Dean awoke in a hospital bed not sure what had happened. He laid there for a while feeling sore and week as he waited for anyone to come in which was a long time. He began to think maybe it wasn't a hospital at all and he had been captured by Poison Ivy and Harley. He eventually found the button to call a nurse as he was starting to panic about what was going on. Eventually a nurse came in and told him what had happened. How he had been brought in and given an antidote to Ivy's drug. When he asked who had brought him in he was told it was by Batman which gave him chills up his spine as out of every maniac in this city that was the name he feared the most.
He did get a visit from Gotham city PD as well who wanted to ask him a few questions about everything that had transpired over the last few days. He explained to them everything, from the moment he was kidnapped to waking up in the hospital. No charges had been filed as he figured things like this probably happened a lot in this town. He told them how he had been trying to get out of town and back home. After a few days in the hospital he was being released. He felt a little relieved and nervous at the same time wondering if they would ever find him again. He had been given a ticket home paid for by the GCPD and told he was free to leave so Dean didn't hang around very long.
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It had been a few months since Dean had returned home to his loft in Central City. Life had pretty much returned to normal and he had started putting all of the strange things that happened in Gotham behind him. He watched the news a lot and had heard that there was an explosion in an old factory that had turned out to be Ivy and Harley's hideout. As he watched it the reporter said it was believe they both perished in the explosion. When Dean heard this he actually felt sad about it. He knew who they were and what they had done to him but he also had some fun with them as well. He knew that the world might be better and even safer without them but he still was sad to hear this and hoped they had made it out okay.
He had not heard from any one of them since he left Gotham. He was relieved and also surprised at the same time. A few days later he was sitting on his couch watching TV and eating Chinese food. It had been a quiet evening and he just wanted to relax but he suddenly heard a knock at the door. Turning his head towards the entrance to his apartment he slowly got up hearing the knock again. He slowly walked over to it and looked through the hole to see who was there but it was being covered.
"Who is it?" He asked through the door.
"Pizza delivery." A womans voice said.
He unlocked and opened the door before saying "I'm sorry I didn't order any..." he stopped when he came face to face with a revolver pointed at his face.
"That's too bad, because I haven't eaten in days!" She said before looking up.
Dean felt a pit in his stomach as Harley stood there with a sadistic smile wearing a trench coat and hat to hide herself while holding the gun to his face. Dean wasn't sure what she was doing there or what she was going to do to him but before he could do or say anything he noticed the gun start to wobble a little and Harley fell to the floor. She seemed exhausted and maybe injured and despite every warning in his brain going off at once he picked her up and carried her into his place. He laid her down on the couch and went to grab a bottle of water from the fridge. When he came back he looked her over and saw she was bleeding on her left side. She seemed to have fled hear after the explosion and was barely able to stay awake.
"Dammit." He said to himself before he went to grab his sewing kit and first aid.
When he came back he tried to roll her over to get a better look at her wound which was bad. He grabbed a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and poured it before she jumped and pointed the gun at him again. Her hand was shaking and he could see the pain in her face as she held the gun.
"Whatta ya think your doing stud?" She said.
"Harley, you need to let me help you, please let me help you."
"Like you did in Gotham?"
"Not now Harley, did you come here to bleed to death on my couch?"
She held the gun for a moment before finally giving into her fatigue and letting him do his thing. He cleaned her wound and sewed her up. She took the pain better than he expected but he was sure she had been through worse. Other than the one on her side the rest were mainly just scratches and bruises. He grabbed a wet cloth and tried to clean her up the best he could too without getting too personal with her. Once he was done he let her sleep while he gathered his thoughts.
He considered calling the police but he knew she would make short work of them and even him. He wasn't really sure what to do when he heard something behind him. He turned to look but didn't notice anything strange but he could have sworn he heard something move in the bathroom. He walked over to get a closer look when suddenly he felt something wrap around his leg.
"What the hell?" He said looking down at a small green vine that had snakes its way around his ankle before another grabbed his wrists and began wrapping around him.
His small plant in the bathroom had seemed to come to life and start growing tying him up. He knew exactly who was responsible for this and began to fear for his life again he heard footsteps come walking out of the bathroom.
"Well well, we meet again." Ivy said as he looked her over seeing similar bruises and scratches.
"Ivy, Nice to see you again."
"This is all your fault you know, we had a plan and you screwed it up, we could have been killed!" Ivy said as the vines tightened around him until she looked over at Harley on the couch. "Harley?" She said before running over to check on her.
She looked her friend over seeing Deans first aid work. She was properly bandaged and cleaned up. He had given her water and taken very good care of her to Ivy's surprise before she stood up and looked back over to him. Dean felt the vines loosen a little making it easier to breath.
"You helped her?" Ivy asked walking back over to him.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I?"
"Did you call the police?" She said in a stern voice.
"No, I thought about it but I didn't." He said as the vines squeezed him again before they loosened and let him go so he was able to move again.
"Thank you." Ivy said seeming grateful for his help.
"Don't mention it, despite what you may think of humans I'm not a monster."
"Listen Dean, Harley is my best friend, she's one of the few people in this world that means a damn to me, you may have saved her life so I will spare yours, for now."
"How considerate of you, now what are you doing here?"
"We always knew where you were, and we needed to lay low for a while. So we thought we'd come visit, is Selina here?"
"Selina? Who is... no just Harley so far."
"Dammit, I hope shes alright."
"Who's Selina?"
"You probably know her better as Catwoman."
"What?" Dean said realizing that Catwoman would also be stopping by.
Suddenly he heard a window open in the living room and someone came stepping in. She was covered in skin tight leather from head to toe that showed off every curve of her body which was impressive to say the least she didn't seem to be as banged up as the other two as she stepped towards them pulling off her mask and goggles to reveal a very attractive woman with short dark hair.
"Somebody want to tell me why we are meeting in some random guy's apartment hundreds of miles from Gotham?" She said looking around.
"Selina, this our friend Dean, he's going to be letting us stay with him for a while." Ivy said putting her arm around him.
"Oh really." She said walking over to him and putting her hand out. "Nice to meet you."
"Um, yeah you too." He said admiring her physique as she moved before she gave him a smile and turned to check on Harley.
"Is she okay?" Selina asked.
"She will be, Dean here took good care of her." Ivy said.
"Oh he did, well I will have to thank him for that." Selina said looking back at him with a smile.
