Once they arrived, Bruce got out and offered a hand to help the girls out. Katie followed Cherry out and gaped as she looked at Bruce's Manor.
"Welcome to Wayne Manor." Cherry told Katie.
Alfred smiled to the girls as he joined them out of the limo as it was his job.
"Alfred, if you show the girls to their rooms; I need to go and sort something out for work so I can spend some more time with them." Bruce requested.
"Of course, Master Wayne." Alfred told him.
Bruce told the girls he'd see them shortly, then went off.
"It's huge... I feel almost like Annie being brought out of the orphanage to Mr. Warbuck's place." Katie whispered to Cherry.
"I think you're gonna like it here in that case." Cherry whispered back.
Katie giggled a little to Cherry's response.
"Come with me, girls, I'll show you to your rooms." Alfred told Cherry and Katie.
"Thanks, Alfred." Cherry replied.
"Yes, thank you very much." Katie smiled, following the man's lead.
Alfred smiled back as he took the lead for Cherry and Katie. Katie looked around the manor in awe.
"If I didn't have to go to school, I would move in here." Cherry smiled to Katie since she loved coming to the mansion.
"I say stuff school, take online classes, and move here." Katie chuckled.
"All right!" Cherry cheered.
Alfred chuckled to that himself before stopping to one room.
Katie giggled. She then took a glance to the door of the room. "Whose room will this be, Mr. Pennyworth?" She asked curiously.
"This is Miss Cherry's room, if you want to see her though, I advice you to knock first." Alfred replied.
"She knows the deal, Alfred." Cherry replied since Katie had known her long enough to know her tendencies.
Katie nodded with a smile.
Cherry went into her room to put her stuff away, but came back out to join Katie so she could see where her friend would stay.
"Now, to Miss Katie's room." Alfred smiled.
Katie smiled. "Please just call me Katie." she told him.
"Oh... All right then, Katie." Alfred smiled back.
Katie smiled, then followed him with Cherry to see her temporary room for the visit. Soon enough, they came to another guest room.
"You will sleep here, Katie." Alfred told the older girl.
Katie opened the door and looked inside. "Wow~" she breathed.
"I trust it's to your liking." Alfred smiled to Katie as the room had a lovely scent of cinnamon and vanilla.
"It's wonderful." Katie smiled happily.
"I thought you might like it," Alfred smiled back. "Master Bruce does love his guests comfortable."
"He seems like a swell guy." Katie admitted with a nod.
"That he is." Alfred told her.
Cherry nodded in agreement.
Katie put her suitcase in the room then tested the bed quickly.
"Hey, Alfred." came the smooth voice of Dick Grayson, Bruce's ward.
Cherry smiled to Katie before looking behind with Alfred.
"Ah, young Master Grayson." Alfred greeted the boy.
Katie sat up.
"Hi Alfred, I see you picked up Cherry, but did you bring someone else too?" Dick asked him.
"Yes, Cherry has a friend with her, by the name of Katie." Alfred told him.
"She's in her room now." Cherry told Dick.
Katie got up and popped her head out of the open door. "Hi." she greeted.
Dick looked surprised a moment then chuckled. "Hi." he greeted in return.
"Dick, Katie, Katie, Dick." Cherry greeted traditionally.
Katie held out a hand.
Dick took it and shook her hand. "Nice to meet you." he told her.
Cherry smiled to the interaction.
"Same here." Katie smiled, then stepped fully out deciding she would unpack later.
"So do you ladies have any plans or are you just going to relax a bit?" He asked them.
"So far, no plans right now," Cherry replied. "Bruce did tell us though that he had something to take care of."
Katie nodded.
"Well, maybe I could give you both a tour for Katie's sake." Dick suggested.
"Well... Would you like to have a look around?" Cherry asked Katie.
"Sounds great." Katie nodded.
Dick sent a glance to Alfred, letting him know he wouldn't reveal any secrets, then grinned. "You don't mind, do you, Alfred?" He grinned, slapping a friendly hand on the older man's shoulder.
"Of course, not at all, just behave yourself." Alfred chuckled to Dick.
Cherry smirked slightly before she stretched to make her bones pop from the car ride over here. Katie grinned to Cherry.
