Harley and Ivy: Chapter 10
"It was a dark and stormy night when the two sexy nefarious duos attacked the heavily guarded Wayne Enterprises." Harley thought to herself before giving a snort. Reality is never quite as good as fantasy or as appropriate.
In reality, Wayne Enterprises was only being guarded by a few old guys in security uniforms and as for the weather. It was almost pleasant. Well as pleasant as the weather ever got in Gotham. The air was thick with the perpetual smog the city suffered from but at least the air temperature was not too cold nor too warm.
Harley frowned in annoyance as a stray cold breeze caused her nipples to perk up under her skin tight uniform.
"So much for the temperature being perfect." She thought to herself.
Avoiding the security patrols had been so easy, Harley was bored. Moving easily across the rooftops of the main research lab of Wayne Enterprises she paused and glanced down through a skylight to the floor below.
"Hey Red?" She said at somewhere between the level of a whisper and normal voice.
Ivy was a tad more cautious than Harley was. Her motto was if a job appeared too easy there was something you were missing. "What?" Ivy whispered back.
"Isn't that the power core generator right down there?" Harley said.
Ivy joined her at the skylight and peered down.
Transfixed in the light of five spotlights sat the power core generator on a lab table below them.
"Oh come on." Ivy breathed. "This is no challenge at all. Why doesn't Mr. Wayne just wrap a huge bow on it? Where's the security? The alarms? Not even is it locked in a vault? Oh well. I guess we should be grateful it's going to be so easy and stop pussyfooting around."
"That's my line isn't it?" An almost sensual voice purred out from behind them.
Whipping around, Harley and Ivy saw standing behind them was another skin tight costumed woman. She was wearing a gray costume with a black whip coiled at her hip, black leather boots and gloves finished her ensemble.
Harley having had tried to kill Catwoman a few times, only under the Joker's orders of course, nervously swallowed.
"Um, hi Cats." She finally said.
The glare Catwoman sent her way quickly assured her that Catwoman hadn't forgotten about those times either.
"Aww come on Cats you aren't still mad at me are you?"
Ivy looked between the two women suspiciously. "Is there something I should know about between you two?"
"Only that I plan to use her as a scratching post." Catwoman hissed and started towards Harley. Who quickly sought refuge behind Ivy.
"Aww come on Cats. I was just following the Joker's orders those times I tried to kill you. I failed didn't I?"
"Only because I was saved by Batman!" Catwoman practically roared as she tried to maneuver around Ivy to get at Harley.
"Oh please. Like I didn't know that power switch was behind me when I was confronted by Bats." Harley yelped.
This brought Catwoman to a standstill. In truth that part had always bothered her. It almost had seemed like Harley had lead Batman to the power switch that turned off the grinder that Catwoman had been tied too.
"Then why…?"
"I was ordered to try and kill you by Mr. J. I couldn't go against him. Well not at that time at least."
"So you tied me down to a conveyor belt leading to a meat grinder!"
"Aww come on. I didn't even tie you that tightly." Harley said peeking out from behind Ivy's back.
"And you felt me up!" Catwoman glared.
"I thought you were unconscious when I did that!" Harley replied in shock.
Ivy turned her head to glance over her shoulder at Harley and raised an eyebrow.
"Oops?" Harley replied and then shrank down.
Ivy turned to face Harley and Catwoman walked up beside her. "So you were interested in women even before we got together!" Ivy asked her placing her hands on her hips and staring down at Harley who was now sitting on the edge of the skylight, her face bright red in embarrassment.
Catwoman glanced curiously at Ivy. "You two are together then?"
"Officially but not as of so far physically I am sorry to say." Ivy replied.
"Well I will just let you two lovebirds sort this out among yourselves and take the power core and leave." Catwoman said and started to walk past Ivy. Ivy throwing up a quick hand stopped her however.
"We need that generator for our plans. We'll be taking it."
