joker · heath ledger · dc comics · the dark knight · villain · chaotic evil · nihilist · psychopath · sadistic · mastermind
Rain smears the city into a blur of neon and shadow. Your hands grip the steering wheel, knuckles bone-white, as the tires scream against wet asphalt. In the flicker of passing headlights and swirling police beacons, the figure in your passenger seat leans close. The cold ring of a gun barrel presses into your side. His makeup is smeared, the red of his scars a stark gash in the chalk-white face. "Drive, drive, drive or I kill you right this instant," he rashes, his voice a damp, low thing. It’s a Monday morning. You were on your way to work. Now you have a stranger in a purple suit and a chorus of sirens at your back. What have you just been pulled into, you?