CHAPTER SIX

The car roared around the corner as Joker drove to the jewellery store. Harley held onto the dashboard and laughed with her head thrown back. Joker was grinning as he glanced at Harley. He was pleased that she was having such a good time.

They pulled up outside.

Harley's eyes lit up as she spotted a great big diamond sitting in the window.

"Ooh, I want that one!" She said excitedly.

Joker grinned that metal smile of his again.

"Anything you want, Harls."

She chuckled and clapped her hands together like a kid being told she was going to a candy store.

Joker killed the engine as his thugs pulled up in two black vans.

Harley followed his lead and they both stopped in front of double glass doors.

Harley frowned slightly.

"How do we get in?"

Joker grinned again as a thug handed him something that looked like a mini bazooka.

"Like this." He told her as he fired off at the doors, watching them shatter and explode inwards with a loud bang. Huh. No alarm. Strange.

Harley chuckled as the glass rained down before they walked inside and Joker's thugs started picking up things that they had been ordered to steal or things that might be worth something.

Harley picked up a pretty looking ring and then Joker came up behind her with a necklace and gently placed it around her neck. They both looked at their reflections in the mirror and Harley blushed as Joker smiled at her.

"It suits you." He said, looking at the platinum and emerald chain.

He then looked up as one of his thugs gestured with his head to come over.

Joker smiled at Harley.

"One minute, Princess."

She nodded and continued sifting through the items, picking up things she thought looked pretty. A ring caught her eye. It was beautiful; platinum with a big square ruby and scrolled patterns winding up the band to meet the precious jewel. Harley picked it up and slipped it on her wedding finger, admiring it and imagining Joker down on one knee. Of course, he would never ask her but no one said that she couldn't ask him! Plus the ring was way too big for her so maybe it would fit him and she could pick out her own one later. She pocketed the ring and turned as she heard Joker call out to her.

"Harley, over here!"

She skipped over to him.

Joker lead the group down to a vault which was embarrassingly easy to open and once inside, they all turned their attention to the massive sapphire in the center of the room, protected by a glass prison.

Harley's eyes lit up.

"Ooh, pretty."

Joker smiled at her. "Isn't it? This is what we came for."

Harley chuckled.

"So...how are ya gonna get it?"

"Well, we need someone pretty light that can go into this harness-" He began, holding up said harness-"And doesn't mind hanging over a big, expensive jewel that I really really want."

Harley looked from Joker to the harness and back again, then scratched the back of her head.

"Uh...I dunno Mista J, seems kinda risky."

Joker pouted and did his weird impression of puppy dog eyes.

"Please Harley honeybear, it would make me so happy."

Harley bit her lip. "It would?"

He nodded.

She rolled her eyes at the task ahead of her and then sighed.

"Alright, I'll do it."

Joker's smile stretched.

"That's my girl!"

In less than fifteen minutes, Harley was hooked up and hanging above the precious jewel that her boyfriend has his eye on. Anything to make her puddin' happy.

"That's it Harls, nice an' easy."

Harley looked down at the sapphire below her and twisted so that she was hanging horizontal above it.

Joker looked slightly shocked at the acrobatic move.

Harley gave him a wink.

"Oh didn't ya know, Mista J? I practiced acrobatics when I was a teen."

Joker laughed happily and looked at one of the thugs to his left.

"My princess is just full of surprises!"

The thug smiled.

"That she is, Joker."

The smiled suddenly slipped from Joker's pale face and his eyes darkened.

"You looking at my girl?"

"No-no, Joker. I wasn't-I swear- I would never-"

A gun shot rang out and the thug hit the floor, lifeless.

Harley looked down at Joker, a fearful expression in her eyes.

Joker looked up at her and shrugged.

"He was hitting on my girl."

She grinned and giggled happily.

"Ok, now the gem, babe."

She nodded and lowered herself near it.

"Ok, that's good, careful now. Don't want the alarm to go off." Joker warned her in a hushed voice.

Harley reached down but as soon as she touched it, the whole place went into lockdown. The alarm blared and the doors were quickly sealing themselves.

Harley looked panicked.

"Puddin'?"

Joker grabbed the bag of jewels that he had, and snatched the sapphire from Harley.

"Gotta go, babe!"

Harley watched as he ran from her; leaving her hanging there, helpless.

"Joker! What about me?!" She called but he had already fled, along with his goons.

Harley struggled in the harness, trying to get free.

"Joker! Puddin'! Help me!"

Sirens could be heard outside and Harley finally managed to get herself free but she hit the tiled floor hard and rolled onto her back as police stormed the store and threw some sort of gas into the vault.

Harley started coughing and her vision started blurring.

Just as she was about to pass out, she felt a hand grab her arm and drag her to her feet. Someone urged her to run and she tried but the gas was making her feel sleepy.

The only time she came around again, was when the night air hit her as someone smashed their way through a glass window on the second floor. The next thing she felt was cold metal beneath her as she hit an industiral garbage bin and rolled off of it onto the concrete. The second body missed the bin altogether and hit the concrete next to Harley, with a hard thud.

Harley shook her head to clear the haze and looked next her. It was that woman from the club. Poison Ivy! What was she doing here?

Harley crawled over to her, her knees raw from the fall.

Ivy-or whatever is was she liked to be called- was knocked out. Harley poked her shoulder and shook her a little.

"Hey, Red. You awake?"

The woman didn't respond. Harley rolled her over, checking for fatal wounds but there was nothing but a small gash above the red head's right eye.

Harley tried waking her again.

"Hey Red, you need to wake up now. Police are crawling all over this joint."

Still no response.

Harley looked around, looking for a place where she could drag Ivy out of sight. The sirens were still blaring and it was only a matter of time before they were found.

The blonde tried shaking Ivy again.

"Uh, Red? Red, come on, we gotta go now."

"Hey!"

Harley looked up and saw a police officer holding a gun up, aiming it straight at her.

"You stay where you are!" He barked.

Harley nodded as he walked slowly over to where Ivy was laying.

"What's wrong with her?" He asked, gesturing with his gun to her.

Harley looked down at the red head and then up at the window.

The police officer followed her line of sight and suddenly, Ivy sprang up, grabbing the police officer around the neck and dragging him up close to her face. Harley stood back, staring wide eyed.

"How about a kiss?" Ivy hissed as she kissed him. Her poison flowed into him and Harley watched with interest as he shrivelled up and died, the poison having done it's job.

Ivy admired her work as she dropped his body to the ground.

Harley stared at Ivy.

"That was...I mean-wow! What was that? What did you do?" She asked excitedly.

Ivy shrugged. "Just a little trick of mine. Oh and head's up, never kiss me."

Harley chuckled. "You don't need to tell me twice!"

Ivy looked around. "Alright, let's get out of here."

Harley didn't move.

"You coming?" Ivy asked, a little irritably.

"I should get back to the club. Joker will be wondering where I am."

Ivy snorted in disgust.

"You're kidding me, right? The sicko left you! The police would've taken you away! You understand he saved his own skin without a thought for you, don't you?"

Harley nodded her head slowly.

"I do but I love him, Red. I know that's hard for you to understand. I mean you love...well, plants and It's not the same so-"

Ivy held up a hand to silence Harley.

"Just...stop, please. You clearly have no idea about me."

Harley shrugged.

"Anyway, thanks Red but I gotta go."

Ivy sighed. "Sure. Oh, and when he throws you under the bus again, which he will, I'll be at this address." She told Harley, tossing a card at her. Harley caught it and read the back. When she looked up again, Ivy had gone.

Harley smiled as she skipped away. She had made a new friend.