4: Sarah and Arthur Meet

     Sarah went to the abandoned amusement park and left a note at the door. She knocked and then hid in the bushes hoping Joker or his goons will get the note. Joker opened the door and found the note.

"Joker, meet me at the West Gotham Apartments, my room is in the first floor, door 105. Sarah.

Ps, come as yourself, not Joker."

Joker frowned slightly reading this. He hadn't expected h a note from her. And come as himself? Really? He sighed and went back inside.

After a while he went to the bathroom and washed off the greasepaint. He put on his old jacket and pulled the hood up so no one would recognize or notice him, then he got into his car and drove to the apartments. Once he was there he went up to the first floor and found her apartment. Then he knocked on the door and waited.

Sarah heard the knock and turns to George, "be nice. Don't screw this."

George frowned but nodded. She then came to the door and checked the peephole seeing it was Arthur. She then opened the door, "...hi...Arthur?"

He nodded and so she let him in. She shut the door and turned to him, "uh...I thought maybe we could talk." She blushed she was starting to think he was kinda cute without his makeup.

"...so would you like anything? Water? Soda?...milk?"

Arthur turned to her shyly still with his hoodie up, "...water, please..."

Sarah nodded. "You can just at the sofa and I will get it."

Arthur then walked over to the sofa as Sarah got them both water.

"Sorry it's a little messy in here, I rarely get visitors and I tried to clean it up. So...Carnival...Joker...and Arthur? What would you like me to call you?"

"...Joker, if you don't mind?"

"...alright...I want to ask you something important...just about yourself. I like to know about you. Because you seem so nice when I saw you dancing as Carnival...and then hearing you saved a baby from that evil clown Rudy, which is an alien clown by the way."

"How do you know he is an alien?"

"Oh...there was an alien invasion years ago...one of my best friends and I ran into them...and well I recognized Rudy. I don't know him," she lied the last part, "and you seem to care for my safety...I just like to know...if you're a Joker...why a nice guy like you end up like this?"

He frowned slightly and sighed, "there's no simple answer to that deeply personal question. I guess....the short version is I wanted to be a comedian but nobody liked my jokes. I was going through some struggles and I... lost my mind. I.....killed some people, including my evil adoptive mother who allowed me to be abused as a child. I wound up in Arkham and you know the rest... I escaped. Carnival was the clown I used to be for my day job. I enjoyed making people smile," he shrugged.

"....I'm sorry to ask that...and I'm sorry for what you went through."

He shrugged again, "it's okay. Nobody's life is perfect. May I ask why you're so interested? I mean....it just seems a little random, someone wanting to get to know me."

"Well...I felt bad for you. I feel like some sort of connection. Like you need help."

"Are you sure you don't need help? That Rudy guy....sounds like he has history with you. But he's delusional, right? He thinks you and him dated? I was delusional that way once, but not aggressive."

"...wait no? I never dated him," she lied. She didn't know how he would know her alter ego. "Look, alright, I don't know how to say this without telling you who I am. So you got to keep it a secret. You can do that, right?"

He nodded, "....sure. I can keep a secret."

"...yes I dated Rudy. So yes I am Starkergirl...or now everyone calls me Phantom Alien." Sarah sighed, "and it's a long story why that has to be a secret, but, as I was saying...when I tried to save you, my Omnitrix scanned your dna. It just doesn't scan alien dna so I can transform into them, my friend in there that is a computer can scan human and animal dna. When he scanned you, your dna matched...to this," she held up a baby rattle that had the North Star that resembled Neverland, had the lamp, and even a rose kept a glass case. "Your baby rattle."

Arthur froze, "......okay so I had a feeling you were the hero, I recognized your voice... but, more importantly, you're saying that's my baby rattle? Where did you get it from?"

"...I'm friends with your real parents. I met them in a small town in Maine...they just moved to Gotham, because they want to find you."

"What?!" he jumped up, "this can't be real! What are the chances of you knowing my real parents, when we just met on the street a couple times?!"

"Because of me!"

079 got out of the Omnitrix and frowned at him. "Like she said, I scanned your dna. She knows them for a long time also, after her and that dumb Klown broke up."

He blinked at 079 in surprise, "okay.....well. Thanks for letting me know. I should be going now. I have work to do."

"...wait Arthur, please don't leave," Sarah begged, "don't want to meet them?"

Arthur shivered. He shook his head and walked out.

"...but...they miss you...," she said softly after he disappeared.

Arthur was too overwhelmed to think clearly right now. He had to take a long walk to process everything he'd been told.

Later that, Mr Gold then called her.

"Sarah, it's me. How did it go? Did you get to speak to him?"

"...I did and...I...I think I broke him...because I asked if he wants to meet you guys...but he said...no..."

"Oh," Mr Gold sighed, sadly, "did he say why? I suppose I know why. He's mad thinking we have him up. Sarah.... Would you please speak to him again? He maybe just needs time to think."

"I will try." She then hung up and went to find Arthur. Before she got to the amusement park, she screamed for someone grabbed her, it was The Joker. "MMMMM!!!" She muffled.

"Keep it down, gorgeous. Have you really missed me that much," he gave an evil laugh.

She tried to squirm and kick trying to get away from him. The Omnitrix then turned on and SCP-079 came out frowning at The Joker, "no, but my fist did!" And punched The Joker.

The Joker dodged him hit and tried to pull the dial of the Omnitrix off, but instead it shocked him.

"Try to destroy my home, will you?" O79 frowned, "don't test me. And don't even try to hurt her. Suddenly there was a gunshot. The Joker shot his screen and 079 was in shock. Suddenly his screen went black and he disappeared back in the Omnitrix to try to heal.

The Joker frowned and turned to Sarah. Suddenly the Omnitrix beeped and flash a green light on the face made as if 079 was calling someone for help.

"Stay away. Please stay away from me."

In the abandoned amusement park. Jackson was by his radio when he was getting a signal.

Jackson wasn't the only one, Mr Gold got it as well at his shop. He would get this signals from Sarah's watch only if she was in danger and 079 was healing in the watch.

He quickly got in his truck and drove off. He used his crystal ball to show him where Sarah was. She was being dragged by The Joker to his cargo truck in the woods near the amusement park.

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