Disclaimer: I do not own any DC Characters including Batman, Superman or anyone else. They all belong to their respected authors. As for Haley Brown, He's my original Character.

Hoody Boy: Elseworld Stories
The Adventures of Haley Brown
Arc Three, Part Five: Alice Ascends

Alice sat down in the chair, a cup of coffee in hand. Her hair was wet from the shower she'd just taken. It was noon and nothing was on the tube except news. Reports of a speeding Miata were all over the police band and the news, Commissioner Gordon put that all to rest saying they'd let the state police handle it. He was a good man, knew what the real deal was and kept his lips sealed.

Crime had died out a bit since the word on the street was that Hoody Boy was back. Bats had swung by Uncle Jim's house to thank her for pulling this. She knew it was all talk, he still had a bone to pick, she knew this.

Ever since Haley had died, she'd begun to notice something growing in the pit of her stomach. It was a rising anger towards things, things like death, loss and grief. It burned in her like a torch. She didn't know if Haley had this same feeling in him. All she cared about now, was making sure no one had to feel her loss, ever. Something else had begun to nag her as well, it started with frequenting head aches then dreams. Horrid ones, reminding her of how she got her powers, the pain and torment.

"Alice?"

Zatanna walked over and laid out on the couch. Alice looked over and smiled.

"Something on your mind?" She asked.

"Just a headache." Alice said rubbing her temple.

"Hmm, there's more underneath this." Zatanna answered.

"How did you guess?" Alice answered.

"Woman's intuition."

Alice rolled her eyes and smiled, "This past week, I've had a series of dreams and headaches."

"Interesting." Zatanna said sitting up.

She got up off the couch and walked over to Alice's chair, "You want me to find out?"

"What do you mean?" Alice said looking up at her.

"I can peer into your mind, and see if I can find the problem."

Alice sat there for a second, "You can do that?"

"I resurrected a dead person." Zatanna answered looking at her with her arms folded.

"Good point, well made." Alice answered, "Ah hell it can't be that bad."

"Lean your head back and just relax." She replied and brought her hands down and put her finger tips to Alice's temple.

"Wohs Em." Zatanna said and closed her eyes.

Zatanna stepped into a world that looked like what someone sees is they look through the bottom of a beer bottle except the whole world was like it. It was shades of blue and purple with white and black thrown in as well. She looked around and kept walking.

"I always enjoyed a Red Head..."

Zatanna looked around, nothing remotely looking like someone was around. Quickly she started thinking of possible things. The world shook violently sending her tumbling to her side. She got up and shook her head.

"I'll see you in hell pig..." The voice echoed.

"Yeah, this works." Zatanna answered.

Zatanna pulled back from Alice and shook her head a minute, "Ow..."

"I hurt you?" Alice asked.

"No, but I know what's happening. How did you get your superpowers?" Zatanna asked.

"Poison Ivy gave them to me. Taught me as well." Alice added.

"Alright so you two have a connection. And I heard Ivy was gone. I think you're feeling some of the stuff that's happening to her."

"Are you kidding me?" Alice said rubbing her temple again, "Like we got a link or something?"

"Between you two, yes I'm willing to bet on it. She sounded like she was in pain and from you I can tell this is probably true so I have to ask, could you focus and maybe try and see through her eyes or something like that?"

Alice again closed her eyes and furrowed her brow. Slowly a blurry vision appeared in front of her eyes, it sharpened slowly, but things were taking shape. It was dark, cold. Pain quickly shot into her and she felt a burning sensation in her arm. It took every ounce of her not to scream out in pain.

"Where are you Ivy..."

"Alice, my daughter. I'm somewhere east of the city, a church... with a big cross on the front."

"We're coming Ivy, just hang on."

"Alice?"

"Yes?"

"I'm proud of you, I hope you know this, now get going."

Alice opened her eyes and looked at Zatanna, her face growing stern, "We've gotta move quickly."

The two bolted out of the room and made their way down the stairs. Zatanna went up to the counter and looked at the guy.

"I need a car."

"Miss Zatara, I can't give you a car."

Alice walked up, grabbed his collar and yanked him over the counter, "Let us borrow your's then."

The guy handed her the keys and they started walking. Alice kept clicking the alarm button. When it finally did go off they found a ford mustang. Black with silver finish, alloy wheels with at least 22' inch rims. Pretty slick for a chump working the lobby but Wayne paid his employee's happily. Alice got in the car followed by Zatanna. She turned the key, pulled down the shifter to reverse and smashed the gas. The car jolted out of the space with Alice twisting the steering wheel. It quickly skidded to a stop pointing towards the exit. Alice pushed the shifter into Drive and eased into the pedal. The car slowed at the gate and lifted up for them.

It took them only a few minutes to race of the Bob Kane Memorial Bridge. Alice stayed in the right lane most of the way doing 10 miles over the speed limit the entire way.

