Harley needs someone to protect her after she leaves the Joker, Poison Ivy suggests the Chemist.
Pairing: Barry Allen / Harley Quinn
(Legion of Doom Headquarters)
Harley Quinn had managed to get herself in the Legion of Doom, and was looking around with Poison Ivy who also got accepted. They saw many villains entering and leaving the Legion after a meeting.
"I hope that you are not getting back with the Joker" Stated Poison Ivy
"You know that I will not" Stated Harley
"We both know that he is going to try something" Stated Poison Ivy
"I know" Sighed Harley
"Well, if it isn't Poison Ivy and Harley" Stated Joker as he came up behind them
"Joker" Hissed Poison Ivy
"So Harley, when are you coming back to Gotham" Demanded Joker
"I am not" Declared Harley
"Oh you will, unless you want me to come after you." Threatened Joker
"Try your hardest" Sneered Poison Ivy
"You don't scare me, I will give you a week or else" Stated the Joker as he walked away
"You aren't doing it" Stated Poison Ivy
"What other choice do I have? The only people that scare him are Batman or Lex Luthor" Argued Harley
"There is someone else, it is someone in the Legion of Doom" Revealed Poison Ivy
"Who?" asked Harley
"They call themselves the Chemist, operates in Starling." Revealed Poison Ivy
"Why is the Joker afraid of him?" asked Harley curiously
"Well, from what I heard the Chemist came to Gotham and ran into Joker. This was when you were stuck in Arkham. The Chemist nearly killed the Joker and almost beat Batman. Rumors say that if it wasn't for Robin then the Chemist would have won. No one knows who they are, they never been caught" admitted Poison Ivy
"How will I get him to help me?" asked Harley
"Well, I heard they are in the market for a rare plant, one that I have. All we got to is make a deal" Proposed Poison Ivy
"It could work" Stated Harley
(Legion of Doom Headquarters) – A couple of days later
A couple of days, later Poison Ivy had managed to run into the Chemist and ask to talk to him alone.
"Ivy" Stated the Chemist coldly
"Chemist, I have an offer for you" Stated Poison Ivy
"Oh?" asked the Chemist intrigued
"I heard that you are after a special plant, one that I have." Stated Poison Ivy
"What do you want for it?" asked the Chemist
"You know Harley right?" asked Poison Ivy
"You mean Joker's ex-girlfriend? I am aware" Stated the Chemist
"She needs protection from the Joker" Revealed Poison Ivy
"And you expect me to babysit her? No can do, I have a big plan coming." Stated the Chemist
"Then you will get that plant you want, it is a shame. The other one is held by Lex Luthor, and I know that you wouldn't dare go after him" Stated Poison Ivy
"You put me in a tough place, you know that right" Stated the Chemist
"Oh I know" Stated Poison Ivy smirking
"Fine, she can stay with a friend of mine. I assure you that I will look after her but I have an identity to upkeep and if Harley Quinn is around, it will raise some alarms" Revealed the Chemist
"I guess that is acceptable, if anything happens to her then you will answer to me" Said Poison Ivy
"I know, so bring her around Starling at this address, two days from now, at 10pm" Stated the Chemist as he passed her a piece of paper
(Starling City) Safehouse – two days later
Poison Ivy had contacted Harley and gotten her to the address that the Chemist had given her, they were awaiting for the Chemist appearance.
"How do you know that he is going to show?" asked Harley
"Well, he will want this Plant and since Luthor is the only other that has it, I doubt that he that suicidal" Stated Poison Ivy
"And she is right" Stated the Chemist as he made himself known
"So you are the Chemist" Asked Harley
"Indeed, do you have your part of the deal?" asked the Chemist
"Yes, she will give it to you once she is situated" Stated Poison Ivy
"If it is a trick, just know that I will come to Gotham after you" Threatened the Chemist
"Oh I know" Stated Poison Ivy
"Are we going to some sort of safehouse?" asked Harley
"Sort of, here are some clothes changed into them" Ordered the Chemist
"Why should I?" Dared Harley
"Because I have an identity to maintain and I am not letting you ruin it" Stated the Chemist coldly
"Fine" Stated Harley
(Starling City) Apartment
The Chemist had led to her an apartment, which surprised her that it was actually a nice place. It was kind of average apartment. The Chemist had gone into another room and changed, while Harley had a look around. She had given him the plant as soon they had arrived. A young man with brown hair, and green eye walked out of the bedroom.
