Oh wow now I have TWO new reviewers!!! Thanks, DEE, for the praise and the info! I'll have to remember that!

OMG, and TurboloverJP, who is probably the BEST BoP writer on the PLANET, is reviewing MY story!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, I think we have royalty among us!!!

And, as always, thanks to Shea Fahlin, who has stuck with this story through thick and thin!!! :D Yay!

Anyway... I figured I'd give a little warning about this chapter. There's a lot of info on the Joker's past revealed in the first part. But beware- it's not true! So if you go to a comic book convention or something, and you figure you'll show off by spilling all the info you learned about the Joker from here, trust me, you won't look smart because I made it all up!!! Sure, the stuff I told you in Chapter 1 is true (it belongs to DC), but this stuff belongs to me. Just thought I'd let you know, to save you a little embarrassment. :)

Okay, before I get too off subject, I think I'd better start writing the chapter! So here goes nothin'!

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???, A Few Seconds After Dinah Blacked Out

Dinah felt as though she was swimming through nothingness. All around her was just an empty white space. And her head felt like it was on fire. What had happened?

"Where the hell am I? Barbara? Helena? Help!!!"

All of a sudden, everything began to swirl and twist. Dinah felt like she was going to faint again. She squeezed her eyes shut, trying not to lose her lunch when...

"Congratulations, Mrs. Napier. You have a healthy baby boy."

"What?" Dinah opened her eyes and found herself in- a hospital room? This couldn't be right.

"Do you have a name planned out, Mrs. Napier?"

Dinah looked over at the hospital bed and saw a beautiful young woman, maybe in her late 20's, with wavy chestnut brown hair and dark brown- almost black- eyes. Her face was shining with sweat, and she was breathing heavily, but she was smiling down at a squirming bundle of cloth in her arms.

"Hmmm... a name... what about... Jack."

The baby emitted a loud squeal when he heard his name.

The woman laughed. "I think he likes it! Jack Napier. What do you think about that, Mr. Napier?" she playfully asked the baby.

"Jack Napier... isn't that... that's not... the Joker, is it?" Dinah asked herself, suddenly wary of who the baby was. "It is! That's the guy that Barbara told us about! So I must be... in the Joker's subconscious, in his memories! Because the last thing I remember was touching his arm! Damn! Stupid touch telepathy!" Dinah looked around. "So... how the heck do I get out of here?" Her eyes locked on the hospital room door. "Maybe that's the exit." She walked over to the door, opened it, and everything started to swirl into nothingness again. "No! Dammit!" Dinah yelled as she was thrown into the seemingly infinite vortex. She shut her eyes in fear, hoping for a miracle...

"Jack... there's something you need to know..."

Dinah opened her eyes and saw not a hospital room this time, but a living room. "Where am I now?" Then her eyes focused on the scene before her.

"Where is she? Where's my mommy?" a little boy asked a police officer, in between sobs. Dinah identified the boy, around six years old, as Jack from his brown hair and eyes, much like his mother's.

"Jack... your mother... she... she... she was driving her car to work today... and... and all of a sudden, a car pulled out of nowhere. The other car hit your mom... and... I'm so sorry, Jack."

"NO! My mommy's alive! She cares about me! She wouldn't die! She wouldn't!" Jack screamed, and threw himself to the floor, sobbing uncontrollably.

"I'm so, so sorry Jack. I don't know what to say," the police officer said, rubbing the crying boy's back.

Dinah just stood there in awe, watching Jack and the police officer. Her mind flicked back to the brown-haired woman she saw earlier. "Poor kid," she said to herself. Dinah knew what it was like to lose a mother.

The moment was shattered when she was thrown into the white swirl again. "AAAH!" Dinah yelled. She was really beginning to get tired of this.

(Okay, this is SUPPOSED to be in italics...) "NO! Please don't do this! She's got her whole life ahead of her! Don't ruin it! Please!"

