A/N: Today's featured character:
Scarecrow: Jonathan Crane aka Scarecrow, former psychologist obsessed with fear turned supervillain. Uses fear gas to commit crimes.
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy had been officially dating each other for about a week now and they'd been having the time of their lives so far. They'd been constantly showing affection towards each other quite openly. Magpie found their constant cutesy pet names and kissing a little annoying but she eventually grew used to it.
The only thing that Magpie found unbearable was that some nights she definitely could hear the two of them doing something or other in the room next to her. She'd rather not dwell on what it was they were up to so she willingly returned to her old bedroom on the couch.
Harley and Ivy themselves were having a great time as a couple. They both wondered why they hadn't hooked up before. After the initial awkwardness of sex between each other wore off, it really did feel like they were made for each other. The two of them cherished every moment they spent together.
Eventually, they both decided to do something special to celebrate their brand new partnership. Earlier that week they'd received coupons for a local Gotham City spa so Harley came up with the idea that they would go to the spa and have a relaxing time together. Ivy agreed, thinking it would be a fun way to spend some time together.
But Ivy became slightly disappointed when she found out that Harley had invited Magpie and Selina along with them. It wasn't that Ivy disliked either woman, it was just that Ivy was looking forward for a romantic spa day with just her and Harley together. But it seemed she would just have to make do with what she had in front of her. The four girls going to the spa together seemed like it would be pretty fun.
It was a little bit after noon when the girls made it over to the spa with Harley excitedly leading the way and the other three trailing behind her.
"This is gonna be so much fun!" Harley cheered, beginning to giggle madly. "I'm gonna have such nice, soft skin when this is done!"
"Harley, please try not to get too excited too fast." Ivy chuckled, getting closer to Harley and grabbing her shoulder. "You might be disappointed by this place."
"Ah, it'll be fine." Harley shook her head. "I haven't been to a bad spa yet! So this place is gonna be great!"
"I can't say I don't appreciate your optimism." Ivy shrugged as she approached the building.
"I think it's gonna be nice." Selina smiled. "I can always appreciate a spa."
"Hmm, I can't remember the last time I event went to a spa…" Magpie muttered to herself. "Should be good for me. My back has been feeling kinda tense lately."
"Well don't worry your pretty little head! You're gonna feel great after today!" Harley hummed to herself as she approached the front doors to the spa. The girls entered and found a reception desk in the lobby. A perky young blonde woman was sitting at the desk and smiled at the group that entered the spa.
"Welcome!" The woman waved to them. "How may I help you?"
"Me 'n my friends wanna use your spa." Harley smiled as she approached the desk. She dug into her pocket and took out the coupon she got. "We got this coupon too. Can we use it?"
"You sure can, miss." The receptionist nodded, accepting the coupon. "What kind of treatment would you girls like?"
"Well, me 'n my girlfriend are interested in getting a couples massage." Harley giggled and put an arm around Ivy and quickly kissed her cheek.
"I'd like to use the sauna you have here." Selina spoke up.
"Me too." Magpie added. "But, uh, I'm not her girlfriend."
"We'd also all like to hang out in the hot tub!" Harley added.
The receptionist nodded. "Alright. Got it. Follow me please." She got up from behind her desk and beckoned for the girls to follow her.
They followed after the receptionist through a large purple curtain. After following her down a hall the receptionist opened a door which led to a room with a hot tub in it.
"Alright, please fold your clothes up and store them in the temporary lockers we provided for you." The receptionist gestured to a bank of lockers. "There are towels and bathrobes if you'd like. Please enjoy the hot tub while we prepare the rest of the facilities for you." She gave a polite nod and smile to the girls and turned around. "I'll come and get you when it's time." She left the room and closed the door behind her.
Without a second thought, Harley began taking off her clothes. She was too excited about getting into the hot tub to care about the reactions her friends had. Ivy and Selina didn't seem to mind and they casually began taking off their clothes.
However, Magpie seemed very uncomfortable with the whole thing as her friends shed their clothes. She put her hands over her own breasts even though she was still fully clothed.
"Seriously girls? Did none of you bring swimsuits?" Magpie sighed.
"No, did you?" Selina smirked, now fully naked and getting into the hot water.
"Well, no, I kinda forgot." Magpie shook her head.
