Chapter 12
Lukess

Lukess

I sat on the couch in Selina's apartment, fiddling with the fur on the back on the back of one of her mini cats. I paid no mind to the TV, as it was pointless noise or adult swim, which I really wasn't interested in at the moment. My eyebrows could not move out of their frowned position as a thought of what seemed to be a thousand reasons why Sidesie would just cancel on me like that. It wasn't the fact that she just cancelled it was the fact she didn't give any information. He knew Sidesie would have given an explanation, but the only reason I could think why she wouldn't give one is that it was an urgent matter. It might be something to do with the Joker.

My head snapped up to a window slamming down really hard, I was surprised the glass didn't break. Catwoman tore her headwear off in an angrily type fashion. I raised an eyebrow at her.

"What crawled up your arse?" I grinned at her as she glared at him.

"Don't give me that shit Lukess, I have a job for you. I want you to go kill two whores for me…" She trailed off for a moment, breathing in a raged breath before exhaling roughly. "Their names as Freya and Sidesie J. I don't know much about Freya only that she is an assassin, but I know that Sidesie is the Joker's crazy little love child he had with that psycho bitch Harley."

It was weird hearing Selina saying so many swear words at once, but I was a little more distracted in the job she gave me. How the fuck was I meant to tell her I couldn't kill Sidesie, and I'm pretty sure Freya is a friend of Sidesie.

"Calm your tits, what the hell did they do to you?"

Selina glared for a moment by my smart-ass comment, but raised an eyebrown after a moment. "You have never questioned a job I give you."

"Shut up, I want some information. You were just talking about killing The Joker's and Harley's daughter here. I know it should be easy, but I'm really not looking forward to the after math. So give me a good excuse why I should slit her throat." I had to suppress a shudder as I imagine.

"Sidesie and some assassin bitch killed Ivy!" Exclaimed Selina.
I froze up. Catwoman was friends with Ivy. Ivy was holding a grudge against her and all, but she always said that Ivy will get over it sooner or later.

I knew that this was the reason she cancelled on me, something to do with Joker, then she had to kill Ivy for some reason. Even though I really believe that Sidesie did kill her, because Sidesie is crazy and all, I had to play along with Selina so she doesn't suspect anything.
"I don't believe you. A teenager can't kill Ivy! Even if she does have an assassin around her." I scoffed.
"Here is the proof!" She reached for her pocket and pulled out her phone. She threw it over to me. There was a picture of Ivy on the screen, and she was defiantly dead. She has hanging upside down with her blood running down her face and neck. "I took a few pictures so you could show that Sidesie bitch when you kill her." Said Catwoman.

I flipped to another picture, finding a image of some writing on th wall, it was green like her blood and he message wrote, 'Just thought I'd tied up some lose ends. –Freya, league of assassins and Sidesie J.' around the message was just a bunch of 'HA's.

I gulped a bit and threw her back her phone.
"Oh, so I guess she did." I said.

"Good. Now get your ass off the couch and go slit her throat!" Ordered Catwoman.
What was I suppose to do? Go kill her? Hell no.
Tell her I was unsuccessful? Catwoman would never give up until she was dead.
Tell her she got out of Arkham? She would never believe it.
Run away and go live with Sidesie? Catwoman would find me eventually. I know it.

The only good thing to do was to come clean about Sidesie. Maybe Catwoman would understand? After all, there is her Batman relationship, you would have to be blind not to see it.

"Okay Selina I have to come clean. I can't kill Sidesie." I said as I stood up from the couch.
"Because you don't have any good weapons?" Asked Catwoman. She walked over to her huge dresser where she keeps some of her stuff and began to look through it. "Don't worry I actually got my hands on some really good..."
"No I mean I can't mentally do it." I said cutting her off. "You see, um, me and Sidesie, have a bit of a... thing." I confessed to her.

Selina looked up from her dresser and over to me. She was shocked; her eyes were wide and her mouth open. "What?" She asked in astonishment.
"I have been you know, hanging out with her, getting close and stuff." I sighed. I was expecting maybe a yell, or a slap, or even a 'WHAT THE FUCK!'.
"Oh my god Lukess you are a genius!" She exclaimed as she walked over to me.

What. What just happen? Did she call me a genius? What the hell?
All of those thoughts made me freeze up from shock. I had a moment to return back to the situation, but I didn't exactly say anything smart. "What did you say?" I asked staring at her in astonishment.

"You're a genius! You were able to get into her mind, manipulate her, and steal from her. Oh Lukess, I underestimated you." She said as she walked over and patted me on the back. "So tell me, what have you stolen from her? Money, weapons, plans?" She asked as she sat on the nearby table and was beginning to listen to everything I say.

"What? no. I am not stealing from her or anything, I am hanging out with her, dating her, she is my girlfriend." I tried to say it as simple as possible to her.

"So you aren't using her at all?" She asked. I simply shook my head. That was when she began to yell. "What the hell Lukess! You can't date her! She is the Joker's messed up daughter!" She said hoping up from the table and hitting me upside the back of my head.
"Ow!" I yelled as I rubbed the stop were she hit. "If I want to hang out with her I will. I don't recall you ever being my mother or anything." I muttered.

"She has to die! And you have to kill her!" Said Catwoman pointed at her my chest with her long sharp cat nails. I knocked her hand away and took a step back from her.
"Well I'm not. So deal with it." I growled at her.

"Too bad then, if you fly with the crows, you get shot down by the cat." She hissed at me. She raised a claw filled hand and swung it near my face.

I was able to dodge her as best as I could. When she did I ran over to the coffee table that had my weapons laid down in front. I wasn't going to start a fight with Catwoman, I wasn't going to get my hands dirty, she wasn't worth it. I picked up all my weapons, and put them into place in my costume. Catwoman cart wheeled over to me and tried to attack me again. She tried to kick me, scratch me, and punch me. But I was only so lucky to miss most of the shots. I took a kick right to my head and a scratch across my eye. I grunted in pain at the scratch. The cut went it deep obviously, because I could feel my own blood run down my cheek. I needed to get rid of her, and fast. I took out one of my knives and stuck it in her left thigh.

She screamed a bit in pain and clutched her leg. She didn't stay in pain for long, but it was long enough for me to run to the window and leap out. I did a tuck and roll when I landed. I didn't waste any time. I used my usual route to get out. I pulled out my chain from around my jeans and swung it to one of the open grated above. When the chain was firmly tight, I began to quickly and swiftly climb up the chain and onto the rooftop of the cage.

"I will find you Lukess and your little Brat too! And get back the money you owe me!" She yelled out her window at me.
I flipped her off and then made my way across the series of rooftops and streets heading to the Steel Mill. Sidesie was the first person I thought of visiting, of course.