Chapter VII: The day of unexpected surprises.

"Waller, you have a call" Rick Flag told her, holding the phone to his boss.

"Waller speaking, tell me the reason for your inopportune call" Waller answered in the seat of her desk without looking at Flag and scanning files that were written in large letters "CLASSIFIED."

"Colonel Coleman speaks, Chief of State Police of Louisiana, I inform you that my officers are in full pursuit of fugitive Harley Quinn and The Joker, who are on the way to the interstate, my officers presumed to be heading to the former Harrier aerodrome to escape of the city"

Waller took a sip of coffee without blinking.

"What do you want me to do, Colonel Coleman?"

"You did not listen to me, Waller? I've lost three police patrols and at least fifteen of my best officers!"The colonel was exalted. "Do you pretend to let them escape?"

"Colonel, I suggest you abort the mission, if you don't want to lose more of your "valuable" officers" Waller replied with irony.

"Are you crazy? Or did you lost your sanity dealing with those criminals? I will not let them escape, not after the disaster they caused in the streets, not to mention the number of people they killed in the Tamazcal mall and the hotel where they were staying" The colonel continued "tell your corpses to abort the mission, Waller. At this very moment I'm sending eleven patrols and the R-17 helicopter to their arrest. "The colonel waited a few seconds but got no answer "Did you hear me, Waller?" Answer back

"The only madman here is you Colonel; you don't know who you're dealing with. The King of Gotham has his queen back, and it's too late now" Waller replied slyly, and continued "if you appreciate the lives of your useless officers, all I'll say is..."

"A homicidal maniac do not intimidate me Waller, Waller! WALLER!" Cried the furious colonel after hearing the sound that the call had been cut off.

Waller took another sip of his coffee cup, could well imagine what was going to happen to all the officers in the useless attempt to stop the Joker. She herself was lucky when Batman captured Harley Quinn in Gotham and confined her to Belle Reve. She knew full well that Joker, now that his possession was back, would be almost impossible to separate her from him again, any attempt to bring Harley Quinn back to prison would have a fateful failure. The King of Gotham wouldn't hesitate to do away with all those who stood in his way and eleven insignificant patrols and an R-17 helicopter would be no exception. They were lost.

Joker and his men managed to leave the traffic of the main streets of the city leaving several car crashes back product of the quick persecution. Now they could advance at full speed without so many annoying obstacles in their wake, in a few minutes they would be outside the perimeter that bordered the city of Louisiana, although of course, Johnny knew that had been the simple phase of the escape plan, now it could begin the true plan to get Harley out of town and this time he was sure to be successful.

"Puddin!" Harley shouted as she heard the failed shots of the police helicopter behind them in an attempt to stop them.

"Oh! A bird in the sky tries to get our attention! We will fry the bird in butter for dinner!"

Harley watched as Joker took one of the black bazooka ammunition at his feet and inserted it into it. Then he put the bazooka back on his left shoulder, wrenched his body out of the window. Joker aimed his target with a terrifying smile on his face and his green hair swayed in the wind from the speed of the black van. His gaze was fixed on the officers inside the helicopter who were still firing with M-16 machine guns all over the curb at the edge of the truck.

"Every time they are more useless, they do not train them as before! Haa..." He finished saying a macabre laugh and shot the helicopter. Joker stretched out his arm and Johnny with one hand on the steering wheel immediately handed him another large bazooka ammunition. Another strong shot of the Joker and Harley covered their ears bending over hearing the strong impact of the Helicopter crashing against the road in a great cloud of smoke and fire.

"All right Kitty?" Harley asked, looking into the inside of the bag and the kitten meowing hidden in the cloth of the dress "I'll take that as a yes"

Then she got up and started laughing when she could peer out to see the Helicopter knocked down on the side of the road. Then he turned to Joker circling his neck with his arms from behind.

"Oh! Heavens! I love your new toy, Puddin! I need you to teach me how to use it!"

"I'll fondle him and it's very entertaining..." Joker said, raising and lowering his nonexistent eyebrows "You're a girl of fine tastes" he growled, twisting his neck.

"Of course! Hahahaha! I'm your girl, you don't remember?" She said flirtably taking her arms off his neck and gently touching his shoulder.

"Oh...you'll learn of daddy..." Joker answered and put the mocking tone on his lips then "you, me and our faithful friend Bat we will have a great practice of shots on our return!" He said exalted demonstrating his enthusiasm with his arms and both clenched fists.

