Well hello my darlings! First, that you guys for all the love and the likes! Second, thank you for the reviews! So there may have been some confusion about my story. Yes, I did see the movie and i know that the Joker breaks her out, but i am changing that part to fit my story. I am also changing another part of the story and that will come later and you will see where I am going with it. Just give me some time.
"What the hell? You're supposed to be dead! I saw the helicopter blow up," Harley glared at Joker.
"Harley, let's get out of here," Flag had drawn his pistol and was aiming at Joker's head.
"Are you not happey to see your king? The only man who adores everything about you?" Joker smiled and played with the blade of the knife he was holding.
"Nope, can't say that I am. For the reason that you know all too well," Harley swung her bat at Joker as hard as she could knocking him to the floor with a thud.
"I'll calll Amanda, we'll get him in custody," Flag pulled out his cell phone and noticed that he had no signal.
"No time, he never travels alone," Harley pointed at Joker with her bat.
"Boss! Where are you? We blew up the SUV but I didn't see Harley!" one of the men shouted.
"Time to make our exit, come on," Flag ran to the other side of the room where there was another tunnel.
Harley stepped towards the tunnel but stopped and looked back at Joker. She remembered all their times together. All the times that she had been tested and kept coming back over and over no matter what he did to her. Her therapist had been right, she needed to stay away from him. But the therapist never saw the good times between them, the times that would make her think of a life beyond the crime. He understood her, hell, he had made her into who she was. He had molded her like clay.
"Harley, we need to go," Flag touched her arm and slightly tugged her towards the tunnel.
"Right behind ya," Harley took one last look and then turned to follow Flag.
Harley made herself a promise. She was the Queen of Crime and she was going to own it. History showed that Queens really never needed a King, you could be a badass on your own. "I'm my own badass. Let them fear me," Harley whispered with resolve.
About an hour later they were above ground and in the middle of a downpour. Flag looked down at his cell phone and saw that the there was still no signal and now, he didn't know where in the city they had just came out at.
"Great, some leader I am. We are lost, our ride has been blown up, and for some reason my cell doesn't have a signal," Flag growled as he put up the phone in his pocket.
"I know where we're at, come on, I have a place just around the corner," Harley smiled to herself.
"Won't he know where the place is?" Flag nodded his head back towards the tunnel.
"Nope, this is all mine, besides we're across the river now. That tunnel led under the river. Hurry up, I'm all wet and not in the way that I like to be," Harley led the way.
Flag didn't know how to respond to her last comment but to shake his head and follow her down the street. A few minutes later they had walked up to a wrought iron gate that looked like it hadn't been opened in decades.
"Where are we?" Flag looked around.
"Don't ask, just follow," Harley moves some of the vines covering the gate to the side revealing a security panel. Harley typed in the code and the gates opened with a groan.
"Do I even want to know how you got this place?" Flag figured that she had killed the owner and just took it.
"Talk later," Harley motioned for Flag to follow her through the gates. They walked up the overgrown gravel driveway for the next twenty minutes in silence. The rain seemed to not want to let up on it's downpour. The house finally came into view and what a view it was. Flag felt it rivaled, if not surpassed the Wayne faily mansion. He wanted to ask Harley about this place but he had learned early on that she would only reveal things in due time. They went to the side of the building and again, Harley moved aside some vines and entered a code into a keypad. The back door opened and a female voice chimed, "Welcome home Harleen. How was your day?"
"It was ok. Set the system to stay and set all outdoor motion detectors to on please," Harley set her baseball bat down on the counter.
Flag shot Harley a look for her to explain.
"Shower upstairs. You should see a blue room on the second floor. There should be some clothes that should fit you. Bathroom's stocked. Meet me in the library on the second story. I will explain all this then," Harley waved her hand to show the house.
Twenty minutes later, Flag was seated in the library. The fireplace had been lit and there was two cups of hot tea on coffee table. Harley entered the room a couple minutes later. Flag didn't know she wore anything so loose fitting like the pajama bottoms and tank top that she was wearing.
