Payton's POV:
I wasn't sure what was going on in there, but I wanted to find out. I walked to the doorway and just peered inside. It looked like a small game room. A man looked like he was playing pool by himself. This man must have been Gamble. He looked up when he saw the henchmen enter with the Joker. " Yo, Gamble. Someone here for you. They said that they've just killed the Joker."
The two henchmen holding the Joker up, laid his body up on the pool table. Gamble looked at the body and sat his pool stick down. He ripped the first half of the bag up, revealing Joker's face. " So. Dead. That's five hundred." Gamble said, looking at the men.
Joker sat up quickly and turned around to face Gamble. " How bout alive? Hmm?" He grabbed Gamble's shoulders and put a knife at his cheek. I saw him look past Gamble's shoulder to me. He motioned me in with his free hand. I did what I was told and stood off to the side. Logan followed in close behind me.
Joker went back to Gamble. " You wanna know how I got this scars?" He nodded to Gamble. " My father was... a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier thatn usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn't like that. Not. One. Bit. So, me watching, he takes teh knife to her, laughing while he does it. Turns to me and he says." He paused, the look in his eyes showed that he was pissed off now, by the memory. " Why so serious?! Comes at me with the knife. Why so serious!? He sticks the blade in my mouth. Lets put a smile on that face! And..." He stopped again, this time to look at me. " Why so serious?" He asked simply.
I squeezed my eyes shut when he slit right through Gamble's mouth. I heard Gamble's lifeless body fall to the ground with a small thud. Three of Gamble's men were on the ground, with Joker's men aiming a gun at them. Joker ripped the garbage bag off. " So. Our operation is small, but there's a lot of potential for... aggressive expannsion." He looked at a pool stick and then to Gamble's three men. " So, whick of you fine gentlemen, would like to join our team. Oh. But there's only one spot open now. So we're gonna have. Tryouts." He broke the pool stick in half and threw the sharper half on the ground. His voice grew to a whisper. " Make it fast." He walked between them, motioning me to follow him.
I couldn't hold my opinion in any longer. " What the hell is your problem?!" I yelled. He was walking too fast, so it was hard for me to keep up. " How could you just kill him?! He didn't do anything wrong!" He stopped so quickly, that I bumped right into him.
" Do you wanna join him?" He asked angrily. I shook my head no. " THEN KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT!" He yelled loudly. It caused me to jump back when it echoed off the walls. He started to walking again.
There was no way I was following this guy. I stopped and turned around. I looked around quickly. There was a door in the far corner. I could hear the Joker's foot steps coming back. Without thinking, I ran for the door. I pulled it open. It lead to a flight of stairs. At the bottom, was an emergency exit door. " Payton!" Joker growled. This was an emergency.
I skipped two steps at a time trying to hurry down. " GO GET HER!" Joker yelled. A lot of footsteps were heard now. I pulled open the door, to feel the night air hit my face. I looked up to see a full moon. I didn't have time to look at the sky right now. I ran as fast as I could. Thank god I took track in freshman year. The heavy door opened behind me. I could hear shouting above the cars driving by.
Running on the sidewalk was not easy. People were everywhere and I tried my best to dodge them. " HEY! STOP HER!" It was Logan's voice. Now he was after me too? I thought that maybe Logan would try and at least help me. I turned around to see every single henchmen on her trail. I slammed hard into someone. " Sorry." I whispered.
" Payton!" The boy said.
I studied the boy. " Austin! Oh my god, Austin. You have to help me out of here! The Joker, he's after me!"
Austin dug in his pocket and handed me his car keys. " Here. Take my car. It's right across the street." He said quickly.
" What about you?" I asked.
" Just go! I'll take a cab!" He yelled.
I did what I was told and ran to his red BMW. I pulled open the driver's door and jammed in the key. The car started up and I threw my foot on the pedal. Just remembering that I didn't have a license. Oh well.
Austin watched the car speed away. " Good." He breathed. He turned around to see Logan looking straight at him. Only inches away from his face. " Look who it is." Logan said. " I think you better come with me. Boss is going to be pissed when he finds out you helped her get away."
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