Save Your Sin || Dick Grayson [2]

19| Beware of Poison Ivy

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I was placing the finishing touches on Harley's suit having finally finished it after so long. Harley wasn't a very patient person and the fact that I was taking so long was beginning to frustrate her, but for some reason I seemed to have alack of inspiration to finish it. 

Nights in Gotham seemed to become increasingly chaotic as the Holiday Killer seemed determined to destroy the Falcone Crime family. Oddly enough I couldn't imagine a Gotham without the Falcone's in power, for as long as I remembered they were the most powerful family in Gotham.

"It wasn't like that I swear!" I heard Harley plead, her voice echoing throughout the building. Harley was characteristically loud but there was a desperation in hot voice that was unusual. "I love ya Ives."

Running out of my room I looked ran down the staircase that led to the living room where Harley and Ivy were facing each other. Tears running down both of their face, however Ivy's seemed to stem from anger more than anything else.

"Clearly not enough. Since you can't stop trying to fix me." Ivy replied through gritted teeth as the plants around the room seemed to grow in size becoming increasingly menacing as the rose around her. There was no knowing wether she was aware that this was happening but the anger and sadness in her voice was alarming. "You never really understood. You were the only one who gave me hope for humanity. A bright spot in the darkness. You were the reason why I ever gave them a chance."

I was frozen in place watching the two of them fight unsure of what may have caused it, but aware of how inevitable it was. But there was something in Ivy's words that also seemed to leave me in shock from their vulnerability. A vulnerability that only ever shinned with Harley. 

"Well, you've never understood my relationship with Mr. J either." Harley yelled in return. However, unlike before it seemed that she was becoming anger too. I felt that this conversation was too personal to watch but they both seemed like that were seconds from losing control. "It's not my fault you're always jealous!"

"I'm not jealous!" Ivy screamed as the plants all around us reached out to attack Harley, and without thinking I found myself running down the last couple of steps. 

"Ivy!" I yelled as I ran between the two horrified at what was happening. Sure, Ivy and Harley had become estranged but I would have never imagined that things would get this terrible between the two. "Ivy wait! You don't want to do this."

"But I do." She replied as the planet life around me continued to try to reach out to Harley.

I took a single step towards Ivy looking her in the eyes and shaking me head. Hoping that she saw reason without any words, because if I knew anything about Ivy was that she did not like being lectured or told what to do. "No... you don't." 

Ivy nodded as all the plantlike around use went still. For some reason I expected her to break down in tears but instead she walked out of the room without a single word. Instead it was Harley who ran out of the building crying leaving me standing on my own.

With a sigh I walked back up the stairs headed towards by room feeling emotionally exhausted by everything that happened. I could not see any way that Harley and Ivy would ever be able to reconcile now. There were something things that you s imply couldn't fix after you've broken them. That was something that I knew too well.