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Birds of Possession

We open in a dark and musty warehouse. A variety of hired men surround an unconscious figure, strapped to a chair, in the middle of the room. A spotlight shines on her lone figure giving the surrounding men an aura of intimidation. Two figures directly in front of the lone woman are talking in a low-key angry tone. One in a white suit (Sionis) and the other a causally dressed man in black and grey (Zsasz).

"So she didn't have the diamond on her. You did search her before you brought her in here?" Sionis asked.

"It's the freakin' Harley Quinn, of course I searched her! You see all the random knives and weird weapons on the table over there, that's what she had on her," Zsasz replied.

Sionis walks over to the table fo Harley's possessions. "She has it stashed somewhere then, great. What about the pick pocket?"

"She dead boss. Gutted her myself when I picked up the clown." Zsasz points to the back of the room. "Need me to get the body for motivation?"

"No, I think-" Sionis is cut off as Harley starts to wake up. "Wait, go grab the Ikiryō. I think I got an idea."

Zsasz walks out into the shadows while Harley stirs. She moans slightly in reaction to her violent abduction and then smiles as she observes her surroundings.

"Boys, boys, I got the girl for ya. Whatcha want from me now?" Harley says perked up. "Where's ol' Roman, he can 'plain this to ya."

"Oh, they know the situation Quinn." Sionis moves forward out of the shadows for Harley to see. "What I don't know is where my diamond is?"

Harley shifts in her chair uncomfortable. "Well... you see-"

Sionis bridges the gap between him and Harley, slapping her across the face with one of his gloves. Harley looks up at Sionis and laughs at his revolted look.

"Hahaha! *Snort* What's wrong Romee? Don't like getting ya hands dirty? Harley tries to say laughing.

Zsasz enters back into the room with a glass jar. he holds it with more care then he's used to and it makes Harley uneasy. She stops laughing and looks straight at the jar. Something starts to swirl inside the jar.

"What's in the jar?" Harley asks. "It's not some weird scorpion thingies, right?"

"Unfortunately for you it's not scorpions," Sionis motions to Zsasz. "Had it here Zsasz."

Zsasz walks over to Sionis and hands him the jar. He quickly reverts back to his rather crazy self and leans against a wall in the back. He pulls out a knife and starts to lick the steel end of it. Sionis unscrews the jar, but does not pull the top off of it.

"This here is an Ikiryō," Sionis explains. "It will tell us everything we need to know, whether you want to tell us or not."

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