Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation

Rating: M

Chapter 3: A Club Surprise!

"Well let's get going on unpacking," Ace muttered as she unzipped the bags of clothes and began taking them all out and putting them on the bed to be put away later. "I'm really glad that you came to help me Lily." They began putting her clothes away in the chest of drawers and closet. After they put the clothes away they began on everything else, meaning her school stuff, she put most of it on the desk and looked at the large bed.

"It's no problem Ace," Lily replied as she organized some of the clothes the way she knew Ace liked them organized. "You know you can always come to me if you need help." She watched as Ace set about what she was doing on her own.

"I know Lily-bells, so guess what I heard from Boomer today," Ace asked as she searched the closet and found a mirror, which she promptly put above the dresser and then she put her makeup on the top, organizing it by item and color. "I'm really excited for what I heard." She was smiling like a madman.

"What did you hear Ace?" Lily replied in question as she continued to help Ace unpack her stuff.

"A talent show... I have lots of ideas and I'm thinking we should do it," Ace replied as she began unpacking her shoes so that she had them exactly how she knew she liked them. "And I heard that the show would be about two weeks before homecoming, that would give us plenty of time for us to practice any and all songs and routines we could do."

"NICE!" Lily exclaimed as she began having ideas come to mind for the show. "What kind of stuff did you have in mind?"

"Well in all honesty, I was thinking that for a duet having us sing the song 'Raise Your Glass'," Ace replied as she sat on her bed and laid down on it. "Among others."

"And let me guess, for the duet you want to have shots throughout the song?" Lily asked as she sat next to Ace on the bed.

"Just water or something Lily…" Ace replied casually, she was planning something but didn't want Lily it know.

"Ace I know that if you had water, you'd probably switch it for Vodka," Lily replied with a small amount of sarcasm. She winked at Ace jokingly as she turned to look at her friend.

"You know me well Lily-bells," Ace began as she shot up to a sitting position and then stood up. "However I'm not going to get you drunk just for a quick cheap talent show thrill." 'Myself on the other hand…' Ace thought as she began looking at the bottom of the bed with a smirk on her face.

"I know that smirk," Lily stated, she wasn't generally afraid of the smirk she feared the knuckle cracking. "What in the world are you planning now Ace?"

"Oh nothing Lily, hey we're almost done unpacking," Ace replied quickly as she looked in the drawer she found under the bed, it contained all sorts of things to make her bed with. "I honestly didn't know I had this much shit." She was avoiding the question and found sheets and pillows and blankets and stuff.

"Oh Ace, you can't distract me that easily my friend," Lily stated with a laugh as she helped Ace pull stuff out of the drawer. "Now Ace what are you planning for the talent show?"

"Nothing Lily, I swear," Ace replied as she began sorting through all the pieces until she found the set of black sheets. After dropping everything else onto the floor they began making the bed.

"You're not planning anything," Lily began sarcastically as she helped Ace make her bed. "And Slade is my biological father." 'You don't know how right you are Lily-bells, however I'm not at liberty to tell you that little fact.' Ace thought as she started unfolding the top sheet.

"I told you Lily, I have nothing planned, and…" Ace muttered as she laughed nervously and continued making her bed. "I think I hear Eric calling me." She didn't want Lily question on Slade again.

"Ace relax would you, I'm teasing you gosh…" Lily stated as she set the comforter on the bed.

"I know Lily," Ace replied as she hugged Lily and the two girls walked out of the room and down to the main part of the apartment. "What time is Dick coming to pick you up?" A horn honked outside the building. "Is that him?" Lily nodded and hugged Ace once again before making a text me motion and slipping out to Dick. "Where did my parents go Eric?" Ace asked as she looked at the man, he still had a painted face and was smiling.

"They had to go Ace, they said to tell you that they loved you very much but that they had to get back to Gotham," Eric replied as he sat on the couch that was against the back wall of the living room. "So have you decided where you want to go for dinner? My cooking skills still aren't the greatest so we'll be eating out a lot." Ace shook her head and looked at Eric before sitting next to him. "I'm glad you decided to move in with me Ace, I noticed that your eyes weren't the same as the last time I saw you, they were dull, lifeless even, and now they're better." He looked at Ace, who was smiling, and smiled at her.

