Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation

by Kaija115

Cross between Sky High and DC Comics. The Jokers daughter has come to cause hell in Maxville with her best friend. Watch as people grow and change and learn more about themselves. Hardships and drama abound, don't judge a book by its cover is the lesson to learn and Ace is willing to teach it. She falls in love and makes mistakes and so does Lily. Read and review to get more. :)

19. Epilogue

Harley and Ivy: The Next Generation

Rating: M

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A/N: Well it's finally out... and this is the end of this part. However there is light at the end of the tunnel, keep a look out for more by me in this area (A sequel and a prequel are on the way.)

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Epilogue: Senior Year Hijinks

"So glad to finally be a senior," Ace stated as they walked into the school on the first day of their Senior year. Their children were being watched by Warren's father, they weren't going to bring their children to school this year, in case Ace got into any more fights. "I just hope that we make it through this year without any trips to Arkham." Warren had his arm around her waist; Garth had graduated the year before so Lily was on her own for her couple.

"Same here Ace," Warren replied as he hugged Ace to him. Both were very happy, Ace proudly showing off the fact that she was married to Warren, he was also proudly showing off that same fact. "We should be able to make it through the year without any trips to Arkham because of Principal Wayne." They were all walking toward their lockers; they knew that their books would already be there along with their schedules.

"Hey guys, you excited for your Senior year?" Lily asked as she walked over to them, her locker was on the other side of the hallway.

"Fuck yes I am!" Ace exclaimed as she pumped her free fist into the air with an excited look in her eyes. "By the way thanks for that crème Lily, no scars at all, on my face at least. What classes do you have this year?" She was extremely happy by that fact; she would hate to have scars on her face. Lily gave Ace her schedule to prevent it from being ripped out of her hands. "Let's see, we have Mythical History 2, we have combat/martial arts 102, I have dodging you have gymnastics then you have dodging and I have gymnastics, we have psychology of villains and then gym." She looked over both schedules again to make sure she got it all correct. "We have practically everything together this year. Warren give me your schedule." Warren handed over his schedule and Ace proceeded to look it over. "Sweetness. We all have all of our classes together, except you don't have gymnastics with me at all, that's your free period." Ace threw her arms around her husband and her best friend. "Let's get going on to class!"

(At lunch)

"Why'd they let you freaks back in?" Will demanded as he looked at the entire table, the people sitting at said table were Lily, Ace, Warren, Magenta, Kenna, and Rosa. They were all eating lunch, provided by Warren and Ace, who now both worked at the Paper Lantern. "How could they let people like you back in here?"

"That would be because we have as much a right to come here as you do, superboy," Lily replied harshly as she looked up at Will.

"I get why they let Magenta, Kenna, and Rosa back, but I really don't get why then let you three back in, you, Peace, and little Jester JR. here," Will stated as he smirked, or tried to, he was trying to act tough but was failing horribly.

"I don't really want to fight on my first day of school," Ace muttered as she cracked her knuckles. "But I do." She had changed to Jacks; she was smirking and looking at Will.

"You really did it now," Lily stated with a smirk, she knew that face.

"Must resist the urge to kill," Ace muttered as she cracked her neck, she was serious. "Must resist the urge to kill." She looked up and held up ten fingers. "One, two, she's coming for you." She put down two fingers; her voice was sticky sweet as she spoke her last line in a sing song voice.

"You know, we still haven't gotten you back for making us go into labor early," Lily stated, she looked at Will, who was looking at Ace; he was ready to pee himself.

"Three, four, better run for the door," Ace sang in her same sticky sweet voice, she was boarding the crazy train. Will tried to run but couldn't his body refused to move.

"Darling, you're not Freddy, you're quite possibly scarier," Warren stated with a chuckle, he knew her ploy most people were afraid of Freddy Kruger.

"Five, six, grab your crucifix," Ace sang, same sticky sweet voice, she handed the conductor her ticket. She was on a one way trip for the moment.

"Seven, eight Stand up straight," Lily sang as Ace put down two more fingers, she was smirking like her father.

"Why can't I run?" Will demanded, he had fear in his eyes, the fear was almost palpable, Ace was reveling in it, the entire lunch room was now watching.

"Nine, ten… Never live again," Ace sang as she jumped up on the table, a smirk on her face and she was charging up. "Everyone who can run… GET THE FUCK OUT!" Lily made sure that everyone was out before her skin took on a green tint.

"What the fuck is wrong with you two?" Will demanded, he was scared and both girls were looking at him like he was a dead man.

"Magenta, Kenna, and Rosa, this means you too," Ace stated calmly as she continued charging, she didn't want to hurt those girls.

"Save some for me," Warren stated as he made sure the other girls were safe, he was going to hide behind a pillar to avoid most of the havoc, but he wanted a piece of Stronghold for himself.

"Sorry Warren, no promises," Ace replied with a wink, she had plans for later. "But I'll give you a treat if there's nothing left." Lily held him in place with her vines and Ace charged up just a bit more. "Ready Lily?"

"You know I am Ace," Lily replied sweetly as she nodded.

"Let's do this, sorry Warren, but there won't be anything left," Ace replied as she threw her charge, Lily tossed nightshade into the mix, a lethal dose at that. "You're done Stronghold." Ace took a deep breath, a side effect of her charging up like that lately, and started coughing. "Damn Lily what did you use?" She asked between coughs.

"Belladonna," Lily replied as she quickly cleared the spores from the air.

"That's the one plant I didn't become immune to hanging around your mother as often as I did," Ace replied as she continued coughing. "Warren get over here and pump me full of some heat."

"Sorry," Lily replied sheepishly, how was she supposed to know that Ace wasn't immune to that one plant. Warren was pumping heat into Ace; she needed to clear out her lungs.

"It's cool Lily, and you can stop now Warren, I just needed to clear out my lungs," Ace stated as Warren stopped. "Now just to let off another charge to clear myself out and make everything better within." She let off another charge, this one weaker, and disbursed it. "Now who wants to finish eating?" Lily and Warren raised their hands with smiles on their faces. "And we now have the room all to ourselves." She hopped off the table and looked at where William Theodore Stronghold once stood and let out a loud laugh. "Oh… and we should probably tell them that there has been an accident."

"I'll call my dad," Lily replied simply, she knew that all she had to do was pull the freak card and they would be off the hook.

"Perks," Ace muttered, she knew that she wouldn't be in trouble either.

(Time Skip: Psychology of Villains class)

"What in the world made you pick this class?" Warren asked as they all walked to the classroom.

"Reasons," Ace replied simply, her arms around Warren.

"She wants to explore the psyche of what could've made her father go well...psychotic," Lily stated as she smiled at Ace.

"Well there's that... but you know I have my own little resident psycho inside my own head that I'd simply love to either get rid of or understand better," Ace stated as they walked into the classroom and took seats in the front row. Ace couldn't wait to see the look on one of the teachers faces.

"Good point," Lily muttered, she was missing Garth.

"Who's teaching this class anyway?" Warren asked, the answer was going to throw him for a loop. He was holding Ace's hand, she was always more mentally stable when she was being held by him.

"Bane and the Commander," Lily replied happily, she knew what was coming.

"This should be interesting," Warren stated as he squeezed Ace's hand.

"Oh yes," Lily replied.

"Detention room Peace," The Commander dictated as soon as he walked in.

"Which one?" Warren and Ace both asked, nobody at school knew yet except for their parents. "Which one of us do you mean Commander?"

"Both of you two," The Commander retorted as he looked at both students.

"They haven't done anything," Lily stated as she looked at the Commander, she was getting ticked off.

"MY SON IS DEAD!" The Commander hollered as he looked at the three students in the front row.

"And that automatically means that Ace and Warren did it?" Lily demanded as she glared at Mr. Stronghold. "It could have been anyone; your son wasn't exactly popular here."

"I can't go to that room," Ace muttered as she looked at Stronghold with a glare.

"I don't care," The Commander replied as he snapped a white bracelet on each of them, Ace, Warren, and Lily, he just effectively sealed their powers.

"What is the meaning of this Stronghold?" Bane demanded as he walked into the classroom, he was taking in the site before him.

"My son is dead and they did it!" Stronghold roared as he glared daggers at the three youths in front of him.

"Oh FUCK this shit!" Ace screamed as she reached into her bag and pulled out her pocket knife. "Do I really have to do this again?" She was upset. Lily twisted in the Commanders hold, dislocating her shoulder and breaking her wrist in the process, and kicked him in the back of the neck. 'Thank you daddy for having me take all those classes.' Lily thought as she landed.

"DETENTION FOR YOU!" The Commander bellowed as he righted himself from the kick, it had hurt but not as much as it would have if he wasn't super strong.

"I don't think so," Lily said as she reached down to her shoe and grabbed the kunai that she had there, she threw it at the Commander. "The moment you secured that bracelet, you threatened my friends' life. YOU. WILL. DIE." Her tone was cold; she was channeling her parents into her cold tone.

"I got it Lily-bells," Ace replied as she flipped the knife open and slashed her right wrist. "Prepare Commander, for your biggest adventure yet." She flung her arm at the Commander, the blood flying toward him, her blood was rather thin. The Commander dodged the attack and Bane covered the three from the blast, he couldn't die. Lily got up and charged the Commander. "Damn you Commander." She started shaking.

"What's wrong?" Warren asked, he was worried, he had only seen her do that once.

"Warren, get out of here and get your father-in-law," Bane demanded as he turned to look at Warren, he nodded and ran off.

"You thought Battle was bad?" Ace demanded demonically, she was the Princess.

"He has nothing on us," Lily growled, her bracelet crumbling off her wrist and the entire school turning into a literal forest, her eyes began to glow white. Warren ran back in with the Joker in toe.

"No use this time old man," Ace growled demonically as she slashed her left arm in a few places. "No hope for you Stronghold." Her eyes darkened demonically. Lily gathered up enough Belladonna pollen to circulate the entire school.

"Just admit you did it," The Commander demanded, Ace was shaking violently, her father was hiding.

"Why don't you find out for yourself?" Lily said as she sent the pollen to him, all of it at once and all of it hitting him dead on. Ace flung her left arm at him; she was only a foot or so away from him now so she didn't miss. Bane blocked the other students, even though there were only maybe seven people total in the class.

"Bane, I can control where it goes, we just need to get out of here," Ace muttered as she fell over, blood streaming down her arms and onto her shirt. Warren picked her up and the group left the classroom, leaving the Commander to his fate, the rest of the class would be fine. Lily collapsed a few feet outside the door; Bane scooped her up in his arms and followed Warren. "We need to go see Bruce; I'm not going through this shit again." She hadn't passed out but she wasn't fully conscious either.

"That's where we're going," Warren replied as he looked down at her, he wasn't being affected as badly as Ace was. He was worried about her deeply.

"Good, I can't handle another week of this," Ace began quietly, she was losing blood, and since she wasn't completely conscious it wasn't blowing things up, partially because it wasn't hitting the floor, it was hitting her and Warren.

"What can I help you with kids?" Bruce asked as his door was opened, in walked Bane and Warren, holding Lily and Ace. "What happened, why is Lily unconscious and why is Ace bleeding all over herself?" Warren nodded toward Ace's wrist, where right below a deep gash in her arm was a white band that was killing her from the inside out. "What happened to them?"

"Stronghold banded us in class, he's convinced that Ace, Lily, and I killed his son," Warren replied as he sat in the chair, he held Ace in his lap and was looking at her, she was fading between states of consciousness. "He said that Ace and I had detention, she refused because of her power, and he banded all of us so Ace and Lily got him back." He was rubbing a thumb along her cheek, she was growing colder. "We need to stop her bleeding Mr. Wayne, she's growing cold."

"I'll have Spec's come in and treat her, what happened to young Mr. Stronghold?" Bruce asked as he looked at Ace and Lily, Bane had come to sit down in the other chair, Lily in his arms. "Spec's please come to my office; bring stitching supplies and gauze and bandages." Bruce came around the desk with a key, he removed the bands from Ace and Warren, as he went to remove Lily's he was shocked to find it not there. "What happened to her band?"

"It disintegrated when she powered up," Ace replied quietly, she was happy to have the band off, she could start healing, it would take a while because of when it happened, if she hurt herself when she didn't have access to her abilities she had to heal the wrong way. "Thanks for getting it off me again. Also yes Lily and I did cease the younger Strongholds life, he called us freaks." Bruce knew the way that word affected both girls. "The elder Stronghold is also no longer with us if all went accordingly." Specs came in the room and looked at the two girls.

"Who needs the stitches?" Specs asked, Ace raised her hand as best she could, so not very well at all. "What on earth did you do Ace?" She chuckled softly, she was in pain but didn't want to hurt herself further. "I'll get you all fixed up." Specs set about stitching up the slashes on Ace's arms, there were two on each arm, Ace had wanted to get as much blood onto The Commander. Specs first cleaned her up then stitched her up, then began putting gauze over the stitches.

"Kids I hate to do this but you're all suspended for the next week, you can collect your school work and it's in school, the only classes you can go to are gym and dodging," Bruce stated sadly, he hated to have to suspend them. Lily woke up at hearing that. "I would suspend you out of school but it's your senior year, so I'll bring you to the suspension room." Ace nodded and hung her head, she didn't mind the suspension, she just didn't want to possibly be sent to Arkham. Lily nodded, she was going to accept her punishment.

