Chapter 8
"Where's Katana?" Bella ask Flag. They were allowing Carlisle to doctor up the prison enough so he could be questioned again. Everyone else was just standing around making small talk while the Joker paced the room. Keeping an eye on everyone.
"She's upstairs guarding the girls." Flag told her and she nodded.
Bella looked around the room. Harley was standing next to her chatting with Jane from the Volturi. The other 2 Volturi members were hovering around the Cullen's to keep them in line if need be.
Flag and Kroc were standing near Bella and Harley watching the Joker walk around the room in silence.
And the Cullen's were staying quite but what was funny to Bella was how they were grouped together.
Esme was over helping Carlisle with the prison and Edward and Alice were standing near there coven leader and not making eye contact with anyone, through she could see Edward glancing at her from time to time.
Jasper, Rose and Emmett where lounging comfortable across the room. Talking quietly and glaring at the other members of their family, they appeared to be at ease now.
Bella thought back to her memories in Forks and come to think of it Jasper normally tended to be near Emmett and Rosalie a lot more than he was with the others and Edward and Alice was always together and Bella got to thinking. Something was going on there for sure.
Bella gave Harley a kiss on the cheek as she left and walked over towards the 3 outcast members of the Cullen's. She waved Kroc off who had started to follow her but he just grunted and stayed put. She wanted to talk to them for a moment. Even if she knew the other Vampires would be able to here.
She winked at the Joker who had stopped pacing to watch where she was going as she approached them they stopped talking and looked up at her. She took a chair spun in around and straddled it, looking at them with a tilt of her head.
"So I've been thinking, watching all of you since you've arrived and I thought about my memories from Forks. Tell me something." Bella said leaning forward with her chin resting on her folded hands and letting a smirk play on her red lips.
"How long have the three of you been fucking?" she ask. There was a pause and Bella could see the Joker had moved to stand close to her but still allowing her space and he was chuckling.
Emmett and Jasper stared at her for a moment before busting out laughing while Rose just gapped open mouth at Bella.
The Volturi was chuckling but the other members of the Cullen's looked passive maybe even upset but she could tell it wasn't news to them. Interesting.
"Wow. I think I like this new Bella. She's way funnier than the old Bella." Emmett said trying to catch his breath. Rose just rolled her eyes at her husband before elbowing him in the side to try and shut him up. Jasper smirked over at Bella and nodded with Emmett's statement.
"It's actually a new development Bella. After what happened at your birthday. Which I'm terribly sorry for. Have felt like shit since and blamed myself over and over." Jasper said and Bella just waved his apology off.
"I never did blame you for that Jasper. Not even when it happened so do worry about it." She said and he nodded with a relieved smile on his face.
"Anyways, I left the moment it happened. Ran for Alaska and didn't return to the family for weeks. It was actually Emmett that found me and talked me into coming back. Alice never once called or tried to find me and that's when our relationship started taking a dive." Jasper talked shooting a glare at Alice who just huffed and sat on the floor like a child.
"She was very disappointed in me. I caused her to lose her best friend. Caused Edward to have to give up his mate through they assured us all that you were in agreement to us never contacting you again. Anyways, I moved into a room of my own and just stayed to myself for a while. Trying to regain control of my bloodlust. Alice and I drifted apart and she and Edward became closer. I don't know if they ever hooked up but they might as well be married." Jasper said rolling his eyes.
"Long story short Rose and Em got tired of me moping and invited me on one of their vacations about a year ago. Well, as an empath living in close quarters with these 2 horn dogs 24/7 with no relief. One thing led to another and well we're now a trio. It was confusing at first. Trying to decide how it would work and what to tell everyone but I've consider myself divorced from Alice for a long time through no one outside the family knows and since we're not human I didn't bother with a legal divorce. She's not happy about it but I no longer care." Jasper said and Bella chuckled.
"Well, I can honestly say that I think this is a much better fit. And totally sexy to think about." Bella said with a wink motioning to the three of them and they nodded in agreement, chuckling again at her new sex appeal she apparently wasn't afraid of anymore.
"Now if we can just get you out of the stuffy wanna be human Cullen mentality and more like the sexy Vampire's you are there might be hope for you yet." Bella said before standing and walking back over towards Harley who wrapped her arm around Bella's waist and kissed her cheek in greeting. The 3 Vampire's just stared after her as she went. This new Bella was something else for sure.
"Ok. That's all I can do without a hospital." Carlisle said and the Joker nodded.
"Good. Now mind reader. You stand here." Joker said pointing to the area in front of the man and Edward nodded and slouched over and waited as the other Vampires all moved to the side. Joker circled the prisoner and Edward for a moment, waiting for the man to start to tremble in fear.
"Jasper." Bella whispered lowly and motioned for him to come to her with her finger. He was at her side in a second.
"Do me a favor will ya?" she ask and he nodded.
"Tell me if Edward lies about anything he says." Bella said and Edward's head snapped over to look at her and Jasper nodded, causing Alice to gasp in outrage.
"Jasper." Alice hissed and he just ignored her.
"You got it." Jasper told Bella as he focused his power on Edward and the prisoner.
The Joker nodded at Bella as he began his questioning.
"Who hired you to take my people?' Joker ask.
"Screw you." The Prisoner spat and Edward sighed.
"His thinking of the name Captain Boomerang." Edward said and Harley growled.
"Filthy traitor." Harley hissed.
"We already figured that. But he wouldn't do it on his own. He would have to have been paid in order for Boomer to do anything, he's not a man that can plan shit by himself." Flag ask and the Joker nodded.
"Who hired Cpt. Boomerang then?" he ask and Edward frowned.
"Batman. Something about revenge for a Waller?" Edward said confused and the Joker nodded, eyes narrowed.
"Seems that bitch is still calling the shots from the grave." Joker said.
"And she got Batman's favor beforehand." Flag commented.
"Batsy, Batsy, Batsy. I'm so tired of him." Harley sneered and Bella wrapped her arms around her in comfort knowing it was the Bat's fault she had been imprisoned in the first place.
"Where are they being kept?" Joker ask and Edward shrugged.
"He doesn't know. Only knows where he's to meet Boomerang for the drop off. He's never been to the location or heard about it either." The man said and Jasper nodded that Edward was telling the truth. Joker growled before removing his gun and shooting the prisoner in the head. The Vampires all gasp and held their breath.
"Get rid of this trash." Joker ordered and his henchmen nodded and moved to do as they were told as the Joker led everyone out of the room and towards the elevators.
"Now we know." Joker said wrapping both girls in his arms as they rode the elevator towards their apartments.
"Yep. Now we know and now we need a plan." Harley said and the Joker nodded.
Time to make a plan.
(I was told by a reader that another story had been posted and was an almost exact copy of this one, so I went and sure enough there it was. It saddens me that people cant come up with there own things. I reported them and it's been taken down. Thanks to the reader that gave me the heads up.)