"There's a great Chinese place in town," Ace replied quietly, it was really the only restaurant she knew in the town and she actually enjoyed the food. "I went there with Lily and it's quite delicious if you still like Chinese food that is?" Eric nodded and turned on the tv. "So how did you actually come back? The crow can only bring you back for you to seek revenge. How did it bring you back this time? Or last time when I met you when I was 12?"

"When you were twelve I was gaining revenge on the people who had murdered my friend Sarah, I also happened to be able to help you and watch over you because the Crow felt he should let me help you," Eric replied as Ace rested her head against his arm. "And this time, apparently when I promised you that I would return if you ever needed me. The Crow came back for me again and I knew you needed me so here I am." Ace nodded and looked up at the T.V.

"Thank you Eric, and I promise no hokie magic stuff on your crow this time," Ace whispered as she rested her head against his shoulder again.

(With Lily and Dick)

"Would you just stop it Dick?" Lily demanded, she had been listening to Dick complain about her being friends with Ace, she slammed the door shut after having gotten out of the car. "I don't care to listen to you speak ill about Ace."

"Lily… I don't want you getting into trouble by being seen hanging out with her," Dick retorted as he looked at her.

"HOW IS ME HANGING OUT WITH HER GOING TO GET ME INTO TROUBLE!" Lily screamed as she looked at Dick, she was ready to smack him so hard that Bruce would feel it.

"I don't know Lily," Dick began as he looked at her, he was getting angry as well, she never listened to him. "She's always getting into trouble." They both left the car and headed toward the house.

"You know, it wasn't until AFTER the two of you broke up that you started in on this, are you sure it's not because of the relationship you had with her that you're trying to get me to stop hanging out with her?" Lily demanded as she glared at Dick, she was going to punch him if he continued. "Because I'll have you know, I've known her for FAR LONGER than you have." Dick was looking at Lily with hard eyes as well.

"She's a villain she's always going to get into trouble," Dick grunted as he threw himself onto the couch. "She got arrested a few times while we were dating, I'm fairly sure that my relationship with her has nothing to do with the fact that she's a horrible influence on anyone. And you may have known her for longer but did she tell you that she was pregnant before this one?"

"Yes, I have known, Dick, and she miscarried on that one too. Im the one who she comes to during the times that she needs someone, I am one of the VERY FEW people that she trusts inexplicably, and I am NOT going to betray that trust...unlike YOU," Lily exclaimed before running up to her bedroom and changing into a pair of track pants and a tank top and headed back downstairs. "There's leftover pasta in the fridge, heat it up when you get hungry, I'm going for a jog." She left the house not looking back and started her jog to the park.

"Fine go for a jog," Dick muttered, he saw no point in trying to argue with her. "We'll be continuing this conversation when you get back." He turned on the T.V. and watched some mindless show. Lily slammed the door and put her ear buds in her ears, her music blasting as she started her jog, she had to get away from Dick before she seriously hurt him.

(Next day in Martial Arts/ Combat101)

"Ok class now I know that yesterday we didn't do anything except make sure that you all had everything," The Joker stated with a maniacal laugh as he looked around at all the students. "Today however you will be going up against one of us in a one on one to show us what you know." Ace and Lily rolled their eyes, hoping that they wouldn't have to jump in and save people to often. "However, since neither Slade nor myself have powers, none of you are allowed to use them either. This class is to teach you not to rely on your powers, and as a demonstration I would like Ace and Lily to come down." Ace and Lily went down to the floor and stood there. "Ok, Ace you will be against me, Lily you against Slade. We will do this one at a time so that the others can get a good view and a good idea what we mean. Ace put your gloves on." Ace followed her father's orders and pulled her gloves on before throwing a smoke pellet down and changing into looser clothes, she now had on a tank top and loose fitting sweat pants. Lily watched as the Joker attacked Ace, and the sparring that had then ensued, but her mind was elsewhere, she and Dick were still not speaking after their argument the night before, and she hated it, she and her brother used to be so close. 'It's times like these that I really miss Bane, he'd always listen whenever I needed to talk to someone but couldn't talk to Ace or my Parents.' Lily thought as she double checked to make sure her high ponytail was secure. "Well Ace come on," The Joker taunted as he and Ace circled, "I know you're better than this, fight me like you mean it." Ace nodded and threw a punch at her father, he blocked it and swept her legs out from under her, she caught herself on her hands and flipped herself back up, a crack was heard as she flipped but she kept going. "That's right, you're all going to have to push through pain, chance is good Ace has sprained her wrist but she keeps going." Ace jumped back and quickly surveyed her father's stance and saw a weak spot and exploited it knocking her father to the floor and jumping on top of him before punching him in the face one time. "Very good Ace, now students as you can see she's exploited a weakness. Now Lily if you and Slade could?"

