Chapter 12

"Well actually I'm going to kill him and you guys are going to help." Alice clarified, but that didn't ease the distressed looks she was getting. The men all looked at each other in question and then back to Alice who was waiting for some sort of verbal response.

"Are you joking?!" A nameless henchman asked in a sardonic tone. That was not the response she was hoping for.

She shot him a deviled look. She wasn't particularly mad about the response but it was the fact that it made her think of a certain murderous clown, and she did not like that.

"Do I look like the fucking Joker?" Alice replied deadpan.

The henchman lowered his gaze in shame and nodded his head no, but his remark seemed to spike interest in the other men.

"Hey didn't he try to kill the mayor a while back?" Bob, a random goon asked.

"Wait who are we talking about?" one of the boys called from the back.

"The Joker you dumbass!" Bob said while hitting the guy in the head.

No one said these guys were smart.

All of a sudden they all started talking at once, asking questions and commenting about the Jokers failed attempt to kill the mayor. Even Saul joined in on the loud bicker.

"Hey." Alice said trying to get the groups attention, but she wasn't heard. She was getting quite annoyed now and her headache was coming back. She needed them to shut up.

"HEY!" The talking stopped and all eyes were on her.

On any other day this chatter about the Joker wouldn't have bothered Alice, hell she would have joined in. But after her recent dream she was left feeling rather confused regarding her feelings toward said clown and right now the mention of his name made her blood boil.

She really didn't have a reason for this, yeah he kidnapped her and beat her up a couple weeks ago but she was thankful for that, it opened her eye. On the other hand the only logical reason for her current strife was that she was angry at herself for liking the dream, and even that wasn't logical.

After all it was only a dream, just a mere figment of imagination, so what was the harm in liking it? No one had to know that she liked the dream; no one even had to know about the dream period.

Ignorance is bliss right?

But Alice knew that she liked it and she did not like that.

She did not like the fact that him, the Clown Prince of Crime , of all people had made an intimate appearance in her dream. And that it had made an impression on her.

"Stupid clown." She hissed to herself.

Alice then realized that everyone was looking at her like she had five heads. She had gotten lost in her own thoughts and forgot that she was addressing her men. She cleared her throat.

"I am not the Joker, unlike that idiot I will actually succeed in killing the mayor." Alice stated frankly.

The boys shot her an unbelieving look, not really sure if they actually heard her call the Joker an idiot.

"You better not let him hear that." Saul stated jokingly. The boys chuckled in response but Alice was not amused. She shot him an angered glance warning him not to push it. He raised his hands in mock surrender.

"Listen, I know it sounds hard to pull off but it'll be easier than you think." She stated.

"And just how do you figure that." A henchman asked warily.

"Well, all I have to do is make a simple phone call to the mayor's office saying I have the names of the members of the Diamond gang, and bam I have a meeting with the mayor himself. Me and him alone in a room. All you guys have to do is stand guard and make sure no one interrupts our little meeting. Once I off him we'll bomb the building and make sure all of Gotham knows that we, the Diamond Gang, killed the mayor."

Saul looked around at the other guys and spoke for the group, "Alright kid, you're the boss, so uh of course we're going to help. When is this little mission going to take place?"

"Tonight." Alice replied confidently. And with that she dismissed the boys and told them to rest up and get ready for their next excursion.

Darkness covered the city even though it was only 6pm. Alice's meeting with mayor had been scheduled for 6:30 making it his last appointment of the day. This conveniently also meant that the building would be mostly empty making the henchmen's job a little easier.

They rolled up to town hall in a large black Escalade, even though they were criminals they rolled in style. Alice had instructed the men to drop her off on the front steps and then park the car in the back making for an easy get away.

She made her way past the front desk with ease, security didn't pat her down figuring that she wasn't concealing any weapons. Dumb security guards.

She was then directed straight to the Mayor's office where she was greeted by a tall dark and rather handsome man. He was writing furiously and didn't even bother to look up, Alice took this time to send Saul a text saying she was in and then ordering them to storm the building.

"Miss Smith, please come in." Mayor Garcia said without looking up.

Alice entered the room and took a seat in front of his large desk.

"You have to forgive me, this is my last meeting of the day and I'm in a rush to get home, the wife is making pot roast." He finally looked up.