"No promises with two hot ladies." Dick stage whispered to Alfred.
"Oh, behave yourself, please!" Alfred begged quietly to Dick.
Cherry smiled to Katie wearily.
Katie looked back to Cherry then smiled softer than before. "Hey, if you want to have a nap after the journey; I'll have the tour and you can sleep." she told her best friend and sister-by-other-than-blood.
Dick nodded. "I promise, Al." he assured.
"Oh, no, no, I couldn't make you wander alone with a boy like Dick Grayson..." Cherry told Katie.
"That's a good boy." Alfred replied as he patted Dick on the head like a friendly tassel.
Katie smiled softly. "If he tries anything, I'm at perfect height to temporarily stop him and run away." she chuckled quietly.
"Al." Dick huffed.
"You can try, he sometimes lives up to his name." Cherry smirked.
"Sorry, couldn't help it." Alfred replied.
"And that's where I'll punch him if he tries anything." Katie whispered in a giggle.
Dick glanced over to the girls then. "Ready?" He asked.
Cherry giggled back before looking to him. "Ready, buddy."
Alfred decided to let them alone for right now. Katie nodded. She wanted Cherry to rest as she knew the girl tired out easily on journeys, but wouldn't force her to.
"Alrighty, let's go." Dick told them.
Cherry nodded with a yawn as she walked beside Katie. Katie looked around as they atarted the tour.
"Don't fall asleep Cherry, it's not THAT boring." Dick teased.
"You're not that boring." Cherry mumbled out a retort.
Katie looked to Cherry to see if she was falling asleep. Dick snorted, slightly amused. Cherry was a bit awake, though her head nodded ever so often.
"Go on, Cherry, go have a nap... You know my plan if anything is tried." Katie told Cherry softly.
Cherry yawned as she tried to talk back to Katie, but it was hard to understand through her exhaustion.
Katie gave her a gentle push back towards the rooms. "I'll be fine, go on~" she told her.
Dick watched the interaction. Cherry yawned again with a weary nod and soon went into her room, but to her surprise, there was a gift left on her bed. There was a little miniature golden figurine of a cat on her pillow. Cherry bleary-eyed the gift, she wondered about it, but set it on her night stand for right now so she could take her hour nap after taking a long travel away from home. Dick continued to do the tour with Katie. There was also a gift in Katie's room which was that of flower based.
Katie gave him a warm merely friendly smile then went into her room and gasped at the flower bouquet in a plant pot on her bed then gave a small smile. "So you found out I was here." she smiled softly as she picked up the flowers and inhaled their scent.
Cherry curled up, almost like a feline herself, as she took a cat nap. Katie smiled then took the gift to the window to let them sit in the sunlight to keep healthy. Cherry even purred, though she had to wonder where her gift came from. There was even a note for Katie saying 'Love Aunt Pamela'. Katie smiled softly then flopped on her bed to relax just a little. As Cherry and Katie rested, someone was watching them.
Katie covered her eyes with her arm, taking her glasses off and putting them in her shirt pocket as she didn't plan to sleep. Cherry hugged her pillow as she went into a deep sleep. Harley Quinn was in a disguise but snuck up to one of the bedrooms and made her way stealthily inside. She moved a potted plant out of the way so 'red' couldn't accuse her of killing flowers then sprayed the girl on the bed with a knock out perfume then carried her off, leaving the note made on the girl's pillow. She thought Joker would be so pleased with her. Not realizing she had actually picked the wrong girl. The Joker waited for his 'Harls' to return to him with a certain girl.
Alfred went into the kitchen to make refreshments for the guests. Dick went to the kitchen to see if he could snaffle some food.
"Tour over?" Alfred asked Dick.
Dick nodded. "What are ya making, Al?" He wondered.
"Just a little sweet treat for the girls before dinner if they want any, it's milkshakes." Alfred replied.
"I'll take them to them." Dick smirked.
"Oh, thank you, that's very kind of you." Alfred smiled.
"No problem, Alfred." Dick grinned.
Alfred chuckled to him. Cherry mumbled in her sleep. Dick waited for him to be done so he could take them up and steal one.
Alfred stuck his tongue out in concentration, and soon smiled once he reached perfection. "Ah, perfection for the girls~" he then told Dick, handing over the tray to him for Cherry and Katie.
