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The Tale of Obsession Part 2: The Winds of Change
Chapter 1: Training
"That's not fair!" Harley stomped around inside the Joker's office. It's been a few weeks since Harley had broken him out of Arkham Asylum and had abandoned her old life to spend the rest of her days with the man she unexpectedly fell in love with.

The Joker sat in his huge throne- like chair that made him appear menacing and powerful. He was wearing a new plum purple suit with a green vest that perfectly matched his forest green hair that was freshly cut and gently tousled to one side, giving it a sort of hipster feel to it. Looking like that, it was easy to see why Harley had fallen for him, even with the clown make up and murderous attitude.
"What's not fair pumpkin?" He asked while he looked up from the bunch of papers he was reading at his desk. He was still not used to having Harley around, but especially not used to seeing her so out of character. But this little tantrum was amusing to him.
"This!" Harley pointed down at her. "I hate being caged in here! It's not fair that you get to go out and organize crimes and all of those shenanigans while I am here basically a prisoner not being of any help or even getting some fresh air. I am going crazy in here" Harley finished her rant with a long frustrated sigh.
"Welcome to the club. We're all mad here" he laughed at her little girl tantrum.
"I want to go out! I thought I was going to have a life full of excitement while being on the run but what I am actually doing is rotting away in that bedroom" she gestured towards the door
"We've been over this already. The answer remains the same: NO" he said and looked down picking up where he left off in his reading.
"That's not fair!" Harley let out another frustrated sigh
"Life isn't fair my love" he answered without looking up
"At least give me a reason why I can't at least train with the rest of the henchmen!" Harley demanded and stepped closer to him. This small challenging move finally made him switch his attention back to her.
"It's simple: it's too dangerous. And plus you have zero experience" he simply pointed out
Harley was about to open her mouth to complain some more when a quick knock interrupted Harley's rant.
"Come in" The Joker quickly ordered and immediately the door swung open revealing Riley standing outside.
"Hey boss, Carla is here to see you. Should I bring her in?" Riley asked and nodded towards Harley to say hello.
"Yea bring her in" the Joker said in a more serious tone that Harley immediately recognized as his business voice.
Harley had never met this woman and had no idea what type of business she wanted with the Joker.
A few seconds later Riley was back, but this time he was not alone. A young beautiful woman trailed close behind him. She was fair skinned with long flowing black hair that went down to her waist. Her face was heavily caked with makeup and Harley could tell that she used contour to alter her face. She had a perfect fit figure that resembled an acoustic guitar. Her creamy white skin had literally no imperfections from her well-groomed eyebrows and huge chocolate brown eyes to her full rosy lips. She was wearing a Mayan blue mini dress that accented all of her curves. And on her feet were the highest pair of black heels Harley had ever seen. It took one glance at her for Harley to figure out what she was there for; she was the person in charge of the prostitution ring. Although her job didn't define her, her looks filled Harley up with a wave of jealousy.
"Hello Carla. Please sit" the Joker stood up and gestured the seat in front of him and gestured for Riley to leave.
"Hey there" Carla took a seat and seductively crossed her legs. This little gesture engulfed Harley in another painful wave of jealousy.
"Harley please" the Joker gestured for her to get out and Carla turned to give her a playful smirk that made Harley want to rip out her throat.
"What am I supposed to do then" Harley tried to hide the fact that she was hurt by the way he was blowing her off.
"I don't know ask Riley to help you" the Joker went over to the door to push her out and slammed the door behind her.
"What the fuck man!" Harley shouted at the closed door
"I know he can be a little rough" Riley shot her a comforting smile. Harley was started as she hadn't seen him standing there.
"Shit Riley! Don't do that! Warn me before you appear out of thin air!" Harley jumped back a little and he began to laugh.
"Sorry Harley. So what do you need help with" he crossed his arms.
"I don't know! I was telling your boss that I want to go out, help out and get trained. But he said no because it's 'too dangerous" she rolled her eyes and used her hands to gesture the air quotes.
"Don't forget that he hasn't been seen outside. He's planning a big heist soon to expose himself and show Gotham and the bat that he is back in business. So he probably doesn't want you making a stupid mistake and ruining everything." He explained with the hopes of calming her down
"But I can help! I know I can! And if he uses me we would even have the element of surprise! The GCPD thinks he kidnapped me when he escaped but what they don't know is that I have followed his path and have become Harley Quinn! It would throw them off their game and then we could strike! It's a flawless plan if you ask me" Harley proudly smiled at her plan and waited for Riley's response. When he began to nod in an impressed manner, it just confirmed Harley's belief that she would make a valuable asset to the team.
"Damn that actually pretty smart… Have you explained this to him?" Riley asked still feeling very impressed at the former doctor's plan.
"I tried. But he never wants to listen." Harley sighed again, feeling a bit defeated. "He's right though, I have no training. I do understand that I don't know how to fight but I can learn. Riley stood quietly for s few seconds before his whole complexion brightened up when he thought of a great idea.
"The boss said that I have to help you, right?" He smiled while excitement began to show up all over his face.
"Yea, so?" Harley grew suspicious of the young henchman in front of her and watched his carefully.
"So that's exactly what I am going to do. I'll help you get trained." Riley smiled and waited for her reaction.
"You would do that!?" Harley could not contain her excitement and Riley nodded. Without a second to lose, he pulled Harley down the hallway.
"Where are we going" Harley asked, suddenly second guessing the idea as Riley kept pulling her down the dark set of stairs.
"You'll see" Riley smiled widely that reminded Harley of the Joker's smile. She got an eerie feeling down by the pit of her stomach as she realized where he was taking her.
"I'm not allowed down there!" Harley immediately yanked her arm away from him.
"You aren't allowed down to the basement?" Riley snickered and shook his head in amusement.
"That is why he told me" Harley furrowed her eyebrows and disliked the way he mocked her.
"That is exactly why he won't train you!" Riley playfully smacked her arm
"What do you mean?" Harley flinched back at his reaction and has no idea what he was talking about now.
"Im not going to get into details now but when I wanted to join the gang, he refused. I had to sneak in and keep demanding to be given a chance. The point is that even though I was deliberately disobeying his strict orders, he let me stay because I showed determination and didn't give up. I worked for what I wanted. Listen, he probably wants you to get trained but is waiting for you to show him that you truly want it." Riley explained and began pulling her along, and this time Harley did not complain.