"I'm ready when you are," Lily stated as she took her defensive stance that was her standard.

"Always ready," Slade replied as he took his stance and then struck out with a strong punch. Lily blocked the punch and countered by taking his arm and using his momentum to throw him across the mat. Slade got up and he charged at Lily only to change his course mere moments before he hit her and knocked her legs out from under her. Lily flipped back onto her feet doing a low sweep kick to knock him down. Slade jumped back up he swings his right arm and as that was being blocked he punches with his left. Lily let out a grunt at the punch from Slade, but fought through the pain before sending a punch and spinning around to elbow Slade in the gut. "Ok great job Lily, I do believe the class gets the idea, you girls go sit back down." The two girls headed back to their seats, Ace was looking at her wrist, it was swelling and looked off center.

"We should really get your wrist looked at after class," Lily whispered as she gently examined it.

"I'll have Eric fix it after school," Ace replied as she took a look at her wrist and grabbed her hand before pulling it gently to get it back into place. "He's pretty good with this kind of stuff after all." Lily winced at the popping noise, muttering a quiet ouch and cringing in sympathy for her friend. She always did this to herself.

"Ok class, as you saw this class will be hand to hand combat and martial arts," The Joker stated as he looked at Ace. "I will not issue hall passes for the nurses office unless I see bone or blood in large amounts coming from your bodies. This is how I am ask Ace if you don't believe it." The class was silent and most were slightly scared. "I will grade you on your skill level and how complex your attack strategies are, for example do you exploit your opponents weaknesses and openings they give or do you ignore them." The class nodded and stayed silent. "Slade will be grading you on how well you follow directions and how quickly and easily you move from one level to the next." Ace continued to fiddle with her wrist, not paying any attention to her father. She scanned the group for Warren and found him, she smiled she would eventually make a move but she wanted to get to know him first. "Now Rosa Machin... will Rosa Machin come on down?" Rosa walked down and attacked Slade after a few blows Rosa was on the ground with Slade on top of her ready to land a would be killing blow. "Intermediate. You are quite forceful which is good but you don't always use your openings." Rosa nodded after Slade let her up. "Ok you Alex Masterson, get down here." Alex jumped down and began an assault on the Joker, he threw a few punches, using the openings given to him but still ended up on the ground, however he jumped up before the Joker could attack while he was down. The bell wrang just as Alex landed a punch to the Joker's face. "Well that's it for today class."

"Hey Ace, what you got going on tonight?" Lily asked as she and Ace walked toward the locker room to change.

"Not a thing Lily-bells," Ace replied as she followed Lily. "You can come over if you want, we can go out to dinner and the mall if you like?" Both girls got changed, Lily the old fashioned way and Ace with the dropping of a smoke pellet. Ace had changed into a tight red shirt with a black button vest over it as well as a pair of blue and purple skinny jeans. She still had on her combat boots.

"I just need a night out, Dick's living up to his namesake again," Lily muttered as she looked at Ace. Ace nodded, she knew how Dick could get, he got like that when tey were dating.

"Not a problem Lily, let's go talk to Eric and see what he has to say," Ace replied as she looked at Lily, Ace had decided that she didn't like what she was wearing so she threw down another smoke pellet and changed her top, she was now wearing a black blouse with a red sash style belt. "It is Friday after all so maybe we can go to a club?" She and Lily walked out of the gym and toward the Mythical History classroom.

"That sounds like a great plan," Lily muttered angrily as they walked. "I just seriously can't be around Dick right now, I'm afraid I'll lose control of my powers and seriously hurt someone."

