Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation
Rating: M
Chapter 8: Lily's Back!
(Still that weekend (At Bruce's))
"Lily, how are you this morning?" Bruce asked his daughter, who was still in a catatonic state after having reverted to it because she calmed down. Bruce pulled the chair from her desk to her bed and sat with her. Lily said nothing just stared into nothing. "Okay Lily, I'll have Alfred bring up some breakfast, after I've done Ace's shock thing." He brought out one of the containers of the energy Ace had given him, he charged up the two electric rods that he had brought to an extremely low current, and he placed them on either side of her head. The current ran through and true to Ace's word on the phone, it wasn't enough to hurt her, Bruce hated doing this to his little girl, he felt it made him no better than the people of Arkham but it did seem to help. "I hope this helps Lily." Lily was jolted as the current ran through her and her plants came to defend, Lily completely unaware of the fact. "Garth it's your try if you like." Bruce got up and walked out of the room, Garth was waiting outside the door, he had an idea.
"I'm going to try something," Garth replied as Bruce wished him luck and walked off. He headed toward the door of the girl he loved, he wanted nothing more than to bring her out of her funk that she was in.
"And what's that Garth?" Dick demanded as he looked at his friend, he wasn't mad at Garth, he was mad at himself and at Powers. "We've tried everything and nothings worked so far." Garth smiled, he had something planned but wasn't going to tell Dick.
"My little secret," Garth replied as he walked into the room and looked at his girlfriend, she was looking better because she was closer to nature, when they had broken her out she was in a completely metal room with one window that faced the hall way. Lily was staring blankly at the wall when he walked in. "Hey Lily…" He walked up to her bed and moved the chair Bruce had sat in. "How are you?" She continued to be silent and look at the wall, Garth sat on her bed with her and gently moved her so that she was in his lap, he didn't want to startle her and have her plants forcibly remove him like they had Ace. "Lily, I love you," He whispered in her ear, he hoped that it would snap her out of it. "G…" She whimpered, she didn't want to believe that Garth was actually there. "I'm here Lily, and I love you so much." He held her close but gently.
"Garth…" Lily whispered as a single tear slid down her cheek, the first tear she had cried in a week actually, she moved and wrapped her arms around him, holding him to her, never wanting to let go for fear that she would lose him.
"I'm here Lily, always for you," He replied quietly in her ear as he held her, she held onto Garth for all he was worth and cried a week's worth of tears as her mind finally accepted the fact that she was free from that horrible place. "Glad your back Lily-bells." He was very happy that she was back and he hugged her tightly.
"I love you Garth," Lily whispered as she looked into Garths eyes.
"I love you too Lily," Garth whispered back. "Now let's go get you some food shall we?" Lily nodded as her stomach growled loudly, she hadn't eaten much lately. They got up and walked down to the living room where Bruce was.
"Lily!" Bruce exclaimed as soon as he saw his daughter, he was over joyed that she was better.
"Hi daddy," Lily replied calmly as she looked at him.
"How are you feeling?" Bruce asked as he got up and hugged his daughter tightly. He had opened his arms and enveloped her in a tight hug.
"I'm a bit tired, but I'll be fine after I get something to eat," Lily said as she hugged him tightly, she was smiling.
"No problem Lily," Bruce stated as he walked over to the intercom that was in the living room. "I'll have Alfred make us something to eat, he'll be so glad that you're better." He pressed the intercom button and stated, "Alfred I have great news!"
"And what news is that Master Bruce?" Alfred asked as he looked around his room, he was still a little depressed because of Lily.
"Alfred come to the living room, someone wants to see you!" Bruce replied as he let go of the button and waited for Alfred to come to the living room. He sat in his chair and looked at Lily, he was so happy that she was getting better. Alfred came into the living room from the opposite end and saw Lily, he stood frozen in shock.
"Hi Alfred," Lily stated as she looked at Alfred.
"Lily-bell, I'm so glad you're feeling better," Alfred replied as he practically ran up to her and hugged her, he was so glad that his unofficial granddaughter was starting to get better. "What do you want for dinner Lily?"
"Chicken Alfredo?" Lily asked, she was really hopeful that she could get it.