It does make sense… Im going to risk it and just go for it, even if it gets me in trouble.- Harley inwardly cringed at the thought of him getting mad at her… there was no way in telling what would happen if the Joker got mad.

"Ok we are here" Riley pulled Harley to a stop in front of a huge metal door.
"Where exactly are we?" Harley watched the door skeptically, unsure what was waiting for her behind the door.
"Harley, welcome to The Vault" Riley opened the door and welcomed Harley to their training room.
"Whoa…" Harley was out of words as she took in the scenery in front of her. She stepped into the huge underground room that was filled with equipment. There was a fighting rink where some henchmen were lined up to get into the action. There was a shooting range at the far end of The Vault and was surrounded by soundproof glass so all their practice could not be heard from the outside. She let her eyes wonder and saw the different training stations. She was truly impressed as the training room was bigger than she had imagined, going up to three stories. In every floor there were multiple balconies overlooking the physical combat area where anyone could lean over and spectate the fighting below. Then Harley shifted her eyes back to the ground floor and saw something that immediately caught her eye. It was a small corner full of gymnastics equipment: mats, bars, rings trampolines….

"What do you use this for" Harley asked unsure why the Joker would need gymnastic training for his henchman.
"Acrobatics… We sometimes plan out heist escapes through the rooftops and it's important that we know how to soar through the air and look cool." Riley laughed and walked away letting Harley roam around the place. She was so impressed at how much equipment and training he made sure all his workers received before going out on the job. She began to walk around and had not realized that the majority of the henchmen were now watching her. They, just like their boss, were still not used to seeing Harley around, and some were unhappy with her presence.

"What are you doing here!" a henchman walked up behind her and violently spun her around. He was way taller than Harley with dark tan skin and a thick layer of curly hair on top of his head. It took one glance for Harley to realize how much this man trained because as she quickly looked him over, she came into realization that one of his thighs was literally bigger than her head. Even though his size was incredibly intimidating, Harley did not let him bring out fear in her
"I live here" Harley stepped back and answer flatly.
"That's not what I mean!" The man grew angrier at the young woman "You don't deserve to get trained with us" he stated and aggressively glared at Harley.
"And why is that?" Harley shot him a questioning look that showed how she was not scared of this man.
"Two simple reasons" he began counting with his hands "1) you are a girl. We don't have females on our team: Its henchmen not Hench-People. And 2) because I will not allow the person who caused Harold's death! That's right everyone! This girl in front of us is the reason he is dead. The reason he was injured and Mateo had to pull the trigger." He started to shout and soon every pair of eyes fell on Harley who did not flinch back of look away from the man standing in front of her. She was not going to let them intimidate her and get in her way.