"Bruce, you do know that Lily and I were simply using self-defense against the older Stronghold man, Warren had nothing to do with either incident though," Ace vocalized, she didn't want Warren getting in trouble for doing nothing. "He didn't do anything in either incident so please don't punish him for something he didn't do."

"We could have gone to Bruce in the first place though Ace, but we didn't," Warren stated, he was going to take what was given to him.

"Warren, you didn't do anything, I won't have you getting into trouble for something you didn't do," Ace replied as she looked up at him. "Don't fight me on this Warren."

"He could have stopped us but he didn't," Lily spoke up, trying to remedy the situation.

"I don't want him going to Arkham ok!" Ace practically screamed, she had one tear rolling down her face. "I know that's where I'm headed and I don't want him going there."

"You kids aren't going to Arkham," Bruce stated.

"We aren't? Why Bruce, I just killed two people," Ace asked quietly, she was relieved but still didn't want Warren to be punished for something he didn't do.

"With one, your powers got out of control leaving one casualty, because you got everyone else out," Bruce stated calmly, he knew these two girls very well. "The other was clearly self-defense as you said and I saw because of the bands on your wrist."

"One word for you Bruce, Princess, she got out and that's what happened to Will," Ace stated quietly as she looked at the floor, she was very angry at her third personality.

"Shade got out to," Lily muttered.

"You girls really make it hard to be a principal when you clearly aren't in control over yourselves," Bruce stated with a chuckle, however soft it was. "No suspension, however you will be doing community service after hours. Now get to class." Lily got up out of Bane's lap and nodded, she was waiting for Ace and Warren.

"Could I take a nap instead?" Ace asked with a chuckled as she got up from Warren's lap and helped him up, she winced and looked down at her arm. "Damn Princess did a number on me this time, how many Specs?"

"Four Ace, they should heal in two or three weeks," Specs replied casually.

"Come on girls, we have to get back to Psychology," Warren stated as he looked at Ace and Lily, Ace looked about ready to fall over. "Ace are you going to be okay?" Ace nodded and they all walked out of the room. "We'll see you after school Mr. Wayne." Bruce nodded as they closed the door. They walked down the halls back to the classroom they had left. They walked into the classroom and sat down at their desks, Bane sat at his desk, they would have to find a new second teacher.

"Alright class, I'll pass out the course syllabus and go over it with you," Bane stated as he grabbed a stack of papers, Ace was sitting at her desk with her head on it. "Ace head up please, if you feel sick you should go to the nurse." Ace raised her head and looked at Bane, she grabbed Warrens hand and squeezed it. "Very good. Now class, this course will delve into the minds of some of the most noted villains in history. For example; The Joker, Slade, Barron Battle, and Harley Quinn." He was handing out the syllabus to each student, it was a rather thick thing, composed of between seven and ten pages. "We will be discussing what made them turn, or more basically, what made them the way they are. Luckily we also have people who will most definitely be able to help us pick through all the information." He pointed at Lily, Warren, and Ace as he said that last bit.

"You do realize that most of us are just taking this course because of the fact that some of the most horrid villains now teach at this school correct?" Virgil asked as he looked over the syllabus for the course.

"I am aware of this fact, however this course is designed to challenge your own thought process not theirs," Bane replied happily, that was the main reason for having two teachers, one a villain and one a hero. "Now we will go over mental causes, physical possibilities, and circumstantial possibilities as well. This course is going to be difficult but it will help you in the long run." He went and started walking up to the board. He began writing names on the board, he also wrote little fact about them, age and one quote spoken by each. "Ok I have written the names of several villains on the board, along with their ages and a quote they speak or have spoken in the past. Now besides Lily, Warren and Ace, could anyone tell me a little bit about the Joker, short of what's on the board and that he's a villain?"

"He wasn't always a villain," Alex stated briefly, he knew his stuff but didn't want to make himself known. Bane nodded.

(After School)

"Okay girls, you're going to be cleaning up the school grounds after school for the next week," Bruce stated as they walked into his office. Lily and Ace nodded, they would both prefer to have community service to being suspended so they were happy. "Ace you're going to have inside the school, Lily you will have the outside. No powers are to be used except under dire circumstances. You only have to be here for an hour after school each day." They nodded again and grabbed their bags and gloves.

"This should be pretty easy," Ace muttered as she looked at hallway. "We go to school with pigs Lily, have fun." She set about cleaning up the hallway, then she went on to the classrooms, Bruce had told the Janitors that all they would have to do were the bathrooms. Both girls were cleaning the school to the best of their abilities, neither could wait to get home to see their children, unfortunately will Lily being unable to use her powers she was trying to find some pretty inventive ways to get the candy wrappers out of the trees.

"Ace was right, these people are pigs," Lily muttered as she continued trying to get candy wrappers out of the trees, somehow students had gotten them stuck in the upper branches, so Lily decided to climb the tree and get them. "I should demand that there be more cameras." She climbed back down and continued on to the next tree.

(An hour later)

"Okay girls great job today, go on home," Bruce stated as he hugged Lily, he knew that there would be plenty of paperwork to do based on the actions that both girls had taken today. "I have paperwork to do but I'll see you tomorrow." The girls nodded, Lily had called Garth and he would be there to pick her up, Warren had waited for her after school, they had taken her bike to school today.

"How was community service girls?" Warren asked Ace was covered in black smudges; she had climbed in a vent to get some trash from inside. "Ace you look like a wreck; did you tear your stitches?" He looked at her wrist and saw a few drops of blood seeping out from under the gauze. She looked at her arm and nodded before swinging her leg over her bike, she handed Warren the helmet and waited for him to get on.

"What happened Lily?" Garth asked as they got on his bike as well, both couples started driving toward the takeoff point, and Ace was legal now, Bruce had taken her to get her license and her bike license over the summer. Lily shrugged as they took off the edge of the school.

(At the Peace household)

"Why are you kids so late?" Battle asked as soon as the kids came into the house. "Aden has been screaming for what I can only guess to be his mommy, I tried changing him, feeding him, and putting him down for a nap." Ace quickly took her bag off her side and put it down before rushing to take Aden from Battle. She started rocking him and humming to him, she walked out of the room and shortly returned feeding Aden. "He wasn't hungry."

"Barron, I'm his mother, it's different for me," Ace muttered as she rubbed his back. "We got detained and will be staying after for an hour per day for the entire week." She was rocking Aden gently as he continued feeding, she would start weaning him soon. She sat on the couch and looked at her free arm, the gauze was tinted red, she would have to change it. "Could one of you get me some gauze?" Battle nodded and headed into the kitchen, which was where they kept the first aid kit.

"Why do you have gauze on your wrists?" Battle asked, he was worried, in his day that meant depression and suicidal tendencies. "Oh and you might want to burp Aden now." Ace nodded and began burping Aden, she had shifted the cloth she put under him to over her shoulder. Aden burped a few minutes later and Ace got up to put him in his playpen, where he fell asleep. "Now how about you tell me about the gauze?" Ace began untapping the gauze from her arms revealing the stitches, a few of which were torn so she took them out and replaced the gauze with fresh and began taping it.

"The Princess came out, I got a power band put on me at school today and the only way to attack that person who put it on was to draw my own blood," Ace replied quietly, she sat back down on the couch next to Warren. He wrapped an arm around her. "Lily and I killed both Stronghold men today, the elder is the one who put the band on us." Battle's eyes got wide. "No need to worry Barron." She looked at her arms with a smile

"Ace how are your arms doing?" Warren asked as he held her to him, he didn't want her to hurt herself any further. "You need to be careful, in gym class, I saw blood trickling down your arms after class and it worried me." She nodded and looked up at him, he held her closely and nestled his head in the crook of her neck. "I just worry so much sometimes because you don't really seem to take the best care of yourself." Ace nodded again and looked over at Aden, he was sleeping peacefully.

"I'm fine Warren, I know that I'm reckless," Ace replied as she shifted so that she was looking up at him. "I know that I'm not exactly the best at taking care of myself. But I'm going to be okay Warren." She snuggled into him, she loved being close to him. "I'll be fine, I just have to keep them clean and keep them covered." She what trying to figure out what they could have for dinner, she got up and walked to the kitchen. "What would you like for dinner guys?" She opened the fridge and saw plenty of leftovers, they often had Warren cook, and he was slowly teaching Ace how to cook.

"We have plenty of leftovers, we could have those, we need to eat them before they go bad," Warren stated as he got up and joined Ace in the kitchen. She was looking over the leftovers in the fridge, there were Chinese leftovers, Italian leftovers, and burgers. "We could have the Chinese tonight." Ace nodded and walked back into the living room after closing the fridge door. "Now let's watch some T.V. and then we can have dinner. We also have homework to do." They sat on the couch and turned on the tv, they were hoping that there would be something to watch on their premium cable, they were pretty well off with Warren and Ace both working, and Ace having plenty of money in the bank. "Now what would you like to watch?" He flipped through the channels and stopped at a few shows.

(Later that night)

"Well dinners ready guys, come on in and get it!" Ace called as she set the food up on the table in the dining room, she had put it all on plates and had the rest of the leftovers in a few heating containers, their microwave barely got any use unless it was just Ace in the house. "Hurry up it's getting cold!" The men came running, and sat in their seats, Ace sat in hers as well and they all began eating, Aden was still asleep, they were lucky on that front.

"We can heat our food back up Ace you know that," Warren stated as they all began eating. They were happily eating and smiling. "Now we were supposed to do some practice with your dodging and mine, however with your arms being injured as they are you won't be practicing." Ace let out an angry sound, sort of a mix between a growl and a sigh, she hated having people baby her.

"No, I'm practicing and you won't stop me, I've never let anything like this stop me Warren, I won't start now," She stated firmly with a glare as she continued to eat her chicken. "I'm practicing for class, I need to stay sharp, I'm poised to be top of the class." Warren took a bite of rib, he was worried about Ace but is seemed that she wasn't worried about herself. Battle was watching the heated debate between the children, he saw himself in Warren and he enjoyed that fact. "I have worked under worse conditions than these and made it through just fine, after dinner I will do my book work to calm my stomach and then with or without you I will do my practical homework."

"Ace I'm just worried about you," Warren stated loudly, he was getting upset at her clear lack of self-safety. "I don't want you hurting yourself further, please take it easy for a few days." Ace continued to glare at her husband. "I WILL NOT HAVE YOU GETTING HURT!" She threw down her fork and practically threw her chair away from the table. "Ace, please I'm just so worried about you." His tone had quieted down and he was looking at Ace with a look of worry instead of anger. She looked at him for a few moments before she pulled her chair back to the table and continued eating.

"Warren, I do believe that I can handle myself," Ace replied quietly, she hated when Warren yelled at her. "I know that you're worried, but you know the kind of people that raised me, I don't show bodily weakness and I need to continue on with that as long as I'm still at school." She took a bite of rice and looked down at her plate she wasn't ecstatic about how worried Warren got but she did understand it.

"I'll let you practice under one condition," Warren stated calmly as he looked at Ace, he took another bite of his food, some of his rice this time. She nodded and waited. "You'll stop if you hurt yourself, I mean if your arms start bleeding you'll stop." Ace nodded with a smile, she could do that for him. "Now how is everyone enjoying dinner?"

"I'm enjoying it, and Ace, he honestly does just want what's best for you," Battle replied as he looked at the otherwise happy couple. They were eating, Ace grabbed one of the crab rangoon from a plate in the center of the table. "I know that it seems like he's taking your fun away when he asks you not to push yourself, but he's really just looking out for you." Ace nodded and looked at Battle, she understood perfectly fine that Warren was just worried about her, but she wasn't use to someone being worried about her.

"I'm not use to having people worry about me, I understand completely that you guys worry about me but I'm still not use to it," Ace muttered as she continued eating, she was eating slowly. She grabbed one of the egg rolls from a dish in the center of the table. "I'm getting used to it Warren I really am, however my father and mother raised me to push past little stuff like this, it's truly nothing big." He took another bite of his own chicken and looked at Ace. Battle watched the two again, she made compelling arguments but he also knew that his son wouldn't back down when he felt strongly about something, and the fact that Ace was his wife, he was supposed to protect her.

"Ace, just promise me that you'll be careful, we're married, I want to protect you like I promised to the day of our wedding," Warren stated as he reached out and rubbed her arm. He just wanted to protect her, no matter the cost, even if it meant that he was protecting her from herself. "I love you Ace." They looked at each other smiles on their faces, Ace nodded and held Warren's hand. They all continued eating, dinner was quiet after that and it was calmer as well. Aden started fussing from the other room, Ace got up and walked into the living room where she picked up Aden. She walked back into the dining room and sat with Aden in her lap, she continued eating even with Aden on her lap.

(With Lily and Garth)

"How was she Raven?" Lily asked as soon as she came into the house and took Saiyuri from her playpen. She was looking at the older girl, one of Garths friends, she was debating between having Raven or Star watch Saiyuri, she had picked Raven seeing as Raven would probably have an easier time.

"She was an absolute Angel Lily," Raven replied with a rare smile.

"She didn't cause too much trouble?" Lily asked as she rocked Saiyuri.

"Oh no, she did fuss for a bit but then she quieted right down as soon as I started making things float," Raven replied as she looked at Lily with a small smirk. "But other than that, she was perfect." Lily chuckled as she gently bounced Saiyuri, who grew a daisy and held it out to Raven. "Aren't you the sweetest little girl." She took the flower and smelled it. "Well I have to head home, but first I have to check on something about what happened at school with you guys today. I'll see you tomorrow." Saiyuri reached for Raven, almost as if she didn't want Raven to leave. Lily gently held Saiyuri. "I'll be back tomorrow Saiyuri, I'll make more things float for you." She rubbed Saiyuris' hair before heading toward the door.

