Fandom The Brave and The Deluded

[JackBipack]

The Joker had left around two weeks ago with a handful of men and Harley. After the first three days, a majority of the gang had left for their own places. So apart from small-time theft and runs for supplies, there was not much to do for the thugs that were left behind.

Among those was Riley, who had his own regime to fill the time but even he was beginning to lose patience after the first week of hearing no word from the Joker. The last two months of being apart of the operation felt so good and so right that he was eager to continue work. When he had joined maybe he was too optimistic that the good times would be a constant, so the abrupt downtime was a dreadful bore.

He knew the others with him now were truly down and outs; homeless, desperate, violent and without a cause. So just like him! He’d tried his best the last two months to become a grey bystander amongst the crowd. The boys had even given him the bland nickname ‘red’, which was perfect, enough to be apart conversations but unimaginative enough to not put too many eyes on him.

Around the 11th day, he wondered if the whole thing was over if the Joker was captured before he could witness more than the man barking orders from a distance before their heists. The whole thing seemed anti-climatic, so much so that it made his skin itch. The thought of grabbing the back of Skinner’s head and slamming his face repeatedly into the railing he had been leaning on made the itch just that much worse.

A couple more days later he screwed up and after teasing Digger just a little too much, Digger retaliated and in the blink of an eye Digger was on the ground howling in agony. His cheek swelling up, nose was obviously broken and all the fingers on his left hand were twisted and bent out of shape. It had been the shock of realising what he had done that caused Riley to freeze long enough for him to be pushed off the man. The others pulling the wailing Digger away while just staring at Riley, a slight redness to his cheek the only sign that Digger had punched him. It was very obvious from then he had broken the illusion of him being a light-hearted in it for the money dummy. Especially from the distance, he was now given around the warehouse.

On the 15th day, a few more punches and even a knife or two had been thrown and it had Riley on edge, for all the wrong reasons. Singular hits were all it took to knock the others on their asses and he was starting to get annoyed. This was not fun, no fun at all and without the robberies and excitement to distract, the urge for something more wild and dark was just making him all the giddier and the others very wary.

So the sudden crash of the warehouse doors had everyone diving for a weapon and take aim it at the person who had just entered the building.

 

[ReyaMorningkill]

She strode in confidently. Her hips swayed with every step and the light glistened off of her latex black and red body suit. A jokingly large sized hammer slung over her shoulder, the item adorned with red paint the most noticeable of which being the large smiley faces on both ends. She stopped in the middle of the ware house and gave a small laugh as two hyenas came trotting in behind her.

"Well, well, well. Looks like you boys are getting on famously aren't ya? Mista J has heard what's been going on in here and he's very disappointed." She waggled her finger disapprovingly at the roughians before setting her hammer on the floor, leaning on it's handle. "He sent little ol' me to set things straight cause Mista J knows I can handle you boys. Bad news for most of you." She gave a devilish smile and stood straight up her eyes scanning the warehouse. "You!" Harley kicked the head of her hammer and it slung upwards to point at Riley. "Red! You're comin' with me. The rest of yas Mista J thinks the Batman has had too easy a time and he thinks you boys should get out more. Go cause some mayhem....Joker's orders."

Harley Quinn set her hammer back on the floor and watched over her shoulder as the goons rushed from the warehouse. She couldn't help but chuckle as she reached down to scratch Bud and Lou behind the ears. The massive creatures cackled with joy as they leaned into Harley's affections. She had been ignoring anything Riley had said until she was sure that the others had left. Once she knew the warehouse was empty she gave him a wink.

"Most of these idiots don't get this part of the application. Mista J is particular about who he allows in...but you seemed to make a good impression on him. We've been watching. This whole place is wired and rigged with cameras." She gave a laugh and jumped up and down clapping for a moment, the hyenas laughing at her excitement. "Looks like you made the cut kid...at least for now." Another wink and a blown kiss as she effortlessly lifted her hammer back over her shoulder. "C'mon Red, we don't want to keep Mista J waiting."

Harley strode outside and to a waiting car. The purple and green coloration was a dead giveaway who it belonged to. A driver opened the door for Harley, who threw in her hammer and climbed in quickly followed by her beloved pets.