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Chapter 3: Not so sweet smell.

"Why am I not surprised to find you coming into my home, Batman?" asked a red-head woman as she tended to her plants. She had just happen to catch a slight movement from the shadows out of the corner of her eye.

"Probably because Gordon's men aren't outside. What happened?" The dark knight asked.

"While one those oafs was trying to convince me into accepting there protection they received a call about someone not being home and their seemed to be signs of a struggle. And they wondered why I refused."

"I see. Did they tell you what is going on?"

"No. They just kept spilling off some bull about needing to protect me."

"Thought so. There is a killer on the lose. He already has one victim and he says there will be more. We believe he is target criminals."

"So. Why bother talking to me about it?" Ivy asked brushing a stray hair that fell in front of her face.

"The first victim was Joker." To the untrained eye they wouldn't have seen it, but, Batman's eyes were highly trained. Ivy's body stiffened ever so slightly as she barely suppressed a gasp. Subconsciously the botanical bombshell's left index finger twitched slightly.

"How did Harl take it?" Ivy asked hoping to sound nonchalant, but, was betrayed by the concern in her voice.

"When she first found out she crumbled to the ground. She cried as if she was a child that just lost her puppy."

"And now?"

"She's hiding it well, but, there are times it shows."

"Just like Harley. When ever she stays here over night I could tell how much Joker not holding her when they are going to bed effects her."

"I see."

"Where is she now?"

"Staying with the Robin and the Titans. The main reason I'm here is because Harley wanted me to check on you."

"That girl is to concerned with everyone else for her own good."

"I was told to give you a message. Harley says: be careful, stay safe, and she loves you."

"Harl must really be scared to say that last one."

"Are you surprised?"

"No. If I was her I would be a little nervous too." Ivy stated turning to the Batman. Despite being able to hide it the man saw right through her cool façade and noticed the apprehensive demeanor shining through her eyes. Part of him wanted to hold her or something to calm her fears while the other part knew better.

"I could probably ask Robin to let you stay with Harley too. As long as you promise to stay out of trouble."

"I don't know Batman. I'm sure Robin isn't happy about having Harl there and if I show up on his door step that would certainly make things worse."

"Robin will deal with it. Might end up looking like a jerk for a while, but, he'll deal. I see him as a son and you know the old saying."

"Like father like son. I'll make my decision if I can talk to her for a few moments."

"We'll use the COM link in the Batmobile."

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A several minutes passed since Harley had slapped Robin and he was still processing it. Heck he couldn't wrap his head around the fact Star called him what she called him. He wanted to ask Cyborg what it meant considering she had gave him lessons on how to speak Tamerainain but deep down he knew he was better off not knowing.

During the time Batgirl and Starfire were trying to console Harley the only other red-head Robin has had a date with told a condensed version of what happened before tossing the disk at Robin. Beast boy and Cyborg tried to help calm Harley but only ended up making it worse. The Titan's leader didn't need to look behind him to know Raven was giving her disapproving stare. Partially because he didn't want to take a chance at seeing one that was similar she gave the other two male members of the team when they start playing video games while she in the room meditating. The moment he was about to say something a chime he hadn't heard in years filled his ears.

"Raven, will you take over for me? I need to answer that."

"Sure." The Azarathain spell caster answered while Batgirl jumped into the Bat-Jet to answer the audio communications.

"Batgirl here. What do you need?" she asked with a little to much edge then attended because her ex-boyfriend was in her line of sight.

"What did Robin do this time?" Batman said exasperated

"Let's just say what he did was bad enough for Starfire to call him a clorbag varglenilk."

"Clorbag varglenilk?" the dark knight repeated before typing it in onto the Batmobile's on board computer that had a program designed by Cyborg to translate Tamerainain to English. Of course Batman was learning it. Just because the odds are remote that he and any member of the Justice League cough Dianne cough would some how get stranded on the warrior princess's planet didn't mean he shouldn't learn it. Besides it would be add one more to an ever growing lists things he can throw in Clark's face to tease him. Besides he is one of two members of the Justice League that spoke more then one language that wasn't because of there powers. When the translation came up she hear the surprise in the man's voice.

"And I thought I was called some bad names by women."

"Wow someone really has a dirty mouth." stated another voice of the audio system that was feminine.

"Ivy? Let me guess you wanted to talk Harley."

"Yeah. Can you put her on?"

"Well she's a little upset right now. Robin said something he shouldn't had and now she is crying on Star's shoulder."

"If this was any other time I would come to Jump City to punch his lights out for making her cry, but, I'm letting it go for the moment. Tell her that I'm on."

"Alright. Harley, someone wants to talk to you." Batgirl called down. With a little help from a certain green elf that decided to turn into an elephant to pick her up she was standing on the left wing leaning against the cockpit.

"Hello?" the still visibly upset woman asked.

"Hey, Harl, got your message. I love you too."

