Sorry I haven't updated in a few days, it's been kinda hectic with finishing school and stuff, but i'm back now! I do plan on continuing on past this chapter which is why it doesn't wrap up any storylines. - Katy

I built up a rhythm as I jumped across the rooftops,every so often my heart would skip a beat as I stumbled on the edge of the roof but I could jump quite far and was confident in my ability. I laughed at the free feeling of flying through the air, when I was interrupted by a spotlight focussing in on me. Before I could recover and keep moving machine gun fire blasted towards me, splintering the concrete at my feet. I jumped and picked up the pace, I was now sprinting flat out, but the gunfire followed me, leaving a puckered trail of indentations in their wake. I could feel bullets woosh past my ear and I knew that all it would take was the impact of one to bring me down and allow them to finish me off. Up ahead I could see a particularly big gap coming up. I wasn't sure if I could make it but I figured if I stopped to find another way i'd be dead anyway. As the jump came up I launched myself from the ledge and swung my arms and legs forward to build my momentum I slammed into the edge of the building hard and managed to hold onto the ledge to avoid falling. The impact of my feet had smashed through the window beneath and I swung through it quickly to avoid the oncoming storm of bullets. I rolled onto bare wooden floorboards and sprang up to run from the room as the helicopter leveled itself with the window, as I threw myself into the hallway the door frame I had just passed through exploded, showering me with debris and knocking me to the ground. As I dragged myself along the floor, away from the copter's line of sight I saw bullet holes puncture the wall above my head. I opened a door leading to an under-stairs closet and pulled myself in, it was full of bedding and after pulling the door closed I covered myself in the bedding in order to hide myself. I couldn't outrun the guards so I would simply have to wait them out and hope I wouldn't be too late to warn Ivy. After a while the shooting stopped and I heard footsteps come my way.

"No sign of target in the hall."

"I'll check in here" The door opened and light shone in, I held my breath and hoped that I had covered myself well enough. Just when I was sure he had seen me and I was going to feel myself being shot full of bullets, I heard him close the door again leaving me in the dark.

"Clear." this was echoed by many other voices from various places like some weird echo. "Target must have escaped via ground floor exit, resume patrol." I stayed where I was until I was sure they were gone before cautiously crawling out into the bombsite of a corridor, heaving a deep sigh of relief.

I ran up to the roof and continued on towards Ivy,only stopping my journey when I neared her place. I needed to get across the water and since I didn't have Selina here to help me this time I would have to work it out for myself.I looked around for inspiration and my eyes fell onto the half-working lights of a sport shop. I broke in and using some climbing rope and a ice skating boot fashioned a sort of DIY grappling hook. I went back out and threw the heavy end towards the metal structure on the other side of the water, it took several attempts, my frustration increasing with each one, but finally I got the boot to swing around the bar. I gave it a tug to check it and took a deep breath before jumping I swung across I skirted dangerously close tothe dark water below me, however I got to the steel support on the other side and quickly scaled it. Noting that her guards were still here I smiled to myself, I had made it in time. I walked in and saw here waiting for me.

"Genevieve, what can I do for you? You seem troubled." no point beating around the bush.

"Tyger guards are on their way here to kill you." she laughed.

"Let them try. I'm touched at your concern Genevieve but I think I can handle a few meatsack goons."

"They have flamethrowers" she nodded thoughtfully.

"I will alert my guards and increase my defenses. You look exhausted by the way."It was my turn to laugh.

"It's been pretty non-stop since I last saw you, I got kidnapped by some ninja bitch!" she raised her eyebrows.

"Ninja you say?"

"Yeah, ring any bells?"

"Well either you're raving mad or you had the misfortune of meeting Talia Al Ghul."

"Well whoever she was, she was perfectly charming when she stuck her sword in me and locked me in a dressing room."

"She does have a reputation for being difficult to get along with."

"Yeah and that's not the worst bit."

"Oh?"

"she took the cure from Harley." I saw realisation dawn and sink in on Ivy's face.

"Where is Harley?"

"When she took me I think she left her tied up in the steel mill."

"Then we must go to her."

"What about the guards heading here?"

"Even if they can get past my guard,which they won't, they can't kill me if i'm not here."

Getting around was much easier with Ivy and we got to the steel mill quickly. We found the room eye had been taken from and ran into the next room where we saw Ivy tied up and gagged, she looked both terrified and pissed off.I took her gag off as Ivy worked on her binds.

