~Too young to understand,
Why she got thrown into someone else's hands,
Why she woke up to strange men,
They tore her to pieces
And she couldn't comprehend,
Why she was locked up in a basement
Filled with men
Mama sold me
For candy,
And I was ruined from the start...~
"Harleen Quinzel?"
The word is spoken as barely a whisper but the it's recipient hears it clearly.
Although, that doesn't give her a good reason to answer.
"C'mon Harleen, we know you're there."
The camera's angle doesn't allow them to see her face but she rolls her eyes anyway. She doesn't want to play their games, they are too boring and predictable.
Where was Mistah J?
Didn't he want to play?
Wait a minute.
Harley craned her head back, staring at the moldy plaster ceiling. She reviewed all the past interactions between them in her mind, analyzing the constant stream of data.
Ah.
He would be talking to Barbara by now.
They'd be talking about her.
Well he now knew who's child she was. So what now, what now? Maybe she should play with the doctors for a bit, their ignorance was amusing.
She would let them believe they had control for a while.
This would be hard but the end result would be even more fun.
"Shh Harleen." Dr Strange said, even though she had not said a word.
"Don't worry, this won't hurt at all."
/
Jerome was only two corridors away when he heard the screams.
Her screams.
Instantly his legs sprang into action, darting around the last corners towards the solitary door. Harley, Harley-girl, he thought. Puddin what have they done to you?
She may have been the Dollmaker's Daughter once, she might have been Gotham's most dangerous socialite, Arkham's youngest patient, but none of those titles mattered anymore. She was his girl, his Harlequin, and she didn't belong to anyone else.
Only he got to hurt her.
What could he say? He was a jealous fella.
He didn't expect Dr Strange to be barring the door when he got there. The Asian man smiled. "Now, now Mr Valeska, if I could have a moment of your time..."
Jerome grabbed him by the collar. "Really? A moment of my time? Get out of my way I need to see her..." He felt something prodding his gut and looked down to see a pistol aimed right at it.
Dr Strange bared his teeth.
/
No no no no please no!
I didn't want this, mum, mum don't let them please.
Fingers.
Mum please!
"We need the votes darling."
But mommy...
"The money."
Please!
"Don't worry Harleen."
No...
"This won't hurt a bit."
/
"Jerome, I will let you in but only if you listen. We need to make something clear. Harleen Quinzel cannot feel emotions. That part of her brain never developed right, the chemicals don't affect her. What you may not know is that she is a genius. And I use that in the literal sense of the word. She is one of the smartest people in the world and she is an analyst, which makes her even more dangerous."
Jerome's brow furrowed. "What does she analyse?"
"Everything!" Dr Strange yelled. "In a few moments she can pinpoint your weakness and exploit it! She can tell what you ate two days ago by the wrinkles in your shirt collar! She can predict every outcome of every scenario, and therefore she is always bored! We can't give her normal therapy because she'll either kill her therapist or convince them to kill themselves because she is simply bored!"
The ginger's eyes grew wide with wonder. "She can really do that?"
Dr Strange nodded solemnly, "Indeed she can. But even though she doesn't experience emotions mentally, she can respond to them physically. You know that she experienced trauma when she was younger, yes? In one of those events, a certain sentence was repeated. Now every time she hears it, she suffers fits. She thinks it's happening to her again, ad although she doesn't particularly care for it, her body doesn't want it to happen again, so it reacts scared and angry, lashing out at everything around her. The only way to stop her, is to give her what she needs."
"Which is what?"
Dr Strange smiled a toothy grin, before opening the door and pushing Jerome inside, locking the door behind him.
Hugo Strange sighed in relief.
"Pain." He whispered.
Notes: DO YOU SEE THE CONNECTIONS YET! DO YOU SEE WHAT i'M TRYING TO DO? If not look back on the 2nd last chapter. Anyways I'm sorry for the short chapter but deal with it, the next chapter is going to be much longer, have extreme feels, and also includes the moment you Jerome/Harley shippers have been waiting for! (Did you like how the reapperance of Dr Strange on Gotham coincided perfectly with my fanfiction. Ah coincidences...)
Also I've been busy working on writing, composing and recording songs which is going well, I've written a short Harley and Joker sad fic which has gotten decent attention (over 100 in a week on AO3 and 50 in the first hour on Fanfiction? Wow! Thank you if you read it!) and I'm still working on the Margot/Heath/Harley/Joker au for ya'll so ya welcome!
And I am preparing for a busy year of special events! I'm attending the Madman Anime Festival (I'll be cosplaying as Yuno Gasai) which includes Maid and Butler Cafe's, exclusive premieres of two major anime films, Cherami Leigh who is the voice of Lucy from Fairy Tail and Asuna from Sword Art Online, an SAO and Tokyo Ghoul exhibit, a concert with IA the vocaloid, a Cosplay parade and photoshoots for cosplayers! I did one last year at Supanova, with a touch of CGI and I snuck into the TARDIS behind the 10th Doctor's back!
Soon after that I'm going to a Marvel art exhibit with THE ACTUAL PROPS FROM THE MOVIES! Aka, Thor's hammer, Captain America's Shield, Iron Man's suit AND THE ACTUAL ASGUARDIAN THRONE ROOM IN THE MOVIES!
And I'll also be attending Comic-Con (first time going) and once again going to Supanova. I shall find out the guests soon and when I do I'll open up a competition for direct Q&A's with the stars! Also I have information from a trusted source that Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead and Amy Pond from Doctor Who are candidates for the spots!
As you can see, I've been a very busy girl and also I'MA BE VERIFIED ON YOUTUBE SOON! I'm working very hard on all my platforms churning out stuff for you guys and hopefully I can film some vlogs or live stream when I'm there at my events with guest appearances from my friends. SHOUT OUT TO THE FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL WHO ARE READING THIS YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE! :)
So Gotham on and remember, you ain't seen nothing yet!