"Red." Harley smiled hearing her best friends voice.

"Sorry to hear about Joker. Despite me not approving of him for you I wish I was there when you were told about him being dead."

"It's okay, Red. Batgirl took real good care of me."

"That's nice to hear. I heard someone did something they shouldn't have. Do you want me to take care of it?"

"No," Harley laughed, "I'm just a little emotional right now and he didn't know, but that doesn't mean I'm going to apologize for slapping him."

"That's my girl. So how was the trip down there?"

"Alright. I have some good stories to tell you though. By the way you owe me ten bucks."

"Why?"

"I was right about a certain pair and I got confirmation that it did happen from a really reliable source."

"You had a bet on that!?!" Batgirl exclaimed figuring out what was being said.

"Oh come on. We also have a bet going on who's going to get into a Wonder Woman's pants first. Superman or Batsy, but in that one we have a wild card bet she says Hawkgirl would hook up with her while I say Zantana." Batgirl could just imagine hearing Batman go 'oh god and I thought people were interested in my love life as Bruce Wayne' right before him saying 'I'm certainly glad Dianne didn't hear that last part or else things will be very interesting at the watch tower for the next few days.'

"Anyway, Harl, Batman asked me if I wanted to go down there and stay with you while he tracks down the guy that killed Joker and…"

"Oh, please tell me you'll come, Red, I don't want to be alone tonight." Harley begged virtually in tears.

"Harl, I was going to say yes. Besides I'm sure that place needs a little bit of feminine touch."

"Thank you. Thank you. Thank you."

"Excuse me." Robin finally spoke for the first time since being told off by his entire team plus ex-girlfriend and enemy. "Don't you think we get a say in the matter?"

"Robin, they are need of assistance. Certainly you can overlook the bad blood you have with them to render aid."

"Yeah, Robin, we can't let two beautiful women such as Harley and Ivy get killed by some psychopath. That would be a crime in itself."

"Rob, I'll put some extra security measures in place to make sure no one can hack into the Titan's mainframe from the inside if your worried about anything."

"Like it or not, Robin, they have to stay here and you are out voted 4 to 1." Raven's bluntly stated.

"Actually 5 to none. I just would appreciate them asking if they could do it before doing it. You'll know where to find me." The boy wonder stated leaving the roof with disk in hand to see what evidence he could help find.

"You know I expected him to put up a little bit more of a fight." Batgirl stated surprised.

"Well I did tell you that he has mellowed out a little." Raven pointed out.

"Since everything has been taken care of how are you doing on fuel Batgirl?" Batman asked over the COM link.

"I have enough to make it to Gotham and back. Do you think you can give me a refill Cy?"

"No prob."

"Um silly question. I know this is a big place and all but can you show me where me and Red is going to be staying?"

"I'll show you to one of the spare rooms we have. I'll just have to change a security code so you can have some privacy if you want to lock the door, and before you say anything I've been needing to change the codes considering last week Beast Boy snuck into Robin's room in the middle of the night and super glued one of the Slade mask we have in storage to his face." Cyborg stated trying to keep the mirth off his face after seeing Robin's reaction.

Flashback:

Robin groggily got out of bed. Like most people who what would be classified as day sleepers prefer going to bed at 6:30 in the morning instead of waking up. Not to mention he was up late last night following up on a dead lead on the whereabouts of Billy Numerous.

"Billy is slippery then a slimy frog taken a bubble bath." Robin mumbled to himself before opening the mini fridge he had hidden in his room. The only reason he had it was to keep Beast Boy from slurping down his Starbucks iced coffees that he bought at the supermarket. That had happened one time and while he would normally annoyed Raven but this particular event he not ended up annoying everyone in the Tower, but he also annoyed Old' Mr. Wilson that ran that Mom and Pop convince store on the outskirts of town. Any way as Robin was grabbing his coffee he hesitated realizing what he just said.

"My God, I'm starting to sound like him. Ok nothing but Bruce Willis movies for a week. Except The Whole Ten Yards." Robin added with a shudder. Bringing the beverage into the bathroom where he did his normal routine of set the Starbucks on the sink, drain the lizard, brush teeth, drink the Starbucks, then hit the shower before brushing his teeth once more because Star said she didn't like the way his lips taste after drinking the coffee. As he made his move to the toilet while doing number one the list something strange caught his eye. Turning to his left he saw the one person he would love to in jail. To bad his sleep deprived mind didn't calculate the fact that all he could see out of one of his eyes and what he saw was his reflection.

"Slade!" Robin growled before throwing the glass bottle at the mirror promptly shattering it and exploding at the same time. Coffee and glass shards went every while Robin was rendered stupefied trying to figure out what just happened. Unfortunately the whole Tower heard the crash and ran into his room to investigate. The moment the bathroom door flew open the Boy Wonder turned around saw everyone including Starfire and realized the very important fact. It was a hot night last night and sweaty clothes aren't comfortable to sleep in so he decided to go au natural. So there he was in his birthday suit. With everyone seeing all he had to offer. After a stunned silence including everyone's eyes involuntarily looking down Robin made a daring leap towards the shower to hide behind the blue curtain.

