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Chapter Eight

"I thought you said we weren't going to get caught this time bird brain!?" Grey Arrow shouted as she and Red Robin ran from multiple carnivorous plants. 

"I did! But that was before we knew Ivy could power cameras with fucking potatoes and lemons Arrow! Now keep running!" Red Robin shouted.

"Oh, mister super genius isn't such a genius after all! What a shocker." she snapped and fired an explosive arrow behind them to try and slow the plants, only for them to push through and keep coming after them. The mission had been going so smoothly up to ten minutes ago.

"Rory, remember you and Tim are going to be tracking Ivy tonight. Harley may be locked up in Arkham, but she is suspicious enough and we don't have any information on Penguin. Poison Ivy is extremely dangerous and you two are not allowed to engage her alone under any circumstances." Bruce said, looking the two of them down. "Am I understood?" he asked.

Both Rory and Tim gave him a nod. "Yeah, it's just a recon mission, Bruce. We'll be okay." Tim said patting his shoulder. Rory placed her mask on her face as Tim pulled his cowl up and over his head. They decided to share a bike this time so Red Robin hopped on with Grey Arrow getting on behind him.

"You better hold on Arrow," he said and sped off into the night. Grey Arrow quickly wrapped her arms around him, gripping his waist tightly so she didn't fall off. "I told you to hang on."

"Next time, I drive Red," she muttered and held on tight as they two of them drove towards Botanical Gardens where Poison Ivy was currently residing. Pulling into an alley a block away, they hopped off and took to the rooftops. The view of Gotham at night was beautiful, she could totally see the appeal of staying and being a permanent vigilante of Gotham, but Oliver needed her back home.

Red Robin and Grey Arrow jumped across rooftops and rolled into a landing on the roof next to the gardens. Grey Arrow could tell just from looking at it that no one has dared go into it for a very long time. The shrubbery outside was massively overgrown and the bushes were so tall it looked like a maze, the Botanical Gardens being a maze, to begin with.

Turning on the detective mode on his mask, there was almost no power going into the building besides the basic heat and lighting the place needed to run so no security cameras. He looked at his partner, "So it seems that the place is dead, but that doesn't mean she isn't in there. Remember, Ivy is extremely dangerous and her toxins could actually kill or seduce anyone so stay alert and just don't touch any plant. If you see something move, run." he explained.

Grey Arrow gave him a quick nod. "Let's go see if she has anything for us."  she grinned and shot an arrow across the street using her bow as a zipline and slid down onto the roof.

"And not get caught this time!" he called going after her, and with that the two of them jumped off onto the roof, breaking through the glass ceiling making an option for a quick getaway. Taking a look around, the building was hot and humid with all the plants in there and it smelled like manure.

"Ivy is an eco-terrorist, right? She wants to take over to save the planet or something?" Grey Arrow asked as the two of them traversed the maze of hedges and flowers.

Red Robin let out a chuckle, "Yeah, I guess you could say that. Imagine if she used her powers for good, the planet would be in such a better state." he sighed. "But almost everyone is Gotham is greedy or crazy, it's how they were raised."

"I can understand that. Let's keep moving." Taking the lead, Grey Arrow kept an arrow at the ready just in case she needs to shoot something. As they walked, Grey Arrow kept trying to shake off the feeling that they were being watched.