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Hildy grunted as she dodged a hit from Black Canary, and blocked an incoming kick. She put her hands together swinging them up at the older women aiming at her jaw. She blocked the girls hit, and went for a punch to her torso. Hildy jumped back and jumped up sending a kick to her shoulder making Canary stumble to the side slightly. Black Canary smirked grabbing the girls ankle, and tossing her to the floor. The floor shone up at her signaling that she had failed. She panted there for a second letting her cheek rest on the floor before pushing herself up with her arms, and into a sitting position on her knees.

"You've gotten better. What's Shiera been teaching you?"

Hildy looked back at the blonde woman with a slight smile, and took her hand as she offered it to help her up.

"Some good stuff apparently. I can't remember being able to keep up with you." Black Canary pat the young clown on the back, and brought her over to Batman and Hawkgirl who had been watching the two train. Batman looked down at her analyzing her as if something wasn't right. Her demeanor had changed, and she seemed much more receptive to the help the League was offering her.

"Take off the collar; I want to assess how the damage is healing up." Batman commanded, and Hildy complied with a sad look in her crystalline blue eyes. Her voice was still raspy, and had that chain smoker quality to it when she spoke. Batman lifted her chin to see the nasty purple forms of Conner's fingers were starting to yellow around the edges.


Hildy sat in the main room of the cave not daring to venture anywhere else. She was so afraid she would see Conner or M'gann, and she just wasn't ready to face anyone on the team yet. Shiera told her that sometimes friends had fights, and that if the friends were real they would work it out. Hildy guessed that her earlier thought was right, and no one on the team was really her friend because no one worked anything out with her. She was so stuck in her thoughts that she hadn't heard the zeta beam transporter as the rest of the team came in. She looked up for a second to see them all looking at her. She quickly looked away, and put her jester collar back on hoping they hadn't seen the bruising on her neck. She saw Batman enter from the other side of the room with Conner and M'gann following behind, and Shiera next to them.

She just wanted to run away from here, and get away from the feeling of everyone's eyes. The air was stagnant, silent, and tense making her shudder.

"Harlequin Kid, join us over here. I think you've healed enough to continue joining the team on missions." Hildy wondered what the hell Batman was thinking. Did he think that Robin, and the rest of the team were actually going to trust her. Their guilt might be a buffer to the animosity, but she was never going to be one of them. Red Arrow was right the first time they had spoken; they would never accept her. The moment that the team had gathered she had forgotten everything that she and Shiera had spoken about.


Hildy opened her eyes, and was looking up into the cold blue orbs of Superboy. He was dressed as Tommy Terror, and in his orange jumpsuit. He looked worriedly down at her, and pushed a strand of her auburn hair from her face gently.

"Supey? What happened?" He helped her sit up, and just held her to him without a word. Her chin rested on his broad shoulder, and she was confused about what was going on. This isn't how it happened, and what was with the feeling in her stomach like she was going to puke? She felt him pull back, and he was looking at her again.

"Are you okay?" She smirked slightly, and rested her hands on his knees.

"I've felt worse than that Supey." She went wide-eyed as his lips were pressed against hers in a feverish kiss. She felt her eyes flutter closed, and sighed as his lips moved against hers innocently. She smirked impishly against his lips, and let her tongue run over them finding they weresurprisingly soft. She felt him tense, and his lips parted in a silent gasp. She parted from him after a moment, and let her forehead rest against his.

He pulled the girl's petite frame into his lap, and looked up at her with hungry eyes letting his tongue run over his bottom lip. Her hands traveled to his face his cheeks in the palms of her hands. She was so confused, and yet it was so nice to forget everything. She wantedthisto be real, and for everythingelse to be a bad nightmare. She felt his lips brush her neck, and she felt her face get hot at the pleasant sensation. She felt his hands slide down to her hips sending tingles down her sides, and a shudder down her spine. She grit her teeth, and felt a lump in her throat, tears starting to build as she felt him whisper against her neck.

"I won't let anything happen to you. I promise I'll protect you."