"Can you calm the fuck down buddy" Harley rolled her eyes "I didn't kill your friend. I was just defending myself and he got hurt. It's not my fault he wasn't well trained and I definitely didn't order to have him killed. I didn't even know he was dead until right now. You are definitely throwing your anger at the wrong person" Harley put her hands on her hips and shot them all a warning look. The man wasn't listening to her and his judgement clouded over with anger. He stepped towards her and swung his hand backwards to propel a hard slap a cross her face.
"You are not welcome here bitch" he said while Harley fell to the ground.

"Whoa whoa whoa!" Riley immediately ran over to them and shoved the henchman away from Harley. "Tony stop! If you want to fight, do it in there" Riley pointed to the fighting rink and a few henchman began to cheer loudly as the idea left Riley's lips.
"Fine. Get up little bitch and get ready to get the beating of a lifetime" Tony guffawed before proudly walking away with a small group of henchman that Harley assumed were his friends.
"Come on Harley. Let's get you over there" Riley offered Harley a friendly hand which Harley took without hesitation.
"Thank you." Harley took a deep breath while she began to comb through her golden hair with her fingers and pulled it back to a high ponytail.
"I've seen you fight Harley… You are impressive. Remember when I tried to stab you?" Riley laughed lightly at the memory.
"How could I forget?" Harley silently laughed at the memory before smiling at the young henchman in front of her and she realized that maybe Riley could be her friend, maybe the only one she had now. They began walking towards the mat where every henchman in the training room had gathered and was watching from the ground floor all the way up from the different balconies of the third floor of The Vault. As Harley walked towards the inevitable fight, everyone else parted to make a path that took Harley directly to Tony. Harley climbed the few stairs to get into the rink with Tony who carefully watched her every move.

"Attention everyone!" Tony glared heavily at Harley and began to walk around her while he spoke. "It's time we taught this little slut a lesson." He pulled her arm and spun her around, showing her off to the rest of the henchman and forced Harley to face towards the door. "Look there's the door. I'm showing you mercy, because honestly that ass of yours is so damn good to get deformed with the beating I am about to give you. You can walk out of here, walk out of our lives and leave the Joker." He grabbed her chin while he pointed to the door. Harley pushed his nasty hands off her and her face tensed in anger.

"I am not going anywhere" She said loudly and her voice echoed with confidence.
"Aww she's brave" Tony bent forward as he roared with laughter. Everything that Tony was driving Harley to the edge of her patience and was slowly becoming angrier and angrier. All her attention was fixed to the fool in front of her and she ignored everyone else in the room. Driven by anger, Harley quickly walked over to the henchman and pulled him up by his hair.
"You better shut the fuck up!" Harley yelled directly in his face and didn't hesitate to punch him in the face.
"Oh hell no!" He stepped back and leaned back as his leg came up towards Harley's head in a powerful kick. Harley saw it coming and quickly ducked out of its way, barely being able to avoid it. As Harley crouched she spun her leg out, kicking Tony's base foot out of balance which made him smack down loudly on the mat.
"I'm waiting Tony!" Harley teased and her voice rose up a few octaves, resembling that of a child's.
"Get her Tony!" Someone shouted loudly at the man lying on the mat. This loud interruption threw off her concentration for a brief moment and didn't see when Tony stood up and was charging quickly towards her. He pushed her off the mat and she fell down the stairs. The hard fall into the concrete floor shot waves of pain throughout Harley's body as she attempted to stand up. She fell back down as she couldn't move past the pain and for a second she believed that she was not going to have the strength to stand up. Tony looked at her sloshing around on the floor like a fish out of water and couldn't help but laughing. Soon the rest of the henchmen were laughing, except for one.

