Chapter 4: Kidnapped

The next week went uneventfully. I went to school, got yelled at by Dick, got yelled at by Bruce, got told off by Batman, broke Dicks nose, and managed to get my bullies afraid of me. Catwoman avoided me all week. It's Wednesday now and I feel like something weird is going to happen. I sigh as I get dressed and rush to school, knocking some people on their butts as I did. I laugh when I enter school. I sit down at my first class and wait. Pretty soon my bullies enter the room. They come up to me and I look at them with an eyebrow raised. "Do you need something?" I ask and they shook their heads before Jonny said.

"We just want you to know that we work for you now." He said in a voice that said that I couldn't do anything about that.

"What brought on this change?" I ask tilting my head completely relaxed.

"Your stronger than us." Jonny said shrugging.

"And?" I ask causing him to sigh.

"And we're afraid of you." He said embarrassed.

"Hmm…Ok." I say shrugging. "I live on the streets so I won't be around every day. So…when I don't show for a day just make up an excuse for me. Ok?" I ask and they nod before sitting down in their regular seats just in time for the rest of the class to come in. The rest of the day went by boringly. Once I was done with school Jonny and the other two walked me to the entrance of my alley and I jump onto the ladder climbing up. "See you." I say before climbing up to the roof. I sat down and opened a couple of the launchables, eating quickly. I was just sitting on the edge of the roof when I was suddenly hit over the head with something very hard and I fell unconscious

Time skip

I woke and felt my aching head. I felt something liquid and looked to see blood. I look around and my eyes widen as I realize that the scrapbook and my backpack are on a table near me with the scrapbook open and I quickly pack them back up and go to rush for the door that I had just spotted when some vines covered it making it impossible to get out that way. I turn and look around wildly for an exit.

I crouch down ready for a fight when I see that I am surrounded by super villains. I see Poison Ivy, Harvey Two-face, the Riddler, and Catwoman plus a bunch of lackeys. I immediately begin looking for their weaknesses and seeing which one to attack first. "Wait! We just want to talk!" Catwoman said when she saw me tense to attack. I narrow my eyes at her.

"Talking doesn't require so many lackeys." I say before suddenly feeling an overwhelming amount of power as I looked at the lackeys. "If they don't leave I'll attack." I say and the villains sent their lackeys out of the room. "Ok. Let's talk then." I say suspiciously.

"Open the backpack Hayley." Catwoman said and I glair at her before complying and pulling out the scrapbook knowing that that is her next order.

"You want to see this don't you?" I ask sighing.

"I want to show them." She said gesturing to the other three villains in the room. I sigh and look at Poison Ivy. "I'm not coming over to you. Have one of your plants take it." I say holding the book out. One of the vines near me reached out and took the book from my hands. I sit on the ground and stare at them as they look over the book in shock. They begin muttering amongst themselves. As they were doing that I began looking around for another exit. I was staring at the open roof when someone cleared their throat. I turn and see the Riddler staring at me in shock.

"You really are Hayley, aren't you?" he asked too shocked to even ask a riddle.

"That's my name. There are also about two thousand other girls by that name in the state alone." I say glairing. "Why did you kidnap me?"

"Sorry. What he meant was are you Hayley Quinn?" Two-face asked.

"I don't know my original last name." I say scowling. "And if I did. Why would I tell you?"

"We're just wondering. It's important. I promise." Poison Ivey said

"Like I said before…I don't know my last name. I just know that I go by the name Hayley Q. and that I have been having weird dreams for like two weeks." I say rolling my eyes at the last sentence.

"Weird dreams? What about?" Catwoman asked and I tense.

"Uh…I don't have to tell you that." I say awkwardly as I stand up.

"You do know that you are technically our hostage, right?" Harvey Two-Face asked.

"I'm aware of that fact. Yes." I say before tensing and turning on my heel ready for a fight. Behind me I find a girl, who looked about two years older than me, with light green skin and black hair, her eyes are a blue color that reminds me of nightshade berry's, her outfit is a normal black t-shirt and some jeans, she had no shoes on and she was staring at me in shock. I get a brief flash of a memory and remember one of my dreams where I referenced a person named Nightshade.

"Hayley. This is my daughter…"

"Nightshade?" I ask interrupting Poison Ivey. "One of my dreams made a reference to someone named Nightshade. Are you Nightshade?" I ask the girl who was still gaping at me. She nodded before turning to her mother in shock.

"Is this…" she trailed off and I looked at her weirdly.

