Author's Notes
To JP-Rider, you and I both know that the worst is yet to come for Raven – not just in physical torture but mental and emotional torture as well. Personally, I expect some more people to get into this sub-genre (but not trying to copy this story).
To Angel of Azarath, this is your first review for the story. Poor Raven indeed – she doesn't know that Ivy's threat against her friends is a bluff, and the Titans have no clue where Raven is (nor what hell is facing her).
To TheImaginativeFox, in fact, I had conceived this story (from JP-Rider) with the Joker in mind – he will make an appearance (outside of his first chapter cameo) in a few chapters, at Arkham Asylum. It's giving me shivers just thinking about it (and waiting to write it). I guarantee you, once you read my take on Mistah J, you may never look at him the same way.
To guest, this is probably my darkest story yet (and this is including Broken Bird along with them).
To shadowyshadow, I'm trying to create a sort-of new reality with this story (it's another alternate scenario story – and not my last). We never saw Batman in the original show, so I took a creative liberty or two (though access because of the piano is still included). Hopefully, I'll be able to crank out updates fast with both of my stories. Once this story is done, I will commence work on Ascendant (a Star-Slade alternate scenario story that may wind up being the first of its kind).
Be warned about the graphic content in this chapter - nudity, language, molestation, and violence/torture.
Now, let's continue the story.
The Teen Titans quickly began canvasing Gotham City in search for their empath, knowing she is there, imprisoned by that monster Poison Ivy and her deranged accomplice Harley Quinn.
To start, Robin has went down to the Gotham Police Department to speak with Commissioner James Gordon, hoping he might have information regarding Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn.
Robin got into his R-Cycle and arrived just in front of the station, surprising more than a few residents by his sudden return. Four or so years ago, Robin and Batman had a falling out that was ultimately resulting in Robin setting out on his own path for a couple of months, ending up in Jump City, where Batman sent Raven to ensure her safety.
Robin popped off his helmet, revealing his face and mask (which he applied before departing the Batcave) and walked out, in uniform, into the station, being met with more than a few gasps.
He went up to the desk and asked the attendant, "Is Commissioner Gordon here?"
The woman at the desk, Officer Malena, said, "Robin. I'm certainly surprised to see you. I thought you broke apart with Batman?"
"I did, but long story short, I need to speak with Commissioner Gordon. It relates to why I've returned."
"Okay. I'll let him know you're here."
A few moments later, Malena ushered Robin into Commissioner Gordon's office. The head of Gotham's police department was in his early-to-mid 50s with a lightly graying head of hair and a brown mustache.
The commissioner greeted, "Robin. It's been a long time."
Robin replied, "I know, Commissioner. How's Barbara?" It was a little known fact that Robin (or Richard Grayson) had a fondness for the Commissioner's daughter Barbara Gordon, who also took up the mantle of Batgirl after Robin's departure, unbeknownst to him. [1]
"Paralyzed for life. The Joker shot her in the spine trying to turn me crazy two years ago."
"Jesus Christ, I'm sorry Commissioner. He just went way too far with that and had no particular reason. I suppose it is fortunate he is finally locked up." [2]
"Yeah. So why are you back in Gotham? And why out in daylight? Aren't you a night person?"
"This couldn't wait. I'm back in Gotham to look for somebody."
"Who is it?"
Robin pulled a picture out of one of his pockets and handed it over to Gordon. "Her name is Raven."
"Raven? Why do you think your teammate is here?"
"Yesterday Harley Quinn abducted her from Jump City. We also have heard that Poison Ivy has escaped from Arkham, and that Raven was forced under Ivy's fist for two years. We don't think those are coincidences. Harley must have found out about Raven and brought her for Ivy."
"But how would Harley have found...Son of a bitch! Ivy told her."
"Poison Ivy was locked up for four years. Harley Quinn only surfaced a little earlier. I doubt that Ivy would have told Harley, unless it was in prison."
"That's not possible. Harley Quinn has never been captured."
"Then she was in disguise when Ivy told her, and Harley must have helped with Ivy's escape."
"Poison Ivy never got any visitors and all of the other inmates were screened before getting in."
"Then Harley Quinn is on the inside of Arkham. The most secure prison in the city, the one holding the worst inmates, has a security breach. Oh my God."
"We need to start running personnel against Harley Quinn's description. That should give us an idea of who she is and possibly where she is."
"Thanks, Commissioner. And again, sorry about Barbara." [3]
"And Robin. Be careful if you encounter Ivy. She is extremely dangerous. She gives us the nerves, especially considering her kiss of death."
