A/N: Holy cow you guys I'm so sorry for my disappearing act. I suddenly blinked and it was November. I live in Texas, so we got hit by Harvey and then school has been kicking my ass (AP classes suck yo) but I HAVE MISSED YOU GUYS SO MUCH. I whipped this chapter out real quick since it's Thanksgiving break here in good ol' America and I FINALLY have some free time. Hoping this chapter reaches all of you in good health! Happy reading!
Disclaimer: I only own Lolita! Very little editing, so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes!
Lolita
Chapter 12: Reinforcements
"True friends stab you in the front,"
-Oscar Wilde
Songs:
Marina and the Diamonds-Teen Idle
Gin Wigmore-Black Sheep
Civil Twilight-Fire Escape ["reinforcements"]
Lolita whined in discomfort, causing Harley to frown. Even the smoothest of silks chafed against the young girl's skin, creating an uncomfortable sensation for the overly sensitive teen.
Harley cooed maternally as she smoothed a hand over the girl's pale white hair. Her eyes fluttered open and closed, her consciousness fleeting. Harley couldn't imagine the type of pain her Lolly was constantly in; Harley was kept up all hours of the night tending to her, but she was happy to pay that price to add a new addition to their family.
"I still can't believe Jay is okay with you taking her in," Ivy remarked dryly from the corner. Harley rolled her eyes and stared at her redheaded best friend sitting in the corner.
"Mr. J doesn't decide what I can and can't do!" she said strongly, making Ivy snort.
"I really wish I could believe that Harls, but he literally makes every decision for you."
"Does not!" Harley pouted. "I can make decisions too! I'm a strong, tough woman who don't need no man!"
"You cried for two hours straight after he left this morning," Ivy deadpanned.
"Who knows when I'll see him again?" Harley sniffed, turning her nose up.
"You'll see him tonight, Harley," Ivy rolled her eyes. "Now really, how the hell did you convince Joker to keep her?"
"It wasn't all that hard," Harley preened, idly stroking Lolita's hair. "She's so darling, just look at her!" Harley smashed Lolita's cheeks together, making her lips pout. "Who could say no to this face?"
Ivy found it impossible to contain her eye roll. "She's a brain dead little runt and you know it, Harley," Ivy pointed out, though not unkindly. Harley's face fell and she hid behind her hair, wringing the sheets in her hands.
"She's stronger than that," the white haired clown frowned, carefully observing the teen. She heard her red headed friend stand and move towards the bed, putting a hand on Harley's shoulder.
"And how long are you going to put up with her? Huh? I know you had a doctor look her over, and she's going to need a whole lot of attention, Harls. Can you handle the responsibility of a human life like this?"
Harley stared up at her friend, confused. "She's my baby, Ivy, of course I can!"
A loud groan erupted as his phone buzzed and buzzed away on his bedside table. Cradling his bruised ribs, he reached over to his phone, seeing several alerts appearing on the screen. Dread filled his head as he saw the notifications of the Joker's Lolita. Opening his phone, his head fell back at her Instagram post, the first in months.
"You have got to be kidding me," he grumbled as he swung his legs over the edge of his bed and stood with a grunt, wrapping his robe around his shoulders haphazardly. Opening his door, he traveled down the many halls of his home and stood in the entrance of the kitchen. An older man sat at the table, a cup of tea and an opened book in front of him, a pair of glasses perched low on the man's nose.
"Alfred," he gathered the man's attention. "Time to get to work."
"M-Mr. Joker was subjected to many superficial burns, and due to his bruised ribs, he will be incapacitated for some time. However, the damage we are most concerned with is the blows he received to his head," the doctor hesitated.
Lolita, spread comfortably across her chair, popped her gum boredly. "Well, lucky us, his head's perfectly fine the way it is."
"That's not the way it works, Miss Lola," Frost said from behind her, gesturing for the doctor to continue.
Dr. Nasim stared owlishly at the glaring teen, who had straightened in her chair and was leaning forward. He was suddenly grateful for the Joker's bed between them, not that he doubted that she could hurdle it if he wanted to, but it was a comfort nonetheless.
"We'll need to run some more tests, and hopefully, we'll be able pinpoint any injuries that require our attention. If we don't, he'll be free to go," Dr. Nasim assured the small girl and her bodyguard as he eyed the prone form of the most dangerous man in Gotham, lying weak in a hospital bed.
Lolita sneered. "For your sake, you better hope he's fine. I'm so sick of you doctors thinking something's wrong with my Daddy! He's perfect just the way he is, psychopathic ways and all!"
Frost cleared his throat as the doctor wisely kept his mouth shut, staring down at his loafers. "Thank you, Doctor. Will that be all?"
Dr. Nasim took the opening happily. "Yes, sir. I'll send a nurse for Mr. Joker soon, and we'll start preparing for his discharge." He left hastily, jumping as Lolita snapped her teeth at him. Frost sighed through his nose as the blonde turned to face him.
