Chapter 20: Black
I stood outside, leaning against the hard brick wall of the mansion. The cold wind blew shivers down my legs, which was barely covered with fishnets. My legless bodysuit covered my torso pretty well, with the exception of the deep V in the front. My long black lashes poked out from the decorative mask I wore. My curly hair blew in the wind and I immediately regretted not pulling it up into a ponytail.
"Come to see me?" I heard. I looked to my right to see an all too familiar face. I glared.
"Unfortunately for you, no."
"Oh, so you're going to see the 'big man'?"
"Wow, the new nickname really suits him, doesn't it?"
"In your eyes? I doubt it." I laughed.
"Yes, I'd prefer a few other...words for him."
"Why did you want me to meet you here, exactly?"
"I needed a favor, and you're the only person I can trust."
"Have you already forgotten about Aaron?"
"No, he just tried to kill me a week ago, and I don't feel like running into him again."
"Reasonable. What's the favor?"
"I need you to get all these teens out of this mansion before midnight." I said, handing him a folder in my bag. He looked through it.
"May I ask why?"
"Because they don't need to know what's really going on. Nor do they need to know who I really am."
"By midnight, right?"
"Yes and every last one of them. You leave one, and I swear I'll kill you."
"Wow, threatening me already." I rolled my eyes.
"Just do it."
"What do I get out of it." I was silent.
"The pleasure of not having to take orders from him."
"But his daughter instead?" I glared at him.
"I'm not his daughter." I said harshly.
"Whatever you say." He began flipping through the folder again and then suddenly stopped. "When you said I was the only one you trusted...you really meant that didn't you." He raised a brow at me.
"It's not like that, Patrick, we're just team mates."
"That's what you said two years ago, when you left me with her."
"It was for your own safety. Everyone was hot on my trail, and I could let you two become the victims of...of...well, him!"
"You could've told me, you know."
"I couldn't. I couldn't tell you. They'd kill you if you even had a clue where I was."
"I cared for you. It didn't matter if they killed me. I loved you. And you left me clueless." He walked off and I sighed.
"Better do my job then." I said to myself, backing up and running toward the house, jumping up to catch the ledge of the open window with my fingertips.
I climbed in, noting the biggest changes of the room since I had been in there last. I swallowed hard, noticing that the virgin white walls were now painted a deadly red, as if telling me 'Welcome to Hell'. The wood bed frame laid in the corner of the room, broken in pieces as the blankets lay shreaded across the floor. Metal objects and multiple weapons were on the floor next to packages of bullets and knife sharpeners. I took a deep breath, calming my now fast heart rate as I snuck out the door and down the hall. I crawled next to the stairs, looking through the small pillars at all the guests, some dressed up in costumes I recognized and some dressed up in fancy suits and dresses.
I noticed Artemis, who wore her Harley Quinn costume. The real Harley was no where to be found and I smiled. It was the same for Raquel. Her Cheshire costume made her look pretty much the same to the real one, but no one would notice her flaws.
I noticed Zatanna carrying around her silver tray while wearing a mysterious mask and M'gann who seemed to be socializing with the boys as if they were strangers. I smiled.
"Excuse me, miss, but I'm not sure that you are on the list." I turned around and rolled my eyes as I looked at Mr. Cobblepot, who was also known as Penguin. I quickly took out a small bag I had hiding on the side of my suit and threw the dust onto him. His eyes shut and he fell down.
"Don't worry, Mr. Cobblepot, you'll awake in about..." I looked at the clock. "Five hours." I stood up and gasped as I felt someone behind me and a blade on my neck.
"A little inexperienced, aren't you dear?" I heard. I pulled the knife away just enough to turn around and knee the man in the crotch. His yelp cascaded throughout the room and everyone looked up at me. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"You just couldn't help it could you?" He laughed.
"You just can't help but to prove everyone wrong, don't you?" I laughed.
"Maybe getting into other people's business is your weak spot." He threw a punch at me and I dodged it, flipping him over the railing and watching him crash into one of the plastic tables.
"Come to play, did you?" I heard the Joker say. I laughed.
"If I did, wouldn't you think I'd bring some toys?" I said, jumping over the railing and landing on my feet next the the Joker.
"What are you here for little girl?" I laughed.
"It's more like what I came to do.." I said, cracking my knuckles. The guy who I had thrown over the railing was no behind me and I turned toward him, punching him in the face and watching him as he fell to the floor, unconscious. I laughed. "That was one thing I came to do."
"Then what is the other?" I looked at Artemis and nodded and she swung at the Joker, knocking him out cold. I had to admit, for a villain, he was very weak.
"That was also on my list." I said to the unconscious body. I laughed. "So, who's next?" I asked, paying special attention to Patrick who stood in the background as he pulled the black cloth over his head. It was definitely a little scary to know that I was practically teaming up with a ninja, but I shook it off since I trusted him as a person, well, sorta.
I began fighting off Joker's crazy guard like people as Patrick got the team away from the fight. After my multiple fights with the villains, with the exception of 'The Phantom', I quickly got away, sneaking off the mansion property with the plans for Joker's apocalypse. I got back to the cave quickly and gave Batman the plans and decided to take a little walk.
I walked calmly and slowly down the pretty silent streets and stopped when I heard a dark, deep voice.
"You think you can get away from me this easily?" I heard. I turned around to see him. I swallowed hard.
"What do you want?" He laughed.
"You know what I want, you always have."
"What do you want?" I asked again. He smiled.
"That girl back, the one who used to be my partner. The one that didn't find me scary. The one that didn't find me evil."
"That girl's long gone. She was gone nine years ago." He laughed.
"But after this, she'll be right back where she started." I raised my brow and I felt something hard hit the back of me head. I fell onto the black asphalt and my vision went black.