"Thank you for this Raven," Garth stated as he looked at Raven.

"It's not a problem Garth," Raven replied as she left the house.

"So, what do you want for dinner?" Lily asked as she looked at Garth, he had just come into the house as Raven was getting ready to leave.

"I was hoping to make some pasta," Garth replied as he walked into the house and closed the door. "I bought everything on my way home from work before I picked you up, I got everything to make pasta Alfredo." He gestured to the bag, she had rushed into the house, he however had taken his time.

"Sounds good to me," Lily stated as she looked at him.

"So what happened exactly?" Garth asked as he brought the bag into the kitchen.

"Hm?" Lily replied in question, almost as if she didn't hear him. She followed him into the kitchen.

"At school, what happened at school?" Garth asked as he put the pasta, sauce, and bread on the counter.

"Nothing," Lily replied casually as she watched him.

"Then why were you kept after?" Garth asked as he pulled Lily to him in a hug.

"Nothing that hasn't been a long time coming," Lily replied as she hugged him back.

"Something to do with Stronghold then?" Garth asked, he knew the way that the Strongholds had treated Lily. Lily nodded as she looked at him. "Just so long as you're okay." He started boiling a pot of water.

"I'm fine," Lily replied as she watched him.

"Well that's good, so how was your first day?" Garth asked as he turned the oven on.

"Same old, same old, I guess," Lily replied casually.

"Are you okay Lily?" He asked as he continued with dinner.

"I'm fine Garth," Lily replied as she watched him turn on the oven to preheat.

"Are you sure, you seem a bit down?" Garth asked as he checked to make sure that the oven was on the right temp.

"I'm very sure hun, I'm just a bit tired," Lily replied with a smile.

"Ok, why don't you go rest in the living room, watch T.V. read a book, just relax," He stated as he cut the loaf of French bread in half, length wise and put the butter spread on each of the halves. Lily nodded and carried herself and a sleeping Saiyuri into the living room to go lay down on the couch. "I love you Lily!" He called into the living room as he put the pasta in the boiling water. Lily fell into a light doze as Garth continued making dinner, he would wake Lily up when it was ready.

(About 45 minutes later)

"Hey Lily, it's time to wake up," Garth muttered gently as he came into the living room. Lily snored gently so Garth shook her shoulder gently. "Lily, it's time to get up, suppers ready."

"Five more minutes dad," Lily muttered as she batted Garth's hand away.

"Come on Lily, it's time for supper, it's on the table," Garth murmured as he looked at her.

"Mama," Saiyuri piped up as she woke up and patted her mother's cheek.

"Saiyuri say that again," Garth stated happily, it was her first understandable mumblings. She uttered the word again, a little louder this time. "Lily, Saiyuri is talking to you." He was smiling so much that his face was starting to hurt.

"Huh?" Lily asked groggily as she woke up slowly.

"Mama," Saiyuri babbled as she looked up at her mother. "Mama."

"Hi there Saiyuri," Lily muttered with a smile. Saiyuri babbled her current favorite word.

"Dinner's ready Lily," Garth stated as he looked down at the two most important people in his lives. Lily nodded and sat up with Saiyuri before she stood up. "Hope you like it." They walked into the kitchen and sat at the table where the big bowl of pasta was sitting. Lily smiled as she began eating after putting some food onto her plate. "How did I do?"

"It's good," Lily replied as they both continued eating.

(After Dinner)

"So what would you like to do tonight?" Garth asked as he put dinner away.

"How about I put Saiyuri to bed and we have some alone time," Lily replied as she bounced Saiyuri on her hip.

"I'd like that," Garth stated as he wrapped the remaining bread in foil and then put it in the bread box. Lily kissed his cheek and went to go put Saiyuri to bed. Garth walked into the living room to wait for Lily. Lily came into the living room a few minutes later dressed in a pale blue nightgown and curled up next to Garth on the couch. "How's it going?" He wrapped an arm around her and held her close.

"It's going good," Lily replied as she snuggled into his side.

"That's good to hear Lily," Garth whispered as Lily leaned up and kissed him, he kissed her back.

"I love you Garth," Lily whispered as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"I love you too Lily," Garth whispered back as he rested his head on top of hers. Lily curled into Garth's lap. "What would you like to do this weekend, I have it off?" He wrapped her tightly in his arms.

"We could go to the beach or something, I think Saiyuri would enjoy that," Lily replied as they sat on the couch.

"I think she would too, does she have a swim suit?" Garth asked with a smile on his face. Lily nodded with a smile. "Good, I'll have to pick one up for myself but I can do that on my way home from work one day." He was rubbing her arms. Lily smiled and adjusted herself so that she was straddling him. "So is there anything that you'd like to do tonight?"

"I want you Garth," Lily replied as she looked at him, a glint in her eye.

"You have me Lily," Garth whispered as he looked up at her. Lily wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, he put a hand behind her head and pulled her closer so that he could kiss her deeply. She moaned softly bringing him closer to him. "To the bedroom?" She nodded as she kissed his neck. They walked up to their room, kissing the whole way.

(With Ace and Warren (Later that Night after Homework is done))

"Warren, can we have some fun?" Ace asked quietly after she put Aden down in his crib, he was asleep luckily. They walked to their room and sat on the bed. "I'm bored and want to have some fun?" Warren nodded as he pushed her onto her back. She let out a light moan as her back hit the mattress, she was looking up at Warren with a slight smirk.

"Go change into something that you wouldn't wear to school, and we'll have some fun," Warren murmured as he crawled over her. She rolled her eyes and smiled as she wiggled out from under him, she got off the bed and walked to her chest of drawers where she grabbed some clothes before she popped into their adjoining bathroom, she came out moments later dressed in a black bra and a pair of red short shorts.

"Better?" Ace asked as she walked back into the room. She walked back to the bed and smiled at Warren. He nodded and looked at her with a gleam in his eye that she couldn't place right now. "I'm glad you like it." She pushed him onto the bed before she climbed on top of him. He shifted them so that she was under him and gently bit down on her shoulder. "Mmm... Warren..." She let out a moan and looked at him. "Please..." He smirked down at her and pulled down the straps to her bra, and then practically ripped it off her.

"Close your eyes," Warren whispered in her ear before he bit her neck gently, his teeth were slightly sharper than normal. "Just feel, close your eyes and just feel." She closed her eyes gently and waited, Warren didn't disappoint her, he left heated trails down her body, wherever his fingers touched. She let out a soft moan and almost opened her eyes to look up at him but she didn't. "Now, you're going to keep your eyes closed and enjoy, don't think I didn't see your eye twitch." He had a smirk on his face, as he wrapped one of his hands around both of her wrists.

"Mmm... Warren, what are you doing?" Ace asked, her eyes still closed. She arched up into his touch, loving the heat he provided. Warren let out a deep chuckle and held her wrists tightly yet gently, he ran his other hand down her side. "Warren..."

(That weekend with Garth and Lily)

"Told you she'd like it," Lily stated as she waded out into the water until she was waist deep. Saiyuri was giggling and squealing as she was splashing in the water, he father holding her.

"You were right Lily," Garth replied as he held Saiyuri in the water, he was out in the water quite a ways, he loved the water.

"Mama!" Saiyuri exclaimed with a giggle.

"I'm right here baby," Lily replied as she came up to Garth and Saiyuri.

"Mama!" Saiyuri exclaimed again as she reached for Lily.

"She really wants her mommy Lily," Garth stated as he handed Saiyuri to Lily. Lily took Saiyuri from Garth.

"Mama!" Saiyuri exclaimed as she hugged onto her mother tightly. "Mama!" Lily held her daughter tightly.

"Are you alright Saiyuri?" Garth asked as he looked at his daughter, he was worried about her, wondering if something was wrong.

"Do you hear anything Garth?" Lily asked after she checked their surroundings.

"Not really, but I'll check under water," Garth replied as he dropped below the water surface to see if he could find what was assailing his beloved daughter. He found what had been 'attacking' their daughter so he resurfaced and looked at Lily and Saiyuri. "Kelp." Lily sighed in relief and nodded at Garth.

"Mama," Saiyuri whimpered as she held her feet above water.

"It's alright, mama's here," Lily whispered as she cradled her daughter. Garth reached under the water and grabbed a bit of the kelp. Saiyuri curled deeper into her mother. "I think that's just-." A man came out of a wave and attacked the three.

"Back off!" Garth yelled as he prepared a water ball. Lily held Saiyuri to her chest and grew kelp around them. The man continued his attack and found that he was Triton, a man who had attacked him. "I said, to back away and leave!" He threw the balls at Triton and then threw a wave of water at him. Saiyuri began crying, she wanted the bad man to go away.

"That's IT!" Lily growled, sending a thick wall of seaweed at the villain throwing him under water. Triton sunk and then moments later resurfaced.

"You'll never be rid of me," Triton spoke in a dark tone.

"You WILL NOT attack my daughter again!" Garth bellowed, he was very angry. Saiyuri continued to cry and it broke both her parent's hearts. Garth threw another wave of water at the attacker, he continued this assault for many minutes. Lily sent more plants at him and tied him up in seaweed to the sea floor. "And this is why we don't piss off super parents…" Saiyuri whimpered and reached for her father. "Daddy had you baby girl." He took Saiyuri from Lily and held her to his chest. "Daddy has you." Lily came over to them and rubbed her daughters back. "This was fun, but I think we should get her home." Lily nodded in agreement.

"Dada," Saiyuri babbled as she looked up at her father.

"I have you Saiyuri, daddy has you," Garth whispered as they all headed toward the beach.

"What I want to know is how he got out," Lily replied as they walked to their blanket and packed everything up before going to their car. "Cause didn't you guys seal him in that cave a couple years ago?"

"I thought we had, he might have gotten out but it's unlikely. Unless I hadn't seen him I would believe he was still there, but it seems he's here to attack my family," Garth replied as he looked at his wife and daughter.

"Maybe you should let Dick know," Lily replied as they put things into the car.

"Will do, but I want to get home first," Garth stated as he watched Lily open the car door. Lily nodded as she strapped Saiyuri into her car seat and then got in herself, they drove toward home.

(30 minutes later at their house)

"After we get unpacked I'll call Dick," Garth stated as he grabbed the basket and beach blanket.

"Okay, I'm going to rinse Saiyuri off and put her down for a nap," Lily stated as she opened the door and they all walked in.

"I'll see you in the living room," Garth replied as he brought the basket into the kitchen and the blanket into the laundry room. Lily nodded. He headed back into the living room and pulling out his cell phone, he dialed Dick. "Hey Dick." 'Yeah Garth,' Dick replied as he answered his phone. "Lily, Saiyuri, and I were attacked at the beach today." 'What! Are you guys okay?" Dick demanded, Garth had to hold the phone slightly away. "We're all fine, he went after Saiyuri first." Garth was clenching and unclenching his fist by this point. 'Is she okay?' Dick asked. "She's fine Dick, Lily and I took care of it." He sat on the couch. 'So who attacked you?' Dick asked. "Triton." Garth replied. "How is that possible? We sealed that cave up tight!" Dick practically screamed into Garth's ear. "I know Dick, I'm trying to figure that out myself." Garth muttered. "It might be possible that one of the clones escaped before we sealed the cave entrance, I'll check it out next time I go to the Tower," Dick stated. "Thank you Dick," Garth replied. "No problem," Dick stated. "Keep me posted as to what's going on, I have to go." Garth replied. "I will." Dick replied before he hung up.

"You okay?" Lily asked as she came into the room and wrapper her arms around Garth. He hung up the phone.

"I'm better now that we're home, Dick said he'd go check the cave the next time he visited the tower," Garth replied as he smiled to himself. Lily sighed in relief. "How's Saiyuri?"

"She's fine," Lily replied as she held Garth, she was glad that it was over.

"I'm glad, now what do you want to do while she's napping?" Garth asked as he held Lily.

"What would you like to do?" Lily replied in question as she looked at him.

"I honestly don't know at this point, I'm just glad that she's okay," Garth replied as she he held Lily. "I just want to relax for a bit, maybe watch a movie."

"I'd like that," Lily stated as she kissed him.

"What movie?" Garth asked as he kissed her back.

"Hm… Magic Mike?" Lily replied in question/

"Sure… I'll go make popcorn, you set up the DVD player," Garth replied as he sat up and got off the couch, he walked into the kitchen. Lily set up the movie and waited for Garth, who entered the room moments later with a large bowl of popcorn. Lily curled up next to Garth on the couch and pressed the play button.

(With Ace and Warren (That Morning))

"Warren… GET YOUR ASS OUT OF BED!" Ace screamed as she looked at Warren.

"I'm up… I'm up," Warren grumbled as he rolled over and looked at Ace.

"Great, now what would you like to do today?" Ace asked, she was happy that she hadn't had to shake the ever living daylights out of him.

"How about we take Aden to the park?" Warren replied in question as he rubbed his eyes to get the last bits of his lost sleep out of his eyes.

"I'd like that, I'll go get him dressed," Ace replied as she slowly got off the bed and walked toward the door. "Could we go out for breakfast?"

"Sure," Warren replied with a nod, as he looked at Ace, who looked down at herself.

"I uh… I might want to get dressed first shouldn't I?" Ace asked out loud, yet to herself. She completely forgot that she wasn't dressed.

