AN: Happy New Year! I know it has been awhile since I updated. Sorry. I was chatting with Villemoo over the break who encouraged me to get back to this, and I finally did. I hope those of you that are still reading it enjoy this update!

Chapter 14: You could make it real

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Flag didn't like it, didn't like the plan. There were a lot of unknowns, including whether Tam would be able to take on Enchantress.

But he also knew better than to argue with Tam right now.

"Alright people, ready your gear and prepare for a fight. Alpha team I want a brief recon report before you head into the sewers. Let's try and have an understanding of what we're walking into. We move out in 30."

Alpha team quickly begin sorting through their equipment to see what is useable and a few of the freaks begin to check their own weapons.

From the corner of Flag's peripheral vision, he sees Tam's form slink over to the rear exit. He looks over at Katana and gives her a small nod, and watches as the other woman follows after her.

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River's POV

As Flag had called ready up, the room felt instantly claustrophobic and my skin had prickled. I needed to calm myself and the only thing that would do that right now would be air and room to breath. I quietly make my way towards the back exit and push open the door, careful to leave it cracked so Katana would not alert the others when she opened it a few moments later. I could feel her and Flag watching me as I made my exit, and I knew he would send her after me.

As I lean against a wall in the adjoining alley, the cool night air hits my skin and offers little relief to the tingling I feel. I close my eyes and steady my breathing as I hear her faint footsteps coming outside. I also hear the clicking of another set of footsteps behind Katana.

They are both silent as they move to stand near me, both patiently waiting for me to find my center. After a few more deep breaths, I feel more grounded and open my eyes to meet theirs.

"Yoriyoi?" Katana asks as I roll my neck and shoulders and am rewarded with a few audible cracks in my spine.

"Anmari. Shikashi, watashi wa nani o subeki ka o shitte imasu." I respond quietly.

She studies my face for a moment more before giving me a small nod and returning back inside. I watch Harley make a face at Katana's back before she turns back to me. I can't help but feel a smirk pull up the corner of my lip.

"It's okay you know, to not be okay with all this shit." Harley says as she moves to stand next to me.

I smile at her and let myself sink down to more of a crouched position against the wall. Leave it to the Doc to fall back into her therapy.

"Do you want me to tell you what you expect to hear?" I say with a chuckle.

"Naw. I know you know what I'm doing out here. And I know you're smart enough to talk if you wanna. Just wanted to say it to you is all." She says as she slides down too.

"I do wanna ask though. What happened before you and Digger came bustin' in there. Cause he had a serious blush on his face."

I groan and put my face in my hands, half stifling a laugh at the same time. "Only you would have noticed that." I say holding in laughter.

"DUH!" Harley says as she knocks my shoulder lightly. "Sooo?"

"He kissed me… or I kissed him… I don't know."

I can almost feel the joy radiating off the psychotic doc now. "Ohhhh! Did the beard tickle? I never kissed a guy with that much facial hair. Was it a good kiss? What'd he say after?"

"I.. I don't know?" I tell her confusion likely lacing my expression.

"That's alright hunny,...You know what they say about the crazy ones." She says with an eyebrow waggle to be funny. "I can remember my first kiss with Mister J… I was a ball of confusion and butterflies…"

Harley's still talking but I'm completely lost in my own thoughts I start to miss what she's saying. It striking how similar she is to Kaylee… pure energy and emotion. It's a bittersweet comparison for me to make and I quickly try and push those thoughts away.

Luckily, someone else helps with that shortly after.

"If you two are done out here we're heading out." Flag says from the doorway.

I nod my head and get back to my feet. Harley does the same as she sticks out her tongue at Flag and blows a raspberry at him. "Why'd you have to go and ruin our perfectly good girl time!"

"In case you forgot, we got a job to do! Girl time or whatever that shit is can wait." Flag says before heading back inside.

Harley blows another raspberry. "Spoil sport."

I chuckle. "Come on Doc." I say as I start to walk back inside. Before I do though I give her a quick side hug.

"Thanks."

"No problem hunny." She says as she returns the hug.

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River's POV

We left GQ and Frost at the bar. They weren't going to be much help in the big fight and someone needed to keep Enchantress's heart away from her. We had walked along the the street until we came to the subway entrance. There, we had split from the SEALs and Croc and continued along to the side entrance of the terminal. It was eerily quiet along the street… no noise… no Reavers…

"Little girl…" Enchantress's voice echoes in my head. "Lost little girl."

