Christineoftheopera-So you've said.

The Puppeteer Patient 120402-How do you think I felt?

SwordStitcher-He flashed the Batman, came back with a broken jaw. I felt gratified.

Just-Me-and-My-Brain-That was on purpose. There's a line in Arkham Asylum that goes, 'what are you afraid of, Bats...ME, in a THONG?' (Mark Hamill voiced both Jokers.)


Three homicidal maniacs, two harboring no small amount of dislike for each other, confined to a small apartment.

This could only spell disaster.

The first day had been spent disposing of the apartment's previous owner by hacking her up in the tub. (God, that had been an ordeal.) Once the body parts had been carted to the river, they'd all turned in for the night.

But then day two rolled around. It took less than an hour for Jonathan and Edward to start sniping at each other, and by noon the chances of a fistfight were fairly high. Kitty went digging and found a Wii.

It would do.

They hadn't been thrilled with the idea at first. But she'd cajoled (okay, threatened them with immediate pain and misery) them into playing at least one round of Mario Kart. And, begrudgingly, they'd admitted it was fun. Well, sort of fun. Better than nothing, anyway.

Jonathan had bowed out early, a broken wrist making it difficult to hold the controller. He was now sitting in the armchair, watching the bloodbath.

"Kitty."

"What."

"What has wings and spikes and ruins friendships?"

"Don't you dare-!"

BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP!

CRA-ASH!

Toad's kart flew into the air. Jonathan was fairly certain there had been an accompanying wail, but it was drowned out by the screech of rage.

"Fuck you so much, Nygma!"

Yoshi zoomed by the still upside-down Toad.

"I'm sorry."

"If the Batman shows up, I'm tripping you." she seethed. "Why can't you run interference?"

This last was directed at Jonathan, who shrugged.

"I wouldn't dream of fighting your battles for you." She harrumphed and leaned back against his legs, arms crossed.

"You'll kill some guy for hitting on me, but when I ask you for help…"

"Waluigi!"

Yoshi fell from the course with a plaintive, "Wagghhhh!" Kitty snickered.

"That's called Karma, Eddie. Hurts, doesn't it?"

This was worth it for Edward's misery alone.

THE END

AN: Don't even ask. A friend requested Nintendo. Jonathan would probably play as Dry Bones, by the way.