"Batsy Batsy...hahaha he debt me a welcome party Puddin!" Harley looked at him accomplice and Johnny heard the two clown kings laughing madly while he kept driving at full speed.

They went on for several more miles, until Harley announced annoyingly looking at the ceiling and dropping into the armchair

"That's not fair! These idiots are not get tired of appearing!" He finished saying and put both hands to his face with his elbows resting on his white knees

"Great! What's the plan? Hmm?"

There were four patrols blocking the interstate highway several miles in front of them and five others appeared from behind in the sparse residential area to go in pursuit with the powerful sound of the sirens. However Johnny was an excellent driver and along with the second black pickup of the Joker's men, they still had the advantage ahead of them.

"Everything is under control, baby. there's a surprise waiting for them, don't despair," he said with a subtle gesture from his hand "Now, help daddy by passing more ammunition under your seat"

"These?" He said looking at the two bazooka ammunition in his hands and then gave them.

"But how efficient! Remind me to hire you, darling!" The Joker chuckled, trying to calm Harley's nerves. She smiled.

"Well, Harley drinks, you'll hold the wheel while Johnny signals the boys to get ahead and I'll take the garbage in front of us." He told her, fully trusting her, he knew her girl would not let him down with that simple task. so it was. Harley did not hesitate and immediately stretched his body from the back seat through the space between Johnny and Joker. With his outstretched arms firmly gripped the steering wheel, the position was uncomfortable, but nothing he could not do.

"Are you ready?" Johnny asked with his hands to one side of hers.

"Always!" She answered and winked at her Puddin. He laughed, it was funny that she had such a flexible body, it really was useful on many occasions.

"I'll count to three," Johnny told him, who didn't doubt Harley's abilities, for one thing was the crime queen "one…"

"Damn, Johnny, just do it!" Harley looked up at the patrols ahead of them and Johnny immediately with Joker pulled half of their bodies out of the truck. Just before the officers stand at the side of the police patrols they will speak through the loudspeaker.

"YOU'RE DETECT IT, YOU DON'T HAVE AN ESCAPE, YOU ARE SURROUNDED!" Shouted a uniformed man.

Joker showed the metal in his teeth in a devilish smile, the situation was almost as exuberant as when playing with Bat

"Oh! I think we have a disagreement here!" He immediately fired the sound bazooka at the four patrols a few kilometers ahead of them; these instantly caught fire with some officers inside in a great explosion of fire and ashes

"HAHAHAHA" He laughed and Johnny with the machine gun fired the other officers standing. They all fell on the dirty asphalt in a pool of blood, in front of the patrols that continued to explode with fire and smoke all around them.

Harley held the steering wheel firmly with a defiant look on his face, smoke and ashes making it difficult to see in front of the windshield, but she was determined to pass the burned patrols at a high speed without detracting from the straight path of the truck. The sketched a mad smile on her face and got it, squeezed the wheel with all her might as her body was startled by the powerful impact of the crash on the patrols. She made her way through the dead officers; everyone who wanted to separate her from her Puddin had to die and certainly got away with the situation and still had full control of the truck that was still straight along the road, Mr. J could be proud of her again...

Joker smiled as he pulled back into the car and with his open hand took advantage of the pose in which was grabbing and squeezing one of Harley's buttocks, she had done his part of the plan well. Her feminine body was still drawn between the two seats, holding the steering wheel firmly. Harley couldn't help laughing madly even with the adrenaline in her body, she was back to action.

Johnny who still held part of his torso outside signaled with his arm to the Joker's men inside the van behind them. They had also done their job well by covering their boss's truck. They received most of the shots by the other patrols behind them and now they were to follow the second phase of the plan. They caught Johnny's signal, had a clear path to follow the instructions, and had to hurry, as they were carrying the special cargo from their boss. The other masked driver sounded the van at full speed past Johnny, who after seeing how he was ahead, put his body back inside. Relief from the steering wheel to Harley making her finally return to the back seat and J take her hand off of her as she sees the road in front of them. There was still a way to go, and the other patrols were still chasing after them.

"What shall we do with the stupid Puddin?" She asked looking through the glass. The back of the truck showed the other five patrols that were several miles behind shooting to try to get them overturned, but Johnny avoided all the shots zigzagging the truck.

"Trust me, they'll get the welcome they deserve" He opened both hands, alluding to an explosion, turning to her with a mad glint in his eyes.

"Mmm, I like the sound of that, hahaha, your surprises are in big Puddin!" She laughed coquettishly "I cannot wait to see what it's all about" She took a big bite of his impeccable teeth.

