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WHITE'S POV

"You wretched glass of elephant piss." I hissed, trembling with fury as I spied Jackie's body draped over presumably the man named Jerald Griffin's arm. A smirk filled the filth's face as he laughed.

"Ah, you look furious Joker." He teased fanning his nervousness with a red and gold fan. I calmly smiled and tried to relax my tense pose. He's under control here. When the f*** did he do that? My eye's flashed spying Jackie's heart in his hand. He took the rest of it. Why?

Destroy that motherf***er. Black's voice echoed in my head as he furiously dashed from memory to memory. We need to find her other piece. If all of her heart is taken she will undoubtedly die very quickly; what I said before was only to see her flustered face a bit. Both of our heads flickered to the side as the walls of the room began to fade. Ah, the process is already beginning...

"I have a fun game to play with you Joker." The faceless kindly offered shifting Jackie in his arms. Her glassy eyes stared blindly around the room unable to collect and digest any detail nor react. Without a heart...she's practically dead already. My focus shifted to a floating memory behind them which began to ripple disturbed waves. This is not good.

"Oh? And what would that be you slimy piece of putrid trash." I venomously purred slipping the whip into my hands. I need to get her away from him and quickly.

"Ah~ there you go again, turning to violence. But no matter. Here is the game, Joker. I take Jackie's heart and all you have to do is find it again. If you can't...well, I suppose that Jackie will perish now wouldn't she? Now, doesn't that sound fun?" He mused. We both started as the world began to crumble around us. The tiny orbs of memories slowly tore apart, disintegrating into tiny flakes of shifting colors. I gritted my teeth. Without her heart her mind is beginning to go. Each and every precious memory and, essentially, Jackie's entire essence is being absorbed into that single orb of her 'heart'. I can't stop it; if I interrupt the process then her mind will become a vegetable. I angrily watched as the last bits of her being shriveled up into oblivion. Without warning the entire space about us shuttered, rippling into the sweet darkness of death. S***-!

"Good luck~," Jerald purred dropping Jackie into the dark space as he vanished with her heart. I darted forward and snatched her arm yanking her ice cold body into my arms. Where is Black?! He should have-!

"I'm right here dumbf***!" Black spat darting in from behind. He pulled her back shoving the tiny orb into her chest. The little piece slowly sank into her chest sending a small bit of warmth crawling through her. A tiny spark of light leapt into her eyes as our bodies began to warp and wither away within her consciousness that no longer existed.

"F***-!" Black hissed shooting up on the bed from our little adventure. I snatched Jackie's face in my hands desperately looking her over. Did we make it in time?

"Jackie dear? Can you hear me?" Her face remained as stone as she stared straight into the ceiling. I snatched her arms in my four hands and violently shook her as my clock quivered with fear.

"HEY! ANSWER ME!" I desperately cried as my counterpart fell in synch. My clock ached awfully fast as I struggled to calm myself. Stop; she's not dead. Not yet. She still has a number of time periods to go before that happens. She lifeless turned her gaze to my face, looking around without any coherence whatsoever. That small piece...seemed to be her 'movement' and maybe even a little 'reaction'. But, other than that, she looks-

Very slowly she nodded her head as if my words had just taken effect. I tore off my eye patch and forced her to gaze right into it. Nothing but a black void of vague and inactive, loosely tied together emotions which were unable to comprehend even the most basic of thoughts.

Her mind was not hidden as the other piece was; no, it was completely and utterly torn away from her, placed somewhere she cannot receive information from. Before, with the small piece - because it was in her body still - she was still able to move and speak although not as well as she normally could. Jackie...my sweet, darling Jackie...

"That f***er...," I hissed slumping on either side of her. I huffed painfully as my clock ticked faster than ever to pump the blood through my veins. F***...I stayed in her mind too long after she had already 'passed'. The strain that it took to even hang on for a few seconds is near enough to break my clock. I huffed, hardly able to breath as we struggled to endure this hardship.

"What a pain in the a**...," Black muttered slipping me my mask. I graciously took it setting it on the nightstand along with Black's. He was clever snatching these away before they were sucked into her 'heart'. If they were then he would have found out just how much I want to slaughter that pig and everyone he knows and loves and make him watch and cry and scream and-

"Joker?" My weary eyes fell over the clown which was posted to stand nearby in case we were stuck in her mind. I lamely waved my hand in the air making him draw closer.

"Send out spies to the neighboring territories and find more about the one name 'Jerald Griffin.'" The second I mentioned his name the clown stiffened with fright.

"Griffin?" The faceless responded, frightened. I sighed in annoyance, severely annoyed at the day's outcomes. Joker has lost; and Joker is also very pissed because of it.

"No. This man was not Griffin himself. He was a faceless claiming to be a follower of Griffin; or perhaps even is trying to take Griffin's role? It's a very puzzling situation and it's PISSING ME OFF." I hissed at the tail end joining with my counterpart.

"It will be done swiftly so please rest for now Joker." He boldly proclaimed. Before I could reach for my gun the cockroach had already scurried away, foreseeing my actions. Tsk...f***er.

I flopped back onto the bed. I...need to rest. Going out without any information would be foolish of me. Although I'm sure I would have done that in my mad fury if I had the energy. I gently eyed my little kitten who was still staring at the door since the faceless was here. Ah, I suppose that was too much for her to understand. She can't process anything whatsoever.

"Jackie, come here." I purred as the Warden wrapped his arm around her waist. Like a doll she complied lifeless letting us do as we please. The breath caught in my throat as she willingly laid between us, not even uttering a word of defiance as we coiled ourselves about her. Black shot me a glare as the thought ran through my mind, feeling my euphoric ecstasy at my thoughts.

A puppet.

She's just like a puppet now, free to manipulate and do as I please. A grin spread across my face as I leaned in, kissing her cheek while Black held a sneer.

What a very pleasing outcome.

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