Harley Quinn held her own throat with both hands. "Ack!" she croaked. "Can't breathe..." Her eyelids fluttered as she coughed and sputtered.
The Arkham Asylum orderly outside Harley's cell simply rolled her eyes and shook her head. “I'm not falling for it, Harley."
Harley staggered off her bunk and pawed at the air in front of her. "Who's that? Is someone there?"
She moaned and put a hand to her forehead. "I'm so dizzy..." Then she fainted onto her bunk and lay there with her tongue drooping from her mouth.
"It's no good, Quinn," the orderly said through the open hatch in the door. “Your acting is even worse than it was yesterday." Harley popped one eye open, blinking it twice, before a wide grin stretched across her face. She sprang to her feet and skipped toward the door. “Oh, well," she said. “You can't blame a girl for trying. Huh, Maggie?"
Maggie sighed. "Whatever." She slid open the smaller, thin hatch in the middle of the door. "Do you want your dinner or what?"
Harley clapped excitedly. "Goodie! What is it tonight?! Steak? Lobster?"
Maggie laughed. “You wish.”
Harley gasped. "Ooh, that's new!" she said, pointing at the woman's neck.
Maggie's hand went up to a tiny diamond pendant dangling on a gold chain. "This?" she asked. "It's a birthday gift from my parents.'
"Ooh, happy birthday!" Harley chirped. "Can I see?"
The orderly's eyes narrowed suspiciously. "I don't think that's a good idea."
“Ah, come on," Harley said as she rolled her eyes. "I'm not gonna steal it or nothin'. I'm not Catwoman, after all."
Maggie glanced around before stepping toward the door. She leaned forward, holding
the pendant away from her chest.
Harley poked her head out of the hatch to get a better look. "Very pretty."
"Thank you," Maggie said before backing away. She turned to the food cart behind her.
She didn't notice that Harley had reached her hand through the food slot and swiped the keycard from the orderly's belt.
"Okay, here's your dinner," Maggie said as she grabbed a tray of food.
CLANK! The orderly dropped the tray as she heard the sound of the cell door opening. She spun around to see Harley leaning out the open doorway to her cell.
“Actually, can I get mine to go?" Harley asked, waving the stolen keycard at Maggie.
With lightning speed, Harley grabbed the orderly and dragged her into the cell. Moments later, Harley exited the cell wearing
Maggie's white uniform. The orderly was tied up and now wore Harley's gray jumpsuit.
"Gray looks much better on you, Maggs," Harley said as she swung the cell door shut.
Harley hummed as she pushed the cart down the long corridor. She passed several other cells but didn't pass out any dinners. She had a special destination in mind.
I wish we'd gotten to see an illustration of the bound and gagged orderly. Harley Quinn has to hold the record for most USB scenes in official works, right? I reckon it's either her or Fujiko Mine from Lupin III.
I agree it's a shame we don't see the orderly, especially since the narration makes it clear she's been redressed in Harley's prisoner jumpsuit and therefore isn't half-naked.
). The story under the first picture indeed mentioned Harley redressed her in the prison uniform. Thanks for the find!