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Chapter 23

I pulled away from the Joker, turning my head to see the Batman. I saw through the eyes of his mask, his eyes showed sadness but then he looked at the Joker and they blazed with anger, fury and jealousy?.

The Joker merely smirked, keeping his hold on my hips.

"Get your filthy hands off her Joker or I'll-" Batman rasped

"Or you'll what? Kill me? Is tonight gonna be that night Batsy, the night you break your one rule?" The Joker taunted

I saw Batman's fist shake, he launched at the Joker punching him stiffly in the jaw, knocking him off of me and onto his back. He gripped the Jokers neck tightly. "You failed Joker. I've disarmed all the bombs. You're going to be spending the rest of your miserable life in a padded cell" Batman snarled.

He burst out laughing, I watched as the Joker laughed at Batman's words;

"You know I'll break out again. The only way to stop me is to go against your own self righteousness and kill me. But you can't do that can you? I on the other hand..."

Suddenly he pulled out his knife and stab Batman in the knee, causing him to fall to the floor and clutch his knee. I knelt down next to the Batman and mocked "how does it feel Batman? To know just how alone you really are. You're fighting a losing battle. Gotham is beyond saving"

His eyes softened with one look at me.

" But your not! Ava" he whispered.

Confusion spread through my mind.

What did he mean by that?

Before I had time to reply The Joker pulled me up and gripped my shoulders tightly as he watched Batman pull the knife from his knee and straighten it out with a sickening crack.

"Tonight isn't your curtain call Bats. But before we make our grand exit, I have one last trick up my sleeve" The Joker said pulling out another detonator.

He raised his other hand to press the button, panicking Batman did the only thing he could think of to stop him, and he threw the knife aiming for the Jokers shoulder. But through his pain it made his aim off slightly, I saw it wouldn't enter his shoulder but his chest!

Now I had a choice to make.

Before I had time to think, my body acted; I jumped in front of the Joker pressing my body against his, gripping his arms tightly as the blade entered my back. A scream of pain escaped my lips as I fell away from him and slid to the floor, landing on my side. Blood trickled from my back, it felt like an intense burning sensation, like someone was sticking a hot poker into me.

The Joker threw aside the detonator and knelt down beside me.

" You just couldn't let me go could you. Even Harley wouldn't have done that. Or maybe she wouldn't have been smart enough but whatever not the point. What's gotten into you Jinxy?" The Joker murmured picking me up.

"It isn't your curtain call either" I breathed weakly.

"Put her down Joker! She's coming with me and you're going to jail" Batman shouted

"You're the one that stabbed her! I'm thinking she's safer with me Batsy!" The Joker retorted

"She needs to go to a hospital, if she doesn't she'll die!" Batman yelled.

The Joker fell silent before laughing madly hearing the police sirens cutting through the night air. Joyful tears filled his eyes, I smiled lightly at his laughter.

He put me down still grinning broadly and whispered so only I could hear "I'm a man of my word, I'll be back for you"

That was the last thing I heard before I passed out.