tale." Again the Joker smacked him right in the same ear. Damian hissed in pain and tried to look strait but was growing really dizzy. The Joker smacked him in the ear again and this time for a brief moment everything went white.
"I. Don't. Like. Song birds." Again, only much harder, he smacked him in the ear and Damian's hearing was getting a bit fuzzy in that ear. He reached around to hit him in the ear again when Damian cracked.
"Please," he begged, "don't! Stop, for God's sake, stop!"
"Sorry kid, I'm an atheist." And the Joker smacked him in the ear. His ear was on fire. He felt a warm liquid crawl down his skin. SMACK! Damian looked up through half closed eyes and he was on the verge of really loosing it. He saw blood on the Joker's hand, his blood, blood from his ear. Wicked laughter filled his head as he slowly started slipping out of consciousness. The Joker stood up and kicked him in the ear and Damian was out. I've got to stop knocking them out so fast he thought to himself.
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Once again they found themselves in a hospital. Only this time they were all in the hospital bed. Artemis had gauze stuffed in her mouth and was told to see a dentist about it. Damian had the side of his head bandaged and learned that he would never again hear out of his right ear. Joey had an eye patch over his now missing eye but the doctor put a glass one in as a replacement.
"Why in God's name did we tell Gordon anything," mumbled Damian.
"Because we're stupid," said Joey.
"No," said Artemis behind her gauze, "jus' ah bunch ah fool."
"At least they are going to release us today instead of keeping us," said Damian, "what did the doctor say anyway, He was on my deaf side."
"Said he wash goin' tah call up Gow'on an infow' 'im dat da 'okew gah ush," said Artemis looking down at her hands as she twisted her thumbs and licked her lips.
"What," asked Damian.
"Doc's callin up Gordon. I'm not saying a damn thing," said Joey, "I'm going to pretend to be asleep until he leaves."
"I' nah tewin' 'im shi'," said Artemis, "nah, go'a ge' my teef dwill'd agai'."
"What,' asked Damina.
"I didn't quite understand her," said Joey, "she's talking through a bunch of cotton."
"Why?"
"I think it's something like he drilled her teeth. Her speech is all fucked up."
"Are you okay Artemis," he asked turning his head to hear her.
"No," she said crossing her arms, "i' wash fuck'd up."
"He took my damn eye out," said Joey.
"What," asked Damian now turning toward Joey.
"He cut out my eye. I have a glass one now."
"Oh, he beat me in the ear till it went deaf."
"I no'iced," said Artemis. Joey chuckled a bit.
"What," asked Damian.
"You're deaf alright," said Joey. Artemis chuckled a bit and Damian turned his head to hear Joey but he was silent.
"What are you guys talking about," he said.
"Noffin'," said Artemis, "jus' as'less oke," she said with a bloody smile that had gauze sticking out here and there.
"Don't smile," said Damian trying not to laugh, "you're mouth is really messed up."
"Almost as fucked up as your hearing," said Joey. Artemis started laughing again, it really wasn't funny, or polite.
"You guys are assholes," said Damian, "I'm going to sleep."
The door opened and Gordon came in with a look of harassment and concern for them. Of course Joey could not see out of his right eye so did not see Gordon standing there. "Hey," said Gordon. Artemis looked up at him and Joey spun his head around to see Gordon. Damian paid no heed, as he could not hear Gordon. "Are you guys okay?"
"No," said Joey.
"I cah' tah'k wigh' and 'oey cah' shee an' 'amia' cah' heaw."
"Okay," said Gordon, "Damian are you guys okay?" Artemis gave a huff of defeat and shook her head. Damian did not even look in his direction.
"Damian can't hear out his right ear," said Joey, "you should try the other side. It's no use, none of us are telling you anything anymore. The Joker made it very clear that we should stay quiet about it."
"Please," said Gordon, "I need you to tell me so we can put him away for good. Where did he take you?"
"It's a secret," said Joey, "we aren't telling anyone anything. I slipped in the kitchen, Damian got hit in the ear with a door knob, and Artemis fell down the stairs!"
"A't wah pi'ifu," said Artemis, "no ma'ews a' aw'."
"Oh," said Joey, "My apologies 'Ms. Timothy Tooth'. I'm sorry Gordon but we can't tell you anything, the Joker's rules. You understand right?"
"But we are so close," Gordon pressed. Damian looked up and was startled to see Gordon.
"Commissioner, when did you get here," he asked, turning his head to hear.
"Just now. What happened to you guys?"
"I don't know," he said looking around aimlessly. Gordon pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Shah-wee," said Artemis giving him a sad smile, "to shca'de."
"The Joker didn't tell you anything that might help us, you didn't see anything that would help us find him," he asked.
"Sorry," said Damian, "I'm deaf now."
"I can't see anything," said Joey, "and Artemis has lost the ability to speak clearly." Gordon nodded sadly and got up to leave. They watched him go. Before leaving he turned around and said "I can't say I'm not disappointed, but thank you for the help from earlier." With that he left.
"What did he say," asked Damian.
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They were released and went home. Artemis was given pain pills, Damian was given a hearing aid, and Joey got glass cleaner for his new eye. He thought it was a bad joke until the doctor explained that he needed to keep his new eyeball clean.
Jesse came to their apartment after hearing about the mysterious kidnapping. "You guys," he said, "we have to tell the police. We need to make sure he gets locked up!"