"Oh...you will not expect much, Ha ha ha ha" he said with a laugh and turned to his seat.

Then Harley bent down asserting himself from the seats of Joker and Johnny. He looked ahead with his lips parted through the windshield of the large structure of the former aerodrome in front of them several kilometers off the highway. He sketched a big smile, hoping that the plan of his Puddin would turn out and he could come home soon leaving that dreadful city with his little kitten safe in his hands.

They finally reached the airfield, and Harley's heart threatened to leave her chest as Johnny drove through the abandoned facilities, had taken advantage of the late patrols, but even with that, everything wasn't written and the panic was quickly seized Harley.

She bit his lower lip and buried her nails in the seat of the van. She had many emotions together in his feeling, of which the most bitter of them prevailed, fear. True fear that everything would fail, to lose everything, her happiness been caught again...without wanting her eyes closed and the memory of that day settled in her mind.

Harley felt the cold wind hit his body in the instant that stretched his arms desperately toward J, along with the painful oppression in his chest as he fell, separating in a second of the love of his life. The burning in his skin still burned, the result of the strong impact his body struck the floor when he abruptly fell from the helicopter, in which he kept all his hopes to return home...but falling was not the worst part, her heart was broke when he saw the helicopter collapse with Joker inside and destroyed as well as his happiness.

She couldn't get together with her Puddin, everything was over for them and her love story was coming to the end, fate cruelly made her understand that they would never have a happy ending, even if her heart wished it with all her might... pain, pain and more pain. Harley completely blocked herself and didn't know at what point he began to shiver tightly clutching both hands to the seat, trembling to lose it all again and savoring the droplets of blood in his mouth. The stabbing pain in her broken lip was nothing compared to what she felt inside...

Suddenly a hand on her leg took her from the painful memory and then she was wrapped in protectors and strong arms. She stopped biting her lip as Joker's hands lifted her face and kissed her in a warm, calm kiss, the hard throb of her racing heart began to calm down as he ran his tongue over every corner of her mouth. Joker pulled away from her and his hands held Harley's face with a slight firmness, watching as two tears slid down the tattoo of heart on his cheek.

She saw the depth of Joker's eyes on her; it was as if he read her soul, though of course, her face was always like an open book for him. Joker clutched his face to her cheek and gently whispered to her ear.

"I'll get you out of here, Harls..."

Harley stifled a sob in the neck of the man he loved madly clinging to his back. Joker's soft words reached the depths of his soul to allay his fears.

"I need you to be strong now darling, it will be you and me again..." He stroked the back of her hair and Harley's breath quieted out of that dark trance he was in and answered.

"I trust you, Puddin..."

Both gave a passionate kiss, but they stopped at the menacing sound of the sirens that indicated that the patrols were nearby, it was time to carry out the third part of the escape plan.

Joker pulled away from Harley and turned quickly to the front opening the glove compartment of the van, pulling out what appeared to be grenades as Johnny answered his cell phone.

"Everything is in place, Frost." He heard Z's voice, then cut off the call and put the cell phone in the pocket of his elegant black sack.

"Boss, it's all set, it's time," He said and Joker smirked at the words he expected to hear. Harley also smiled again; her Puddin's surprise was apparently already ready.

"Let's do it!" She said briskly, leaving behind the nervous breakdown she'd had a few minutes ago. Joker kicked the door of the truck, which was quite loose from all the shots it had received in the shooting, including also the ones he had hit with the bazooka and came out standing firm with his feet on the ground. He takes both hands to his green hair to comb him back looking over the van at the officers approaching them. Harley also got out of the van, of course, holding firmly all the bags of clothes in her arms. Not because she cared too much about the dresses and jewels, the real reason was that everything had happened so fast that she couldn't remember exactly which of the bags her feline friend was in, and she couldn't stop to look for it exhaustively, she knew that every second counted.

Joker took the bazooka from the truck and inserted for the last time one of the great black ammunition. He would wait the right moment to give the last shot of his new toy and crossed the bazooka on his back on his sack, feeling the two grenades in his pocket.

Johnny walked to the back of the van and unlocked the trunk, Harley came over to him, watching as he removed part of the carpet and pulled out new compartments for the machine gun in his left hand.

"You do not have something for me?" Harley put a finger to his mouth.

"Will you have all those bags?" He replied calmly.