Over at Poison Ivy's hideout, Raven silently laid in her cell, awaiting her next bout of labor for her Mistress. In the past few days, she has barely gotten any sleep, largely thanks to her constant nightmares and Harley Quinn's molestation, and even if she got some sleep in, she was quickly awoken by either Harley or Ivy.
She was in constant fear of what would happen to her (and her friends) if she did not cooperate, if Ivy suddenly felt that Raven wasn't performing well. Raven knew all of what Poison Ivy was capable of - she spent two years pinned beneath her grasp - and she did not like it one bit.
Raven silently shrieked as the door opened, revealing her Mistress, Poison Ivy, in the doorway, saying, "Come on, servant. But first, you need a wash."
Raven dreaded that, especially considering what it was.
Raven was silently keeping to herself in her room when Poison Ivy burst in, noticing that Raven was starting to get a little filthy. She shrieked, "I really need to give you a wash."
Raven got up from the ground and was then dragged by Poison Ivy out of her cell, passing through the hallways until they reached what appeared to be a washroom. Ivy commanded, "Strip!"
Raven reluctantly complied, slipping off her fragmented leotard (her boots and cloak were already long gone) before Ivy gave a swift kick to Raven's butt that kicked her into a shower stall. Raven turned to see that there was no knob to turn on for activating the water.
Suddenly, she was blindsided by a hose that slammed her petite, young body into the wall, blasting her relentlessly as the water impacted each inch of her body, washing off the dirt from the plants and from the cell. The water was so powerful that Raven couldn't even turn around her body, only able to slightly move her neck to see her Mistress, smirking at her with the hose as it fired on Raven.
The ice cold water also made sure to land in Raven's lashings, causing them to sting, making Raven scream in pain. She was stuck there, in the shower stall as her Mistress "cleaned her".
At last the water level was seeming to stop, causing Raven to droop onto the floor, her knees buckling onto the cold tile floor. Raven soon turned around, trying to hide her shame from her Mistress.
All of a sudden, the water restarted, blasting Raven's back into the wall as water pounded onto Raven's chest, soon causing Raven's arms to be pushed away from her body, giving Poison Ivy a clear view at her slave's features.
Raven struggled to move away from the onslaught of water raining down upon her. It was so intense it no longer felt as if she was being cleaned, but rather she was being waterboarded by her unforgiving Mistress, who never kept her malicious, devious smirk off her face, a smirk that also held deadly poison on her lips.
At last, Poison Ivy turned off the hose and Raven slumped down on her hands and knees onto the wet tiles, completely drenched from head to toe in bitter ice-cold water, each inch of her birthday suit soaked and struggling to dry off.
The water running down her face soon made it impossible for Ivy to discern between whether it was water droplets or tears of anguish coming off of her. Even more so, the water did not short out Raven's power-suppressing collar, preventing her from using her powers. She was trapped and completely humiliated.
Raven tried rubbing the water off of her pale flesh but it wasn't moving fast enough for Raven as she shivered from the bitter ice of the water, nor was it for Ivy, who wanted Raven dried quicker. So, Ivy walked up and sarcastically asked, "I suppose you need a towel, servant."
Raven nodded in agreement before she found herself smacked right on her back with a green towel, wiping off some of the water that was on Raven's fragile back.
Poison Ivy continued striking Raven across her body until she was dried off, leaving a number of painful bruises across her body - on her butt, the side of her breast, her legs, and her abdomen. Poison Ivy walked away from Raven before tossing Raven her ruined leotard, which Raven quickly put on before following her Mistress.
Raven snapped out of her painful flashback as Poison Ivy brought Raven back to the same washroom she had endured years before.
Harley Quinn was silently watching from nearby, holding the hose in preparation for Raven's "wash".
Poison Ivy commanded, "You know what to do, servant."
Harley excitedly screeched, "Yeah, get naked, servant bitch!"
Raven solemnly replied, "Yes Mistress" and stripped off her clothing, removing her boots and her green leotard, walking towards the shower heads as Ivy kicked away Raven's uniform, sliding it out of the door frame.
As Raven reached the shower heads, she was immediately struck by the hose on its sheer power. The feeling was so familiar, it burst right back onto Raven like a freight train - the painful, brutal feeling of the "wash".
Water sprayed all over Raven's pale gray skin, hitting with such intensity that Raven felt like her body was being stung with cans. The hose moved all across her body, from her porcelain face to her large breasts to her smooth pubic region.
Raven tried to block the impact of the water with her arms, but the current was so strong, Raven couldn't even move her arms to block it, to give her modesty. Ivy and Harley had full view of her body, and Harley was certainly enjoying the view, as she cackled with laughter. Poison Ivy had the same malicious smirk on her face, indicating she was enjoying hurting Raven.
