She had several bruises, and several of her teeth had been knocked out. She trembled at the sight of Lash, there was a trade mark wooden hammer in front of her but she didn't move to pick it up.

“W...Who's Jeannie, and Edward?” Harley asked....Her voice soft as a mouse.

“His wife, and son...Did he never tell you about them? Oh no....Harley did you think he was single?” Lash said to her. He got several experience prompts for Acting. Harley slid down to her knees and started to sob!

“No! No!...I....I'm the other woman!? I....I can't be that way!” Harley wailed!

Depending on the comic origin Harley did not have a good child hood in most of them. What ended it in a lot of them was Harley's mother had an affair and her father killed her mother. Despite all the horrible things Harley did in her life there was one line she swore she would never cross. She would never be...the other woman in a man's life. Lash walked over to her and pushed the hammer out of the way. He knelt down and pulled Harley into his arms. She cried and beat her hands against his chest plate. Her punches grew weaker and weaker as more time passed. The sounds of battle raged in the floors below. The League had entered the castle...

“Harley... Where is the idol that Joker is using to control the twisted reality?” Lash asked her... She continued to sob for a few more minutes then whispered softly.

“Its inside of him... He said it was the safest place! Because Batman would have to kill him to get it out...” Harley said between sobs.

“Harley. I'm going to kill him....Is that ok?” Lash said to her softly. There was a brief moment where it looked like Harley wanted to say, 'No don't!' But then she gritted her teeth and snarled.

“Yes! Kill that fucker! Make it hurt!” Harley said to him.

Lash cast a Sooth, Nature's Supplement, and Regrowth so she could get her teeth back. He told her to go down stairs to the league and turn herself in. Tell them he was going on ahead to end the fight. Then he promised that Joker would not live to see another day. She hugged him one last time and kissed him on the cheek. She bounced back to her charming, bubbly, and seductive self to hide her pain.

“Your not married are you?” Harley asked. Lash shook his head no, then shooed her away when she winked at him. Once Harley had left the floor Lash walked up to the door and banged on it.

“Open up, Jack!” Lash shouted. The door opened by a crack and Lash walked in through it. The door slammed closed behind him. He could feel a spell barrier erect to keep the League out. The room was pitch black, even with his skill Night Eye he couldn't see anything.

“It had been a long time since I heard that name....Heard their names.” Joker's voice was disconnected, distant, as if he was talking about some one else in a text book.

A single pin point light appeared above in the pitch black room. It created a spot light on a man who wore a purple and black full dress tail tuxedo suit. Clown white skin, red cherry lips, emerald green hair, and yellow eyes. His hands clenched into fists as he stared with blood shot eyes at Lash. His yellow stained teeth ground and cracked under his clenched jaws.

“You think saying their names means anything to me!? They are gone! They are dead!” Joker screamed.

“No they are not! Jeannie lives in Central City with your son Edward. He's in high school now. He has a scholarship to the state university. Gymnastics!” Lash interrupted him the information stopped Joker's villain monologue dead in their tracks.

Joker's eye twitched as the pitch black room cracked and shattered like a mirror. The shards fell to the ground and burst into Trickery Domain particles. They stood in an observatory with a giant glass dome above them. Then Joker started to laugh! He laughed and laughed as he clawed his hands through his hair, his nails left long cuts all down his face. Then along his skin cracks appeared like a dried pottery. Divine energy danced and burst from the wound. That as all the invitation Lash needed as he sprinted towards Joker. BAM! Joker back handed Lash and he spring boarded straight into the door.

Lash left a clear imprint on the door, and felt nearly half of his life went down in a single hit. Fuck! Joker continued to laugh as he reached out with his hands, his fingers jagged. Reality warped around him as giant claws appeared as reality it self twisted. Lash pulled himself out of the door, cast Death Ward on himself. Then went straight back towards Joker again!

“You think it matters! You think I care! It doesn't matter if they are alive now! Because they will be dead soon! Then nothing of Jack will be left! Beat me now! Beat me later! I'll go to prison! I'll go to Arkham! Because you fucking heroes never have the balls to go all the way!” Joker screamed at him, his giant clawed hands raked through the observatory!

Trickery Domain Spell, Bending: Bend the fabric of reality to your will if only a little! Why tell a lie! When you can just bend the truth!

Lash activated a spell he didn't know he had and suddenly he was in front of Joker as if he had always been there. Joker's eyes went wide as he tried to take a step back. Lash extended the claws on his hands and stabbed straight into Joker, right where he the divine spark was....The stone idol had replaced Joker's heart so Lash yanked it out and held the stone idol of the Norse God Loki into the air.

“KAAAALLLIIIMMMMMAAAAAA!” Lash shouted to the sky! Joker flopped to the ground with a gaping hole in his chest. But he had a shit eating grin on his face.

“Y.....You hahahahaahaahahaha! You killed me! With an Indiana Jones reference? Ahahahahaaha!” Joker laughed as the divine energy that resided in him slowly drained out. The observatory started to crack and fall apart.. No it was the standard bad guy cliché the whole carnival was falling apart.

“I thought you would like to go out with a joke...” Lash said to him...

“Eheheheehheheheheeheh! You....your right! Hhahahahahahahahaa....” Joker laughed...He reached into his pocket and flipped a coin at Lash who caught it. He looked at it, it was a house Sex'Illia family token. Proof...

Joker continued to laugh for another ten minutes as the castle continued to crumble. The castle wasn't the only one. With out the idol to contain the power Joker's body crumbled apart like a piece of paper set aflame. Even until the very end he had a smile on his face. Lash put the coin away into a safe place and looked at the stone idol of Loki. He could feel the divine spark on it.

“Should I find you another host?” Lash asked.

Attention User! Your Cosmic Patron has requested you with finding a suitable host the ancient God Loki's divine spark. Do you accept? Yes/No

Yes...

Quest accepted!

The stone idol cracked and burst apart into pieces. The pieces flew around Lash, then turned into a small tattoo on his right forearm. Like someone had pressed the pause button on the crumbling castle the whole scene froze in time. Then a flash of divine light swallowed the whole area! When it pulled away, Lash along with the entire League and hundreds of still alive civilians were transported just outside the crumbling carnival. A small thank you from Loki. As everyone looked around in confusion the first rays of sunlight came from the clouds above. Lash stood in the sun with his Wraith disguise still wrapped around him. The sounds of fighter jets flew by, along with helicopters of news stations. It was in this moment that the world saw the Justice League for the first time together as a team. Next to them stood Agent Wraith of the United Nations World Security. The Siege of Gotham was over....

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A giant room filled over two dozens rows of computers and people sitting in therapeutic chairs for long hours of remaining stationary. Every single person had their heads in black boxes... Dream Engine Cubes! Several technicians walked down the paths checking on the Developers health, and safety. A computer beeped at a passing technician who walked over. Checked the logs...

“Hmmm.... User #00012 has completed the Gotham Siege. Everyone lived? Impressive... Lets kick the difficulty up a few points for the next character arc.... Meta-Human Crisis! Good luck User #00012 you are going to need it.” The technician logged the change in their records.