Chapter 12: On the Run
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6 and 1/2 years later...in the end of March
At the police station, Sarah was shaking nervously in her seat. But she then felt a hand held hers tightly. Her father turned to her and slightly smiled to help her to be calm.
"it's alright, sweetie. I'm here. And as Joker said "you got this."
She then nodded. Soon a female detective named Anna Ramirez came to her.
"Miss Gold? Nice to meet you, I'm detective Ramirez. I believe you're ready to make an official statement against Jack White, also known as The Joker....," she smiled at her kindly and laid her hand on her arm, "we can stop at anytime you start to feel overwhelmed, okay? There's no pressure."
Sarah swallowed she turned to Gold and squeezed his hand. "Papa? Please stay here. I...I may told you what happened, but I will have to do detail...and I can't bare for you to hear." She said.
Mr Gold watched her leave out of the waiting room. He looked down and rubbed his knees shaking nervously.
Sarah was taken to a room with the detective and there a man stood who shy the door for them. "This is Officer Steve Wilkos." Ramirez said to Sarah. "He is here to help out and be by your case. And if you need a bodyguard, he can offer you one."
As Sarah spoke in great detail about her ordeal, the detective was tearing up and shaking her head in shock. Steve was tearing up, but his look was anger for how disgusted he felt for how The Joker could do to a young woman.
After the story, she was taken to the testing room with Steve and the detective.
"This is Dan he will be asking the questions of your past that happened. This will help when we take Jack aka The Joker to court." She told Sarah.
(Yeah you see who I brought in this)
"I believe you are telling the truth, but this is just for us to use against him, Miss Gold," Dan Ribacoff said. "Understand?"
Sarah nodded shaking up. She sat on the chair as Dan strapped a patch on her arm attached with cords to a machine that was checking her heart rate. She wished now her father was here, but she still couldn't have him bare to hear everything.
After the questions he asked one last question to end it off, "Are you telling the truth that you were sexually assaulted, raped, and abused by The Joker?"
"...yes..." she replied.
After a moment, Steve took the strap off her arm gently and carefully.
"There you go," Dan said to her, "now I will give you a minute to relax and I will come and tell you the results to you and your father."
Sarah stood up nodding and Steve helped her way back to the waiting room. Once she saw Mr Gold, she ran to him and hugged him. "Papa...," she choked on her tears as she hugged him tightly. Mr Gold held her tightly and looked up at Steve who was still bit of shock of her story. "Sarah?"
Sarah turned to him.
"I know you're telling the truth and I just want to say, I'm so sorry for the hell you went through, but you are definitely a brave young woman coming today to put this man in hell. You brave enough to do this, the other girls are gonna see this and say, 'You know what, Sarah was brave enough, I will be brave enough too to tell my side also'."
Soon Dan came back and turned to Gold and Sarah, "Well I reviewed your results. Steve?"
Steve opened the envelope and turned to Sarah, "You...are telling the truth."
"I know I was." Sarah teared up, "Thank...thank you."
"Of course," Dan smiled nodding his head.
Mr Gold then took her to the her favorite candy shop to help her feel better. They served gelato and she preferred this type of ice cream than regular kind.
He sighed holding his cup as he watched her eating her gelato.
"He is right, sweetheart. You are brave." Mr Gold smiled.
She looked up, "really? Even if it took me years later?"
"Of course." Mr Gold smiled.
She then smiled. She hadn't smiled in a long time, but it quickly dropped when the news broke in the tv.
"Breaking News, Gotham City. We interrupt this program for a emergency news: Mad man and former prisoner from Blackgate The Joker has somehow escaped. He is believed to be armed and dangerous. And also possibly somewhere in Gotham..."
Sarah shivered. Shaking and breathing heavily once she heard that. She shook her head and held her head crying. Mr Gold ran to her helped her up, "come on, let's just go home. I lock everything I promise." He held her hand tightly as they walked home. She was scared. She kept looking around if he was nearby. "P-Papa..."
"We're almost home." Gold encouraged her.
As soon as they reached the house they ran inside and Gold locked all the windows and doors, and set the security alarm. Sarah was shaking nervously. He then came to her and held her close. He then looked at her as he held her face.
"Papa...I want to call him...I need to talk to Arthur."
He then dialed on his cell to call Arkham, but once he asked to speak with Arthur, they told him he no longer was in Arkham.
"What?" Mr Gold gasped.
"Papa?"
Mr Gold turned to her, "He left. He isn't in Arkham."
"What?! WHERE IS HE!?"
"Sarah, I don't know. But please stay calm," Mr Gold begged.
