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The Queen of Clowns

Chapter 4

Compared to the other inmates of the Gotham City police force, Casey was probably the only one who was completely silent.

She had been placed in a cell on her own and preferred to stay in the shadows. She could here the other's talking about her but had decided to feign deafness for a while. Suddenly there was a tremendous explosion. That blew the door off its hinges.

Through the smoke Casey saw the Joker's hunched form walking towards her. He opened the door with a key and pulled her out but her hair. "You idiot, what the hell did you think you were doing? How many times do I have to tell you when you go out on something like that take someone with you!" he shouted dragging Casey out of the building. Casey began to open her moth in reply but the Joker snapped back. "Save it when we get back."

They ran out the back way where the SUV was waiting with Bozo inside. Casey was shoved inside banging her hip on something hard covered up by a sheet. "What is that?" she asked.

"It's your god dammed motorbike that's what" replied Bozo as the Joker popped his head in.

"Bozo, out!"

They switched places so the Joker was now driving. Now we're in trouble Casey thought. Her mind thought back to the day after she had become Casey and she had somehow persuaded the Joker to take her out in a car they had stolen at the time.

Casey's Flashback

"Oh come on Joker please" pleaded Cassie,

"No!" came the Joker's reply from behind his door in which he had shut himself in to escape from her relentless pleading.

"Just one tincy wincey drive!"

There was no answer, only the sound of the door opening.

"Fine" he said "go, get my coat and wait downstairs" Cassie ran off down stairs and grabbed his coat that was hung over a chair and sat down. A few minuets later the Joker appeared and caught the coat. "Ready?" the Joker asked as Cassie nodded her head over enthustiacly "Good" the Joker led her to the garage and got in the driver's seat. Cassie sat next to him but as soon as he had started the car she immediately regretted her request.

They hurtled around Gotham streets at, what felt like to Cassie, one hundred miles an hour; they also attracted the attention of the police who chased after them in their car. Inside the Joker was loving it, laughing almost to the brink of tears with Queen's Don't Stop Me Now blasting out of the speakers. Suddenly Cassie heard gun shots firing.

"What was that?" Cassie screamed as the car skidded and slammed right into a lamp post. Cassie wished she had put her seat belt on as her head flung forward into the airbags, a shard of glass imbedded above her eyebrow. Great she thought another scar! She felt the Joker pull her out of the car. They ran into a dark ally way and watched as the two policemen ran in the opposite direction. "Great, now we have no means of getting home!" whispered Cassie as the Joker looked around. It was now that Cassie realised how short in relation to the Joker she was. She only came up to his shoulders. "Where are we?" Cassie asked

"Shut up! I'm trying to think!" came the Joker's reply.

This was the second time Casey was getting déjà vu as they sped down the roads, without Queen this time however. As the Joker laugh Casey couldn't help but join in with him, his laugh was so infectious. A gun was fired again, but this time it missed the SUV and hit the window nearest Casey shattering it. Casey moved out the way, but not quickly enough as she felt the bullet drive itself into her arm.

She daren't scream. That was the other thing she had learnt about living with the Joker. Never show that you are in pain or otherwise you could regret it in the long run. Bozo looked back at her as the Joker cursed, with a look that said "are you ok?" Casey nodded her head in reply as they sped round the corner loosing the car by making it crash into another.

The Joker laughed at the car's destruction and sped on. They eventually arrived back at the warehouse; the Joker jumped out of the SUV allowing one of the other's to take the wheel and opened the door on Casey's side. For a wild moment Casey thought the Joker was gonna help her out but he just left the door open and walked through the door. Casey ran out to follow him. She was already aware that blood was leaking out from her bullet wound and would soon be visible on her clothes.

Suddenly Casey stopped suddenly feeling very light headed, she looked down. Her whole arm was red from the amount of blood lost. "Joker?" she called out very faintly before she collapsed on the floor.

Groggily, Casey woke up in a room that she knew was not her own.

