Ferb looked like he was about to cry. He stared in horror as Joker left and came back with a razor sharp knife. " So… who's first?" Joker looked at Payton while he spoke. The other men, including Logan, watched in horror too.
Ferb pointed to Payton. " DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!" Joker yelled.
Payton stared, scared for her life, as he went in the kitchen. He came back with a wooden chair and duck tape. He sat the chair in front of her. Payton stood up. Joker threw his arm out to grab her. " No!" She screamed. She ducked away and ran to the nearest door.
Once inside she locked the door and pulled out her cell phone. She heard a calm voice answer. " Gordon!" Joker was banging on the door.
" Payton?"
" Gordon please!" Tears flooded her eyes. " You have to help me!" The door started to kick in and she screamed.
" Payton. Calm down. Where are you and what's going on?"
She sobbed. " I don't know where I am. Joker is…" The door was now kicked in all the way. " No!"
Joker stepped inside. He took the phone from her hand and held on tightly to her wrist.
" Hello?"
Gordon's voice turned to urgency. " Joker? What have you done with her?"
" Well hello commissioner." He glared at Payton. " Why don't you come find her? That is… if there's anything left to find." he threw the phone against the wall. His black eyes returned to her.
Payton backed away until she hit the back of a wall. She put her arms in front of her face, in a protective motion. She closed her eyes and waited for any sort of hit. The hit came quickly and painfully.
Her left cheek hurt so bad, that it caused slow tears to flow out of her eyes. She sunk down to the floor and placed her arm on the bath tub.
He curled his hand up into a tight fist and threw a punch down onto her arm. Payton screamed. " Ow!"
Joker gripped her by the collar of her shirt and yanked her forward. " Didn't your uncle ever teach you to do what you're told?" She lifted her arm up to whack him, but he grabbed it and pinned them both behind her head.
" Stop!" She yelled. All she could do was scream. He was holding her arms tightly and her body was begging her to get him away. Her face ached with pain and she could feel the bruises starting to form on her arms. " Please…"
" Come on Payton. Fight me. Come on." He whispered. He watched her and waited for her to fight at him.
Payton tried moving her arms, but it was useless. " I can't…" After saying that he loosened his grip and she elbowed him in the face. She stood up and started for the door, but he grabbed her ankle and tripped her, leaving her holding on tightly to the doorknob.
" Let go of me!" She pleaded.
Joker pulled her back, her nails digging in the floor as he pulled her. " I don't think so." He whispered.
Payton couldn't take it anymore. She was slowly fading away. Everything started to get blurry. She closed her eyes and felt the room spinning around her. The last thing she heard was him cursing her name.