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      Crane liked the idea of a new city to ruin, to pull into Oblivion and watch as the Bat struggles to pull it back out all on his own. It was something out of a dream. With Pam and Harley around, they had the perfect team. Neither could be affected by his toxin, making plans all the easier to execute. It was perfect. Pulling himself from his thoughts, he was brought back to reality by Harley’s clap. “No,” he shook his head. “This one isn’t ready yet.” 

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Harley looked at the other for a moment given this city was ripe and ready for the taking it’d been quite some time since all of them banded together to take anything so the idea appealed to her greatly. “Aww Johnny, I love how your brain works and seeing the fruits of your labor but I’ll be patient only for you of course.” She mused placing a finger to her cheek “Hey since you aren’t working now, we should do something what do you think?”

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Pam smiled softly as the other woman spoke. “Oh, it was definitely a compliment, darling,” she assured her, taking Harley’s face gently between her hands and kissing her forehead. She kept a hand against Harley’s cheek. “Well, if those voices get too loud, you can always talk to me,” she said. “I’ll take care of you.” She smiled a little and shook her head. “I sincerely doubt anyone could ever get bored of you,” she murmured. “I certainly never could.” A soft chuckle fell from Pam’s lips as the woman spoke. “Aren’t you sweet?” she said lightly. She chuckled. “Yes, it’s been far too long,” she said. “Do we need to put food out for your little pets before we go?”

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Harley looked at the other she loved when Pam gave her kisses or reach out and touched her, it sent butterflies through all her insides. “Red you’ve got me straight blushing!!” She mused placing her hands against the others on her cheek. “I know lucky they are pretty quiet now given I’m here with my best girl” She replied with a hint of seriousness to her tone before chuckling “Well I’d be the first tah agree with you Red after all every day is a treat where I’m concerned” She teased the Pammy before shrugging her shoulders “Just a little bit, OH yes my poor babies starving while I chowed down” She mused quickly placing their bowls down filling them with some random foods “Alright babies be nice and respectful while mom and Mama are gone on date night” She hollered before grabbing Pam’s hand dragging her out.

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Lucy beamed as Harley complimented her shooting, giggling helplessly as she watched the woman’s makeup run down her face. “Aw, she looks sad!” she giggled. “Don’t be upset, lady. And don’t forget to stay hydrated!” She sent another shot of water into the woman’s mouth, which was wide open as she looked around in shock. Lucy squealed and took off running, grabbing Harley’s wrist as she ran by and towing her along. “Come on, come on!” she said, laughing. She glanced over her shoulder. “They aren’t coming after us, are they? I don’t think that lady can run in those heels.”

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Harley smiled softly she rather liked this game they made up, it wasn’t as if they could get into horrible trouble and it allowed her to bond with her daughter as her mother. “Great Shot darling, bullseye as they say” Harley chuckled at the look of shock morphed into one of rage as she felt Lucy grab her wrist running in time with her daughter cackling all the way. “Noway a woman like that running in those heels? They were definitely only for show that much I know” She teased.

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Lucy beamed as her mother complimented her. Hearing that sort of thing from Harley meant absolutely everything to her. She had grown up idolizing her Auntie Harley, had always felt a connection to her even before she knew who Harley really was to her. As much as she love Delia, it had been clear all her life that she’d had more in common with Harley. “Oooh, perfect!” she said, another grin spreading across her face. Lucy crouched down behind a car before peeking up over the hood, bringing her water gun up and squirting the man in the back of the head. When he whipped around, she scurried to the back of the car, popping up over the trunk to send a stream of water at his briefcase, giggling the whole time.

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Harley smiled softly she always thought about Lucy how could she not? It had always been her dream to have children yet instead of the joy that usually came with mothers she felt fear, of what he’d do if he knew about her. There was nothing more precious then her little Lucy so she made the hard call, she took on the role of auntie and loved spoiling and teaching her things from the sidelines. “HA great shot” She mused watching other seemed distraught over the fact he was now soaking wet along with his important documents before smirking as moved to strike another woman who wore a tad too much makeup in the face. “Oh no, I’ve just made another clown” She snickered.

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Pam laughed as Harley spoke, glancing at her affectionately. “You do have your own colorful view of fun,” she teased lightly, shaking her head. Harley was the only person she really teased like that. The only person who brought out the light-hearted side of her. She gave a soft chuckle. “One thing at a time, darling,” she said. “There’s no reason to get everything out of the way tonight. You’re not going anywhere, are you?” She felt a little pang of distress at the thought, looking at the other woman closer. She smiled as Harley spoke. “Exactly,” she said, reaching out to gently grasp Harley by the chin. “You understand me better than anyone else. You always have.” She laughed a little. “That sounds wonderful.”

