“If you had the opportunity to cause
the destruction of a person, would you do it?”
“What are you talking about?” Emily
asks me in a shocked tone. I look ahead and avoid her questioning
eyes. I repeat my question.
“If you had the opportunity to cause
the destruction of a person, would you do it?”
She looks up at the star-littered sky.
Her head shakes from side to side in decisively. “I don't know.”
Her eyes return their focus onto me. “I shouldn't, but that doesn't
mean that I wouldn't.” They become questioning once more. “What
is this all about?”
“You're going to think I'm either
crazy or evil if I tell you.” I assure her. She shrugs and gives me
a small friendly smile.
“I already think you're both.” She
jokes. Seriousness returns to her face. “What's going on?”
I sigh in response. “It's her
again...” I confess first. She nods at me understandably. “But
that's not it. There's something else. Something worse.”
“Worse than her?” Her face becomes
worried. “What is it?”
“I think it's me, but it almost feels
as if it's something apart from me at the same time.” I begin to
explain. Her feet shift nervously as she finds a place to sit nearby.
I follow her to a nearby park bench. The world is colorless right
now. Nighttime does that. The normally green leaves are simply black,
or grey, and look just like everything else. The bench is cold and
hard.
“Like a voice or something?” She
asks once we are settled on the bench. I look up at her and nod.
“Yeah, a voice. It's dark, Emily. It
tells me to destroy her. Or, rather, let her destroy herself, but
help her get started.” I pause for a moment. Before she gets the
chance to reply, I continue. “I was dealing with it before you
showed up. For some reason, it didn't come with us.”
Her gaze is a mix of disbelief and
worry. She shifts closer toward me, much to my surprise. “This
isn't funny, Joker.” She says. I shake my head in response.
“I'm not kid-” I try to defend
myself, but she cuts me off.
“Not you. The Joker spirit.” Her
voice is as serious as I've ever heard it. She looks off into the
distance and lets out a sigh. “Him and I have met before.” She
stands up quickly and returns her disbelieving gaze to me. “Come.
You're staying with me tonight.”
-Zero
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