Please Don't Go

Chapter 8

Pop!!

POP!!

As Harley chewed on her gum and blew out bubbles before popping them right in Ivy's ear, the green-skinned woman couldn't take it anymore. She whipped around and glared at Harley with fire in her bright, green eyes. "Can you let me think?? Please?"

Harley dropped her bat and nodded cheerfully, "Sure thing, red!"

"Thank you..." Ivy rubbed her temples as she looked around, her eyes searching for the dark figure of Selina, but she was nowhere to be seen.

The two women had been waiting for Selina for quite a while now. As discussed, they were waiting in the park across from the Gotham City Museum. Harley was pacing around with a bored expression on her face, clearly as bored and impatient as Ivy. It was freezing cold outside, definitely during night time. Dark, heavy clouds hung over their heads, promising more snow to come.

The plant hybrid was sitting on a bench, impatiently tapping her foot against the cold ground. As she breathed, her breath froze in the air, forming a small cloud. The woman frowned, disliking how the trees in the park were stripped from their beautiful leaves. She always preferred warm, exotic climates which is why very often in her house it was bioling hot. One time Harley walked around the house naked because she couldn't handle the heat. Ivy blushed at that thought, catching her bottom lip in between her teeth as she pictured Harley's perfect, round- ah, no no. She has to focus! Ivy stood up so fast that Harley shot her a questioning look, "Got sumthin' pammy?"

"She's not coming. I can't handle the cold any longer, let's go." She turned around, prepared to leave the park.

But Harley grabbed her arm and spun her back around, pulling her in close. "Let's wait five more minutes, please, red? Maybe kitty has sumthin' important to do first."

"Harley, we've been waiting two hours. She's definitely not coming."

Harley's expression dropped into a frown, "But..."

Seeing that upset look on her face made her heart ache. Ivy never wanted to see her hurt, uspet or something that's negatively related. She wanted her Harley to be happy. "Fine, five more minutes. But I'm cold as fuck." The redhead mumbled.

Suddenly the blonde got an idea. "Come here, Ives." As the redhead stepped closer and embraced her, Harley wrapped her arms around her back and rested her head against the woman's chest. "Warmer now?"

A small smile grew on Ivy's face. "Much warmer now, Harls." She murmured softly, swaying a little as she held the other in her arms. She liked this — Having Harley in her arms, shielding her away from the rest of the world. If only she could hold her like this forever and never let go.

Harley mumbled something Ivy didn't quite catch, "What was that, dear?"

"Yer perfect, red." Harley looks up with a grin.

Ivy smirked, quirking a perfectly manicured brow at her, "oh? Is that so?"

"Mmmmhhhmmmmmm." Harley dragged the words out as she grinned up at the taller woman.

The redhead's fingers brushed against Harley's cheek ever so slightly, "and what is so special about me, darling?" She purrs, almost like a cat.

And speaking of cats, Selina finally shows up. Ivy knew because she saw the snowball charging right at them. Avoiding to get hit this time, the woman whipped Harley around so it flew right at her, targeting her back.

"Not funny, kitty." The redhead growls almost.

Selina shruggs, as if being two hours late didn't seem to bother her at all. The woman walked up to the two, and Ivy cocked a brow when she noticed that she was wearing her usual catwoman suit. Wasn't she cold? "I had business with the big bad bat, he's coming, so let's be quick."

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Thanks to Ivy's and the Greens help, the three women were no on top of the museum building, sneaking in through the skylight where Catwoman cut out a perfect circle for them to sneak through. They were warned of the extra security, but Ivy didn't expect so much of them. Lights were shut off, but the flashing torches around the place told her that they had to work quietly. Ivy looks towards Harley and frowns, knowing that the loud blonde would mess things up as she usually did. The best option was to keep her busy and quiet.

They sneaked in, hanging above the red sentry lazers on the ground thanks to Ivy's vines. Catwoman leaped onto a huge skeleton of a dinasour, expertly climbing up it's tail and onto it's head. Ivy knew to wait and so she did, but as she turned her head to check on Harley, she realised the blonde was gone.

How? She had no clue, but she had find to the blonde or elae shit will go down. Harley had the tendency to lose her temper and "bash some brains" which would definitely alert the bat.

Catwoman was already gone and disappeared into the shadows. Ivy, sitting on a swing of vines closed her eyes and urged the green to grow across the walls of the museum, taking out the surveillance cameras and searching for Harley. The woman concentrated hard on trying to locate the girl, but to her luck, she was gone.

Frowning, Ivy thought about looking for her when a shadow from the skylight fell upon her. Looking up, she saw Batman looking right down at her. "Fuck."

He crashes through the glass, sending shattered shards rain down on her and piercing her skin, but thankfully a huge, thick vine grew above her, protecting her.

Batman landed down on the ground, alerting the security guards who came running towards him, aiming their guns at him. Poison Ivy smirked and quickly jumped down to the ground, took a sharp left and ran into a hall, accidentally running into Harley who was clutching a hello kitty backpack to her chest. Where did she even get that from...? "It's the rodent, we have to get out of here." She warns, grabs Harley's hand and runs off with her down the dark hall.

Shots fired off in the background, then bodies thudding down on the ground. The sound of a grapple and then... the signature flapping of Batman's cape right behind them. Ivy flicked her wrist behind her, throwing seeds onto the ground, which then exploded, sprouting out thin, but strong vines and wrestling Batman down to the ground.

Harley threw a look over her shoulder, laughed and stuck out her tongue at him. "Cya later, Bat-freak!"

But it wasn't long until the Dark Knight finally caught up with them. As the two women turned right, trying to find an exit, Batman dropped down right in front of them.

"Game over, ladies. You're both returning to Arkham." His grim voice echoed throughout the empty museum.

Ivy mocked a hurtful tone, "oh. But Batman, it's Christmas in a few days!" She looks at Harley, who smirked and nodds, pouting, "Yeah, B-man! Don't ruin it for us!"

Batman took a warning step towards the two, "How unfortunate, you'll be celebrating Christmas in Arkham." He whipped out handcuffs from his utitly belt, but suddenly he thudded down to the ground as a woman dropped down onto him.

She stands up and stretches, "mrrow. Nobody's ruining my girls night." Catwoman purrs and then looks at the two, who were staring at her, stunned and grinning. "Off you go, I'll keep him busy. He has a soft spot for me." The woman winked and turned to Batman, who was starting to get up.

Ivy and Harley ran off, hand in hand.