"I'll ask Eric if you can stay the night, as you saw my room is plenty big enough," Ace replied trying to calm her best friend down, an angry Lily was a bad Lily. "We also have that assignment for his class anyway so we could work on that." She opened the door to the classroom and saw Eric sitting on his desk looking over papers and notebooks. "Hello Eric."

"Hey Ace, hey Lily what can I help you girls with?" Eric asked as he looked up from his class plans for the next week.

"Well Eric, I'm here because you're my ride seeing as I live with you," Ace replied as she hopped on her own desk and sat on top of is. "And Lily needs to get away from her brother so she asked if she could come over for at least tonight." Lily was still standing in the doorway of the class, Ace motioned her to come in and she did.

"Ok we'll be leaving soon, I just have to pick up a little bit and then we can go home," Eric stated as he packed up his plans and papers in his bag. "And Lily, you should probably try to talk it out with your brother, I have no problem with you two hanging out today but you can't stay the night." Lily nodded as the three of them headed to Eric's car. "Lily, I know that your brother has issues with Ace, she told me." Eric started the car and off they drove toward the bridge. "Ace, where do you want to go for supper tonight? Lily will you be joining us?"

"Only if you don't mind," Lily replied as she looked around the inside of the car.

"Not at all Lily," Eric began as he pulled onto the bridge. "Oh what day is it? I hate the whole being dead thing time doesn't matter."

"Well Eric, for us mere mortals it is Friday," Ace replied in false sarcasm as she looked at Eric. "For you however I'm guessing it would be the Frabjusday."

"Thank you for the sarcasm Ace," Eric replied with a chuckle as he continued driving. "I'm changing my mind Lily, you can stay over if you like and would you girls like to go out and do something fun tonight."

"Thank you Mr. Draven," Lily stated as they approached the road that would lead them to the neighborhood that Eric and Ace lived in.

"It's not a problem Lily, you're always welcome here," Eric replied as they arrived at the apartment complex. "And I heard that there's a club for all ages in town and we can go if you're both interested we can go after supper."

"Ace are you sure that you have clothes that would fit me," Lily asked as the two girls went up to drop their bags and get ready for their night out on the town with Eric. "I mean I am a tad bit taller then you are." Ace rolled her eyes and looked through her vast collection of clothes.

"Lily how long have we been swapping clothes?" Ace asked as she started tossing a few things for Lily to choose from.

"You make a good point," Lily replied as she began looking through the options that Ace had tossed her, a few shirts and a few pairs of pants.

"Well Lily-bells start looking," Ace stated as she began looking through her closet for her own perfect club outfit.

"What do you think of this Ace?" Lily asked as she looked through the articles of clothing, she picked up a dark blue halter top that had a slight shimmer and a beaded under bust detail, she also grabbed a dark wash denim mini-skirt with a small flower detail embroidery along with a pair of black lacy patterned leggings.

"I like it Lily," Ace began as she looked at the outfit Lily had picked. "Just spice it up with some sexy shoes and some rocking jewelry." She pulled out a short red dress with a chain for a neckline and a cutout in the shape of a heart in the bust area, just a hint of cleavage would be showing, there were ruffles under the skirt that would make it stick out from Ace's body. She walked over to her dresser and grabbed a pair of fishnet tights with an opaque top area. "What do you think Lily-bells?"

"I like it Ace," Lily replied as she looked over Ace's outfit, she then walked over to Ace's dresser and looked at the makeup choices that she had, she loved the amount of makeup that Ace had.

"If you'd like, I can do your makeup?" Ace stated as she put her own outfit on the bed next to Lily's. "I also have lots and lots of shoes to choose from. If you still wear the same size as me."

"Ace I've warn the same shoe size for the last year, so I should be able to fit into your shoes," Lily replied as she sat in front of the mirror so that Ace could work her magic. "And yes you can do my makeup Ace."

"Good to hear and thanks for letting me do your makeup," Ace stated as she joined Lily by the dresser, she looked over the options and remembered that she had to go replenish some of her stuff. "And how do you want your makeup done?" Ace was excited to hear how Lily wanted her to do it.

"I want simple, but I want to highlight my features," Lily replied as she spun so that Ace could do her makeup easily. "Just please don't poke me in the eye."

