Ace is high.

Arkham was always a boring place, it was never a place full of excitement unless you had a riot on your hands, that was the only time Arkham wasn't boring.

But now, they'd found a pack of playing cards and by they, it was Edward, Harley, Jonathan, Ivy and Garfield.

Well they couldn't exactly play snap, so poker it was.

It had first started with just Harley and Edward, but gradually the others got involved.

"Harley," Edward growled as he glared at the clown princes. "I know you're cheating."

She smirked back at him. "Uh huh, and how'd ya work that out Ed?"

"Those are not the cards I gave you."

The game paused and Jonathan rolled his eyes. "Okay, I think we can agree we're re-starting this game."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement before they handed their cards in and Jonathan decided he would shuffle this time.

"Take, March Hare, to not shuffle so poorly as the Dormouse," Jervis piped up from behind him as he studied the cards.

"Believe me, Jervis, I can shuffle very well," Jonathan assured as he handed the cards out to each person playing.

"You know something, I wouldn't be surprised if Crane won this," Gar mumbled. "He can probably read us like a book right?"

"No comment."

"That's a yes then," Edward mumbled as he picked up his cards and looked through them.

"Let us not forget, Doctor Isley's ability," Jonathan snarled.

"And what ability is that, Doctor Crane?" Ivy asked innocently, fluttering her lashes at him, a innocent look on her face if that was at all possible.

Jonathan looked at her dully before looking back at his cards. "My point exactly."

"Surly you big strong men are able to resist my pheromones," Ivy smiled sweetly, a sour look on her venomous face as she elegantly picked up her cards. "I mean, I'm only a weak little girl right?"

"Hot stuff, you're anything but weak," Gar grumbled as he glanced up at her. "As annoying as that is to admit, so please sugar, don't think about using your pheromones on us."

"They don't work on Jonathan," Ivy pointed out. "Or at least not very well."

"Yeah well, the rest of us are human, unlike Crane."

Jonathan glared. "I can assure you, I am as human as the rest of you. I simply have no interested in such carnal desires and base level attractions."

Both Edward and Gar stared at him for a while before Gar shook his head slightly.

"Oh boy, we so gotta get you laid," he mumbled shaking his head.

Jonathan rolled his eyes before he looked at the cards again. "I bet three pieces of corn."

"Pfft!" Edward rolled his eyes. "Five pieces of carrot."

"Half a piece of my mystery meat," Gar cried as he fiddled with his cards.

"A single piece of salad."

"Two pieces of salad!"

"So then," Edward mumbled as he glanced over his cards at the rest at the table. "I heard that Oswald was stopped from breaking out of the GCPD, last week."

"Really?"

"Who by, Riddles?"

"Nnightwing, apparently," he sighed and placed two cards down before calling for another two. "But I also heard that Two Face was taken out by Robin."

"It seems that the Bat's little pets are hard at work, as per usual."

"Someone needs to take them out!" Firefly growled. "It's becoming a pain in the neck, honestly."

"Someone will," Ivy spoke up. "Eventually someone always does."

"Say Jonny hand me a new card would ya?" Harley grinned as placed one down on the table.

"Of course child," he smiled and handed it to her. "You do look so like…" he trailed off.

"So like who, Professa'?"

"No one of any importance."

Edward raised an eyebrow in slight confusion before realisation hit him. "Are you talking about my sister?"

"He has a what?!" Gar yelled as he stared at Edward in shock at the words that just left his mouth.

"Jonathan has a sister," Edward explained as he pointed at the man he was talking about.

Jonathan scowled. "A half sister."

"Aww, Jonny that's so cute!"

The older man slumped in his seat.

Ivy rolled her eyes. "Yes, I'm sure his half sister is thrilled to be related to a psychopath."

"Red!"

Jonathan sighed and sat up before he shook his head. "She doesn't know I exist. Now, who's deal is it?"

"Mine!" Harley cried as she took the cards and began to shuffle them together. "I want a nice clean game gentleman and lady, that'll be all."

"Hmm."

"So umm.." Gar scratched the table absentmindedly. "When are you guys thinking of… ya know… getting out of here?"

Harley stopped shuffling the cards and stared at him as did everyone else.

"Hey I was just curious no need to stare at me like I'm the eighth wonder of the world or nothing!"

"Soon," Crane spoke as he picked up his cards.

"How soon?"

"Soon."

"Descriptive as always," Edward deadpanned.

Ivy stretched slightly and pushed her hair back and all eyes, bar Harley's, landed on her and lingered there as she continued to stretch her arms up before picking up her cards and smiling at them. "Well if any of you are interested, I've got a plan to get myself and Harley out of here."

"Yeah you guys can tag along if ya want."

"We'd have to break everyone out," Edward deadpanned as he shuffled through his cards before Ivy leaned up to him smiling with lidded eyes.

"Surly we wouldn't need to break everyone out," she pouted and began to play with his hair, taking a quick glance at the cards he had in his hand before looking back at his face. "It would be too much work for little old me."