"Ah c'mon Maggie, it ain't no big deal." Harly got into the hot tub once all her clothes are off. She sighed happily when she felt the hot water touching her skin. "Ooh, that's nice!"
"I know it's kinda silly but I'm just not very confident about my body." Magpie sighed, looking down at herself. "I feel ugly and awkward… God, did I never grow past high school?"
"Ah relax, all of us are hot babes." Harley giggled, reaching out and holding Ivy's hand as she got in the tub. "C'mon, the water's fine!"
Magpie nodded and took a deep breath, slowly removing her clothes. Eventually she got into the hot tub with the others. They were right, the hot water against her body did feel rather relaxing. But Magpie still felt self-conscious about her body and ended up hugging her knees close to her body in order to cover herself up.
"There really is no need to feel shy." Selina glanced over at her.
"I don't like being looked at." Magpie shook her head. "I feel like I don't look right. And I've got all these scars…" She put her legs back down and gestured to a few scars she had all around her body on her chest, gut, back and thighs. "See?"
"So what? You can't be a supervillain without getting a few scars." Selina shrugged. "Here, look at this?" She turned around and showed her back to Magpie. It was covered in scars all across it. "Most of these are from botched robbery jobs. They aren't pretty to look at but there isn't much I can do about them."
"Ya think that's bad? Check this out!" Harley stood up and did a little spin, getting water on her friends. On her back, front and legs were small scars and a few bigger ones. "If we're countin' scars I think I win. Red's the only one who usually gets to see me naked this close." She giggled a bit. "I got so many I can't even remember how I got all of 'em. Most are from Batman. Or Mistah J when he got angry at me."
"I don't have any scars like you girls. My skin's self-healing. I guess I'm lucky that way." Ivy sighed, looking down at herself.
"Oh yeah, real lucky." Harley nodded and sat back down. "I wish I could have beautiful green skin like you."
"Aww, you're so sweet." Ivy smiled and gave Harley a kiss on the cheek. In response, Harley giggled and kissed Ivy right back.
"Hey please try not to make out in front of me." Magpie sighed.
"What's the matter? Two gay for ya?" Harley giggled.
"Uh yeah, kinda." Magpie nodded. "I was kind of a homophobic piece of shit back in high school. Never totally got over it. So yeah, four naked girls hanging out in a hot tub and playfully splashing each other, it makes me uncomfortable."
"Well, maybe we can help ya get over that." Harley giggled.
"No thanks…" Magpie shook her head. "I'm comfortable with being uncomfortable." She semi-unconsciously scooted herself away from the other girls.
"Just try to relax and have fun." Selina glanced over at Magpie.
"I'll try my best." Magpie shook her head. "This takes a lot of getting used to. I always hated the showers back at Arkham… Being naked around other people. Especially the guards."
"Are you kiddin' those showers were awesome!" Harley giggled. "I always liked it when Ivy helped me wash my hair."
"That was fun." Ivy nodded. "But you have no idea how hard it was for me to not just give your ass a slap every time I was staring at it in there."
"Well now you can slap my cute butt whenever you feel like it." Harley giggled, leaning in to give Ivy another kiss.
"Do you girls ever stop being horny?" Magpie sighed.
"Only when you ain't around!" Harley teased Magpie, sticking her tongue out at her for a moment.
Magpie just rolled her eyes at the immature display. "Are you done?"
"Am now!" Harley nodded, laughing to herself like mad.
"Thank god…" Magpie took a few deep breaths and tried to relax herself.
After a couple more minutes of lounging around in the hot tub another woman working for the spa came back around and entered. "Hey there ladies, I've got everything set up for you."
"Ooh, yay!" Harley stood up from the hot tub and scrambled to get a towel to wrap around herself.
"Right this way please." The woman turned around and beckoned for the others to follow after her. The other women got out of the hot tub and clothed themselves in towels and slippers of their own.
They followed her down the hall past several other doors. The employee stopped at a door midway down the hall and gestured to it. "The massage room's in here. So, who's our lucky couple?"
"That'd be us!" Harley cheered, clinging to Ivy by the arm. "Ain't we the cutest!"
"You certainly are." The woman smiled and nodded. "Just step inside and get ready on the massage table. We'll send in our masseuses when it's time."
"Thank ya kindly!" Harley smiled and nodded as she entered the room with Ivy closely following behind her.
