4 Taken

A/N: So, some people have ideas about who MC should be with. I'll let know right now that 10 is the limit. There will be no more than 10. I said it here first folks. You won't know who it will be though.

However, you may put down your suggestion on this chapter or reply to this line on your choice.

Anyways, that is all!

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The unexpected happened...

One of Joker's goons that were supposed to be dead suddenly got up and pointed his pistol at Harley.

*Bang!* Immediately after pulling the trigger; the bullet left the chamber and headed straight towards the villainess's head.

Normally, it would only take seconds for the bullet to travel to its target, but it moved so much slower for Ethan.

He didn't quite understand what he did at the time, but as soon as he saw the man pull the trigger the energy in his body began to circulate at an incredible rate.

His red eyes flickered only once as his body moved almost faster than he could think, dashing to the driver's side of the car, and covering Harley's body with his own while simultaneously keeping the car in place

During the process, his hood would fly back, revealing his face to the stunned Harley who saw her life flash before her eyes only moments ago.

('YOU IDIOT!!!-')

Ethan heard Ty screaming at him, and he was about to answer with, "It's just a bullet." as he could barely feel it when it struck his back.

But moments later, he felt a sickening sensation, and before he knew it...

He passed out on the ground...

Harley eased off the gas just as Pamela willed her vines to capture and kill the goon that shot the bullet.

"Did...Did he just take a bullet for me?" Harley said, quickly putting the car in park and hoping out to check on the unconscious man she wanted to kill only moments ago. She was already emotionally strained by breaking things off with Joker and seeing someone stick their neck out for her caused something to spark within her.

"Just forget him and let's go," Pamela said as she hopped in the passenger side of the car.

The former Joker's girlfriend ignored the redhead, focusing on Ethan's handsome face before laying her head against his broad chest.

*Ba-dum!*

*Ba-dum!*

His heartbeat was strong and rhythmic. Hearing the sound somehow soothed her as his chest moved up and down from his breathing.

And after seconds of listening, she did something that shocked Pamela.

She grabbed hold of his arm and hoisted his heavy body onto her back as she stood up on her feet.

"W-What? What do you think you're doing?" Pamela grimaced.

"I'm taking him." She answered.

"Huh?"

"I'm taking him." She said again as she tossed him into the car.

"You're not serious are you?" Pamela knew the girl was crazy but not THIS crazy.

Harley simply ignored the woman and hoped back into the driver's seat.

"Oh god...you are serious."

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An hour after Ethan's unconscious body was taken away in the backseat of a car, the owner of the base came back.

The Joker had finally escaped from Batman and arrived at his base only to see it burnt to the ground with the lifeless bodies of his henchmen scattered everywhere.

"Hahahahaha!" The villain crazily laughed despite showing a confused expression on his face.

"I was out enjoying a nice time with Bats and someone destroys my home?! Hahaha! Who could have done such a thing?!" Joker shouted as he looked around for clues.

After several minutes of looking, he spotted a jester's hat that Harley wore on top of one of his henchman's face.

And that's when it hit him.

The villain noticed Harley had been acted very strange lately and wasn't as chipper as she used to be when he gave her commands.

"Could it be? She broke up with me?! Hahahahahaha! Oh!" He then noticed a few of his henchmen were covered in leaves and vines. "And looks like my ex-girlfriend had a helper? A homewrecker! Oh no!"

"She was stolen from me?! Well, of course, you know that this means war! She's probably miserable without me! Hahahahahaha!!" Joker hysterically laughed as he started to violently kick the dead henchman.

"Oh, woe is me! It's just not the same! I need someone that can scream! Looks like I'll have to hold off on my super-secret plan for this weekend!"

As the Joker formulated his plan on the outskirts of the city Batman was returning to Wayne Manor after the Joker slipped through his fingers. He drove his Batmobile through the secret entrance to the Batcave where he took off his suit and dressed in his civilian clothes before taking the elevator up to the mansion.

When he arrived he was approached by his long-time friend and father figure that acted as his butler, Alfred.

"Master Bruce. You've returned." The old butler said, bowing his head slightly as it let out a sigh of relief. He understands that what Bruce was doing as Batman, but he couldn't help but worry about him.

"Did our guest arrive?" Bruce asked, taking the cup of freshly brewed tea from Alfred's silver platter that he held. The warm cup soothed his tired hands somewhat.

"The person you told me about never arrived.." Alfred said, shaking his head.

"Never?"

"Yes. In fact, the communicator that you gave him lost signal in Crest Hill.

