Chapter 1

Route 14, a road just out of the city limits of Gotham, was usually empty because of the newly built highway. Most people never use it. Except one night when an old purple convertible raced down the old road. Inside driving was a man in a grey trench coat, with a fedora on. Underneath was a purple suit, with an orange shirt and a blue bowtie. The man himself was about 6 ft tall, had bleached white skin, dark green hair and a blood red, huge smile. Yes, it was the Joker.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" The Joker laughed maniacally. " Batsy won't be able to catch up to me now, because of that little…..distraction I set up back at the bank!"

Sure enough, a dark car was behind him, driving fast to try to catch up to the Clown Prince of Crime. It was the Batmobile, driving it was the legendary Dark Knight, Batman.

Spotting the Batmobile in his rearview mirror, the Joker scowled to himself, "Blast! The Dork Knight is catching up to me. I know! I'll hide behind that hill at this turn."

Doing exactly that, the Joker drove right behind the big hill. A few moments later, the Batmobile drove right past it, the Joker smiling at it until it couldn't be seen anymore.

"Ha! Sucker!" the Joker exclaimed. He put the key in the ignition, but the car sputtered and wouldn't start. Grumbling, the Joker got out of the car and popped the lid open. Smoke immediately flooded the air, making the Harlequin of Hate cough and blinded him temporarily.

"Well, I'm guessing that isn't very good. Now what am I going to do! I can't drive back to the lair, and Batsy will probably be back this was soon!" He said maliciously.

When Joker was looking around his surroundings, he spotted a lone house, with the lights on and everything.

"Well, what do you know? A piece of civilization out here. I'm sure whoever lives there will be happy to assist me with my dilemma, whether they want to or not" the Joker chuckled darkly.

He then set off towards the house, the two unlucky people who happen to be in the house unaware of what's coming to them.

Nicole was bored out of her mind. She and her friend Mara, who was staying for the week because of her parent's honeymoon vacation, were watching Invader Zim. Mara was in love with the show; Nicole liked it too, but she could only take so much of it. Her dad was out of town on a business trip for two days, and her mom was at work. Nicole had dark brown hair, dark eyes, and was wearing a purple jacket with jeans. Mara had medium length dark brown hair, and brown eyes.

"Can we do something else now; Invader Zim's constant failures to conquer the world are starting to annoy me." Nicole whined.

"No way! I love this episode." Replied Mara. Nicole started to get seriously annoyed "But it's my house! Therefore it's my T.V.!"

"So? I won the rock paper scissors to see who picks what we watch."

"But..."

"Shush"

"That's not….."

"SHUSH!"

Nicole sighed angrily, and pouted, but quickly got over it. "Uhh, I wished something would happen out here, like in the city part of Gotham. With Batman saving the day from psychopathic criminals!"Said Nicole enthusiastically

"Yeah, me too!" agreed Mara. Mara and Nicole were actually big Batman fans, but couldn't put any news clippings on their walls because of both their parents' disapproval of Batman and his vigilantism.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Mara and Nicole looked behind the couch to where the front door was.

"That's weird. Mom doesn't get off 'til 2 a.m., and it's only 9:30."

"Probably some stupid high school kids playing ding dong ditch on us. Let's go kill 'em, sell their organs online and…"

"Shut up Mara. Let's just give them a piece of our mind and kick them in the crotch like normal 14 year old girls." Nicole said, getting off the couch and walking towards the door.

Mara, although feeling bummed out on her rejected plan, jumped of the couch and ran walked to the door with her friend. Nicole grabbed the doorknob and opened the door. What the two young girls saw made them both gasp out loud.

It was none other than the Joker, with his trench coat and matching hat, his purple suit underneath, and his inhumanly wide grin as wide as ever. The Joker leaned forward towards the shocked young teens, staring at them with his yellow tinted eyes, like a wolf who stares at his prey.

The Joker said in a creepily dark voice with a hint of laughter, "Helloo, girlies. Mind if I come in?"