Author Notes: Okay here I am back with the latest installment. I'm happy to see you guys and gals enjoyed the last chapter and the development of the story. All of you make it possible for me to continue this so let the good times keep on going and like always enjoy :)
"...There's nothing to do around here" Ivy was laid up in Bruce's bed smothering a pillow in her face feeling like she was slowly dying from boredom.
It'd been a week since that night the boys went out and Tim was hurt. Not even 24hrs later and Bruce had to go on a travel trip for business and would be gone for an undisclosed amount of time. She remembered saying she'd accept both halves of him and knew that he had to keep up appearances as Bruce Wayne. Luckily Ivy caught him before he could leave her in bed again, It wasn't easy for her to let him leave but he assured her once he was back he'd give her the one on one time she craved. She sighed "No sense in pouting all day"
After showering and getting dressed she made her way to the backyard which was now flourishing with plant life. She smiled surveying the landscape pleased with the work she's done. Walking through the garden she couldn't help but to think of Bruce, the peace and silence only seemed to make her want him more. Her happy mood lasted until she saw the area where her white and red roses were had been dug up. "That damn dog."
Damian was in the library catching up on his reading with Titus at his side. The young boy wasn't like most people around his age he was quite reserved and enjoyed doing the simple things.
"I've told you before to keep that dog away from my garden!" Ivy barged in the room abruptly.
"Good afternoon to you too freeloader, as I've told you before he's a dog, digging up holes in a backyard is what he does. Besides he was here first so maybe it's your garden that's in his way instead of the other way around don't you think?" He didn't even pay her enough mind to look at her, nope instead he stayed fixed on the book.
Ivy could feel her patience running thin more and more with him, it's like after Bruce left Damian turned his smug and no respect attitude up a notch. It was only Jason and him that'd give her a hard time while Dick and Tim seemed to be welcoming to her. Honestly she couldn't see where they all got their personalities from none of them were anything like Bruce besides the hero thing. "I swear if he wasn't Bruce's son, he'd be dead by now."
Damian looked over his book at her "So are you done yelling at me like you're my mom or do you plan on yelling again and being ignored at the same time?" He asked
Ivy had to restrain herself from killing him right there, all she could do was think about keeping the peace for her man while he was away. She calm down and sighed "Listen we're both going to have to get use to the two of us staying here. You may not like me but your father sure does and that's all that matters so keep disrespecting me and there'll be a Damian Wayne the second walking around here."
He put his book down and looked at her confusingly "A Damian Wayne the second?"
She smiled innocently at him like before "I'll bury you so deep underground you'll suffocate before you can say sorry and I'll create a child with your father to help everyone get over the disappearance of you."
He looked pale in the face and stuck his head right in that book without a rebuttal. Ivy smirks victoriously as she exits the room, not paying attention she runs into Dick.
"You know I still don't know anyone who can shut him up as quick as you do." He says to her laughing as they walk through the manor.
"Well there's only one thing a boy like that understands."
"Oh and what's that?" he asks her
"The threat of death."
The way she said that so calmly made chills go up his spine. He made a mental note not to do anything Damian like to her.
"So what's this thing going on between you and Harley?"
"Wait..what? How do you know about us? Jason said something to you didn't he?"
"Are you going to give me a chance to reply or are you going to keep shooting questions at me? (Dick kept quiet) Harley told me herself (He shot her a look of shock) I was out earlier this week to see her and she told me about you two having fun at night around Gotham."
Dick made sure to keep a mental note of this "She's in trouble when I see her." he straightens up a little "Listen it's not what it seems it's….."
She interrupts him "She's honestly a good girl, a little misguided but she means well and I think someone like you is perfect for her. I bet you have feelings for her too but don't know what to do because of Bruce and The Joker. If you think she has feelings for you which trust me I know she does then you should take a chance with her, the worst that can happen is being rejected but it's better to know then to not know at all. (she laughs some) Don't worry about Bruce either I'll make sure he won't interfere."
Dick didn't know if this was the same Poison Ivy he'd been fighting for all these years. She seemed so much more approachable and that gloomy aura felt nonexistent. She was right though living with regret and not knowing would eat him alive.
