Roses are red
Arkham Asylum. That one place marked hell on earth, a place of suffering and dying and the mentally sick, not a place where you'd expect new life to begin or anything to regrow at all.
So it was a little odd to have a botanical garden, but Jonathan supposed it was a place where the inmates could go and relax, those that were on good behaviour anyway.
Jonathan was currently standing in the middle of the gardens staring at the rather large plant that still had the sticker on the side of the plant with the name 'Ivy' neatly written on it in curly writing by Harley.
"Child?"
Suddenly Harley's head pocked around the corner of the plant and she grinned waving. "Hiya Professa!"
"What on earth are you doing with that?" Jonathan questioned as he pointed to the plant that had recently grown very big.
Harley pouted slightly. "With her, Professa'! Ivy is grown so big that now Red is ready ta come back ta us!"
Jonathan frowned. "Come back to us?"
He looked down at the plant as there was slight rustle from the plant and Edward and Kirk came out from behind the leaves looking at him before smiling slightly.
"Oh, hi Jonathan," Edward greeted with a smile. He looked a little grubby around the face but other then that he was fine and clean.
"Edward… what are you doing?"
"I was helping Harley move Ivy around."
Kirk nodded in agreement. "I was doing the same."
"I can understand you, Kirk" Jonathan answered before he looked at Edward with a hard look. "But him," he snarled elegantly pointing a finger at Edward. "I am surprised."
Edward scowled. "Are you saying I lack the social and empathic nature that is required to be able to help out one of my fellow rogues?"
"Yes."
Edward gave him a blank look before sighing. "Alright fine, it was either help or listen to Harley sing."
"Now it makes sense," Jonathan smirked before he turned back to Harley. "Child what on earth are you going on about? Ivy returning?"
"Yeah!" Harley nodded her head as she brushed the leaves lightly. "Ivy's coming back and we gotta be ready, plus you see the flower head up there?"
Jonathan looked up at the very big flower bud at the top of the flower. "Yes?"
"Red's gonna be blooming, literally!"
Jonathan frowned and backed up slightly. "Oh?"
"Yeah she's-," she cut herself off as the plant rushed and moved, rising and shaking as it rose to it's full potential withering still. "Oh!"
The flower opened widely and then standing there in all her glory, plants delicately decorating her body as she stood there eyes closed, flowers in her hair as she stood, stretching out.
"Red!" Harley squealed with joy, but it seemed Ivy was still a disorientated as she stood there but she was making the plants move with her.
Jonathan gulped. Considering their last encounter he doubted Ivy would be happy with him. "Harley.." he trailed off as Ivy homed in on him and glared sending a tendril shooting out at him, wrapping it tightly around his neck and lifting him up in the air slightly.
"Red!" Harley yelled, jumping up and down, waving her arms in the air. "Red stop, hold!"
Edward was bursting out laughing and Kirk was watching in slight confusion and concern for Crane as he was flung around the room like a rag doll.
Jonathan was clawing and choking as the vine tightened it's hold and continued to fling him around the room.
"Red!" Harley yelled. "Breath, relax!"
"C- child!" Jonathan choked out as he glared at Harley, even though he never had a good fix on her figure.
"Shut it, Professa!" Harley yelled before she took a deep breath to calm herself. "Alright. Red.. listen to me… breath.." she talked very slowly as if she was trying to be relaxing. "Imagine you're in a beautiful place… find your happy place."
Edward chuckled. "I think she's there now, Harley."
"Shut it, Riddles!" she yelled which actually managed a feat nobody would ever think could happen. She made Edward actually shut up. If Jonathan wasn't clinging onto the vine for dear life he might of applaud her. "Now, Red," Harley instructed. "Breath, calm yourself… imagine you're in a beautiful meadow and relax."
Slowly the tendril began to slow it's shaking and Jonathan stopped struggling as much as everything began to calm down.
They were all silent as Ivy stretched and opened her eyes, looking around the place she was in slight confusion before sighing.
"Red!" Harley cried as she jumped up and down waving. "It's so good to see you again!"
"Hi Harley," Ivy smiled before she fixed her glare on Jonathan who was now standing in front of her, slowly working the vine from his neck.
Ivy narrowed her eyes on him and tightened her fist causing the vine to tighten itself around his neck once again. "Jonathan Crane," she snarled as she glared at him. "You caused great harm to my children and myself!"
"Apologises, Doctor Isley," Jonathan grunted as he was lifted into the air. "But it was you who got in the way and declined my offer of joining me."
She narrowed her eyes. "You destroyed me and worse you were going to destroy my children for some stupid plan that was never going to work."
"It would of worked," Jonathan chocked out as he glared. "If you hadn't of intervened!"
Ivy glared before she threw Jonathan across the room until he finally landed in the water.
Jonathan was in there for a second before he was trying to scramble out of the water choking and spiting water out of his mouth as he crawled to the edge of the pond. A pure look of terror was on his face as he panicked and tried to get out of the water as fast as possible.
He stumbled a few times before he managed to get out, memories of blood in the water, sharp claws, bitting teeth tearing through flesh, the feeling of his knee popping out of place and being torn up at the same time. Sharp claws tearing up his face and carving it up like it was a piece of wood ready to be carved. He turned to stare back at the water and shrieked as two glowing yellow eyes was all that he saw before he was up out of the water and staring in horror.
"Jon?" Edward questioned as he stared at his friend before said friend span around and went to strike Edward out of fear, but he stopped himself just before he did. "Are you okay?"
Jonathan was silent for a few moments before he looked back at the water and the eyes had disappeared. He took a breath shaking his head, obviously he suffered from PTSD thanks to Croc, he shook his head and glared at Ivy.
"Well," he snarled. "If ya'll are done, I'mma gonna' leave ya godamn weed woman!"
Everyone blinked at him in utter shock and confusion.
"What?" Jonathan hissed.
Edward giggled. "Well.. gee Jonny, I didn't know ya'll were from down south."
Jonathan went red, out of embarrassment or anger it was hard to tell, all anyone knew was his accent became thicker. "Ya'll shuddap!" Jonathan snarled his southern drawl becoming worse.
"Oh.." Edward grinned as he folded his arms across his chest. "I'mma gonna get a lot of millage out of this one."
The Scarecrow growled before he turned on his heel and stormed out of the botanical gardens with Edward chasing after him, calling behind him in his own take on Jonathan's accent.
Harley was giggling before she turned to Ivy who was gently stroking the plants and the flower petals. "Red, ya coming?"
"No, Harley," Ivy smiled at her friend. "I have to talk to my children for a bit."
"Okay, Red," Harley chirped as she hooked her arm around Kirk's. "Common Kirky, you and me are gonna take a little walk, leave Red to her chatting with her plants, ya know?"
"Of course, Harley," Kirk smiled as they walked out together leaving Ivy in the botanical gardens.
"Thank you for the idea Waylon," she spoke as the huge reptile man came out of the water smiling a very toothy grin.
"No problem," Waylon growled out his huge form shaking slightly as he chuckled. "Best reaction ever."
"Yes, the water worked perfectly," Ivy agreed before she smirked at him and lowered herself to the floor walking towards the door with Croc following behind her. "The eyes in the water were a nice touch too."
THE END.
Note: Okay then, so we got the next one up! IVY! She's back and no longer a potted plant. So up next we have Jester! But also I would like to announce this! The tenth chapter will be a 'special chapter' where I will do my own chapter and after that there will be the next request! Basically my plan is that every tenth chapter will be a 'special chapter' and it will be my idea of a special and certain occasion i have come up with. So up next we have Jester and then we have a Special chapter, after that it is the Sirens! Enjoy!
