"Hi Auntie Harley, I didn't know that you were going to be in the area today." Violet tried to sound casual but it was hard to keep her voice steady. She straightened herself up and stood shoulder to the part in case anything started. Harley may have been her supposed aunt but there was bad blood between them now and Harley would take any opportunity to show her anger if she felt in the mood for it.
"Ya know flower you've been' a very bad gurl lately. " Today was one of the days she felt the need to show her anger after all. "I knw what ya did to meh sweet boy, " The aura she gave off was frightening but as Harley came closer Violet didn't move, she knew not to show emotion and if she was being honest with herself there wasn't much fear that she could feel. Harley held a over sized hammer with a circus pattern covering it's surface at her side; she bumped it against her calf in a slow rhythm unconsciously.
"There was no other way, Jack was in my way. You know I didn't want to have to take him in but I had no choice. He can have a better future now." Violet said this knowing that her words would go unheard, it wouldn't matter why she had to stop Jack all that mattered was she had betrayed him.
"Jack was me and meh Pudd'n's only truth and you took hem away from us!" She lifted the hammer and rushed toward Violet, her face contorted with anger. Violet ducked and the blow landed just above her head, the hammer struck deep into the wall. That would have been her head, the crumbling rock would have been her brain ooze and blood.
Harley wasn't her aunt right now, she was a vengeful mother that needed to feel better about not being able to protect her offspring. Violet looked around while Harley tried to pull the hammer from the wall, Richard was far off in the mix of the bigger trouble along with Batman. He wouldn't get to her in time even if he was able to see her small frame stick out of the smoke surrounding them. Violet would have to defend herself the best that she could; she stood up and kicked Harley in her stomach with all the force she had. Harley staggered back a few steps and before she could regain her balance Violet gave her a right hook to the face.
Violet was surprised at her forcefulness but before she could feel glad she had paid attention to the lectures about self defense that Richard gave her Harley grabbed the arm she had punched her with and pulled Violet forward. She kneed Violet in the stomach and while she was on the ground heaving made it a point to kick her while she was down square in the mouth sending her from a bent over position to laying on her side. Violet let out a muffled scream and spit up blood, her lip was split from the impact and she wasn't sure if that was the only damage. Her side was in pain and she hoped it was nothing more than a bruise but it felt more like a fractured rib. The cement was cold and it helped clear her thoughts from the fuzzy feeling invading. She needed to get up now before things got out of hand, Violet willed herself up; moving to slow.
"You don't think your going anywhere do ya flower?" Harley's voice echoed with satisfaction. Seeing Violet bleeding and in pain made her happier than she had been since Jack was taken to Arkhem Asylum. She pulled a dagger from her belt loop and positioned it under Violet's throat, taking a hand full of hair to pull back her head. "Your not going anywhere." Harley giggled and applied pressure to the blade, it slowly split an inch length across Violet's neck with ease. Blood ran down her neck in a crimson river.
Violet was loosing consciousness, she felt that this was the last of it. Her breath pitched and became rapid, she didn't want life to end yet. Her vision blurred and she heard voices off in the distance, they seemed to be addressing her or.....Harley?
"What did I tell you?! I said to teach her a lesson not kill her!" A women's voice, familiar. "Let her loose. Now." Her tone was low and harsh.
"You said I could have at her and that's what I did. She deserves it after taking my Jack. You said it yourself, she needs to learn that blood makes you who you are." The grip on Violet's hair tightened as Harley spoke but Harley didn't move the blade any deeper into her throat.
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