"STAR, RAVEN, GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!"

"Robin?" the warrior princess asked stepping closer to the shower.

"STAR, STOP!"

"Robin it is you. Why are you wearing the mask of Slade?" she asked coming a little to close for the naked wonder's comfort.

"STARFIRE, STAY AWAY FROM ME PLEASE!" Robin begged a little to harshly, because the impact of those word dealt a serious blow the normally up beat girl.

"Alright, Robin, I shall leave you alone." Star said before depressingly float.

"Star wait I didn't mean it like that." He called hoping to get her attention. Thankfully Raven was there because before the princess exited the room she grabbed her arm.

"Starfire, before you decide to make the pudding of sadness you might want to think about why he yelled at you."

"He doesn't find me attractive anymore and wishes to be rid of me. There is no thinking about it." Raven resisted rolling her eyes because everyone and there grandmother knew that was not it.

"Star, look at yourself and remember what you saw when we entered."

"Robin was in the room of bathing wearing Slade's mask."

"And?"

"He was also… oh. Robin is embarrassed that I have seen him naked and he hasn't seen me. In that case…" Star pause beginning to remove her top when six pairs of hands stopped her.

"Star, I'm already going to need to wipe the memory files I have of seeing Rob naked I don't want see you naked too. Why don't you do that in private when it's just you and him in the room?"

"Yeah. Seeing Bird boy's personal staff is punishment enough for super gluing that mask on his face, I don't want him getting mad at me for looking at a naked you." added a particular green boy before realizing he just admitted what he did. Mainly because of a glaring Robin through the mask which is even scarier then without it.

"Beast Boy, I suggest use this time wisely. Like write your will because the moment this mask is off and I'm clothed you're dead." The boy wonder calmly spoke. Not wanting to stick around the funny man of the team took off running.

"Star you get the acetone I'll get the Q-tips." Raven monotonously said leaving the room followed by the red haired alien.

"He must have hacked the codes somehow because I made sure every door is sealed, but, at least now I know why you fixed your staff the way you did. Compensating for something Rob?" Cyborg teased.

"One, shut up Cyborg, and two didn't you ever hear big things come in small packages?"

"Yeah, but, that is a pretty small package."

"Batgirl never complained."

"I didn't need hear that."

"Oh after I get this thing off my face remind me to thank Beast Boy. I don't know how I was going to approach this subject with Star."

"Whatever Rob." Cy said before leaving the bathroom with a shudder.

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James Gordon entered the room that he knew if his daughter was there would say some one really needs to call a decorator. Not because of the fact there was some objects like photos of the man he was before the man he is frames were smashed and strewn about on the floor along with a few priceless vases were shattered, but the entire room was painted and carpeted in two different sections. One half was like an egg shell white with sunny colors decorating it while the other half was dark and could be described by some as creepy.

"I never thought I'd say this again, but, I hope you're ok, Harvey." he said out loud. Some of the forensics technicians looked at him before shaking it off. All of his years of experience told the silvered haired officer of the law that there wouldn't be that much to find. He was about to exit when he heard a voice.

"Hey Commish, there is a kid here to see you." Gordon turned around to see Harvey Bullock in the hall way with a boy probably no older then ten looking kind of apprehensive.

"Thank you, Detective Bullock." he said as he exited the apartment. "How can I help you son?"

"I was told to give you this." the child said handing him a single envelope with Commissioner James Gordon written on it's face. Opening it and pulling out the letter he read what it said.

"Son how did you get this?" he asked with a serious expression on his face

"Some guy in an alley gave it to me along with twenty bucks."

"Can you describe him?"

"Tall. It was dark. Am I in trouble?"

"Oh no son. Run along home ok." Gordon said with a smile as the boy did what was he was told. "Harvey, call the station tell them to send a forensics team to 524 Oak Ridge Ave. Also tell them that they might want to send a coroner too."

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A/N: All right there is chapter 3. Who we know who sent Gordon the note but we don't know where it would lead to. I hope every one get's it so far because you don't know how hard it is to figure out how to test the legendary Batman criminals. I also hope no one minds me bring Poison Ivy into Titan's tower but I don't think I could adequitly think of a trap for her. Atleast not at the moment. Plus I think it would be a good idea to give Harley help later on in the story. Now that's over I still haven't recieved the answer on how Two-Face is suppose to survive his chance at redemption. Honestly with what I thought of is kind of cool and very fitting for him.

Now for review shout outs.

Qwertymann: Well thanks for the complements but like I said in the previous chapter I'm really trying to challenge myself in this area of writing. But I'm I find myself second guessing myself when it comes to particular things a character says when it comes to the staying in character.

Annoymus Reader: Thanks.