"I think that I'll do a trial run first," Ace stated as she searched her foundations for one that would closely match Lily's face. "Only so that you can see if you like it." Ace settled on a powder foundation that was the closest color she had to Lily's exact skin tone, she let the foundation set as she picked out eye shadow to use on Lily. She settled on a lavender and a grey so that she could do a smoky eye on Lily, she set to work on it and then went to find the best pale pink lip color to use on Lily's lips. "Almost done Lily-bells." Lily nodded gently before holding still so that Ace could do the finishing touches with a little bit of almost unnoticeable blush. "All done Lily-bells, how do you like it?"

"Is that… me?" Lily asked as she turned and looked in the mirror, she was stunned at the picture that she saw. Ace didn't see why Lily was surprised by what she saw.

"Yes you silly Lily… I only enhanced the natural beauty that you already had," Ace asked as she looked at Lily's hair before grabbing a comb and a curling iron. "Want me to do your hair too?"

"Sure," Lily replied quietly as she sat facing the mirror and released her hair from the ponytail that it had been in for class.

"How do you want it done Lily-bells?" Ace asked as she set about looking for her hairspray and gel, she also went about looking for her hair ties and clips.

"Surprise me!" Lily exclaimed as she smiled, she was challenging her besties creativity, she then closed her eyes and relaxed letting her best friend have her fun with her hair.

"Oh you may regret that one Lily," Ace replied as she smiled at Lily. Ace ran the comb through Lily's hair to get any knots out before she sprayed a little bit of shine enhancer and worked it all through her hair. She then grabbed one section just off the left side of Lily's temple and began braiding it, working beads into it as she went. She tied off the left side and began doing the same process on the right side, after tying that part off, she connected the two in the back of Lily's head. She grabbed her curling iron and had the can of spray handy; she put a few curls in and sprayed them to hold the curl. "There you go Lily, not the most creative I could do but I don't want you cleaning product out of your hair for hours."

"You really know my tastes Ace," Lily whispered as she looked at her hair, she loved it. "Do you want me to do your hair and makeup?" She examined the beads and saw them to be various shades of greens.

"Yes please but let me get dressed first, my dress will ruin anything that you were to do so give me a few moments and I'll sit down for you," Ace replied as she walked over to the bed and grabbed her dress but put it down in favor of getting better undergarments. She quickly changed into a halter strap bra that was extra padded and then unzipped her dress and pulled it over her head carefully. "Ack… a little help Lily."

"There you go Ace," Lily replied as she walked up and helped Ace fix her dress and then zipped it up.

"Thank you Lily-bells," Ace replied as she pulled at the lace so that the skirt laid properly and then she sat down at the mirror. "You know I do my makeup very eccentrically bold colors reds and blues together, I do the whole nine yards on my face. I go bold and don't care what people think." She closed her eyes and her mouth and waited for Lily to begin.

"I know that Ace, the entire world knows that, now relax and let me work my magic," Lily stated before grabbing the powder foundation and setting to work. "Okay your makeups done, now I just need to do your hair." She grabbed the curling iron and some bobby pins and setting out with curling and pinning Ace's hair so that it was done pinned up in a cascade of curls that highlighted her looks. "Well, what do you think?" She asked after giving Ace's hair a final spritz of hairspray to set the curls.

"I love it Lily-bells," Ace replied as she looked at herself in the mirror and winked so that she could see the silver grey eye shadow and the cute little flare that the eyeliner made. "You are a master at this, it's the same boldness that I do but not the crazy so it's better for the club." She jumped up and hugged Lily tightly, after they let go they began looking at jewelry.

"Glad you like it," Lily said, selecting a pair of dangling earrings that had little gems on the ends of the little chains and some silver bangles that had ocean blue portions.

"I love your improved sense of style Lily," Ace replied as she picked a set of dangling earrings that had small black gems at the bottom, she picked out a few sets of studs in blue, purple, and red. She put the dangling pair in her bottom holes and the three studs in random orders per ear; after she finished with her earrings she found a black lace choker with a dangling red stone, she had had it for as long as she had known Eric and felt that tonight she should wear it. "Lily grab a necklace." She grabbed a few bracelets that were similar to the necklace and slipped those on too. "There perfect, we both look great. Let's go check on Eric after you get changed." Ace quickly pulled on a pair of black leather boots with studs on them.