I try and block her out as we enter the terminal and begin to move around the rubble and debris. Everyone is moving as quietly as they can, each trying to hide along the periphery to avoid being seen.

I am standing near Harley and Digger as I look up and down the line to see where everyone is at. Katana and Flag are to our left and further behind her is Diablo and Deadshot. I take a breath and get ready to peek out into the room from behind the rubble when Enchantress's voice breaks the silence.

"Ive been waiting for you all night. Step out of the shadows. I wont bite."

I see Harley shrug her shoulders and look over and me motioning for me to go, but I shake my head in the negative. She doesn't seem to agree and begins to walk past Digger to go out into the room.

I don't think it's wise to give up our hiding spots just yet and Flag seems to agree as he motions for Deadshot to grab Harley, and he promptly does and pulls her to where he and Diablo are standing.

Enchantress continues to taunt us and her voice begins to boom in my ears.

"Why are you here? Because the soldier led you?"

Is she talking to me? Or to everyone else? I'm not entirely sure. My head begins to feel foggy.

"No matter… I already know why. And I really should thank you all… you gave me exactly what I want."

My stomach begins to sink as the tingling on my skin comes back… except this time… it feels as if I am being pricked by hundreds of needles and my head continues to fog over.

"You brought me my weapon, after all."

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It's a freefall. Falling through their minds… each of their deepest desires. Some are only glimpses, others are more salient. Blood, longing, lust…

Deadshot stands in the alleyway where Batman had cornered him and his daughter. He was Floyd Lawton then, but he's Deadshot right now since his daughter isn't there. He draws his pistol in an instant and doesn't hesitate to pull the trigger. The gun is aimed square between the eyes. I expect to feel myself fall to the pavement below, but I'm merely a ghost trespassing in his thoughts. I turn and look down at the body behind me…Batman.

When I turn to look back at Deadshot he's gone and I am no longer in that alleyway. I'm in a suburban kitchen looking at two small wide eyed babies in identical high chairs. A boy and a girl.

Their bright blue eyes look in the direction of the object of their attention, their mother. They are the spitting image of Harleen… not Harley. She strides over, hair in rollers, bathrobe loosely tied around her frame. She expertly picks both of them up and walks the short distance to the doorframe where their father has just come into the room. He isn't the Joker, it's Jack.. and he softly kisses them on each of their heads before kissing Harleen. It's the picture of normalcy.

Tears are beginning to sting at my eyes and I feel the longing in that dream. But before that emotion takes over I feel calloused hands running up and down my arms.

I turn and look at him… still slightly rough around the edges muttonchops, and still sporting a purplish black eye. I open my mouth to say something, but his descends on mine before I can say anything… his tongue probing and seeking entrance at my lips. I feel my body being backed up against something and I tumble down onto the bed I didn't realize was behind me as his body follows along. Nerve endings are ignited with each touch.

This isn't real, I remind myself. It's what she wants me to see.

"But you could make it real." Enchantress's voice echoes in my head.

I feel a slight panic rise up in me, and maneuver myself out from underneath him and quickly and dart towards the closed door a few feet away. I open it and dart through while quickly closing it behind me.

I'm not sure if I am still in the same dream until I see someone else looking at me just as wide eyed sitting on the couch on the other side of the room. He gets up from the couch and walks over to me, lea sing behind the ghost of his wife.

"This isn't real." He says as he meets me in the center of the room. There is pain in his voice, and I know he hates saying those words.

"It could be." I say softly trying to hold in the tears.

"I can't change what I did. And neither can you." He says as the wind is sucked out of my lungs.

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I'm gasping for breath as I fall to my knees back in Midway City. I feel someone's hands helping me up and look up to see Diablo.

"It's okay homie, I gotcha." He says.

"Thanks." I say as I look around to all the others. They all seem a little dazed, each one still clerking their dreams from their minds.

"He married me." Harley says as she looks around half expecting to see Joker there.

"It wasn't real." Flag says as he checks his weapon and looks around.

Deadshot does the same. "I killed the Bat."

"Naw homie, you don't want that." Diablo says as he moves towards Deadshot.

"What? I want that?" Digger says as he looks over at me, a grin slightly visible on his mouth. I can't help but blush.

"She's playing games with us man, it ain't real."

"He's right." I say as my voice finally seems to come back to me and I reach for my blades. "It's not real, and it's time to deal with this bitch." I move from behind the fallen debris and out towards the center of the room.

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Translations:

Yoriyoi? - Better?

Anmari. Shikashi, watashi wa nani o subeki ka o shitte imasu. - Not really. But I know what I have to do.