"That would be a good idea," Warren replied as he ran a hand down the side of his face. Ace walked back to the closet and grabbed a pair of black and red skinny jeans, a purple skirt, and her blue half shirt that would only come to just under her bust line.

"Here we go," Ace muttered as she pulled on fresh undergarments and her clothes, she would put her shoes on later.

"Must you dress like that Ace?" Warren groaned as he watched Ace and sat up. Ace nodded and stuck her tongue out at him, she then walked out of the room and into Adens' room where she woke him gently and got him dressed. 'She's going to be the end of me.' Warren thought as he looked around his room, she always did that to him. Ace came back in with Aden attached to her chest. "I'm going to get dressed, Aden feel free to puke on your mothers shirt." He let out a chuckle; she always drew attention wherever they went.

"No don't do that Aden, I'm going to go put my makeup on," She replied as she headed back to the bathroom that was in their bedroom. She put on her regular makeup, red lipstick, black and purple eye shadow, blue mascara and a faint hint of blush on her cheeks, she had a bit of trouble putting her eye makeup on with one hand but she managed. "Warren you dressed so that I can come out of the bathroom without drooling all over our son?" She got the confirmation and walked back in.

"Give me Aden and go finish getting ready," Warren stated as he smiled at Ace, he knew she wanted to finish getting her morning routine done. Ace handed Aden to Warren and headed back into the bathroom, she wiped her makeup off quickly and brushed her teeth before she redid her makeup exactly how it was before except better because she now had two hands. "You ready, it's almost ten, places will stop serving breakfast soon, grab Aden's bag, and let's go." Ace walked back in and grabbed Aden's diaper bag from the foot of the bed.

(At the Park (About an hour and a half later))

"Aden, stay by mommy," Ace stated as she looked at Aden, he was out of his stroller, and bounding all over the ground. "Warren, could you go get us some soda's from the machine over there?" Warren nodded and took the money that Ace was holding and walked over to the soda machine.

"Here you go," Warren replied as he handed her a vanilla coke and popped his own cherry coke open to drink it. "Come on Aden." He scooped Aden up after giving Ace his soda and put him on his shoulders, he began to jog around with Aden on his shoulders, Aden was laughing and squealing happily.

"Dada!" Aden exclaimed as he laughed and giggled, he was having so much fun with his father. "Dada!" Warren pulled Aden off his shoulders, and hugged him tightly, he was so happy that his son's first understandable babbling was something akin to daddy. Aden was squealing happily and laughing. Someone in a shadow saw the happy family and threw a fireball at Warren and Aden.

"WHAT THE HELL!" Warren hollered as he shielded his child from the blast, he knew that he could take it.

"Get your hands off my son," The person said as he came out from the shadow of the trees. Ace knew that voice, she knew the power too.

"Not your kid Francis," Ace growled as she turned to see the man who had fired on her husband and son.

"I highly doubt that Ace," Francis bit out as he looked at her.

"Never doubt a jester Francis," Ace began as her gaze turned harder, she was changing as she looked at her ex. "I lost your baby, partially due to you." She turned to look at her husband and son. "Are you and Aden okay?"

"Yeah we're fine," Warren replied as he held Aden close, making sure to put himself between the man, Francis, and his son. Aden squealed out a "dada!"

"If my son gets injured because of you Francis…" She growled loud enough for him to hear, she let the threat hang, Francis knew her threats. "Warren, let me see my son." Warren brought him over and handed him to Ace. "His hand is scorched!" Ace handed Aden back to Warren and stalked toward Hotstreak (Francis). "You listen well Flameout, he's not your son, get away from here, and NEVER let me see you near him again!"

"You. Both. Are . MINE!" Hotstreak hollered as he grabbed her throat. Ace tried to get his hand off her throat but couldn't, she was losing air fast.

"LET HER GO!" Warren hollered from his spot, he didn't want to put Aden in danger.

"Give me the kid and she doesn't get hurt," Hotstreak stated as he put Ace in front of him like a shield.

"Let…Go…" Ace whispered as best she could as she charged up her hand and pressed it to his chest, it had no effect at all.

"He's not your son," Warren growled out as he continued to protect Aden.

"You reallydon't want to argue with me," Hotstreak bit out as he squeezed Ace's throat tighter.

"Let… me… go…" Ace tried again, her voice was faint and her head was getting clouded. She tried to charge up again but couldn't manage a good charge.

"What do you want with my son?" Warren demanded as he glared at Francis.

"Like I already said, THEY'RE MINE!" Hotstreak hollered.

"NO!" Aden screamed as he flamed up his fist, it was his entire fist.

"That's my boy," Hotstreak stated with a smirk.

"I'm a pyro too dipshit," Warren ground out with malice in his voice, he flamed up his free hand.

"NO DADA!" Aden screamed as he threw the flame at Hotstreak, he knew who his father was and Francis was not his dad. Hotstreak blocked the flames and sent some of his own toward the man and child. Ace reached for her boot as best she could and grabbed the little knife she kept there, she tried to stab Hotstreak with it but couldn't see straight because her vision was clouding over. Warren blocked Aden from the flames that were sent their way. Virgil was walking on the sidewalk and saw the goings on, he threw a blast at Hotstreaks back.

"Stay out of this lightening bug," Francis growled as Ace fainted.

"Let them go Francis," Virgil replied.

"Personal matter Virgil," Francis growled as he looked at him.

"What kind of personal matter, killing Ace and taking her son?" Virgil demanded as he looked at Francis.

"MY GIRL, MY SON!" Francis screamed as he threw a fireball at Virgil, knocking him into a building and knocking him unconscious. Warren threw a fireball of his own at Francis when he was distracted and Ace was out of the way. "Her attacks didn't work on me, why do you think yours would?" Francis's voice was demanding as he turned to look at Warren, a gleam of something in his eyes that he couldn't quite place.

"Hotstreak…" Lily whispered as she came running, she had sensed something was wrong and ran to the park as fast as she could, once there she took in the vicious site in front of her, it terrified her.

"Just hand over the boy and you can have your little whore back," Francis growled as he gripped Ace's throat tighter, cutting off any chance of her getting air until she was released. Lily quickly slipped off her shoes and sent plants toward Hotstreaks back. He threw a wall of flames up around him and Ace. "Wake up... Ace... baby, wake up," Francis whispered as he looked at her, he sat down on the ground in his little cubicle of flames, he rested her in his lap, he was looking at her with tears in his eyes, but had yet to let go of her throat. "Come on Ace, wake up." He was gently tapping her face, which was turning cold due to lack of blood flow. He let go of her throat and saw a bruise forming in the shape of his hand, he had issues, he knew that he did. She started breathing again, slowly and shallowly but she was breathing, not waking up but at least breathing. "Come on baby, wake up Ace..." She twitched and opened her eyes slowly.

"Get the fuck off me Francis," Ace groaned as she blinked a few times, trying to clear her field of vision. "Get away Francis." She tried to get up but he held her back, keeping her in his lap, she tried to fight back but found that her body wouldn't respond fast enough for her to do anything good enough to attack Francis. "I'm married to Warren, Francis. Leave me alone. Leave Warren alone, and most importantly, leave Aden alone."

"You're not going to keep me from my son," Francis growled as he gripped her arm.

"He's not your son Francis," Ace replied quietly, her throat hurt and she was trying to take deep even breaths. "How many times do I have to tell you?"

"Bullshit Ace, he looks and acts just like me," Hotstreak growled as he looked down at her.

"No Francis, he doesn't, he looks like a combination of Warren and I," Ace started before she broke into a coughing fit and rubbed her throat. "How old would your child be had I had him? We dated over a year and a half ago."

"YOU LIEING BITCH!" Francis screamed as he burned her entire body for a few seconds.

"I WAS FIVE MONTHS ALONG WHEN I LOST HIM FRANCIS!" Ace cried out, she had tears streaming down her face in rivers. "THAT WAS OVER A YEAR AGO... he'd be a year or so old, Aden is barely six months clearly." She couldn't raise her arms to wipe her face, or protect herself in any manner.

"He's hurting her," Lily stated, she was watching from outside the walls of fire.

"Take Aden and go to my house, or yours or whatever, just get him away from here," Warren growled as he handed Aden to Lily. "I'm getting my wife, she's screaming her head off and I feel like she's hurt." He was worried sick. Lily gently took Aden and headed for her house, after having woken up Virgil.

"Lies all lies, that's my son," Francis growled as he set her afire again, burning her skin but not her clothes and not leaving marks. "STOP LIEING TO ME!"

"I'm… not…" She whimpered out. Warren ran through the flames and kicked Hotstreak in the face. "Warren…" She whimpered again as she held her still bruising throat.

"SHUT UP ACE, THE MEN ARE TALKING!" Francis growled loudly as he rubbed the side of his face.

"I only see one man, and it isn't you," Warren replied harshly as he looked down at Ace.

"Leave us Peace," Francis growled as he glared up at the man. "This has nothing to do with you."

"I believe that you will find that it does, as it concerns my wife and my son," Warren growled back, as he continued looking at his wife.

"War… ren… call daddy," Ace choked out, the smoke was getting to her. Warren didn't take his eyes off the two as he pulled out his phone and dialed speed dial #2… it was the Joker.

"Yes Warren, my boy?" The Joker asked as he picked up his phone.

"Do you seriously think that that will scare me?" Francis demanded as he looked at Warren.

"An ex of Ace's is trying to kidnap our son and kill Ace," Warren spoke into the phone, he was serious and the Joker didn't take his little girls life being in danger. "Where are you?" The Joker asked as he got irate. "Park," Warren replied. "Which one Warren?" The Joker demanded. "The Third street Park in Maxville." Warren replied quickly. "Be there in ten Warren," The Joker replied and hung up. Warren hung up as well.

"Do you think I'm scared of that man?" Francis demanded harshly as he looked at Warren.

"I know you should be," Warren replied calmly, he was watching Francis.

"War… ren… please," Ace whispered as she looked at him, tears still streaming down her cheeks.

"I said SHUT UP!" Francis screamed after he smacked her in the face. Warren jumped on the other pyro, knocking him away from Ace. "Ace you know I didn't mean to." He pushed Warren away from him and looked at Ace. "Ace, you know I don't like to do that."

"Shut up," Warren growled as he threw Hotstreak away from Ace.

"Warren… please help… me," She whispered, as she looked up at him, unable to move much of anything. "I can't make my body follow what I'm telling it to." She burst into yet another coughing fit, a very harsh one at that. Warren picked her up and pulled her into his lap, gently cradling her in his arms.

"Put her down, she's fine," Hotstreak exclaimed, he was glaring at the two of them. Warren growled at Francis as Ace snuggled into his chest as best she could, tears still streaming down her cheeks, she was in so much pain. Warren held her to him.

"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER!" The Joker demanded as he jumped out of the car that Harley was driving.

"Daddy…" Ace whispered as she tried to find her father. Harley parked the car, got out, and ran as fast as she could to her daughter to check to make sure she was okay.

"She has a large bruise on her throat that has me concerned, he also burnt her up a bit," Warren stated as he looked at Harley.

"SHE'S TRYING TO KEEP ME FROM MY SON!" Hotstreak screamed as he looked at them four people.

"He's not your son!" Harley exclaimed as she looked at him.

"YES HE IS!" Hotstreak hollered as his hands burst into flame. "HE HAS MY POWER, HE HAS MY FACE!"

"I'm a pyro too asshole!" Warren exclaimed as he flamed up himself.

"HE HAS MY FACE!" Francis retorted harshly.

"You're seeing things!" Warren exclaimed.

"STOP THE FUCKING SCREAMING MY HEAD IS FUCKING POUNDING BECAUSE SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO STRANGLE ME FOR TEN FUCKING MINUTES!" Ace screamed as she reached for her head and held it after having gotten back the use of her arms. Warren kissed her temple.

"YOU HAD YOUR FILTHY HANDS ON MY DAUGHTERS THROAT FOR TEN MINUTES!" The Joker screamed as he looked at Hotstreak, he was getting more and more angry as the conversation went.

"You don't scare me old man!" Francis growled as he looked at the psycho clown in front of him.

"Do I Francis?" Ace demanded as she slowly got to her feet, she was shaky at best.

"Fuck no!" Francis replied loudly.

"Do I Francis?" Ace demanded again, this time in a cold and calculating voice, a hard as stone gaze that meant death.

"You've never been able to hurt me Princess," Francis taunted as he looked at her, he had been unstable for a while now.

"We'll see little worm, we'll see," Ace retorted as she charged up her fingertips. Hotstreak flamed up his entire body, she charged at him, a little wobbly but okay, her hands outstretched, and placed them around his neck. "Die!" Francis convulsed a few times at the shock, before falling away dead. Ace dropped to her knees, her legs unable to support her. "His neck was his weak point all along." Warren gently picked her up from the ground.

"Are you going to be alright Ace?" Her father asked as he looked at his daughter and son-in-law.

"I don't know, I fainted for a while after he cut off my air supply, I'm still pretty light headed, I have scorch marks, smoke inhalation damage, probably a bruised trachea, and I have the fucking headache of the ages," Ace whispered in reply as she snuggled into Warren.

"You killed him too quickly hun," Harley stated as she looked at her daughter.

"He was weak Harley, just a weak little mortal," Ace replied darkly. "I can bring him back if I so wish, I merely stopped his heart through his neck."

"No Ace, he's not worth it," Warren whispered as he held her tightly.