"Who are you?" Demanded Harley
"Don't play dumb, Harley" Stated the Man
"Chemist" stated Harley surprised
"Surprised?" stated the Man
"Kind of" Stated Harley as she shrugged
"How do you think that I managed to not get caught? No one expects me" Stated the man
"So what do I call you?" asked Harley
"Barry" Stated the man
"Barry, do you expect me to stay in her all day?" asked Harley
"No, you can go commit crimes if you wish. Just don't bring attention to me or my apartment. And here take this" Stated Barry
"What is this?" asked Harley as she was passed something
"A tracker, so I can find you easier if something happens" Stated Barry
"Right" Stated Harley
(Starling City) Museum
"So remind why you need my help?" asked Harley as she and the Chemist meet on a rooftop near a Museum
"The Arrow got a friend in the city, and the window to steal this is tight. You help me steal it and you can take whatever else you want" Stated the Chemist
"Who is his friend?" asked Harley
"Nightwing, he arrived a few hours later" Revealed the Chemist
"How do you know this?" asked Harley
"I have sources instead the Arrow's operations" Stated the Chemist
"Let me guess, another reason that you haven't been caught" Stated Harley sighing
"Yep, I can't afford to fail in my mission" Stated the Chemist
"Mission?" asked Harley
"It isn't important right now" Stated the Chemist
"Right, so let get ready" Stated Harley sighing
(Starling City) Arrow Lair – a few hours later
Oliver Queen and Dick Grayson were back at the Arrow Lair after failing to catch the Chemist or Harley at the Museum.
"How did they know I was here? I just got here" Stated Dick
"I don't know, we always check for bugs" Stated Oliver
"Well maybe, someone on your team is in contact with the Chemist. Who knew I was here?" asked Dick
"My entire team, and none of them would tell him. We have been trying to catch him for about two years now. And now he is working with the Joker" Stated Oliver
"I don't think that he is working with the Joker, the Chemist nearly killed the Joker about six months ago, and Harley hasn't been working with the Joker either" Stated Dick
"Either way we need to stop them" Stated Oliver
(Starling City) Apartment
"Dang it" Exclaimed Barry as he stormed into the apartment
"What is wrong?" asked Harley
"The Arrow is starting to question my loyalty, and he is expects me to be in headquarters for the next week while the last thing I need is going to be in town" Exclaimed Barry
"I could fill in for you, in exchange for something" Stated Harley
"What do you want?" asked Barry surprised
"Kill the Joker" Stated Harley as Barry thought for a minute
"You have a deal, but let me teach you some of my moves so he knows that it in fact the Chemist and not a pretender" Stated Barry
"Let's get started" Stated Harley
(Starling City) Arrow Lair – two days later
"You happy now Oliver, I can't believe that you believed that I was a villain" Exclaimed Barry
"You are never here when the Chemist attacks, what was I supposed to think" Argued Oliver
"I never officially joined your team, nor do I want to. I am only here when you need my chemical expertise. I have a life out of this, Oliver" Stated Barry
"I know Barry, but I have to look at this objectively" Stated Oliver
(Starling City) Warehouse
Harley had managed to store the item that she had stolen at a safe location and just as she was about to go back to the Apartment, she was ambushed by the Joker and some of his goons. And she was knocked out.
"Let us see who it is under the mask" Stated the Joker as he took off the mask
"Well, if it isn't Harley. Take her boys" Ordered the Joker
(Starling City) Warehouse
Barry had arrived back at the apartment and discovered that Harley had not returned. The Tracker showed her a warehouse downtown. He took his backup suit and was about to go after her before a communication came through the Legion of Doom line, it was from the Joker.
