The girls of Gotham (Book 2)

Chapter 2

I look at Harley, puzzled.
"The heck with it," Harley yells, smashing the glass and taking the diamond. Just at that moment a womanly figure with long red hair and a green costume sprints past.
"Come on, before we get caught," Harley says. we run after the figure to hear security guards yell and chase after us. All of a sudden, we are pulled behind a pillar.
"Here, you're both safe now," the green woman said.
"So your the one who set off the alarms," Harley whispered angrily.
"I wasn't trying to get caught," She explains.
"Could have fooled us," I say.
"Butterfingers!" Harley laughs.
"Whatever. I'm Ivy, Poison Ivy," She says, holding out her hand.
"I don't think this is the time for introductions," I smile sarcastically. I can see the police searching the building with the flashlights. I run towards a pillar more near to the exit. I beckon Harley and Ivy to come over. They check the all clear and run over to me. We hide behind the pillar in the nick of time, the guards checking the one we were originally behind.
"So, what did you steal?" I ask Ivy.
"Just some plant chemicals," She says, holding up a tray full of grenade looking containers.
"Any damage caused to humans?"
"Are you thinking of an escape plan? She asks.
"Yeah," Me and Harley say.
"Leave it to me,"
"Come out wherever you are," I hear the police yell.
"We're over here, stupid!" yells Ivy, taking the pin out of one of her plant bombs. She throws it directly at them while Harley busts the exit door down. We can hear them all coughing as we leave, making us laugh.
"Get in the car," Ivy tells us, lifting a camouflage cover off a pink convertable. I hop in the passengers seat while Harley jumps in the back. Ivy sits in the seat next to me and hits the breaks, making us swerve out of the way of four police cars, I watched them all crash into the museum as we sped away.
"This is going to be the start of a beautiful friendship!" Harley yells, highfiving me, then Ivy.
"Too right it is," Ivy says. "It's been ages since I spoke to someone, when I was helping you two, it was the first time I've heard my own voice in months. But hey, hopefully I've got you guys now,"
"Yes, you have," I say. "It's also just been me and Harley for about a year now, so we can sort of relate,"
"Oh, really?" she says intrigued. " Who was the other lucky person then?"
I look behind me to get Harleys approval. She nods so I carry on.
"The Joker. The actual joker," I sigh. All of a sudden she brakes the car, nearly flying us out our seats.
"What the fuck?!" Harley yells.
"Sorry, it's just... wait, this means you're Harley Quinn and you are that innocent young girl they kidnapped!" She says looking me in the eye.
"I don't have a proper name, only my villainous name, I'm nowhere near innocent, trust me. And they never kidnapped me, I practically begged Harley to persuade Joker to take me as well,"
Ivy tutted. " Can't trust media these days can you,"
She started the car back up and carried on driving.
I shrugged.
"You look very different to the mugshot they put up as your missing picture,"
I scoffed.
"I've jumped in a bath since then!" I joke.
"Which type?" Harley laughes at the back. "Where are we even going anyway?" she asks.
"Well where do you live? Or do you want to check out my place, or shall I say jungle?" She chuckles. "I'm sorry if it seems like we're still strangers and that I'm completely untrustworthy. It's just I've been so lonely,"
"We can check out your place if that's okay," Harley says, clearly pretending to be interested.
"Sure," Ivy whispers, trying to concentrate on the road.
"Can I ask you a question?" I ask to Ivy
"Sure, in reason,"
"Are you insane like us?" I smile deviously.
She focused on my eye.
"Most likely, but not as bad as you, Sweetie,"
I laugh, so does Harley.
We all carried on with this conversation until we reached some giant Ivy bush. We all get out. Ivy then aproaches the bush and gently strokes a few leaves. A door randomly appears and Ivy opens it.
"Come on in," She smiles excitedly. We both enter. Everywhere I looked there was a plant or flower. In the corner, there was a giant venus fly trap, with a grown man inside it! She catches me staring at it.
"There's your answer to your question earlier!" she snorts.
"You put him in there?" I laugh.
"Years ago," She sighed.
"Years ago?" Said Harley, looking round from inspecting a plant.
"Yes. He killed me," She responded solemnly.
"Hows that work?" Harley laughed sarcastically.
"Why do you think I'm so good with plants? He pushed me into a load of plant stuff. The chemicals went into my mouth and poisoned me instantly. Whilst I was poisoned the plants physically changed me. They changed my hair, my clothes, even my nerdy personality. Then they gave me all sorts of powers then brought me back. It didn't half give him a fright when I ruptured out the ground,"
We were all silent for a while to process this.
"What's your house like?" She suddenly asks.
"Despite how many rooms it has, its too small for us," I joke to Harley.
"We've been in worse is what she means," She replies. We both get the hint. "Would you like to come over?"
Ivy nods.
"Sure, I'll love that,"
So we left the jungle and jumped back into her car, and made our way to ours.