13: True Feelings/Her Secret

       Alien smiled and climbed in, "I was patrolling around and thought I stop by."

"Nobody saw you did they?"

"No," she shook her head, "afraid my uncle Batman would see us?"

"I'm afraid anyone would see us. The whole of Gotham loves you for capturing me. If you were spotted coming in here you'd be done for."

"Oh...I see, but I just wanted to see you and see how things are going." She then squint her eyes under her hood and through her mask seeing his makeup was slightly faded and one of his eyes was bruised. "Who did this to you?"

"Oh that? I got into a disagreement with one of the guys in the club who tried harassing the dancers. Nothing to worry about."

079 picked up his heart meter and noticed he was lying and texted Sarah on the Omnitrix saying "lie."

"Jo...you can tell me. You're my friend. But I understand if you aren't ready to tell yet," she thought for what she could tell him, "you know when I talked about The Joker...from what he kinda did in my past?" She sat beside him taking her hood off, "...I trust you...and I trusted your father to tell...so...I want to tell you something, because I trust you, Jo."

"...you trust me, even though we've been friends not too long?" Joker asked.

Alien nodded with a reassuring smile, "I do. I mean...you wanted to help me. And I thank you for that."

"You don't have to thank me, doll. I wanted to help my best friend," he smiled.

Alien blushed shyly at him when he said that.

"Also...you were saying? About The Joker? You don't have to tell me, doll."

"Well...I do want you to know...my folks don't even know, and your father encourages me to tell them."

"Wait...your parents don't even know? Has anyone...called the police for...what he did to you?"

Alien sighed and shook her head sadly.

"You don't have to tell me, but if you really do trust me...then what happened?"

"Many years ago...I was only 14 years old..."





9 years ago...

Sarah had missed the bus. She waved out her arms yelling at the bus driver, but he didn't hear her. The kids on the bus did and laughed and made fun of her for missing the bus.

"Come on!" Sarah whined. How could she miss it, and on the last day of summer? She instead walked home, but on the walk to the country side of Fairway City, it was down pouring. "You got to be kidding me."

She managed to get home and her mother saw her soaking wet.





"So....you missed the bus and got drenched," Joker said, frowning slightly, "what does that have to do with....him. Wait, was he the bus driver? Or worse....did he see you? Was he watching you?"

"....not yet."





"Oh honey you're soaked." Catherine said, "take a shower and put your pjs on."

Sarah nodded and when she left, Catherine got a call. It was her uncle...Bruce Wayne, "oh hi, Bruce, long time, no see."

"Yeah...listen, I kinda miss you guys, you guys want to come over and hang out this summer?"

"I'm sorry, Bruce, Caleb and I working, Stephanie is going to camp...," but then she had an idea, "But I think I know someone who would love to meet you. She hasn't seen her uncle since she was only 2 years old."

The next day, Sarah was taken to the airport. She hugged her parents goodbye. This would be er first time flying by herself. And why spend her summer with her uncle? Why not her grandparents in Middle of Nowhere, Kansas. She got on board and tried to relax the whole plane ride. Soon she was in Gotham City. She looked around for her uncle since it had been years. She didn't recognize him anymore. That's when an older man came to her, "Sarah J-Tennyson?"

Sarah nodded.

"I'm Alfred Pennysworth, your uncle's butler. I am here to take you to the Wayne Manor."

"Manor? My uncle is rich?"

He chuckled, "it has been years, hasn't it?"



"Was The Joker pretending to be the butler?" Joker gasped, "what a scumbag!"

"No...how about you ask after I finish, ok?" She wasn't mad or try to sound annoyed. She was calm about it.

"Okay, sorry. I'll try," he sighed.

She patted his arm and continued.




Once at the manor, Alfred set her things in a personal guest room for her. She was shocked that her uncle decorated just for her and all the things she liked.

"Mr Wayne will be working late tonight. Special business, so it will be just us for dinner. Make yourself comfortable, and you can go out in the garden," Alfred then walked out.

After dinner and while they were asleep, Sarah woke up feeling uncomfortable in the Manor, it was because she was sleeping somewhere new. She missed the country side. It was quieter. She got up and walked in the garden for a bit to help relax, when suddenly she heard something in the woods. She was scared wondering what it was. That's when a little white rabbit hopped out of the bushes. She sighed in relief and carefully went to the rabbit to pet him. While she was, someone came behind her and dabbed her.

