Thick as Thieves: Chapter Four
Fandom: The Dark Knight
Title: Thick as Thieves
Rating: PG-13
Words: 3950
Character/Pairing: Harley, Ivy, Batsy, Mr. J
Summary: So, just what is the Joker up to? And what’s Batman going to do about it?
Notes: Lots of the boys in this chapter, not so much Red or Harley. Sorry! :( But it is a story about them, too. When everything comes together, you’ll see what I mean… Also, Joker and Batman do terribly not-nice things to one another. To warn you.
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IV: Bat-Baiting
Cold morning, thought the Joker. Purple Icee cold. No, liquid nitro cold. Cold like scalpels and rubber gloves, neither of which he’d used for this disguise (though such things came in handy). He giggled like a kid as he watched Punch climb in the truck. Apart from its stains, the deliveryman’s uniform was goldilocksish for the gaunt and tacit underling: not too big, not too small. Only a frayed collar and rust-red rip in the left armpit identified it as… used. No one would look that closely. They didn’t care about their packages today. They were preoccupied with the Big One. Where it was. What it was. Whether they could stop the earth-shattering kaboom.
The audience would expect an earth-shattering kaboom. After a pair of ferries and a hospital, Gotham’s denizens never would’ve dreamt their homegrown terrorist could spark a rash of mini infernos. And the power plant! Mustn’t forget. Much as the Joker detested that snot’s lack of style, his presumption, his theft of a trademarked name, he owed his thanks to the man –whoever he was –who’d decimated the building. After that ballyhoo, Gotham would forget the Christmas robbery at Dini Digital Watches and the toys that had disappeared from their boutiques. Forgetting would keep them from adding two and two until it was too late. Moreover, who would suspect death of lurking in a UPS truck?
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