"You have a clue as to where you're going?" Zatanna asked.

"Not really, but I'm betting on the more and more this headache of mine hurts, the closer we're getting." Alice replied.

"Maybe you should've let me drive..." Zatanna mumbled.

The Mustang blasted onto the exit ramp and screeched into a turn. Alice kept her foot on the accelerator and started down the two lane road. She kept looking to the horizon for a building. It was 1:30 already and her head felt like it was being split like a quart of fire wood. She gritted her teeth and pressed on in the direction they were traveling. Something rose from the hill, a pike, which turned into a spire which turned into a church.

"Son of a..." Zatanna replied.

"Exactly." Alice answered whipping the car into a 180 and throwing on the e-brake.

"Before we go and do something, who taught you how to drive like that?" She asked.

Alice smiled, "Haley Brown."

Zatanna shook her head and the two of them walked into the church. It looked like no one had been in there for roughly a couple years, the dust wasn't thick but it had enough of it to go around. The alter was a twinge of red and gray. And on it sat a lone guy with a Machine gun.

"Who the hell're you two?"

Alice looked at him, putting her hands behind her back, "We're sorta lost... could you like help us?" She said giggling with a false sense of innocence in her voice.

"Look ladies, I dunno who you are or what you're doing here but I want you like out now..." He stopped when he saw Alice lean over a bit.

She brought her finger to her lips and sucked the tip. The Guy lowered the machine gun and shifted a second. Zatanna smiled and almost wanted to laugh at the poor sap.

"C'mere you big burly man." Alice teased, "I always liked big boys."

"Heha." He started for her.

Right when he was within the reach of her arm, she reached out grabbed his hair, turned around, bent over and pulled him over her slamming him face first into the floor. She sent a kick to his head and his body feel limp. Alice pulled her blonde hair back behind her ear and smiled.

"Asshole."

Zatanna looked at her, "You want me to just wait here?"

"Eh..." Alice paused a moment, "Yeah, I wouldn't mind doing this alone, kinda personal."

Zatanna held up her hand, "No worries, I'll be outside, that ride jostled me a bit."

Alice turned around and eyed the Alter a minute. There were small ruffles in the fabric on one side. She reached down and lifted it up, it gave way easily. Stairs. Alice lifted the piece of stone off and set it down slowly. She needed to get used to her strength, being infused with the power of earth was a tricky thing, even Ivy didn't want to say much about it. All she said was, it gives you what you need.

Alice walked down the stairs, the air grew colder and drier with a whiff of salt. Her head was pulsing and knocking her vision out a bit. She wandered through the darkness a minute and found a door hinge. She opened it up to hear one of the loudest wails in her life. There was no ambient sound to be heard and the scream seemed to cripple her hearing. Alice swayed and leaned against the door.

Ivy hung by her wrists, a guy was holding his ear with one hand and a syringe in the other. Something shot out of the darkness and grabbed Alice's shoulder and whipped her around. She felt a large dull object plow into her cheek and she was sent stumbling sideways. Her vision came back into focus and she looked over at a guy who had been at the door. She gritted her teeth and threw a punch into the guys chest. He was doubled over and crashed into the stone wall cracking it up to the ceiling and down to the floor.

Alice looked up, her eyes narrowing, her anger rising. The guy with the Syringe ran at her and tried to stab her with it. She reached out and grabbed the guys wrist and squeezed. She squeezed so much she felt the bones snapping and grinding under the skin. The guy screamed in pain and dropped the syringe. He stumbled back holding his wrist. Alice jumped up into the air and came down on his head with an Axe Handle. The guys head smashed into the floor with blood leaking onto the stone. Alice stepped back a minute and shook her head.

"Water..." Poison Ivy uttered quietly.

"Shit..." Alice said looking around, nothing in sight.

Focusing her thoughts she felt the earth. She clenched her fist and raised it to the air. Her hand snapped open and the stones churned and rose and buckled. Water poured out of the hole and onto the floor. Alice cupped her hands and brought Ivy to Ivy's lips. She quickly sucked it down, her eyes becoming a bit more alert. Alice thought up and idea and reached over and tore the rope in half. Ivy's weak and frail body almost fell to the floor but Alice caught her. She lifted her over to the hole with the water pouring out of it and set her down. Her red hair fell into the rising puddle. Slowly she put her face into the water and dunked her whole head in. She came up twice for air.

Alice helped her up and the two of them went up the stairs. The door of the church opened up and Alice and Poison Ivy walked down the steps. Ivy looked up to the sky and lifted her arms up to the sun. Vines seemingly engulfed her. When they receded, she was wearing dark and light green shirt, her hair pulled back into a ponytail and a pair of green pants.

"Do I get a thank you?" Alice asked.

"Yes, yes you do." Ivy said looking at her.

"Not to break this up or anything but I'm driving this time..." Zatanna said looking at her.