"I simply stated that I could not that I would, now I need to lie down," Ace stated simply as she closed her eyes, her vision was fogging again, this time from over exertion instead of attempted murder.

"Sleep, you need it," Warren whispered as he kissed her forehead. Ace drifted off to the land of the unconscious.

"Where's Aden?" Harley asked as she watched her daughter sleep.

"Lily came over, I told her to take him and run, to our place or hers, or wherever just away from here," Warren replied quietly. "Francis wouldn't stop demanding that we hand him over his son."

"That's crazy, Aden looks nothing like him," Harley stated.

"I know," Warren whispered.

"Well let's go get him," The Joker replied happily, he was happy that his grandson was okay.

"Please call Lily to find out where they are," Warren stated as he headed for the car they came in. "I'm going to put her in the car." Harley nodded and called her niece.

"Hello?" Lily asked. "Where are you and Aden?" Harley replied in question. "We're at my house, is Ace alright?" Lily asked. "She's asleep right now, that bastard is dead, we'll come for a visit," Harley replied. "Okay." Lily stated. "See you in a few Lily," Harley replied before hanging up the phone and getting in the car.

"Are they at her house?" Warren asked as he finished getting Ace settled into the seat and got in himself.

"Yup, now everyone in so we can go," Harley replied as everyone got in the car and off Harley drove, doing almost double the speed limit.

(About fifteen minutes later)

They all walked in after knocking and having the door opened for them. "Dada!" Aden exclaimed as he saw his father.

"Aden, are you alright? Did he cause you any trouble Lily?" Warren asked as he picked Aden up and held him close.

"He fussed for a bit, but after I put him in to play with Saiyuri he was fine," Lily replied as she looked around.

"Good to hear," Warren stated, he was bouncing Aden on his hips and holding Ace's hand. "Do you have any of that burn crème left?"

"I made a new batch yesterday," Lily replied before she left to go get something, she came back with one of the freshly made jars.

"Thanks a bunch Lily-bells," Ace muttered as she grabbed the jar from Lily with a smile on her face. "Crazy bastard tried to barbeque me."

"Please tell me he's gone," Lily stated as she looked at Ace.

"Deader than a doornail Lily," Ace replied with a chuckle as she started putting the crème on her hands and face. Lily nodded, a look of relief on her face.

"Thank you for watching Aden, Lily, I don't know what that crazy bastard would have done to him," Warren stated as he bounced Aden, who was giggling.

"It's no problem at all Warren, I'm just glad that everyone is okay," Lily replied as she looked at everyone.

"Well mostly, Princess is giving me a major headache and I'm still trying to get my oxygen levels back to normal," Ace muttered, she had been rubbing her head to try to make her headache go away.

"I'll go get you something for your headache," Lily stated as she looked at her friend, she knew the headache caused by having someone else in your head.

"Thanks," Ace whispered, she was now clutching Warren's wrist, she didn't want him more than six inches away from her now.

"Here you go," Lily stated quietly as she handed Ace a mug of steaming liquid.

"Smells great Lily, do I drink it?" Ace asked as she took the cup from Lily. Lily nodded and watched as Ace downed the contents of the mug. "At least you make you make it taste good."

"It should, all it is, is mint and tea leaves," Lily replied as she looked at Ace.

"Your mother always makes me this disgusting concoction," Ace muttered as she handed Lily the empty mug.

"That would be because hers is more medicinal then mine," Lily replied happily. Ace nodded with a grimace at a memory of her last encounter with Ivy's headache cure.

"Would you like to join us for supper?" Ace asked as she looked at Lily.

"Sure," Lily replied with a smile.

"Where are we going?" Ace asked the entire group of people.

"How about that little Italian place that just opened?" Lily replied in question, both girls liked to keep in the know as to what kind of restaurants were opening.

"Sounds like a plan to me," Ace replied as she wobbled a bit but managed to stay on her feet. Warren caught her before she fell.

(A few months later (Around graduation))

"I can't believe it's almost over," Ace muttered to Lily, they were all sitting at a lunch table, her, Lily, Warren, Kenna, Rosa, Alex, Magenta, and Virgil.

"Neither can I," Lily replied happily.

"I'll be glad to get out of this hellhole," Warren muttered as he wrapped his arms around Ace.

"And I can't believe that it's Aden and Saiyuri's birthday tomorrow," Ace stated as she pressed back against him.

"Can you believe that they're going to be one?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace.

"Not really, seems like just yesterday that we were getting married to their daddies," Ace replied as she turned and kissed warren, he kissed her back. "We have to go prom shopping again don't we?"

"Though I have no clue what kind of dress to get," Lily stated as she nodded her head.

"I'll help you find one, I have to find one too, perhaps something like our duet costumes from last year's performance?" Ace asked with a wink to Lily.

"I don't want to give people heart attacks Ace," Lily muttered as she rolled her eyes.

"I simply meant something along the same lines of that amount of wow factor," Ace replied as she looked at Lily. "I wouldn't ever wear that outfit outside the bedroom again." Lily chuckled.

"I thought we decided that you would quit telling the lunch table about our sex life," Warren growled in her ear.

"Shush Warren, I have to brag," Ace whispered as she looked at him.

"I'm surprised you aren't used to it by now Warren," Lily stated as he looked at him.

"Oh I'm used to it… but the looks on their faces," He replied before he bent slightly and bit Ace on the shoulder. Lily shook her head at the couples actions.

"I don't need to hear what you two get up to in the bedroom…" Magenta groaned as she slammed her head against the table.

"Trust me, Ace use to be much worse than this," Lily stated, trying to comfort Magenta.

"Did not…" Ace muttered as she tilted her head to the side so that Warren could continue his attack on her neck and shoulder.

"You would tell me in excruciating detail some of your more extreme… exploits," Lily replied as she put a hand on Magenta's shoulder.

"Name one time," Ace challenged as she bit her knuckle and smacked Warren away from her throat.

"The time you and you know who role played the entire Fifty Shades Series," Lily replied with a smirk on her face, she and Ace knew who it was with.

"I can never read that book again… who was it Lily?" Magenta asked, she was hoping that depending on whom it was she might be able to continue reading it.

"Just one of her ex's," Lily replied, she didn't want to say who.

"I have to know who so I can decide on whether I want to read the book again or not," Magenta demanded as she ran a hand through her hair.

"Should I tell her specifically who Ace?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace and Warren.

"I already know so go ahead and tell her," Warren replied as he and Ace nodded, she didn't care.

"Dick," Lily replied simply.

"Hang on… you and him," Magenta asked with a look of shock on her face.

"Yup, me and him… care to give them another example Lily, the look on her face is priceless," Ace muttered as she looked at Magenta.

"You and Cyborg though, I have no clue how you pulled that one off," Lily replied as she looked at Ace.

"You didn't tell me about that one!" Warren exclaimed as he looked at her.

"Um… how we pulled what off, he's only partially metal," Ace asked as she looked at Lily, her eyes flickering to Warren. Lily chuckled at her friend.

"Are there any other escapades I should know about Lily?" Warren asked as he looked at her.

"None that I can think of no," Lily replied as Ace hugged her husband.

"I forgot to tell you about that one," Ace muttered as she smiled up at him.

"Which one?" Lily asked curiously.

"The one with Cyborg, I forgot to tell him the one with Cyborg," Ace replied as she looked at Warren with a smile. Lily chuckled again, she thought this was slightly funny.

"Lily care to fill me in?" Warren asked, he would ask Ace later.

"Nothing Warren," Lily replied as she looked at him.

"Lily…" Warren started as he looked at her, it was fake intimidation.

"Warren…" She replied with a laugh.

"What did you do with Cyborg, Ace?" Warren asked as he looked at his wife

"Um… well… I uh… we had…" Ace replied in a mumbled tone, her words were escaping her at the moment.

"They had sex," Lily blurted out, knowing her friend was incapable of speaking at the moment.

"That's it?" Warren asked, kind of shocked that it was that simple.

"Uh… sure," Ace replied as she looked at the floor.

"And Cyborg can get a little… creative," Lily stated, Warren was going to ask anyway.

"Ace… what am I going to do with you?" Warren asked himself. "Care to explain Lily, she tells me everything but I don't know why she can't tell me this?" He was worried.

"She doesn't want to make you angry," Lily replied as she poked at her food.

"Just tell me, I won't get mad I promise," Warren stated as he wrapped his arms around Ace in a comforting hug. Lily was silent she turned back to her fruit and yoghurt.

"I'll tell you when we get home Warren," Ace replied as she hugged him back. "Think about the age difference also."

"Ah," Warren stated.

"Yeah… so I'm going to go have a go at the new dodging course… gotta clear my mind," Ace stated before she got up and practically ran out of the room.

"I have to say, that's the first time I've ever seen her flustered like that," Magenta piped up, she had decided that she would in fact keep reading her book.

"Likewise, Lily could you summarize it for me?" Warren asked as he looked at her. "I have a feeling that she'll skirt around it." She told him a very condensed version of the story he would hear later. "Thank you. Now should I go after her or not?"

"You should go after her," Lily replied calmly.

"Thanks Lily," Warren stated as he got up and headed toward the door.

"No problem," She stated as he left.

(The next day after classes at Ace's house)

"This party better be good," Ace stated as she whipped her head.

"Ace, relax would you?" Lily stated as she looked at Ace. "It's only their first birthday, family and close friends only."

"I know, I'm talking about our fathers," Ace replied as she hung her head, a memory of her father throwing knives at people… again filling her head.

"That would be why we're keeping things small," Lily replied as they grabbed their kids cakes.

"I hope you're right Lily, well time for cake," Ace muttered as they brought the cakes out to the yard. Lily walked up to Garth and Saiyuri with Saiyuri's cake, Ace walked up to Aden and Warren with Aden's.

"Mama!" Saiyuri exclaimed, seeing the cake in her mother's hand.

"Mama!" Aden screamed as his mom set the cake down on a small table. Lily set Saiyuri's cake on her table and quickly kissed her cheek.

"The cakes look good Lily," Warren stated as he looked at the cakes that had been set down.

"Thanks," Lily replied as she got the knives out to cut the cakes.

"No problem, so happy birthday?" Warren asked, referring to the song. Lily nodded as everyone gathered around the two tables that were just feet apart. Everyone started singing happy birthday to the two kids, who were laughing the entire time. Saiyuri squealed in delight and giggled, Aden looked at his cake and then grabbed a handful of it. Garth took a bit of the cake and put it on Saiyuri's nose.

"Garth!" Lily exclaimed as she looked at her husband and daughter.

"What?" Garth asked as he took frosting and put a dot of it on Lily's nose. Lily shook her head at her husband's antics and grabbed a damp cloth before washing her daughters face gently. Aden meanwhile took his handful of cake and tangled his hand into his father's hair, covering it with frosting.

"Aden!" Warren exclaimed as he grabbed a napkin and tried to get as much of the frosting out of his hair as he could.

"That's my boy!" Ace exclaimed as Dick chuckled. Aden grabbed more cake and threw it at Dick. Dick dodged the flying food projectile with another laugh.

"NO!" Aden screamed before starting to cry.

"What did you do now Dick?" Lily asked as she walked over with Saiyuri.

"He threw cake at me and I dodged it," Dick replied defensively. Lily shook her head and stuffed a piece of cake into Dick's face. Aden giggled happily.

"She got you good Dick," Ace stated with a laugh, they were on better terms now than before, not best friends or anything but they spoke civilly. "Warren I'll help you clean your hair later." Lily chuckled, she was glad that everyone was getting along and having fun.

"Aden… what am I going to do with you?" Warren asked as he looked at Aden.

"Dada!" Aden exclaimed, Warren shook his head and smiled as he took some of the cake and smeared it on his son's cheeks, Aden squealed excitedly.

"Ugh… Great, this means that he needs a bath tonight," Ace groaned as she looked at her son.

"Relax Ace, it's his first birthday," Harley stated as she looked at her daughter. "He's supposed to get dirty, get cake all over himself."

"I have to bathe him every night as it is though," Ace replied as she looked at her mother and shook her head. "Why do you have to get so dirty Aden?" Aden smiled up at his mom, cake and frosting still covering his cheeks.

"You'll be fine Ace, if you want I'll give Aden his bath tonight," Warren stated as he looked at Ace, she shook her head.

"Lily!" Garth exclaimed as he grabbed some cake.

"Don't even think about it Garth, or you're on the couch for a month," Lily replied stiffly as she saw the cake in his hand.

"Oh… but that would mean no fun time for you," Garth replied as he stuck out his tongue.

"I'll live…" Lily replied with a smirk.

"That also means you don't get that thing you like," Garth stated with a wink.

"Like I said, I'll live," Lily replied with a blush as she covered her daughters ears. "I still have that box Ace gave me as a gag gift for my sixteenth birthday."

"Uh… That was just a box, inside was something completely different than what was on the outside," Ace piped up.

"Yes it was, I checked… also Dick might've found it…" Lily mumbled as a blush dusted her face.

"Oh that one… I thought you meant the other one," Ace replied with a chuckle.

"If it was that one, I wouldn't have mentioned it," Lily replied with a smile.

"I gave you quite a few gag gifts that year Lily, just don't ask how I bought them," Ace replied with a wink to Lily.

"I know you well enough not to," Lily muttered in reply as she looked at Ace.

"What did she get you?" Garth asked as he looked at his wife. "This I simply must know."

"She got me a bunch of stuff from Spencers one year as a gag gift," Lily replied as she looked at him.

