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Italics are character thoughts.
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Three sets of eyes turned and stared at the redhead's outburst. She felt her whole body shaking and she couldn't stop the tears from flowing. There was so much emotion flowing through her veins and her captives could feel that same emotion pulsing through the veins of the plants holding them.
Batman was stunned. He knew that the three women were close and they could get protective of each other, he had been at the receiving end of that when he had waded into the middle of a domestic between them and they had all turned on him instead. Ivy's outburst seemed different...the clear heartbreak on her face told a story he didn't quite know how to handle. Does Ivy love Harley?
Harley felt her stomach drop and a pain began to build in her chest as she saw fresh tears flow down that flawless green skin. She could feel the pain in the vine holding her, she could see it in Red's face and she could feel it mirrored within herself. She really does care about me...and I've hurt her...again.
Selina closed her eyes and shook her head sadly. I should have known how strongly Ivy felt...all the signs were there, seeing them earlier and every time Harley came back. How could I have missed this? Look at Ivy...Harley's destroyed her. I feel for her...I know how that feels. "I can't." Will I ever get over those words?
Ivy was too stunned to do or say anything, if it weren't for her babies she didn't know if she could stay standing upright. She felt empty, weak, destroyed. She felt like she had just bared her soul and the way the three of them were staring at her she knew she had revealed more than she meant to in that scream. I can't do this anymore. I can't stay here anymore. I can't feel like this anymore. I don't want to feel this ever again. She's always going to go back to him no matter what I do.
Ivy's faithful family felt her pain and needed to get closer to her, to protect her, to comfort her and show her that she was loved. They began to lower their captives, turned Harley the right way around and loosened their grip as they began to cocoon their green mother.
Harley was righted and almost at the floor as she searched her heart and soul and was surprised to find that Mistah J didn't feature. All these years he had been behind every thought, every action, he was practically a part of her, an integral part, she couldn't function without him but now... Red's all I can see, all I can feel...is it just this week? She shook her head. No...this has been going on a lot longer, I just didn't realise...she's always the one I come back to. The one who knows me...the real me, under the makeup, under the persona...she's always been there, she's always cared...and I've taken advantage of her and left her for that, that JERK! Something snapped inside Harley and she realised something she should have realised a long time. She gasped at the thought. Oh my god! I'm in love with Red! "Red..."
That one hushed word tore Ivy out of her thoughts and her green eyes darkened at the sound, they snapped to meet baby blue watery eyes pleading with her and whatever humanity she had left was pushed deep down. She snarled and curled her lip as she raised her hands sharply and brought them crashing together in a loud clap. Her babies echoed her action and before they had time to react the three captives were smacked into one another and knocked out cold. She ran her fingers over her babies and purred "Get ready babies, it's about to become a jungle in here."