Dick took the tray. "I'll make sure they get them." he smiled.
"Good boy." Alfred smiled back.
Dick walked out with the tray. Alfred then decided to clean up the dishes around him while Dick would make his delivery. Dick drank one of the milkshakes once he was safe away from Alfred seeing.
Cherry shrugged and went off to her own room until she looked over. "Dickie?"
Dick half-glared. "It's Dick, Cherry." he told her.
"I know..." Cherry smirked. "Ooh, are those milkshakes?" she then asked.
"Well, this one still is." Dick said and handed Cherry one.
"Thanks..." Cherry replied as she took the other milkshake before sipping it. "I think Katie's still asleep."
"Should we wake her?" Dick asked.
"We better... Usually she wakes me up around this time..." Cherry said before knocking on the door at first while sipping her milkshake.
Dick hoped Katie didn't actually like milkshakes and that would help them both that he drank it. There was no answer.
"Kat?" Cherry called before opening the door a smidge to look for her friend/sister.
Dick waited outside still incase Katie was changing or something.
Cherry decided to hand the milkshake to Dick and came into Katie's room. "Huh, she's not here..." she then told the Boy Wonder.
Dick looked worried slightly to that. "Is anything out of place?" He asked.
"Come on." Cherry opened the door to let him come inside and look with her.
Dick looked around for clues. Cherry looked with him, as she began to feel worried for Katie.
Dick then noticed the note. He read it then frowned. "We need to tell Bruce." he said.
"He won't be mad, right?" Cherry asked.
"Why would he be?" Dick asked. "Joker is behind it." he added.
"You're right, come on." Cherry nodded before taking another quick sip of her milkshake.
Dick carried the note along. Cherry walked with Dick to go over to see Bruce to let him know what they had just discovered.
Bruce was looking out in case Katie was wandering and came out of his secret entrance to The Bat Cave. Cherry stood beside Dick as she had a small look of worry for Katie.
Bruce looked to them both. "What's wrong?" He asked.
"Katie's gone missing, but this was left behind." Dick said and showed him the note.
"I'm a bit worried." Cherry added.
"We can't do much until the Joker makes his full demand, but I can set a link up to all the security cameras around the city to keep an eyes out." Bruce said.
"Please..." Cherry replied. "Just to make sure she's still alive or unharmed."
Bruce nodded. "Come on then." he sighed and led them to The Bat Cave.
Cherry nodded back to Bruce and followed him. Dick followed too.
"Ah, the Bat Cave, if I could, I'd study here." Cherry said since it was so quiet and tranquil compared to the rest of the mansion.
Bruce smirked then went over to his computer to set up a link to all the security cameras they would need to check out. Cherry sipped her milkshake while watching the cameras with Bruce. Bruce observed the cameras, checking for any signs of Katie.
"Weird, it's like she's not even here," Cherry said. "Katie would never go anywhere without telling me first."
"She was probably taken unaware." Bruce told Cherry quietly.
Dick put his hand soothingly on Cherry's shoulder.
"This is my fault, I shouldn't have brought her here." Cherry now sulked.
"It's not your fault, I don't think she was actually the target." Bruce assured.
Cherry looked up at Bruce curiously. Bruce glanced to Cherry. Dick glanced to the screens. Cherry sipped her milkshake, though she did look concerned for Katie.
"Try patching in to the ones near the manor, and observe them from the past two hours." Dick suggested.
Bruce nodded and did just that. Cherry nodded before sipping the milkshake.
Dick gave a small sheepish smile then. "I, uh, kind of got hungry and stole the second milkshake, please don't let me get into trouble this once." he quietly pleaded to Cherry.
Bruce checked over the cameras, then froze the frame. "Harley." he frowned.
Cherry sighed to that. "It's okay, Dick, it's probably for the best..." she told him before looking to Bruce. "Uh, Harley?"
"Harley Quinn: The Joker's accomplice..." Bruce explained then checked the rest of the feed from her arrival.
"I knew that." Cherry replied.
Bruce watched the camera feed then pointed out the unconscious Katie over Harley's shoulder.
"That wicked witch knocked out my friend." Cherry snarled.