Catwoman fixed her with a glare. "Look, Gotham has taken away all of my cats and threaten to put them to sleep or adopt them out to sniveling little brats. I need the money that thing can bring me to get them all back. I will be taking the power core!"
"And I need the power core to get Harley away from the Joker to somewhere safe before that maniac clown kills her!"
"See? My need is greater than yours." Catwoman said with a shrug. "Besides, where can you find some place the Joker can't follow you and kill Harley?"
"An alternate dimension!" Ivy was so upset with Harley and Catwoman's attitude she replied without thinking.
Catwoman just blinked a few times. "What?" she finally managed to get out.
"It's true." Harley sitting on the skylight's edge replied. "I know how to build a device that will open a portal to a clean world, one the Joker hopefully won't be able to follow us to. But I need the generator down there to finish it."
Catwoman looked between the two female criminals before her. Finally she replied. "Take me with you."
"What!" Ivy nearly yelled.
"Gotham keeps trying to take my cats away from me. I'll let you take the power core if you promise to take me and my cats with you. Life in Gotham keeps getting worse all the time. Sooner or later my cats won't even be able to survive. Take us with you and the power core is yours."
Harley glanced up at her. "I'm sorry. I can't. I sort of have permission to return to the dimension I know about but I am pushing it by taking Ivy with me. Tenchi would definitely freak if I brought another person as well. Not too mention all your cats. I just can't. For what it's worth Cats, I am really sorry I can't do it."
"Well then… I guess you aren't getting the power core then." Catwoman said as she sprang away from Ivy's side and placed a hand on her whip.
"Actually…" A new male voice called out. "None of you are taking the power core. For one thing, it doesn't belong to you. It belongs to Wayne Enterprises."
"Ah rats." Harley mumbled.
"More like Bats." Ivy replied.
Turning all three women glanced over to the side and saw Batman standing there with his arms folded.
"Ladies night out?" He asked.
"I was just leaving." Catwoman replied and leapt away.
Batman for the moment ignored the fleeing feline and strode over to where Ivy was readying herself for the attack and Harley was just sitting looking miserable.
"Um Bats?" Harley finally spoke. "Look out behind you."
"Do you really think I would fall for the oldest joke in the book?" Batman asked her.
Suddenly a whip lashed around Batman's legs binding them and causing him to fall face forward to land almost at Ivy and Harley's feet.
"I did try to warn you." Harley stated.
Glancing over his shoulder Batman could see that Catwoman had returned and it was her whip that had caught him. Reaching down he disentangle himself from the whip and stood back up. Surprisingly, neither Ivy nor Harley took the opportunity to attack him but just watched.
"Didn't your mommy ever tell you? Never turn your back on a mad kitty?" Catwoman said in a husky voice. She then once again took off running across the rooftop. This time Batman right at her heels.
Ivy looked in surprise at Harley and then together they leapt for the skylight and pried it open. Quickly Ivy lowered Harley down into the main lab with a rope they had brought with them.
Harley grabbed a hold of the power core but almost dropped it when she discovered how light it was. At first she thought it was just a mere prop left behind to trick criminals who might show up to steal it but after shaking it a time or two, lightly of course she had no desire to break what she had come to steal, she concluded it was the real thing just incredibly light in weight. Giving a quick tug on the rope she signaled Ivy to haul her up.
As soon as she cleared the skylight, her and Ivy ducked behind a large cooling vent to examine her prize.
The power core device was as large as suitcase, black with multiple connectors on the side and a simple single large red button on top of it. Conveniently it had a large suitcase like handle to carry it with.
As the two women were examining it, Catwoman suddenly sprang over the vent and landed beside them.
"Lost him for a moment." She said.
Harley peeking around the corner of the cooler vent replied. "You didn't lose him enough. He's right around the corner." She whispered.
"You owe me! I distracted Batman so you could steal that toy. Now you have to take me and my cats with you when you escape this dimension." Catwoman said advancing on the power core.