"AHH—MMMM!" She squirmed and kicked as the person held her tight and dragged her into a pickup truck.

She tried to get away, but the person grabbed her and squeezed her neck choking her. She finally got to see his face. It was a man with a painted clown face. He was hushing her as he kept choking her and soon she fell unconscious.





"...I was taken to his warehouse. I didn't know who he was, but he told me he was The Joker. And he told me he had been watching me and my family since I was 4 years old. He first saw me when I was 2 years old in Gotham, and he wanted his men to track me down. They finally found where we lived once I was 4 years old. The whole time, my family and I didn't even know we were being watched. The more he watched me, the more interested The Joker became. He said...he fantasize how he wanted to...hurt me. Even for how young I was. I don't know why he waited until now to kidnap me since he watched us since I was very young. Maybe to make sure no one felt they were being watched...I don't know....during the whole summer...he...hurt me by abusing me...he would beat me...choked me, cut me...and raped me...he mostly just raped me...I didn't have anything to fight back...not even the Omnitrix...besides it wouldn't work even if I tried to use it. It runs off how I feel..."

"...and you felt scared." Joker said looking like he felt bad for her.

Alien nodded crying.

"How...how did you get away?"

"Jackson. He tried to protect me. When The Joker forced me to starve because he wanted me to be skinner, he would feed me. He would comfort me. Watch over me when I sleep. He was the only one that cared for me. And I felt bad because he worked for him. In August...he helped me escape and kept The Joker distracted. He finally got to the Gotham Police Department and contacted my Uncle. I later found out who he was and I blamed my uncle for not being there for me. I was hurt, I felt like he allowed this to happen. But I found out later he didn't. The Joker covered his tracks real well so that's why Batman couldn't find me. He was hoping to keep me forever. Before I met your folks...I was kidnapped again by The Joker, but not for long. I made another new friend and her name was....Halrey Quinn. She was pretty jealous of me, but didn't know I was the girl The Joker was obsessed with. Once I told her everything she felt bad and even disgusted by him. So she saved me, helped me escape and we became best friends ever since. She never went back to The Joker either....then after I broke up with Rudy, I still hadn't told anyone...I met your father Mr Gold...he was the first I told. He was a complete stranger, but we became close and I just needed a father figure, since I felt no one loved or cared about me...I told him, and he felt bad. He comforted me an told me that he wouldn't let anything happen to me. I was even thankful he would say those things. I needed someone like him in that time..."

She dropped her head down and sobbed, "I couldn't tell anyone, because...he threatened me. He proved that with my first boyfriend. He got Spencer Reed killed because I told him who hurt me...and since then I never told anyone...not even my folks and they still don't know." She broke down.

Joker felt bad and disgusted, and shivered all the same time. He turned to her and hugged Alien. Alien looked surprised for him hugging her. She then hugged her back. Joker then held her face and caressed her smooth grey cheek (Since as Alien Phantom her skin was grey). He brushed her tears away and then he leaned in and kissed her. Alien was confused, but she melting into the kiss again and kissed him back. She lifted her hands and held his face as they kissed.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, "but I wanted to comfort you somehow."

"It's alright. I appreciate it, Mr Jo." She rested her hands on his arms. "And...I trust you..."

"Why haven't you told your folks?"

"I'm scared. They are heroes, but I am afraid how mad they be because I didn't tell them right away...or if The Joker kills them. He killed Reed. He could've killed Rudy because Rudy found out. He could've killed Mr Gold your father...but I am thankful he hasn't."

Joker pulled her chin up looking at her worriedly, "Doll, I really think you should tell them."

"N-no, he will kill them. I have a nephew and—"

He shut her up by kissing her again, "I won't let anything happen to your family. I encourage you to tell them, if my father encourages you to, so do I..."

Alien teared up.

"You trust me, right? I won't let anyone hurt them."

"...I trust you."

"Then please tell them. He would be charged and you will get justice," he then took hold of her hand and held it "you shouldn't keep something like that a secret from your folks. They love  you and would want to know."

"....would...you and Jackson...be there...outside watching out incase he does come?"

Joker then nodded, "sure, we could do that. What makes you feel safer."

Alien then hugged him tightly and gripped on him tightly, "thank you...for listening."

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