"But luckily, no mallet so it must have been a none painful way." Bruce mused.
"We have to save her though." Cherry told Bruce.
Bruce nodded. "We will," he assured her. "Now instead of sitting down here worrying, you could go help Alfred decide what's for dinner if you'd like." he smiled.
"But-" Cherry frowned.
Bruce turned to her and put a warm hand on her shoulder. "I promise the moment something crops up we'll tell you, but sitting around worrying won't help." he told her.
"Yeah, I guess you're right..." Cherry replied. "I just hope nothing happens to her, if anything did though, I guess I would be the first to know."
Bruce gave a smile.
"See you around then, okay?" Cherry asked Bruce before leaving.
Bruce nodded and gave her a quick hug before she left. Cherry smiled in the hug, but soon let go and wandered off to find Alfred in the kitchen. Unknown to them, Selina had snuck into the Wayne Manor and was sneakily prowling around, looking for Cherry.
The Joker waited for his 'Harls' to return to him with a certain girl. Harley drove back to the Joker's current hideout, after changing into her normal costume then carried Katie into the base.
"Harley, is that you?" The Joker's voice asked.
"Yes Puddin', I brought the girl like you wanted me too~!" She called loudly in her Brooklyn accent.
"Ah, excellent!" The Joker grinned as he rushed over. "You've done well, so, let's see Little Miss Sunshine, shall we?"
Harley literally dumped Katie on the nearby sofa. Wouldn't do to damage the merchandise after all.
The Joker grinned, but soon had a look on his face. "Harley..." he then muttered slightly.
Harley was grinning. "What is it, puddin'?" She asked like an eager puppy.
"That is not the right girl..." The Joker told Harley.
Harley looked a bit worried then and tried to explain. "But I followed your instructions exactly, and she was in the Wayne Manor, snoozin'!" She said quickly.
The Joker face-palmed. "Well, that may be, but that is not the girl I asked for!" he then yelled at her.
Harley squeaked and backed away. "But she'll still be useful, I mean Bruce wouldn't let just anyone into his manor!" She told him.
"She's waking up!" The Joker noticed.
"Sh-Shall I knock her out again?" Harley asked nervously.
Katie lifted a hand to her forehead and tried to open her eyes.
"That's a good girl." The Joker smirked to Harley's suggestion.
Harley showed two options, the knockout gas or her big mallet.
"I think I know those voices." Katie groaned, opening one bleary eye, though the sight greeting her was a blur of colors.
"The mallet would be killer, and I love that~" The Joker grinned to his sidekick.
"Okay, Puddin'," Harley nodded eagerly. "It's not time to wake up yet, Sleepin' Pretty." she announced and swung the mallet just hard enough to knock her out again, not to hurt her badly.
Katie had started to sit up and though it was blurry she managed to duck the mallet swing while getting her glasses from her pocket, and duckimg away from Harley not realizing the Joker was near. She winced as Harley fell over from the swing.
"Oh, Harls, you missed her!" The Joker groaned.
"Sorry, Mr. J, she's fast." Harley groaned but got up and tried to hit her again.
Katie let out a squeak of fear and ducked again. "Hey, stop it!" She yelped. She then tried to evade the swinging Harley was doing while carefully moving away from the Joker.
"You stop it and stay still, you little twit!" The Joker glared to Katie like she was the nuisance.
Katie couldn't glare at him, more interested in saving her skull. "I'm not a twit, Your Majesty, and I don't really want my skull fractured!" She shouted at him.
Harley groaned, getting tired after so many failed swings.
"Your Majesty?" The Joker replied with his trademark laugh. "Oh, very humorous, my dear victim~"
"Well, you are the Clown Prince of Crime... So sue me!" Katie retorted.
Harley dropped the mallet for now and tried to grab Katie to make her still.
"Feisty little one, eh?" The Joker sneered. "What were you doing in Wayne Manor anyhow?"
"Stop it Harley, let me talk then I might be a good girl!" Katie told the woman, then focused on the Joker once Harley grabbed at her arm and missed as she had twisted out the way to face the Joker. "Visiting." she merely said, that was the only info she would give him willingly.
"Who are you?" The Joker narrowed his eyes.