Bruce grimaced after hearing the news, and quickly gulped down the tea, placing it back on the platter before walking back to the secret elevator.

" Master Bruce? What do you plan on doing? It's already nearing morning."

"I'll inform the Justice League about this matter, and I need to check on some things. I'm used to not getting sleep, Alfred."

"I know..."

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It was a new day for the city of Gotham, and people were just waking up to get ready to do their daily routine. However, Ethan was sleeping peacefully in a small bed that was overly warm for some reason.

During his sleep, Tyrdris attempted to speak with him while dreaming, but from the stunt, he pulled last night the young dragon successor wasn't answering.

("This idiot! He unconsciously over-drafted his energy reserves to save that crazy wench. Why was he the only one I had an affinity with? I could have made someone else strong enough to rule their own country by now!")

Soon after Tydris voiced his complaints he could feel the idiot successor awakening.

"Ugh...my head," Ethan muttered, slowly opening his eyes only to be blinded by sunlight from a nearby window.

("You are a massive fool.")

'What happened to me...?' He groaned softly, rubbing his head.

("You've pushed yourself too far saving whatever that female was. You over-drafted your Dragonic Essence.")

'My what?... Ugh why do I feel-' Ethan stopped his thoughts, noticing something or someone was breathing next to him. He turned to his right to look, and he nearly let out of shout of what he witnessed.

It was Harley!

Harley without her makeup and her usual get-up!

The only thing she was wearing was a white printed t-shirt with a dead clown face, red panties, showing off her incredibly sexy legs.

Ethan had wanted to move but the villainess was clinging to his side, snuggling against his shoulder while her legs were wrapped around his.

There was a certain urge to pat her head as the crazy woman looked quite cute when asleep, but then an angry voice entered his ears.

"Don't move or else."

Looking to his right, he spotted Pamela scowling at him as she stood in the doorway with her arms crossed. Her skin was currently green and she was wearing a red-laced nightgown with a robe hanging off her shoulders.

"Uh...where am I?" Ethan asked, studying his surroundings. Currently, he was in a white-walled bedroom with an array of things strung around, making one come to the conclusion that whoever lived here just moved in.

There were a few plants situated around, and seeing Pamela made Ethan realize it must be her work.

"Unfortunately, you are in my apartment. I didn't expect to have two guests though..." She growled. "Harley wake up."

"Mmm...5 more minutes mom..." The blonde muttered as she snuggled closer to Ethan.

"Harley!"

Harley groggily opened her eyes, "I'm Up-Oh!" She noticed that the man she brought home despite Pamela's wishes was awake now. "Well, hello~ Mr.Hero~" She cooed while sliding a finger down his chiseled chest.

Feeling the sensation made Ethan realize that his shirt was gone, leaving him with just his pants on.

"Quit playing around Harley. He has to leave...NOW!" Pamela shouted as the plants in the room started to grow in size.

"No! I want him!" Harley snapped, gripping Ethan's body with surprisingly a lot of power while pressing her chest against him.

Ethan wryly smiled, "Er...I got things to do anyways. Thank you for taking care of m-"

"No! Don't leave! Or at least stay for a bit!" The blonde said before turning to Pamela. "Please! Can he stay at least for a couple of more hours?!"

" He's a hero and a man!" Pamela frowned.

"But he saved me!"

"That's what those foolish hero's do! They even save villains! Villains don't save people!"

"You mean you wouldn't save me if I was in trouble?" Harley asked while pursing her lips, looking as pitiful as possible.

"N-I mean yes! Grrrr!" Pamela smacks her forehead. "That's not the point-"

"Besides this guy could have escaped anytime he wanted with what he showed last night. Isn't that right Mr.Hero?" Harley said, turning back to Ethan who was actually enjoying the situation he was in right now.

On the inside, he was trying to control his thoughts and hands as they badly wanted to do something.

Harley was crazy, but an acrobatic body that was toned by constantly fighting was hard for anyone to ignore.

Plus she was beautiful!

However, in the back of his mind, he thought of what Ty said to him about his immunity to poison, and mind control was limited.

Poison Ivy was still somewhat of a threat.

However, it looks like as long as Harley was clinging to him, she wasn't going to do anything to him.

"I could have...to be honest I'm still figuring out what I want to do. But I know I don't wanna join the Justice League." Ethan said, shrugging his shoulder.

"You should forget about being a hero and be a bad guy like us! It's a lot of fun! You get to steal and kill...then steal and kill again!" Harley giggled.

She then smirks as she slowly brings her face closer, "And maybe we can do a little of-"

"Absolutely not," Pamela replied.