-Hey! Who do you think I am? "She rolled her eyes and Johnny reached into his sack for a pistol handing Harley to his hands, she turned her eye and turned her eyebrows. Give me something good

"Harley, is a SIG SAUER P226 and has a capacity of fifteen shots plus…" Johnny was interrupted by the voice of his boss and turned his back on Harley, who now seemed to look happier the gun in his hand. She stretched out her arm pretending to aim and shoot mimicking the sound of the shot with her lips, letting out a few noises as she did so. After this he peeked through Johnny's body just in time when the patrols began to arrive just a few feet away from them and the truck was now "shield" in front of the police patrols. All the uniformed officers rushed down, pointing them with the guns in their hands, and one of them, who seemed to be directing the entire police force, stepped forward. "LEAVE THE WEAPONS AND GIVE UP IF YOU WANT TO LIVE" Threatened by the loudspeaker "ANY ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE AND I WILL NOT HESITATE TO GIVE THE ORDER OF TRIP"

"Or what? Skillful words,officer" Joker said with his lips forming a graceful morisqueta in the shape of a circle and opening his eyes wide and then smile with malice "but..."He made a deliberate gesture with his hand and continued "I'll give you a valuable lesson you will not forget..."

Harley laughed, thinking, "They're so fucked up"

"It's smarter to act than talk." He took out the grenade's grip on his sack, and immediately at the end of it he threw it directly at the cops.

"SHARED" he yelled over the speaker too late, the grenade exploded to the second along with the officers who started firing, like Johnny with the machine gun and Harley with the pistol as they ran quickly to reach the waiting Helicopter. Joker held the second grenade out of his sack, glanced at Johnny and Harley taking his hand. He carried the grenade to his mouth, taking the safety out of his teeth, and threw it back at the cops, causing it to explode in a cloud of smoke.

"Bay Bay" He said, running with Harley in his hand. She ran fast with her arm holding all the bags and the little kitten inside them. Johnny followed them to the green aircraft hangar where the large helicopter lay hidden along with the Joker's men inside and climbed ready to fly. Joker and Harley arrived at the main entrance of the large helicopter that was ready to take off according to the escape plan. He had Harley come up first by standing behind her, as several officers came running behind them. Harley gripped the edge of the helicopter's entrance, which was already slightly raised in the air, the strong wind that produced the blades made her hair sway through the air. Harley swung up one of her legs, giving himself an impulse, and immediately went up the other, once up in the big helicopter he set the bags aside and held out his hand to Joker. He held her up one of his legs, but twisted his torso as he heard the shots of the cop's crash into the helicopter, running to try to catch them. Joker fixed his eyes on the officer who had given the order to shoot through the loudspeaker, his gun pointed directly at Harley ready to shoot her in the chest.

"NOOOO!" He shouted as he pulled the trigger. He felt his heart stop beating and everything seemed to slow him down than it really was seconds. He saw Harley's face and his hand grasp firmly to hers to help her get up. Joker's body reacted as soon as he felt Harley's life threatened and he gave a quick impulse pouncing on her with all his might to keep the bullets from slamming into his body, they both fell into the helicopter, and Harley whipped her hard. Joker's body was on top of her and the weight of the bazooka on his back.

"ARRIVE, FROST!" he ordered angrily and turned to Harley who remained with his eyes closed "Harls! Harls!" he called her, letting his body rest on her and gently moved her face with his hand "open your eyes, baby..."but she didn't seem to react. J looked desperately for his gunshot wound in his body and could breathe again when he realized that he was only fainting from the strong impact that her head received.

He put an arm around Harley's back and took her by the shoulder and his other hand gripped the back of her head, he ran it to sit against the wall of the moving helicopter and gently slipped his hand through her disordered hair. Once he slid it completely he saw the blood on his fingers, Harley had a wound in the back of her head and Joker infuriated frowning. He got up from the floor and pulled the bazooka off his back and put it on his shoulder and headed for the main entrance of the helicopter with a dark shadow in his eyes. He watched the few remaining officers, who continued to shoot uselessly several meters below the helicopter, and quickly stared at the heap of barrels by the side of the green shed, opened his mouth with a shuddering breath, looking with hatred at the officers.

"Have some fun with my fireworks" Joker fired the bazooka into the barrels that contained a myriad of powerful explosives and bombs, which his men had previously arranged to accommodate. These exploded instantly in a great and powerful explosion that ended everything in its wake with the loud noise and destruction of the place. The large structure of the former aerodrome collapsed violently into large flares of fire with the noisy explosion raising a large cloud of black smoke from the destruction that was seen from the city. Joker felt in his face the heat that produced the living fire beneath him and at that moment he began to laugh loudly with both hands in hand

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"

"Waller answers the phone, I'm not your fucking secretary" Flag said.

