Prologue
"I always am"
The last words he said to me 2 weeks ago. They keep replaying in my head. I know what has happened. He's gone. I haven't slept since he left, I've showered once, and I've snacked, but all I can do is cry until I can't cry no more, so I just stare at the wall.
Drip. Drip. Drip.
that faucet pisses me off.
I am sitting on my bed just staring into space when I heard the front door open.
'mom must be home', I think.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
mom only knocks once before she opens the door.
"Who is it?", I yell.
It goes quiet for a few seconds.
"Well, it seems we have been caught, boys! This isn't very fun now, is it."
The joker and his goons rush into my room as I'm grabbed and thrown onto the floor.
I scream, "What do you want from me? You already took him. leave me alone!!".
I struggle.
"Oh, you will see your Good Ole' Lover boy soon. He's been asking about you, you know?"
The joker taunts as he grabs me by my hair and pulls me up to face him. He produces a syringe from his pocket.
"what!..", i say as if feel light headed. I didn't even feel a pinch.
"Rock-a-bye babyyyyy, in a tree top!!", the jokers sings until the world goes black.
-
"D...!"
"....AKE .. p..!!"
"please.. wak.. p.."
"HE SAID WAKE UP!"
Ice Cold water gets dumped over me. I gasp for air, it hurts.
"LEAVE HER OUT OF THIS. WHY DID YOU BRING HER HERE!?", I hear Jason faintly scream. it sounds like I'm under water, and it's cold.. oh, so cold..
And im Starving.
"OH jaybird, she just visited our Rommy friends at the laboratory. She will have a new design, along with new senses. Like hunger. HA HA HA!!", The joker wheezes with laughter.
Everything sounds like it's underwater.
Jason.. why are you looking at me like that.. why do you look scared.
"You know the tale of how goths idolize Vampires, well let's just say our scientists definitely made that story true. But don't worry, we made sure she can make any vampettes! her reproductive organs are in a jar!", the joker laughs.
He won't shut up.
I don't know what happened but suddenly the jokers shoulder has a massive chunk taken out of it. I blinked. what's going on.
"Jason, im scared..", I cry.
He's just staring at me.
-
those next 160 days are hell. Joker tortured Jason and made me watch. some days He would switch it up and inject with me a formula to make my hunger worse. Jason would watch as I would starve myself to death, then watch as I gasp back to life. the moment Joker realized I couldn't die, it was over.
The joker killed me 89 times within 160 days.
the last day was a blur. There was a bomb i knew that. I know Jason was trying to get out. he crawled over to me and Layed his body over mine. but I can't remember what he said.
Even when He was about to die, he still protected me.
I remember batman picking up rubble, finding Jason's body over mine when I come to. he throws my body over his shoulder as he grabs Jason.
i barely remembered going to his funeral.
the clearest memory i have is when I wanted to produce a career.
-
I walked into the manors living area, where bruce was sitting on a chair by the fireplace with a glass of some sort of alcohol.
"Bruce?" I ask.
he looks up.
"yes?"
"..I know this is random but I wanna become a mortician.", I say hesitantly.
he snorts, "That's kinda ironic, huh?"
I smile, "Yeah, I guess, but i figured it would help with the situation. so you don't have to keep on stealing blood bags from the hospital."
he takes a drink, "well, what do you wanna call it?"
"uhmmm..." , I think for a moment. " What about 'D's Funeral and mortician services' "?
Bruce grins, "That's not bad." he stands, "I'll buy a building so we can start. it should be done within 4 months. I assume you know what you're doing?"
i shift my weight from one leg to another, "Yeah, my adoptive sister was a funeral director, I would help from time to time. I was a morbid child."
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And that's how it started.