The woman guiding them shut the door behind them and motioned for Selina and Magpie to follow after her. She led them down another corridor to another door. "Alright, and here's the sauna. Stay in there for as long as you'd like. Gather your clothes in the hot tub room and wait for your friends by the reception. Which one of you will be paying?"
"Har- The, uh, the blonde one with the dyed pigtails." Magpie replied.
"Ah, wonderful." The woman nodded. "I'll be sure to ask her about it. You girls have a good time now." She turned around and walked down the hall away from them."
"Well, time to relax. This should be good for our poor achy muscles." Selina sighed in anticipation and opened up the door. Before entering the sauna proper there was something of a small foyer where visitors could remove their shoes before entering the sauna or cool off momentarily. Selina and Magpie both took off their shoes and entered the sauna together.
Magpie sat on the far left end of the sauna while Selina seated herself on the right. She poured out some cold water onto the hot rocks, letting more steam out into the room.
"Mmm, purr-fect…" Selina chuckled to herself and undid her towel, exposing herself all over again.
"Do you have to do that?" Magpie groaned.
"I can't help it. I enjoy a good cat pun every once in a while." Selina smirked.
"Not the cat pun. The… The nakedness." Magpie frowned, her body language shrinking up.
Selina laughed a bit and shook her head. "I thought we were past this. How old are you, Magpie? 35? 36?"
"I turn 40 next month…" Magpie shyly muttered.
"Well, happy early birthday. I'm 42 myself. Been at this game for almost as long as the Bat has." Selina chuckled. "The point is, we are two grown women. That's way too old to be embarrassed about your body like you're being. Just own it. You look great and so do I. We can appreciate each other."
"Yeah, yeah, you're right… I need to just be more comfortable." Magpie nodded. Taking a deep breath to calm her nerves, Magpie undid her towel. She sat there on the bench completely naked. "This still feels weird."
"Give it time, you'll get used to it." Selina smirked. It was almost cute how awkward Mapie was being.
"You're not checking me out or anything, are you?" Magpie self consciously covered her breasts. "If you're gay or bi or whatever, that's cool. But I'm not into that."
"You need to stop worrying. You can admit that other women are beautiful without it being a sexual thing." Selina moved a bit closer to Magpie.
"Yeah, it's kinda like I said… I never moved past high school." Magpie nodded quietly. "I was uncomfortable with this one girl in my class being gay. Called her a dyke all the time. But it evened out because she called me a freak cause I was always stealing her hairpins. I was a really unpleasant girl… Anyway, the point is I'm just not too comfortable around other women in, y'know, sexual situations."
"Well, then good thing there's nothing sexual about this." Selina laughed a bit. "Just two friends enjoying time together in a sauna."
"Tell that to Harley and Ivy." Magpie sighed. "They're a cute couple. I just wish Harley wasn't so in your face about it. I mean, I get that she's excited, but she's gone into a few too many details about their love life."
"What's the matter?" Selina moved slightly closer to Magpie again. "Afraid she's gonna turn you gay?"
"Yeah, kinda." Magpie nodded. "I really need to work on moving past high school. Arkham was supposed to help me with my mental issues but they really only made them worse."
"God, I am glad I never ended up in there." Selina sighed in relief.
Magpie nodded. "Yeah, you're lucky. That place is filled with lunatics… And I don't just mean the patients."
While Selina and Magpie were acclimating to the sauna, Harley and Ivy were waiting for their masseuses to arrive. They'd both taken off their towels and were getting ready to lie down on the massage tables. Harley had been humming to herself while Ivy remained relatively quiet.
"This is gonna be super relaxin'." Harley smiled and lay down on the massage table and sighed happily. "Not to mention romantic."
"Mmm, absolutely." Ivy lay down on the table beside Harley. "It's so nice that we get to spend our ill-gotten money on things like this."
"Yeah it's nice to pamper ourselves with spa treatments. Maybe we can go out to a nice dinner." Harley sighed happily, lost in a fantasy for a moment.
"I'd do anything for you, Harls." Ivy nodded.
"Do ya really mean that?" Harley asked.
"Of course." Ivy smiled at Harley.
"Aww… You're the best." Harley reached out between the tables and held Ivy's hand.
Ivy smiled back at her girlfriend and gave her hand a squeeze. "So are you, Harl… You're so wonderful and beautiful."