"I'm not interested" Waller said, looking scornfully at Flag and scanned documents, she knew what the call was about, and she didn't want to waste his time. Flag with annoyance on his face answered the phone that didn't stop ringing

"Commandant Rick Flag is talking" he said authoritatively, a few seconds passed since he answered the urgent call and Flag turned to Waller "he says Joker blew up the former Harrier airfield with all the officers inside.

"I warned them; don't mess with the queen if you appreciate your life" She replied dryly without looking at Flag and with a red marker she wrote "LOSS" from end to end on the Harley Quinn file. Flag looked at her in surprise and thought that if Joker was capable to intimidating Waller, he was a real scary dude.

Johnny drove a black van with tinted windows again, but this time he was not avoiding any pursuit, he was driving at a prudent speed on the route to the hidden mansion of his boss outside Gotham City. They had arrived five hours ago from the long trip from Louisiana and it was now almost seven o'clock in the afternoon that had one of the highest rates of criminal activity in the United States. Johnny occasionally glanced in the rearview mirror at Joker; he kept his eyes on the sea at the side of the long road with the big buildings behind him. He saw the tranquility in the particular face of his boss, who was finally back in Goth and had emerged victorious of all the obstacles he had to fight his way to meet Harley and bring her back home. Johnny thought that no one but his boss had enough power to put an end to that long journey he had lived through the long months since Batman took Harley to lock her in Belle Reve, for one thing he was the king of the Gotham City and any other man wouldn't have been able to bring her back.

"Puddin...stop...wait for us to be alone..." Harley murmured with a faint smile on her face, moving softly with his head resting on the seat of the truck. Joker heard her turning to her and Harley followed "Puddin... how naughty you are…" She whispered, giggling with her eyes closed.

"Oh...Harls...you're offending me...Hahaha" Harley started waking up with closed eyes at hearing the unmistakable laugh of Joker "I'm sorry to disappoint you, baby...but this time it's not me who is enjoying your skin..." Joker finished speaking and Harley immediately opened her heavenly eyes to meet the little kitten on her chest that licked her neck again and again.

"I...I...I can explain it! I swear!"She said quickly covering the kitten with both hands, but it was useless. Lord J had already discovered his little secret.

"Can you do it?...mmm?" He asked, raising his chin slightly in authority.

"He is cute and very small and soft and...Can I keep him?" She asked him trying to find any excuse for Joker to accept the kitten "Come on Puddin...look at him! He's not a very cute kitten?"

Harley uncovered the kitten and put it in the palm of his hand so he will watch it

"Please... he needs me! What do you say? Can I keep him?"She smiled, remembering the wise words of the lady.

"I'll think Harls," he said, waving his hand, evading the annoying subject. "We'll talk about this at home ..."

-Ah? You said you would do anything for my Puddin!

"I know what said, Harls but I did not mean a fucking cat!"

"But that's not fair! Maybe...could you possibly love him a little bit? "Harley put her index finger and thumb together.

"NO" Joker growled, losing all his patience.

"I'm sorry, Kitty, it seems Mr J hates us!"She told him to turn her back on him, but when she moved her head she felt a sharp pang in the back of it.

"I don't know what to do" she said "I don't know what to do with my head…"

Joker gripped his chin gently ignoring the cat on his chest.

"Okay, sweetheart...enough moves, you'll stay in your seat the rest of the way" he ordered, looking at her seriously and then leaving his tone reflective "you have an ugly head wound, but Daddy already took care of that..."

"Wait...what happened? Where we are?" Harley flinched when the last memories came to her mind before fainting. He left the kitten to one side of her and rested both hands at the lower end of the window watching the well-known Gotham city landscape and a big smile adorned her lips giving back to Joker to hug him hard "Puddin! You brought me home!"

He put all the emotion in his words. He smiled back

"You know I would, baby" They kissed anxiously, feeling complicit in their happiness, embracing the success they felt.

Then a headache became present in Harley and she could not avoid cutting the kiss taking again a hand behind his head. Joker stroked the back of his chin

"If you keep touching, the wound will not heal and you do not want that, right?"

Harley was surprised, it was not the first time she had an injury and her Puddin never cared much when she had them, something had changed in him, there was no doubt about that...She smiled looking away at the kitten beside her and exaggerated her words

"Auch...it's hurts a lot, Puddin. I think it hurts..."she finished saying and immediately rested her head on the chest of Joker, to hide her smile by the mischief that she was going to do. J knew her clear intentions, but no...it was not going to make it that easy.