She looked around and eventually noticed it as the Joker's room. She looked down at her arm which had been cleaned and bandaged tightly here was still a little blood coming through but not as much as before. There was a knock at the door "come in "Casey said weakly. In came Happy, his brown hair messed up like it hadn't been brushed in days. "The boss says that you are to come down when you're ready" said he.

"What time is it?"

"10:00 pm "replied Happy as he walked out the door "you've been asleep for seven hours ".

"Wow, amazing what can happen after you've got shot eh? How did I get up here?" Casey asked running after Happy, swaying from getting up too fast. "The boos carried you up here "Happy replied.

"He did what?".

"He carried you up here and then dressed your wounds".

"Why?"

"I don't know, you're his psychiatrist Doctor Cassiopeia Jenner. "

Casey grabbed hold of this throat cutting off his windpipe with her good arm and pushed him against the wall. "I told you never to call me that again!" she spat increasing pressure on is throat on every word she spoke till he was blue in the face.

"Ok, ok! I'm sorry" said Happy, his voice strained under Casey's weight. Suddenly something inside Casey snapped and so did Happy's neck.

Startled at what she felt and did Casey stepped back and sat on the floor, watching Happy's limp body fall to the floor. Inside there was a tiny voice of reason, presumably Cassie, crying out to be heard but she took no notice of her.

The rest of her was numb, incapable of any feeling, if you cut her, she probably not feel a thing. She could feel a smile creep onto her face and tried to force it off. However it just kept growing bigger until she could feel the tips of her scars touching her ears.

Casey stood up unable to get rid of her smile and started to walk down the hallway laughing hysterically tears streaming from her eyes ruining her makeup. So this is what insanity feels like she thought for a moment. She entered the open warehouse where the rest of the Joker's gang was standing listening to the Joker. She stifled her laughter but not the smile and listened to the end of the Joker's speech.

"So, you all get your, uh, roles yes?" he asked.

The gang nodded simultaneously. The Joker spotted Casey and announced "ah I see that sleeping beauty has finely decide to joy the big boys, where's Happy?"

"He's gone" Casey replied the smile broadening but her voice completely neural and unfeeling.

The Joker looked at her with a puzzled expression on his face "I won't be a moment boys, I just need to have a chat with Casey"

He took her arm and led her into the big dressing room. "What's up with you? What happened to Happy?"

"He's gone" she repeated in the same tone of voice.

"What do you mean he's gone?"

"I killed him, It was spontaneous you know" said Casey in a happy tone of voice ginning like a lunatic,

"OK, do you think that you might do anything else spontaneous?" he said leaning against a tall shelf full of broken masks.

"Well there is this" said Casey, she leaned forwards grabbing his face and kissed him quickly but passionately it had been so long since their first and last kiss before he punished her for thinking that he loved her. She glanced at his face, which was completely still staring at her.

"I'm so sorry, boss, I shouldn't of….." she began but the Joker cut her off.

"Let's say no more about it, you have a job to do"

"Me? Why me?" asked Casey the smile eventually fading, her cheeks were hurting from smiling all the time.

"You can lead them today, I'm just going to follow."

"But, I can't do this and you always lead them"

"Go Casey!" the Joker shouted making Casey jump and ran out of the room. "Ok gang to the Slaughter Mobile" she shouted pointing dramatically with her finger towards the garage.

The gang just stared at her like she had gone mad. "Let's try again shall we! Ok gang to the Slaughter Mobile" she said with the same enthusiasm. Yet again nothing happened. Casey grabbed her gun that was strapped to the inside of her right thigh and shot a few bullets into the end and shouting "Now!" This time it worked.

Thank you to all my reveiwers I hope I've done you proud!

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P.S. For those of you who don't already know what the Slaughter Mobile is it's the twin of the lorry that you see in the Dark Knight with 'Laughter is the best medicine' on the side with a a S at the beginning so I now reads Slau ghter is the best medicine. I've provided a link if you still can't remember. farm4.static./3141/2678392865b09d97c112.jpg?v0