"With Daddy outta commission for the immediate future," she popped her gum with a grin, "whaddya say we call in some reinforcements?"
Rick just caught the tail end of Harley's story about Lolita. His chest squeezed uncomfortably at the thought of the young girl, self-hatred wrought in his veins. Who was he kidding; if he couldn't even save Lolita from his own people, he had no chance to save the whole goddamn world from the centuries old witch that had possessed his girlfriend. But as much as he wanted to call it quits, he knew he had a duty to humanity and to June.
He entered the bar where the remaining of the squad sat. Approaching the bar, he avoided connecting eyes with any of them as he took a seat next to Deadshot.
"Nobody wants you here," Boomerang informed him as he peered down the bar. Rick's only acknowledgement was a grimace.
"You get to the part in the binder saying I was sleeping with her?" he asked, turning to Deadshot. Deadshot smirked and nodded. "Yeah, I've never been with a witch before. What's that like?"
Rick grit his teeth. "I need your help," he admitted. Without another word, he took out the device that controlled the chips in their neck and broke it against the bar. He then reached into his jacket and pulled out a stack of letters, held together by rubber bands and put it on the bar in front of Deadshot.
"Your daughter writes to you, every day," Rick said. "Help me save her. Help me save the world."
Deadshot cradled the letters like they were gold, and slowly turned his head to the man next to him. "You had these the whole time?" Rick only nodded. "You had these letters from my daughter this whole time?" Rick nodded again.
Deadshot stood and pointed a finger into Rick's chest. "I'm gonna get you there, and you're gonna end this. I'm gonna carry your ass if I have to. Cause this shit's gonna be like a chapter in the Bible. Everybody's gonna know what we did, and my daughter's gonna know that her daddy is not a piece of shit."
Slapping Rick on the shoulder, he heaved his gun onto his chest and exited the bar. Rick stood and connected eyes with Harley, who clenched her jaw and stared at the surface of the bar, scratching the chipping wood with her blunt fingernails.
He ducked his head and grimly met her eyes. "For Lolita."
She sniffed and nodded, grabbing Lolita's bat. "For Lo."
A guttural chuckle was the response she received for her chirpy greeting.
"I'll be damned, kid. J got you out, huh? Where's Harley?" Harvey Dent remarked with a hidden grin, catching the attention of the red head sitting across from him.
"Well now ya see," Lolita winced, "that's the reason I'm callin' ya, Uncle Harvey."
"Whaddya mean, kiddo? What'd your old man do this time?" Harvey's date grew agitated at the lack of explanation of his phone call and scooted around the table, pressing her ear against the other side of the phone to listen in. Harvey half-heartedly swatted at her but didn't say anything.
"Harley's in deep with some uppity government lady. This lady had us all join some sorta rag tag group-that hitman dude, Deadshot, was there, the Australian hunk Aunt Ivy had a crush on for awhile, that Killer Croc guy Daddy was interested in hiring for a while..."
"Get to the point, Lola."
"Right. Any who, the big mean lady had us facin' off some bajillion year old witch that was like, real messed up, Uncle Harvey, lemme tell you the lady had not had a shower in forever and there was this big floating ring of trash in the sky, and she created these gross blackberry lookin' things-the fruit, not the phone-and so basically she was tryin' to take over the world or somethin', I dunno-"
"Lolita," Harvey cut her off slowly. "Where's J?"
"Laid up in this lame ass hospital," Lolita sighed dramatically. "We went down with the helicopter. You know how it be, Uncle Harvey."
"Uh huh," Harvey drawled. "And...where's Harley?"
"Back with the rest of the squad in Midway City," Lolita answered. "Anyways, think you could scrounge up some help for lil ol' me?"
"Least I could do for J," Harvey sighed. "Just...stay put until I call you back. Please make good decisions and listen to Frost, alright?"
"No problemo, Uncle H!" Lolita cheerfully assured. "Thanks a bunch!" Harvey muttered pleasantries and returned his phone to his pocket.
"Well," Ivy sighed. "Fuck."
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A/N: This was shorter than I would like but do y'all think we can hit 350 reviews for this chapter?! That would be amazing! And holy crap, over 1,000 follows? You guys are asbo-freaking-lutely the BEST!
Since this story WILL be coming to a close soon, I would like to now ask you all for prompts that you guys would like to see me explore with Lolita! I WILL be posting a separate story before the end of this one that will contain mini series/one shots, and I'd really appreciate it if you guys would tell me what you guys would like to see! It can be domestic fluff (babies, baking, etc) AUs (arranged marriage, zombie, James Bond, royalty, different Disney characters, etc) Sentences ("When the fuck did you learn how to use a gun?" "Why is there a cow in my closet?" "Why are there eyeballs in my fridge?") and any more you guys can think of! Feel free to PM me or leave them in reviews!
For all of my fellow Americans, happy belated Turkey day! Hope everyone is having a safe and happy Friday!
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