"What hurts you a lot? What hurts a lot? Oh! God! Poor Harley Baby!" He said with irony raising tone in his voice and lowering his eyes "What can daddy do for his girl? Calling an ambulance, maybe it would be the right thing to do"

"I need a kitten so that the pain in my head will go away" She kept asking him, ignoring the irony in his words, she wouldn't give up and take her face off his chest, leaned down to look at him sadly.

"Oh...don't look at me like that" J said "You know I've never wanted animals at home"

"Puddin ... it really hurts!" Johnny couldn't help bursting into laughter; even though he tried to stay out of the situation it was too funny to see Harley manipulating his boss, Gothic's most feared villain, but of course ... only his queen could play that way with him.

"Hey, Johnny! It really hurts me Ok? "He said annoyed, but then thought maybe Johnny might be an ally "Weeeell… maybe I exaggerate a bit, but come on! Help me!"

"J, it might not be such a bad idea, I mean...the house is pretty big" Johnny told him, not to mention his boss owning a luxurious, spacious mansion.

"See, Puddin?" He says it will not be a bother.

"What do you think, Frost? Since when do you work for Harley? Mmm, Do you forget who is your boss?... My right hand and the infamous Harley Quinn, are plotting against me..." He said notoriously. But Jhonny didn't stir, he knew that J would end up accepting Harley's kitten and it was exactly like this "Harls, I'll give you a prize for your bravery...I'll give your furry friend a opportunity"

"Are you serious?" She said and did not have time to answered to J because she rushed over him giving him a big kiss on the lips and then looked at her new pet "You heard that kitten?...You're going to stay with us"

"Good, Frost... accelerates" Ordered J and Johnny floor the throttle thoroughly.

He smiled wondering if his boss could really tolerate the little cat wandering in the room he shared with Harley. In fact he didn't like pets; well...there were really few things that his particular boss liked. But it was too late to take the kitten out of Harley's hands. The queen had made her master play by beating the king, who had fallen before the beautiful smile of the infamous Harley Quinn.

In twenty minutes they arrived at the hidden mansion of Joker that like the one of the same Batman had to take several detours and shortcuts to be able to find with the mysterious black grid that surrounded one of the most dangerous places in Gotham. In which few people were welcome in it, lucky if they left alive that mansion that housed the king and queen. The main door opened and the van that Johnny drove entered parking to the side of his boss's bright new lamborghini. They were finally in front of the mansion that had a facade somewhat eccentric by the unique architectural design of this one, but with a very contemporary and modern style that insinuated the luxury inside.

Harley did not wait for Johnny to finish parking and was the first to get off quickly with the kitten resting on her chest and ran quickly into what appears to be an elegant and large rectangular shaped pool on one side of one of the pools that did she remembered...but...had she gone mad in Belle Reve? She didn't remember that huge pool and less in front of the mansion. Why would anyone put it in front? When they were always in the backyard...But she was fascinated, admiring it, it looked beautiful in the darkness of the night, the water inside the shone with the lights on the mansion highlighting the large trees to one side. It was a landscape worthy of painting.

Johnny and J looked at each other as he turned off the engine of the van, Harley was really looking excited, she was overflowing with joy in her smile and her body language said it all. She had longed to be in front of the mansion that had been her home in the last four years. Joker got out of the van and walked over to Harley. Johnny also got out, but decided to wait in the van to give that moment of intimacy to his boss, who surely would have to explain to Harley why the new acquisition for the mansion.

"OH, MY GOD! IT'S AMAZING!" Harley said with all her mouth open and Joker with his hand caressed the back of her neck to stand on one side of her and then took her hand to slide down the length of his arm, just as he had done that time moments before Harley will drop to the acids.

"I can see you appreciate the new settings..."

"I love it; it's very beautiful" She looked at him enthusiastically "Why did you decide to have one?" Joker twitched his jaw, twisting his neck, had already predicted that she would throw that misplaced question, well... he could lie to her, but anyway he had to tell her the truth if he wanted the pool to be really useful.

"You do not know how to swim Harls...frankly that's the answer" he replied.

Harley's eyes flashed as he listened to his words and took his free hand in the face of J to give her a soft kiss on red lips.

"Thank you... it's a nice touch" and she turned her back to him. Take hold of the waist from behind.

