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"Pft, oh please, that won't get you out of this one. And they won't harm her unless instructed. The hired help was the price of said dimensional appearance, they will sustain it's exsistance for quite a while. As for your other excuse, it's quite lacking, seeing as if she had just been more straight forward about her wishes I'm most certain she would have been released. And even so, you needn't have added insult to injury where as Scarecrow was most obviously trying to act in her best interest in the first place." Zephyr paused here, as a huge dog-like creature with massive front arms and shriveled masses for hind legs slid out of the wall. She idly scratched it's muzzle.
"Though I will admit it would do him good to learn to loosen up a bit, that act of yours will do nothing if make him more weary of futer confrontations. Hardly useful here, now is it?" She held up a hand before he could answer.
"No, you needn't comment on it, we know the answer already."

She paused to consider, but it was not truly her considering as much as the Shadow Force. Then she smiled her now many overlapping and sharp toothed smile, more of a grin than anything.
"Okay, then, retribution." It hissed, overpowering Zephyr's voice now.
"Joker, we will give you this choice," It noted, standing Zephyr's body up straighter,
"You will either relinquish the sheep to us for the time being..." Here it waved it's hand, and a mirror formed in the wall that rippled like liquid. Instead of reflecting the room, it showed an empty cell in what was recognizably Arkham.
"Or we will take care to drop you off here, in this place with which you are so very familiar, in the solitary cell. The choice is yours. Either you will be returned, or the sheep will." The Shadow Force noted.
"Oh yes, and your arms will be broken as well, just for good measure. The Sheep will not face this particular punishment, but you will. So, make the choice." The Shadow Force sat back to wait.

The clown sat crossed legged looking at the creature.
The clown thought he was dreaming so he stood up but was too weak and fell too the ground.
"Ya' know clown...Your full of empty threats."
The clown used his arm to wipe the hair out of his eyes.
"I'm not dead yet either...So your full of lies."

The Shadow Force frowned at Barbara, all sharp teeth protruding so the teeth were now all you could see. Then the Shadow Force Laughed.
"Silly little human. For one thing, guns are fare too impersonally destructive to be allowed here. Their presence seems to dull the humans' minds. Just like with your mind. What ever made you think such an item would work on the likes of us?" The Shadow Force paused before continuing.
"And another thing, you think fare too highly of yourself. After such treachery you think you can speak of friends? Just where do your loyalties lie, girl?" It hissed, then turned back to the Joker.
"You are good to realize just who is now in control here. Even if the human who channels is aware that such a thing is more than likely to happen upon the summoning." With a final nod, massive clawed arms stretched from the ground and snapped the Joker's arms so they where broken in multiple places, then they tossed him through the mirror into the other side to the thousands of voices in one that is the Shadow Forces' last words.
"We do hope you enjoyed your stay. Feel free to visit our dimension again any time you see fit."

Joker sceamed in pain, echoing the sound of snapping emitting from his arms. He continued to scream as he was thrown through the mirror, and finally stopped as he landed. With extreme difficulty, he righted himself into a seated position, and started to laugh. He could still see the mirror in the air, now allowing him to see into the Nowhere mansion of the Shadow Force. His laugh was loud and rambuctious, and it had caused a guard to come and investigate the sudden reappearance of the Ace of Knaves in his cell. As the cell door swung open and the guard stepped in, wondering why the Hell Joker was wearing a purple eyepatch, the clown looked into the mirror, at Zephyr, and said, "Hey, Zephyr... Stop me if you've heard this one before..."

In a sudden flash of movement, he jumped up and kicked the entering guard in the throat. A faint snapping sound could be heard, not of more bones breaking, but more like that of a button unclasping. This sound repeated a couple of times, and then, strangely, it appeared that Joker's shattered arms were falling straight off his body, until it finally reached the shoulders, when leather straps fell out of his sleeves, attatched to his arms. His real arms shot out of his jacket sleeves, and with them, he quickly snapped the neck of the helpless guard. Joker looked back into the mirror, popped off a quick salute at Zephyr, said out loud, "Barbie, I'll see you later tonight, my dear!", then looked at the door. He took one final look into the mirror and said "And exit stage right, laughing all the way! HAHAHAHAHAHEHEHEEHEEHOHOHOOHOOHOHEHEHEEHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" And with that, the Joker took off through the door and down the hall, laughing maniacally.

((*waves* Glad you had fun! n_n And where the hell's the Scarecrow anyways? You would have thought that he would have had something to say in this whole matter...oh well! And one of the real reasons for the Shadow Forces' actions was also an alterior motive, which it always has many of, to be revealed thus!))
With that scene, the mirror disappeared into the walls. The Shadow Force turned back to the remaining people.
"What is that human phrase of yours? Ah yes, What Goes Around Comes Around. It is very true, we simply like to speed up the process." It rose then, glancing sideways at Barbara.
"You would do good to remember that one..." before walking over to where Crane was.

The dancing mist of darkness that forms the Shadow Force licked at the edges of the costume as it gazed down at him.
"You, human, dressed and claiming the vantage of something else, watch and wait and instigate, manipulate the fear. But, as was very much proven, for all the knowledge that you gain and use, you are still only a human. You feel pain, you grow old, you are weakened, you die. Someone will always best you, even in the area you pride yourself most on, fear. But what if we were to tell you it didn't have to be that way? What if we could tell you that you could be released from the limitations which are currently placed upon you, that you could be transformed. Our dimension has so much fear through out it, we should like very much to derive it into a certain sector, to organize it..." The Shadow Force smiled it's all sharp-tooth smile, and handed him a card.
"If our offer is tempting enough, just follow the instructions on the back, we will be glad to tell you more..."

And with that, the creatures began to melt into the floor, and the darkness began to recede, until at last all was as it was before, even Zephyr. She Yawned and stretched, and then looked around while rubbing her eyes. Then she smiled.
"Wow! Talk about drama! I'm usually pretty okay at ending stuff like that myself, but, well...so is the Shadow Force!" She smiled, and laughed a bit, then yawned again.
"I hope Uncle J didn't take it too personal..." She added as an after thought.
"At any rate, yeah! Zephyr is all tired now, so lets do something relaxing-like! Lights, Popcorn, And Start The Movie Marathon!" She yelled out with a grin. Then looked around.
"Oh yeah...that's right...well, damn. Guess we'll have to get the popcorn ourselves, and I'll start the movies! Everyone, grab your pillows and blankets and stuffed bunnies-erm, animals! And don't worry, if you fall asleep first, we'll just draw on your face!" She gave a thumbs up grin, and went to put in Monty Python And the Holy Grail.

((I do know, I just pretend I don't! n_n
As for the Scarebeast, ******** no! The Shadow Force wants to make him a real scarecrow, and the being that will store all the fear that takes place in it's dimension for appropriate redistribution. *nods* ))