Alice avoided eye contact and looked at her phone, she received a message from Saul saying that she was good to go. She then placed her phone in her pocket, and gave her attention to him.

"So Miss Smith you mentioned that you had the names of this Diamond Gang, please tell me how you managed to get the names." he stopped writing and gave her his full attention.

Alice shifted in her seat and batted her eye lashes giving her an air of innocence. "Well Mr. Mayor," she spoke softly letting her gaze drift around the room, "for starters, I know the leader personally." She made eye contact with him and he nodded for her to continue.

"She-"

"It's a girl?" Garcia asked interrupting her.

"Yeah, she's a girl." Alice was slightly annoyed that he found it hard to believe that the leader was a girl. In that moment she decided that she cut the small talk and just get to the chase.

"and that girl just so happens to be me." With that she withdrew a large knife from her leather jacket pocket, the same one she killed Will with, and jumped over the desk. She was quite nimble and quick, after all she use to be a dancer.

In one swift movement she was now straddling his lap and pressing the blade hard against his throat, giving him a deadly stare.

"Listen, please don't take this personally", she spoke softly and shifted her body so that most of her weight was pressing down, clearly making him uncomfortable with the rather sexual position. "think of this as business Mr. Mayor. I, Diamond, the leader of the Diamond Gang, just want to show Gotham that it belongs to me and not you."

She removed the knife from his throat and poked it at his chest on "you". This made him flinch and Alice squeezed her thighs tightly around his lap.

In that moment she thanked God that she was a women, she loved using her sexuality to her advantage.

"Oh don't be scared Mr. Mayor" she said mockingly, "It'll only hurt a little."

With that she quickly and expertly brought the knife against his throat and carved a deep slit. Blood starting oozing out and he tried to yell but only bloody gargles escaped his mouth.

Alice removed herself from his lap and quickly moved behind him. She took his head in one hand then gently etched her signature into his forehead, smiling while she did it.

The familiar wave of euphoria washed over her and her veins were buzzing with adrenaline, she hadn't deliberately killed anyone since Will and she was a little apprehensive on how she would feel about it. But to her surprise she felt great, she didn't feel sick or dizzy, she felt as if she was on cloud nine.

She pocketed the bloody knife and called Saul telling him to come help her with the body and rig the charges.

Within the matter of fifteen minutes Alice and her crew were speeding down the streets of Gotham with the town hall burning in the rear view mirror. They did it, they killed they mayor and blew up town hall without a hitch. This was the perfect introduction to her reign of terror and she reveled in every second of her euphoric filled drive.

They made it back to the hideout in good time and entered the house wooping and hollering in success. As soon as Alice crossed the threshold she made a b-line for the TV in hopes that their coming out made the eight o'clock news, which it did.

The boys gathered around the screen along with Alice and they looked to it expectantly,

"I'm Martha Curic reporting live for GCN." The reporter was in front of the burning town hall where fire fighters were working hard trying to conceal the flames. "As you can see here terror has made it's way back into Gotham, tonight around seven o'clock Mayor Garcia was brutally murdered, not short after several bombs went off in Town Hall. Thankfully the only fatalities were the mayor and two security guards, all deaths took place before the explosion."

As Alice watched the news and she couldn't help but be reminded of the night she met the Joker, where a similar news report was being giving about his escape from Arkham. Alice silently laughed because now the news was talking about her.

"These events seemed to be caused by the Diamond Gang, Gotham's newest rising band of criminals. Unfortunately as of right now police have nothing to go off of, Gotham is at a standstill and we mourn the death of Mayor Garcia. I'm Martha Curic, goodnight." The news changed to a reporter behind a desk where he gave the usual 'if you know something say something' speech.

Alice turned off the TV pleased with herself and her men, "Well boys, job well done. Now let's celebrate."

A/N: Sorryy this was a short chappie but I feel like I needed to just get to the point in order for the plot to keep moving. Don't worry a certain clown will make an appearance next chapter, so don't get your panties in a bunch. Now speaking of panties, Alice can be a little seductive bitch am I right? I bet Mayor Garcia was feeling something a little more than fear, if you know what I mean. ;) sorry I'm perverted but hey I can't help it if Alice uses it to her advantage. Well that's pretty much all I have to say, just stick with me the story is going to get moving pretty soon. Questions, comments, sarcastic remarks? Leave 'em down below, I love hearing for you guys! xoxo