"Papa, I need him. I need him!" She sobbed. Mr Gold then hugged her and held her tightly, "I'm scared, Papa...I'm so scared. What if...what if he hurts Arthur?"
Gold held her face and hushed her. "Shhh!"
Sarah finally calmed down. His hush was very stern which made her stop.
"Honey, everything is going to be alright. You're safe. I'm here for you..."
Gold then pulled her into his arms. Sarah gripped on him tightly.
"I'm sorry, I'm just..."
"Shhh, it's alright, there's no need to apologize, sweetheart." Mr Gold then rubbed his nose against hers.
She gripped on him, "Papa? Can I ask you something...about Belle?"
"Of course, sweetheart. Ask me anything."
"...what happened to her?"
"She...She was pregnant with my first child. We didn't know if was going to be a girl or a boy, but...before we got a chance to know...she was gone. One night she was on a girls night, with Regina, Emma, and Mary Margret. But they came to me without Belle...they said she was...taken. They weren't around when she was taken...and the next morning, David came and told me what happened...," he teared up and started to choke on his tears. "Someone...hurt my Belle. She was stabbed. And the baby...they were...," he couldn't speak.
Sarah could guess what he couldn't say. She then wrapped her arms around him and comforted him as he sobbed. She even rubbed his back as he sobbed in her chest as he cried.
Mr Gold finally calmed down and hugged her tightly. "And I don't want to loose you, like I lose Belle, and my unborn child. You're the world to me, sweetheart, just like she was. Just like your mother was to you."
Sarah looked up at him and Gold brushed her tears away.
"I love you. More than life itself, Sarah. I don't know where my life would be without you."
Sarah then hugged him tightly. Gold hugged her tightly and kissed her cheek.
"I love you too, Papa."
He squeezed her tightly, and then let go.
"If he escaped then...I think we should check the news," he turned on the news and on the screen of Gotham news was a cameraman recording Arthur and other look alike jokers running around the street. All three took different directions only two got hit which were the decoys. The real Arthur was fine and kept running.
"We had supporters of Joker help him escape today since it was told they heard about the other Joker planning to escape. So they helped Joker aka Arthur Fleck escape from Arkham. They even said this before they helped him escape, "Save Joker's Girl. Save the Girl." Which everyone even the supporters of Joker believe to be survivor Joker sex trafficking victim Sarah Thomas, who could be age 23 years old now as we speak..."
Mr Gold placed his hand on Sarah's shoulder.
"...Whatever they'd done to get Arthur out, there had been a fire at Arkham. This had caused a distraction and the emergency fire alarm system had released the automatic locks on certain cells, Arthur's being one of them..."
"He's escaped...because he knows The Joker is free. He wants to keep you safe," Gold said.
Sarah teared up and he took her hand. "And his supporters...not just him...everyone..." she looked up at him. "They don't know me...but they want to him to help me..."
Gold nodded and chuckled slightly, "they called you his girl. I think they believe you two are an item."
"...how...how would they...," then it hit her, "the letters...they must've known..."
"If he's left your letters behind, they would've been found."
"....papa...if The Joker sees this...," she then shivered at the thought of him seeing this and killing Arthur infront of her just because she was warned to never love anyone but The Joker. That thought scared her. A hero to Gotham, a savior to her and all those girls slowly dying for freedom, a man they wanted and could see changing the world, she just couldn't bare loosing him. And now the supporters called her Joker's girl, not Harley. Harley wasn't his girl...she was...
"It will make him furious. And Arthur will be in danger as well as you. But he'll be okay. He's used to the dangerous life. And he has a whole army of goons around him to help keep him safe."
"...," she then looked up at him. "But...what about you? What if he finds out you adopted me...he would surely kill you..."
"He can't get in here. But I should call the police and ask for extra protection. But I won't mention Arthur. He'll be wanted by the law too, so it's best we act like we don't know him."
Sarah looked sad when he said that, but nodded. She understood this. Arthur, Mr Gold, and herself, even her friends would all be in danger of anyone knew about her and Joker. Gold then called up the police station and asked for extra protection. They were all aware of the potential danger Sarah was in, so they sent out a squad team to guard the house.
Then Gordon was calling, "Mr Gold, I am Chief Commissioner Jim Gordon. I just talked with Dan, the man took Sarah for the lie detector test? I just want to call you and inform you if you want to take this court, once we catch The Joker, Sarah may need a lawyer. We also had other girls come in also wanting to put charges on The Joker. This is very big and it should be taken to court. If he's found guilty he will most likely get the death penalty."
"Thank you, I will call a lawyer. But The Joker needs to be re-captured first, otherwise he'll never go on trial for his crimes."
"I know that's why we will be going after him first."
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