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World to Explore: Rebirth Harley Quinn

Harley wasn't exactly powerful and there wasn't much mystery to the people that knew her. A classic case in Gotham , but here things were different. The woman with the dip dyed pigtails and red and black short shorts was quite the oddity. Although it didn't make sense to many of them it made sense to her and that was just as important. Snakes went on the defensive , just as much as Harley had to sometimes to defend herself or her own rationalisation. People didn’t fear her , but underestimated her. For a while now , she’d been out on her own , but that just gave her a target on her back. It made her an easier target , or at least that’s what people thought. Maybe she’d stumbled into the exact place that could help her out with that. Full of artifacts and other pieces to give her the upper hand.

Harley tried to toe the line between the light and the dark , although frequently swayed between the two due to her skewed moral compass. What she thought was right wasn’t always the best course of action. With magic or without life was a hard game to play and magic wasn’t going to make that game any easier. It was just likely to make it more complex , with a few more twists and turns as she tried to keep her balance. She could never have been all-good , not like Batman ( at least that’s what Batman and everyone else thought he was ) but she was better than the lows of her ex-boyfriend. If the whole city was black and white , Harley would have been the only splash of colour because she didn’t fit that mold. But magic was an entity that allowed anyone to sparkle in the shadows when used correctly. It could draw people in , especially those that weren’t used to the phenomenon. There was a lot of things Gotham had , lost scientists , disgraced doctors , billionaires who enjoyed playing dress-up , but magic was too mystical for such a city.

Being outside of that world , Harley realised there was a lot more , aliens and actual superheroes with powers. Magic was the only logical thing to add to the list , right ?? Plus , Harley was a sucker for a man with a charming smile , they drew her in more than they probably should have. The eyes , mysterious but a stark contrast to her pale blue ones that seemed to search for answers. If there was a chance she could control magic she had to take it. There wasn’t a lot her family , her blood had done for her but maybe they’d left her something to play with at least , a chance to control something. He didn’t have to be seductive , the magic was doing that all on its own. It’d show everyone she’d always been more than a sidekick , maybe even worthy of a sidekick all of her own. ❝ Yeah I wanna try an’ do that fer sures. I ain’t sure how hard yas actually gotta work but maybe it’ll be worth somethin’. That really would show ‘em all. ❞

Revenge was a strong word , but really that was all it was , except she’d succeed this time. ❝ I just wanna be more than him , an’ what the rest of ‘em think o’ me. A gal like me get’s underestimated so easily. ❞ She thought about the consequences , Gotham City wouldn’t have a tyrant running completely rampant , crime would go down , the city would have to spend less on property damage and could invest more into their mental health services. Batman would have never agreed to killing Joker but that had to be the final punchline — everything had to end and it was what Gotham City needed. ❝ I want Mista’ J gone , I want him to be slowly forgotten , that’s how you get to that guy and then maybe just maybe I want him to go , but not because Batman did it , because that’s what he wants. I want him to know that I did it , one of his greatest creations becoming his undoing. That’d really finish ‘im off. ❞

But what would be the price of that ?? Harley didn’t know , but it had to be better than the suffering that constantly happened because of him , and all the kids the Bat had dragged in to try and help himself. ❝ What’s the price for somethin’ like that an’ I know yas ain’t exactly talkin’ cash about it because that’d be far too easy. ❞ Her mind flickered back to the Blood Diamond , diamonds always were a girl’s best friend , but if she wanted him to go she’d have to collect his blood and Joker didn’t bleed so easily. ❝ I think it’s safer if I stick with yas a short while. Someone who knows what he’s talking about makes this a little less dangerous. I don’t wanna accidently explode half the world or somethin’. ❞

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