We're not mad, just misunderstood.
Note: I wanted to say I'm sorry for how long this took to get put up, I had a mental block on the story and couldn't come up with anything, so forgive me! :) So here is the next chapter and I hope you enjoy it! :)
When Luna came to, the world was spinning a little, she could faintly hear the sound of dripping water and then she heard someone calling her name, it was so very faint, but she could still make out her name.
She opened her eyes and slowly sat up and was greeted by Alice's smiling face.
"Luna!" she cried, the gap in her teeth seemed to be more prominent now, but that just could be Luna.
"Alice.. what, where are we?" she asked.
"Oh, we're at the Scarecrow's and the Hatter's hiding place!" she cried, her smile never leaving her face.
"Are you okay?" Luna asked, then she realised Alice was wearing a homemade 'Alice' costume, it was slightly ragged, but it had neat little bows on it, even an Alice band in her hair had a neat little blue bow on it.
"I am fine dear moonbeam! I am just happy you're alive, at first the Scarecrow wasn't too sure if he had hit you too hard, but it seems you are fine. They are rather nice people too, the Hatter especially!"
"Are you crazy?!" Luna shouted. Why was Alice talking to these people, didn't she know how dangerous they were?
Alice smiled at her, shaking her head. "Not crazy Luna, mad."
"Mad?"
"As a hatter actually."
Luna blinked. Oh no, that's not a good sign. "Alice, listen to me, have they put any mind control device on you?"
"Heavens no, why would I do that to my Alice?" asked the Mad Hatter as he walked inside, smiling like Alice was.
All the smiling was starting to creep Luna out.
"Now, Jervis. We agreed, she was going to be mine, remember?"
The new voice sounded slightly older then the Mad Hatter's more mature and… sane.
"He wants to talk to you in private," Jervis explained as he walked over to Alice, wrapping his arms around her, causing Alice to giggle.
Luna, personally, found the whole thing sick and not in a good way.
She cautiously walked out of the room towards a very dark part, that seemed to be brown in the decor department. She walked through the only door that had a small stream of light coming through it.
The voice… for some reason it sounded familiar and not because the Scarecrow had spoken to her before. This was a voice from long ago, a voice she knew when she was a child that chilled all the oner kids to the bone, but gave her great comfort.
As she walked through the door, the light dimmed a little. "Don't want to burn that grey skin of yours do we little Fright?"
That made Luna pause, now she remembered the voice, but it couldn't be, could it? Well, she'd only met him once, but he was nice to her, the only one that was nice to her.
"J- Jonathan? Is that you?" she questioned and stared in utter shock, as Jonathan Crane stood up from behind his desk, that had quite a lot of chemicals and flasks.
"Jonathan!" Luna cried in excitement as she ran over to him.
Jonathan smiled at Luna, pushing his glasses up his nose before sitting back down behind his desk.
"It's good to see you again Luna. Do sit down, I wish to talk to you-"
"About the proposition? If it's joining you, I will do it, Jon I'm a wanted criminal now, so I'll join up with you!" Luna shouted, she sounded like a hyper child. It had been so long since, well since she'd seen Jon.
"Well, I guess if you really want to-"
"Cut it out Jon, I know that's what you wanted to ask me!"
Jonathan smiled at Luna, but it was creepy smile, though it didn't bother her, it did put her on edge.
"Well, if that's the case, you're going to need some work clothes," Jonathan explained.
Target didn't trust Whisper, even though he'd been working with him for a couple of weeks now, he still didn't trust him, at least not as far as he could shoot him.
Which, according to Whisper, he couldn't.
Target wasn't sure if he liked Whisper or not.
"Are you going to continue to stare at the back of my head all day kid?" Whisper growled.
Target glared and stuck his tongue out. "You call me kid, but we're the same age!"
Whisper smirked and turned to him. "Sorry, but, I'm more mature then you will ever be."
Target wanted to rip that stupid smirk off his face.
"Now come on! We need to get there in time!" Whisper snapped as he jumped off the building.