Blasted against the wall, Raven struggled as ice cold water burned on her, as the droplets pierced her skin like daggers stabbing into flesh. As dirt fell from Raven's body, so did tears as she cried out in pain, screaming hopelessly for the pain to stop, but it never did.
Harley Quinn turned down the hose, which caused Raven to drop onto the ground before barking out, "Turn around." Before Raven could even move, Harley began spraying at full volume, which turned Raven on her own, smashing into her backside, covering her back and butt with the bitter cold water.
Raven tried balancing herself to withstand the spray, but her arms weren't strong enough, her body too frail to prevent her breasts from impacting the cold stone wall, causing several scratches as the water continued to spray.
It overpowered her as she continued to scream for relief that was never going to come. Salvation was never going to come for her, from this treatment, hosing her down like she was graffiti, feeding her like she was a dog, and abusing her like she was a slave.
Water poured down her body, from the back of her neck down to her toes, chilling her body several degrees with each pricking touch. It was too much for her to handle as she felt numbness kick in around her knees, making it hard to keep standing. Only the sheer force of the hose kept Raven from collapsing onto the ground.
Soon after, though, the hose stopped spraying, and the wet, cold Raven fell onto the ground, barely breaking her fall by placing her hands out, landing on the floor, stomach down as she shivered, trying to avoid the views of Ivy and Harley.
Unfortunately, she was in perfect view of the two of them as Harley Quinn walked away from the hose, heading towards Raven, and Raven was too weak to resist, with her legs soon grabbed and Raven was pulled towards Harley, who crouched down, still atop the wet, naked Raven.
Harley lowered her fingers down to Raven's genitals and used them to spread her vagina, exposing her labia for Harley to explore. Harley pressed her fingers further into Raven, causing Raven to yelp in pain as Harley sifted around through Raven's insides, beginning to wetten Raven up on the inside.
Harley muttered, "Oh, you bitch, you're a virgin, aren't you? Well I guess we'll have to fix that." Raven instantly began shivering even more, this time in fear, as she heard what Harley was saying. The deranged pervert continued, "Eventually." Raven felt only mild relief from that last word, actually, she began to get even more fear from that word - not knowing when someone was going to attack her last attribute of goodness, nor who.
Harley withdrew her fingers from Raven and soon moved her slightly sticky fingers over towards Raven's face and began slowly moving them around her skin, including the brand set on her face, resulting in Raven shrieking when the brand was touched - that part of her face was much more sensitive, and still was in pain.
As Harley continued to rub, Raven struggled to break free, not wanting the Joker's sidekick to continue molesting her. Unfortunately for her, as long as the collar remained, Raven stood no chance against Harley, or Ivy, who waited in the door frame along with Raven's clothes.
Harley whispered into Raven's ear, letting her tongue out slowly, "I know you won't admit it, but you like this, don't you, bitch? I know you like this, this close proximity treatment. Don't worry, though, we'll make sure you admit it and we'll give you much more of it." Harley stuck out her tongue as she licked the lobe of Raven's ear before dragging her tongue down Raven's chin to her neck, licking her lips once she reached the bottom of the demoness's neck, moaning loudly to Raven's discomfort.
Harley moved her hands down towards Raven's chest, pushing one of Raven's breasts from under her and grabbing it, circling her tongue around Raven's dark gray nipple, causing Raven to tense up as Harley conducted her work on Raven. She said, "Why don't you just accept it, that you're better off now than you ever were with the Titans? I bet you'd be a beast in bed."
Harley pinched Raven's nipple, causing Raven to screech out again. Then, Harley moved her hand across Raven's back, wiping the water off of it in a seeemingly small act of kindness. After drying off Raven's back, Harley pounced her fingers around Raven's back, one at a time, slowly moving in between the vertebrae of her back as she moved herself so she was now laying right on top of Raven, severely discomforting her.
"What did you ever see in them Titans? You have the idiot, the fool, the outcast, and the hypocrite. And don't forget the honorary Titan program, just bringing together more freaks like you - the biggest freak of them all."
Raven spat, "And you two aren't freaks?"
Harley did not take kindly to that remark and proceeded to punch Raven in the head, sending her down to the ground before grabbing her by the hair and twisted Raven around before pushing her back onto the ground. She squeezed her hands around Raven's arms before setting her legs atop Raven's burned knees, causing her to scream in pain. Ivy mildly smirked as she watched from the doorframe.
Harley gritted, "Don't talk to us like that you fucking bitch! You're nothing more than a servant, a bitch, a pet. Freaks are people who are different but can change the world. Me and Ivy, however, we know we are different, but we accept the world as it is, merely helping out the natural flow. Do you want to remain the queen freak, servant bitch? If you merely go along with us, accept your fate, and you will no longer be a freak. How about it?"
