Black Rose

Chapter Eleven

Joker's POV

We were on our way home and I was excited. I had gotten Rosie a gift and I was nervous if she would like it. I have missed her more than I thought I could miss a person and that made me frown. It makes me weak and distracted to feel this way. I remember the last time I let a woman distract me and it ended badly. Thinking of Harley never ceases to make me angry. I start thinking of Rosie and instantly calm down. The girls could not be more different and I am thankful for that. Rosie is full of life like Harley but breaks less easily. She is cool and calm and collected. Her emotions run deep and aren't annoying and childish. Most importantly, I don't want to hurt her, I want her safe and happy, but still devoted to me and completely and utterly mine. When I was with Harley, all I wanted to do was hurt her and in every aspect; emotionally, physically, and sexually.

I want to see my girl. "Frost, pull up the security footage since last night." I haven't had a chance to check on her all day. I have been keeping tabs on her by the video cameras throughout the house. She's so good, she hasn't left the room, just like I asked.

Frost hands me a tablet and I start from where I left off last night at her sleeping. She has kicked the blankets off and she is wearing very short shorts and a tank top. I wish I could touch her. I fast forward a bit but something catches my attention. A man comes into the room, it's Frederick. What the fuck is he doing?

"Frost call Frederick right now!" I snap. I never take my eyes off the tablet watching as he starts touching her leg and moves his hand up her leg about to touch her under the shorts and I am about to lose it when she stirs and he takes off out of the room.

"Boss, he isn't answering." Now Frost sounds worried too, knowing that my men ALWAYS answer the first time from us calling. "I am going to call the other four. We are twenty minutes away"

I nod and start frantically fast forwarding. I tell Johnny "Step on it, we need to get there now!" She wakes up crying. I wish I was there to hold her. Then she frantically gets up. Something is wrong. It hits me that she can't feel any of the men in the house and can't protect herself with her powers. Here I was worried about her leaving when I should have worried about my men.

I watch as she tries to go to the backyard. What is she thinking? Frederick pulls her back. She puts up a good fight and then they inject her with what I assume is the tranquilizer. She still fights and that's when I see it. She is surrounded by this purple energy swirling around her starting at her feet. It wraps around the two guards that attacked her and it looks like they writhe in pain. Well that explains her powers. I feel relieved and proud that my little baby is a fighter.

Dread returns when three more guards jump her and she's out cold. Then they carry her to the basement. No, no, no, not there! Not the torture room. That's where they head and I start seeing red but I control it.

"J, No one is answering" Frost sounds worried.

"No and I know exactly why." I say bitterly. Frost looks at the tablet with me and we watch helplessly as my girl is thrown on the metal ECT table. Probes are propped on her head. I fast forward and it goes on for thirty minutes leaving us at real time. She is still there.

I jump up to the front seat, open the door and kick the driver out. I floor it and make it to the mansion in record time. I quietly enter the house wanting to sneak up on them. I make it to the basement following her screams. Her voice is rough from the 40 minutes of screaming. I am livid. All I see is red and these men will hurt. Frost is right behind me.

"What do we have here?" All five pairs of eyes are on me. My girl is dazed and looks to be losing consciousness. Why must I always find her like this?

"Boss, uh she was trying to escape. She went crazy and attacked us. We had to teach her a lesson!" Frederick was the one to talk. I don't believe him. She would go to the front door if she tried to leave. Right? I was unsure and I didn't like it but the fact is, they hurt my girl. So I will hurt them.

Frederick can tell I'm dangerous when silent. So he lunges at me and I shoot him in the shoulder. I will leave him alive for now so I can torture but the others I will kill. I put a bullet in all of their heads. I run over to Rosie.

I shake her to get her to focus. "Baby, baby, come on. Open your eyes, love. Please stay awake baby" I can hear the pleading in my voice. She isn't doing well and I am worried she won't make it. "Frost! Get the doctor here!."

I start undoing all her straps and pick her up bridal style, taking her to our bedroom. When I hear her whisper "You are my hero, Joker." and then she is gone. I set her down on the bed quickly and feel for a pulse and can barely feel it.  I don't like this sick feeling. I scream and run my hands through my hair.

Wait-she said Joker. She knows. She found out. But she still sees me as a hero? Maybe she is just confused. That ECT may have scrambled her brains. I hold her hand and lay in the bed with her.

Frost arrives with the doctor. He examines her and runs some tests, mostly lifting her eyelids and shining a light into them. "Well she looks fine, her pulse is normal, there are no seizure or tremors. She is not looking like a victim of 40 mins of ECT. It's strange, she should be a vegetable. Her facial muscles are all responsive and so are her limbs. I predict some memory loss but honestly, I think she will recover well. Although we won't know for sure until she wakes up".

"Thanks doc. I really appreciate your service." Johnny catches my drift, leading the doctor out. I hear gunshots after a bit. I can't even bring myself to smirk about it. I am too worried about the little girl next to me. No one can know about her. If my own men did this to her, what would my enemies do? I was supposed to protect her and I failed...

She wakes up about an hour later. I have done nothing but lay next to her and watch her. She looks around and sees me next to her, she lights up and smiles seeing me causing my heart to flip flop. She must not remember finding out about me.

"Hey there...Joker." Her voice is rougher from her screaming, Well I guess she does know. "I guess I know why you said not to believe everything on TV."

How should I play this? I need to make this girl fall for me. I will use her and get rid of her when she I can't handle the clinginess. Hmm I could just be honest and admit no shame? Play the misunderstood card?

"Well it was nice to be a hero to someone for once." I add a pained look to my face. She turns her body facing mine and curls up to mine, putting her arms around me and making my heart race. My pulse speeds up.

"You will forever be MY hero. Especially since you saved me yet again. You have done bad things, things that cross the line even for me and I am not the most moral person. Will you do me a favor though?" She won't look at me now and doesn't wait for my answer. "Please try and refrain from hurting children, at the very least while I am here."

That's what sets me off. 'While she is here'? Does she plan on leaving?! And who is she to tell me what to do?!

"You never tell me what to do." I say angry and slowly, my hand wrapping around her throat and grabbing her. I can't look her in the eyes when I drag her down the hall to the extra bedroom and throw her on the bed.

I finally bring myself to look at her face and regret everything. She is so hurt and tears well in her eyes, but then her face turns to anger and she cooly says the one thing to set me back off "Who is Harley?"

I backhanded her so hard that she passed out. I walked out the room leaving her on the floor with the door locked.