The Right Side of Wrong

A High Bar: Part 3

Veronica's POV:

Penguin: "Cut the song. No Horah for Harley or Ronnie."

Harley: "Hey, it's gonna take more than a souped up parasol to keep us from kicking your ass, you fat flightless bird."

Me: "Harley, now might not be the best time!"

Penguin turns to Joshua with a prideful smile.

Penguin: "What better way to become a man than by-"

Joshua: "Ooh, than touching your umbrella? Whoo. Yes, I've been waiting for this! Any last words before I kill your dumb blonde/brunette, stupid, smelly, idiot asses?"

Harley: "Hey, Joshua, make sure you aim it directly at our heads, 'cause you don't wanna miss in front of your friends & family."

Joshua: "I won't miss."

Harley: "I don't know. That trembly finger's telling a different story."

Joshua: "It's not trembly! I just-I've never shot an umbrella before."

Ah, psych-out! Classic psychiatry trick. I gotta get in on this.

Harley: "I bet there are a lot of things you've never done like drunk a beer-"

Joshua: "I drunk a beer, like all the time. I always drunk beers."

Harley: "I bet you still believe in Santy Claus."

Me: "He's Jewish, Harls."

Joshua: "And today, I'm a man!"

Harley: "Oh, that's right, I forgot, we're talking to a newly grown man. I mean, after all, you've already finger-banged somebody."

The crowd gasps at the idea, while I smirk, knowing what she's insinuating.

Joshua: "Wait, what?"

Me: "I mean, you have, haven't you? You didn't lie about such an important milestone, right?"

Joshua: *stutters* "I don't know. It was at camp, at night. It was me & her and it was dark. I definitely did something."

Harley: "Oh, Joshy. Do you really think you can kill people if you've never even finger blasted a girl?"

I glance up to see Ivy and Kite-Man flying over the skylight.

Joshua: "God! I'm not ready."

Mrs. Cobblepot: "I told you we should've gotten him the dollhouse like he asked, Oswald."

Joshua: *crying* "It's not a dollhouse! It's an army base with sound effects of real screams and it's the only thing I wanted!"

Penguin: "You're dead, Quinzels."

Ivy breaks through the skylight with her vines, Kite-man hot on her tail, when I use my ice powers to break the chains. Harley and I stand with a stretch as we greet Ivy in a nonchalant manner.

Ivy: "Hey, did they do cake yet?"

Harley: "Not yet."

Joker walks up to us with a cocky grin.

Joker: "Harley, you're not a solo act. You're a sidekick, an afterthought. No one is ever going to take you seriously. Admit you're nothing without me, and you walk away alive. Or you can die."

Kite-Man: "Well, easy choice. Uh, lovely bar mitzvah. Mazel, mazel."

Harley: "I ain't admitting shit!"

Joker: "Boys?"

All the Legion of Doom members surround us, following Joker's orders.

Harley: "Ronnie & I got Two-Face."

Ivy: "I got Scare-Crow."

Kite-Man: "I-Uh-Oh, dear God.-*towards Bane*-You are looming. I'll take the on-site coordinator."

Two-Face starts shooting his gun, so I form an ice wall in front of Harley and I. I then use the air around us to lift her into the air, and she fights Scarecrow head on with her bat.

Harley: "Ive, gun!"

Ivy: "On it."

Ivy grabs Two-Face's gun with her vines, and hands it to Harley. Harley aims and shoots it at Scarecrow's canister fear gas. This sends him flying around the room, and the crowd in a panic over inhaling the gas. She continues shooting it, until Penguin shoots his umbrella at the gun. I see Two-Face approaching her from behind, so I leap to stand before him, and give him a roundhouse kick in the stomach. Two-Face stumbles back, while the others walk closer and closer to us with guns.

Ivy: "Let's get out of here."

Harley and I glance behind the guys to see Joker taking photos of us.

Harley: "No, let's fight! Maybe Kite-Man can help."

We turn to our right to see Bane keeping Kite-Man in a chokehold, repeatedly punching him in the face. We turn back to Joker as he calls out to Bane.

Joker: "Bane! Quit kicking around with Kite-Man and get those three."

Bane: "But he was attacking me."

Joker: "With what? A kite? Just do what I tell you, you dumb, freakish monster."

Me: "Bane, why are you letting him talk to you like that? Why do any of you let him talk to you like that? He doesn't even have powers!"

Harley: "His only power is bullying you into doing what he wants. I should know. He did it to me for years."

Joker: "Don't listen to her. She's nothing!"

Bane: "She makes a good point. I don't like how you called me a monster."

Scarecrow: "Yeah, that was pretty harsh."

Two-Face: "Oh, yeah."

Joker: "Oh, my God! It's just an expression."

Bane: "Also, let's talk about dinner. I selected the beef in advance, and you stole it from me. You said you didn't even want to come to this 'stupid thing'."

The crowd gasps in shock.

Bane: "My feelings exactly. This is a monumental night for young Joshua."

Joker: "I'm the Joker, alright? I was joking, ok? Oh, my God! I'll kill Harley myself."

Joker pulls out a gun and aims it at Harley's head. Until, Ivy and I stand side-by side in front of her, a determined look on both our faces.

TO BE CONTINUED