"I love it..." She aid looking at the glitter in the crystal clear water "I remember you told me that a pool was too traditional for you..."

"That's why I decided that should be in front; by the way, every time you go out it will remind you that you must learn to swim in it"

"Will you teach me?" Harley closed her eyes for the answer she wanted to hear. Joker cocked his head and Harley felt his warm breath on her neck as he answered

"Do you think I would allow anyone else to do it?" He doesn't drink... he have to make sure that you personally learn to swim..." He purred around her neck pressing her against his body, not in a sexual way, but rather protective and the little kitten began to meow in response to the guttural sound that Joker let out with his purr.

"OH, THIS THING!" Shouted and she laughed softly.

"I think he loves you already, Puddin! And must also be cold..."

J pulled away from her ignoring her words and they both walked toward Johnny.

"Well, Frost, you can go...wait" he said, stretching his arm and then into his green hair as he asked, "Anything new in the city's night movement?"

"Yes, three months ago I had to close one of your clubs"

"What...?! Why?"

"You see, the rumor of your death spread quickly through the city, and a son of a bitch set up his club three blocks from yours, taking away much of your customers"

"What? It has to be a joke! Who would dare to do such a thing?" Harley said in exasperation, and Joker shouted at her.

"SILENCE! silence, silence, baby silence..." He spoke in a softer voice without removing his hand from his mouth. "Daddy wants to hear Johnny now..."

Harley nodded and took his hand from her.

"Who wanted to laugh at me Frost?" J asked, covering both eyes with one hand and the other making a gesture to speak.

"Silver Snake calls himself "Double S" the idiot is a new guy in town, he doesn't have much power on the streets yet, but is said to pretend to make his move by taking control in the arms business" explained Johnny and Joker looked up.

"Does he want that?" He said with a flash of evil in his eyes and voice. Then he cleared his throat and continued. "He intend to have control of the streets of Gotham?..."

"That's what they say, boss" he replied with a grimace of disgust on his face.

Joker combed his green hair with both hands and spoke

"Well...for obvious reasons, you..." He pointed to Harley with his arm "You'll stay here waiting for me to return...while I'll go visit the rookie and give you my best recommendations on handling the business. S needs to be taught some business tactics HAHAHAHA..." Joker laughed and heard Harley's voice in his laughter.

"I will not stay here Puddin, we will go ..." He did not finish saying, Joker stopped laughing and clasped his face with both hands looking at her seriously

"No, my queen...don't do this...you just arrived and you received a strong blow in the head..." Joker tightened her face a little caressing with his thumb "You'll have to wait to make your triumphal entrance" He lowered his face to inches of her and spoke slowly but with a harsh tone "Don't disobey me..."

Harley cut the distance between them giving him a hot kiss and when they separated she said

"Well, I'll wait for you"

"That is better..." He said up and down his eyes. Then he turn his face towards Johnny "Frost...I have a name and a motive, now you'll tell me where to find him"

"He goes to the club every night, and as I said, it's three blocks from the "Harlequin Diamond" " Johnny looked at his boss, who kept his dark countenance

"What will we do with that idiot?"

"Frost, this time you'll stay with Harley" She answered, "I knew if she was left alone, I'd probably go get him. Double S and I will have a personal talk between businessmen..."

"No problem, boss," Johnny said, understanding Joker's motive to leave him there. "I'll see to it that she does not go out and do the rest.

"Good luck with that!" Harley answered mockingly, looking Johnny from head to foot and J gave him a stern look.

"I'm just kidding! I'll wait!"She smiled at him, Joker turned and entered the bright Lamborghini roaring the engine to warm it, then turned his eyes on Harley and she gave him a kiss with her hand through the glass. Joker snatched up in the direction of Gotham city. Harley put a hand to his neck, leaning back and told him as they moved toward the entrance.

"And so… What will we have dinner?"

Johnny looked at the stars in the sky; it would undoubtedly be a long night...

Johnny pulled out his keys to open the front door of the mansion, he was the only one of J's men who had this privilege, for that reason he was his right hand...Once the door is opened, Harley entered immediately with the sleeping kitten leaning in her chest and moving down the hallway to the living room. She stopped at the entrance of this one, but before entering completely he looked towards Johnny who was approaching her.