"For what it's worth Cats, I'm really sorry." Harley replied with a downcast expression.
"You still plan to leave me behind?" Catwoman said.
"Well yeah but that is not why I'm sorry this time." Harley replied. "I'm sorry for this!" And with that she grabbed a hold of Catwoman's arm and with a jerk flung her out from behind the cooler vent directly into Batman's startled arms.
Catwoman looked in shock into a equally shocked Batman's eyes before with a hiss and a swipe of her nails she bolted out of his arms and tore off across the rooftop once again.
As soon as Harley had released Catwoman, she and Ivy ran over to the side of the building and dove over the edge with the power core. Both Ivy and Harley almost as if in synchronization landed on their feet and quickly ducked into the cover of the shadow of a dumpster.
Peering upward, they watched as Batman stood on the edge of the roof above them trying to see where the two female criminals had gone.
Ivy could hear Harley next to her breathing almost silently. "Go after the Cat. Go after the Cat. You know she is the one you want to most capture."
Batman continued for a moment to look down at the gloom between the buildings where Ivy and Harley had disappeared and then glanced across the rooftops were Catwoman was quickly being lost to sight. With a long pause and then a sigh he then took off after Catwoman.
"Yes!" Ivy whispered in relief.
"It's too easy." Harley beside her muttered. "He must have called in the B string to come after us."
"Robin and Batgirl?" Ivy whispered and looked over at Harley.
Harley nodded her head. "It just makes sense. He might want to go after Catwoman more than us but he's not just going to let us go with the loot."
Ivy grabbed Harley around the arm and tugged at her. "Well then let's get out of here. They'll be here soon."
Harley however didn't move. "But after we leave here, we could go almost in in any direction. How would Bats expect the bat kiddies to find us?"
Turning the power core generator over she searched it in the gloom of the alleyway between the labs of Wayne Enterprises.
"Got it!" She nearly shouted in victory and held up in her hand for Ivy to see a tiny little black button.
"Radio transmitter?" Ivy asked as she peered at the tiny item.
"I would bet the entire supply of Joker's exploding rubber chickens that is what it is. No wonder Wayne or Batman wasn't afraid of criminals stealing this thing. They had it bugged so they could follow it."
Harley still holding on to the radio transmitter 'bug' and the power core generator jumped to her feet and began to run off. She briefly stopped to look back at Ivy.
"You coming?" She called out to her.
"What are you going to do with that 'bug'?" Ivy asked as she reached Harley's side. As they leapt over a security fence out of Wayne Enterprises into the large parking lot, Ivy could see Harley was stuffing her mouth with bubble gum.
Loudly chewing, Harley paused at a street intersection and seemed to be looking for something. A few yards away the Gotham City Bus Depot was brightly lit up as the last bus leaving Gotham for Metropolis prepared to depart.
"Perfect." Harley mumbled around the huge wad of gum in her mouth. "I couldn't ask for anything better."
Unzipping the top part of her costume, Harley exposed a healthy portion of her cleavage and reaching in pulled out a compact slingshot. Ivy staring in the gloom of the alleyway, practically drooling at the sight of Harley's cleavage could only wonder what other wonders Harley kept in there. Taking the wad of gum out of her mouth she quickly stuck the radio 'bug' into the middle of it and taking careful aim she fired it out of the slingshot at the bumper of the bus as it pulled out of the station.
Zipping up her costume Harley reached out and captured Ivy's arm once again and pulled her back into the darkness of the alleyway.
They waited almost 20 minutes before two sleek black motorcycles raced past them in the the direction that the bus had gone.
"That takes care of the bat kiddies for a while." Harley said with satisfaction in her voice.
"Now we just need to make sure the Bat Daddy doesn't trace us the old fashion way." Ivy replied.
Harley all ready lifting up a manhole cover lid nodded her head and together the two female criminals dropped into the sewers and was gone.