He smiles "You know maybe you're not as bad as I think you are."
She smirks "Good to know I'm so highly thought of."
"Well we robins may not have good feelings about you but Bruce does, He may have not said it to us but besides Alfred I've been around him the longest and I've never seen him be so open with his life to a woman as fast as he's done it with you. Just give it sometime and eventually most of us will get use to you being around you might want to give Damian a little more time though."
Dick was her favorite of the boys he was the correct blend of all of them and his words did make her feel better about her position in the house.
"Thank you for letting me know that, (she laughs a little) I think I can handle Damian though he'll come around sooner than he expects. Again chills went down Dick's spine, he didn't know whether to laugh or feel scared. They broke off in the living room Dick had to report to work as bad as he didn't want to. His job caused for him to counsel people financially, he couldn't believe the amount of money people spent on nonsense.
The afternoon was barely going by and Ivy had already did both her nails and toes and created a temporary solution for her skin color and hair color. By taking a small pill she conjured up thanks to her many species of plants in the garden she could suppress her skin and hair color for up 6 hours. She smiled which radiated joy "Bruce is going to be happy about this."
"Ahhh do you normally smile like that when you're alone?"
Tim startled her, even with crutches he was able to maintain an element of surprise. She looked him over still feeling guilty for his injuries, even after Bruce told her over and over again not to beat herself up over it.
"How are you feeling?" she asked
"I'm feeling better, just taking it one day at a time." He replied while settling himself down in a recliner. He looked over at her, Bruce had told him it was Ivy who saved his life but only because of the guilt she felt and because of that she tried to avoid him.
"Thank you for saving my life, If not for you I'd be dead right now."
She smiles lightly "It's okay I feel bad for what had happened to you, you're good now which is the most important thing."
Tim just smiles and nods his head. The two spent about two hours getting to know each other better. He started to see why Bruce didn't bat an eye when she started staying at the manor, she was a nice person to be around when she wasn't trying to kill you.
"You know it was me you use to hold hostage" He tells her
She laughs "See I knew it, you as a robin were quite helpless and an easier target than the other robins."
"What? I put up a fight always." He replied hastily
"Really because sometimes I actually had the feeling you wanted to be held hostage."
He blushes and turns away "That's not true."
"Yup in fact I bet you even had a crush on me when you were younger." She teases him
Tim's face grows even redder "I..no..I did not."
Ivy giggles like a schoolgirl causing him to turn tomato red and start to sweat.
This was probably the best entertainment she had since Bruce had left, watching the 17 year old boy struggle to keep it together around a beautiful lady such as herself. To her messing with adolescent boys was child's play. She smirks "If not for Bruce being there back then to save you, you'd probably be dead from one of my kisses."
"Okay Poison Oak leave the guy alone, I bet you're having a field day messing with him like that." Jason came just at the right time saving Tim from Ivy's mercy.
She rolls her eyes "He knows I was only teasing him."
Jason pops a seat on the couch and snatches the remote from her, She gets up disgruntled staring at him menacingly "Why is it that you and Damian are the most disrespectful to me?, I've done nothing really bad to neither one of you."
"Did it ever occur to you that we don't trust you." Damian came trotting in with Titus
"I don't normally agree with him but Damian's right, me and him don't trust you. We're not like Mr. handicap here or boy wonder when it comes to having open arms. Your actions will tell us whether we can fully trust you or not so please don't waste your breath on trying to win us over sunflower." Damian nodded at what Jason had to say, to them actions spoke louder than words. She'd have to go through a gauntlet before they would consider her a part of the family.
Ivy didn't have a comeback, it was easy for Bruce to trust her but thinking his kids would be so easy to accept her was wishful thinking. She stormed out of the room furiously, she didn't know how to even begin to get their trust and them waiting on her to turn on them was eating away at her. She locked herself in Bruce's room and laid on the bed feeling unsure about herself, was she really ready for a life like this? Would she ever find a place in the bat family? Sleep was what she needed to rid her mind of these thoughts a good nap would help some.
"You think you guys went a little hard on her?" Tim couldn't help but feel remorse for her.
