~Ringleader~ "So... Uh, what's your name?" I asked the guy who helped me escape. We ended up at a bench in a park downtown. I'd used my baton to scrape the thick layer of snow off of the seat and layed my "borrowed" joker clothes down for something dry to sit on. "Uh... Well Joker calls me Tickles." He frowned. The name caught me by surprise because it didn't fit him. I accidentally let out a snort and covered my mouth. He narrowed his eyes at me and i straightened back up. We sat in an awkward silence for a few moments before i spoke up. "Well you look like a Stu to me." I smiled. He looked at me from the corner of his eye and shook his head. "If i start calling you Stu will you answer to it?" I asked him. He thought for a minute before he nodded and said "Yeah. Yeah i would." Feeling successful i got up and grabbed my baton. I twirled it a couple of times. Moments later a bell tower rang for eleven o'clock and i was tackled to the ground by a large grey figure. It was unsually easy to push him off of me. The next thing i saw was Stu struggling with Jester. They seemed to be fighting. "Jester!" I called out to him. He and Stu stopped but Jester was still growling in his face. "Jester. Leave it." I commanded. He looked up at me sadly and took his place next to me. "Stu this is Jester, Jester this is Stu." I said pointing to them as i spoke. I looked down at Jester and realized he had on his harness. There was a note and a key attatched to him. The note read : "Dear Rin, Going back to Arkham. This is the key to a house i found for you. Its located at 54564 Park Road. Be safe! Sincerely, Pammy" I looked up at Stu. "How would you like to be my partner in crime?" he looked down at me and Jester and snorted. "hmm... Go back to the Joker so he can kill me or go off with another crazy clown..." he said using his hands as a scale. "No, either go back to the joker, be right hand man to Gotham's next public enemy number one, or fend for yourself on the streets." I retorted crossing my arms and leaning on my left foot. Stu just stared at me for some time. I sighed and walked away. Jester followed closely with his head high. We were walking for a while before Stu appeared beside me and said "Park Road is a block away from Concordia. On the other side of town." I looked up at him. I came up to his shoulder so it was a slight struggle. "Why did you wait until we got all the way over here to tell me?" he shoved his hands in his pockets and hung his head slightly. "I dunno." I turned the other way and tried to find Pammy's place. From there I could get anywhere. Even the Batcave.
~Harley~ I woke up in Mr. J's bed with a horrible pain in my jaw. He was across the room pacing around his desk. "Puddin'?" I tried calling out to him but it came out as a weird sound and caused intense pain. She was a small bitch but she was strong as hell. I clutched my jaw and felt stitches. Mr. J looked at me and rushed over. "Don't touch it." he said pulling my hand from my face. "The stitches need to heal." I sat up and went in the top drawer of the night stand. I pulled out a piece of paper and a pen from under like a thousand empty condom wrappers from our many nights we spent alone. "where the hell is she?" Mr. J looked down at my paper and said "When she hit you she made her escape."
"When we find her let me kill her." I wrote. Like the old saying goes: Hell hath no fury like a harlequin's rath
~Ringleader~ After looking for hours we found the right house. It was a small house in the middle of nowhere with a huge yard and a tall chain linked fence around all of it. "It doesn't exactly scream 'Home sweet home' but I guess it's close enough." I smirked as Stu started trying to open the messed up gate. Me and Jester simply found a gap and crawled through. I stood in front of him until he noticed me "How did you get in there?" he demanded pushing his fingers through the holes in the gate. "Let's see. I called up my friend who flies a jet and she came and picked me and Jester up right? So we're up in her jet and Jester is getting airsickness so she gives us some bungee cords that are connected to the side of the plane. SO she strapped me and Jester up and pushed us out and we just happened to land right here." I studied his hardened face. "Not buying it?" he shook his head. "there's a gap in the gate over there. See ya inside!" I chirped skipping to the door.
I waited on the porch as Stu struggled around in the dark through the hole. I walked over to him and grabbed his arms "On three suck in your gut! One! Two! Three!" I counted off then pulled him as hard as I could. With my help he slipped through easily. We made our way to the door where Jester already had the key in the lock. I petted him and he licked my hand. I used my free hand to open the door.
As it turned out half of the house was actually underground. As soon as you walked in there was a glass wall in front of you so you could see downstairs (the living room and the kitchen) and not fall. To the left was a hallway that went around the room to a place that had an actual wall. I was gonna assume that it was the bedrooms and bathrooms. To the right were steps that led downstairs. From what I could see the place was pretty well furnished and Stu was already in the kitchen checking out the fully stocked refrigerator. Me and Jester decided to check out the back. There were five bedrooms and three bathrooms. We claimed one of each I hid my staff under the bed and went looking for towels. Since Ivy didn't believe in hot water I'd been taking cold showers since I started staying with her. This house had everything. The showers were silent, the towels felt plush, and the bed was perfect. I fell asleep quickly next to Jester, who slept like a baby.