"You will do no such thing," said Artemis, having the ability to talk now that she had pain pills and no gauze in her mouth, "no police!"
"Artemis, look at you, you have wholes in your teeth, Joey is missing an eye and Damian can't hear!"
"I heard that," he said from the kitchen.
"Regardless, you need to tell Gordon the truth! I'm going to tell if you don't," he said.
"Why," asked Joey standing up, "we told you no police! You wanted a little excitement, well you got it jackass!" Jesse James turned around to leave. Artemis stood and pulled the purple butterfly clip out of her hair revealing a small blade she had hidden on it. She quickly walked up to him and grabbed his shoulder. He turned around and admired her long beautiful hair.
She put her hand up to his face and stared him strait in the eyes. "If you tell, he will come after you next."
"I'm willing to take that chance," he breathed. She pulled him into a warm embrace.
"I'm not," she whispered in his ear. She gave him a kiss and plunged the knife in his back. It was so sudden and unexpected that he couldn't even gasp. He backed up a couple of steps before falling to the floor looking up. He choked on his own blood. Damian and Joey stood over him and both shot him till he no longer breathed.
Artemis started to cry hysterically. Damian pulled her to him and let her cry in his chest as tears slowly crawled down his face. Joey hugged both of his best friends and started to cry to. It was all too much.
"I can't believe we just killed someone," said Joey. At that moment morning had turned quickly to panic. Their eyes flung open and they slowly looked down at the body. They pushed away from each other and started looking around frantically for a place to hide him.
"Where are his parents," asked Damian. Artemis looked at the trash can and at the body, dammit Jesse James was to big!
"His dad went to check on one of his other buildings and his mom is out grocery shopping," she said walking around frantically.
"How do you know," asked Damian.
"I heard them talking about it last night walking by their apartment."
"Oh, man, oh, man, oh man, what should we do with the body," said Joey, "dude! My weed is wearing off! I'm freaking out dude!" Artemis walked over to him and slapped him across the face.
"Pull yourself together man! We will tell his parents he went to stay at a friend's house and we haven't seen him sense. Let's take him to our hometown to one of the farms and feed him to someone's pigs!"
"Wow," said Damian, "did you just come up with that?"
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They drove to their home town to one of the farms. One in particular had a large pig farm that had pigs over running the pen all the time in large numbers. They parked behind the barn and pulled Jesse's dead body out of the trunk. The three hauled him off and threw him into the pig pen and watched as the pigs began to devour him.
"Oh my god, is that his brain," asked Damian in disgust.
"I can't tell, I think his liver just made its way like two feet from his body," said Artemis.
"Where did you guys go," asked Joey, "I hear you but I can't see you."
"Behind you moron," said Artemis.
"What," asked Damian. Artemis just shook her head and turned her attention to the pigs, they were less frustrating. Depression settled in as she watched the future father of her children get eaten up by a bunch of pigs. She closed her eyes praying it was all a bad dream but she knew better. The only time she had a dream was when she didn't want to leave it. The nightmares were real.
They all sat in silence until he was completely devoured. "You guys hear something," asked Damian. Artemis and Joey looked around but saw nothing. They exchanged looks and Artemis leaned into his deaf ear.
"You're sick," she whispered, "you have an illness, this is your diseased state." Joey tried not to smile as Damian continued to look around for the phantom noise. "The Joker is standing right beside you, he's going to kill you, run away. Everything you know is a lie, Santa is real, you have AIDS, New Jersey doesn't exist." Joey was having a hard time holding the laughter in. It wasn't really the most decent thing for her to do but it was sure funny. Finally he busted out laughing. Damian turned around to the other two.
"What where you guys saying," he asked.
"Nothing," said Artemis, "only that it is time to go."
"Okay," he said turning around to walk away. The two busted out with giggles as he walked away completely oblivious.
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"YOU GUYS DID WHAT," roared Dr. Quinnzel. The three jumped at her fury. "Do you realize that you committed a murder?"
"We do, Damian is just a little bit simple," said Joey. Dr. Quinnzel gave him an odd look when Damian had no reply. "He's deaf in that ear now," said Joey. Harleen nodded.
"Okay," she said, "and you're manners?" Artemis sighed, she had openly showed her dislike for Harleen before.
"Okay," said Artemis now standing, "I'm out of here. We aren't getting any better, you obviously can't help us."
"Maybe the problem is you don't want to be helped," said Harleen, eyeing Artemis. Artemis stopped in her tracks. She ran her teeth across the wholes in her mouth, it had been a week and she still failed to see a dentist or even take the pain pills. After a while she managed to ignore the pain she was in. "I can't help you guys if you don't want to. It's a waist of my time and your money. If you three would rather slip into insanity then let it be, stop coming here, if you don't I will see you next week."
"Are you going to give us something to work on over the week," asked Damian. Harleen turned around to her appointment book to see who her next patient was.
"Are you going to be here next week?" Silence. "I didn't think so. Look, if you want something to do over the week, find yourself some nice strait jackets. I'm starting my real case just as soon as he arrives. They haven't told me who yet but they said he was a dangerous subject."
"So you are a resident now," said Joey happily, "congratulations."
"Why are you congratulating me? I failed you guys."
"No you didn't," said Artemis very quietly, "we failed you." And with that she left with Damian and Joey right behind her.
"Sorry we waisted you're time," said Joey before leaving.
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Ooooo! Good stuff, moving on now!