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Chapter 11: Fear

Rae released a sigh of relief as the Joker paused in his thrusts, relieved to have the small pause because of the pain she felt. She felt rubbed raw from all the hours of forced sex, she was no longer able to keep quiet. With each thrust, she released a whimper of pain. She opened her eyes as the Joker leaned back from her, taking most of his weight off of her. The two locked eyes and she felt herself blush as he stared intently at her.

"You're so beautiful," he whispered and she stared at him in amazement as he gently cradled her cheek in his bare hand, his thumb gently tracing her bottom lip.

Rae trembled as he lowered himself over her again, his hot breath fanning her neck before he bit down on her skin. She released a muffled whimper, trying to turn away from him. He would not let her, cradling her face to the side as he licked her neck.

"Hit me," he said against her ear before pulling back from her.

She immediately turned to face him, staring up at him with wide eyes as his simmering ones stared down at her.

"What?"

"Hit me, fight me," he whispered, trailing one hand down her neck to cup a breast in the palm of his hand.

"But you said not to-."

"I'm telling you to hit me now, forget what I said earlier, do it."

She stared at him for several moments, so wanting to but afraid to. She wanted to fight him, to resist him, but she could get hurt. If she got hurt, her baby could get hurt.

"I, I can't," she whispered, lowering her gaze from his as his brown eyes started to narrow in anger.

"I told you to fucking hit me. Do it or I will order my man to fuck your friend," he growled, pinning her down by her shoulders.

Rae gasped and her eyes filled with water. She couldn't let Rachel suffer that way… She raised her hand, shaking as she smacked him across the face. She cried out as he moaned loudly and slammed hard into her.

"Again," he ordered, continuing in his thrusts.

She hit him again and again, crying out each time as he rammed into her. Slap after slap to his face and chest he groaned, turned on with each hit, and thrust deeply into her. He kept ordering her to hit him, threatening Rachel when she paused and didn't want to do it anymore. She was soon sobbing as she continued to hit him, his aggressiveness hurting her.

"Stop it! Let her go!" They heard shouts from the other room, followed by banging on the wall.

Joker ignored her, continuing to pound away at her, grunting as he released himself within her.

"Please, you'll hurt the baby!"

Joker froze as he was withdrawing from her and Rae released a hitched cry over her sobbing. His eyes snapped to her turned face, staring down at her tear streaked face.

"What did she just say?" He whispered lowly, growling in anger when she just shook her head and unable to say anything through her sobs. "What did she say?!"

Rae flinched from his outburst, his hands digging into her wrists as he gripped them, and she tried to take several deep breaths to calm herself so she could answer.

"Your, your baby," she whispered, shrinking back from him as he tightened his grip on her. "Please, don't hurt it-."

"Be quiet for a moment!" He demanded, releasing her and sitting up.

Rae laid still for several moments as the Joker sat on the side of the bed, his head in his hands as he muttered to himself. She tensed as he stood, relieved as he just pulled on his pants and shirt. He left her without sparing her a glance, slamming the door as he went and locking it behind him. Rae slowly sat up, wincing at the pain between her legs as she gathered the bed sheet around her.

She flinched as she heard a bang coming from the other room. He must have gone to Rachel. What was he doing to her? Why had she blurted out that she is with child? The Joker was going to kill her child now and Rae felt tears stream down her cheeks as she placed a protective hand on her stomach. She didn't cry about what he would do to her, but of what Joker would do to her baby.

Rachel held her breath as the noise in the next room suddenly stopped, only hearing Rae sobbing in the other room before she heard voices. She couldn't tell what they were saying, but she could hear the anger in the Joker's voice. She jumped as she heard the door to the bedroom door slam close. A few seconds later her bedroom door was unlocked and the door was slammed opened, a disgruntled Joker walking through the door and towards her. Rachel cried out as he grabbed her arms, ramming her into the wall behind her.

"How long have you known?" He growled, his voice dark as his cold eyes bore into hers.

Rachel shook her head, ashamed now that she had told him. She was now responsible for that baby's death because there was no way that a man like him would want a child around.

"How long have you known?!" He shouted, shaking her violently.

"Yesterday!" She shouted, crying weakly as he stopped. "She told me yesterday… Please, your, your rough treatment, she'll lose it of you treat her like that, if you use her roughly," she hesitantly added, trying to explain her interruption.

He stepped away from her, releasing her as he spun on his heel and started to leave the room before he paused.

