Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation

Rating: M

Chapter 7: Here Goes Nothing.

(That Weekend at Bruce's)

"Eric, could you help me up the stairs?" Ace asked weakly, she was paler then death and could barely move she looked so sick that she barely wanted Warren to be around her. She could barely move without help from someone, her powers were literally killing her from the inside and Powers was doing nothing. Her body was trying to expel all the stored energy but couldn't because Ace couldn't create a charge due to the bracelet.

"Yeah hang on, Ace, we'll get that thing off of you in no time," Eric replied gently as he picked Ace up bridal style and took her into the house, Warren Magenta and Garth following closely behind as Dick opened the door calling for Bruce. Warren had wanted to help but Ace had said that she didn't want him to get hurt seeing her like this.

"Bruce I…" She whispered, then stopped talking, she blinked a few times. "I need… help me." She passed out.

Powers put that bracelet on her on Monday and she hasn't been able to expel the energy that her blood produces. She hasn't been able to go to school since Wednesday and Powers refused to do anything about it," Warren stated as he watched her, he rubbed her hair.

"Follow me," Bruce said leading the group to the Cave, noting that his youngest was missing. "Where's Lily?" He asked as he indicated to Eric to set ace down on a gurney he had in the cave for emergencies like this one before getting to work on removing the bracelet.

"Lily's in Arkham because of Powers. She was going to send Ace but she made a deal and Powers went back on it. Lily went to Arkham because Ace stopped some hearts and started them again. Then part of the school blew up causing Powers to die," Warren replied as they all followed Bruce.

"And where were you when she was taken Richard?" Bruce demanded as his eyes became cold, he unlocked the bracelet and turned to Dick. Ace woke up from the jolt that the bracelet created.

"Good try Bruce, you brought me back to consciousness. But the bracelet won't just simply unlock Dick already tried it," Ace whispered she was getting weaker.

"I wasn't aware and was not allowed to leave the school until today," Dick replied as he put his head down, he felt horrible.

"I want everyone to suit up, as soon as I get this off of Ace we're going to get Lily, and Dick call her mother and father," Bruce stated as he continued to work on the bracelet.

"You aren't going anywhere Bruce," Ace whispered as she convulsed again with another shock from the bracelet. "Damn is this what it feels like when I shock you guys?"

"Ivy and Slade, yes dad she knows about that now, or Ace's parents?" Dick asked as he looked at Ace, he was sorry he had given her so much grief the past few weeks.

"Both, tell them to meet us at Gotham Park and did Lily ask if she now knows?" Bruce asked as he set to work about making head way on the bracelet that was slowly killing Ace.

"Consider it done dad," Dick replied as he went off to go make the calls needed.

"No Bruce, Dick blurted it out in a fit of rage," Ace replied as she watched Bruce work. "And like I said, you're not going with us so get this thing off me and direct me to a safe environment, I need to vent energy."

"Of course Lily would find out through Dick, and Ace, never say never," Bruce stated as he got the bracelet open and quickly got it off her, there was a scorch mark around her wrist where the bracelet had been.

"Thank you Bruce. However you aren't going so long as I'm here," Ace replied harshly, Bruce just wasn't getting it. She swung her legs off the gurney and got up. "Not your fight this time Bats." She walked to Warren shakily, she hugged him and found him to be cold, she needed to get rid of the excess energy.

"And how exactly are you going to get inside?" Bruce demanded, he just wanted to get his daughter. He walked over to the case that held his suit and began putting it on.

"Bruce who is my father?" Ace asked in reply as she looked around, she felt much better but was still weak and shaky. "I've broken into Arkham before Bats."

"You have a good point there," Bruce stated as Dick, Garth, and Eric all came back in their costumes, they were the only ones with costumes after all. "Be careful all of you."

"Hey Bruce, before we go is there a room I can go to where I can get rid of this extra energy?" Ace asked as she looked at him, he had a small soft spot for her because she made Lily happy.

"Yes follow me," Bruce replied as he led her to a room that was off to the side.

"Thanks Bruce, and if you're wondering I've known you were Batman since before Dick and I started dating. Care to stick around, you can harness the energy and power your house if you want," Ace stated as she charged up her hands, offering him the energy was the least she could do, even just charging her hands she felt better because the energy was leaving her body. Bruce began setting a couple of storage units that would hold the power Ace released.