"What?" Dinah said. She was standing in a hallway of what looked to be... a hotel? Apartment complex? She had no idea. But... it looked familiar...

"Why shouldn't I? The little Bratgirl deserves it, for all the trouble she's caused me. And if we get her out of the way, Bats'll be running out of Gotham with his tail between his legs! Hee hee!"

"I must be going crazy," Dinah said to herself. She was hearing voices in her head. Two of them. They also sounded familiar...

Just then Dinah saw the Joker walk by. "What!?" Then it struck her. The voices in her head belonged to the Joker... and Jack?

"She doesn't deserve it! She was fighting for good! You can't do this!"

"Watch me, pretty boy."

Dinah followed the Joker down the hallway. He stopped at room 213.

"This is it, Jackie. Time to start the party!"

The Joker rang the doorbell and waited. All of a sudden, the door opened. A red-haired girl looked up in horror at the man in front of her.

"Oh my God, it's Barbara!!!" Dinah screamed. She knew the building looked familiar. It was from the dreams she used to have, about the night her mentor was shot.

The Joker whipped out a gun. "Surprise, Babsy! Or should I say... Batgirl!"

Barbara only had enough time to gasp before- BANG! The redhead fell to the ground.

(Also in italics...) "No!!!! Damn! Damn you, Joker!!! You BASTARD!!!!! Why can't you just leave people alone!? Leave ME alone!?"

"Because, Jackie. You're the only way I can have a little fun around here! Hee hee hee heeheeheehee..."

So. Jack had been telling the truth all along. He hadn't wanted to shoot Barbara. He hadn't wanted to do any of those things. Deep down, he really was a good guy. "I'm so sorry, Ace," Dinah said. "I'm sorry we didn't believe you."

"AARGH!!" the vortex immediately swallowed Dinah up again. I sure hope this time I'll go home... she thought to herself.

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The New Gotham Clocktower, 6:38 p.m.

"Hey Barbara, she's awake."

Dinah opened her eyes to see Helena standing over her. Barbara quickly wheeled over, as well.

"Oh, thank God," her red-headed mentor said as she breathed a sigh of relief. "I was really getting worried! What happened?"

Dinah sat up quickly, ignoring her partners' protests. "It's Ace," she declared. "He's telling us the truth."

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Arkham Asylum, 7:00 p.m.

Dr. Harleen Quinzel smiled to herself in her cell. He had done it. Her Mr. J had somehow convinced the idiots in charge to let him go. That sly fox. God only knows what havoc he could be reeking on the town right now. She got up from her cot and turned her television on. Prisoners were only allowed an hour of TV a day, but she figured she'd use hers watching the 7:00 news. Chances were that he'd be on there.

"Today, a car accident in downtown New Gotham left the family and friends of William Brunk in tears..."

"Oh, come on! I don't want to hear about some stupid car crash!" Harley yelled at the TV. "Show me my love!"

"In other news, there is a new vigilante on the streets of New Gotham...

Harley rolled her eyes. "Oh, great. Can't wait to see my Joker kill him!"

"...apparently known as, 'Ace'. He thwarted a jewelry store robbery today on Capitol Blvd. Ace fled the scene right after authorities arrived, but not before they could take this picture of him...."

Harley Quinn looked up, though hardly interested. But when she saw the image, she almost fainted in shock.

"What!? But that's... that's my Mr. J!!! That can't be! Why the hell would he do that!? He should have been the one robbing the store in the first place!!!" she yelled. Or... or could he really be a good guy? she thought to herself. "Well. Looks like I'll have to pay this 'Ace' guy a visit..."

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Wow! Two huge revelations, all in one chapter! Holy cow! Well I hope you guys liked it! PLEASE review again, that goes for everybody! I get no reviews, you have no new chapter. Simple as that.

But if you DO review, I'll be posting probably within one to two weeks. School is really making it harder to update. But I'll try my best! :)