The bullet flew a mere inch away from his face. He stood there just starring. He was relieved. But the fact that she even pulled the trigger had him thinking. Did she want him dead? Could she ever kill him herself?

Linda stepped back and leaned against the car. She put the gun down and gave it back to him. "Whatever. Say what you want, I just can't."

"You loved me more than I've ever saw anyone care for anyone. Why can't you just forget the past and love me again?" It sounded like a plea coming from him.

"Why can't you forget the past and just let me go? I don't want to go back in time. Don't you get that?"

"No not really. I can't just let you go."

"It's funny because I spent a lot of time trying to convince you to love me or to believe that I loved you, now that I don't love you, you really want me to."

"I tried to forget you. I did but you kept popping back in my head. Knowing you're alive and wanting you as bad as I do..." He scratched his head with the butt of the gun. "I really can't just let you walk away. I need you. You complete me."

She took the time to really look at him. She didn't see anything evil just what seemed to be another man. A man trying to keep that last piece of sanity he had left. "So it doesn't matter that I'm trying to give my son a better life? It doesn't matter that I don't want to be with you? You're just gonna keep me like some possession?"

"Well that's not quite how I'd put it but yeah I guess so."

"Then you don't love me you're just a selfish prick." She got back in the car and refused to speak. She was obviously just his prisoner again. There wasn't much she could do. She could try to run but he'd catch her. She didn't have a phone so getting in touch with Bruce wasn't possible.

He got back into the car and drove off. He too was silent which made the ride uncomfortable. After a few more hours he stopped at a motel. "We're staying here tonight, please be good. Don't try anything stupid."

"Whatever." She muttered while getting out. She followed him like a puppy.

He spoke to the manager and got a room. He took her by the hand and draged her with him. The room had two beds which Linda was grateful for. He quickly unplugged the phone and tucked it underneath a pillow. "Just so you don't get any ideas."

She laid on the bed with her back turned to him. She wanted to warn Bruce. If he could at least send Gabrial somewhere or flea with him then the Joker couldn't get to them. If she could at least keep her son safe that's all that mattered to her.

"So are you hungry? I can go get us something to eat." When she didn't say a word he got closer to her. "Come on you gotta eat." Again she didn't say anything. "Fine suit yourself." He left the room.

She didn't move. She just laid there. He wasn't going to let her go. She would have to find away to escape but how? He was a very light sleeper. Any noise in the middle of the night would wake him up.

He returned to the room twenty minutes later wth junk food. He looked at her and noticed she hadn't moved. "What's wrong?"

This she couldn't take. He couldn't just act like nothing was wrong. Like what he was doing was perfectly fine. She jumped out of the bed and starred at him. "What's wrong? Really? You kidnap me and ruin my life for the second time and you have the nerve to ask me whats wrong?" She shoved him once then twice.

He wrapped his strong arms around her to try and comfort her. He wanted her to calm down. "Why can't you just love me again?"

Lindas heart dropped. He sounded so alone. It sounded like the Joker was out of his system. All that was left was Jack and he was sad. She pushed him off her. "Why won't you just meet some other girl? I don't want to go crazy again. Meet another girl that wouldn't mind being yours."

"It's uh not that simple princess. You are the girl that was meant for me. Just like I was meant for you. I was meant to touch you, to kiss you, to hold you when all you wanna do is cry, to love you. I was meant for you."

Hearing him say all that made her melt all over again. Funny how it was so easy for him to do that to her. "You can't mean any of that."

"But I do. I mean it all. I can't live without you." He tried to grabbed her again.

She stepped out of his reach. "I can't do this again."

"You keep saying that but I don't believe you. Just love me the way you did."

"I love Bruce."

That's all she had to say for him to break down. He actually started crying. Linda was suddenly scared. "Why won't you love me? You can't love him. Not him. It's suppose to be me." With that he collapsed on his bed. His hands covered his face.

She watched his shoulders shaking up and down. She couldn't stop herself from laughing. It might had seemed mean but she had never seen a grown man cry let alone the Joker.

"You think this is funny? It's your fault." He stood up, took his jacket off and threw it on his bed. "You did this to me. You made me into this pathetic mess."

Linda walked over to him and made him sit back down. She sat down next to him and put his head on her shoulder. "Well I consider it pay back. You drove me nuts. I think we're even."

He giggled a little. "I just want you back."

"I just want a normal life."

"Normal is over rated."

"Not to me. I'm not interested in running or stealing. I want to be a great mother and I want to be a grwat wife with a regular life."

"You can have that with me. I can be a regualr guy. Just you, me and our son."

"You know full well you can never be a regular guy. It'll never work. I don't want you to change your entire life because of me."