"Like what?" Garth asked as he looked at Lily with a smirk. "Please tell me." He stuck out his lower lip in a pout. Lily listed off a rather interesting list of Spencer's more…. risqué items. "Really now? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Well Garth, it never came up," Lily replied happily.

"Did you get any gag gifts Ace?" Warren asked curiously as he looked at her, she shrugged.

"She's gotten a few over the years," Lily replied with a smirk.

"They weren't gags to me Lily, I used them quite frequently…" Ace replied before shutting herself up, she looked at Warren and then turned to wink at Lily. Lily shook her head.

"You're telling me later Ace," Warren muttered, she shook her head.

"I threw most of them out, so it doesn't matter," Ace replied with a smile. Lily chuckled and rolled her eyes.

"Ace!" Saiyuri exclaimed.

"Saiyuri!" Ace exclaimed. The little girl reached for her so Ace picked her up. "What can I do for you Saiyuri?" Saiyuri gave Ace a big sticky kiss on her cheek. "Oh Saiyuri…" She giggled and blew raspberries on Saiyuri's tummy. Saiyuri squealed and giggled.

"Lily!" Aden screamed.

"Aden!" Lily exclaimed. Aden reached for her. Lily picked him up. "What can Aunty Lily do for you Aden?" Aden ran his cake covered hands through her hair and patted her cheek. Lily laughed and blew raspberries on his tummy.

"Good job Aden," Garth stated excitedly.

"Couch!" Lily exclaimed as she glared at Garth.

"But… but," Garth murmured with a pout. Lily walked inside to get the cake and frosting out of her hair, Garth followed her. Ivy watched the two with her mother knows smile on her face. "Come on Lily, please don't put me on the couch."

"Then you shouldn't have laughed, you knew the consequences," Lily replied as she kept her head down in the tub wetting her hair so that Garth couldn't see her smile.

"But…" He murmured as he put his head down. "He looked so happy that I had to laugh." Lily finished washing her hair out and wrung the excess water out of it.

"Garth… I'm not actually angry with you," Lily stated with a smile.

"Oh…" Garth replied as he looked up and smirked. "I knew that." Lily shook her head and rolled her eyes. "Let's get back out there."

"There's something you need to know before we do go back out though Garth," Lily replied as she looked at him.

"What's that Lily?" Garth asked as he looked at her. She took his hand and put it on her lower abdomen. "Are you…?"

"Mom confirmed this morning," Lily replied with a nod.

"I'm gonna be a daddy again," Garth exclaimed as he hugged his wife. Lily hugged him back. "Does anyone else know yet?"

"Just mom so far," Lily replied as she looked at him. "But let's keep it quiet for now, it is Aden and Saiyuri's birthday after all."

"Okay," Garth whispered as Lily kissed him.

(June of that Year (The 13th it was a Saturday))

"Happy birthday Lily!" Ace exclaimed as she looked at her best friend.

"Thank you," Lily replied as she looked at Ace.

"No problem, so when's the party?" Ace asked.

"It's at four after my appointment with the doctor," Lily replied happily.

"Bueno, gives me more time to get some more presents," Ace stated as she winked at Lily.

"Nothing too crazy though Ace," Lily muttered with a smile.

"You'll see Lily," Ace replied as Lily shook her head and rubbed her small belly. "How's my nephew doing in there?"

"Calm," Lily replied, she was glad that this pregnancy was going better.

"Good," Ace stated sweetly.

"Only seven more months," Lily replied as she continued to rub her bump.

"Well you go head to your appointment, I've got to go get some last minute stuff," Ace stated as she looked at Lily with a wink. Lily nodded and headed toward Garth for her appointment.

(At Spencers with Warren and Ace)

"You get your gifts and I'll get mine," Ace stated with a smile.

"Okay by me," Warren replied with a smile.

(At the Doctor with Lily and Garth)

"Lily Todd?" The nurse called as she looked at the next name on her list. Lily got up and followed the nurse into the room. "Ok, just hop up on the table, the doctor will be in shortly." Lily hopped up on the table.

"Mrs. Todd?" The Doctor asked as soon as he walked into the room.

"Yes?" Lily replied happily, it was her doctor from the last pregnancy.

"We're going to do an ultrasound to see how the baby is doing," Dr. Mitz replied.

"Sounds good," Lily stated as she looked at the doctor.

"So if you could ley back and pull up your shirt," Dr. Mitz stated as she turned to give Lily a bit of privacy. Lily did as the doctor ordered, the doctor squirted the gel on her abdomen and pulled the ultrasound machine, he began to spread the gel around her abdomen to get the picture. "Everything seems to be going great so far Mrs. Todd." Lily held Garths hand as they watched the screen.

"When should we be able to find out the gender?" Garth asked as he looked at Dr. Mitz.

"A few more weeks," Dr. Mitz replied happily.

"I have a feeling that we're gonna have a boy this time," Lily stated with a smile.

"I hope so," Garth replied with a smile as well. Lily looked up at him, he put a hand on her shoulder. "So anything else Doc?"

"No, just make sure you make another appointment for next month and you can find out for sure the sex of your baby," Dr. Mitz replied as he cleaned up and took care of things, putting them away.

"Will do Doc, come on Lily we have that party in a few," Garth stated as he looked from the Doctor to and Lily. Lily straightened her clothes and got off the table to follow Garth, they walked out to the car, he helped her get in and got in himself. They drove to their house.

"I love you Garth," Lily stated as she smiled at Garth.

"I love you too Lily," Garth stated as he drove toward their house. "Are you ready for the party?" Lily nodded and smiled. "Good, I hear that there were big plans for you guys."

(Time Skip: About 20 minutes later at the Party.)

"Happy birthday baby girl!" Ivy exclaimed as she hugged her daughter, she was excited that they were all together and happy and healthy.

"Thanks mom," Lily replied as she hugged her mother.

"Happy birthday girls!" Harley screamed as she hugged her daughter, she too was excited that everyone was there and happy and healthy.

"Thanks mom," Ace replied as she rubbed her ear, her mother had screamed right next to it.

"Time for presents girls!" Warren exclaimed as he pointed to the chairs behind the table the presents were on. Lily and Ace walked over to the table and sat on the chairs.

"YAY!" Ace exclaimed as she looked at the mountain of presents that stood before her and Lily. Lily laughed at Ace's antics.

"Here you go Lily," Garth stated as he handed Lily a rather large box that was wrapped in colored paper. Warren handed Ace a relatively large box as well.

"Should we be scared?" Ace asked with a laugh as she shook her box. "I think mine's ticking." Lily opened her box and blushed upon seeing what was inside. "What did you get Lily?"

"Something from one of your stores," Lily replied as she looked back at her box then at Ace.

"Oh baby!" Ace exclaimed with a wink. "Who's it from?" She was curious to know what it was and who got it for her.

"It's from my darling husband," Lily replied happily as she looked between Garth and Ace, Garth blushed and then smirked.

"You best have gotten her something good, now for mine," Ace stated as she tore into the paper and saw a rather awkward box of her own. She looked at the box for a few minutes with a smirk on her face.

"So what did you get and from whom?" Lily asked as she looked at Ace expectantly. Ace turned to Lily and smirked with a wink. "I have to hear this, you have a blush on your face." Ace looked back at the box again before looking at Warren. She finished unwrapping the box to reveal a collapsible stripper pole. "So I take it Warren got that for you?" Ace nodded with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"Time for the next presents," Ace stated quickly as she took the box off the table and put it behind her. The blush fading from her cheeks as quickly as it had appeared. Warren smirked at Ace and watched the blush return slightly. Garth nodded and handed another present to Lily, Warren followed suit and handed another box to Ace. "Thanks boys." Lily opened hers and blushed again, apparently the contents were of the more inappropriate variety. "So who's this one from?" Ace knew already who that one was from, she had wrapped that one.

"You," Lily replied happily as she looked at Ace, in the box was a rather embarrassing gift. She looked at the box and back at Ace. "Thanks, now if Garth gets me upset, I can put him on the couch and be fine." She winked at Ace before quickly flashing the gift and putting it behind her. "Now you Ace." Ace nodded and tore the wrapping off her own box, inside said box was yet another embarrassing gift.

"Thanks Lily," Ace stated as she looked at Lily. She looked at the box again, inside the box was something that would give her the same abilities as Lily had over Garth currently. She put it behind her in the box still, she'd show Warren everything later.

"No problem Ace," Lily replied as she looked at Ace.

"So should we be embarrassed for the rest of our gifts?" Ace asked casually as she thought about the gifts she had already gotten.

"Not at all baby girl," Harley replied as she looked at her daughter and rolled her eyes.

"This one's from Saiyuri," Garth stated as he handed Lily a small package.

"Thank you Saiyuri," Lily replied as she opened the box and looking inside found a little heart shaped locket with a family picture that the three took a few weeks before. She looked at Saiyuri and kissed her cheek.

"Mommy like?" Saiyuri asked as she looked at her mom.

"I love it," Lily exclaimed as she picked her daughter up and hugged her to her.

"YAY Mommy!" Saiyuri exclaimed before giggling.

"This is from Aden," Warren stated as he handed Ace a small rectangular box.

"Thank you baby boy," Ace replied as she took the box, tore the paper off and opened it, inside she found a delicate bracelet that had three charms on it, one for each birthday, Aden, Warren, and her own.

"Momma like?" Aden asked sweetly, he looked up at his mother with big curious eyes.

"Yes Aden, momma like," Ace replied softly as she hugged her child to her chest after putting the bracelet on.

"Yay momma," Aden squealed happily as he hugged his mother.

"Let's get the rest of these out of the way shall we?" Ace asked as she handed Aden to her father.

"Sounds good to me," Lily replied as she looked at the still large pile of gifts. The girls opened the rest of their gifts, putting them behind the table, a bit later Ivy brought out the cakes.

"Time for cake girls," Ivy stated as she wheeled the cart with the cakes on it out to them.

"YAY CAKE!" Ace screamed excitedly, her father got worried, nobody gave Ace copious amounts of sugar right?

"Who gave her sugar?" The Joker asked as he looked at Ace, she only got like that when she had sugar.

"Nobody yet," Lily replied as she looked at the Joker, she thought he was over reacting.

"EVERYONE RUN!" The Joker hollered as he looked at the cake with Ace's name on it.

"She's not that bad," Lily stated as she looked at the clown prince in front of her, she rolled her eyes.

"Um… her cake is a rum cake with full sugar frosting, she ordered it… not us," Harley stated quietly as she looked between the girls and her husband. "We uh… didn't find out till just now when we looked at the slips."

"Oh shit," Lily gasped as she looked at Ace, who was smiling. "Warren you might want to keep an eye on her after she starts eating the cake."

"Why?" Warren asked as he looked at Ace, and Lily. "She's eaten sugar filled foods and drank before, she was fine."

"You haven't seen her like this," Lily replied, she was referring to happy and excited and then introduced to alcohol and sugar.

"Talent show junior year, she smelt of booze, what's the worst that could happen?" He asked, not the least bit worried.

"The combined effects of sugar, booze, and her three personalities they all blend and the worst traits of each come out," Lily replied with a serious tone and a serious face.

"Drop the cake Ace," Warren demanded as he looked at Ace, she was nearing the cake with a glint in her eyes.

"No IT'S MINE ALL MINE!" Ace exclaimed as she cut herself a piece of cake that was rather large and started taking big bites out of it. "MUAHAHAHAHA."

"Let her eat the cake, just don't fight her when she goes to drag you off to the bedroom," Lily stated simply.

"You wait TO TELL ME SHE GETS HORNY UNTIL AFTER SHE STARTS EATING THE DEVIL CAKE!" Warren demanded, he was half tempted to take the cake from Ace.

"Shut up and let me eat cake," Ace started as she ate the cake, she developed a demonic looking smirk. "I don't have to take you to the bedroom."

"He's just looking out for you Ace," Lily stated calmly as she looked at Ace.

"What man complains about their wife being horny though?" Ace countered as she continued to eat, only feeling the effects of the sugar at the moment.

"I think it's more that he doesn't want to be limping tomorrow," Lily replied as she watched Ace.

"I'm not that bad, am I guys?" Ace asked, she was asking a group of her ex's, both boyfriends and flings, who had come to the party. "And why would he be limping?"

"I'm not answering that one," Both Dick and Cyborg replied as she looked at her.

"Don't tell me your both embarrassed by it boys," Ace muttered as she looked at them. "Now am I really that bad? Or rather, that good?"

"Once again, not answering that one," Cyborg practically growled out as he looked at Ace.

"Same here Ace," Dick muttered as he looked at the ground.

"Awe… why not? She tells the lunch table about our sex life… she nor I would care, I just want to know, and I'm sure she would as well," Warren stated as he looked at the two males.

"Let's just say that you're definitely going to be limping, and you're most likely going to have number two on the way," Dick replied as he looked at Warren, his face serious.

"All I really want to know is why he'd be limping?" Ace asked as she looked between the three males as she continued eating her cake.

"That would be because you literally keep going even after your partner passes out from exhaustion," Dick replied with a snort.

"That was only you Dick," Ace muttered as she continued to eat her cake.

"Not really, I'm half machine and you still had me limping in the morning," Cyborg replied as he looked at her.

"You dated pansy's before me Ace," Warren stated with a smirk, he had stamina. "Our longest was the weekend and neither of us fell asleep." His smirking face turned to look at Dick and Cyborg.

"You could have asked Cyborg, I would have stopped," Ace replied with a false sweetness in her voice, the alcohol had just kicked in.

