Robin was dumb to chase after The Joker!

He should've called Batman or the cops!

Any adult with a gun!

Colin would find Josephine Kerr first; then, he would save Robin.

She was more critical than the Joker and Robin's pride!

Voices behind an old apartment building made him stop.

'What does that mean?' Asked the girl's voice.

He's never really talked to her, so he had no idea what she sounded like.

Could it be Josephine's voice?

'Well, we do girlfriend boyfriend stuff with each other, but we're just friends.' Said another voice.

A woman's voice.

'Oh...' replied the girl's voice.

He crept closer to the voices and spied people; a young woman and a little girl.

They seemed to be waiting for someone...

The woman had dark hair in a messy bun and wore black leather, black jeans, and black boots.

She made him think of that stupid vampire show that the girls at the orphanage went crazy for...

'You'll get it when you start liking boys!'

The little girl had long waist-length blonde hair in two bushy pigtails, bushy bangs that hung past her nose.

She wore a pink long sleeve shirt with a yellow duck on it, jeans with holes in, but that could have been the style and old white sneakers.

Colin couldn't see her face due to the bangs...

'Boys are the enemy!' Said the girl hotly.

'Josephine Kerr?' He tried.

They turned him; the girl moved the bangs from her face... and...

The girls at the orphanage said Josie was funny-looking...

But she...

She was far too... pretty to be Josephine Kerr...

Her eyes...

'Colin?'

Does she know me?! He thought.

'Colin?' Said the woman. 'Who's Colin?'

'A kid from the orphanage.' She said to the girl.

'Are you Josephine Kerr?'

She nodded slowly. 'What are you doing here?'

'What are you doing here?!' He growled.

'Nothing.'

'Everyone's been looking for you.'

'They have?!'

'A lot of kids are disappearing.'

'I know.' Was her indifferent reply.

'I thought Zsasz got you.'

'He almost did.'

He almost did...

'When?'

'On the night I ran away.'

Probably mere seconds after her run-in with Robin.

'How did you get away?'

'There was a lady named Ivy; she saved me.'

'Poison Ivy?!'

'Poison Ivy?' She repeated.

'Ok,' said Gabby as she grabbed Josie's hand, 'we need to go.'

'Wait a minute!' He said, jumping in front of them. 'You can't just leave!'

'Why not?'

'There's danger. A lunatic is on the lose!'

'I know, he attacked me!'

She thinks Zsasz is the scariest person in Gotham...

'Listen, Batman's-

'Not going to save you.'

Colin felt his heart sink as he felt his hair being ruffled and gun at his back.

'Don't be scared.' Colin said calmly.

'I'm not.' She said as she rushed them but stopped short. 'Is he dead?'

Is he dead? Is who dead?

'No, but he knows that he's lost the fight.'

'His head is bleeding.' Said, woman.

Colin turned to see Robin lying on the ground; the woman checked his pulse.

It took everything in Colin not to transform.

'He's still alive.'

'How did you get him?' Josie asked as she swatted down.

'Dr. Strange.'

Josie stuck out her tongue at him. 'Big doo head.'

'Now,' Colin felt the gun jabbed him in the back, 'who the hell are you?'

'He's from the orphanage.' Josie said as she grabbed him. 'He's been looking for me.'

'Hmm...' he turned Colin around to face him. 'Why are you looking for my Little J?'

My Little J? Colin wondered.

'He was worried about me!' She said.

'He's with Robin.' Joker put the gun under his chin. 'I should kill him.'

'No!' Howled Josie. 'Please don't.'

'He'll tell!'

'But... I thought... you wanted me to meet Batman.'

Joker raised an eyebrow. 'And how will killing him prevent that?'

'If you kill him, I'll tell Ivy.'

Joker laughed maniacally as Colin mentally groaned.

'That's your plan?! Tattle on me to mama Ivy?'

Mama?

'Well, Mama Ivy,' she repeated firmly, 'will see you as cuckoo-'

'She already does!'

'And it will make her nervous. What if she decides that you're too cuckoo or too dangerous to be around?'

'What are you getting at?'

'What if she tattles to the Batman?' Josie said.

'And what if I don't give a damn?'

'Yes, but what if Batman gets so mad that he kills-'

'He ain't got balls!' Joker laughed again. 'If I can kill a Robin and get off scot-free, then I sincerely doubt wasting this ginger-'

'Please,' she said, giving him puppy dog eyes, 'don't kill him.'

His eyes widened, and his cheeks redden as he looked away, making Colin wonder about their relationship.

Were they... together?

They couldn't be!

Joker's usually with that Harley woman.

But she's been a ghost since he first got busted...

And the clown, despite being a monster, was a man...

And even monsters have... needs...

The thought made Colin want to puke...

'This is going to come back and bite me in the ass.' He muttered as he shook his head.

'No, it won't.'

'If it does,' he turned to Josie, 'you're going to get it! And you,' he grabbed Colin by his shirt, 'watch the company you keep.'

The butt of the gun on his head caught him off guard; the last thought before he faded into unconsciousness was Josie's screams.