Authors Note: Okay peoples! I am aiming to get to chapter 20 before the day is out. Wish me luck, thanks to everyone who reads my story despite how much it sucks. Bare in mind, this story was written over a year ago by me and was posted up on Quizilla in the style of ' you did this' and ' your gun whatever' This story is completed but its taking me so long to post chapters up because I have to edit bits and change the writing style from " you did this" so " I did this" you get the idea. So thanks for being so patient with me. Reviews, please.

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Chapter 17

I stared wide eyed at Jack Ryder or The Creeper as I guess he called himself now.

" Where am I?" I asked looking around the dark room.

Shadows stretched across every inch of the room, there was a tiny window, with very little light emitting from it. There was a door I saw and it appeared to have a lock.

The Creeper laughed.

" Breaking news! I took you. Kidnapped even. Yep. Yep. Yep. Took you from the hospital and brought you hear to my hidden lair mwa ahahahahaha" He said very fast, stressing the word lair.

Damn this guy is nuts.

He paced back and forth, creepily laughing every so often.

He had a hunched posture like the Joker and moved and spoke fast. His eyes were wide and he always had a creepy grin on his face.

"You're crazy" I muttered

"Hehehe I know you are but what am I?"

"A yellow skinned wacky man" I told him

He burst out laughing "I prefer The Creeper" he said pretending to creep around the room.

He stopped abruptly and said loudly in the same fast tone "guess that's to blame?"

"Erm… Batman?" I guessed

The Creeper burst out laughing again and swung his arms through the air "eeehh WRONG! You are" he snarled.

I raised my eyebrows and frowned. But suddenly I realised. I tried to blow him up along with my parents. I remembered the news reporter saying the he had been covered in chemicals and they were unsure of how mentally stable he would be.

" He's gone mad" I thought

"Why have you taken me Creepo?" I demanded

"Its The Creeper" He yelled before laughing maniacally.

Damn, this guy laughs more than The Joker too.

"Just answer the question" I snapped coldly

"Ooooh icy. I like it. I took you because...drum roll please. I SAID DRUM ROLL" he shouted.

I tap the table like a drum and stop seconds later.

"I want to strike fear into the hearts of criminals. Starting with the Joker...dum dum duuummmmmmm" he announced loudly.

"And what does that have to do with me? Forgetting the fact that I tried to blow you up" I inquired

He jumped up on the table next to me and replied in his usual tone "You work with the Joker there for you are a criminal...do I strike fear into your heart?"

I sneered sarcastically "Yeah because I'm terrified of a guy in green tights"

"Awww baby don't like me?" he said in a child like voice.

"You're crazier than The Joker" I mumbled

"You know, you're kind of cute even if you are bruised and battered. I like the patient look" he said.

I jumped off the table and looked at him in disgust. Looking down at myself, I saw I was wearing a hospital gown and thankfully it didn't show anything at the back. Sighing in relief I looked around for a piece of glass or a mirror. I found a large piece of glass of the floor and held it up. I hardly recognized myself. All my face and neck was bruised, lowering the mirror I saw my arms and legs were also bruised and cut. Anger bubbled up inside of me, throwing the glass across the room it smashed in half. I let out a frustrated scream. I was incredibly pissed off now, at The Joker for beating me up like this, at Creeper for kidnapping me and at myself for getting involved in any of this in the first place. I turned and saw The Creeper heading for the door.

" Hey hey hey Creeper. Your not leaving me in here!" I yelled

"Bye bye cutie" He said blowing me a kiss.

I ran for the door but he had already left and locked it. I slammed my fists against the door repeatedly.

"Let me out! You can't keep me in here!" I screamed

"Let me out Creeper!"

But there was no answer, sighing I slumped down on the dirty floor.

I screamed and shouted in hope that he would come and let me out but he didn't and now I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to get out of this mess.

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Ace's point of view:

"Gone! What do you mean she's gone?" The Joker yelled.

"Yelling at me isn't going to get her back you know! I came in to check on her and she was gone, all I found was this" I hissed handing Joker a name tag that once said Jack Ryder but had been scribbled out and replaced with " The Creeper"

He gripped it tightly in his gloved hand, his whole fist shaking in anger.

"Jack Ryder has her. Why and Where?" I muttered to myself.

"Where getting her back, right?" I asked

The Joker nodded before walking away.

I sighed and prayed Ava was ok.

I could tell it bothered The Joker that she was gone.