"I can do that Lily," Alfred replied happily, the Chicken Alfredo was Lily's favorite, it was also the first meal that he had taught her how to cook. "Would you like anything else Lily?" He was going to make her anything that she wanted. Lily shook her head with a smile on her face. "Okay Lily, you got it, I'll have that ready in a few minutes Lily." He ruffled her hair and then headed to the kitchen to make the food. Lily sat with Garth on the love seat and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"I should call Ace, and let her know that you're alright," He said as he got up and pulled out his cellphone and called the last number that he had had for Ace, he hoped it was correct. "Ace, I have great news." Ace answered the phone, "What's the news Bruce?" "We got Lily back." Bruce was excited beyond belief. "YES! I'M SO GLAD BRUCE!"
(With Ace)
"Warren," Ace stated as she looked at him, she had been woken up by the call from Bruce but was glad that he had called. "Warren wake up." She shook him gently to try to get him up, she usually didn't sleep but last night she did, for longer than normal at least, about four hours straight instead of the maybe two in ten to fifteen minute bursts. "Warren wake up." She shook him harder she also wanted to get food and he was kind of on top of her.
"Ugn..." Warren grunted, Ace pushed him off her. "No wake up Ace, I want to sleep." She got up off the bed and got her clothes, she grabbed a pair of workout shorts and a tank top. "Gughn..." Warren was rolling around and patting the bed where Ace was. "Why you no here?" Ace pulled her sleep top off and changed into her blue tank top after putting on a sports bra, she changed her shorts from her sleep shorts into her workout shorts which were purple.
"I'm going for a jog then I'm taking my bike to Gotham," Ace stated as she pulled on a pair of socks and her converse sneakers. Warren shot up after hearing that. "Warren Lily snapped out of it, she's all better." Warren got up and got dressed in the clothes he wore before. "Come on Warren, I'll make us some breakfast, I'll go for a quick jog, and then we'll go to Gotham." He nodded as he wiped his eyes, he was so tired, he hadn't slept for more than forty-five minutes at a time and only got maybe six or seven hours.
"Ok, do you have coffee or something?" Warren asked as he pulled on his shirt and pants. Ace nodded and led him downstairs. "What are you making for umm... whatever meal this is?" They walked down stairs holding hands.
"Yeah I can make coffee and I was going to make leftovers from whatever we have in the fridge," Ace replied as she pointed to the table, she set about making coffee and grabbed her own mega monster. "So, I think we have some Chinese and some stuff to make pasta." Ace set about making some Chinese for herself and Warren. "How do you take your coffee?"
"Two sugar and milk," Warren replied as he looked at Ace, who was getting the coffee cups down, she got down two one for Warren and one for Eric when he came down. "What are you making Ace?" She pulled the plate of orange chicken with rice out of the microwave and put it in front of Warren, with a fork and his coffee. She cooked up her leftovers from the other day and sat down with Warren. "So how often do you two go out for supper? I've seen you going out several times for dinner, most of them at the Lantern."
"We go out a lot," Ace replied as they continued to eat. "He can't cook, and I don't really like to."
"So is it go out or go without most of the time?" Warren asked as he chuckled, his chuckle was so sexy.
"Sort of, I mean I can cook a bit, I can make pasta and burgers, but that's it," Ace replied as they continued eating, she was melting on the inside with the sound of his chuckle. "So want to go on my jog with me?"
"Sure, we'll go whenever you're ready," Warren replied as he finished his meal.
"Ok, let's see if you can keep up," Ace stated as she finished too. "My jogging is more of a run than an actual jog, I go for about two miles one way then come back." She took care of all the plates. "Well let's get going." Warren followed her out the door and the two of them started their jog.
"Ok you know this town better than I do. Where's the best place to run to and how do we get there?" Ace asked as she jogged next to Warren, she was going at a slower pace than normal, if this was Gotham she would be going for a five mile jog and wondering what she was going to do to keep from killing her father's minions. "Come on Warren, I know you can go faster, you kept up with me when I was pissed off." Warren smirked and sped up his pace a bit. "So what's the worst injury you've ever had?" She was jogging backwards so that she was looking at Warren. "Mine was breaking my left arm in three places and then breaking my ankle the same day."
"Three fractured ribs, broken leg and a severe concussion all in the same week," Warren replied as they jogged, they were headed to a nearby park.
"Wow what caused that Warren?" Ace stated as she slowed down a bit so that Warren could keep up, when she got going boy did she get going.
"The ribs, and leg a fight with Speed and Lash during our Freshman year, the and the concussion was from an explosion in the mad science lab," Warren replied as they continued their jog.
"Wow… so have you ever dated someone before me?" Ace asked as she looked at Warren.
"I did date this one girl, but we didn't really work out, we both decided that we were better off as friends," Warren replied as he looked at Ace.
