Harley parked the car sideways in the parking lot of the old building they called home, "Hurry!" she cried as she ripped off her jester hat off and cleaned her face paint off, "I-I'll have to change clothes…" she muttered.
Becky blinked "Mom…" she asked as she wiped her face paint off and undid her hair and put it up in a bun, her mother had already gotten out of the car and opened Becky's door and urged her to got out of the car.
Becky did as she was told and followed her mother back to the house, Harley was already there and went straight to her and Joker 's room, "Mom?" Becky asked as her mother was spazzing around the house.
"Becky!" She turned to face her daughter, "I want you to go to your room and pack all that you can!" Becky nodded and hurried to her bedroom, after entering her room she pulled out pink backpack.
She started going threw all her clothes taking only what she felt she needed and a few of her favorite books she quickly stripped off her leotard and pulled on a pink shirt and jogging pants.
She glanced around her bedroom she hated to leave so much of her…life behind but she knew staying here wasn't forever they had been moving around since she could remember, she pulled her backpack onto her back and swiped her Ipod of her dresser.
Her mother was coming out of her room with only a bag of her own, "Is that it?" She asked her daughter, who nodded, "Hurry and go to the car." Becky nodded and hurried to the car.
Harley smiled at her daughter, inside she was glad that she was not like them, she was glad that she was….normal, when Becky was born Joker wanted to kill her, Harley had to fight for Becky to stay alive; Joker only loved Becky when it benefited him.
Harley sighed as she walked to Joker 's work room, she flipped on the lights and hurriedly scooped up all the papers she could hold and shoved them in the bag, along with plans and other objects near by. She hurried out to the car and jumped in the seat and sped out of the parking lot.
Becky glanced at her mother who was still in her costume from the neck down, "….Where are we going?" she asked the hard truth was her father brought home the little income they had and now they had nothing.
"I have a place…set aside" she told her, "Me and Ivy used to stay there…" she smiled over at her, "We'll be safer there then….home.." she nodded as she spoke, "don't worry…we'll be okay.." Becky said nothing looking out the window she noticed it started to rain.
Becky wasn't sure when she fell asleep but when she jumped awake when the car came to a halt she looked over at her mother, " Sorry sweetie" Harley muttered she didn't take her eyes off the road, "We're in a bad neighborhood…"
"Where are we?"
"… The Narrows.."
"What?" Becky asked spinning in her seat to look out the window, "Why are we here?"
"This is where that place I told you I sat aside is.." Harley turned the wheel and they took a sharp turn down a dimly lit allay, "….you were born here…" she smiled at her daughter, "did I ever tell you that?" Becky shook her head.
"Well you were" she slowly brought the car to a stop outside of an old apartment , "and were here…" she smiled over at Becky, a sad little smile almost apologetic.
"…..wait here…I'll go see if I I'm still own the damn place.." Harley told her and slid out of the car and into the building, Becky sighed and rested her elbow on the dashboard she saw a couple arguing in one of the top apartments.
She tried to ignore them but the curly haired woman cursed at the man and rushed down the outside stairway and close to her car, "You son of a bitch, you stay away from me!" she screamed as she began throwing the clothes she had in her hand at him.
"Tammy! Get your ass back here!" the man yelled rushing a the woman and grabbing her arm, "you dirty whore!" they rustled around for a while until the man over powered Tammy and pushed her to the ground and began beating her.
The wails coming from the woman were all to familiar to Becky and she swiftly turned in her seat and tried to block out the noise but she couldn't, when she couldn't take the sound anymore she slowly opened her door and stepped out.
The couple didn't notice her as she slowly walked toward them, picking up a nearby blank of wood and gave a good swing, knocking the man's head back and blooding his nose. He let out a howl of pain and looked up at Becky.
"Who hell are you!?" he asked wiping blood from his nose, Becky didn't answer instead hit him again with the plank this time knocking out a tooth, "What the fuck are you doing?!" he screamed, "fucking little bitch!"
"Get up" Becky ordered, "and leave her alone" she held the plank tightly ready to swing again, the man kept cursing her and the woman under him tried to push him away, "get off of her" she hissed.
The man, bloody faced laughed her and looked around before standing up he loomed over Becky's tiny frame and smirked, "What's your plank going to do now?" he asked roughly shoving her to the ground, he turned and spit on Tammy before walking away.
Becky pushed herself up, "Are you okay?" she asked, Tammy pushed herself up and smiled despite her bruised and bloody face she crawled over and hugged Becky, who was so stunned she couldn't move.
"Thank you!" Tammy cried, "Thank you!"
"….No problem…" the teen smiled, "I'm glad I could help…"
"Becky?!" she heard her mother cry, "What's going on? What happen!?" she asked as she crouched next to her daughter and the crying woman, "Are you alright?"
"Your daughter's a hero!" Tammy cried, "She saved me!" she let go of Becky and stood up, "I live in room 3B if you need anything come see me" she wobbled toward the stairs and back to her apartment.
Harley looked over at Becky who shrugged "We get the apartment?"
Harley smiled and nodded her head toward the last door at the bottom, "Yeah…get your stuff and lets call it a night."