Even before I caught them sharing a kiss before he beat her to a pulp, I knew there was something there. Something neither of them saw or would admit.

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Later I walked out of the hospital and saw the Joker sitting behind the wheel of the van in the parking lot. He was frowning and looked as if he was in deep thought; I hopped into the back of the van.

"Hiya Ace" Harley said cheerfully

"So you heard?" I snapped

She nodded with a smile. "Poor Harley, poor jealous Harley. Pathetic" I thought.

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Once back at the warehouse, I slumped onto the sofa and stared at the blank TV screen. One of the Jokers henchmen turned on the TV.

"Breaking news!!! Jack Ryder has escaped from Gotham general. He was seen carrying the body of a young woman. Witnesses say it was the body of Ava McKinley a.k.a Jinx, the mass murderer whose works for The Joker. She appeared unconscious; we are unsure whether or not she was ali-"

The TV screen exploded. I looked to the side and saw The Joker pointing his gun at the TV.

" That's the second TV that been trashed. I'm not going and risking my ass for another o-"

Bang!

One of his henchmen was shot dead.

"Anyone else want to comment?" The Joker hissed

His henchmen, including myself shook our heads franticly.

Storming off I heard another door slam and another gun shot.

"We need to find Ava soon before this crazy clown kills us all!"

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Still Ace's point of view:

Three long days passed and still no one had found Ava.

The Joker and the rest including myself searched every inch of Gotham. Threatening, killing, torturing anyone who might have any information and everyday we didn't find her, another one of The Joker's henchmen were either shot or stabbed to death.

We tried everywhere a crazy ex reporter would be but then on the third day, it hit me like a speeding truck. It seemed to obvious now. I jumped up and ran off to Ava's and my room.

Quickly I found the laptop and turned it on.

"Jack Ryder" I muttered out loud as I began to type away.

It took nearly two hours but finally I found what I needed.

I knew where they were!

"Hey! Joker!" I screamed

"WHAT!" I heard the psychotic criminal yell angrily.

"Come here, you need to see this!" I called.

I heard a door slam and his loud footsteps.

"If this isn't useful then you're as good as dead" He threatened entering my room furiously.

I smiled and turned the laptop to face him, he glanced at the screen; The Jokers face broke into a grin. It was a CCTV image from an elevator located in west Gotham, inside the Silver stone apartments. There was The Creeper holding Ava, still unconscious and badly cut and bruised.

I smirked broadly.

" I've found her"

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Ava's point of view:

I screamed as loud as I could until my throat hurt. But still The Creeper didn't come and let me out.

"You creep! Let me out of here! I'm hungry!!!!!!!!" I shouted punching the locked door.

I had been kept in the same room for three days with no food and I was starving!!! The Creeper only came in and gave me a glass of water each day, taunted me and tried to hit on me then left abruptly.

My skin- I was guessing- was a lot paler from lack of sunlight and my hair was probably incredibly messy. I was filthy and felt disgusting. The hospital gown was now dirty, ending just above my knees it made it very cold to sleep in, the nights ( or whatever time it was considering I had no way of knowing the time) were the worst part of being here. Whenever I tried to sleep, I would be freezing and were left with nothing to sleep on but a hard table or the mucky floor.

"Please let me out! You can't just leave me to die in here!" I screamed.

I hit the door again and again. It hurt so bad to do so because of my broken wrist. It had a small bandage around it but it was covered in blood and hurt immensely due to my attempts at breaking and punching the door.

Suddenly I heard a loud crash. Followed by more crashing sounds and a loud thump. The door swung forward and hit me square in the face,

"AVA!!" a voice screamed at me.

I was pulled into a tight hug, gasping for breath I pushed the person off me and saw it was Ace. I smiled at Ace and hugged her. She pulled away and gasp at my appearance. " Ava, you look terrible"

"Don't remind me. Where's the clown?" I hissed through gritted teeth.

"Having a fist fight with what's his face...sleeper...weeper...CREEPER! That's it the creeper" she exclaimed

"Ugh! How long was I out for?" I asked

"Erm… three weeks and you've been here three days" she said quietly

"WHAT! He put me in a coma for three weeks? What the hell did I miss?" I almost shouted.

"Well The Joker was angrier and scarier than usual and well he went off on one. He erm… blew up a hospital, killed Rachel Dawes, and blew Harvey Dent half to hell, got sent to Arkham and escape. Erm… Batman is now hated by everyone. Harvey Dent is dead, everyone blamed it on Batman and I think that's it" She said nervously

"..... like this I wish I had Jinx's evilness to murder that freak!" I snarled

"What do you mean had?" Ace asked

"I did it Ace. I locked her away again" I grinned.

