Return to Gotham

Chapter 9

PLEASE READ SUMMARY HAS CHANGED!!!

Summary: Set two years after Worlds Collide. Hermione and the Joker are back in Gotham. And you'll just have too see what happens from there.

Okay, I know this is different from the original summary that I have posted on chapters 1-6 but now that I've begin to write it I think that it is appropriate to keep it like it was in Worlds Collide where Hermione only uses her magic when it's absolutely necessary. I tried to fit it in where she uses her magic for evil but I just can't see it so sorry for any confusion this might cause but hopefully it won't cause too much because she hasn't used her magic in the story yet.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.

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Hermione was stirring in her sleep. All of a sudden she sat up abruptly and gasped the word "no." She quickly quieted herself and looked next to her. The Joker stirred but settled. She sighed quietly relieved that she hadn't woken him up. She leaned down and kissed his cheek lightly and then got up and went into the living room area. She sat down in a chair and wrapped her arms around her knees. The nightmares were getting worse. They were coming more often and getting a little more detailed. They used to just be her uncle, as Batman of course, dragging her away from the Joker, but now they consisted of that and her waking up in her old bedroom and her uncle telling her the Joker was dead. That's what frightened her most out of all of it, the part where her uncle told her the Joker was dead. Tears started to stream down her face. Just the thought of that made her lose control of her emotions. She heard footsteps coming through the door behind her but she couldn't stop her tears.

The Joker walked up and put an arm around and pulled her up and into his side. Hermione wrapped her arms around him.

"Shh, shh, shh. It's okay. What's wrong?" The Joker asked, but he was sure he already knew what was making her react like this; the nightmares.

"Could she lie to him again?" She asked herself in her head. "No, he probably already had it figured out." She answered herself. "The nightmares, they're getting worse."

"It's okay…it's over now."

"Is it?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"What if he really does take me? What if these nightmares are some kind of sign?"

"You know I would never let that happen."

"You would never let it happen against your will, but what if something happened where you didn't have a say in it anymore?"

"I would find a way to make myself have a say in it again. Now look at me."

She lifted her head up to look at him.

"It's all going to be okay. Do you hear me?"

"Yes."

"Do you believe me?"

"Yes." And strangely she wasn't lying. There was something about the way that he was saying these things and the way he was looking at her that made her believe him. Whatever it was had her comforted completely, and the Joker could tell it. He smiled at her before he continued talking.

"Now, we're going to cause some chaos for Gotham tonight and you can't help me if you're all tired. So why don't you come back to bed and try to get some sleep."

Hermione nodded her head in agreement. They walked back into the bedroom and Hermione laid down and the Joker gathered her in his arms, and Hermione fell back asleep peacefully.

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