"Ok Ace," She said, changing into the outfit and selecting a silver necklace with a sapphire crescent moon, and after slipping into a pair of black flats, followed Ace downstairs.

(Time Skip to Club)

"Ok girls, go have fun, no drinking and before you can object I mean it Ace," Eric stated as he smiled at the girls, he was dressed in black leather pants that were slightly on the tighter side, a black tank top and a blood red button up shirt that wasn't buttoned. He also had on a pair of black boots and a crow necklace. "Now you girls go have fun." Both girls nodded and Ace dragged Lily off to go dance in the dance floor and then both proceeded to get lost in the rhythm of the music.

"So I think that you're in for a surprise tonight," Ace stated as she danced to the beat of the music, looking to see if there was anyone from school in the club with them.

"And what surprise would that be Ace?" Lily demanded slightly scared because Ace's surprises were almost never good.

"My I have a dance with a beautiful girl?" A boy asked after tapping Lily on the shoulder.

"I'm sorry I don't… GARTH!" Lily exclaimed as she turned around and saw who it was that had tapped her on the shoulder.

"You don't what Ms. Lily Wayne?" Garth asked as he held out a hand for Lily to take if she wished. "And may I have that dance?"

"I'll leave you two alone," Ace stated with a wink. "Have fun you to and don't do anything I wouldn't do." She went off to go find her own dance partner she thought she had seen Peace a few seconds ago.

"What are you doing here?" Lily asked as she took Garth's hand, he led them into the center of the dance floor. She was curious as to why Garth was on this side of the country.

"Ace called me yesterday, I still don't know how that girl managed to get my number," Garth replied quietly in Lily's ear as they began dancing. "But anyway she called me and told me you were having some problems with Dick, she even explained them to me. Plus I wanted to see you."

"Oh Ace," Lily muttered before continuing on, "she most likely got your number either from Dicks phone while they were still dating, or from mine during one of the times she borrowed it." Garth twirled her around and around.

"Maybe, but I'm glad she did," Garth replied as he pulled Lily into him as a slow song came on. "I'll smack some sense into your brother, and the funny thing is she called a number that no one but my team has it."

"I know Dick is just trying to look out for me…" Lily muttered as she relaxed into Garth's hold. "But I'm not nine anymore and Ace is one of the few friends that I've had since I was four that hasn't changed and is still my friend."

"I know that Lily, but I'll play devil's advocate for one moment and say look at it from Dick's point of view, you're the only little sister he has and he doesn't want anything to happen to you. But now as me, I'm going to say that he can go screw himself because you can take care of yourself," Garth whispered as he pulled Lily close so that she was resting her head on his chest. "And since when do you wear clothes like Ace?"

"Since in a spur of a moment thing, Ace invited me to go clubbing with her and I don't have the same kind of clothes," Lily replied quietly as she looked up at Garth, she loved this boy but didn't know how to tell him.

"I like it Lily, but I also like you're style," Garth replied quietly as he and Lily started dancing to a faster song as it came on. "How's school going by the way?" He felt the same way about Lily that she did about him but he as well didn't know how to approach it, Ace had told him to 'just fucking go for it already,' in her exact words.

"School's going good, my mom is one of the gymnastics teachers, Kandi's cousin more or less stays out of my path, and everything else is good," Lily replied as the two continued dancing.

"I'm glad," Garth whispered in her ear as he twirled her around again. "Now you don't have to answer this one but do you have a boyfriend yet?" There he had taken Ace's advice, he just hoped Lily didn't get mad and smack him.

"No...why do you ask?" Lily replied in question as her face quickly turned as bright as her hair. She was hoping that that wasn't some sort of prank played by some shape shifting super.

"Well a little birdie told me that you liked me," Garth began; he was getting more confident but didn't want to reveal Ace as the person. "And well I was wondering if you wouldn't mind going out with me some time?"

"I would love to!" Lily exclaimed, she would have to thank her best friend, she smiled a really big smile and hugged Garth for all he was worth.

"Great so would you like to do something this weekend?" Garth asked as he hugged Lily back, he would have to thank Ace for smacking sense into him, unfortunately it was a literal smack but he was ok with that now.

"I'd love to Garth," Lily replied as she put her head on his chest. "I'd love to."