Healing Nature

12. Devil's Snare

Everyone was in the park now as they were having to avoid being mauled or crushed by the trees that had come to life. Harley had to use her acrobatic skills in order to avoid the large root like foot of one of the trees. "We gotta stop this. If Gotham's destroyed we gotta move and there's no way I'm living in Metropolis. So do your plant control thingie and put an end to this." Harley says to Ivy as she continues to dodge. 

"Yeah, you know what, you're really taking the romance out of it when you just call it my "plant control thingie." Ivy says as she sees one of the tree's lifting a screaming man up now. "Hey buddy. Stop." She tries to command and control the plant. It only looks at her for a few moments before it consumes the screaming man. Several of the trees turn their attention to Harley and Ivy now.

 "I... I can't control them. I've... They... They've mutated!" Ivy says backing up slightly as the trees close in on them.

"Maybe they'll respond to heavy scolding?" Harley suggests. "You are being very disrespectful!" She says but the trees just ignore her. 

"Run." Ivy says as she takes Harley's hand. 

Ivy and Harley emerge from a small wooded section of the park. The trees however had followed them.

"Look at that, Ivy has procured us a tree army." King Shark says.  

"She can't control the plants." Harley cries out as she and Ivy continue to be chased but no one can hear her due to the distance so she begins to wave her arms in the air.

"Yes, Harley. Hurrah!" Clayface comments. 

"Uh, I don't think those trees are on our side." Psycho comments as Harley and Ivy get closer. 

"Run! " Y/n calls out now as Harley and Ivy catch up to the other and everyone runs together.

One of the trees reins it's arm back before it fires a barrage of large oversized pine needles at the group. One of them manages to nip the collar of Ivy's coat.

"Argh! This is my favorite coat." Ivy says as she looks at the hole made in it. "Dick!" 

Another set of needles manages to hit Sy in the spine  "Ow! Sweet Roosevelt's ghost!" He says getting out of his chair. "Acupuncture works. I'm healed, baby!" Sy says delighted but a second barrage of needles flies in now as it hits him in his leg causing him to fall back into his chair. "Ah. Easy come, easy go." 

"Argh!" Clayface cries as large set of set of the needles fly through his body becoming stuck in him. "Oh, I am slain!" He says falling to the ground. 

"Clayface, no!" Harley says  rushing to him as everyone else gather around him worried.

"If thou be merciful... Open the tomb... And lay with... Juliet." Clayface says as his voice fades and his eyes close. Harley bows her head sadly until Clayface suddenly jumps up. "And scene!" He cries. 

"Oh, my god!" Ivy comments angrily.  

"That deserves a suicide." Psycho adds.

The trees surround the group now having being able to catch up with them.

"Well done Clayface, You've killed us all." Y/n says sounding both out of breath and frustrated. 

Meanwhile stood on the GCPD roof  watching the carnage through a pair of binoculars was commissioner Gordon. "Sweet Jesus, the park's filled with murderous plants. Thank God we canceled Jazz Fest. The way I see it, there's only one option. Bomb the damn place to kingdom come."