"So, where do you want me to start?" Harley barely looked up.
"The begining would be nice," Flag drank some of his tea.
"Well, my dad was the head of research and development for a while when Bruce Wayne's father was running the company. Mr. Wayne paid him well. My dad was really good with the stock market and made a fortune. So, my brother and I grew up without a want and before you ask, yest, my parents loved me," Harley smirked.
"So, how did you become," Flag wasn't sure how to finish his thought.
"The crazy Queen of Crime? Well, I worked in the asylum and was assigned to Joker. He and I would talk for hours. I fell for him and did whatever he wanted. Te day I helped him escape, Joker used the same electroshock therapy machine that we used on the patients on me. It lasted for hours, but I passed the test. I passed the second test for him when I dove into a vat of acid after he asked me to," Harley looked down at her hands.
The therapist had showed her that the relationship was messed up and that he really didn't love her like she thought that he did.
"What about your family, are they on vacation?" Flag felt that he should not ask based on the overgrowth that he saw coming in.
"They were my first act of crime with Mr, J. They are the only ones that I have felt bad about," Harley stared at the fire and watched itdance.
The screams of her family echoed in her head. They were the only ones that never left her. They were the only ones that she felt gilt aobut. She was grateful that they were gone and couldn't see what she had become, what he had made her into. They had seen the begining and had begged her in the end to think aobut what she was doing. Her father had warned her that Joker would turn on her, and he had several times, and all but this time, she gone back and forgave him.
"So, why did you knock him out. Why didn't you run back to him?" Flag needed to know what Harley's end game was and if she could be trusted.
"Damn therapist has made me see some things," Harley frowned, she hate that this therapist was opening her eyes to the truth.
"Like?"
"He keeps abandoning me and for some reason I run back like it never happens. The first time, we were running from the bat and he aimed the car for the river. I can't swim, and I yelled that at him but he kept going and crashed us into the river. We landed on the bottom and I had gone through the windshield," Harley picked at her cuticle.
"That's when Batman caught you and how you ended up on Squad X," Flag sat back with a new respect for Harley, her file didn't tell the whole story.
"Who would have thought that the big bat would save mem. While my Puddin had swam away leaving me to die," Harley quickly wiped away a tear.
"Why did you go to him that night on the roof if he had already left you to die?"
"Because, I thought that he loved me. The sad part is, right after we were out of sight, he kicked me out of the back after accusing me of helping you guys. He told me that I shoud be the bat's whore because I was now worthless," Harley turned her head, she would not let anyone see her cry.
"Hey, it's ok," Flag joined Harley on the couch and held her while she cried.
Harley didn't know why she did it, but she let Flag hold her and she cried. For the first time she really just let all the hurt and the pain that Joker had caused her out. She pulled herself together and pulled back.
"Hey, you better not do that, your girl will kick your ass," Harley wiped her cheeks.
"Well, I no longer have a girl. June chose to go back into archeology. Short story is, I told her not to based upon what happened the last time. We argued and I gave her an ultimatum, it was either me or archeology," Flag looked down at his hands.
Harley smacked Flag on the back of his head as hard as she could. "You are an idiot,"
"One, I am not an iditot. Two, smack me again and it will not be pretty," Flag glared.
"What'cha gonna do?" Harley began smacking Flag as fast as she could.
Flag grabbed at Harley, but she moved out of his way and got to her feet. Seconds later they were fighting each other like mortal enemies. Flag gained the upper hand and pinned Harley to the ground. Flag smirked down at Harley. The next thing that he realized he was kissing her and she was kissing back.
Alright my darlings, sorry that this chapter wasn't really filled with fight scenes and a whole lot of snark, but I am setting some things up for later so be patient. For now, enjoy. I am working on some things of how I want this to go and start getting the dialouge in place. Enjoy my darlings! As always, please leave me some feedback!
