How the Joker Fell in Love Part 33
Danger opened her eyes to darkness. Was it night already? She wasn't aware of how long she'd slept. It could've been hours, days even!
Okay, maybe not days... This hospital was a good one, and she was pretty sure they wouldn't knock her out for days.
She moved her bangs out of her face, then realized that she was restrained anymore. The leather straps dangled to the tiles from the sides of the bed.
She smiled and sat up, stretching. There weren't even any IVs on her; no hospital stuff in the room at all as far as she could tell. Where they letting her out? Or maybe she'd slept through surgery?
She shrugged nonchalantly and stood up, stretching her legs. Who cares? She was out now, standing and walking by herself, and no one was gonna tell her what do to anymore.
"Danger..." A kind of sing-song came voice from behind her.
She turned around sharply, but no one was there.
Danger furrowed her brow. She knew she heard something. She took a step back into the room, away from the door. "Hello?" she asked, then almost pounded herself on her skull. Stupid, if she couldn't see anyone, there was no one here. End of story. She was probably just hallucinating. Yeah, it was, um... What do they call it? Post-traumatic stress, that's it! She just needed to forget about everything; she needed some time to heal her psychie(sp?).
She turned back around and was almost out the door when she heard it again, but louder.
She whipped around so fast that she felt a little dizzy. Still no one there. Only darkness.
Okay, that time she knew for a fact that she wasn't hallucinating. Someone was in the room with her, and she was gonna find out who.
She ran her hand against the wall near the door until she felt it. The lightswitch. She flipped it on.
A gloved hand covered her mouth, pinning her against the wall by her head. Danger winced in pain, then opened her eyes and realized why they'd covered her mouth. She tried to scream, but nothing came out past the purple leather.
The Joker stared back at her, dark eyes blazing. Once he caught the fear in her eyes, he smirked in his familiar way. "Hello, beautiful," he said, as usual calling her by a petname. "Miss me?"
Danger tried to make a smart remark, but yet again found herself unable to speak. She just kind of let out a few "mmphs!" then realized it was futile. She clenched her teeth behind her lips, and the Joker laughed.
"Have I ever told you how cute you are?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.
Danger's eyes opened until they were as big as tennis balls, and she was sure her eyebrows would soon lift up off her face. Struck by shock, all she could do was slightly shake her head in answer. He thought she was cute? Where was this coming from?
He smiled a true, genuine smile, and looked away. "I didn't think so," he muttered. He looked back at her. "Listen... I hope you know that this isn't easy for me to say," he started.
Danger just looked back at him in confusion. What was he doing now...?
He sighed deeply, then continued, all traces of a smile gone. "I'm sorry," he said shortly. He pursed his lips after he said it, and glanced around the room. Soon, though, he continued. "I... I shouldn't have... done those things... to you." He was obviously having a difficult time getting this out. He raked his fingers through his hair and leaned on his right leg. "I never wanted you to feel... bad... or sad. I just..." He let out a little nervous laugh. "I don't know what I wanted."
He finally looked her straight in the eye and took his hand off her mouth. He placed both hands on each side of her shoulders, trapping her with his arms. He stared intently into her eyes. "I just know I wanted you, want you. I don't know what you do to me... but I like it." He smiled a little. "And I don't it to stop."
Danger just looked back into his eyes, but she felt something in her chest jerk forward at his words. She was having a hard time breathing right, and she felt her face get red.
His eyes turned almost pleading. "Please come back, Danger. I miss you. I want you with me... no, I need you with me." He placed his hands on her cheeks, moving closer. "I won't force you to come back. But please... I miss you."
Danger surprised herself by saying, "I miss you, too."
His eyes lit up, but his expression stayed the same. "Then you'll come back?"
Danger smiled, not missing the hope in his voice. "Yes," she answered breathlessly.
The Joker smiled, then kissed her like she'd never been kissed before. There were so many emotions just in that one gesture: passion, love, yearning, sadness, happiness...
Her head swam as his tongue danced with hers, and soon she found herself kissing him back with just as much emotion. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed herself up against him.
The Joker let go of her face and tangled one hand in her hair, and pressing her closer by the small of her back with the other.
I love you. The thought had barely even formed itself in her mind before Danger realized that it was true. God, she never wanted this moment to end; it was just too perfect...
"Dangereuse!"
Danger came awake to Lee crying her name and giving her a bone-breaking hug. Even Harry joined in.
Danger was confused. She was... back in the hospital? Her arms and legs were tied, just as they had been when she'd fallen asleep before.
So, all of that... was a dream?
"No," she whispered. She could feel tears gathering in her eyes, and her vision blurred.
"What was that, Dangereuse?" Lee asked, a smile on her face.
Danger hardly even saw her, hardly even heard her. "No," she said, louder, and her first tear fell. She tugged on her arm restraints, trying to wipe away her tears. The resistance it brought only heightened her emotions. "No!" she yelled, making Lee and Harry stumble back a few feet.
"Mr. Thorton, you might want to come in right about now!" Harry shouted to be heard over Danger's screaming.
"What is it?" the man called Mr. Thorton asked, rushing in with a leather briefcase in hand.
"See for yourself." Harry left it at that, then left the room, muttering calming words to Lee, who had nearly burst out in tears.
"Danger, I need to tell me what's wrong," Mr. Thorton said, but Danger wasn't listening.
"He needs me, I need to go to him! Get me out of here, I have to see him! He loves me, he needs me!"
"Miss St. Richards, I believe it's time for your medicine," a nurse who had just entered said with a calm voice.
"NO!" Danger tried to move her wrists, but the Mr. Thorton man tightened her restraints. Danger glared daggers at him. "You bastard! He needs me! I have to be with him! We belong together! Let me out, I need to go to him!"
The nurse injected the medicine into the IV, and soon enough, Danger saw black once more.