Chapter Eight

****Third Person View****

Harvey Dent walked down the hallway to Misha's office when he figured she would be back from her lunch with her friend. A few people walked with him to congratulate him on one of his bigger cases and remarked how Misha was exactly like him in the courtroom, ruthless and level-headed. He was so proud of her.

He walked to her office and knocked on the door, but, there was no answer. He waited a few more seconds before stopping one of the interns, whose name he remembered was Ana, walking past.

"Hello there, have you seen Misha?" he asked her.

"Hello Mister Dent, and no I haven't seen her in a while. I'll ask the secretary out front if you want?" she said walking to the front.

"Thank you Ana," he said standing out in the hall. He tried calling Misha, but, it just went to voicemail.

"Sorry Mister Dent, she hasn't seen Miss Dent either." Ana said when she came back. "Did you try calling her?"

"Yeah, I just did. I'll try calling her friend maybe they just lost track of the time." While he doubted that knowing his niece is very punctual he was hopeful. "Thank you Ana."

He went down a little farther down the hall and stood in a little alcove and made his call. Alieze picked up on the third ring.

"Hey Mister Dent, what's up?" She asked.

"Are you still with Misha? Or do you know where she is?" He asked, sensing the anxiety in his voice.

"She walked back to her office with Mister Wayne, let me get him." She said and he heard her standing up and walking to her boss's office. He heard her ask Bruce.

"Harvey? It's Bruce, I dropped Misha off in front of your building an hour ago. She should be in there." Bruce's voice said over the phone.

"I asked around and no one has seen her. I'm worried now." Harvey said in a panic.

"I'll be over in ten minutes and we can look over the tape from the front." Bruce said hanging up the phone.

Harvey walked down to the security room and asked them if they could show the tape from that day just as Bruce came in. They both sat down with the guard and went over the footage. They saw Bruce and Misha come down the street with Bruce's arm around her shoulder. Harvey shot Bruce a glare, especially when Bruce kissed her cheek.

They saw Bruce turn and walk away and that Misha stood there watching him for a moment until she turned around to start walking into the building. What they saw next made all of them sick. They saw a person in a wild purple suit and faded green hair grab Misha and pull her into the alley nearby.

Bruce and Harvey looked at each other and ran out the front doors and into the alley. They looked down the alley and saw her purse laying on the ground with a Joker card like the one she found in the condo laying right beside it. Harvey let out a loud, anguished scream as he fell to his knees on the ground.

He was lost.

****Misha's POV****

After what felt like hours we finally stopped driving and I heard the Joker giving the driver orders. They both hopped out of the van and I heard someone open the side door, it was the Joker and he was smiling again.

"Come Princess, your palace awaits." He cackled and pulled me out of the van. "I hope you like it, it took weeks to find and get ready for you!"

I struggled against him pulling me until he pulled me so my back was to his chest, trapping my arms across my chest. He put his head on my shoulder which apparently wasn't an easy feat since he was over six foot tall and I was much shorter.

"Now come on princess, this is our first home together at least take a look at it, my men worked verrrryyyyy hard." He said in my ear.

I looked up and saw that we were in front of a beautiful manor complete with a fountain in front and apparently a wraparound drive way. I growled at him.

"Oh there's your feisty side that I heard so much about. You know some of my goons actually went to school with you, I heard many stories about your temper." He said slowly marching me ahead of him. "But, those are tales to hear about another time, for now let's see our new home."

He forced me into the house and as soon as we were in, I heard the door slam shut behind us and bars scrape across the wood. He finally let me go and I whipped around and glared at him.

"What the fuck am I doing here Clownboy?!" I screamed at him. I noticed that the several men in the room started backing away from the two of us when I screamed. The Joker just laughed.

"Ah, my little fiery princess, you just make me laugh. Reigning your temper in will be quite an experience." He said grabbing me by the arm. "Now, you have been a very bad girl since we got home so you're going to be in time out until you learn to behave."

He dragged me up the stairs and down the hallway until he got to a door with several locks on the outside. He opened all the locks with a key that he had around his neck and dragged me in the middle of the room. I looked around in shock, it looked almost exactly like my room at home! Except there wasn't a tv, just bookcases down an entire wall and obviously there wasn't a giant window, but, it had a very deep window seat that overlooked a garden.

"Now we couldn't have the princess uncomfortable in her new home. It took the men a week to get everything perrrrfect." He said backing out of the room.

By the time I was about to retort he was already out of the door and locking all of the locks. That didn't stop me from trying the door anyway and banging on it, screaming and swearing at him the entire time.

"You sick, clown bastard, get back here I have questions!" I said pounding at the door. I swear I heard him laugh all the way down the hallway.

I looked around the room and went immediately to the window. I looked through it and saw that there were no bars so I picked up a thick book and threw it as hard as I could against the window, hoping it would break. It didn't and it pretty much just bounced back, great he replaced the windows with bullet proof glass.

I sighed, I should probably get as comfortable as possible. I went to the closet and was not as shocked to see clothes in my size all along the walls. I grabbed some sweatpants and a tanktop and walked to the bathroom to get changed, especially because I didn't know if the sick bastard had a camera hidden in my bedroom. I opened the door and saw my bathroom from home, even down to my brand of shampoo and body wash. I shook my head and tried not to think how he managed to get in my room often enough to get even the smallest of details right.

After looking around the bathroom to make sure he didn't hide anything anywhere, I took a shower and scrubbed my skin raw to get the feel of his body pressed against mine off. I stepped out and grabbed a towel close and quickly dried off, thinking of my uncle and how he probably realizes now that I'm missing. I missed him.

I got dressed and stepped back in the bedroom and screamed. There in all of his clown glory, was the Joker and he was carrying a tray of food. I glared at him.

"Now, now, now, I figured I would be nice and bring you food." He said placing the food on my desk. "You know, my men are surprised I didn't kill you earlier for the way you talked to me."

"Losing your touch are we? Maybe getting calmer in your old age?" I sneered. He just laughed.

"Oh, princess, if I'm old then you are as well after all we are only several years apart from each other! And what fun would it be to kill you now? After all the trouble I went through to get you, and the risk of being seen in broad daylight to grab you!" He said stalking over to me and grabbing my chin between his fingers. I jerked my chin away from them and didn't say a word.

"Now, there will be a few ground rules after your time out is over. One, you will not dress like this outside this room mainly because while my men know you are mine, I am not risking them thinking otherwise. Two, blatant disrespect like you did will cause me to punish you, and believe me doll I have other worse punishments in store for you. Three, you will not fight me. I know you are a kickboxing champion, and a black belt to boot, yes I researched all about you and your awards so don't act surprised. Four, you will not try to escape me because I will find you wherever you go. And five, there will be no trying to contact the outside world, not that you know where we are anyway. Follow these rules and you will be fine, if you don't well, this time out will be the best punishment you receive. Do I make myself clear?" he said grabbing me again. I gave a slight nod and glared even more. "Good girl."

He left me go and left the room, locking all the locks again. I would prove to him that I will not just submit like he wants, I will fight and I will escape and get home. No matter what.