"Just put your hands on the panels and release the charge," Bruce stated as he finished setting up the units.

"I'll do my best Bruce, but it usually doesn't work like that," Ace replied casually as she put one hand each on the panels and began releasing a trickle of energy. "Bruce how much can these hold? And how fast can they accept it?"

"Well Ace they can hold quite a bit and as long as you don't send in too much too fast they can accept the energy pretty quickly, you can thank Lily for the design," Bruce replied as he looked at Ace.

"I'm sorry if I wreck them, I have a week's worth of energy coursing through my body," She stated as she released more energy into the containers at a faster rate. They started to crack. "Sorry, I produce a lot of energy over the course of a week."

"It's okay, just move on to these two and I'll set up a couple more," Bruce replied as he set up two more for Ace to begin with and set about setting up a few more.

"Thank you Bruce. I'll get Lily back to you and then I have a story to tell everyone," Ace muttered as she released more energy into the next two containers. And went on to fill one more after filling those two. "That should do you for a few weeks."

"Good to know, now," Bruce stated as he looked into Ace's eyes. "Go and save my daughter."

"No problem Bruce, I'm off to Gotham Park, see you all later," Ace replied as she threw down a smoke pellet and disappeared after dropping a card with writing on it. 'Hey Bat's now you can come along, I just said so long as I was here.' Was what was written on the card. Bruce picked the card up and read it with a smirk as he suited up, and headed out to Gotham Park, Dick and the others following.

"Mr. Batman, where's Ace?" Warren asked from the backseat of the Batmobile.

"She's at the park, which is where you are going, while I go to Arkham and see if I can't make things easier for us to get Lily," Bruce replied calmly as he stopped in front of the park. "Everyone out."

"Good luck Bat's, now here's the plan…" Ace stated as Bruce opened the doors and everyone scrambled out. She told them all the plan and off they went.

(After getting Lily out of Arkham.)

"Lily it will be ok, I'm sure that after I explain things Bruce will help, I'm sure of it," Ace whispered as she helped Lily to get into the house. She had just gotten Lily to trust her to get her out of the car and into the house. Lily didn't say anything she just mechanically walked up to her room and sat in a dark corner, her body still trembling and weak, she had been kept in an entirely metal room completely cut off from the outside world.

"I'll keep her home for a few days, let her get back into nature," Bruce replied as he watched his daughter run up the stairs stumbling. "Now Ace you said you had a story to tell us?"

"I'm the one who blew up the school, and I'll stay with Lily for a bit if you like Bruce," Ace stated, she would go into detail later.

"I don't know, Ace, I think she's in too much shock, and as for you blowing up the school...I think it was perfectly justified," Bruce replied as he looked at Ace.

" I uh… I also killed Powers, and I didn't use a bomb for either so that should say something," Ace muttered, a bit afraid of what they would all say. She sat with Warren, who had wrapped an arm around her and was holding her tightly, he was shocked by the fast rate that she had gotten better.

"She's upstairs Alfred. And Bruce, without Lily being the one who was in Arkham, would you think I was justified in my blowing up my school and my principal?" Ace asked as she looked deep into his eyes. She was being serious with her questions. "And I mean that if Lily had nothing to do with any of it Bruce."

"The moment that bracelet was placed on you, your life was in danger, you were using self-defense when you set of that explosion and killed Powers," Bruce replied in a serious tone, he knew where she was coming from, she was raised by villians and going to a hero school.

"You are the only hero that will think that Bruce, I can't show my face back at that school, and neither can Lily, or any of these kids here or my parents, Eric, or Ivy and Slade. My life being in danger just ruined many more lives than just mine," Ace muttered as she looked up at Bruce, she was about ready to cry because she hated ruining Lily's life.

"Fuck that school Ace, Mr. Wayne is right, Powers tried taking your life and all you did was defend yourself," Warren stated as he wrapped his arms around Ace tightly.

"And as for the school...before everyone got here I received a very interesting phone call..." Bruce replied as he looked around the room.

"What was the call Bruce?" Ace asked as she got a slightly happier look to her and she hugged Warren tightly.

"To become your new principal...seeing as my predecessor had an unfortunate fatal accident...and I accepted," Bruce replied with a smile to everyone.

"Congratulations Bruce, does that mean that if someone hits me I'm allowed to hit back now? Because I do enjoy helping Lily out at school," Ace replied as she started getting excited, she could finally get her revenge.

