When Jerome Meets Harley

Chapter 8.

Still trying to wiggle my way out of the ropes, I sighed, defeated. It's no use trying. No one is coming to save me.

"Hello?''

Or so I thought.

"Hello! In here!'' I shouted back.

Out of nowhere a girl, or should I say woman-appeared. She wasn't old, but she was definitely a few years older than me. (I'm honestly not sure how old Ivy is on Gotham, definitely a little older then Selina, but not sure if it's a huge age gap or a slight? So I'm gonna go with Harley being 18, Selina 16, and Ivy 19. I'd also like Jerome to be 19 and Bruce being 17. I'm pretty sure in the comics Harley is the youngest by a few years, but Gotham obviously does things differently, so this will work) She was wearing a green summer dress along with a green trench coat, guess I know what her favorite color is. She had long red hair and oddly enough was carrying a pitcher of water (I don't think it's called a pitcher, I can't remember the exact word, but she's watering plants, so think of a tool for that lol)

She had a strange look on her face as she noticed a girl wrapped in ropes strapped to a chair with a desperate look on her face.

''Um what happened?'' She asked, cautiously.

I rolled my eyes. ''I got a little tied up here, can ya help?'' I said.

''Oh! Yeah, sorry.'' She said and stepped closer. ''Wait,'' she stopped. ''Are you going to attack me?'' She asked.

I raised my brow. ''Do you really think I'd tell ya if I was going to? Sneak attack, hello.'' I said.

She sighed and bent down to my level and fiddled with the ropes. ''Well, you could be a criminal or something, I don't know you.'' She said.

I looked down at the redhead, something about her seemed a bit familiar. ''Are ya sure about that? Ya seem familiar?'' I pointed out.

She studied me for a moment. ''Do you hang out with Selina or something?'' She questioned, trying to remember. Then a look of a realization crossed her face. ''Harley! It's Harley, right?'' She questioned.

''Yep, that's me! And you are?'' I said, trying my best to remember. I knew she seemed familiar, but I couldn't remember how I knew her.

''Oh,'' She laughed. ''I'm probably hard to recognize now. It's me, Ivy.'' She said.

My jaw dropped. ''Ivy? What the heck happened to ya? Just the other day you were younger than me!'' I said, confused.

''I don't know. I woke up in a river aged up. It sounds weird, I know.'' She explained.

''Wait, you woke up in a river?'' I questioned, she nodded. ''Did ya wake up at the bottom or were ya on a floatie or something?''

She finally yanked off the ropes and helped me out of the chair. ''Well, I woke up by a river. Covered in stuff from the river, looking like a drenched rat.'' She said.

I nodded. ''How did you get here, like this?'' She asked.

''Captured/lured by a mad clown, how about you? What brings you here?'' I questioned.

Her eyes widen at the 'captured' part. ''Um I come down here every day and tend to the plants.'' She said, gesturing to the many plants I didn't even notice.

I heard whistling. Uh-oh. I grabbed Ivy's arm. ''Let's go!'' I squealed and pulled her along. She showed me a back exit that I didn't see before and we ran. Well I ran, Ivy stopped for some reason.

''What are ya doing? Are ya crazy?!'' I yelled at her.

She rolled her eyes. ''He won't follow us.'' She said.

''How do you know that?'' I asked.

''Because he was never following us in the first place. Plus we are at a safe place, my place.'' She said.

I looked around. ''We're at a greenhouse.''

She nodded. ''Exactly, my place.''

I followed the crazy plant lady into 'her place'

''Thirsty?'' She asked.

''Uh yeah,'' I said. Guess she noticed my panting.

She handed me a glass of some oddly colored green juice. It did not look like something you put in your mouth. ''What is that?'' I questioned.

She rolled her eyes. ''Don't worry, it's organic.'' She said.

''Yeah, because that was my worry.'' I said, sarcastically.

She rolled her eyes, again. ''It's edible, or drinkable.'' She said.

''I'm trusting you, plant lady.'' I said and took a swig of the questionable 'organic' drink.  Surprisingly it wasn't bad, until I started seeing stars.

''Uh, it is supposed to give you side effects?'' I muttered.

She started getting blurry and I felt myself falling. ''This one is.'' She said.

And then everything went dark. Crazy plant lady must have decided it was my naptime.