"Everything is very quiet...I'll turn on the..." Harley couldn't finish speaking because her mouth dropped open when she turned to the living room and stopped to watch. She looked around the large room, everything in the living room had changed, nothing was as he remembered...All the furniture had been replaced by new ones and the chairs were wrapped in plastic that clearly indicated that they had been bought recently and unused. The large blue curtains that once hung from the windows were now white and also looked brand new. In one of the furniture was the large empty space where the television should be and also missing the beautiful plants in their masseters that she had chosen to give life to the place and make it more welcoming. Not to mention the lack of other decorative elements, such as large paintings, lamps, the clock hanging on the wall...etc.

"What is this Johnny? Where are the furniture and all the things I chose with my Puddin?" Harley looked sadly at his words.

"I suppose it was impossible for you not to notice, after all, a lot of things were bought a couple of weeks ago, but don't worry everything is fine"

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT TO SAY JHONNY? DON'T WORRY ME?!" Harley left the kitten in one of the chairs and approached Frost "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! Anything...you do not know how important everything was to me" She said looking around the room and then ran to the kitchen with Johnny behind chasing after her.

"I suppose they were not important to him..." Harley followed her from the kitchen doorway, staring sadly as it had completely changed. She knew of the outbursts of her Puddin and that this sometimes exalted broke some things, but this was too much to be that, everything had changed, there was no explanation other than the simple fact that he remodeled the whole place, regardless of discard all the furniture and objects she had chosen over the four years at his side.

"Don't say that Harley, for J if they were..."

"DON'T LIE TO ME! Don't you see that everything changes? I may be crazy but I'm not stupid, you understand?" She said entering the modern kitchen "now leave me alone"

"Not so, you're wrong" Frost looked doubtfully at her from the doorway with a lump in her throat. He couldn't tell Harley that his boss had actually wrecked the whole place in his absence and then ordered him to take charge of making the mansion habitable again before they went to look for it when they finally got the information announcing that she was prisoner at Belle Reve.

"GO AWAY, JHONNY!" Harley shouted angrily as she saw Frost lost in his thoughts and ignored her request to leave her alone.

"It's the same words J said to me" Johnny said without thinking. Remembering his boss when he found him in the mansion.

"I don't want you here...wait...what do you say?" Harley asked in anger and confusion, but Johnny looked away. He couldn't say anymore to her, he was sure that Joker would be furious if he spoke of "that" subject with Harley.

"You see? You do not have anything to say...you know it yourself Johnny, I'm the only one who has true feelings" Johnny look the sadness in Harley's big eyes "for him...it's always been a game..."She said walking towards the exit, stopped when Stood beside Johnny standing at the door and touched his shoulder slightly lifting his face to look into his eyes "But you know? I don't care...I love my Puddin anyway..." She put a sad smile on his red lips.

"Come on Harley, sit down," Johnny told her, taking her to the chair.

"Huh?" She sat up and dropped to the table, leaning against his chin. "What do you want, huh?"

"Harley, things really are not like you think and I don't care to talk about this, but..."He began to speak leaning on the big refrigerator.

"Wait Johnny, I'm very thirsty, could you give me a grape soda please? It's my favorite," he said, his face still on the table.

"Sorry, there's nothing in the refrigerator I can give you to drink," he said with a grin on his face and Harley stood up from the table.

"What do you mean that? Is a joke or something?" She said getting up and standing in front of Johnny, who was standing with his back to the refrigerator "Move on! Move on, Johnny!" She said and pushed Johnny away with her hand, opened the refrigerator and could not help but open her eyes in surprise, it was completely empty.

"Oh, shit! Where the hell did you put all the food? ...don't tell me you ran out it, Johnny!"

"Harley, it's not that, that's what I'm trying to tell you, J hasn't lived here for the past six months...That's all" Johnny said, opening his arms. And then he touched his pocket, but he did not have any of his smoking cigars left.

"And why would that be?"

"Take a seat." Harley turned to face him in disbelief.

"Well he...let's say he left shortly after you left" Johnny said looking at her seriously, he was treading dangerous terrain, but it was too late to turn back.

"I didn't go! Batman caught me...well anyway...continue, because I really don't understand, can you speak more clearly?"

"Harley, you put me in a difficult situation." He sat down in front of her, resting his elbows and brought a hand to his forehead with resignation.

"Speak... If you're worried I'll say something, I promise I will not, you can trust me"

"I know, I know I could be annoying sometimes...but I never betray my friends and you are my friend too"

Johnny smiled nodding. That girl had been born with the power of conviction or was the fact that he had a certain brotherly affection, he assumed both because he finally decided to tell her what had happened the time she was at Bell Reve and the conditions he had found his boss in her absence.

"What happened here, Frosty?"