"As long as you don't get carried away and cause someone to be admitted to a hospital...and only if you get hit first," Bruce replied, he took it so that all the students would get the same treatment.

"YES! I'll go tell Lily," Ace stated as she practically flew up to Lily's room.

"Please eat something, Lily-bell," Alfred urged the girl who he considered as his own grandchild to eat. Lily continued to stare blankly into space, not saying anything.

"Let me ask Bruce if I have permission to try something and I'll see if I can have her eating by tonight," Ace stated as she sent a text to Bruce through Warren that read can I try something on Lily to get her better? "I'm just waiting for a reply." Alfred nodded and Ace waited. "I got a reply and Bruce agreed. So Alfred you're going to want to stand back." She gently charged her hands and put them on Lily's temples, she wasn't trying to bring her out of her funk entirely, just bring enough of the old Lily out to begin healing. "Lily, Alfred's here with your favorite foods." 'Please work, please.' Ace thought as she stopped the current.

"Y-you're lying... I'm still there...this is all in my head..." Lily whispered her control slipping as her plants began to react transforming her room. "YOU'RE LYING!" Lily screamed as the plants threw Ace and Alfred from her room.

"Lily, look around you, you just threw me out of your room with PLANTS!" Ace screamed as she looked at Lily, she was glad that Lily was speaking, now she just had to get her to pay attention. "I have the bruise forming to prove it."

"NO! LEAVE ME ALONE!" She yelled, unaware of her surroundings, convinced that she was still in the asylum.

"LILY LISTEN TO ME, YOU JUST THREW ME OUT OF YOUR ROOM WITH PLANTS, FEEL THE SPACE AROUND YOU!" Ace screamed as she walked back into the room fully prepared to shock Lily again, it could sometimes take a few times to get the people back to normal. Lily's mind was beyond reach at the moment, and she sent Ace away from her room and blocked the doorway with thick and thorny vines, keeping everyone out. Ace walked down stairs and looked at Bruce. "I did my best Bruce, she's talking now, but she blocked me out of her room with thorny vines that I can't shock."

"The important thing is that you tried," Bruce replied calmly, Ace started holding her side and Bruce put a hand on her shoulder.

"Just use some of that energy to stimulate her brain, it works on my mother when she starts to go crazy. Just use some sort of conductor and keep the current as low as possible. I have to get out of here or I'll be going up there and blasting my way through because she broke a rib when she threw me out," Ace stated before she walked away, she was going to go home and bandage her side as well as snuggle up to Warren. Bruce nodded before Ace, Eric, Magenta, and Warren left.

(Back in Maxville)

"Warren would you like to stay the night, I'll make an exception under the circumstances?" Eric asked as they got out of the car, they were at the apartment because they had already dropped Magenta off. Warren and Eric were both worried about Ace, most had never seen the weak side of her and they both had done their best to make sure that nobody did.

"Sure Mr. Draven, I'd love to and I'm sure that Ace will be glad," Warren replied as he opened Ace's door and got her out. Eric nodded and led the two teens inside and up to the apartment.

"Thank you Eric," Ace whispered as Warren led her to the couch. "I'm kind of down right now and in a bit of pain." She was wincing whenever someone brushed her left side.

"You're welcome Ace, now why don't we get those ribs of yours wrapped before you do anything else to them," Eric said before he went into the kitchen to get the first aid kit.

"Hey Eric, could you bring me some water too?" Ace asked as she looked around, she was feeling better but she had to continue to work to fix herself, the energy was still affecting my body internally, she had to get her organs back from the energy overload and the way she did that was cold showers and drinking ice cold water. "I need to get my organs cool from the energy overload." Eric came back into the room holding a first aid kit and a glass of ice water. "Thank you." Eric nodded and handed her the water.

"Ok Ace, I'm going to have you remove your shirt so that I can wrap your side," Eric stated as he turned away slightly, Warren was holding Ace's hand but let go so that she could remove her shirt. "Very good, now raise your arms and don't scream." Ace nodded, raised her arms and bit her lip, Eric began wrapping Ace where he saw a distortion in her ribcage, he wrapped it loosely enough that it wouldn't hurt her further, but tight enough to be beneficial. "There you go Ace, put your shirt on and go lay down. Warren could you help her upstairs?" Warren nodded and helped Ace get up, he grabbed the water from her hand and helped her upstairs.