"Nope, If she's as trustworthy as she claims then it'll show in due time." Jason answered
That Night Across Town
Dick was rushing home as fast as he could in his BMW, he didn't expect work to keep him after so late. He was starting to wonder if working in business was the right decision instead of working in law enforcement like he originally planned. Quickly up the steps into his apartment he went, changing into his nightwing costume and leaping out of the window firing his grappling hook out one of his escrima sticks into a building and landing on top.
Tonight he was in charge of making sure Gotham was safe, with Bruce being out of town him and Jason had to take responsibility for Gotham. "9:30" Dick was looking up at the giant clock tower in downtown as he ran across rooftops, perfecting his takeoffs and landing like a true acrobatist. He planned on staking out Kingpin's place and tailing him to each of the places he stops at. Unfortunately a mugging stopped him along the way. "I hate muggings wannabe tough guys robbing ladies, the scum of the criminal world." He wastes no time in subduing the perp, one punch to the face and a shock from his escrima stick and a couple seconds later a gift wrapped criminal ready to go to Arkham.
"That was a nice exercise" Getting closer to Kingpin's place he started to think about Harley and what was starting to develop between them. From the outside clearly she was all wrong for him but when they're together everything just feels right. He liked almost everything about her, (except the being around The Joker thing) her bright blue eyes, the joyfulness in her voice, the ramblings she'd go on, her hugs, her kisses and even her outfits which exposed enough skin to leave his mind wondering though he wouldn't admit that. Maybe Ivy is right and that he should give Harley a real chance.
Police sirens catch his attention and immediately he follows in their direction and ends up at The Cash & Loan Bank. Cops had the building completely surrounded preventing the armed robbers from fleeing the scene. Pressing a button on his mask he sees the armed thugs were equipped with Uzi's and low grade shotguns, standard lower class criminal weaponry. "Well this should be fun."
"Whtcha Doooooooooooin?" Harley immediately cuts off his view from the building, quickly Nightwing jumps back in surprise. He takes in the full sight of her and of course he likes her whole outfit.
"What? See anything ya like?" She does a slow twirl for him.
He smirks "Maybe I do and maybe I don't but you know you should wear a bell around your neck that's the 2nd time you nearly scared me to death."
"What? I'm not good enough for ya now birdboy? And if ya was to die I'd bring flowers to the funeral if that ever happens."
"Nope you're actually bad enough for me, (he steps closer to her) if I'm gone who else are you going to play with at night?"
She wraps her arms around his neck smiling deviously "Bad enough for you? I like that. Who knows maybe I'll play by myself, (her lips inches closer to his) ya ready to be bad for one night birdboy?"
Nightwing moves his hands down her exposed waist and places both hands on her juicy butt "You sure you can handle me Dr. Quinzel?"
Harley pulls him into a deep kiss, Nightwing squeezes her butt tighter as they kiss. She breaks off the kiss to whisper in his ear "Birdboy you have no idea what I'm capable of" she licks his ear as she finishes her sentence. There it was the wild factor she had that made him want her more, the fire that was brewing between the two could set Gotham ablaze. Gunfire brought them back to reality, the armed thugs had opened fire on the cops outside.
Nightwing let's go of her, readying himself on the edge of the building to make his way on top of the banks rooftop. Harley steps in front of him wrapping her arms around his neck "Oh no ya don't ya not leavin me so soon I'm coming with ya" He looks down at her quirking his eyebrow "Bad girl gone good?"
She smirks "Only this once and ya betta not bring this up again ever or I won't forgive ya"
He smiles "Fine, now hold on tight"
He fires the grappling hook, lodging it into the wall of a building. The two jump off swinging through the air like kids on a swingset, Harley holds on to him tight nearly choking him but still she did find it kinda hot like she was some damsel in distress and he was the hero saving her.
"That was fun can we do that again." Harley was as giddy as a little kid.
"Maybe some other time." Nightwing had pulled off a ventilation shaft cover and started making his way through it, Harley was close behind. It was smaller than he expected, he watched the thugs walk around aimlessly all of them wondering how they'd make it out of this. "This isn't going to be easy can't play this recklessly with Harley being here with me." Nightwing suddenly felt weight drop on his head, he shifted his body to turnover and was smothered by Harley's breasts.