Harley giggled and squeezed Ivy's hand right back. "I could just stay with you forever…"
After a couple moments of blissful silence, the door to the room opened up and two young women entered.
"Hello there." One of them women smiled and nodded at Harley and Ivy. "You must be the lucky couple."
"Sure are!" Harley nodded. "Me 'n my lovely girlfriend are happy to be here."
Ivy looked over at Harley and smiled, feeling a warm happy feeling inside of her. She continued holding Harley's hand, enjoying the connected feeling she gave her. It made her feel happy and loved. Two things that, despite her claims of hating humanity, Ivy desperately wanted.
The two women began their work massaging Harley and Ivy, focusing on their backs and necks first. Harley hadn't realized how much tension she'd been holding but it felt great to be massaged like that.
"Holy fuck… That's wonderful…" Harley sighed. "Jeez, you gotta massage me like this some time, Red."
"I was just gonna say the same thing to you." Ivy smirked and looked over at Harley.
"Hehe… If I could, I'd kiss ya right now…" Harley sighed happily.
"I feel just the same way." Ivy nodded a bit. "You're right, we really do need to spend more relaxed days like this…"
While Harley and Ivy had the knots in their backs worked out, Magpie had grown slightly more comfortable in the sauna. She was no longer bashful about her body and was engaged in rather pleasant conversation with Selina.
"You know what, we should team up sometime." Magpie smiled. "I mean, we're both pretty good thieves, aren't we?"
"Yeah, you've got a point." Selina nodded. "As much as I love Harley and Ivy, they aren't exactly the most subtle. I'd love to work with you sometime."
"It's a deal." Magpie got a bit closer to Selina. "Let's shake on it!" She reached a hand out for Selina to shake.
Selina returned Magpie's gesture and shook her hand. "It's nice to see you come out of your shell a bit. When you first got here you didn't even wanna look in my direction."
"It's still weird to be naked around you… But I'm kinda used to it now." Magpie smiled. "Don't take this the wrong way, but, uh, you look very pretty. Especially when all the steam and sweat makes you shiny…"
Selina couldn't help but chuckle. "Thank you. You don't look too bad yourself."
"It's getting pretty hot in here… Wanna cool off outside for a moment?" Magpie offered.
"Sure, I was just thinking the same thing. Some cold air would feel wonderful." Selina stood up from the wooden bench.
Magpie nodded and stood up as well. "Mmm, I bet it would."
The two of them walked over to the exit to the sauna together. Selina reached for the door's handle and tried to turn it but it wouldn't budge. She just thought it was stuck and continued trying to turn the door. But after the door remained shut Selina realized something wasn't right and looked back at Magpie.
"Hey, I think we've been locked in from the outside!" Selina exclaimed.
"Wait, what!" Magpie yelled. "Shit, that's not good!"
"Don't worry, we can find a way out." Selina tried to remain calm.
"Fuck! How did we get locked in?" Magpie started breathing heavily. "We're going to roast alive in here…"
"Don't freak out. I'm sure this was an accident. We're just gonna have to force the door open." Selina took a few deep breaths. "This isn't the first room I've been trapped inside of. First time being trapped naked though. Don't worry, I can handle this..." After backing up a little bit, Selina rammed into the door shoulder first in an attempt to get it opened.
As Selina desperately tried to force the door open, several wooden panels around the room opened up and what appeared to be gun barrels protruded from them.
"Um, Selina…" Magpie held onto Selina's shoulder and tried to point out the new developments to her.
"What is it?" Selina turned around just in time to see an orange coloured gas being shot out of the strange guns that were set up around the room. "Oh no…"
Both Magpie and Selina ended up breathing in the gas before they could react and ended up coughing uncontrollably.
"Shit… What's happening…" Magpie slowly collapsed to their ground, desperately reaching for the wall.
Selina let out a strained whining sound before collapsing next to her. She tried to get up only to start screaming uncontrollably. Normally she wasn't easy to frighten but all of a sudden there were small, filthy, grimy bugs crawling everywhere in the room and on her body.
She let out a loud cry of anguish before losing consciousness. Magpie did the same, passing out right beside Selina. Once they were both unconscious the door to the sauna opened up. Two of the spa attendants, now wearing gas masks, entered the room. Behind them walked a tall, thin man clad in burlap with a hood and hat on his head. He was Scarecrow, one of Gotham's many super-criminals.