"Warren, could you help me to the shower, sorry Eric but I have to take a cold shower to help cool me off internally," Ace stated as she and Warren headed up the stairs toward Ace's room. Eric nodded as he walked back into the kitchen. "Great, I'm just going to need you to help me into and out of the tub Warren, I just need to unwrap my side and take a cold shower." Warren nodded and helped Ace sit on her bed.

"Okay, let's get you in the shower," Warren said after he had slowly unwrapped her side so that he would be able to wrap it again after. He swung an arm around her waist and helped her up, he was being gentle on her so that she didn't further hurt her side.

"Thanks Warren, I'm so glad that you're here," Ace replied as she pointed to the dresser so that she could get her night clothes, they walked to it and Ace got her pajamas so that she had them and then they went to the bathroom. "Will you stay with me Warren?"

"Yeah I'll stay Ace, someone needs to make sure that you don't end up hurting yourself further," He replied as he turned away and covered his eyes to give Ace some sense of privacy.

"Thank you Warren," Ace replied as she got undressed and quickly got into the shower, she had it on a comfortably cold temperature. "So how exactly do you keep your temperature down, you use fire." She was just lying in the tub letting the cold water run over her body, loving the feeling.

"Well I wear a specially designed bracelet during the day at school, and when I get home I drink a lot of fluids and I mean a LOT of fluids, and I keep the house at a lower temperature," Warren replied, he sat on the toilet with the seat down.

"Lucky, what type of bracelet?" Ace asked as she shifted so that the water was hitting her back. "And how does the fluid help, is your blood not the center of your power?" She turned the water temperature down further, the water cold enough to hurt others.

"The bracelet is sort of like a portable A/C that helps pull my temp down," Warren replied, he wondered why she was asking so many questions. "The fluids keep me from getting dehydrated, which is a good thing, and no my blood isn't the source of my power."

"That's really interesting, I mean I thought that everyone who had elemental powers had the same center, I thought it was blood," Ace stated as she grabbed her shampoo, which smelt like coconut and strawberries, she lathered her hair and rinsed it out before grabbing her conditioner which smelt the same. "Almost done." She grabbed her body wash which smelt like vanilla and honey, she washed up quickly and rinsed off completely, after that she lowered the temperature again and then turned it off. "Could you turn around?" She grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself before she got out. Warren had done as Ace asked. "Ok, I just have to get dressed then we go back to my room and lay down." She quickly dried off and got dressed, her night clothes a tight red tank top that had spaghetti straps and a pair of black shorts that were really short and had the word naughty on the back in red, they came to just under her butt. "Ok I'm dressed, now let's get going so that you can rewrap my side and we can hit the sheets."

"Okay, let's get you all set up," Warren replied with a blush that made him look beet red, he helped her back to her room. He sat her back on the bed and gently rewrapped her side just as Eric had before. "There we go all set." He took his shirt and pants off revealing really low slung black boxers that made Ace practically drool.

"You're killing me Warren," Ace moaned as she looked at Warren, she was still practically drooling, all she wanted to do at this exact moment was run her hands down his chest, nothing more. "So amazing…" She crooked her finger at him, begging him to come closer. She wanted nothing more than for him to hold her close, her pressed up against him so tightly that she was feeling stuff she shouldn't.

"How's this?" Warren asked with a seductive smirk as he crawled up the bed slowly, he caged her in with his arms, hovering over her so closely that she could feel the heat rolling over her body from his. She was groaning, and dying of being that close to him.

"Don't tease if you won't please Warren," Ace moaned into his ear before she bit down on it gently. "And remember don't let me touch you in one place for too long." She looked at him with a low moan, her body reacting to the heat and heating up herself. "I just want to…" She ran her hand down his chest with another moan. Warren attacked her with a kiss, he thrust his tongue into her mouth causing both to moan out quietly.

"Warren.." Ace moaned out before she attacked his lips in a kiss just as passion filled as his was. "Ugh…" She threw herself back from Warren, trying to get as far away as she could from him while on the bed, she was also trying to expel the energy that was building up in her system as quickly and safely as she could. "Let's go to bed Warren."

Warren groaned softly before he nodded and drew her into him, "Good night Ace." He kissed her forehead before the two fell asleep.