"So… that detention room that Powers use to threaten me with all the time… what did it do?" Ace asked, she really wanted to know why Powers was always trying to get her into that room. "Ugh…" She stopped and held her side.
"It blocks powers," Warren replied as he stopped as well, he wanted to make sure that she was okay.
"No wonder she wanted me in there all the time, I mean seriously she tried to kill me more times than I've ever tried to kill someone, I just go for it," Ace said as she was holding her side, normally she would push through the pain but since she was still recovering she didn't want to push herself more than her body would let her. "I have to stop."
"Okay, let's get back so that we can go see Lily," Warren replied calmly, he was worried about her ribs.
"Ok sounds good," Ace stated as she leaned against a nearby building, her side was killing her. "I may not be able to take my bike to Gotham, do you know how to ride?"
"Yeah, do you want me to drive us there?" Warren replied in question as he looked at her.
"Only if you think that you can ride my motorcycle. Gotham is dangerous for people like me my bike is known," Ace replied as she walked over to him, she was trying not to jar her ribs too much.
"We could always take mine," He said as he led Ace back to the apartment and led her inside. "We can take your bike to my place and then take my bike to Gotham from my house."
"Ok, yours is probably registered anyway, mine isn't no license nor do I have the bike registered," Ace replied as she went up to her room with Warren and grabbed clothes to change into. "Could you please check my bandages for me?"
"Okay, it got a little loose on the jog, after you get dressed then I'll rewrap it for you," Warren stated as he checked the bandages.
"Ok, now to just get dressed," Ace mumbled as she stripped off her tank top and bra in favor of a better set, not caring that Warren was looking at her. "So did you like my pajamas last night?" She put on a black and red bra that left little to the imagination as Warren just stared almost in a trance. She changed her shorts and undergarments into a more provocative set; she was wearing a pair of matching underwear. She pulled on the tight skinny jeans that were blue and purple but left her top off so that Warren could do her bandages. "So…?"
"Th-they, w-were…" He replied as he cleared his throat, his face gaining a twinge of color. "They were nice." He started to wrap her side, shifting to relieve some pressure from her side.
"Really… just nice Warren?" She asked as she looked up at him with a smirk on her face, she was trying to make him uncomfortable. "Because I can honestly say that yours made me want to jump you." She ran a hand down the side of his face. She stuck her tongue out at him and waited for him to finish.
"Don't show me that tongue unless you intend to use it," Warren growled, it made Ace melt on the inside.
"I'll do what I please Warren and how would I be using it?" Ace asked as she stuck her tongue out again. "Now that you're finished I guess I should put my shirt on right?" She was baiting him. "Or I could not... your choice. Wouldn't be the first time that I've got without a shirt on my bike." She looked up at him with a little smile that turned into a smirk.
"Just put a shirt on, so that I don't have to burn every man we cross to a crisp," Warren replied with a soft groan. She pulled him so that she was able to whisper right into his ear.
"You'd be burning everyone Warren. Not just men," She whispered seductively as she reached for her shirt, not that it would cover much. "But I hope you like my shirt." She pulled on the shirt, it was blue and had no sleeves just thick straps, it came to about an inch under her bust line.
"Come on, before I lock us in this room," Warren replied with a groan as he led them out to her bike after she pulled her ankle height boots on.
"Maybe later," She stated as she stuck her tongue out again with a wink. "But let's go, I'll drive us to your house I can go that far." She pulled her keys out of her side bag which she had luckily grabbed and started the bike, she threw the one helmet to Warren, she never wore it. He placed the helmet on Ace's head.
"For me?" He asked as he indicated her outfit.
"The helmet was for you, so put it on," Ace replied as she took the helmet back off and handed it back to him before swinging her leg over the seat of the bike. "And I'd dress worse for you Warren, ask Dick. Now put the helmet on and get on the bike." Warren sighed and put on the helmet, he got on the bike with her.
(At Warren's House)
"Here we are," Ace stated as she nudged Warren to get off the bike, Ace followed after shortly and fixed her shorts after she was off. "You can change if you want and then we can head to Gotham." They walked into Warren's house, he was leading her up to his room.
"Make yourself comfortable, I'll be out in five," Warren said as he walked into his room to change into some fresh clothes. "Ready?" He asked as he came out a few minutes later.
"You're trying to kill me aren't you?" Ace asked as she looked at him, he was wearing black leather pants that hugged just the right places, boots that were awesome, a red wife beater and a leather jacket. "Ugh... Payback right?" She wrapped her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear.