"Take them to the lab, will you?" Scarecrow looked over to his assistants. "And give them something to wear for god sakes. I'm not some kind of pervert."
"Yes Dr. Crane." One of the spa workers nodded and entered the sauna with her partner. The two of them worked to pick up Selina and Magpie from the ground.
"Phase one is complete." Scarecrow calmly nodded. "Send the signal to the workers in the massage room."
Harley and Ivy's massage had been amazing so far. The two of them were just making small talk together while the two masseuses worked out all the tension they'd been carrying in them. Being a supervillain clearly worked up a lot of stress because both women agreed that the massage was the best thing to happen to them in ages.
In fact, Harley was enjoying it so much Ivy was almost certain it had gotten to the point of sexual arousal for her. At least it sounded like that from all the gasps and sighs that were coming out of her. Of course Ivy also considered the possibility that Harley was doing all of that intentionally just to tease her. For as much as she liked playing the fool, Harley could be very clever if she wanted to be.
"Jesus Christ, Red… We gotta get these massages more often…" Harley sighed and glanced over at Ivy.
"Mmm, I agree." Ivy nodded. "Only problem is these cost a lot… Even though we got a discount it still cost a whole lot of money."
"Ah who cares, we can get more cash easy." Harley laughed a little bit. "God, Maggie and Selina are gonna regret not getting these messages with us. They're wonderful…"
"I know, the people here really know what they're doing." Ivy nodded, glancing back at Harley.
"Totally." Harley glanced up at the masseuse working on her back. "Hey, mind goin' up a little bit. Right between my shoulder blades… That'll feel great."
"Of course…" The masseuse paused for a moment and looked over at her partner. They shared a nod of acknowledgement. Harley felt way too good to think about what any of that meant. Without any warning, the masseuse sharply jabbed two fingers into Harley's upper back. The sudden pressure made Harley's body involuntarily begin to twitch. Without skipping a beat, the masseuse jabbed two more fingers against the area where her neck met her back, making Harley's body fall off the table completely limp.
Ivy reacted quickly, sitting up on her table and trying to go towards Harley. "What the fuck did you do to her!"
Neither woman responded, instead the second masseuse grabbed Ivy by the shoulder and forcefully held her before jabbing her fingers into her middle back several times. Ivy lost control of her body and fell over on top of Harley. She looked around and tried to move her body but found herself unable to. It was awkward lying on top of Harley like that but it was impossible to do anything about it.
The door opened up again and in stepped Scarecrow, a thin layer of moisture covering his costume thanks to the work he just got through with in the sauna.
"Great work girls." Scarecrow nodded at the two masseuses. "You know how to work wonders with pressure points." He bent down over Harley and Ivy. "Hello girls. Sorry about all this. Don't worry, we'll get some clothes for you in a moment. Just try to relax for now… Of course, I'm sure you feel very relaxed already." He stood up and glanced to the masseuses. "Take them away. I'll be waiting."
As Scarecrow left the room Harley wanted to scream as loud as she could but couldn't manage it. All she was able to move was here eyes. Her mind was occupied with several things. Chiefly how she was going to survive this, what was going to happen next and how she was going to kill Scarecrow when all of it was over.
The two masseuses took syringes out from their pockets and injected the contents into the necks of the two women. Pretty soon they were both unconscious on the floor.
Light came into Harley's eyes again, an almost blinding amount of it. She had a horrible headache and all she could muster out was a groan. A brief wave of relief washed over her when she realized she was able to move her body again. But that relief went away when she tried to sit up and realized she was strapped down to a bed. It reminded her of being in Arkham and not in the good way. Looking down at herself, Harley saw that she was now wearing some kind of a hospital robe. She looked around and lal she could see was a light shining in her face, with no real clue as to where she was exactly.
"Hello? Where is everybody? I'd like some answers!" Harley yelled out to the room, her voice echoing.
The light began to dim and Harley got a better view of her surroundings. She looked to her right and saw Ivy was tied down to a bed beside her, dressed in an identical hospital robe. Looking over to her left she saw Magpie and Selina tied down as well.
"This is seriously fucked up!" Harley cried out. "What the hell is goin' on here?"
A figure slowly approached Harley. She recognized the strange shape of his head and pointed hat as belonging to Scarecrow. "Hello Dr. Quinzel, apologies for all this."