"What are you doing?" He whispered to her, his cheeks flushing red.
"Sorry I wanted to see what was going on, now hush or they'll hear us."
He was starting to hate her choice of outfit tonight, she wore a short sleeve red and black crop top that showed off a generous amount of cleavage and here he was with her on top of him with a face stuffed full of breast in a very confined space."Why couldn't this happen to me on a different night?" Nightwing had to fight back his urge to kiss and lick her breasts. Her sweet scent had fully taken over his nose and their bodies pressing so tightly together was now making his growing member start to ache in his tights.
Harley pulls his head out her breast "Ya know we should do this again when we have more free time, (she giggles quietly) I can feel that ya like this situation."
His face flushes red "Can we just get this over with already." he says hastily
"Fine have it ya way." she replies
He worms his way behind her and immediately she comes crashing down from the vent. She easily takes down 2 of the 5 guys landing on top of them by surprise "hehe sorry about that." and handsprings and cartwheels away evading gunfire. Nightwing throws a smokescreen pellet from the vent and comes down in the chaos of random gunfire. Quickly he turns on his thermal vision and shells out 3 wingdings disarming the remaining men. Like a ninja moving in the wind he takes down each thug. When the smoke clears Harley looks up from her ducking post to see Nightwing standing in the middle of the 3 thugs who were now unconscious.
"We make a great team don't we?" Harley smacks him on the chest as she walks by examining the thugs. Cops come rushing in and arrest each of the thugs, "Good job boys take em away" The cops look at Harley and then at Nightwing, with little time wasted one of the cops slap a pair of handcuffs on Harley.
"Hey what are ya doin, I'm not the one ya want."
Nightwing laughs at her as she pleads to the cops, she shoots him a mean and pouty like look "Tell them I didn't do anything birdbrain."
"Oh I know you can ask nicer than that." Nightwing was loving this, lately she was getting the better of him and now it was his turn.
"I'm sorry guys for once she's right she didn't do anything, (Nightwing was still laughing) in fact she helped me on this one. She's under my supervision as long as I'm around she'll be good so no worries guys."
The cops released Harley and took their leave, Harley punches Nightwing in the chest "I bet ya think ya so funny."
"Yup now if you excuse me I do have things to do still." Nightwing was getting ready to take off into the night again.
"Like I said I'm coming with you wherever you go tonight, I don't see ya during the day for obvious reasons so ya stuck with me for the rest of the night." Nightwing slyly smiles while pulling her close to him. Harley was held tight to him like before, she could here his heartbeat as they went through the air. The two make their way to Kingpin's place, the two stay there watching him for over an hour. Harley was easily bored she thought they'd be doing something more exciting and action packed.
"Geee ya really know how to show a girl a good time."
"I just love your sarcasm it's one of the best things about you."
Harley liked being around Nightwing, there was a lot of mystery to him and he actually gave her the attention she wanted. Aside from the muscles and suave personality she liked his caring nature the most, even when they fought in the past he'd never use excessive force on her.
"Let's go Kingpins on the move." Nightwing clicks a button on his escrima and the batmobile pulls up in the street. He jumps down into the driver's seat and Harley lands right in his lap.
"I hope I didn't crush anything." She teases him
"Only one way to find out, maybe another time though."
He keeps his distance from Kingpin's limo, taking in every stop that Kingpin makes. "This guy's made 5 stops how many more is there?" Harley had herself nuzzled up close to him as they continued their stakeout. She'd never been in the batmobile before, she kissed him on the cheek for making her feel special.
With one hand on the steering wheel and the other in her hair "Overall as a date I didn't do too bad did I?" he says to her.
She kisses him again "Ehhh ya not too bad birdboy."
"Alright I think we're done here for the night."
"It's only 1am there's still tons of things we could do….(she was creeping her fingers up his chest) like maybe go back to your place."
Nightwing wasn't sure what to do, bringing her back to his place was a really big step. This decision would definitely alter their relationship and he wasn't sure if it would be for the good or the bad. His past relationships failed because of his unwillingness to let people get too close to him but Harley isn't like most people. Maybe it was time for change, maybe he could save her from a life of crime. This was a gamble he was willing to take.
