Hallo :) I'm so glad you all liked the last chapter I apologize that it took a little longer than usual to update I couldn't really get any free time to type it up but here it is! I own nothing but my plot is OCs the rest belongs to DC comics. Im sorry for any typos/grammatical errors I try to go back but I still miss a few.

Circus Initiation

Chapter 21

I stayed in that bathroom for a long time just thinking...about everything. Finally the door opened and I managed to focus on reality for a few minutes. He was in his purple suit and makeup.

"We aren't safe here. We need to move on." He held makeup stained fingers out to me and I took without a word, letting him help me up. As soon as he let go I almost toppled on weak legs.

"What would you do without me?" He growled and I didn't fight him as he yanked off my wet clothes and helped me dress on jeans and a long sleeved shirt.

"Have a normal life." I couldn't help the words slurring past my lips. He chose to ignore me, tossing me over his shoulder before dumping me on my bed. My bag was packed up next to me..what was he going to do? Carry me the whole way?

"I have a truck waiting outside."

"Let me guess." I shot back. "You stole it."

"Harley means nothing to me, Alex." He growled. I knew I was testing his patience but I mean this was only my life he was fucking with..sorrry life that it was.

"Does she know that?"

"She does now." He yanked me up and we were down the stairs and out the front door before I knew it. He threw my purse in the backseat and hauled me up the step into the large truck.

"Where are we going?" I asked groggily once he got behind the wheel and slammed the door.

"Away." Was all he said.

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He drove quietly for the longest time..I had no idea where I had my eyes closed and cheek pressed against the cold glass of the window. I didn't say a word..I didn't know what to say.

"Alex..wake up. We're here." His voice woke me I didn't know how much later apparently much later. The afternoon sun was sinking on the evening. I unstuck my cheek from the door and groaned at my headache. When I got out on weak knees I saw we were in a gravel driveway of some two story house..the only house around I could see. Where the hell were we? Farm town? Chloe was standing on the perch in sweats and a shirt, she smiled when we met gazes.

"This is the safe house?" I scoffed.

"What did you expect? A mansion with a sign on the door? Joker's lair?" He laughed hard at his own joke. I stopped in my tracks when I saw a certain blonde with pigtails glaring at me from behind Chloe. Ugh what was she doing here? i ignored her completely and instead stepped into Chloe's open arms. She smelled of vanilla and comfort.

"Alex has a hangover..I expect her to be taken care of." He glared daggers at Chloe. Jack was gone now and Joker was in full swing..who cared though both of them were mine.

"Of course, sir." Chloe was all smiles until we turned to the open doorway Harley was blocking.. "Move, slut." Chloe snapped at Harley who returned her insult with a crude tongue motion.

"You know you want me, Dyke." Her bell like voice rang but she stepped aside..and then she turned to me. "Nice to see you again, princess." She spat the last word. Joker hissed behind us and she twitched at the sound before pushing past Chloe and into the front yard. I noticed another sleek black car in the driveway it must be hers..or the one she stole. I didn't care though because Joker put a hand on the small of my back and gently led me into the empty house after Chloe. Well, the place looked good on the outside and on the inside it was so empty our footsteps echoed. There were mattresses in every room but of course I was led up the stairs to an also empty master bedroom other than a lamp on the floor and another mattress.

"Not as nice as the last one..," He trailed off when Chloe rushed to the bathroom and I heard the sink running.

"A bed." I groaned with relief and all but dropped onto it..he chuckled in my ear. I automatically went to grab for a blanket but there wasn't one. I shivered. He shrugged his coat off and draped the warm fabric on top of me. I watched him raise a brow when I inhaled deeply.

"I love the way you smell." I shrugged sheepishly.

"I still owe you a spooning." He smirked almost lazily and it reminded me of a puppy for some reason..hmm what a weird way to think of him. Sometimes a puppy...sometimes a rabid dog. I giggled..did that make me his new owner?

"I think I missed this...joke." I didn't have time to respond when Chloe came out with a wet washcloth, a pastic bag, water and some pills..I'd seen enough pills for awhile. "She doesn't need those." He growled and put the round white tablets in his pants pocket.

"I'll be back, Doll." He leaned down on one knee despite our audience and he placed a sloppy kiss on my forehead. "Look after my girl." He said to Chloe and that one sentence had y heart fluttering. Chloe nodded vigorously with such a big smile on her face that her cheeks looked like they might pop. Was that girl on happy pills or what? Once he shut the door behind him she held out the wet washcloth to me but I shook my head.

"I feel fine..better than fine."

"You have his makeup on your forehead" Oh. I took it and scrubbed.

"I take back what I said at the club..maybe he is a bed and breakfast kinda guy. He just needed you."

"Why do you sound so happy about that?"

"I hate Harley." She shrugged.

"You and me both." I growled a lot like a certain clown.

"You like him too!" She grinned. Wow, this girl never missed a thing did she, I thought a little sarcastically.

"I'm kinda tired." I was a little tired still but mostly I wanted some privacy to think. She handed me the styrofoam cup of cool water.

"The shower works when you wake I'll have something in here waiting for you to eat."

"Thank you...I really do appreciate your kindness, Chloe. "I meant that."

"Don't mention it. You're with Joker. That makes you like the lady of the house ." And with that I was alone to do my thinking..