"Maybe," He whispered into her ear before he bit it.
"Warren what did I tell you about teasing?" Ace asked as she dug her nails into the back of his neck. "Those pants are bad enough, my gods man." She looked at his pants and began to feel light headed and excited. "Let's go before I do something we may regret." Warren nodded and took her to his bike before they rode to Gotham.
(Back in Gotham)
"How are you feeling Lily?" Bruce asked as they sat at the table, Lily was happily eating large amounts of the chicken Alfredo that Alfred had cooked. She had always loved Alfred's cooking, and really missed it when she was in Arkham, a place she never wanted to go again.
"I'm doing better than I was," Lily replied as she continued eating.
"I'm glad to hear that Lily," Bruce stated as he ate slowly. "And I do believe that you are going to have some visitors very soon." He looked at her with a smile.
"Who's coming dad?" Lily asked as she continued to eat.
"You'll see I think that's them now," Bruce replied as he heard a knock at the door. "Hey Lily, why don't you go get the door?" He was excited to see her reaction.
"Hey Lily-bell!" Ace screamed as Lily opened the door to the house.
"ACE!" Lily screamed back as she hugged her best friend, she missed Ace and was worried.
"Glad you're better," Ace stated as she looked at Lily, she could smell Alfred's cooking so she felt compelled to ask certain questions. "Did Alfred cook Alfredo again?"
"Yep!" Lily replied as she led the two into the house and into the kitchen. "And as usual he made enough to feed an Army." Ace was excited, she loved Alfred's food.
"Does this mean I get Alfred food?" Ace asked as she looked at the humongous pot of chicken Alfredo that was on the table.
"You bet it does," Lily replied happily, she was smiling.
"YES!" Ace exclaimed as she held her side before sitting down, her bandages were on display due to her shirt. "Alfred you are an AMAZING cook, your food is the best I've had." She grabbed one of the plates and loaded it with the Alfredo. Warren followed suit and both began eating with the Wayne family. "So Lily, when did you snap out of it?"
"This morning," Lily replied as they all continued eating. "It was a combination of the shock thing from you and then Garth's little plan that I won't be announcing." Warren was eating in normal human amounts per bite whereas Lily was taking slightly larger bites, and Ace was practically inhaling hers, she always inhaled her food. "Thank you by the way, that energy has been lasting for everything that we need it for."
"Great to hear," Ace stated as she continued to shovel food into her mouth. "So want to go to the Gotham mall this afternoon?" Ace was excited to go to the mega mall and not the stupid Maxville mall. Sad thing is that even if Lily said no, she would go anyway. "Please say you'll go." Lily nodded and they all continued eating.
"Sure Ace, I'd love to go to the mall with you guys," Lily replied as she looked at Ace. "Can I go dad?" She looked at Bruce; she wanted to make sure that it was okay with him before she agreed to anything. Bruce nodded with a small smile, he wanted her to get back to normal and felt that the mall might just be the best way to do that. "Thanks daddy." They finished and Lily and Ace helped Alfred take care of the dishes so that they could get going.
"Thanks Bruce, we'll be back before three tomorrow morning," Ace stated as they walked back into the dining room. "Let's go guys, the mall opens soon." Lily was smiling, she loved shopping with Ace. "Bruce could you drop us off, we brought the bike, gets better gas milage." Bruce looked a little skeptical. "I still don't have my licence because my dad can't take me and the Strongholds refused, Eric is technically dead so he's out." Bruce nodded.
"Yeah I'll take you, and if you want I took Lily for her Permit test just before she went to live with Dick so I could take you too," Bruce replied as he stood up along with Warren. "So what time would you want me to pick you kids up?" Ace looked at her phone and saw that it was noon, the mall was open from noon till two in the morning. "Just make sure that it isn't too late or I can leave the car and have Alfred pick me up after." Ace nodded and looked at the other two.
"The mall closes at two A.M so probably about 10:00pm or if you want to go with that second plan you won't be in a car for ten plus hours," Ace replied as she looked at Bruce, she could shop for hours. Bruce nodded and looked at the other males, Warren looked fearful and Garth looked concerned.
"Don't worry boys, shopping with Ace and I won't be that bad," Lily stated as she looked at Garth with a smile. "Though Ace, I would like to go shower and change before we go."
"That's no problem," Ace replied as she nodded and winked at Lily, she had just given the boys falsely reassured the boys that they would be ok. "She's not lying."