"Come on Harley! Get up and kick his ass!" Riley shouted at Harley from the sidelines.
"No just give up!" Another henchman shouted and sent everyone in the room laughing again. All of this infuriated Harley and gave her strength to push past the pain and stand up. She slowly made her way back up to the rink and waited until everyone's laughed had faded to a halt.
"Are you done now?" Harley asked Tony as she crossed her arms.
"Lighten up! You are so boring. I don't even know why the Joker has kept you around for so long. If I were him, I would have killed you as soon as I was out Arkham's front doors." He laughed again and Harley couldn't contain herself any longer and began ran towards the man. She used all her strength to jump on his chest in order to throw him backwards a bit and almost made him fall down out of the mat. Harley softly landed back where he had been standing a few moments before. Tony waited a few seconds to regain his balance and ran towards Harley but she watched him carefully as she thought of something to do in order to avoid his next move. Tony ran closer to Harley who wasn't moving out of his way or doing anything to avoid getting hit again.
"Harley watch out! Get out of his way!" Riley shouted but his voice was barely audible as the rest of the henchmen cheered loudly for Tony to end her.
Harley waited for the perfect moment to counter strike his move. As soon as he was inches from hitting her, Harley slid down in between his legs and suddenly found herself behind him. This happened in a blink of an eye, so when tony blinked he was completely confused on where Harley had banished. Harley wasn't going to wait for him to turn around and attack her again. So she used all her force in her legs and kicked him directly in his back with her left leg and he stumbled forwards a few steps. She then used her right leg to kick him again having the same effect on him. Harley heavily disliked the man in front of her and was getting all her anger out. Using this anger, she quickly ran back to him and threw her body into a front areal flip and used her legs to kick him down to the ground. She walked backwards and waited for his move. Tony was completely thrown off by her as he did not expect such things from a tiny woman. He was losing.

"I am not going to lose to a woman" Tony glared at Harley while he stood up.
"Look buddy, this has been fun and all but how about a real challenge?" Harley laughed at her own snarky comment. Tony was not going to take this from anyone and as Harley was too busy laughing to notice him making his way towards her. He took advantage of this moment and punched her directly in the face, bringing Harley back to reality as she stumbled back a few steps. Harley began to feel a stinging pain on her lip and quickly put her fingers on the spot that stung the most. She flinched back as she realized that a small trail of blood was already running down her chin.

"Fuck" She cussed and ran over to Tony who was watching her with eyes wide with hatred. She knew that he wasn't going to take his eyes off her now so surprise attacks were out of the question now. She had no other choice than attack him face to face. She shoved him backwards and elbowed him in the face causing a satisfying cracking sound as her elbow collided with his nose. She smiled proudly as his nose became deformed and began to spill out blood.
"You bitch!" He shouted angrily an gently began to wipe the blood out of his lips.
"What are you going to do about that?" She challenged. He decided to end the fight… But he wasn't going to be the one who lost. He grabbed a small knife out of his pocket which he planned to use to cut her throat. He cautiously walked over to Harley as he tried to conceal the weapon in his hands.
"Hey buddy… You are not slick at all. I can see what you have there" Harley rolled her eyes and quickly moved out of the way when Tony decided to run towards her and make use of the knife. Harley then pirouetted with her back leg extended completely behind her in order to kick the weapon out of Tony's hand where it landed a few feet from them and well out of anyone's reach. Harley then proceeded to kick him in the stomach and then quickly punched him in the face which managed to disorient him for a few seconds. Harley took advantage of the few seconds of confusion and grabbed his shoulders tightly and brought him close to her and used her knee to kick him directly in his balls. Harley stepped away and crossed her arms as the rest of the henchmen yelled out in one sympathetic cry. Tony groaned extremely loudly and it echoed across The Vault. He doubled over in pain and fell to defeat on the mat. The room roared in cheer for Harley as she shot her arm up in victory. Harley could not be any happier at that very moment as she knew that from now on no one would dare get in her way.

"Well, well, well" Mateo came up from in between the crowd. Harley hadn't seen him earlier and realized that she must have missed his entry while she was fighting. "That was impressive jester girl." He playfully smiled down at Harley. "I guess I can speak for everyone when I say this was definitely unexpected! I though you would be a goner." He laughed but Harley didn't laugh along with him as she didn't trust him one bit. "There's still one question that remains unanswered thought" he walked closer to Harley and wiped some blood from her chin. "What are you doing down here? Last time I heard you were under strict orders to not come in here. Wouldn't it be a shame if the boss found out?" Mateo said in a dark tone.
"Yes it would be a shame" Harley finally spoke up while her eyes narrowed in distrust which made Mateo grin widely.
"You know, you could do me a favor and your lover won't ever hear about this. And you could come down here anytime you want to train and it would remain a secret" Mateo began pulled Harley's hair out of the ponytail in a seductive manner and he felt Harley tensed up as she realized what he meant by "do me a favor". She slapped his hand away and stepped away from him.

