January Drabble

JANUARY DRABBLE

World to Explore: Harley Quinn - Sound mind

The blonde stared out into the distance ,   the EXPLOSIONS lighting up the Gotham SKYLINE as smoke billowed in the air.   sirens could be heard from all the emergency services as she HERSELF was sat in the back of an AMBULANCE.   There were obvious occupational hazards to working at Arkham Asylum ,   she'd known that going in.   She had her TARGET ,   a male who she had HOPED would unveil his smoke and mirror show for her.   She believed she had the skills to delve deep enough into his PSYCHE to pull out TRUTHS that no one else had found.   Part of her knew she should have known better that to have that much hope.After being given the all CLEAR ,   she was given the REST of the week off work.   Her boss had claimed it was for her own mental health ,   but it was hard to practice PSYCHIATRY in a patient FACILITY with no patients ,   and hardly any facility left standing.   With a sigh she climbed onto her MOTORBIKE ,   the ONLY thing that could thrill her as much as he had ,   and headed off towards her dull and dreary apartment in the CITY.

At LEAST that had been the plan ,   but subconsciously ,   as the events of the night played out in her MIND ,   the blonde had ENDED up somewhere significantly more dangerous ,   as she had climbed to one of high points on the city ROADS.   There ,   LEANING against one of the safety barriers was a pale man with green hair   watching the chaos of his HANDYWORK from a SAFE distance.   He turned ,   a charming smile as always as the horrors of what had occurred were still GLAZED over the blondes eyes.   ❝ Oh Pooie , ❞   he cooed softly ,   bringing a coarse hand to her chin ,   pulling it UP so she'd meet his GAZE.   ❝ I thought this was something you'd WISH for.   You'd always complain about work to me ,   so I thought I would make it LIGHTER for you ,   Doc. ❞

❝ Lighter... ❞   She BREATHED softly ,   that was the KEY word.   In a way ,   he had made the facilities brighter and her work load was now non-existent ,   but something didn't seem to SETTLE in her brain.   ❝ I don't THINK I'm gonna be a Doc fer a while ,   Mista' J. ❞

❝ Then how about — ❞   he paused for effect ,   as if pondering the many POTENTIAL nicknames he could GIVE her.   The blonde was holding her breath waiting on tenterhooks for his answer.   Her waiting look and WIDE eyes made his SMILE seem even brighter as his thumb brushed against her chin.   ❝ Harley Quinn. ❞