"Good. She was evil, Ava and couldn't be stopped. That isn't you" Ace said

"I know. Now about The Joker" I snarled seeing him walking down the hall towards us both.

His lip was bleeding and he looked very pissed off.

I looked at Ace and smirked.

I pretend to zip up my mouth. She gazed at me in confusion but her eyes widened realising what I was planning on doing.

"Ava. That's really gonna piss him off. Don't do the silent treatment. Not with the Joker. Of all people Ava comes on!" she begged

I shook my head and looked at him and smirked.

"Do you know the trouble we have gone to looking for you!" he yelled.

I glared at him and shoved past him, knocking his shoulder. He turned around stiffly, eyes wide in surprise.

After a few moments, he recovered and marched up to me.

"What not even a thank you?" The Joker shouted

I ignored him and kept walking.

I realized I was in The Creepers apartment, or Jack Ryder's.

Same thing.

It was a pretty nice place, way better than that room I had been in. I saw an open window, I laughed slightly figuring The Joker threw him out the window or something.

Suddenly The Joker grabbed me by the arm and yelled in my face "answer me when I'm talking to you!"

I smirked and shoved him off me.

"What Creeper cut off your tongue. Answer me or I will do a lot worse "he said grabbing me by the arm again. I retained my silence.

" Ava please just speak. Come on. This is childish" Ace pleaded.

I knew she didn't want me to get hurt even worse, so I threw her a slight confident smile.

The Joker turned his head to Ace "What the hell is she doing?" he ordered

"She's erm...doing this thing, she used to do when we were kids. She remains silent around you until she thinks you are truly sorry for what you did either that or she will just break it for some other reason" Ace told him.

"And how long will this...silence last" he hissed gravely through gritted teeth.

"Erm...well... it depends. It could last anything from hours to weeks" Ace said quietly.

"WHAT!" He practically screamed.

I chuckle silently as I saw birds fly off of the outside window pane.

" This is too funny. I love to watch him get mad. It's kind of hot...eeww no Ava, shut the hell up. Scratch that last part" I thought

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I stormed off to the van located outside the block of apartments and sat stubbornly in the back. The Joker came and sat at the driver's seat, whilst everyone else sat in the back, everyone except the henchman who sat in the front passenger seat.

" What happened to The Creeper?" I whispered to Ace.

" He escaped through the window before Joker had chance to finish him off, you should be grateful, he beat the crap out of The Creeper for you" She whispered back

"Ha! Grateful? Ace look at me. He beat me to a pulp and put me in a coma for three weeks, which led to me being kidnapped by a crazy weirdo who locked me trapped in a dark room without food for three days!" I whispered back harshly.

"Ok I get it. This wont end well Ava you know that" she said with a slight smile.

I smirked and said "I know"

The rest of the journey was silent and quick, it didn't take long considering how fast The Joker drives. I slammed the van door shut and stormed inside the warehouse. The Joker followed me inside and grabbed me as I was walking into my room. He slammed me against the wall; Clutching my throat, The Joker yelled "say something!"

You loved how much it was getting to him but them you saw him draw back his fist. Anger burned inside of me.

"Do it" I muttered

"What?" he said

"DO IT! COME ON! HIT ME!" I screamed

He lowered his fist and stared at me surprised that I were shouting like this.

"Gonna beat me up some more? Sup wasn't it bad enough last time? I mean I guess being put in a coma for three weeks is nothing to you huh? HIT ME! GO ON! DO IT! You know you want to. What's your excuse this time, huh? Joker? Did I breathe too loud? Or is it the fact that I won't forgive you in an instant like Harley hmm? Make me laugh go on! you're the Joker. Make me laugh and kill me. Do it! HIT ME! Do your worst!"

He slapped me across the face. But it wasn't as hard as it usually was in fact it barely hurt. I looked at him in shock; he pulled me into a hug that was almost bone breaking.

" I'm sorry" He breathed

"What? I'm sorry I didn't quite catch that" I mocked with a smile and slight glare.

He smirked at me and said "don't push your luck Jinxy"

I sighed.

Everything was back to normal. My cuts and bruises would start to heal but the scars mentally and physically would always be there.

Yet I couldn't help but wonder...Had we seen the last of The Creeper?