One Rebellious Child Ch 4

Owwww, ow ow ow ow ow ow ow. Where the heck am I? I know I'm not home, I didn't have a comfy bed like this, and the walls were never blue...oh god, no no no, please tell me that I wasn't kidnapped, please tell me that was all a dream!

Getting off the bed, I open the door as quietly as I could, I look around to see I'm in a hallway, so going down to my right, I look at all the pictures on the wall, most of them pictures of people covered in blood, in their dying moments. I finally see one, which makes my hopes of my being kidnapped go down the drain. I think it's supposed to be a family photo, but it's Harley Quinn and the Joker, each holding a grenade.

Well, isn't that a lovely sight. Not.

I shudder, then continue down the hall. A heavenly smell then comes into my senses and I follow it to where the kitchen is located. Wait just a minute, somethings wrong with this picture. I press myself against the wall. What if this is a trick? What is I go in their and I'm pounced on? I peek inside to see Harley, without her makeup and such on, in front of the stove, flipping pancakes, humming a tune that, somehow I know.

"Puddin'! Breakfast's ready!"

Pudding? What?

"Good morning my dear!"

Oh, duh, of course she means Joker. For a second I thought she meant pudding pancakes. :3

Right, anyway, so it's then I notice my hair ties sitting on a counter nearby my hiding spot. That's when I realize my hair is down.

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I'M GONNA KILL THE PERSON WHO UNDID MY HAIR!!

Now annoyed drop to the floor, and when neither Harley or Joker are looking, I crawl across the floor and grab my hair ties. I look back at them, for some reason Harley's pointing out the window and neither have noticed me, so I quickly crawl back out of the kitchen.

Now that was a close one. Pressing myself against the wall again, I listen to see what the two are saying, since I wasn't paying attention earlier.

Clapping?

"Bravo, my dear, I didn't even realize you where up."

Oh god, he doesn't mean me, does he?

"I know your hiding behind the wall."

Yup, he does. Wonderful.

I don't trust him one bit, so I only peek my head out and look in. Joker is staring right at me, and I suddenly, I want to jump out the window behind him, screaming bloody murder. I give him a suspicious look, as if I was telling him "Stay away from me, I don't trust you." He stands, and I get ready to run.

"You know, half of these pancakes are yours. I can't eat ten pancakes." ...If he thinks I'm going to fall for his tricks, he's got another thing coming to him.

"Oh come on, I'm not going to hurt you, neither is Harley, we just want to have breakfast with you, get to know you better." WTF? Get to know me better? What is he on about? Why would he want to know who I am? Of all people?

"Oh, don't be scared sweetie, we just want to know what our new family member is like." Harley pipes in. Oh. ...

"FAMILY MEMBER?!" I screech. Now I'm just downright confused. "Since when am I part of a family, or one that has you two in it?!" I'm glaring at them now. In truth, I really want Joker to kill me now, rather then later.

Harley was by my side before I could say, Applesauce. Hugging my tightly she explains.

"I was just taking a stroll through downtown Gotham, when I passed by the orphan home, I heard a voice shout out. I looked over, and I see the most cutest girl in my life. You were so adorable screaming at those boys. I knew from that moment on, that you belonged with us!"

"...That has got to be, the WORST joke I have ever heard in my LIFE." I pry myself out of her arms, tumbling to the floor in the process.

"I'm not joking silly, I mean it. Me and Puddin' are adopting you." That's when I freeze, I look from her to Joker, and then back to Harley, and suddenly, the tile floor is rushing towards me, but I'm taken away by the darkness before I can reach it.

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God, I have GOT to stop blacking out like that. It is NOT good for my health, or, at least, I don't think it is.

I'm back in the room I woke up in (which now I'm guessing is my permanent bedroom )X ) and once again lying in bed. I get up and walk over to a mirror I hadn't noticed before. That's when I remember that I need to put my hair back up. Quickly grabbing the right hairs, I look like my normal self once again. Besides the fear screaming in my eyes.

I don't want to be here, I want to be back at the orphanage, playing tricks on the younger kids with Matt, plucking Daisy petals with Tiffany while she babbles on about how cute Matt is, reading Dark poetry with Lora, then putting on black makeup and freaking out the kids at night, to be able to play games and win candy!

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...I'm crying? W-Why am I cr-crying?

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I-I don't...I can't s-stop. This isn't fai-fair!

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Who's this?! W-Who's hugging me?! ...Why? Why me?

Why is Joker hugging me? It's your damn fault you know that!?

"Shh, relax...uh...whatever your name is. It's fine. You're going to have a lot of fun with me and Harley, don't worry. I get that you're scared, but all you need to do right now is calm down, relax, and just think, at least here, you don't have to worry about not having food, or not having a warm bed, or the physco woman, who was she anyway?" He trailed off, but his words stuck inside my head. I'm so confused, this isn't the type of person I expected the Joker to be like, I expected a crazy psychopath who wanted to kill me, not ...not this! However, his words managed to make me stop crying. I only have is an upset stomach, but that will go away.

I feel tired again, and here's the darkness again, but this time, it's comforting, and I feel safe, not only with the darkness, but just being held ,even if it's Joker holding me...I hope I don't sleep for to long again.