Sorry if this isn't error-free, my parents have the internet rigged to turn off at 9:00 pm EST, so I haven;t really been able to post as much. Here It is! Sorry if it's short, guys, I'm trying!
Scarlet didn't look up as he entered the room. She hadn't said a thing, hadn't spoken a word to him since he'd spoken to her on the night of the Joker. That had been four days ago. And it was slowly killing him, seeing his bubbly little girl giving him the cold shoulder, not looking at him, speaking to him, not even acting like she could hear him.
"You want to go on patrol?" he asked.
She looked up at him, surprised, blue eyes gauging whether or not he was serious.
He nodded. "Go get changed."
She was grinning in an instant, bolting down towards the Bat cave, and Bruce smiled, flexing his hand unconsciously and wincing as he looked down at his knuckles. Blood had begun to seep through the bandages, again. He closed his eyes and tried to forget...
He'd found the Joker in his full glory- a church turned into a graveyard. He'd released laughing gas into the vents during a service, by the time he'd gotten there they'd been dead, all dead, skin bleached white, lips pulled into that evil grin, bodies rigid. What haunted him the most was their eyes, though.
The eyes, even glazed over with death, had shown the terror that contradicted the grins forced onto the dead features.
He looked down at the bodies remorsefully. Small children, clinging to their parents, bodies stiff, dead, all dead. Elderly people trampled in the aisle, after the hysteria had ensued, desperate people reaching out, their entire expressions stolen, twisted into that wicked grin, but everything showing through the eyes...
The priest laid dead on the altar, candles blows out and strewn about, and in the walls of the supposedly holy place, pictures painted in blood...
He'd left Robin home, and he was glad. He could see three figures clearly painted. A bat and two birds, side by side...
He nearly jumped out of his skin as the organ boomed some senseless sounds. It was only his training that kept him grounded. He turned, facing the choir loft, before seeing the Joker walk into view.
"Joker..."
"Aw, what, no birds today? I even wouldn't have minded robin, though Sparrow, I'm sure she'd told you, is my favorite."
Joker jumped down the fifteen feet to stand before Batman, pistol in hand. "Well? Where's my little bird?"
That sent Batman over the edge, then, and he flew at the Joker, only to find his knuckles collide with something sharp...
He recoiled, nd e Joker laughed, unbuttoning his cost to reveal a spiked vest.
"Joke's on you, Batman." he said, smiling his insane grin. "And I know your weakness. A little birdy told me..."
Batman stared. Sparrow had been sedated, there was no way she could've...
"Liar." Batman spat.
"Maybe, maybe not! Hard to tell, isn't it?" Joker asked, laughing. "Oh- I've been meaning to give you this. Me and my favorite niece..."
He tossed the picture onto the ground, and Batman stared. It showed an unconscious Sparrow, and Joker with his lips on her cheek. How dare he touch his little girl, let alone kiss her...
"Just a goodbye kiss..." Joker sang, smirking.
Before he could even wipe the stupid grin off his face, Batman was on him, straddling the spiked vest, beating crap out of harliquin of hate. He beat the clown ti the edge of consciousnesses.
"Stay away from them. Both of them." he growled into the psychopath's ear.
Joker laughed, his deranged, high-pitched laugh that seemed to shake the entire death-ridden place.
"Even you can't stop fate, Batman..." the Joker whispered, and his eyes rolled back in his head as he fell unconscious.
"Dad? You coming?" he was pulled from his revere by Sparrow's voice, and looked to the doorway, seeing her looking at him, head cocked curiously. "Dad? You okay?"
He nodded, smiling. "Fine." he said. And he was fine. Because the Joker was back in Arkham, he was confident enough to let his children back onto the street patrol with him. He'd never let anything happen to them.
MAILBAG
Wow, Chapter 70
BEST. CHAPTER. EVER. I love anything that has to do with Joker, so this? Was pretty awesome. I'm super excited to see what Joker is planning on using Scarlet for. I'm also wondering if Batman will tell the League about this or just keep it to himself. And if he does tell the League how will they react? Anyway, it's 1:00 AM, so anyway. Update soon! :D
If you liked that, then you'll love this one! Thanks for reading! :)
Maia39440
How is she walking in 2 inch heels? She's 7 for crying out loud! My mom won't even let me wear heels. I'm still impressed though...
Simple my friend... she's a superhero ;). In all seriousness, though- heels are severe torture. I once managed to climb a tree while wearing one inch heels, though. Felt like a superhero and didn't die. It's always a good day when that happens.