"Bozo," the Joker whispered and Rachel jumped when one of his men appeared out of nowhere. "Take Ms. Dawes to my room."

Rachel immediately rushed to Rae's side as the door closed and locked behind her.

"Are you alright?" She asked, scanning the visible parts of her body.

She noticed faint bruise marks on her wrists, but they didn't look too recent.

"You promised," Rae whispered, her bowed head staring down at her lap. "You swore not to say anything."

"I, I know, but I couldn't let him hit you like that-."

"He wasn't hitting me. He, he ordered me to fight him, to hit him," she said, tears streaming down her cheeks as she rested her head on Rachel's shoulder.

"He, he wanted you to fight him? That's sick…"

"I guess he preferred it over a cold fish," Rae cried, clenching her arms around the older woman. "He's going to kill my baby, I just know it…"

He paced in the small room, rubbing his forehead as he walked briskly. What was he going to do? He couldn't have a fucking kid! Maybe he should get rid of her… He shook his head, he couldn't do that. Even the thought of killing her made him sick. Maybe send her home? No, he didn't want to do that either.

"Damn it," he cursed under his breath, pausing in his steps as he popped a few pills and swallowed them down before pacing once again.

This whole thing had caused him to get one of his damned headaches again. He wanted her here. No, he needed her here. He could not let her go; he would never let her go, never. So, what was he going to do about the kid? Should he get rid of it? He didn't know what to do! He reached in his pocket and pulled out his cell phone, quickly dialing a phone number. He only had to wait a few rings before it was answered.

"It's Joker," he said, his tongue flicked out to quickly lick the sides of his mouth. "I need you to come to the mansion… No, tomorrow isn't good. I need you here immediately, twenty minutes… I'm not being unreasonable! …," Joker sighed as the man on the other end went on about being busy with other things. "Hey, I scratched your back and now you scratch mine… I need you to bring all equipment you have for a pregnant woman… Yeah, she's mine… No, I didn't use protection… I just assumed she was doing…"

Joker listened for several moments, only catching bits of the lecture he was receiving on the safety of protective sex and making sure the woman is on something.

"I'll remember that for next time… Yeah, it's the Wayne gal… I'll fuck whoever I want!" he said angrily, again sighing as the man on the other side lectured him on the difference between sex and rape. "Fuck, sex, rape, doesn't matter to me… Now don't get all high and mighty on me! I know all about the gal you have locked up…"

He rolled his eyes as the other guy stuttered and started rambling off things that didn't make sense.

"Don't tell me that's different, you snatched her right out of a parking lot! At least this was during one of my heists… Yeah, yeah, just bring the crap! I want to make sure she isn't lying to me about this… No, she didn't tell me, the Dawes woman did…Shit!" Joker cursed, yanking the phone from his ear as the guy starting yelling at him. "Yeah, she's alive… I know you don't like her… Look, she won't even know you're here; I'll keep her locked in her room… I brought her for Rae… No, I'm not going soft… Whatever, get the fuck over here," Joker mumbled before snapping the phone closed.

30 minutes later…

The women's eyes snapped to the doorway as they heard the door unlock. Rachel's grip around Rae tightened when she started to tremble as the Joker, followed by his man Bozo, walked into the room.

"Lock that one in her room," Joker ordered, nodding his head towards Rachel

"No, don't you touch her!" Rachel shouted as the man pried her from Rae and started dragging her out the door. "If you harm her or that baby, I will kill you!"

Joker ignored her, grasping Rae's wrist and yanking her to her feet. She tried digging her feet into the carpet as he started to drag her from the room while keeping the sheet wrapped around her. The Joker growled before lifting her up from her waist and throwing her over his shoulder.

"Please, let me go!" She cried, banging on his back as he exited the bedroom and took her down a flight of stairs.

Rae's eyes widened as he started going down the basement stairs and she started screaming, trying to wrestle out of his grasp. He was taking her to the basement to kill her baby or both of them! He was going to kill her baby. Joker cursed as her struggles intensified, tightening his grip on her legs as he walked towards the back room down the hall where he had kept Rachel stored. He kicked the door open, quickly dropping Rae onto the floor.

Rae quickly secured the sheet around her form from where it had loosened during her struggles before scanning the room. Her eyes widened as she spotted the young man standing in the room as the Joker walked to his side. She stared into the bright blue eyes of a man she thought she would never see again.

"Miss Wayne, I hear that you may have gotten into trouble here. I thought you were more careful about this sort of thing, especially since everything that had happened with your last scare…"