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I did end up falling asleep. I wasn't sure what time it was only that it was still dark the house was quiet and Jack still wasn't beside me. I turned on the little lamp and saw a poppable tabbed can of spaghettios and a plastic spoon...better than nothing. I devoured the can hungrily and chugged the now room temperature water. Please..please tell me the hot water in the shower worked. It did. There were some fresh clothes down to new undies and a bra...I didn't think twice about Chloe knowing my size. I stepped in and immediately relaxed under the spray.

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Jack stomped on the gas of the truck trying to make it back to Alex's house at a decent time. He found himself looking forward to holding her to feel her naked bodys warmth pressed against his..and for once the monster had nothing to say. All he knew was pain in his life it took over his brain so deeply that his mind had twisted pain into pleasure. Even those few times with Harley didn't compare to an old fashioned beating..until Alex. She made him feel good...better than pain and when she raked those nails of hers down his bare skin while he fucked her Jack believed he knew heaven then. He could see her house in the distance now..he had gotten there at half the time. Seems the feds hadn't made it just yet.

THUD!

Joker grinned when the loud noise came from the top of the truck...of course the Batman would be here first. He jerked the wheel this way and that speeding up to try to throw hi off. The window of the passenger seat shattered and Joker automatically reached for his knife in his pocket, realizing a moment too late that he left his jacket with Alex.

"Hmm." He thought as he slammed on the breaks and watched the black shape fly off the door. Tricky little bat. He got out and decided it would be more fun to use his hands when someone else slammed Batman to the ground..

"Where is she, Joker?" Harvey asked calmly. "How did you get her to kill for you?"

"Who?" He busted out with a laugh..it was enough time for Batman to send a boot towards Mr. Dent's chest and he laughed again as Harvey went down hard on the concrete. How fun this was all fighting over one woman..he giggled. If only they knew she belonged to him now.

"Where is she?!" Batman demanded after slamming Joker into the hood of the still running truck..he couldn't help the giggle escaping at the painful pleasure it brought..just like old times. They really were destined to do this forever..he licked a scar feeling the familiarity of it helped him think quick.

"In a safe place..where he can't get to her." Suddenly, Harvey was up and swinging at Batman.

"You let her die!" He shouted. "You weren't supposed to save me!" Joker supposed that was his fault for switching the addresses..it seemed like the perfect joke at the time and he had no sympathy for Harvey, but he couldn't shake Alex's tears from his memory for her dead mother. The one time he didn't laugh at his own joke. Harvey flipped out his own knife and swung at Batman who leapt a good five feet in the air to avoid it..so much for his fists.

Joker leapt forward into the chaos not wanting to miss a second of this. He kicked the back of Harvey's knee and twisted his wrist in time grab the switchblade. Batman took the second to approach but Joker had already put his boot in his stomach, effectively kicking him back a few seconds longer. Harvey managed to turnand a sudden slice of pain registered in the back of Joker's mind. With a cry of rage he pushed Harvey into Batman before hopping back in the truck they were throwing more punches and Joker took the moment to spin around and shot out of there like a bullet. He needed to get away but take a long way in case they caught up for a couldn't let them follow him back to his place now could he? He glanced down at the cut on his arm..the knife had cut through the sleeve and was leaking crimson, he had had worse. He stomped on the gas and checked the mirror but no one was following him..

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I wiped warm water from my eyes and held my breath when I realized I wasn't alone in the bathroom anymore.I had heard the door quietly open and shut. Still holding my breath and hoping that it wasn't Harley. I peeked around the edge of the shower curtain. The first thing I saw was red as Jack rolled up his sleeve and washed an angry looking cut off in the sink.

"What happened? Where did you go?" I couldn't help the questions..I didn't even care that I was soaking wet and naked. The cold air hit me as I stepped out and rushed to him.

"It's just a scratch, Doll." He chuckled.

"That's a lot of blood." I grabbed a small towel Chloe had laid out and pressed it to his arm. "Who did this?"

"Batman and Harvey were at your old house..I thought they would be." He said slowly sounding more like Jack than Joker.

"Will they find us?" I whispererd.

"That sounds like you don't want to be found." He raised a paint smudged brow at me.

"Maybe I don't." I said more to myself than him.

"See? All better." He said..the bleeding had stopped already. I guess it wasn't as bad as I thought.

Suddenly, he growled appreciatively as he looked me up and down.

I turned and walked back to the shower but before I stepped in I faced him again.

"Say it again." I growled at him like he did to me at my old house. He grinned, stretching his defining scars up higher and instead of looking sinister to me..this time it just made my heart flutter to see him smile and actually mean it.

"I love you, Alex." He growled playfully and it was my turn to smirk sinisterly.

"I love you too, Jack. Now get in here and fuck me."

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We laid on the mattress after our shower. I had found a bandage to wrap his arm in and he let me play doctor on him. Now he had his arm around my waist and nose in my damp hair. Other than the amazing sex this was one of the best feelings in my life. I couldn't believe how stupid I had been just one night ago.

"I'm sorry." I said suddenly.

"Oh? And what for?" He mumbled from behind me.

"For scaring you the other I took those pills. I thought," My throat got tight and I had to swallow as though just thinking my next words woud give them possibility. "I thought you were playing me with Harley this whole time. I heard her say you guys used to..be that way."

"I won't lie to you, Doll. Only a few times. But out of boredom more than anything else."

"And...now?" I whispered.

"Now..there's only you." I turned so we were eye to eye and reached my hand out for his face but I stopped..catching myself before he would get angry.

"No." Suddenly said and grabbed my hand..here it was the pushing away again. I watched him place my palm to his cheek. His eyes never left mine but when he let go of my hand his eyes slid closed and I finally touched the rough scar on his left cheek.