"Chemist, I have Harley and you will pay for interfering." Stated the Joker
"And I will make you end, painful" Stated another Man
"Oh … that is right. My friend the Reverse Flash has a bone to pick with you" Stated the Joker as he laughed
"You have two hours don't be late" Stated Reverse Flash
(Starling City) Rooftop
"What do you want?" demanded Oliver as he was summoned by the Chemist
"I need your help" Stated the Chemist
"The only help you are getting is being taken into Iron Heights" Stated Oliver as he aimed an arrow at the Chemist
"Not if it was the location of the Legion of Doom Headquarters" Offered the Chemist
"What do you want?" asked Oliver
"The Joker took Harley Quinn, and the Joker has … a friend and I can't beat them both. Help me get Harley and let the both of us go, then I will tell you the location" Stated the Chemist
"What is stopping me from calling the League and taking all of you in?" Questioned Oliver
"The Legion of Doom, Headquarters remain a secret. I know that it is more tempting for a whole headquarters of super villains then just four" Dared the Chemist
"Fine, but this better not be a trick" Stated Oliver
"Good, shake on it" Suggested the Chemist
"Fine" Stated the Arrow as they shake hands
(Starling City) Warehouse
"Oh … so you did come. You will pay for taking Harley from me ha ha ha ha" Stated the Joker as he faced the Chemist
"I think that I will be walking out of here with her, and sadly you will not be" Stated the Chemist
"I don't think so, Chemist. You will pay for what you did" Hissed Reverse Flash
"I doubt that, you know that I am not stupid enough to come alone against either of you" Stated the Chemist
"You brought Ivy? She hardly scares me" Laughed Reverse Flash
"It wasn't her" Stated Arrow as he jumped down from his perch
"Well this is interesting, but it doesn't matter." Stated the Reverse Flash as everyone prepared to fight, the Chemist reached for his bow staff, the Joker had his knife, and Arrow had his bow ready
"I'll take the speedster" Stated the Chemist
"Then the Joker is mine" Stated Arrow as he approached the Joker and started fighting as the Chemist fought the Reverse Flash
"Nothing can kill me, you should know this" Dared Reverse Flash
"Maybe in the past, but I remember our last encounter." Stated the Chemist
"You don't have it, it is destroyed" Hissed Reverse Flash
"I don't have it, but I have something similar" Stated the Chemist as he produced a dagger and stabbed the Reverse Flash who was powerless to stop him
"How?" Exclaimed the Reverse Flash
"I remade it, stole everything to make it. I knew that you were going to come back at some point" Revealed the Chemist
"It is over" Stated the Chemist as he stabbed Reverse Flash killing him as he threw a vial on the floor which caused everyone else to pass out, as he made his way over to the Joker, took his knife and stabbed him in the heart, leaving the knife in his chest. He left a flash drive in the Arrow pocket before going to retrieve Harley and leaving
(Starling City) Apartment
Harley woke up to discover that she was back in the apartment, and Barry was sitting next to her.
"I am glad that you are awake" Stated Barry
"What happened?" asked Harley
"The Joker got an enemy of mine, and kidnapped you. I got the Arrow to help rescue you, and I killed the Joker and my enemy." Stated Barry
"He is dead?" asked Harley shocked
"I told you I would, stabbed right through the heart" Stated Barry
"Thank you" Stated Harley as she got up
"It is no …. " Started Barry as Harley gave him a kiss on the lips that Barry returned
"I could get use to this" Stated Harley
"Me too" Stated Barry
(League Watchtower) – A few hours later
"You just blindly trusted him?" asked Batman as the founding members meet after Oliver had revealed what had previously occurred
"He had information, and I couldn't hardly pass up on it" Stated Oliver
"You could have let us know" Argued Batman
"And pass up on this opportunity? It was four villains of the entire legion of doom" Argued Oliver
"At what cost? The Joker and Reverse Flash dead?" Argued Wonder Woman
"I know it isn't ideal but, the Chemist had not killed before. I had no idea that he would" Argued Oliver
"Was he at least honest with his end of the bargain?" asked Superman
"He did, left a USB that checks out" Stated Oliver as he loaded it up, showing a location of a base in the swamp
"I don't like how we got it, but we have to act fast" Suggested Batman
(Starling City) Apartment – A month later
Harley and Barry were currently in Barry's apartment as a medical station was set up, with Barry laying on a bed.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked Harley
"I do, I need to remove the piece of Ciracad's blade … to get my powers back. That was what all the theft was for. To find a way to make the blade and to remove it" Revealed Barry
"And what about us after this? I am a villain" Countered Harley
"I don't know, that depends on you. I will not turn you in, if you promise not to use my identity against me" Offered Barry
"I guess I can give being a hero a try for now, now let's start this surgery" Caved Harley
(Central City) Rooftop – Several Months Later
Barry and Harley were atop one of the rooftops in Central City, where they moved to several months ago.
"So Captain Cold is at it again, Flash" Stated Harley
"Well I guess we better stop here, Jester" Stated Barry