Hildy sat up with a gasp, tears in her blue eyes spilling as well as a hot blush on her cheeks. She was gripping her sheets so tight her knuckles were turning white, and she could swear that behind her erratic heartbeat she could hear herself sobbing. What was with her and Superboy that made her dream something like that? What was with her and Superboy that made her start to be so weak? She lifted a hand to rub her neck softly remembering the tender touch of the Conner in her dream. Despite the intent behind the markings that marred her neck she couldn't help but feel better associating them with the dream, and pretending that the Superboy in her dream was the one who existed in her world. She denied that there were any romantic feelings for Superboy in her heart, and that her mind was trying to make her hope she still had a chance at being friends with him.


Hildy appeared at the cave the next day with renewed vigor. She had seen what she had turned into, and decided that she was going to go back to her roots. She was Harlequin Kid, and one thing that the Joker had taught her was to never be weak. She had let this team of Justice League rejects turn her into a sobby, broken girl. They had turned her back into Hildegard Amsel, and had brought the little orphan to the surface from the dark place Hildy had banished her to. She had spent the night and early morning shoving Hildegard back into her prison, and letting Harlequin Kid resurface to face the adversity that had arisen. She transported into the cave with a Cheshire grin across her lips, and in her civilian clothes as if nothing had ever happened.

"The fun has arrived losers! What're we doing?" Black Canary looked at Hildy strangely, and pointed to the ring.

"We're training Hildy. I wasn't expecting to see you, but you and Conner will be next okay?" Hildy felt her skin get hot, and her heart beating faster by the second.

"Gotcha teach!" She waited until Aqualad and Robin had finished sparring, and she sauntered into the ring with a grin. "This is gonna be fun." Hildy wasn't sure if she was getting heated cause of her dream, or if there was something else at play here.

Conner walked in after her and looked at her with slight concern in his eyes.

"Are you sure you're up to this?" She chuckled, and dropped into her fighting stance.

"I'm fine Supey, now let's do this." They circled each other for a second, and Hildy was the first to attack. Unafraid of any hit he might throw she sent a barrage of punches and kicks at him. He was barely able to block them all with the surprise of the ferocity of her blows. She seemed to have had extra energy blocking most of his attacks and seeming almost unphased by any that actually landed.

Hildy was smiling the entire time, and Robin was starting to worry that she was back to her old tricks. He leaned over to Kid Flash and whispered to him softly.

"I'm thinking Hildy is channeling the Joker right about now. She probably snapped after that last mission." Kid Flash just nodded watching the two brawling in the little ring. Hildy finally landed a few punches on Superboy, and was making him back up toward the rest of the team. She chuckled as she jumped up, and sent out a kick to his torso sending him to the ground. He was surprised by the force of her kick, and was looking up at her in awe while M'gann looked on in worry from the sidelines.

"I'm back kiddies, and it feels good." He could hear Hildy whisper from above him, but was sure no one else had heard anything.


When training was over, and Hildy was sitting in the living area of the cave watching the white noise by herself she had thought about her brawl with Superboy. She realized that she was so pumped because she had been powerless against him the last time, and this time she had taken him down. She had been scared of him, and she faced up to it and won. She felt a grin spread onto her lips, and a small chuckle left her throat as she hugged her knees. The team was in the kitchen all talking about Hildy's change in attitude, and getting ready to talk to Batman about it. Talking to the insane girl wasn't an option in their minds, and she was a ticking time-bomb.


Hildy walked into the cave where Batman had called her, and saw that it was just him and Superboy.

"What's going on Batsy? More secret missions?" Batman eyed her curiously, and shook his head as she walked up.

"No, it's a more serious matter. When were you going to tell me or anyone for that matter about your conversation with the Joker a few months ago?" Hildy froze, and looked at Superboy with a glare for a second then back to Batman.

"You didn't ask Batso, and I didn't think it was important. I wasn't expecting to get snitched on either." Superboy looked down at her from his spot beside her.

"I didn't tell him anything. Trust me."

Hildy laughed at his words, and wiped tears from her eyes holding her stomach with the other hand.

"Oh, the irony!" Batman turned the attention back to himself, and narrowed his eyes dangerously at Hildy.

"What did you and the Joker talk about?" Hildy looked away from him defiantly, and pouted slightly refusing to let Batman into her little problem.

"How did you know I talked to Mr. J if Supes didn't tell you?" The Dark Knight was starting to grow impatient, and Hildy could feel it in the air.