"Uh…Hi. I am a Hostage." I say calmly. "They want to psychoanalyze me or something. They asked me about my dreams. I think they are weird. Why have I not tried to escape?" I ask myself before turning back to the villains. "You were asking things while I was plotting my escape." I tell them looking around.

"You know we out-match you, right?" Two-Face asked

"I don't need to fight to escape." I say stretching and looking around again. "Why does this place look familiar?" I ask myself while trying to remember when I was younger. All I get are brief flashes of memories and a large headache. "Well that didn't help anything." I growl angrily.

"You shouldn't try to force memories Hayley." Nightshade said from behind me.

"What are you a psychologist or something? How did you know I was trying to force memories? I could have been passing gas!" I say with an eyebrow raised and she walked next to her mom.

"Were you passing gas?" she asked eyebrow raised.

"Well no…" I say. "But I could have been." I cross my arms and look at Catwoman. "Weren't you asking me questions?" I ask her and she shakes her head to clear it.

"Yes. Um…If you're not Hayley Quinn then where did you get the scrapbook and locket? Also, what was that earlier about weird dreams?"

"I don't know about the locket but I got the book from my foster father's study." I say shrugging. "I don't want to answer the second question." I say honestly.

"Please just answer the question. Please?" Catwoman looked desperate.

"I will answer your questions if you answer mine honestly." I bargain and the villains looked at each other and nodded.

"Deal." Poison Ivey said holding out her hand.

"I don't feel comfortable shaking you're hand just yet." I say taking a step back. "Ok. I'm going to ask you a question now." I say taking a deep breath. "What are your true names? The ones you were born with. I already know yours Two-Face." I say glancing at him.

"I'm Edward Nigma." The Riddler said before pointing at Poison Ivey. "That is Pamala Islay and Catwoman is Salina Kyle." I nod and look around at the villains.

"What are the dreams about?" Salina asked and I sigh before sitting down again and beginning to explain my dreams.

"There now you know my dreams and you can psychoanalyze all you want. My question…can I leave now?" I ask annoyed.

"No." Everyone said before they turned and began talking to each other and I sigh before suddenly jumping for the open roof only to be grabbed by some vines and I turn in the vines and see Nightshade had captured me. I glair at her and cross my arms.

"You can't blame me for trying. Your mom and her friends literally kidnapped me and I have school tomorrow." I say angrily

"Actually…you were knocked out pretty much all day. You missed school." Salina explained to me calmly and I glair at her.

"Seriously? You made me miss an entire day of school and I wasn't even awake to enjoy it?" I ask. "That sucks." Nightshade laughed at me as she gently lowered me a bit. "Why am I not allowed to leave?" I ask.

"We need proof that you are the Hayley we knew." Salina explained rolling her eyes.

"Why not just take a bit of my blood and get a DNA test or something and then if I am the same Hayley then you can contact me ok?" I ask hopefully and they began talking to each other, ignoring me completely. I turn to Nightshade. "Can you set me down please? I don't like hanging from vines…It could hurt them and I don't like harming nature." I become aware that my pocketknife is in my pocket.

Nightshade looked at me. "No…You might try to escape again." A shadow passed by on a nearby building. And I knew Batman was near. My eyes widen…if he catches me he'll send me back to Wayne manor before grounding me.

"Be quiet." I whisper. "Batman's outside." The greenhouse went quiet. "Hide me!" I whisper desperately. "If he finds me he'll send me back to my foster dad!" The vines let me down and I dived under a table. I hear Batman enter.

"Where is she?" he asked.

"Where is who?" I hear Riddler ask.

"Hayley. Why else would you have all gathered?" he said.

"We are celebrating my daughter's birthday, Batman." Poison Ivey said smoothly.

"And what do you mean Hayley? I haven't seen my cousin in years." Nightshade asked sounding truly confused. I quietly turn so I can see what's going on. I see Batman cross his arms.

"Hayley recently ran away from the safehouse a friend of mine has been raising her in. She doesn't know her last name. She just goes by Hayley Q. If I find out she's been here, you will be on the first van back to Arkham." He left and I silently lay under the table as I processed what I just heard. 'what the heck? Is it true? Are the dreams really memories? And if I really am the Hayley they knew…why did I not know this? I've got to confront Bruce…he'll know rather it's true or not. Am I the daughter of Harley Quinn and the Joker?' after a few minutes of thinking things along those lines I crawl slowly out of the table, walk quietly to the couch I woke up on and sit down, staring blankly at the wall.