Johnny POV
"Why hasn't she woken up yet?" I ask, looking down at Angel lying on one of my settees in the office, the doc did a once over of her earlier when we arrived, her skin has lost some colour but I'd say she is only a few tones away from being snow white skinned.
Another change in her appearance in her hair, doc reckons it's from the chemicals taking the colour from her shirt she was wearing and its gone onto her hair, so now…her hair is green.
"I don't know Johnny, I've never dealt with anything like this, all records say that all workmen who accidentally fell into those pits died. She's still breathing which is a good thing, beyond that I really don't know" he says, I nod in agreement, this just feels like my wife all over again, she's alive just not awake.
"There was however one person who's survived the chemicals" he says, I look up to him at this, since my leg is patched up and stitched from the bullet wound, I've also been resorted to a wheelchair.
All of us know whom he is talking about, the main reason no one goes near that chemical place, he fell into those pits and survived.
The Joker.
No one really knows who he was before, just a criminal like us, but then he returned from the edges of the city and made his appearance, instilling fear into practically everyone here in the city and beyond.
"Make the call" I say, looking to Angel, no one wants to call him on fear of him wanting to shoot you if you look at him funny, but we need his help, whether or not he'll help who knows.
I hear him walk away presumably to call him, hearing another set of footsteps coming over to me,
"Do you really think he'll be able to help her?" Rick asks, I look to him then back to Angel,
"I don't know if he'll help her, or kill us all. But we need her, I know that" I say, my eyes on the woman I look to as a daughter, me and my wife, we…well we cant have kids, or at least she cant but we didn't want a surrogate, we were considering adoption until she fell ill.
"He's coming!" doc says, I turn my head to look at him, seeing him walk back over to us,
"What did he say?" I ask,
"That he wants to see her, so he's on his way" he says, I nod at this, in my head wondering what the plan is…but there isn't one.
"Alright, we keep him happy, no threats, no warnings or else he'll blow your heads off. We need his help, so we need to do what he says" I say, they nod at this,
"Rick call Trent, have him come here – fast! And get the staff out of here, cleaners and builders need to be gone, we don't want anyone else getting killed" I say, wheeling myself to face the door but staying beside Angel. I always have a gun out so if this guy tries anything I'll be prepared, and I know Rick will be the same.
About thirty minutes later, all the staff are out of the building and Trent with some of his men are with us, Angel still hasn't woken up, and to top it all off, doc just told us that the Joker has just arrived outside,
"Trent go and lead him up here, keep your wits about you" I say, watching him and one man go with him, I'd be stupid if I said I wasn't nervous,
"Rick whatever you do, do not speak unless spoken to and do not look at him either unless he is speaking to you" I say, he nods at this, looking every bit a guard.
Trent enters the room and following behind him is him, the Joker,
"Well well…well, long time - no see! Love the wheels Johnny boy! Those new?" he asks, his signature smile there, tattoos covering him and wearing his purple coat and black leather pants, and smart shoes, oddley his hair looks a hell of a lot like Angels new hair colour but I focus back onto him,
"Thank you for coming at such short notice. We…honestly don't know what to do" I say, keeping my eyes on him, maintaining eye contact, his eyes on me when I speak to him, then his eyes shoot behind me to Angel, slowly he walks over, his eyes on her I swear like a hunter stalking its prey, I turn the wheelchair when he is stood practically right next to her, but he seems to be looking at her confused, cocking his head to the side slightly,
"Scarlett?" he says silently, I look to him alarmed, how the hell does he know her real name?
"Y-you know her?" I ask suprised, he looks to me at this then back to her, then suddenly laughs out loudly,
"Well of course! Can't you tell! I mean we look so much alike!" he says, leaning forward to put his face next to hers for me to see…dear god they are alike! Their cheekbones even their damn noses are the same, and it doesn't help their hair is exactly the same now.
"Wait…you're her brother? The brother she's been looking for?" I ask, looking to him confused, could our Angel really be the Jokers sister?
"Well…I don't like to let threats know of any….weaknesses I may have. Thought it best for her. she is such a copy cat! Couldn't resist the green. How did this happen?" he asks, his eyes going back to her, with a rare look of concern I have never seen on him, I've worked with Joker a few times and he's done business with us before and come to the bar a couple of times.
"Cops, she worked for them until they used her as bait to get Diablo out of the bar and then suddenly we have cops all around us and we find ourselves in the cells, next morning she's talking to me about getting us all out and her wanting to join us, sick of being treated like crap because she was a woman at the station. Then she joined us, been on a couple of jobs with us, but then they tricked her to meet them, said if she didn't then they would…kill my wife. But it was a trap they knew we would come for her, and when we got there, they dropped her into the pit. I'm not sure how long she was in there before I drained it, maybe ten minutes…she woke up though, for like a few seconds, but then went unconscious again and has been since" I say, its not easy to explain almost four months with this girl, cutting out a few details of course but if and when she wakes up she can decide whether or not to tell him the rest.
I watch him look to her, as is looking for something, then suddenly without warning he slaps her across the face, and without a seconds wait her eyes open up to him, before I can do anything he's being thrown across the room without her even touching him, well it looks like she does still have her power at least,
"I suppose I deserve that" Joker says, I look to him then to Angel who still has her eyes on him, but she looks to me for a second her hold on him still there,
"Johnny? What happened? Who is this guy?" she asks, slowly standing up,
"You fell in one of those acid pits, we didn't know what to do, you wouldn't wake up hun, so we called Mr Joker here since he's had the same experience" I say, looking to her, happy beyond belief that she is awake,
"Not as fun as it sounds is it?" Joker says, smirking at her, she looks to him at this, and then starts to walk over to him,
"Now jokes are! Jokes can make you laugh…make your sides split with laughter! But when someone explains the joke to you…" he seems to be waiting for someone to finish but I've never heard it before,
"It's not a joke anymore because the ass ruined it" Angels says, I look to her at this, he must have been testing her,
"How's it hangin sis?" he asks, looking at her with a wide smile, she quickly hurries over to him, releasing him from the wall for him to stand straight in time for her to run into him and him wrap his arms around her as she does him, hearing he crying, damn I hate that sound,
"Shhh, now - now, don't be wasting your tears on me" he says,
"I've wasted enough of them on you! What the hell! Where have you been? I looked everywhere for you!" she shouts stepping away from him, he's silent afte this, his eyes only on her,
"I wanted…you safe. Not that that worked of course! I mean I'm away however long and you get yourself dropped in a giant bucket of acid, friends with criminals, a criminal yourself, and with a FASCINATING power – I mean what is that where did that come from?" he asks, his grin on, excitement in his eyes.
"A bloody rock we stole from a collector, its come in handy since" she says. I wheel over to them from all this,
"Would you like us to leave the room, private family affairs and all?" I ask, at this they both look to me as if I had just appeared in the room and not been in here in the first place,
"We're ALL family here Johnny boy! And I wanna hear ALL about what you have all been up to, what trouble my little sister has been up to" he says, wrapping his arm around her shoulders, good grief they almost look like twins.
I really hope I made the right call in calling the Joker here, good news Angel found her brother, bad news, her brother is The Joker.
Well hear is the update, sorry has been a while, been very busy. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter, if not let me know and if you did let me know lol.