Chapter 21

Harley was on her side looking at her handsome husband lovingly as they were snuggling underneath the covers. They had just finished another session of making love to each other and were relaxing. She looked at him admiringly and smiled.

Oh, how lucky she was to have him.

True love is hard to find, and sometimes, you have to go through some things to reach it. But, it's all worth it in the end.

Harley couldn't help but to ghost her fingers over Bruce's facial features, making sure to soak in every detail like a sponge. His sharp features made him a very desirable man, yes indeed. It was no wonder why so many women craved to have him by their side. And now, she would always have him. She was the luckiest woman in the world right now.

"Aren't you tired?" Bruce grumbled his voice present with mild exhaustion.

"Nah, I can stay awake all my life just starin' at ya." Harley smiled as she played with a strand of his dark hair. Bruce opened his cerulean eyes and stared into Harley's baby blue ones. He put a hand to the side of her cheek and leaned her in to kiss her gently.

"I love you, you know that?" Bruce asked. Harley couldn't hide her giggle.

"Of course I know that! If ya didn't I would kill you." Harley teased trying to curl the strand of the hair with her finger.

Bruce gave a short laugh. "Wouldn't want that." he said.

Something quickly popped into her head. A memory that Ivy told her about a long time ago. "What are you thinking about?" Bruce asked noticing Harley's face.

"Say, I wasn't the first woman to marry you, was I?" Harley asked with skeptical eyes. Bruce looked at Harley with a confused look and then let out a short chuckle having the feeling of what she was talking about. He put his hands behind his head and Harley didn't fail to notice the flexed muscles. "You're talking about Susan? That so called 'woman', who was actually one of Poison Ivy's plants." Bruce said with a smirk remembering it all too well.

Harley nodded slowly. "So, I'm not the first woman to marry you?" she asked again.

Bruce sat up and gave Harley another short, sweet kiss. "Don't be like that. You are. Susan wasn't even a woman. She was a plant, and plants don't have a gender." He answered. His wife faked a gasp. "Don't let Ivy hear ya say that. She'd go nuts!" Harley laughed.

They both got into a comfortable position lying down as Harley rested her head on Bruce's chest. She breathed in deeply and exhaled listening to Bruce's heartbeat. She smiled as she heard his relaxed heart rate. It seemed to go at a perfect, gentle rhythm whenever she leaned in and listened. "I can hear your heartbeat Bruce." Harley said quietly. Bruce kissed the top of her head gently and smiled. She loved cuddling into him. It was like being intimate without 'actually being' intimate. He was so warm and gentle towards her. He held her as if she would fade away if he didn't. She heard her stomach rumble and let out a giggle.

"Hey Bruce honey?" Harley said.

"Hmm?" Bruce mumbled with his eyes closed.

"If I don't get any food right now, I'm gonna go nuts."

After ordering their room service, they ate while watching a movie that Bruce suggested on renting. It was a movie about a retired secret agent husband who goes on a hunt for his kidnapped wife. Harley winced at the part where the agent husband snapped one of the bad guy's neck gruesomely.

"Ooh, ouch." she said. She saw that Bruce was unfazed by the action.

"Didn't ya find that disturbing?" she asked.

Bruce shook his head. "I've seen worse." he answered with a hint of grim in his voice. Harley didn't know whether he was talking about his parents' murder or something utterly different. She knew that with his job being Batman, he had seen some very disturbing things. She had as well. Being the Joker's girlfriend gave you a front row seat to many wrenching, sick things. Harley didn't even want to remember the monstrous things he did to innocent people. Either way she really wanted to change the subject.

"Have YOU ever done that?" Harley asked. Bruce looked down at her.

"No, but I have knocked out people." he said.

"How?" Harley gasped. Bruce playfully snaked his hand around Harley's left shoulder and she quickly hit him on his hand, fearing he was going to knock her out. She pouted at the teasing gesture and shook her head as he laughed.

"There are certain pressure points on the human body that can easily knock someone out. When I was still in training as Batman, I learned them. It's extremely useful." Harley's eyes went wide with fascination.

"Wow, you should teach me about that sometime." she said.

They watched the movie end with the normal happy scene where the husband and wife kiss after being reunited. Harley looked up and asked Bruce a question. "Would ya ever do that for me? If I was ever kidnapped?" Harley asked. Bruce smiled down at her. "I have, remember? And no matter how many times it happens, I'll always be there to bring you back home." Harley grinned and gave Bruce a sweet peck on the lips.

"It's a shame our honeymoon has to end in two days. I was really enjoying this." Harley said sadly. "Don't worry; we'll have plenty more honeymoons in the future Harley. You can count on that." Bruce reassured giving her hand a gentle squeeze.

Harley grinned. "Good." she sighed. Bruce got up and placed their empty plates on the table. Harley lay back on the pillows and stretched her arms waiting for her husband to turn around. When he did, he immediately noticed Harley's position and smirked.

"Are you trying to tell me something?" he teased. Harley smirked back and shrugged putting her hands across the pillows by her head.

"Well, we do have two more days here. How about we make the most of it." She asked cutely. Bruce slowly slid on the bed between Harley's legs. He kissed Harley deeply and broke it smiling down at her. "If my wife wishes, so it shall be."

"Alright Crane, inside you go." the guard said pushing Crane into his holding cell. The guard held the brown sack in his right hand as he locked the cell door with his left.

"Here ya go Doc." the guard said giving the brown sack to the doctor passing by. "It's scarecrow's fear dust or whatever." the guard said shrugging.

The doctor nodded. "Alright, thank you." she said continuing down the hallway. She entered a laboratory room where she handed the sack to the head doctor.

"Do we know what this stuff is made of, Doctor?" she asked. The man shook his head.

"Not the slightest clue. But, I'm going to be here all night to find out what this is made of." he said referring to the sack on the table. The female doctor nodded and yawned.

"You should go, it's late." The head doctor suggested with a small smile. She nodded and picked up her keys.

"Thank you Doctor, I'll see you in the morning." she said returning the smile and walking out the door. The older man opened the sack and with a gloved hand, picked up some of the fear substance and put it into a small dish. He then placed the dish under a large microscope and examined it carefully. Just then, the door to the room opened and in came a female doctor. She placed a couple of containers on a shelf as the head doctor went back to examining the fear substance.

"Still can't find what this befuddling substance is made of. It's like a complete enigma to me." He said.

"That's too bad Doctor. It's an even worse shame you'll never find out." She said. He gave a confused look and before he could reply, he gasped loudly in pain. He felt something warm trailing down his chest and looked to see it was blood. HIS own blood. There was also a sharp blade sticking out of his chest. The woman drew the blade back and watched as the doctor fell to the floor, gasping for the breath that was leaving his body to come back. She walked over him and picked up the sack, tying it first. She looked down at the man and shook her head.

"It really is a shame you'll never know. But, life's not fair at times." She said staring at the man's dead grey eyes staring right back at her. She then picked up the spare keys on the counter and left, locking the doors.

A/N: I'm horrible, I really am. I haven't updated in FOREVER and yet you all still stick by me and wait for another chapter. You guys are amazing, really. I never have time anymore to write and it upsets me. I apologize again guys and gals, I'm super sorry, please forgive me XOXO SPSM