"Pancakes or French Toast pick one?"
"Pancakes but why'd ya ask me that?" Harley questioned
He laughs a little "because now I know what to make in the morning for you."
Harley hugs him tight almost making him swerve the car into a speeding truck "Yayyyy! I promise you I won't be any trouble at all."
Nightwing bit the corner of his of lip "Yeah let's hope not." They sped off back to his apartment
The Iceberg Lounge
Catwoman couldn't believe she took penguin's offer to join his latest plan. She hated being around the fishman he was none too trustworthy and always tried to be-woe her which annoyed her. Her heart still belong to Bruce even through all bad things she'd done she still wanted him, but still he hurt her and she wanted him to feel the same pain. If she had it her way though she'd still fight by his side and not against him, what she did to Tim the other night was excessive. The drug she taken from Bane altered her mindset and when under it she played backseat to the evil that consumed her, the hate that fueled her and the jealously that ruled her.
"Here kitty kitty kitty."
Catwoman broke the glass of milk in her hand and had penguin by the neck with her whip.
"Don't ever call for me like that again or else the tigers at Gotham Zoo will have a fresh fish dinner."
Penguin gulped hard as she released him, he wasn't liking this new Catwoman that was around. She was a lot more aggressive and unpredictable than before he wasn't sure what could have triggered such a change. He heard what she done to Red Robin which took the whole Gotham crime world by surprise given her close relation to the bat family.
Wayne Manor
Bruce had finally gotten back to Gotham around midnight and was now home at last. He hated that he had to leave for so long he missed Ivy so much and was ready to spend the next couple of days with just her.
"Welcome back Master Wayne I suspect your business trip went well?" Alfred greeted him as they walked through the manor.
"Everything went well as usual."
Upon entering his room he was met with the fresh aroma of Ivy's plants that she kept in there. She wanted to make the house have more of a home like feel to it and not a medieval castle like feel it had. Oddly though where the sweet scent was there was no gorgeous redhead there to match it.
"Alfred how long has Pam been gone for?"
"She left about 2 hours ago, she didn't mention to where it was she was heading." he replied
Bruce's mood dropped some he wanted to surprise her, the trip was originally scheduled to last another week but he made sure to get everything done in a week. He sat at the edge of the bed picking up a rose and was admiring it's beauty "Where could you have gone?"
Back At The Lounge
Penguin and Catwoman had gotten into discussion on how they would get back the briefcase from The Joker.
"If you were there when you were suppose to be then maybe we'd be the ones having 2 briefcases instead of nothing!" Penguin was still heated over The Joker's double cross.
"Calm down little man I'll see to it that we get back at least one of the briefcases so go eat a fish sandwich or something." Catwoman was studying her sharp claws thinking about how she could get both briefcases for herself.
"Well Catwoman & Penguin I didn't think I'd see you two working together."
All the men stayed fixed on her as she strut her way towards the two misfit partners.
"Poison Ivy, longtime no see. Still as gorgeous and deadly as I remember." said Penguin trying not to be entranced by her presence.
"I've had things to do that have kept me busy, (She looks around at all the lovestruck mean mugged faces) I see I haven't been missing much."
Catwoman and her make eye contact "What's the matter Selina cat got ya tongue?"
Catwoman smirks "Still the center of everyone's attention I see."
Ivy laughs a little at her remark, she knows fully well what Catwoman meant. She smiles coyly "I mean what can I say All men submit to my beauty eventually."
Catwoman stands up cocking her eyebrow, hand on one hip "Must be nice to blow pretty dust in a man's face and he becomes yours."
Ivy takes a step closer to her still smiling coyly "hmmm I don't know, this one man didn't need that or even a kiss to become mine, maybe he just preferred higher quality over lower quality"
Catwoman takes a step of her own smiling mischievously the corner of her top lip fidgeting every now and then "hmmm I wonder what happens when a weed spreads it's roots too much."
Ivy takes another step "And I wonder what a cat looks like in a venus fly trap."
Catwoman makes it face to face with her now, the two of them staring each other down "Be careful what you ask for Pamela, a lioness can be quite unforgiving."