"You didn't think I was checking the phone records to the apartment after the incident with the Shadows contacting you? I saw the call to Arkham Asylum. Now, tell me what you and Joker talked about Harlequin."

Hildy looked at him with a pout like a child getting punished for something. She crossed her arms, and cleared her throat before she finally let out the information hesitantly.

"He said he knows I was working with you, and that I was gonna get mine soon. Then he told me if I ever called him again he was gonna do the deed himself. Pretty much told me I ain't part of the family anymore." Batman closed his eyes for a second as if he were thinking about what she had said.

"That explains the package he sent me. Why didn't you notify me about his threat earlier?" Hildy shrugged lazily, and continued to pout as Batman handed her the little bundle in his hand. A small piece of paper read 'Soon. -J' in the Jokers hand writing, and was wrapped with a green and purple bow.

Hildy unwrapped the small box to see a small square that looked like one of those new mp3 players that were just a screen. The screen blinked to life, and she heard crackling of a camera moving before she saw her own face smiling in her make-up. Behind her you could see Robin unconscious, and tied up for the umpteenth time in their time fighting each other. The Hildy in the video had Robin's face in her hand shaking him slightly with a laugh.

"Hey Rob, smile you're on candid camera! Aw, come on my little bird wakey wakey!" Robin stirred, and looked at Hildy with weak narrowed eyes.

"You're not gonna win Kid." Hildy giggled and wrapped her arm around the bound hero.

"Oh, and why is that Bird brain? Cause the big bad Bat is gonna come save ya? I'm sure he won't mind us having you for a little slumber party Boy Blunder!" Robin growled at her wriggling in his binds trying to escape.

"Just wait until I get out of this clown." Hildy giggled pressing her lips to his cheek leaving a black print on his skin.

"Awww, you are so cute when you're acting tough! Anyway, as you can see Bats we got your boy here, and Mr. J has demanded an audience with you. I'd show up or we might rough the Boy Blunder up a bit! Can't wait to see you, kisses!"

The screen went to white noise before it went to another file. The Joker sat in front of the camera with a sadistic smile on his face.

"If you're watching this Bats, I hope you're near my little kitten cause this wasn't for you arrogant hero! I remember when my kitten was a chip off the old block. She was a natural at our work, until you stole her away that is! As you can plainly see I'm out of Arkham, and ready to play! As a parent yourself you should understand, my Hildy needs to learn the error of her ways. Get ready kitten cause daddy's setting up the punishment of a lifetime! Oh, and when this message ends that little device you're holding is going to explode!"

Hildy saw the screen go dark and Joker's laugh rang loudly from the little device. Hildy quickly threw the device away from the three of them, and watched as it exploded letting out a cloud of oddly colored smoke. Hildy went wide-eyed, and covered Superboy's mouth.

"Don't breathe it in!" Hildy felt Batman come from behind forcing a gas mask onto her face before taking emergency protocols to make the air safe to breathe again. Hildy took off the small mask still slightly in shock that the Joker would use his toxin against her. Things were once again going from bad to worse.


Superboy and Hildy were walking in silence into the inner parts of the cave until Superboy stopped her in mid-step.

"Why won't you talk to me? I apologized!" Hildy looked up at him with a glare, and looked away from him.

"Why should I talk to you or anyone on this team? You all don't want me here anyway!" She tried to walk away, but Conner stopped her, forcing her against a wall while blocking her escape routes.

"Stop saying that! You said we were friends, and Kaldur told me friends make-up after they do something wrong!" Hildy's gaze softened as she felt her will to argue melt away, and for a second she saw the Conner from her dream. She hadn't even noticed when she had his face in her hands, and her lips pressed against his in a rushed, heated kiss. She felt him resist for a second before he melted into it as well, and it was then that Hildy realized what she was doing. She pushed him away, and ran off to the transporter before he could go after her.


So guys I finally gave you some Supey x Hildy fluff! I realized after 10 chapters that I was being a tease, and decided to give you a little taste of what might happen! Still not sure if I should count out Roy cause I'm leaning toward Kon as Hildy's main squeeze, but we'll see how this goes! Hope you liked it, and don't forget to review! Also follow me on Twitter my user nameis TMNTxMadness same as on here!