Chapter Six – A Summer Home

Ivy tried to hide a smile as she and Harley got off of the plane. Fortunately, Harley had allowed her to just remain quiet and pretend that Ivy was sleeping so that the red head didn't have to talk with the plane's flight crew. Harley had scared a couple of the women off with her bouncy attitude but there was one man who was drawn to her. Ivy had to hear Harley's comments about how that man couldn't live up to her "puddin's" shoes which were made without Harley thinking about the words.

Ivy was more interested in focusing on the plants that they were about to see.

Plants deserved to be protected, the earth had started with plants – indigenous ones of course – and humans had come later. In fact, had certain plants not been present then human life might not have happened at all.

"Do you think there'll be a place for swimming?" Harley laughed as she stretched her arms up and Ivy sighed.

"There are a number of places where that would be possible," she told her as she heard the flight make its landing. "I'm not sure that we should venture there," she said and Harley sighed, slumping down in her seat.

"That's not fair. It'd be better if we could enjoy this trip. I know that I'd love to see you in your bikini," she winked and Ivy tried to ignore her girlfriend. This trip wasn't something that they were doing for fun. There were actual plants in danger here and she refused to spend a moment on "enjoying herself" when the plants were not given the same luxury.

Ivy bowed her head as she heard the humans around her start to leave and took another breath, her eyes closed. "How about you focus on having an enjoyable time and I can focus on the plants. This is a time sensitive issue for them," she said and Harley nodded, "As long as you stay close. You're not familiar with the area and bound to get lost."

"That's not fair for you to say," Harley pouted as she tilted her head to the side, "It's not as if you're familiar with the area too."

"Surrounded by my babies, I trust that they will keep me safe," Ivy told her before standing up and looking around the first class cabin. She had originally purchased the cheapest seats for the two of them but all it took was a little kiss on the lips and the man behind the counter had upgraded them to the most expensive seats on the plane and hadn't even charged a fee.

"I thought that I was your baby," Harley commented and Ivy smiled as she stopped just short of the door. She let her hand cup Harley's cheek and leaned in, her breath warming the harlequin's neck. She took an inhale and then kissed her passionately, Harley's arms wrapping around the woman that she loved and the woman who treasured her in the meaningful way that Harley had hoped for.

As the kiss ended, Ivy took Harley's hand in hers and started to make their way out of the plane. She put her sunglasses on so that the "people wouldn't distract her" and started to leave so that she could completely see the field of dreams.

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Ivy stretched her arms out as she walked in the sunlight among the large trees. Everything seemed so much better than when she was in a city. The air was fresher and she felt that her lovely trees were growing so strong. It was a crime in the highest degree that somebody wanted to destroy this area. She would have to make sure to rid this place of them.

"Hello, darling," she said as she put a hand on one of the trees and smiled at the way the sun shone through a break in the branches. At least the trees were able to relax in the weather. This was their home and they seemed well taken care by natural forces.

It was male forces that were different.

Ivy walked past a large and murky pond. She sat beside it, putting her hand in before hearing a noise from behind her. If this was one of those men then they would soon learn that nobody would be able to hurt either her or these children that she felt motherly towards.

She blinked in surprise as she saw that it was not a man and instead paused. This was another one who had given his body to nature although Ivy knew that this was not his original choice. His origin was difficult but he mostly belonged to the botanical world than the animal one.

"What are you doing here?" Alec said as he moved towards her. Ivy smiled, he should know that she was as much of a fan as the green as she was.

"How difficult was it for you to get here, Alec?" she asked with a smile and the "monster" paused, flinching because of the name that was used. She put a hand on her hip as she examined him. "Surely, I'm not to believe that they allowed you to fly here looking like that," she said as she waved a hand over the air in front of his body.

"I have acquaintances," he said as he eyed her suspiciously.

"I know that neither Waylon or myself helped you to get here especially when there is environmental devastation at home. I only imagine that you're talking about that witch with the backwards speech or her bunny who hasn't found anyone else to tolerate him," Ivy stated.

If there were more members of the Justice League who wanted to protect this area then why couldn't that boy in blue and the fish lover try to protect this area through some kind of law. She hated following politics but that boy scout would find it his job to follow the law to protect such a place as this.

"So, how does it go in this area, protecting the green?" Ivy questioned and Swamp Thing turned to survey the damage. Fortunately, the damage was all theoretical now, planned and not amounting to anything yet but humans found it within themselves to crush those dreams. They could neither truly see or truly appreciate the world of plants. Their use of them for trivial purposes was enough for that.

"The green is life," Swamp Thing told her as he put his hand through the murky water and Ivy assumed that this was where he would clean himself and relax. If only he weren't so hideous, she would envy him. He was connected to plants in a manner that she only dreamed to be.

"So, don't you think that we should be coming up with a plan, something to protect these darlings," Ivy asked and Swamp Thing looked at her, the anger showing through the slime.

"Humans are to be destroyed here," he said and Ivy laughed gently.

"Now, I'm all on board for that," she said as she raised her hands up in agreement. She sat down on the ground and put her hand out, soon there were roots attracted to her and she grinned as if she were meeting old friends once again. "We might need to rely on them though. Humans are good at protecting the plants if they care and we should force them to care, right?" she asked as she tossed her hair back.

Swamp Thing nodded, this was part of his home, a summer home of a sort and no man was going to take advantage of the world and crush it.