"Forget it, Harley."
Angered, Harley proceeded to punch Raven again in the head before getting off of her and walking away. Poison Ivy walked up towards Raven before kicking her in the face, resulting in a bruise forming on Raven's jaw. Soon after, Ivy remarked, "Get dressed you bitch, then water my plants."
"Yes, Mistress."
Ivy dropped Raven's uniform - green leotard and boots right in front of her, before walking away from her with an angry scowl crossing her face.
It had already been more than a month since Raven had been abducted, and back at the Batcave, the Titans were working every possible angle to find Raven as soon as possible. [4]
Starfire was running patrols in the city with Batman in hopes of locating Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, or Raven. Cyborg was trying to run through Doctor Isley's life in hopes of finding possible locations where she had taken Raven. Beast Boy was surveying the surveillance tapes at Arkham to locate any information regarding Ivy's time in prison - and hopefully finding out who at the prison was Harley Quinn. Robin, however, was being fed the data from the other Titans as he tried to use his bond with Raven (formed when she went into his mind to help save his mind from Slade's mind-rape) to locate her.
Unfortunately, Robin's efforts weren't coming to fruition as the power-suppressing collar strapped around Raven's neck was preventing her from being able to psychically reach out to Robin, and prevented him from being able to zero in on her location.
The other Titans weren't having much better luck, as Ivy and Harley did not surface in Gotham, rendering Starfire's patrols primarily moot. Cyborg was being stonewalled with blocked files and firewalls as he tried to penetrate vital information about Doctor Isley, having little success in finding anything about the doctor. Beast Boy's attempts to find Harley Quinn in Arkham were unsuccessful as the cameras were poor, either from age or from sabotage, and there were multiple people at Arkham - guards and patients, that matched Harley's body description, none of which were a match over forty percent.
All Cyborg had deduced so far was that Ivy's powers were the result of a freak accident that happened at a lab, but he was having trouble finding the lab. If he could find the lab, then he might be able to locate related buildings for them to search. As for Beast Boy, he began running down the list of people that Ivy interacted with that could have slipped her the plant, which lowered the number of suspects from twenty-two down to ten, which began to narrow it down to a process of elimination. Unfortunately, the longer it took to narrow down the suspects, the more likely Harley would figure it out and flee, giving them no chance of finding Raven.
The Titans worked through the night in hopes of narrowing down their search for Raven, but it seemed like the bad guys were staying one step ahead, trying to keep their efforts from reaching success.
At last, Cyborg finally managed to break through the firewalls surrounding Ivy's files. He said, "Booyah! I found Ivy's past. Eight years ago, Doctor Pamela Isley was employed at BioGrant Labs under the employ of Doctor Jason Woodrue when she uncovered some of what Woodrue was doing with genetically modifying plants to attack people. A scuffle broke out and Isley was crushed beneath a stack of shelves filled with assorted toxins and poisons, which she miraculously survived and emerged from the remains."
Beast Boy noted, "So that's how she got her powers."
Cyborg continued, "Yep. She killed Woodrue with a kiss laced with poison, destroyed BioGrant, and headed towards Gotham."
"Maybe the owner of BioGrant can tell us more about Ivy."
"Umm, Beast Boy, I'm not entirely sure about that."
"Why?"
"Because BioGrant is the property of Wayne Enterprises."
[1]: A slight addition to the line, this reflects the Batman animated series, where Robin didn't know Barbara was Batgirl - there, things weren't pleasant when Robin learned the truth.
[2]: The original line was "That's harsh. Good thing he's been captured." This line better reflects Robin's shock at learning about Barbara's paralysis.
[3]: The original line was "Thanks, Commissioner. Sorry about Barbara." This now fits continuity from Robin's earlier apology in the scene, and preserving continuity.
[4]: The original line was "Back at the Batcave, the Titans were working every possible angle to find Raven as soon as possible." This line now shows how much time has gone by since Raven was abducted - a month is a lot of time for Ivy to pain Raven.
[5]: An addition to the notes below.
Ooh, another twist. Okay, I know my background of Poison Ivy was pretty much akin to the much-reviled Batman & Robin, but I promise you - none of that movie's camp innuendo will be present. That movie was the only portrayal of Ivy I had seen (the only origin I'd seen), so I decided on using that and reshaping it so the origin would work for this story. And as for Gordon, I've decided to portray him akin to Gary Oldman from The Dark Knight trilogy - that's how I see him. In addition, I began writing this story (and completed it), long before I watched the DC Animated Universe, so keep that in mind. [5]
And beware, things will get darker to come.