"I… I could help…" Edward trailed off as he leaned closer to Ivy, who trailed a finger down to his lips.

"Oh I'm sure you could Edward, you'd be so much help, using that big brain of yours… tell me… what are the passcodes for mine and Harley's cell doors hmm?"

Edward smiled at her stupidly. "Ah.. whatever you say Pamela," Jonathan rolled his eyes and very subtly kicked Edward from under the table snapping the man out of Ivy's control. "Ow!" Edward hissed rubbing his ankle before he glared at Ivy and the woman turned away and went back to her seat. "Thanks Jonathan," Edward grumbled.

Jonathan waved him off. "Any time. But you really should of seen it coming."

"Not like you could do any better," Edward mumbled under his breath as he continued to rub at his ankle.

"You know just how to spoil a girl's fun, Doctor Crane."

"Forgive me, Doctor Isley, but I did not want my friend here to be set upon by your flirtatious antics and venous tricks," Jonathan lowered his cards and glared at her. "If you wish to leave here, then you will break everyone out of Arkham and give all of us an equal chance of getting out and leaving."

"Fine," Ivy huffed as she placed her cards down on the table. "By the way I win."

Everyone blinked before Harley scooped the cards up. "I'll shuffle them again," she grinned.

Garfield shook his head before frowning. "How come the girls are always winning?"

"Luck," Ivy smirked and he scowled at her.

"It's probably all the four leaf clovers she's got in her hair, Garfield," Jonathan said sarcastically and the firefly nodded his head.

"It probably is," he agreed earning a shocked look from Crane before the man shook his head and picked up his cards.

"What are people thinking about doing once they get out?" Edward asked curiously as he placed a card down and called for another one, Harley doing the same thing.

"Retiring," Ivy deadpanned.

"Thinking the same thing," Harley agreed.

Jonathan and Edward nodded their heads in agreement but Firefly rolled his eyes.

"Hah! Ain't no way this firefly stopping," he hooked a thumb at himself. "I'm gunna keep on burning until I burn out!"

"Brightest flame burns the fastest," Edward quipped, but Garfield merely shrugged in response.

"Better to burn out then to fade away!" he cried before bursting in a fit of coughing, hitting his chest slightly to get rid of whatever is was that was hurting his throat. "Ugh," he sighed and breathed heavily as he tried to suck in more air.

"You okay sparky?" asked Harley as she gave Gar a concerned look, much like the others were doing. "You don't sound like you're doing too hot."

"It's nothing," Gar waved them off. "Just a cold."

"It sounded more like burnt lungs to me," Jonathan deadpanned as he narrowed his eyes at Garfield and studied him. "You're not well are you, little lightning bug," it was more of a statement then a question, but Gar answered back anyway.

"It's just a cold!" he growled before coughing again. "My lungs are fine!" he yelled as he slammed his hand down on the table and winced before putting two cards down and trying to pick the other two up, but his fingers locked and he couldn't move them.

The other sat quietly and simply watched as the firefly struggled to pick up the two playing cards up off the table, his temper wearing thin each time he failed.

"Would ya like me ta-?"

"I got it, Harley!" Lynns snapped at her as he brushed the cards to the edge and picked it up by using his thumb.

"Arthritis?" Crane asked as he flicked through his cards and watched Garfield struggle with his.

"It's nothing," Gar hissed as he was able to move his fingers again. "Just every so often, they freeze up and I can't move them, other then that, they're fine."

The others knew he was hiding something, but decided not to press on with it, Gar was a very sensitive person, especially when someone thought he could be weak.

"So when are we breaking out?" Harley asked as she went back to sorting through her cards, pulling out one from her wrist.

"Soon," Ivy whispered as she looked over at her friend. "Now be quiet about it Harley, unless you want the guards to hear you."

Harley did a sign to show her lips were sealed. "Don't worry Red, even if the plan didn't work, I've still got an ace up my sleeve," she giggled before looking at her cards and smirking. "And wow talking about aces, lucky here," she cried placing her cards down to show all the four aces and a single joker.

"Ugh!" Gar threw his cards up.

"I can't believe her luck."

"Really Harley?"

"Let me see those cards," Edward growled as he picked them up and began to examine them.

"Now now, no sore losers," Harley smirked. "I expect all my winnings on my tray in the cafeteria."

THE END.

Note: Yeah so we have this one and it is never wise to play a came of cards with the Joker's girl! :P Also notice how they're planning on escaping to retire! :P Also I haven't read Scarecrow year one, but I know Jonathan's supposed to have a sister and I couldn't for the life of me find her name anywhere! If any of you guys know, could you tell me?

Up Next: Frozen Bats: Summary: Freeze and Langstrom meeting up for the first time in Arkham. Surprisingly they have many things in common. Oh what a perfect time to remember the things we have lost.

Arkham Life will be ending soon and I am planning to only go up to 50 chapters, I will let you guys know once I reach that amount and then there is no more reviews aloud I'm afraid.

But for the moment keep up them reviews! :)