"Hey ya Crane, are ya gonna explain what the fuck is goin' on here? Cause I got some questions that seriously need answerin'!"
"Of course, of course." Scarecrow nodded. "You see, the place you knew as Paula's Spa was a front set up by me. It's a perfectly legitimate spa, but if I ever need new subjects to do my fear experiments on, well then I can abduct someone from my spa. You're actually below the spa right now."
"Why us?" Harley asked. "What did we ever do to you?"
"Technically… Nothing." Scarecrow shook his head. "Although I do believe this one impersonated me." He pointed over at Ivy. "Not really a fan of that."
"Jeez, is that what yer upset about?" Harley scowled. "Ya gotta be kidding me."
"Oh no, I'm not upset with any of you." Scarecrow shook his head. "Quite frankly, I like all of you. Especially you Harley, being a fellow ex-psychiatrist and all."
"Aww, thanks." Harley smiled for a moment. "Wait a minute, why are you doing this then?"
"It's just business I'm afraid." Scarecrow shook his head. "You see, I'm a member of the Legion of Doom. And when I get an order from one of the higher ups in the Legion, I need to follow that order."
"So who's makin' ya do this?" Harley asked.
"Well… Would you like to meet them?" Scarecrow looked over his shoulders for a moment.
"Why not. I wanna know whose ears I should bite off." Harley nodded.
"I'll go fetch them. They're eager to talk to you too." Scarecrow turned around, leaving Harley strapped to the bed.
Once he was gone Harley began to thrash around in bed to no avail. The straps only seemed to become tighter against her body, constricting her movement more. Eventually all the noise Harley was making got the other girls to wake up.
"Ugh… My head… Where am I…" Selina groaned.
"I was just thinking the same thing…" Magpie looked around in confusion. "Ah jeez it's cold in here…"
"Don't freak out… Scarecrow's locked us up in the basement under the spa." Harley explained.
"Uh, that sounds like a reason to freak out as well." Magpie pointed out.
"Don't panic, I just need to focus and find some plants." Ivy said. She closed her eyes for a moment but they shot up again, feeling panicked. "Shit! Why can't I feel any plants?"
Harley glanced at Ivy and noticed a black collar with green lights around her neck. "Red, you're wearin' one of those special collars they give ya in prison."
"A metagene inhibitor… This is gonna be tougher than I thought…" Ivy sighed. "Nobody panic, we can get out of here."
"We're all fucked… We're gonna be tortured to death here!" Magpie screamed.
"Don't be such a defeatist." Selina looked over at Magpie. "Try to break through these straps. Be resourceful."
"I'm trying to stay calm… But it's really hard…" Magpie bit her lip a little bit and looked around the room for any way to get out.
After a couple more moments of silence, the sound of muffled footsteps signalled the Scarecrow's return. He was whistling to himself, sounding far too calm about the entire situation.
"Hello ladies, sorry to keep you waiting." Scarecrow's voice was calm and quiet. "Ah, good to see you all finally woke up. How do you do?"
"Go to hell." Ivy scowled at him.
"Well now, aren't we touchy today?" Scarecrow chuckled.
"Of course we're touchy!" Harley yelled. "Yer holdin' us here against our will!"
"And I said I'm very sorry. But if I want to keep my Legion of Doom membership, I need to do what I'm told sometimes." Scarecrow shook his head.
"Oh, fuck the Legion of Doom! I used to be part of those pricks. You're better off on your own!" Ivy shouted.
"They give me so many resources. I don't know what I'd do without them." Scarecrow shook her head.
"Can ya at least finally show us who's doin' this to us?" Harley asked.
"Of course…" Scarecrow looked over his shoulder. "Alright Becky, come here."
Out from the shadows behind Scarecrow stepped Hazard, dressed up in her red and white mock-blackjack dealer costume.
"Hey girls! Fancy meeting you here!" Hazard laughed and waved at them.
"You!" Harley yelled. "What the fuck?"
"I'm still upset about what you did to my granddad. I was really close with him, you know?" Hazard sighed a bit. "He always took such good care of me and my brother. I know, he was a liar, a thief and a crook. But y'know what, so am I. So I think it all evens out."
"Ah jeez, I'm sorry about beatin' up your gramps." Harley glared at Hazard. "So what, are ya gonna kill us now?"
