Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with the Dark Knight or the Joker (I wish I did) or anything to do with DC comics. I do own Casey and Cassie as they are the same person and Lexi and. LOL.

Unturned Rocks

Chapter 6

Against her better judgment Lexi ran towards her father's voice to discover a gruesome sight. Both of her grandparents were lying dead on the floor blood matting their hair that was coming from a single bullet wood to their heads. Her mother was standing motionless in the lounge door way with Carly holding her shoulder's from behind. Her father was standing behind the corpses looking straight at her.

She realised that her guesses of her similarities to him were very accurate. How could they not be? Only he would share the same dirty blond hair, although his had green in it, with her, only he would share his deep, dark brown eyes. As he smiled, the scars stretching so they almost met his ears, Lexi gasped.

They even had the same smile without the scars.

"Hello Lexi, nice to put the name to the, uh, face"

"Likewise"

"Come down here, don't worry I won't bite"

"Now that I can't believe" said Lexi but her feetcarried her towards her father. She now saw that he towered over her and she was very, very scared.

"Now, you and I are going to go back to my place and we are gonna talk about, uh things"

"I don't think so Joker" said Cassie finally finding her voice.

"Oh I do Casey my dear"

"Mom leave it!" said Lexi quietly

"There you go Casey the girl knows her own mind"

With that the Joker pushed Lexi out the door and into the black SUV that had been following her the other night. "Lexi you've met Giggles" said the Joker climbing into the car afterwards. Lexi looked up to see the man who had chased her and shuddered. He also flinched when she looked up at him reminding himself of the night when he had experienced the worse pain known to a man.

Lexi looked out of the window as they started to drive away. Her mum was standing in the doorway; a tear streaming down her face "I'll find you" was all Cassie could mange to mouth to her darling daughter who was speeding away like the childhood Lexi was having right now.

It was very quiet in the car there was only the sound of the Joker's giggles as if he was laughing at some private joke. Lexi felt her eyes getting heavier and finally her head dropped onto her father's purple coated shoulder.

Back at the house Carly walked out into the garden to find her cousin finishing burying her parents. "I always thought I'd outlive them but not like this"

"I know, Cassie" she said putting her hand on her Cousin's shoulder.

"I've got to find them"

"What! That's crazy Lexi will be fine don't you worry He won't hurt his own daughter"

"I don't know that, I don't know where they are (a/n a great big joker smile to those who can guess where that came from) and I want my baby back now!"

"But what are you gonna do?"

"I'm going to find his hideaway and reclaim my daughter. He's got no right to her. In my eyes he was just a sperm donor."

"That's a little harsh Cassie"

"But it's true and I will find him!"

Lexi opened her eyes and observed her surroundings it was a painted green room with purple curtains. She was lying on a purple single bed there was a green smashed up clock on the wall that by some sort of miracle was still ticking. She stood up and made her way out the door. The rest of the hall was a very drab grey colour. The only splash of colour that she could see was the two doors directly in front of her. One was the same purple as her father's coat and the other was a dark red.

The dark red one opened and a woman stepped out of it. She was wearing a red and black Harlequin outfit complete with red and black hat. Her face was powder white like the Joker's with a black mask painted on her eyes and blacky red lipstick.

"Hi there, you must be Mister J's daughter, Lexi , Harley by the way" she said in a high voice.

"Harley!" called the Joker loudly.

"Uh-oh come on we'd better see what he wants came on" she led her down the hallway, down the stairs and into a huge warehouse where the Joker was pacing around, throwing a knife in the air and catching it again.

"Harley what were you doing I was about to leave with out… Ah Lexi good to see that your awake"

"What's going on?" Lexi asked

"You're gonna do a little something for daddy! Harley change her into something a little more, uh, appropriate"

"Right, you are pudding!" she said grabbing Lexi's hand and almost dragging her to a dark wardrobe. "Now you have a look in there and see what you like"

"Oh Harley a word" said the Joker.

"Yes Mistah J!"

Lexi turned round to see her Dad grab Harley by the ear of her hat where, it was obvious; her hair was and threaten "how many times have I told you not to call me pudding Harley!"

"I'm sorry Mistah J!" whimpered Harley

"Good!" and with that he released her and she ran back to Lexi who was appalled at what she had just seen. Lexi dragged Harley into the cupboard and shut the door so they were now bathed in a dim yellow light from the fading light bulb. "Are you gonna let him talk to you like that?"

"Oh Lexi, I don't expect you to understand with you only knowing who your father is for such a short time but, that's just the way Mistah J is and always has been. I wouldn't be surprised if you mom had it the same"

Lexi looked down at her feet, tears prickling her eyes. She could still see her mum's face as the car had driven away.

"Come on lets find you something to wear before your dad gets impatient"

Finally after much deliberation Lexi had chosen a pink and orange dress that stopped at her knees with green frills on the neck and sleeves and green and pink tassels that came from the waist outwards. On her feet she wore pink boots, on her head there was a small green top hat and on her hands there were pink leather gloves.

The Joker gave her the once over and agreed. "When were you born Lexi?"

"14th May"

"Ah, well your name was gonna be April Fool if I had anything to do with it so there you, uh go"

A couple of minuets later and they arrived outside a bank.

Carly was intensely worried about her cousin. She had gone out five hours ago on the dreadful purple motorbike she had found in the garage and had not said where she was going. Carly had already gone up to town in her own car to register her uncle and aunt's deaths. They had been buried in the garden. She was all for a big funeral but Cassie didn't want one.

Finally Carly heard the roar of the motorbike and ran outside.

"Where have you been?"

"What are you? My mother? I just when to get some stuff that's all"

Cassie carried the bags that were in the newly installed boot of the motorbike and walked in the house and immediately into the bathroom with the bags.

"What's going on Cassie?"

"I'm taking matters into my own hands" came the reply through the door.

Thirty minuets later the door opened and Carly gasped at her cousin's image. Her hair had been dyed green again, her eyes were black, her face was painted white, her lips red extending over her Glasgow smile and she was wearing a red cat suit and black boots.

"Casey the Queen of Clowns is back and she wants her daughter!"said Casey giving a loud insane cackle.