Chapter 6: Why so serious?
The Joker had rode into Arkham on his stolen horse. Harley ran up to him and said "Oh, Puddin'! Are you ok?".
The Joker, getting off his horse, said "I'm fine, Harley. Go get an employee checklist-I'm taking roll call!". He had all of his goons line up and he took their names ala a school class teacher.
However, he realized what little he had fairly quickly and said "Goddamn it! That's less than a quarter of our army still standing!" Suddenly, rocks began to fall on the Casino-Asylum. The Joker frowned. "We've…we've lost."
Harley ran up to hug the Joker and said "Oh, puddin'! It'll be alright!"
The Joker shouted "IT'S NOT ALRIGHT!" as he hit her, hard. Hard enough, in fact, to draw blood and knock her to the ground. Harley sat on the ground and cried. The Joker looked at his slightly bloodied hand and paused a moment.
It was extremely rare that the Joker felt guilt, but he felt a tiny pang of something similar. He reasoned that it was merely disappointment in himself for letting his emotions overtake him so. He bent over and helped Harley back up, and embraced her.
"Oh, Harley…." He said "…Why did you make me do that?"
"I'm…I'm sorry, Mistah J…" cried Harley.
"Oh, just don't do it again…" said the Joker. He then said "Remember that emergency escape boat? I want you to use it without me. I'm going to stay here and fight."
Harley paused a moment, and opened her mouth to object. The Joker shouted "Get out!".
Harley nodded and left.
The Joker looked around at the flaming Asylum and smiled again when he beheld a purple flag with a white spade on it-the Jokerz Flag. He grabbed his crowbar and said "Let's go, boys!". The gates of Arkham opened, and out poured the remnants of the Joker's army. They ran towards the police officers, attempting to take as many with them as they could before they died…a mass suicide-by-cop.
The Joker found an older soldier wearing a cape (and the cape itself was the Federation Flag). He attacked him with his crowbar, only to find it blocked by a cavalry saber.
He read his nametag-Abraham Tower. The Joker said "Tower? Interesting last name…"
Tower said "Thanks. But it's not the name I want you to remember. I want you to remember Daniel Page."
The Joker raised an eyebrow as he swung his crowbar again at Tower. He said "Oh? Who's that?". Abraham tilted his head, causing the crowbar to fly over it. Tower then thrust his blade into the Joker's chest, before leaning in to whisper…
"He's the rider you killed."
The Joker started to laugh, but found it difficult, as his mouth was starting to fill with blood. Tower pulled his sword out, and let the Joker fall to the ground, dying while laughing.
He walked into Arkham, and pulled down the flag, before replacing it with his cape. The last thing the Joker would see is the Federation flag.
The Joker's body was given to the Batman for burial. He was a little dismayed to hear of the Joker's death, but he was nonetheless happy to declare to his people that the Jokerz were gone for good. However, he made no attempt to celebrate the Joker's death. He simply buried him in a hidden location, with his only market being a grave that said "Unknown, Was killed by a GUN Saber during the Joker Wars", with a symbol of a spade to show that he was a Joker gangster. It was technically not a lie-they still aren't sure just what the Joker's name was.
Gotham-Federation relationships soared, and it wasn't too long before an official alliance formed. A historical photograph was taken, of President Rogers shaking hands with Batman, with the armies of both nations saluting each other in the background.