"Ace, when have you ever been known to stop when someone asked?" Cyborg asked animatedly as he watched her.

"I uh…" Ace muttered as she walked to the trash basket and tossed her plate that still had a bit of cake on it.

"Wow, she actually didn't finish her cake," Lily stated in a shocked tone.

"It' did its job, I'm very excited, but I'm going to hold myself back for a while so we can finish the party," Ace replied as she looked at Lily, who was leaning into Garth.

"You gained some self-control finally?" Cyborg asked with a shocked look on his face.

"Not really, I have gained control there, but lost it in other places," Ace replied casually as she hugged Warren close to her. "Now let's party!"

"She's not that bad," Lily stated calmly as she looked at Ace.

"We never said her insatiable sex drive was a bad thing," Dick muttered as he looked at the ground.

"That is true, we never said that it was a bad thing," Cyborg confirmed as he looked at Lily, Ace stuck her tongue out at Dick and Cyborg. Lily shook her head.

"So what else do we have planned for this ever so interesting event?" Ace asked as she looked at everyone Lily shrugged.

"Well we're going to leave you kids alone, I need a drink, however we're taking the kids with us," The Joker replied as he grabbed Aden, Ivy grabbed Saiyuri.

"NANA!" Saiyuri exclaimed.

"PAPA!" Aden hollered excitedly.

"So what do you guys want to do?" Ace asked happily as she looked around.

"We could go dance," Lily offered, it was a good idea.

"Where?" Cyborg asked as he looked at Lily. "Are there any clubs around?"

"Well there is the one that Ace and I went to junior year," Lily replied happily as she looked at their little group.

"Ah yes, I simply adore that club, let's go change, shall we Lily-bells?" Ace asked as she smiled and looked at Lily. Lily and Ace both walked inside and up to her and Warren's bedroom. "So standard club clothes?"

"Sounds good to me," Lily replied as she nodded and they walked to the closet.

"Take your pick Lily," Ace stated as they opened the closet and began looking around, Lily started looking through the clothes as well. Ace grabbed a black miniskirt, a pair of red suspenders, and a blue crop top. Lily chose a pair of black leather pants and a black halter top, along with black stiletto boots. Ace grabbed thigh high purple socks, her knee high stiletto boots, and then she changed. "We look sexy."

"Yes we do," Lily replied as she changed as well, the clothing hugged her body quite well.

"Let's go see their faces," Ace stated as they walked out of the room, closing the door behind them, and walked down the stairs toward the yard where the men were. "What do you boys think?" They walked out to the back yard.

"You're going to be the death of me," Warren groaned as he looked her up and down, the skirt Ace was wearing came to her mid-thigh, about an inch about her socks, and her shirt came to about an inch and a half below her bust line. He closed his eyes and shook his head, he opened his eyes a few moments later and looked at her again. "Go put some clothes on." She rolled her eyes at him.

"Not a chance, we're going clubbing," Ace replied with a smirk as she looked at Warren.

"What do you think Garth?" Lily asked as she looked at Garth expectantly.

"I like it…" He replied quietly as he looked at the ground. "You look amazing." Lily kissed her husband.

"Go put some clothes on girls!" Cyborg stated as he looked at the two girls.

"Not a chance Cyborg," Lily replied happily and she looked at him.

"I have clothes on last time I checked," Ace replied with a smirk as she looked at him with a wink.

"Go put on clothes that won't start a fight at the club," Warren stressed as he looked at his wife, his eyes drifting from her bare mid-drift to her exposed thigh and then up to the bit of cleavage.

"How would our clothes start a fight?" Lily demanded, she was laughing at this inside.

"Yours won't but Ace's will… Ace go put a real shirt on," Warren replied as he looked from Lily to Ace, Lily was dressed in normal club clothes by his standards.

"But…" Ace muttered as she looked at him.

"Warren, calm down," Lily stated as she rolled her eyes at her best friends husband.

"Or go put pants on," Warren stated as he looked at Ace.

"But I like my outfit," Ace muttered as she looked down at her outfit. "It's a perfect club outfit and I'm not actually showing all that much skin." She looked to Dick with an expectant look on her face. "What do you think Dick?"

"It's fine," Dick mumbled quietly.

"Please Ace…" Warren begged as he looked at Ace pleadingly.

"Warren…" Ace stated as she looked at him.

"Let's get going guys," Garth stated as he gestured toward where the cars were.

"Good idea," Lily replied as she looked at Garth.

"Sounds good to me," Ace stated as she pulled Warren toward the cars.

"I'll take my car and follow you guys," Cyborg stated as he pointed to his car.

"Sounds good to me," Lily replied as everyone headed to cars.

"You're wearing it," Warren stated as he took his coat off and put it around Ace's shoulders.

"I can do that," Ace replied as she took the coat.

(About half an hour later at the Club)

"Let's go!" Lily screamed as she grabbed Ace's wrist and pulled her onto the dance floor. The girls started dancing, they were well within vision range of the boys.

"Heck yes!" Ace exclaimed as they danced, getting lost in the music. The girls began to dance in a provocative manor, winking at their husbands.

"I think we just got ditched by our wives… for each other," Warren muttered as he turned to look at Garth, they had dressed for the party in a way that was good for a club, Warren was wearing tight jeans and a tight tank top shirt along with his boots. Garth was wearing jeans and a button up shirt with converse sneakers.

"I can see that…" Garth replied as he watched the girls.

"It's bad enough that Ace is dressed like that… why do they have to dance like that?" Warren demanded through gritted teeth as they watched the girls dance closely.

"Your guess is as good as mine," Garth replied.

"Wonder what they're talking about," Ace stated as she and Lily continued dancing, glancing at their husbands every few moments.

"To be honest… I have no idea," Lily replied as she looked from Ace to the guys.

"Want to go find out?" Ace asked as she looked over to the guys and saw the look on Warren's face. "He looks ready to flame up…" The look on Warren's face could kill the devil, if he saw it.

"Let's go," Lily replied with a nod, just as they decided on what to do the music changed to a song that neither girl could dance to. They stopped dancing.

"What's got your candle lit Warren?" Ace asked as they walked over to the boys, she was worried. Lily walked over to Garth and hugged him. "You're torturing me Ace. You… you have my candle lit." He looked at Ace and grabbed her hand.

"Um… we can go dance if you like?" Ace asked as she looked up at Warren, hoping he didn't hold her hand to hard. Warren dragged Ace to the dance floor.

"Shall we?" Garth asked Lily as he looked at her. Lily took his hand, Garth led her out to the dance floor and the pair started dancing. "How has your birthday been so far?"

"It's been wonderful," Lily replied as she looked at Garth.

"I'm glad, and your mother agreed to watch Saiyuri tonight," Garth murmured as he looked at her. "I have a special surprise for you tonight."

"Oh?" Lily asked as she rested her head on Garth's chest.

"Not telling you what though," Garth replied as he held her to him, he wanted it to be a surprise.

Please?" Lily begged, giving him puppy eyes.

"Nope!" Garth replied, popping the P as he shook his head. Lily's eyes started tearing up.

"Why not?" Lily asked in a whimper as she looked at him.

"Birthday surprise," Garth replied as he hugged her tightly.

"Please tell me?" Lily asked as she looked at him.

"Maybe later…" Garth replied happily as he winked at her.

"Meanie…" Lily muttered before she pushed away from Garth and walked off, leaving him on the dance floor.

"Lily come back!" Garth exclaimed as he tried to follow her. Lily ignored him and walked deeper into the dance floor. "Lily! I'm not going to tell you here. But I will tell you." Lily eventually lost Garth in the crowd. 'Stupid hormones.' Lily thought as she went to one of the clubs back rooms to compose herself. 'Ugh… all this so I can give her an awesome gift.' Garth thought as he tried to find her, he walked toward the back rooms, he knew she liked them. Lily took calm deep breaths to calm herself.

"Hello Lily," A voice whispered in her ear, it was a familiar voice, it was dark. Lily stiffened as she turned to the voice.

"What are you doing here Ebon?" Lily asked, trying to mask her fear.

"To get my retribution," Ebon growled as he grabbed her shoulder tightly. He wanted retribution against her for what she did to him.

"What retribution?" Lily demanded as she tired to get out of his grip.

"You put me in Arkham, it's all your fault," Ebon replied as his grip tightened.

"How is it my fault?" Lily demanded as she continued to struggle. 'Please don't let him hurt my baby.' Lily thought with a silent prayer.

"If you had listened to me it wouldn't have happened, but no…" He started as he grabbed her other shoulder and began shaking her. "You had to go tell daddy, and he threw me in Arkham!"

"LET ME GO!" Lily exclaimed as she tried to kick him.

"Not until I get my retribution on Gotham's princess of good," Ebon retorted as he pushed her toward the wall. Lily continued to fight, but not only for herself but for her unborn child as well. "Maybe next time you'll listen." He slammed her head into the wall. Lily grunted as the pain hit her and she fell to her knees, her arms instinctively went around her abdomen to protect it. "Oh are you…" He let it hang there, he knew what was going on. Lily didn't say anything.

"Lily are you in here!" Garth asked loudly as he opened the door and looked.

"G-garth… run…" Lily whimpered out.

"Who the fuck are you?" Garth demanded as he ran toward where Lily was laying on the floor. Lily whimpered in pain, her head was throbbing.

"A man seeking retribution, and yourself?" Ebon countered as he looked at Garth.

"I'm her husband," Garth replied hotly, he was getting angry.

"So… she became a slut while I was away," Ebon said before kicking Lily as hard as he could in the abdomen. Lily screamed in pain.

"How DARE YOU, YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A PERSON!" Garth exclaimed as he tackled Ebon to the ground. "Lily call Ace and have her get you out of here." Lily whimpered with a nod as she tried to reach her phone.

"How dare you Lily… you said that what we had was forever," Ebon stated as he punched Garth in the side of the head, effectively stunning him. Lily continued to reach for her phone. "Don't even bother, Ace can't help you here, not that she would… you're good, she's clearly not." Lily finally reached her phone and sent a text to Ace, silently hoping that Garth would stop being stunned soon.

"That's… where you're wrong… she may be a villain… but she will help me," Lily ground out as she pressed the send button.

"She can't hear her phone above this music, and judging by her tramp clothes, she probably doesn't have her phone on her," Ebon retorted. The door burst open and Ace stormed in.

"Long time…" Ace growled, she had never liked Ebon. "Garth wake the fuck up." She shocked him lightly enough to jolt him but not to hurt him. Garth jolted as he regained consciousness.

"Hello Ace," Ebon replied as he grabbed Lily around the neck in a choke hold.

"Do you want to die?" Ace demanded, she was seeing red, nobody did that shit to Lily, Ace could take it but she knew that Lily couldn't in her present state.

"Oh, it won't be me who will die… but rather this sluts unborn brat," Ebon retorted with a smirk as he pulled out a pocket knife and stabbed Lily in the lower abdomen.

"Garth… get her the fuck out of here, I'll handle this idiot," Ace growled loudly as she charged toward Ebon. "Get her to the hospital, she's not going to lose my nephew whom I've fondly nicknamed Ivan, NOW GO!" She charged Ebon and knocked him away from Lily. Lily screamed as she pulled the blade out gently and applied pressure to the area. 'Please don't make me lose him.' Lily thought. Garth ran to Lily and picked her up before running out of the room and toward the door of the club, he ran into Warren and motioned him toward the back door, he ran into Dick who met him at the door and helped him get Lily to the car.

"Come on," Garth growled as he got into the car with Lily.

"Garth… I love… you… pl-please… take care… of… Saiyuri…" Lily whispered as she fought to stay awake, she was losing too much blood, in addition to the stab wound she also had internal bleeding.

"You're going to be okay Lily, Saiyuri is going to have a mom and a dad, you're strong and you're going to make it, now no sleeping the hospital is close," Garth whispered as Dick got into the front seat and drove off quickly, breaking the speed limit. Lily smiled weakly before passing out, Garth continued to apply pressure to the wound.

(With Ebon and Ace)

"You're too late, even if they get to the hospital in time… they're both going to die," Ebon stated happily with a smirk and a laugh.

"Never doubt what you don't know," Ace replied calmly as she looked at him. "Is Lily capable of killing?" Her question was a test. "Answer me Ivan… is Lily capable of killing?"

"No she isn't," Ebon replied shortly as he looked at the girl in front of him, they had never gotten along.

"Is Lily capable of killing?" Ace asked again, her voice dull, not a bit of sweetness in it, so she wasn't Princess, but there was a gleam in her eye that would betray things to come.

"She's the daughter of the Bat… She couldn't kill a fly," Ebon retorted with a smirk.

"IS LILY CAPABLE OF KILLING?" Ace demanded as she looked at him with soft eyes, the only thing betraying her was the gleam. "ANSWER ME!"

"Lily is not capable of killing!" Ebon replied yet again, he wasn't getting it. "She doesn't know how!" Ace would have fun with this.

"WRONG!" Ace exclaimed as she looked at him. Ebon attacked her, she grabbed his wrist and punched him in the elbow, breaking his arm. "IDIOT! Who is my father?" Ebon moved to head butt her. "Riddle me this… Riddle me that… Who the fuck gave you permission to do that?" She grabbed his throat tightly. "ANSWER ME!" She was slipping, losing her control, she wanted retribution for Lily. Ebon was trying to use his power to make Ace release him, she let him go only to scream, "ANSWER ME YOU FUCKER!"

"I got my revenge… that's all you need to know," Ebon replied sourly as he looked at her.