"Nuh-uh, no telling." Katie stuck her tongue out at him.
Harley stood up and put her hands on her hips, annoyed.
"Then I guess I'll have to make you talk." The Joker smirked fiendishly.
"And just how are you going to do that?" Katie huffed.
"How do you feel about Laughing Gas?" The Joker mocked.
"Your stuff won't make me talk." Katie assured him, after all Joker gas often killed people and they obviously could use her dead.
"Care to wager on that?" The Joker grinned menacingly.
"If I die, you'll lose your bargaining chip... Plus my Aunty Pamela will be peeved." Katie retorted.
Harley gulped to that. Uh-oh, if she got hurt, Red would string her up for plant food.
"Your Aunt Pamela?" The Joker repeated out of curiosity.
As it was personal and not a big secret, Katie nodded. "Yeah, redhead with a killer look and loves plants." she admitted.
"Oh, not her..." The Joker groaned once he now realized who Katie was talking about.
Katie nodded. "So you can't kill me." she told him.
Harley was wracking her brain trying to come up with a plan.
"NOBODY SASSES ME!" The Joker yelled at Katie.
Katie glared at him. "I already have a headache, Bozo, DON'T YELL AT ME!" she retorted.
"You are asking for it!" The Joker glared as he soon hit Katie in the face.
Katie yelped as she fell onto the floor.
"P-Puddin', maybe you should ease up on the goods." Harley tried to intervene.
"Are you trying to tell me how to do my job?" The Joker asked Harley in a warning tone of voice.
Katie lightly touched where he hit, winced then scowled to the Joker.
"N-No, but if she's too hurt, the value will decrease and Pammy will kill us." Harley said nervously.
"Then what would you suggest?" The Joker asked Harley.
Katie sat up slowly.
"Maybe only do that to her if she's been really bad." Harley smiled slightly.
"Hmm..." The Joker hummed. "There must be a way to shut her up for now."
Katie glared at him. Harley thought about it a minute.
"Tie her up for right now." The Joker told Harley.
"Okay, Puddin'!" Harley smiled. She did just that then dropped Katie to sit on the sofa. "Look, just keep quiet and play along." she told her as she did.
Katie huffed but figured she might as well for now.
"And I thought that other girl had a sharp tongue..." The Joker muttered.
Harley came over to the Joker when she had done. "Done, Puddin'." she grinned.
Katie rolled her eyes. "It's sharper than your brain." she muttered herself.
"SILENCE!" The Joker hissed at Katie before grinning. "Ah, well done, Harley~"
Harley smiled to him adoringly. Katie stuck her tongue out at him. The Joker sneered at Katie, wondering what to do with her, especially since it was found out that she was the niece of another foe to Batman.
"We could turn her into a villain like us." Harley chuckled.
"By the power of manipulation?" The Joker asked Harley.
"We could try that way, Mr. J." Harley smiled.
The Joker grinned to that. "We'll have to knock her out again first."
Harley decided to try to use the knockout gas on Katie again.
"No, I won't be changed." Katie glared, trying to inch away.
"You say that now, but we'll find out later." The Joker grinned sadistically.
"Light's out, bubula~" Harley grinned then sprayed her with the knockout gas.
"No, don't..." Katie started to say but ended up falling unconcious due to the faceful of knockout gas.
"Good night, and pleasant screams." The Joker told Katie before making his laughter the last thing she would hear right now.
Katie's world turned to black as the knockout gas worked.
Harley then looked to the Joker. "She's rather short." she giggled.
"She is a bit short for her age..." The Joker smirked. "She'd be the perfect Little Harley."
Harley's eyes widened and she let out a happy squeal and lunged at the Joker, hugging him. "You mean it, Puddin'?" She grinned.
"I don't see why not." The Joker grinned back.
"Yay~" Harley grinned, then gasped. "I'll go steal her a perfect costume." she then said.
"That's the bad girl I know and am close to~" The Joker smirked to that.
Harley giggled, kissed his cheek, then skipped off. All thoughts of Poison Ivy being annoyed went straight out of her mind. This way she'd get a kid without having to go through pregnancy, and while Katie was an adult she could still look like a kid if outfitted right. The Joker grinned as he was quite excited for himself and Harley.