"No…" Hazard shook her head. "I don't… I don't like killing. It makes me uncomfortable. I'm going to humiliate you. I only want the world to see you as a fool from now on."
"Lady I already dress like a clown, do your worst!" Harley laughed a bit.
"Harley, please do not taunt our captors." Selina whispered to her.
"Ah I ain't afraid of 'em." Harley shook her head and glanced up at Scarecrow and Hazard. "Ya hear that? I ain't afraid of either of you!"
"You shouldn't say things like that to me." Scarecrow chuckled. "I've got about ten types of fear gas that will make you soil yourself and then scream in terror for days."
While Harley was busy running her mouth, Magpie was stuck in silent fear and Ivy was just at a loss, Selina's mind was carefully calculating her next move. She'd been tied up many times before and in ways much tougher to escape than what Scarecrow had for her now. It was just a simple matter of dislocating her shoulder. It would be horribly unpleasant but only for a moment. Then she would have all the freedom she needed to escape.
Selina tuned out the three way argument between Harley, Scarecrow and Hazard. Instead she writhed around under the straps, trying to get herself free while she hummed to herself. The humming helped her focus on the ask at hand.
After a bit more squirming around, Selina heard an awful popping noise and pain in her right shoulder joint. Suppressing a pained whine, Selina wormed her arm out from the straps until it was fully free. Scarecrow and Hazard were distracted long enough for Selina to pop her shoulder back into place.
She began working to undo the other straps around her but by now Hazard and Scarecrow noticed her attempting to escape.
"Damn!" Scarecrow looked away from Harley and scrambled towards Selina. "Hazard, hold the Cat down while I sedate her! Can't have her causing too much trouble for us.
Hearing this, Selina worked faster to free herself. She managed to undo the straps around her upper and middle torso. It was around then that Hazard showed up and held Selina down.
"Oh no you don't!" Hazard yelled, holding on to Seling tightly.
While Hazard did this, Scarecrow ran off to a nearby drawer and started searching through it. "Sedative… Sedative… Where did I put the damn sedative?"
Selina managed to break out of Hazard's grip and scratch her fingernails across the other woman's face. While Hazard grabbed her cheek in pain, Selina sat up straight on the bed and worked fast to undo the leather straps keeping her legs tied to the bed.
Now that she was fully free, Selina jumped off the table. Hazard saw this and waved a hand at her. Thanks to Hazard's luck manipulation powers, Selina slipped when she landed on the ground. But she didn't let that stop her. Selina got to her feet again and did a quick survey of the room. It seemed like all the supplies in the room were old and outmoded. She had no idea if this was a stylistic choice on Scarecrow's part or if the Legion of Doom just decided to be cheap when buying him equipment. Each of the beds they were strapped to looked different. Selina noted that her bed and Harley's bed were both bolted to the ground, Magpie had a regular looking bed and Ivy had wheels on it.
As soon as she saw the wheels something clicked in Selina's brain. Selina bounded across the room and leaped up, showing off a little and doing a flip over Ivy's bed and landing behind her. "Ivy, I'm getting you out of here." She glanced over at Harley and Magpie. "You two hang tight, we'll be back to save you. We promise!"
"What!" Ivy yelled. "We can't leave her alone here."
"Listen, I'm not feeling one hundred percent right now…" Selina began pushing Ivy's bed on wheels. "Once we both make a recovery we can help out our friends."
"We'll stay strong for ya, Kitty!" Harley cried out. "I ain't lettin' them get to us!"
Scarecrow moved away from his chemical cabinets and dashed towards Selina in an attempt to stop him. "You think you can stop me that eas-" He was cut off when Ivy's bed slammed into him and knocked him over.
Selina swerved the bed towards a set of doubles doors and went through them and hurrying down the hallway. Hazard tried using her powers one more time which made Selina tripped. However she gripped the bed and managed to keep her balance, continuing down the hallway.
"Selina! We need to go back!" Ivy yelled. "I can't leave Harley… She… She's going to die back there!"
"Harley can handle herself, don't you worry." Selina spoke softly, going closer and closer to the exit door. "We need to get home, recover… Then we can save Harley, kick Scarecrow's ass and make sure nobody ever hurts us again."
"Okay, okay… I've got it." Ivy took a deep breath. "God… I just can't lose Harley."
