DISCLAIMERS
1. This is a fan fiction based on characters owned by DC Comics. I DO NOT OWN THEM. This is just for fun.
2. This is a femmslash story. If you don't like that sort of thing, you won't like this.
3. This chapter is extra-long (I think it is, anyway... ), to help make up for the short first chapter.
Selina's head was filled with confusion. How had Ivy gotten into her Gotham apartment? Where were her cats? But most importantly - how could she save her wife?
Harley Quinn then appeared from the darkness and stood behind the bound and gagged Zatanna, with Ivy on the other side. "Hey, kitty!" she said, adding a wave to further insult the former thief.
"Let her go!" Selina demanded, making a step towards the villains and again reaching for her whip.
"I said don't!" ordered Ivy, who then revealed her mini crossbow attached to her wrist. She had not worn that in years. Ivy deliberately moved her arm to Zatanna, pointing the crossbow up and against the magician's throat.
"No!" cried Selina. "Don't you dare!"
Ivy kept her weapon where it was, as Harley sniggered. "Drop the whip," the former psychiatrist ordered. "Slowly."
Growling again, Selina unfastened her whip and held it out. She considered going for an attack, but seeing the arrow at point-blank range at her spouse made her freeze. Selina's eyes were threatening to water.
"Drop it," Ivy reiterated, and reluctantly, Selina let her whip fall to the ground. "Now keep those hands where we can see them, and put those claws away." When Selina again paused, Ivy pressed the crossbow harder against Zatanna. Hearing her wife's muffled gasp in pain, Selina's heart skipped, and she sheathed her claws. "See, Harl," Ivy said, turning to her companion. "I told you she was a good girl now."
"It's me you want!" Selina cried. "Zatanna's done nothing to you!"
Ivy laughed incredulously. "Are you serious? Done nothing to us? You two are the reason Harl and I last went to Arkham! If it wasn't for you, we'd be set for life!"
"Yeah, we were gonna retire to a nice little garden," added Harley. "With 5,000,000 bucks to play with! But suddenly, someone had a change of heart."
"Exactly," Ivy said. "It was all set. For a cut of the loot, you were going to turn off the alarms. I was going to secure the guards and Harley was going to blow the vault. But like she said, just before we were set to go, someone changed their mind and, with this magician here, instead turned on us and sent us back to the madhouse. Do you remember that now, Selina?" Suddenly, Ivy's demeanour changed, and she scowled. "Do you?"
Selina struggled to keep her composure. She was desperate to save her beloved, but as long as Ivy had her crossbow resting against Zatanna's neck, there was nothing the ex-burglar could do.
"How could you?" Ivy barked. "How could you turn on us? For her? After what she did to you?"
"That's in the past," Selina answered. "I love her. Something you wouldn't understand."
Harley's expression turned to confusion and looked at Ivy, whose scowl increased. "You know that's not true, you bitch!" she yelled. "Harley means everything to me. With that last job, we were going to be set. We were going to be together in our own Eden! But instead, it all fell apart. We were kept in separate cell blocks. I was kept from the woman I love!"
With that declaration, Harley grinned. "Aw, Red... "
Selina could not believe it. These two were having a moment while threatening her wife! "You monsters! How dare you come here? You've made the biggest mistake of your lives!"
Ivy looked back at her. "You're the one who made the mistake, pussycat. I was kept away from my love, and now we're going to do the same you." She pressed her crossbow a little harder, getting another muffled groan from Zatanna.
Selina gasped. "If you do anything to her, I'll kill you both!" She was reaching breaking point, wanting to reach for her whip and take these two down and get to her darling. But with Ivy's arrow at contact shot, Selina could not risk any of her weapons - even her bola and caltrops were useless. If it was not for the crossbow...
"You make a move and your little magician will never say anything again - backwards or otherwise!" Ivy kept her weapon on Zatanna's throat. "After all we've been through," she continued, "I can't believe you left us out to dry. And not only did you betray us for this witch, but you actually married her!"
A tear ran down Selina's face. "Let her go... " she whispered.
With that, Ivy and Harley started laughing. Selina's blood was boiling, and she started to tremble...
Unbeknownst to all of them, above the bookcase behind Ivy, a shadow emerged. Slowly, Isis appeared ontop of the bookcase. Looking down on the green-skinned villainess, the cat hissed. Ivy turned her head...
Then, with a squeal, Isis leapt down towards Ivy. The ex-botanist moved her arm away from Zatanna, trying to aim her crossbow at the cat, but it was too late - Isis landed ontop of Ivy's head. "Arrrrgh!" the redhead cried and reached up as Isis' claws dug under her hair and into her scalp. "Get it off!"
"Red!" Harley made a move towards Ivy, and Selina took her chance. Quickly kneeling and grabbing her whip, she shot back up straight and cracked her weapon, striking the clown in the face. "Yow!" Before Harley could recover, Selina ran upto her and punched her right in the face. With the former thief's whole strength behind the blow, Harley fell to the ground, instantly out cold.
Meanwhile, Ivy managed to prise Isis off and threw the cat to the ground, who naturally landed on her feet. "Mangy little... !" Ivy pointed her crossbow at the pet... but before she could fire, a high-heeled boot struck her in the face.
Selina spun around away from Harley, ready to take down Ivy... only to find the redhead on the floor, unconscious with a bloody nose. Selina looked up, confused.
The Black Canary looked back at her. "Have I missed anything?"
TO BE CONTINUED
