Orla and Matthew crept into the Joker's lair and watched what he was doing. They watched the evil Joker commanding the henchmen that Orla brought up before she was caught by Bat-Kid. He was chuckling under his breath but the white powdered clown makeup on his face made Matthew shutter and think to himself.
Damn...am I REALLY get myself into this situation with Trickster...ur…I mean Orla...? *Sigh*…Lemme do this fuckin' shit and get outta here before I see that fuckin' bastard I call 'dad'.
Matthew scans the whole lair to see his father but there wasn't a sign of him anywhere. Matthew sighs a breath of relief. Orla looks at him strangely. Forgetting that she was there, he blushes. Maia contacts him on his earpiece.
"How's things over there? I'm missing any type of 'excitement'?"
"Nice tone of sarcasm."
"I've learned from the best."
"I'm sure you have."
"Haha! Good one, my dear baby brother."
"Humph. Well, I see the Joker loading boxes of that gas shit on his planes with his new henchmen.", he says while glaring at Trickster.
"Hey," says Orla. "Keep it up, Matthew, or else I'll tell Daddy your plans and your secret identity."
Matt glares at her and sighs deeply. Orla smiles and giggles.
"You're every inch like your daddy, aren't you?", says Orla, slyly.
"Shut it, brat.", snaps Matt.
"Oh, I'm a brat again?"
"Yes, now shut up."
"What happened to my little-"
"I dare you to call me that again!"
"Hey, dumb ass!", yells Maia through his earpiece. "Scream even more loudly so that pothead Joker can hear you! If you want to stop him, then I suggest that you'd shut your dumb ass up and pay attention!"
He growls lowly and says, "Alright. Shit. Why do you have to be such a pain in the ass sometimes?"
"Shut up, Matthew and complete the damn mission."
"I'm hinting that a little lady's jealous."
"I'm not jealous, Matthew Wayne! Not jealous, I repeat that again!"
Matt chuckles lowly to himself and turns down his earpiece. Just then, he was hearing Joker unveil his plan to gas bomb Gotham and wickedly laugh out loud. His laughter made Matthew shutter and think about the time he saw Joker "shoot" his father. Matt struggled to get his father's image out of his head right now. Orla was stroking his jet-black hair and was smiling in his face. Was she reading Matthew's mind? She always manage to find a way to make him feel so safe and secure around her. He shakes his thought about her out and regains his superhero posture again. He storms out his hiding corner. Maia yells at him again, telling him to get back before he gets caught. Ripping the earpiece out of his ear and crushes it with his foot, Matthew comes out of the shadows and challenges Joker in front of his face. Joker grins like a madman and welcomes him to his 'humble abode'.
"Why, dear Bat-Kid...nice to see your father's face again.", he says, touching Matthew's face. Matt smacks it away and steps back for a bit.
"I refuse to greet a villain who killed my father...well..."
Matthew was hesitating, but the Joker knew that he knows.
"I see you found out the truth. Where's my bratty daughter...?"
Orla pops her head from the hiding place she was with Matt and shyly waves at her father.
"Hi, daddy...heh."
"Orla Harley Quinn, how dare you tell this kid about his father?!"
"Someone had to, daddy!"
Grabbing her ponytail, her father was furious and was about to hit her until Matt grabs his arm.
"Don't you touch her! It's not her fault. She was telling me the truth, something you're incapable of doing!"
Joker smirked. "I see you have a love for my daughter."
"Don't get your damned monkey brain twisted, Joker."
Joker laugh and orders his new henchmen to attack. Matt tells Orla to get behind him. She nods and holds on to him. Maia was still in the bat cave, watching Matt's every move and shaking her head.
How the hell is Matthew's dumb ass falling in love with this bitch?!
Just then, she heard someone clear their throat. She sighs and yells at the monitor, since she didn't someone else in the room, "Matt, you bastard! Why the hell would you-"
She turns around to hit Matt, only to find out that it was Nightwing. She stops and slowly puts down her arm.
"Dad...I mean...Nightwing, sir. What are you doing here?"
"I was about to ask you the same thing."
Nightwing was Maia's father. He married her mother, Barbara and became a positive role model for her. Maia's mother was with her grandfather, the commissioner, helping him run Gotham. By the look on her father's face, she and Matthew in some deep trouble.