"Where are we going?!" Target yelled as he jumped down. "You never say where we're going and the next thing I know you're telling me to get my guns ready because we'll be facing half of Black Mask's goons or something!"
Whisper held a hand up which signalled silence.
Target obeyed, but only because the last time he didn't he got a punch to the jaw for his trouble.
"What is it?" he whispered, though this was him, he could never keep his mouth closed for long.
Suddenly a dagger came flying out of the shadows, Whisper pushed Target to the floor as he dropped, the dagger sailed past them and into the shadow.
He quickly got to his feet and turned to glare. "Shadow bender," he grit out.
"Shadow what?!" yelled Target.
Suddenly a grey skinned girl came out of the shadows a glare on her face.
"Holly, wain mackerel!" Target cried. He'd recognise that glare any where. "Luna!"
"You know her?" Whisper growled.
"Know her?! No of course not, she was costumer at my shop is all!"
Luna blinked in confusion. "Wait…" she muttered her eyes going from the black pits to normal colour of mismatched green and purple with white pupils. "Conner!"
Suddenly Alice came racing round the corner, battle axe held high above her head before Luna stopped her. "You're late again."
"I had to sort my dress out!"
"Oh for the love of- Alice!"
Alice stared at Luna and blinked. "I have to look my best!" she protested.
"I really don't think the guys are gonna care if you're looking your best or not with you wielding that thing around," muttered Conner, nodding towards the battle axe. "Plus," he went on, a smirk coming across his face. "Wearing a skit that short, you're gonna' hear no complaints."
Whisper face palmed and Luna and Alice gave him a dead beat look.
"What?" asked Target.
"Will you stop trying to hit on girls," Whisper snapped. "It's embarrassing!"
Target went to protest when a short laugh came from the darkness and they all tensed.
"That's what I like, fresh meat," came a New York accent. Well, it sounded like it was New York.
Black Mask walked out of the shadows, a girl in a mask at his heels.
"Black Mask," Target whispered in shock.
"So, you guys want to get up in the world I take it," Black Mask said, you could practically hear the smirk he was wearing. "You want to show the world what you're capable of."
"Yeah so what's it to you?" Luna snapped her hands becoming fists as the shadows tensed with her.
"Well, I can help you do that, Ya' know what I mean?" Black Mask said clasping his hands together.
"And how, exactly, would you go about doing that?" asked Whisper, his hand rested on his katanna.
"Well, err, you see, I have myself this little problem," Black Mask said, turning his back to them, placing his hands behind his back. "There's this kid, works for the Joker and well, she's err, been causing me some problems, only little ones, but they're still problems." He turned back to them and gestured to all of them. "You get rid of this problem for me, I'll make sure you go up in the world, you're reps will build to such a hight, if and only if, you solve this problem for me."
The group of kids glanced at each other.
"So, you're gonna solve this problem for me?" asked Black Mask.
"Where will he find this girl?" asked Whisper, he didn't trust Black Mask, that much was certain.
Black Mask clicked his fingers. "Sorrow."
The girls behind him stepped forward, holding an i-pad in her hand. "You'll find her at these co-ordinates." she said turning the i-pad round to face the other kids. "You solve the problem, me and Black Mask will make sure you're reps go through the roof."
"Black Mask and I," Luna corrected.
"What?" snapped Sorrow, the eyes behind the mask narrowed.
"You said 'Me and Black Mask', it should be 'Black Mask and I', that's the correct way."
Sorrow growled and took a step forward.
"Sorrow," Black Mask growled and Sorrow stopped instantly.
"So you gonna' do it?" she grit out.
"We'll do it, but only if you promise this isn't a set up," Luna hissed.
"You have my word," Black Mask said.
"Ha," Whisper laughed bitterly. "The word of a mobster, that's reassuring."
"You gotta' a problem with it?"
"No sir," Target but in before Whisper could snap.
"Well, get to it then."
The group ran to the edge of the building, jumping off and heading in the direction the co-ordinates said.
Black Mask smirked. "Idiots," he muttered and Sorrow laughed with him as they went back into the shadows.
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