"We'll talk later~ " Harley whispered into Ethan's ear, nibbling on it teasingly before hopping out of bed.

"Ah?.." Ethan was dumbfounded.

"Pammy Puhleaaasee can he stay!~"

Pamela grabbed the bridge of her nose and sighed, "You're gonna kill me one day and I'm not joking."

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It took several minutes of begging for Pamela to finally give in to Harley's wishes, which was to allow Ethan to stay until noon.

After things settled down, Ethan climbed out of the bed and found the other part of his clothes on the floor. He then recalled it into his ring without a second thought as he has grown too used it over the past month.

"What was that?!" Harley excitedly asked after spotting the clothes disappear in front of her eyes.

"It's one of my abilities." Ethan lied with a straight face. "I can make certain things disappear and reappear." He explained as he was now dressed in a black long sleeve shirt and baggy khaki sweatpants with a drawstring.

Some may wonder how Ethan had regular clothes inside of his item storage ring when primarily stayed in his room.

That was actually solved by Alisa in the past when she noticed that he was wearing the same clothing after a week. She actually went out of her way to buy him a few outfits.

The uniform he wore last night, however, was in the item storage ring from the beginning with a lot of other things he hadn't messed with yet.

And how did he have money to pay rent at the apartment? He pocketed the money from the gang he beat up when he saved her and her brother.

Waste not want not.

You can steal from evil guys, right?

"Wow!" Harley gasped. "Now you really should be a villain! You could steal things so easily!"

"Hmm...he could," Pamela whispered to herself, eyeing the man a bit more than usual.

"Oh, that's right! Does Mr. Hero have a name? I would love to know it." Harley grinned, showing her pearly whites.

"It's Ethan." He answered with a smile.

"Ethan...hmm...Ethan..." She repeated while gently stroking her chin. Harley wanted to burn that name in her head for all eternity as she'll never forget what he did for her.

Ethan raised an eyebrow, "What is it?"

"Oh, nothing!" Harley quickly answered while shaking her head.

"So, why do you not want to work with the Justice League? It would be a huge honor for someone like you to join them?" Pamela asked, stepping a bit closer to him.

"Haha...I have my reasons." Ethan replied while stepping back.

'You're a sexy woman...no an extremely sexy woman and I would love to get close to you again...but I can see what you're trying to do.' He thought as he smiled at her.

("Oh now you're using your head?") Tydris said, rolling his eyes a bit.

'Shut up.'

Seeing this, Pamela frowned and started to edge closer to him again, but then she was cut off by Harley.

"Are you hungry?" She asked Ethan, staring into his eyes.

"Sure I co-" He was suddenly pulled by the villainess, pushing Pamela out of the way as she leads him into the kitchen.

"Hey! We don't even have food!" Pamela screamed, chasing after them.

Harley abruptly stopped, "Oh...Well, take out it is!"

"You don't even have money." Pamela scoffed.

"Huh...You're right..." The blonde frowned.

"I have money?" Ethan said.

"You do? Great-I mean no! You're the guest! I need to take care of it!" Harley groaned as she smacked her head, trying her best to come up with a solution.

She then turned to Pamela and instantly she thought of something.

"Hey, Pamela~ Could I have some money~"

She begged.

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It seemed that Pamela was weak to Harley's begging as moments later, they were dressed and out the door to head to a breakfast spot.

Two criminals and illegal go out to eat.

It sounded like the start of a joke, but it was actually a true story. The two dressed nothing like their usual and they both wore sunglasses as an added precaution.

However, the trio was hard to ignore as seeing a handsome guy walking around with what looked to be two beautiful women was a sight to behold.

Most men were jealous and silently cursed at them while the others wished they could trade positions with Ethan.

He could feel several eyes on him, but for some reason, it didn't make him feel bad.

"So this is how it feels to make people envy you." He muttered.

("Why are you entertaining these two? I have so many things I wish to teach you.")

'Why? No reason except that I want to.' He smirked.

'From now on...I'm going to live the way I want to. Ever since last night...I somehow feel better...and free. It's almost scary how I changed. But it feels good and I don't hate it.' He smiled while looking up at the sky.

"The sky looks too small.." He muttered as his red eyes flickered with light while Pamela unconsciously stepped back.

'What was that?...' She thought after she felt something dangerous nearby.

"What did you say?" Harley asked.

"Nothing," Ethan answered, shaking his head. "I just had a good idea."

"Idea?" Harley wondered while she gazed at him. She even started to have ideas of her own.

The really bad kind of course.

'Mama likes what she sees~'