"You won't lose her. Everything will be fine." Selina kept calm, slowing down as they went over to the doors that led to the exit. She figured they had enough distance between Scarecrow and Hazard that she'd be able to safely free Ivy from the straps now. Selina quickly undid the straps tying Ivy down.
"Oh thank god…" Ivy sighed, getting up from the bed.
"C'mon, let's keep going. We'll be back for Harley, we won't let them hurt her." Selina pushed through the exit doors and found themselves in the back alley behind the spa they'd entered. It was dark outside and had begun raining.
"I'm worried about her…" Ivy sighed, following Selina down the street.
"She'll be okay. We need to worry about ourselves right now." Selina walked fast, holding on to Ivy's wrist. "We're vulnerable, we've only got these robes on. Try not to step on anything. I don't wanna be picking glass out of your foot. Once we regroup, we'll save Harley and Magpie."
"We'd better…" Ivy nodded.
Inside the back of Scarecrow's spa, Dr. Crane and Hazard had recovered from Selina's quick attack on them. Scarecrow had removed his mask and Hazard was helping him bandage up his head.
"Are you going to be okay?" Hazard asked, looking it over.
"Yes, yes, I'll be okay." Scarecrow nodded, putting the burlap mask back on and standing up. "Should we go track down Catwoman and Poison Ivy?"
"Leave them, all I want is Harley." Hazard nodded. "Oh and I guess Magpie."
"Gee… Thanks for noticing me…" Magpie whimpered.
"Shut up!" Hazard shouted. "I don't care about you… Today is all about Harley."
"Yay… I feel so honoured…" Harley nervously sighed.
Scarecrow went back to his cabinet and began searching through it again. "Now then, let's show Ms. Quinn to the others." After searching around a little bit she found the sedative he'd been searching for earlier. "Ah, here we go."
Once he had the syringe ready he calmly walked over to Harley. Her brain still in full panic mode, Harley started screaming as loud as she could hoping someone would hear her or at least it would annoy her captors. She also starts thrashing around in the hope that it would break the leather straps keeping her bound.
"Shhh… Don't worry Harley… You'll get out of this alive, I promise." Hazard whispered. "It's all just for fun…"
Scarecrow walked over to Harley and gently injected her neck. In a matter of moments, Harley's muscles had relaxed to the point of immobility.
"There you go.. All calm." Scarecrow glanced over to Hazard. "Ms. Sharpe, help Ms. Quinn into her wheelchair. I'll do the same to Ms. Pye."
"Forgot Magpie, we'll take care of her later. Right now it's all about Harley." Hazard smirked. She unstrapped Harley from her bed and Scarecrow pushed a wheelchair over to her. He worked to maneuver Harley into the chair and strap her down again.
"Alright, time to go Harley." Scarecrow spoke softly. He began pushing the wheelchair over to a ramp that led to a door.
Harley tried opening her mouth but found her jaw failing her, it just hung open uselessly. All she could do was dart her eyes back and forth. And the sights in the room weren't exactly very interesting.
They wheeled her down the hall to an unknown destination. Harley tried to disassociate from the situation. She could see Hazard talking, likely taunting Harley. But Harley didn't listen, she tried to absorb as little information as possible in the hopes that it would make her situation a little more bearable.
This worked for a while. She felt an odd sense of inner peace for a little while. When she focused on nothing but the thoughts on her head it was relaxing in a strange way. But that strange serenity came to an end when she felt the wheelchair she was in run over a bump which jolted her back to reality.
She saw Hazard opening a door that Scarecrow pushed her through. The room was dark but she could sense that other people were in there with her.
"Alright Harley, it's time for you to meet my brand new friends." Hazard giggled, poking Harley's cheek.
Harley glanced upward at the darkness, detecting a few human shapes but not quite making out the specifics. But she felt a chill run through her spine when she heard one of the voices.
"Hey there Puddin'... I missed you."
Harley was frozen, partially because of the muscle relaxant and partially because of how terrified she was. Whatever Hazard had planned for her Harley told herself she would get through it and that Selina and Ivy would come here and help her.
A/N: We're in the home stretch now. The next chapter will follow off of this one. Hope you don't mind the cliffhanger! I also hope I don't leave you waiting for too long. I'll try to have the next chapter up relatively soon.