He couldn't believe what he heard yesterday. 'Harley Qinn is back in Gotham?' After twelve months, everyone figured she was killed by Two-Face or Deathstroke, but that she was safe and sound back? Impossible!

The door opened and he turned around, facing one of Joker's henchmen who worked for Two-Face now that their former boss was gone.

"Deadshot is back, you and him are gonna place two bombs in the city. Meet him upstairs."

The guy left and closed the door again. 'What should I do?' Jonathan ran his hand through his hair before putting on his Scarecrow outfit and walking out the door. He shook his head. 'No. Someone should tell her. But who?'

Scarecrow had no time to search the city and not everyone here was friends with Harley. And also ready to risk their life simply by talking to her.

Usually, Scarecrow wouldn't give a damn about anyone here, but he knew Harley was in big danger, he knew what Dent did with people who didn't follow the rules. Black Mask had to learn it the hard way.

Quickly moving through the hallway, he came across a specific door and stopped. 'He or nobody.' Jonathan thought and knocked. 'Hopefully, he's got time for that.'

♦♦

Landing on her hands and making a cartwheel, Harley jumped over the roofs, moving closer to Arkham as the cold wind stroke her face. Suddenly, she stopped.

Her stomach cramped as she started to over think the situation. 'Will he be mad?' She bit her lip before slowly starting to walk towards the edge of the rooftop, staring at the horizon where the lights of Arkham Asylum were shining.

She knew how thin Mister J's nerves could be and that caused a little anger sometimes, but she didn't know how he would react to seeing her after twelve months off.

"Harley?" An unexpected voice asked, causing Harley to turn around.

A dark figure appeared a view feet behind her, revealing nothing but the person's voice.

"Who are ya?" She asked, ready to simply jump away if it was Nightwing or anyone else working with the B-Man.

The persons walked closer but stopping after a view steps. "It hurts you don't remember me, Harl."

'That voice...' Harley's eyes widened and she jumped up in surprise. "Riddle-guy! It's been some time, how are you?" She ran over and gave him a hug, happy to see an old friend again.

"I prefer Riddler, though." His smile was noticeable as a streetlight lightened both of their faces up.

"What'cha doin' up here?" Harley asked and looked at him. Usually, Nygma wasn't out that much, at least not at this time.

Edward raised an eyebrow, smiled and leaned against the chimney behind him. "Riddle me this. If a..." He started but Harley snapped a finger in front of his face. "Hey hey, I ain't got time for that!"

Riddler smiled again. "Lost nothing of your temperament, did you?" He sighed and continued as Harley rolled her eyes. "Well, Scarecrow told me that Two-Face has hidden a view bombs here in Gotham."

Harley was irritated. "Why? And why do you tell me this?"

Suddenly, Nygma put a finger on his mouth, telling her with a handmove to be quiet as well.

Now Harley noticed two men walking through the streets, carrying something as she peeked over the rooftop.

"Are that Scary and Deadshot?" She whispered and Edward nodded, watching them in silence until they were far away and unable to notice Harley and him. "Why are we hiding from them? They are my friends, too."

All the things she didn't know. It hurted the Riddler's heart a bit. "Lots of things are different. But as I was going to say, Scarecrow wants you to stay away from all police stations and hispitals. And Arkham." He added: "Especially Arkham."

"Thanks for that, gotta go." She was going to leave, but Nygma stopped her. "Wait, you also need to know how to defuse the one at Arkham. Scarecrow says this will help you."

"It'll take less than an hour tha get Puddin' outta there. Calm down." Harley said but Nygma just stared at her. 'Nobody told her?' He considered informing her about the Joker's death but looking at her excited eyes, he couldn't do that.

"Anyway, all wires are black. Rip them out, all at once. If you cut one, the bombs will immediately detonated." Nygma informed her and added: "You know what, I'm gonna come with you. At least a view blocks. It's a bit more dangerous out here."

♦♦

Harley and I hid behind a tree, looking around and making sure nobody followed us.

As we passed a doll shop, Harley stopped for a second, pushing her face against the glass. I wasn't entirely sure why she did that, so I just kept an eye at our surroundings.

"Come on, let's get to Arkham." I poked her and she looked at me surprised, as if she forgot I was still here.

Suddenly, I noticed tears in her eyes and she quickly wiped them away. "What's wrong?" I was worried a bit, remembering how sadness can make her angry at everyone.

"This doll just reminded me of somethin'." She sobbed and looked at the room full of puppets and stuff while I stared at her face. 'So easy to tell what's upsetting you.'

Looking distracted, Harley turned away and started running down the street. "Are we gonna continue? Oh, well."

I was just about to follow her, when suddenly someone put their palm on my mouth and I felt the blade of a knife on my back.

Not able to say anything, I tried to escape the grip but a voice whispered in my ear: "I'm not gonna hurt you but I will if you keep twitching like a fish."

I immediately kept still as the knife was pushed harder against my spine. I couldn't tell who the person was because I never heard the voice before, all I knew was that it was a man.

"I need your help with something, Riddler. But we need to talk somewhere else. Come to 12th street tomorrow around 9:30pm." He took his palm from my mouth and I turned around, only to notice that the man already disappeared, without a sound or anything else.

Confused and trying to figure out who the mysterious guy was, I started walking after Harley, still keeping an eye around, just in case someone followed me. 'How should I manage this?' I thought. Two-Face needed me tomorrow, too. And if I wasn't there...God knows what he'd do. I didn't want to end up like Black Mask. Or the Joker.