"I can't tell ya how happy I am ta see you two, an' Curly I was so worried when that bitch went in there for you! She didn't hurt you did she?"

"Nothing I couldn't handle." I smiled at her reassuringly.

"B-man came through here a while ago but he left me here! Can ya believe it?" Ivy finished wit her binds and Harley stretched, letting out a sigh of relief as she did so. "We need ta get the cure back." I exchanged a grim look with Ivy before leading the way out.

"Last I heard they were heading for the theatre; so that's where we'll go." We hadn't been walking for long when we saw the top of wonder tower explode. It seemed to shake the ground and entire city, I heard Harley gasp from behind me.

"Looks like Strange got what he deserved." This was quickly followed by one of the large screens bursting into life with Joker's face tormenting Batman and showing him that he had Talia held hostage.

"Seems you were right about the theatre Genevieve." Ivy remarked.

"Harley...he looks healthy?" I was confused, he looked better than ever and not at all ill, maybe he had gotten to the cure.

"That's not really him."

"What?" Ivy and I asked incredulously. Harley smiled sadly.

"It's Clayface, pretending to be him. It's all part of Mr-J's big plan." It was actually pretty clever and could well fool Batman, which was presumably what he had in mind.

We were almost there when Twoface launched his attack on us. We rounded a corner to see him standing there with about twenty men standing behind him.

"I'm fed up of bitches like you three and the Cat running around unchecked, you need to learn some respect. So what's it gonna be? Heads my men kill you here and now, tails they drag you back to the court for trial."

"Harvey don't be an idiot. We can take anything you throw at us and it would really be better for you to just let us by." Ivy said, irritation filling her voice with contempt, but he ignored her and continued to flip the coin. He looked at it and smiled at us.

"Sorry ladies, boys make sure they suffer." he then walked through the crowd of his men and disappeared into the darkness. We had no problem dispatching of the men, three would charge at me or Harley and we would take out two of them whilst Ivy crushed the third in a stranglehold of vines before he could reach us. One managed to sneak up on Harley and put a knife to her throat at one point which I responded to by throwing my own knife into his eye, he dropped her screaming in pain and she shot him several times with her hand gun. Soon they were all unconscious, dead or dying on the floor.

There was not time for messing around so I didn't carve them, instead we ran. Except we were too late. When we arrived Joker's goons were chanting his name outside of the theatre. We pushed through the crowds and reached the front just as the door opened, Batman appeared and in his arms was Joker, clearly lifeless. Harley gasped as her eyes fell on his body, but before anyone could do anything Batman was gone, heading off towards the gate. Harley fell to the floor sobs shaking her body.

"No, no, no, no, no, no..." she whispered over and over again, as if repeating it enough times would change things. Me and ivy knelt down and put out arms around her, as she cried. All around us people were reacting people were reacting their own ways, most of them were Joker's men and so were also mourning however one of them was Twoface's and he had the nerve to cheer. Several thugs leaped at him but I stood up and stopped them, walking towards the man myself.

"You shouldn't have done that." I told him, my voice low with anger.

"Like i'm scared of you Arkham, I don't care how many people you've killed. You're just a rich little heiress." I laughed at that, I heard myself do it and was internally shocked at how maniacal I sounded, I stopped abruptly to put him on edge and smiled at him.

"You forgot one thing. I'm a rich little heiress; with a knife." I then plunged my knife into his stomach and grabbed his throat, I brought my knee up to his groin whilst simultaneously twisting the knife in his stomach. He screamed in pain. "You don't come here and laugh. You don't laugh. Filth like you aren't worthy and now you dare to show disrespect at a time like this." I paused my twisting for a second and looked him in the eye. "Big mistake." I then pulled the knife upwards sharply, opening his stomach like a pathologist doing a post mortem, his screams then seemed inhuman. Almost as inhuman as I felt. I looked at the men surrounding us.

"I've heard some of the things you've said tonight, about my dear friend Harley here. You serve her now. If not out of respect for her then in the Joker's memory." nodding and grunts of agreement chorused from around me. I then went back over to Harley who Ivy was helping to stand. I put my hand on her shoulder. "You remember what I said earlier?" she nodded.

"No one's safe."

"No one."