"I don't have a choice. I need you. I want it to go back to normal. I want it back to how we were. Why can't you fall back in love with me Linda?" His beautiful brown eyes stared hard into hers.

"Because I never fell out of love with you." She saw his face instantly light up. "Truth is I don't think I could ever get over you, you were my first love as crazy as our relationship was it was still meaningfull to me. I loved being with you but you pushed me away."

"I'm sorry. I am. I'm not used to feeling like this and I thought if I pushed you away my feelings for you would go away. Boy was I wrong. Plus come on can you blame me? you slept with batman. That was uh wrong. Besides why are you so bent on being with him? You don't really love him do you?"

"I do but for different reasons. I know I could never love him the way I love you." She stood up and walked to her bed. "It doesn't mean I want to be with you. I've learned you are totally wrong for me."

Jack closed his eyes and left them shut for several minutes. When he opened them he looked around, then at her. "Just give me a chance. It will be different this time. No joker. Just us and the baby."

"Gabrial." She stated. She had never said his name out loud to Jack. Saying it now felt weird.

"Gabrial? My son's name is Gabrial." He smiled.

"Yeah. I always liked that name."

"Linda please, please give me another chance. I love you. You may not trust me or believe me but I do. I love you endlessly. I can't move on."

"I love you too it's just.." She paused. She looked around at her surroundings trying to find the right words to explain her concerns to him. She felt over welmed. Her heart told her to give in but her head told her to run. Right now running wasn't much of an option. "I don't know."

"Let's try. Day by day."

Against all her better judgement she agreed. She hoped that if any problems were to surface she could have enough faith in herself to know when to leave. "Ok fine but don't break my heart again."

He took her head in his hands and pressed his forehead against hers. "I won't. I wouldn't risk losing you again." He kissed her deeply running one hand through her long blond hair.

Linda leaned into the kiss. His arms were soon around her. She knew what would come next so she pushed him off. "I'm really tired. I'd like to go to sleep now." She walked over to her bed. "Good night Jack."

"You can't even sleep in the same bed as me?"

"I rather take this slow. I want to be sure of my decision before I give myself to you again. Can you please understand?"

"I guess. Good night then." He turned over and went to sleep not bothering with taking off his clothes.

She barely slept that night thinking about the past, about her son, and what would Bruce think if he found out she had willingly kissed Jack. How would he judge her? Would he be dissappointed? She was disappointed in herself. She had given Jack what he wanted and now she didn't know where that would lead her.

The next day he woke her up with some coffee. She took tiny sips before placing the hot cup on the night table. "Good morning beautiful."

"Good morning. I need to use the phone." She sat up in her bed and rubbed her eyes. He just looked at her. She wraped her blanket around herself because the room was so cold.

"To call who? You wouldn't be planning to be rescued would you? You aren't going to leave me are you?"

"Oh for god's sake calm down Jack. I just need to check on our son. Bruce must be worried. I need to let him know I'm ok." She walked over to Jack and patted him on the shoulder. "Trust me."

"Fine you can call Bruce but if you tell him where we are or who you're with or even try to hint at anything I'll pack everything up and move to another motel somewhere."

"I won't tell him any of that, just give me the damn phone Jack, Please."

He pluged in the phone and watched over her as she dialed. It rang a few times before someone answered. "Hello?"

"Bruce it's me." Thats all she had to say. She knew what was coming.

"Linda? where the hell are you? They called me from the hospital saying you escaped. One of the new patients is also missing. Who are you with?"

"That's not important." But it was. She wanted so much to tell him The Joker had kidnapped her yet again. "It's complicated. I just need you to trust me. Everything is fine and I'm okay." She sighed. "How's Gabrial?"

He took in a deep breath. "He's fine, misses his mother that's all. When will he get to see you again?"

"I honestly don't know. I'll try to be back home soon. Right now I have things to take care of, Don't look for me."

"Linda don't lie to me, are you in trouble? Is someone listening to your conversation?"

There it was. A chance to tell him without Jack knowing. Should she take it? Could she. She thought about it.

"Linda are you still there?"

"Yes I'm here."

"So is someone listening? Are they hurting you?"

"No Bruce. I'm fine." She lied.

He was quiet. She knew he was holding his tongue and frankly she didn't want to hear his disappointment. "Alright I understand and I'm glad you're okay. Please call me if something happens."

"Thanks Bruce."

"I love you." He whispered into the phone.

"I love you too." She hung up and looked at Jack. His eyes were glued to the floor. "Are we going to stay here all day?"

His eyes shot up fast. "What do you want to do?"

"Well first off I'm starving. Breakfast would be nice."

"Okay then let's go have some breakfast." They got into the car and drove to a near by dinner. He held her hand and lead her inside. They sat at a booth, ordered their food with coffee.

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