"Don't fall for that one guys," Dick stated as he looked at the two boys, he had been shopping with the two girls and he was scared for life.
"You ready guys?" Lily asked as she came down a few minutes later, showered fresh feeling, and dressed.
"Um… should I be scared Dick?" Warren asked as he looked at Dick, he was getting slightly nervous.
"Keep quiet Dick, no you shouldn't be Warren," Ace stated as she looked at Warren.
"Me and Ace aren't as bad as Dick is saying," Lily replied as she looked at Dick with a stern look.
"Lies, you two dragged me around that damned mall for 10 hours, I was so bored," Dick replied as he looked at the boys with a serious look. "They'll go to shoe stores and try on practically every pair in their size, then they'll go to Hot Topic and Spencer's, and then you'll both be dragged to Victoria's Secret and then back to the shoes store." He looked at the girls. "And don't you two even try to tell me different, you did it seven times when I was dating her."
"Warren don't you dare believe a word he says," Ace stated, she was glaring at Dick. "I promise it won't be that bad."
"We're not that bad...and Dick it was only three hours that we would drag you around, not ten," Lily sated with a sigh as she looked at Dick, he had a habit of blowing things out of proportion.
"Actually there was that one time where every store in the mall, or at least almost every store, had a sale," Ace replied as she let out a laugh. "If I remember correctly we also did go back to several stores several times." She looked at Warren, she was getting heated. "I promise it won't be that bad, it will take some time because of the fact that I like to be in stores for a while."
"As long as you keep me away from the Barnes and Noble I don't generally take as long as Ace," Lily stated as she looked at the boys.
"Ace tends to take forever because she likes to look at everything and try on just about everything that she looks at," Dick replied sarcastically as he looked at Ace.
"I'm going to smack you Dick, let's get going," Ace stated as she walked to the door, she was pulling Warren with her.
"Dick, PLEASE try not to antagonize her!" Lily demanded as she looked at Dick, her eyes were still somewhat dull.
"He's all good, I'll be good, I have my own special treat for being good," Ace replied with a smile as she winked at Warren.
"I'll keep her in line Lily," Warren stated as he winked at Ace too. Lily nodded as the group got into the car with Bruce and Alfred in the front.
"So Lily we should probably work on that talent show stuff, I talked it over with the girls, Kenna, Rosa and Magenta, and we decided on a few numbers for us to do," Ace stated as she got into the car and sat next to Warren in one of Bruce's big cars. "We should go look for outfits and also dresses for homecoming." She rested her head against Warren's shoulder.
"Like what?" Lily asked as she rested her head on Garth's shoulder.
"Well our duet, our being yours and mine, is Raise Your Glass," Ace replied happily, she looked at Lily, who was looking better. "Then You, Kenna, Magenta, Rosa, and I are going to do Cell Block Tango from Chicago." She smirked at Warren and at Dick, apparently neither of them knew the song. "Warren and I are doing Time of Our Lives from Dirty Dancing and I don't know about your solo or mine and the song you and Garth sing is completely up to you. So we'll need to get quite a few outfits and call a few people to get measurements or just have them meet us."
"What do you think?" Lily asked as she looked at Garth.
"Well there is one song that I really want to sing, 'I Want to Spend my Life Loving You' as our duet," Garth replied as he looked at Lily as well.
"I like it," Lily stated with a smile.
"So that's another one down, we're also going to have to practice a LOT for this to go well. What song are you going to do for your solo? And what kind of outfits do you want to wear, I texted the girls and they'll meet us at the Gotham mall in three hours," Ace asked as she put her phone away in her bra.
"I'm thinking about singing stand my ground, and as for outfits...I don't really know," Lily replied as the group got out of the car and waited.
"Well for the one Chicago they wore leather, so we could do that if you want?" Ace questioned as they walked into the mall, Warren drooling a bit at the idea of Ace in leather.
"I thought that was silk and lace?" Lily replied in question, it was a common debate between the girls.
"Oh yeah, well either way they have to be good. Remember 'they had it coming'," Ace stated as she winked at Lily. "And it's not like we can't find both of them in this mall."
"You're right about that," Lily replied as they walked to the store map.
"Ok so what store do you want to go to first Lily? Besides the book shop," Ace asked, she knew that if she hadn't said that, that that's where Lily would spend most of the day.
"Let's go to Victoria's Secret," Lily replied looking at the map, she needed some new things anyway.
"I like that idea," Ace stated, she winked at Warren. "I needed to get a few things anyway."