Return to Gotham

Chapter 1

Summary: Set two years after Worlds Collide. Hermione and the Joker are back in Gotham. Hermione has discovered that she loves the power she feels when she uses her magic. So now with the Joker's psychotic mind and Hermione's powerful magic the two make a dangerous duo. What will happen in Gotham this time?

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.

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In a small town just outside of London, England Hermione and the Joker had lived happily for two years. It was easy for them here because no one knew who they were and more importantly no one knew who the Joker was. He and Hermione could be seen in public with each other, and go out like regular couples. Every once in a while somebody would be brave enough to ask the Joker how he got his scars and he would simply reply that his father was a drinker and one night he had gone off crazier than usual and his scars were the result of it.

Now Hermione was propped up on the bed in her and the Joker's house reading. The Joker was lying with her with one arm draped around her, not saying a word, because he simply just liked to watch her while she read, intrigued by every action she made. Hermione let out a small gasp and looked up as she turned the page.

"Getting good?" The Joker asked looking down at her.

"Yes." She replied smiling.

The Joker smiled back and Hermione looked back down at her book and began to read again. As Hermione reading she let out a nasty unexpected cough. She had had a horrible cold the last few days and was still recovering.

"Still not feeling any better?" The Joker asked.

"I feel better, but I'm still not completely over this cold."

"Well when you get better we're flying 'home'."

Hermione looked up at him. " 'Home', 'home' as in…Gotham?"

"Yes."

"Do you think that's safe?"

"Hermione we've been gone for two years. Gotham probably thinks we are never coming back, and we can't have them thinking that."

"Well when I get to feeling better there is one more thing we have to do before we leave."

"What's that?"

"We have to go out one more time because that's something we can't do in Gotham. It doesn't have to be a fancy restaurant or something like that; it can be anything."

"I've got the perfect place for us to go."

"Where?"

"I'm not telling you."

"Why?"

"Because it's a surprise."

"That's not fair."

"It's completely fair."

"Maybe for you."

"I never said it wasn't fair for me."

"Will you please tell me where we're going?" Hermione said in a sweet innocent voice and gave him puppy dog eyes.

"That looks not going to work on me."

"But?"

"The sooner you stop arguing and focusing on recovering from that cold the sooner you'll find out where we're going."

"Fine." Hermione said giving up and looking back down at her book to read.

The Joker wrapped his arm tighter around her, but she snuggled out of it.

"Hermione don't be difficult."

"Well maybe if you told me where we were going I wouldn't have to be difficult." She said as she scooted to the end of the bed.

"Come here." The Joker said holding out his arms.

"No." She said in playful matter.

"Are you going to make me come get you?"

"If you can catch me." She said jumping up and running to the door.

But before she reached the door the Joker reached over and grabbed a knife that was lying on the table and was in front of her blocking the door. He grabbed her and pulled him closer to her. He held the back of her head firmly, but still playfully and put the knife to her mouth. Hermione pressed her lips together trying not to smile.

She flashed back to all the other times they had played these 'games.' The very first time he caught her and put a knife to her mouth she had been scared. It was silly now to actually think that she had been scared. She knew he would never do anything to hurt her. Or as he one time put it to mar her beauty.

She snapped out of her flashback when she felt a slight pressure against the corner of her mouth. It was the knife, but she had no reason to be scared. He did this every time he could tell she wasn't paying attention to him in their little 'games.'

"Are you done being difficult?"

Hermione nodded her head yes and smiled.

"Good." The Joker said pulling the knife away from her mouth gently. He tossed it on the floor and pulled Hermione closer to him. He leaned down and kissed her passionately. They broke away breathless.

The Joker leaned down and whispered in her ear. "You better have not just gotten me sick." He whispered teasingly knowing she was well past passing her illness on to other people. Now it was the Joker's turn to flashback.

Those few days when he knew she was contagious had almost killed him. He hated seeing her miserable or in a bad mood, and when she was sick she looked miserable. And with her being contagious he couldn't kiss her because he didn't want to sick so he could care for her.

But now she was no longer contagious and was looking happy again. She was really only recovering from the after effects of the cold. She should be completely recovered in at least two days maybe less. And when she was completely recovered he could take her out one last time and then they could go back to Gotham.

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So chapter 1 is just a cute little chapter between the Joker and Hermione but action is up ahead I just don't know how soon yet. So I hope you like this story as much as seemed to like Worlds Collide. Speaking of Worlds Collide there was something I forgot to do at the very end of that story so I would like to do it now.

I would like to send out a huge thanks to everyone who left reviews, and added my story to their favorites, or added my story to their story alert, and also the people who added me to their favorite authors. Once again thank you so much.

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