"No thank you." Harley walked down the stairs and realized that everyone was still watching them.
"That's too bad Harley. Well, as you have declined my offer, I have no other choice but to bring you to the Joker to get punished for disobeying his orders." Mateo grabbed Harley's arm tightly and pulled her along. "Let this be a lesson for you all: No one above the Joker's law. Everyone is equal and equally responsible for following orders. No get on with your business" Mateo said as he pulled Harley down by the door. He snapped his fingers and a nearby henchman opened the door for them. They walked back to the Joker's office in silence, mostly due to the awkward fact that he had tried to make a sexual offer to her even though she was with his boss.
The nerve of some people- Harley thought in complete disbelief at Mateo.
As they approached the door they saw that Carla was just leaving with a handful of paperwork in her hand. She looked over to where Mateo and Harley were walking and immediately Mateo's eyes grew with desire for this woman.

"Hey Carla" Mateo greeted her and slowly looked her over from head to toe. Carla flirtatiously smiled back at him and then shifted her eyes to Harley who was sweaty, bloody and badly bruised at the lip.
"Oh lord!" Carla suppressed a laugh "Haven't you been a naughty girl?" She finally laughed at Harley before sashaying away.
"Bitch" Harley muttered under her breath as Mateo shot one last glance at the departing woman and knocked on his boss's door.
"What do you want" the Joker called from inside
"It's me sir" Mateo walked in but left Harley standing outside. That was completely fine with her as she would rather face the Joker's anger later than sooner.
"What do you want" the Joker repeated in a bored voice and raised an eyebrow at his worker.
"I want you to see this!" Mateo excitedly put a finger up and swiftly made his way toward Harley.
I am a dead woman. – Harley sighed loudly. Damn it! I knew I should have made a will.

She was extremely nervous as she knew how unpredictable the Joker became when he was angry. She kept her eyes on the ground and her face low to hide it from the Joker's view as Mateo basically dragged her into the office.
"What's wrong Harley?" The Joker was unsure of what exactly he as supposed to be looking for until Mateo gently grabbed her face and exposed the damage. Harley avoided eye contact with him and kept her eyes on the ground.

"What the fuck happened to you?!" The Joker exclaimed in both surprised and anger and began to glare directly at Mateo.
"I didn't do this sir. This was all her fault." Mateo let her go and stepped away "She was in The Vault" those words echoed in the small office and then followed silence. Harley could never handle silence and finally looked up at her beloved. To her surprise his face remained neither mad or disappointed, but she was unsure if this was a bad or worse thing.
"I'm… I'm sorry" Harley managed to say as her deep blue eyes met his heavy green eyes.
"Who beat you? I'll have him killed" he immediately assumed that she had lost the fight. The Joker gently placed his cold finger on top of her bruised lip but as soon as contact was made, Harley flinched back in pain.
"Actually she's in good shape compared to the other guy" Mateo crossed his arms as he beamed with slight admiration.
"Who was it?" The Joker demanded his name.
"Tony" Harley said
"The big guy?" He looked over at Mateo who simply nodded "She has skills. You should have seen her. She combined acrobatic skills with combat and the turnout was impressive. She could actually be of some use beside eye candy." Mateo recalled and Harley was surprised at how much admiration was coming out from his mouth.
"Yes of course…" The Joker furrowed his eyebrow as he went deep into thought. "Harley were you trained for combat before?" He asked in sudden suspicion.
"No. But I've been trained in gymnastics since I was a young girl." She answered his question and carefully watched him.
"Hmm." Was all he said and the room grew quiet again. "Mateo please leave us, I need a moment with my girl" the Joker waved his hand and Mateo immediately went out the door, closing the door behind him.
"Harley why are you scared?" He gently caressed her cheek before kissing her lightly, being careful not to hurt her lip again.
"I thought you would be angry with me for disobeying you and going down to The Vault" she admitted and looked down again feeling ashamed.
"But I'm not angry. That is exactly what I wanted from you. I wanted you to have initiative and show me that you are willing to do ANYTHING to get what you want. Because in a world as fucked up as the one we live in, that kind of thinking is perfect to lead you to success. And now you are ready" the Joker smiled gently and kisses her again.
"You are going to let me train?!" Harley squealed with excitement
"Yes. And if I feel that you are ready, I'm also letting you join us in our big exposure heist coming up." The Joker states in an excited voice and Harley began to jump around with bliss.
"Thank you! I promise to be the best Hench-Woman you ever had! And the only one too haha" Harley was just so excited and pleased with his decision and it was shown all over her face.
"No dear, you won't be a Hench-Woman. You will be above all those mediocre workers. You will be my little sidekick." He pinched her cheek and went to sit by his desk.
"No fucking way!" Harley basically screamed and went to sit on his lap.
"Thank you!" Harley kissed him with a passionate desire and even though her lip was in pain, she could not care less.
"Anything for my pumpkin" he pulled away from the kiss and smiled. "We gotta find you a costume then, because you are definitely not going to show up to a heist in sweats and a crop top." He pointed out. Harley looked down at her outfit as she remembered that that is exactly what she was wearing at that very moment and laughed while she rolled her eyes.
"Not slutty though" Harley pointed out her only condition for the costume.
"Of course! I wouldn't want to show off things that are meant only for my eyes" The Joker looked at Harley and admired all her curves. He began to kiss her softly again and she wrapped her arms around his neck. Harley thought that he was going to pull away from the kiss as he always did, so it took Harley complete by surprise when he was the one sped up the kiss. Harley was pleased by his actions and didn't stop kissing him until she had almost run out of breath. She pulled away and lightly gasped as she took a couple breaths. The Joker wasn't ready to stop though so he moved down to kiss her neck slowly. This brought a wave of shivers down Harley's spine and moaned lightly. That little sound that escaped her lips threw him in for a loop and made him hungry for more.
"Fuck Harley" he managed to say as he picked her up from his lap and carried her over to the nearby couch. He was about to climb on top of her when he remembered that the door was unlocked and went over to the door and locked in order to remain undisturbed.