"Now it's my turn… do you remember Hotstreak?" Ace asked with a smile as she looked at him, the gleam still in her eye.

"Of course, and if I remember correctly… the two of you were quite the item," Ebon replied happily.

"Do you know where he is?" Ace asked happily, her smile wide and joker like.

"Last I heard, he was looking for you," Ebon replied as he looked at her, slightly curious.

"He found me… and he died," Ace stated as she looked at him with a smirk to rival the devils. "Now I ask you… what should happen to you?"

"You don't have the guts," Ebon retorted harshly.

"To do what?" Ace asked happily.

"You won't kill me," Ebon stated in reply as he looked at her.

"Why won't I?" Ace demanded as she looked at him.

"You don't have the guts to do it," Ebon replied.

"What makes you say that Ebon?" Ace demanded as she glared at him.

"You're too weak," He replied calmly.

"Do you even know me?" Ace demanded as she looked at him. "I killed my first person when I was four!"

"I'm not afraid of you!" Ebon growled out.

"You should be!" Ace growled as she looked at him.

"And why would that be?" Ebon demanded.

"I've killed three people this year alone," She whispered in his ear.

"So?... I've killed thousands," Ebon replied calmly.

"And Ebon?" Ace demanded as she looked at him. "You are NOTHING!" Ebon convulsed as Ace sent energy straight into his heart. "Dead as a doornail."

(With the Group at the Hospital)

"Mr. Todd?" The Doctor asked in the waiting room.

"Yes Doctor?" Garth asked as he stood up, he was worried.

"We are doing everything we can to save your wife but… should things come down to it, I'm sorry but you will have a very difficult choice to make," The doctor said, handing Garth a clipboard of documents.

"I want you to try your hardest to save them both… but if it comes to it… save my wife," Garth replied as tears came to his eyes. The doctor nods and went back to the O.R.

"She'll make it Garth," Warren muttered as Garth sat back down.

"Where's my daughter?" Ivy demanded as she ran into the waiting room.

"She's in the O.R. right now, the doctors are doing their best," Warren replied, Garth currently unable to form cohesive sentences.

"What happened?" Ivy asked as she stopped near the boys.

"Ebon…" Ace replied as she ran into the waiting room and stopped before Ivy.

"What?" Ivy asked, slightly confused.

"Ebon stabbed her in the abdomen… I killed him…" Ace replied with an edge to her voice. Ivy's skin took on a green tint.

"Where's Saiyuri?" Garth asked, his voice rough from holding back the sobs that wanted to come forth.

"My mom went and got him," Ace replied as she turned to look at him, then turned back to Ivy. "Now aunty Ivy… he got what he deserved, it was painful… and if you like I can bring him back so that you can have a go."

"That's alright Ace," Ivy replied as Bruce and Slade came in.

"Before you ask… it was her ex Ebon…he's dead now," Ace stated before Bruce or Slade could ask. "Lily will be ok, she'll live if I have any say in the matter, and if I have anything to do with it." Her voice had that edge still, nobody understood why it was there.

"We've stabilized her… but unfortunately… we were unable to save the baby," The doctor said as he walked out to them.

"So… long as she's going to live," Garth choked out as he looked at the doctor. "Could I see her yet?"

"There's something you need to know first," The Doctor replied calmly as he looked at Garth.

"What…?" Garth asked as a tear escaped his eye.

"She's in a coma… it is unlikely that she will wake up… it would probably be best if you prepared yourselves to say your goodbyes," The doctor replied calmly but sympathetically as he looked at Garth.

"Nobody is saying goodbye to anyone doc… got it?" Ace demanded, the edge in her voice making her sound slightly demonic at the moment.

"All I'm saying is that you should prepare yourselves should the worst happen," The doctor replied.

"She's going to be fine doc… get it?" Ace demanded as she looked straight into the doctors' eyes.

"Ace…" Bruce said warningly.

"Bruce…" Ace replied in the same tone as before, but a look that spoke volumes. Bruce returned her look. "Doc… let me see her."

"I'm sorry… but at this time, visitors are restricted to strictly family," The doctor replied calmly as he looked at Ace.

"I'm her motherfucking sister…" Ace started as she glared at the doctor. "YOU'RE GOING TO LET ME SEE HER OR SO HELP YOU GODS YOU WILL BE THE ONE IN A COMA!" The air around Ace's hands started cracking. "All this shit has happened to me too so guess what?"

"He's just doing his job Ace," Warren whispered as he wrapped his arms around her.

"He isn't even a fucking doctor… his name is Shiv… he's part of Ebon's Bang Babies… this was Ebon's fucking plan," Ace screamed, tears streaming down her face. "I'M GOING TO SEE MY BEST FRIEND!"

"Wait? What does Ebon have to do with this?" Shiv demanded.

"Fucker is Lily's jealous and abusive ex, he's the one who stabbed her… with one of your knives," Ace replied harshly as she glared at him, fire in her eyes and energy at her fingertips.

"Ace, I swear I had no idea, but I'm sorry only her husband and her parents can see her right now," Shiv murmured as he watched the girl in front of him.

"If anything happens to her Shiv…" Ace growled before she broke away from the hold Warren had on her and pulled Shiv close enough that she could whisper. "They will never find you because you will be dead. Get it?" Everyone knew she was scary when she was angry, slighted, annoyed, or sad, and at this particular moment Ace was quite possibly one of the scariest things that many of them had ever seen, and she was simply Ace, not Jacks or Princess. Her tone spoke promise not threat, as one can get around a threat however she never broke a promise. She and Shiv had gotten along pretty well while Lily and Ebon were dating, but he had never seen her like this. Shiv nodded to her last comment in fear. "Good boy, now I'm going to go for a run. Call me if anything happens got it?" Shiv nodded, Ace headed toward the doors. Warren followed her.

"Garth, go see her," Ivy murmured as she turned to her son in law.

"I need someone there with me," Garth muttered as he looked at the floor.

"I'll go with you Garth," Slade stated as he looked at Garth.

"Thank you," Garth whispered as he held back tears. They followed Shiv to where they were keeping Lily.

"She's in the first door on the right," Shiv replied, pointing out the room before going to check on his other parents.

"Please be okay Lily…" Garth silently begged as they walked into the room, as he saw Lily he burst into tears. Lily was laying in the bed her body was still, bruised from Ebon's attack peppered her skin. "Please Lily… please come back to me." Slade watched the scene with sadness… he had prayed that he would never have to see his daughter like this. Garth pulled the chair next to the bed and held Lily's hand. Slade silently left the room and walked back out to the waiting room.

"How is she?" Ivy asked as she looked up.

"She looks like a mess, she's covered in bruises and Garth literally broke down," Slade replied as he looked at Ivy. Ivy covered her face.

"Did she looked like she'd make it Slade?" Bruce asked as he turned to Garth. Slade nodded but still looked slightly upset. Ivy's shoulders shook heavily as she sobbed in relief.

(A few months later)

Garth hadn't left Lily's bedside more then he needed to, he never left during visitors hours and tried to not have to leave after that either, he held Lily's hand every day and talked to her, hoping that she would grab his hand and wake up. Lily slowly woke up and opened her eyes, she tried to talk but couldn't because of the intubation tube in her mouth. "Doc… she's awake!" Garth exclaimed as he saw Shiv pass by. The doctor came in and started taking to tube out of Lily's mouth, she held Garths hand the entire time.

"Garth… what happened?" Lily asked hoarsely as she looked at Garth.

"You lost the baby because Ebon stabbed you in the abdomen," Garth whispered in reply as he had tears running down his face, he was so happy that she was going to be okay. Lily moved her free hand to her womb, tears running down her face. "Everything will be okay Lily, we can have more kids… I'm more worried about how you're doing."

"Where's Saiyuri?" Lily asked as she looked up at Garth.

"She's at the house with Ace and Harley," Garth replied quietly as he held Lily's hand tightly. Lily held Garth's hand as well.

"You can leave as early as this afternoon, I just have to check some things and you all can be on your way," Shiv stated as he started his exam. Lily nodded as Shiv continued his exam, everything checked out. "You're ready to go as soon as you're ready."

"Thanks Shiv," Lily replied as she looked up at Shiv.

"No problem Lily, just come back in in about a week so I can check on everything," Shiv stated as he checked off everything on Lily's chart. "And could you remind Ace to come in for her checkup?" Lily nodded as Shiv left the room, giving the couple privacy so that Lily could get dressed.

"How are you feeling Lily?" Garth asked as he turned away so she could get dressed. Lily was silent, so Garth continued. "Saiyuri will be excited to see you, and I believe that Ace as something to tell you." He held Lily after she got off the bed.

(Time Skip: They're at the house)

"Oh Lily, you're out of the hospital… why didn't you guys tell me, I would have brought Saiyuri over," Ace stated as the door opened and in walked Lily and Garth. Ace scooped Saiyuri up and brought her over to Lily.

"I just wanted to get out of the hospital," Lily replied quietly as she took Saiyuri gently from Ace, she was slightly shocked at how much she had grown.

"Not a problem, how are you feeling?" Ace asked as she watched Saiyuri grab onto her mother tightly.

"Mama?" Saiyuri asked quietly as she buried her face into the crook of her mother's neck.

"I've been better," Lily replied as she kissed her daughters forehead.

"I uh… I actually have a surprise for you Lily," Ace stated as she smiled at Lily. "I hope you'll like it."

"Oh?" Lily asked, slightly curious, especially considering her best friends choice of gifts in the past. "And what surprise is that?"

"I taped all the stuff with Saiyuri for you," Ace replied quietly before going to get the bag of tapes she had been keeping, she hadn't wanted Lily to miss out on anything.

"Thanks Ace," Lily stated as she took the bag from Ace.

"I uh… I didn't want you to miss out on anything," She replied with a smile, a soft smile that she hoped didn't make her look stupid or condescending.

"Thank," Lily replied with a more withdrawn smile.

"Is there anything I can help you guys with?" Ace asked as she looked at the trio.

"Thanks though Ace," Lily replied as she shook her head.

"Call me if you need anything at all," Ace whispered as she hugged Lily and then made for the door. Lily took Saiyuri upstairs to put her down for her nap.

"Would you like anything to eat or drink?" Garth asked as he followed Lily upstairs. Lily shook her head. "Want to talk?" He tried as he sat in a chair in Saiyuri's room and watched his wife. Lily shook her head again, it was worrying Garth that she wasn't talking. "Lily please say something at lease."

"I've fine Garth," Lily muttered, she looked sad.

"I'm here if you need me, I love you Lily," Garth murmured as he looked at her, fighting back tears.

"I know," Lily replied quietly as she rocked Saiyuri.

"I'm glad you're okay," Garth whispered in her ear after he got up and hugged her after she got Saiyuri to sleep and in her crib. Lily nodded,

"I'm going to go take a shower," Lily said before leaving Saiyuri's room and heading to the master bath. Garth slowly walked to the living room to wait for Lily to be finished in the shower, all he really wanted was to hold her close and never let go. Lily started the shower and got undressed before stepping in. She managed to hold it together… but then she saw the scar from where Ebon had stabbed her. 'It's not a dream…' She thought as she started sliding down the tile her body shaking with sobs. About half an hour later Garth was still waiting for Lily. 'She's been in there longer than usual,' Garth thought to himself before he got up and headed toward the master bathroom, he opened the door and found Lily sitting on the shower floor just letting the water hit her. He took his shoes off and stepped into the shower with her. Lily was apparently unaware of Garth getting in with her fully clothed.

"Come on Lily, let's get you standing, or at least sitting on the seat," Garth tried as he went to pick her up. Lily let Garth move her, tears still streaming down her face. "Everything will be okay Lily, we'll make everything better." He sat them on the shower seat and held her to him tightly.

"No it won't… it's my fault that I lost him," Lily sobbed as Garth held her.

"What...? How? It wasn't your fault," Garth replied quietly as he held her.

"It was me Ebon wanted… because I told my dad what was happening…" Lily whimpered.

"He was mentally unstable Lily… your father put him away because he was trying to hurt you and other people," Garth murmured softly as he wiped her tears away.

"Then what does that make me?" Lily asked. "I've hurt people too… even my own son…"

"No Lily, you protected people and in the process people got hurt," Garth replied quietly as he held her to him, he never wanted to let go again. "You didn't hurt our son… he did."

"What's the difference?" Lily asked in a defeated tone. "It's like Powers said… blood wins out… and I am the child of two villains."

"And before you knew that fact Lily?" Garth asked as he held her. "What makes the you now any different from the you then?"

"It doesn't matter… it'll only be a matter of time before you and Saiyuri will get hurt because of me too," Lily replied quietly as she looked at the ground.

"No we won't Lily, and deep inside… you know that too," Garth whispered as he looked at her. Lily was silent, her eyes listless and empty. "Come on, let's get you cleaned up." He wasn't caring that he was ruining his clothes, he was worried about Lily, who was just letting him do whatever he needed to do. "Ok, now that you're clean let's get you to bed." Lily nodded numbly, she was feeling empty inside. "I'll go make some dinner, you go take a nap." He helped her get dressed and then he helped her to the room where he helped her lay down. Lily fell into a light sleep. "Sweet dreams." Garth kissed her forehead and walked out of the room.

(A few hours later)

Lily silently slipped out of the bed she was sharing with Garth, after she set the notes she had previously written on the desk and pressing a quick kiss to Saiyuri's forehead. She left the house… never to be seen again for years to come.