Harley was curled up in bed with the Joker quietly sleeping next to her. They were in his room; a very classy and decorated with the best modern furniture money could buy. It was 11 pm and Harley was could not find sleep and had decided to watch some tv, which usually helped sleep find her. She flipped through some channels but there was nothing really interesting on so she settled on watching the GNR: Gotham News Reports. The preppy news anchor was reporting on how fright in the city had grown ever since the Joker's face. She watched her carefully and realized that even the reporter was shaken up by the fact that the Joker was free.
Damn he's right. Watching their faces grow with fright is absolutely amusing- she chuckled lightly and kept watching.

"It is still unknown how The Clown Prince of crime AKA: The Joker and Poison Ivy managed to escape the same night. Arkham officials say that these two were not even friends." The scene cut to a press conference that was held by Bartholomew and a few board members and doctors, one which was Veronica. Harley's heart ached a bit to see her former best friend again but she immediately shook that feeling away.

"Dr. Bartholomew!" One reporter shouted "How does the Joker keep escaping Arkham asylum, as it is supposedly the most guarded asylum in the nation?"
"He's been outsmarting us. We always seem to be a step behind him." Bartholomew's face dropped down in disappointment. The image in the screen went back to the reporter that warned the viewers that according to the GCPD it is extremely unsafe for anyone to wander around the city at night and even with Batman out there, it wasn't enough to protect every single citizen from another Joker attack.
"Now one last question remains: What has the Joker done with Dr. Harleen Quinzel? He was her patient and she has been reported as missing since the day of the Joker's escape." The picture on the screen changed again and now was showing a scene of the press conference but now questions directed at Dr. Veronica Vreeland.

"Dr. Vreeland? What do you think happened to your best friend and colleague Dr. Quinzel?" Another reporter asked
"That psychopath took her. There's no evidence yet, but there will be soon. He's taken her hostage before; I wouldn't be surprised if that is what happened to her now. Joker if you are watching this, I beg that you return Harley back to safety. I can pay any amount to have her back, but please bring her back safely." A few tears left her eyes and she let them roll down a bit before wiping them away as her eyes grew deep with sadness "And if you are watching this Harley I want you to know that we all miss you here and are eagerly awaiting your return. Please come home" Harley had to turn the TV off before she began to cry. She decided that it was a good time to go to sleep. She gently got inside the covers, careful not to wake the Joker up.

"Please come home". As her head hit the pillows, those last words lingered in the air as Harley drifted to sleep