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Harley smirked winking at the other “I’ll take that as a compliment Red after all someone has to color this world in” She mused before smiling softly. She loved it when Pam teased her if anything it made her heart beat just a bit faster at the fact she could see different side of the beautiful woman. “True, You know I just get so excited and the voices just all start screaming!” She mused before shaking her head pouting “No Pammy, I’m not going anywhere I plan on staying for awhile…unless you get board of me” she blushed lightly at being so close to the other it’d been years so it seem that she’d had the time to do this. “Of course I do red, your my girl learning everything I can about you brings me pure please” she purred at the other smiling “Yes, I quite excited, it’s been forever since we’ve had the change to go out.”

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Pam laughed softly as Harley spoke. “Darling, you know I would never stop you from your fun,” she said. “You can bash someone’s face in any time you like. They don’t have to flirt with me first. Although I can always make them if that would make it more amusing for you.” She smiled as Harley spoke, shrugging her shoulders. “You could always put firecrackers in his desk drawer,” she suggested. “The sound, the sparks…maybe his whole office could go up in flames, you never know.” She smiled again. “I think so, too,” she said. “Fortunately I have my own brand of justice that doesn’t really need the actual court system.” She glanced at the hyenas, sighing softly. “Yes, a family that drools quite a lot,” she said, glancing back at Harley with a soft smile. “Still, I know how much they mean to you. I would never turn them out.” She laughed softly. “Go out as in to dinner?” she teased. “Or go out as in perform a few misdemeanors? I’m open to either one.”

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Harley smiled nodding her head “I mean it’s a little fun, kinda like the black widow style without the gross sleeping with them you know? They see this beautiful rose thinking they even have a chance and BAM Their brains are on the floor” She laughed a bit before nodding her head “Oh That’s perfect Pammy!! Really say hello with a true bang, maybe we should tag his office too I have this really cook smoke bomb gun now!” She explained excitedly before nodding her head “If people don’t pay attention to the planet it’s bound to turn on them, so Justice needs to be severed and who could ask for a better package Red” She smiled grabbing the other’s arms “How about we start with Dinner and see what we can dig up for dessert? After all, a girl’s gotta make up for lost time with her number 1”

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Pam flashed Harley a smile as the other woman spoke. “Good,” she teased. “You’re the only one I want to see me that way, in any case.” She laughed, glancing over at Harley with a soft smile on her face. “That absolutely counts,” she teased. A little chuckle left her lips. “Jim Gordon is not the most considerate type,” she said lightly. “At least not toward us. He does tend to arrest us as often as possible, and for such trifles. I think murdering a clutch of scientists pouring toxic waste into the river was an act of heroism, personally.” She smiled softly. “Anything for you,” she said simply. Pam looked over as the hyenas answered, arching an eyebrow as they looked up at her, tongues lolling. “Believe me, you’ll regret it if you mess with Frank,” she said idly. She didn’t fully think that the creatures could understand her, but Harley spoke to them like they did, so she had fallen into the habit of doing the same. Besides – who knew, really? She had a gigantic talking plant in her house. Weirder things had happened.

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Harley smiled softly she loved being around Pam that was just something she’d never get tired of no matter how much in each other's company they spent. “I better be the only one appreciating your wonderful style, though it’s been a while since I bashed someone’s face in” She allowed a rather crazy smile to overtake her face at the possibility of it. “Not considerate at all!! Oh well, I suppose I have to arrive in New York with a BANG, starting with our favorite little cop” She clapped her hands together happily before nodding her head. “The big meanie they are whole they should’ve arrested hurting the precious river.” she mused before blushing slightly “Aww Red you say the sweetest things! it’s like we are proper family now!” She nodded her head at Pam’s warning as her boys seemed to get the threat and moved to look around their new home “Such good boys, well now that’s all cleared up, Pammy We should go out? I’m starved and new to town so maybe you show a girl around?”

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Lucy giggled as her mother spoke, a smile breaking over her face. She knew that being from the future meant it probably wasn’t the best idea – she didn’t think that any of the others had approached their families the way she had, but then again, their parents weren’t Harley Quinn. Harley could accept oddities that would be too much for most people. “Yes!” she said, giggling. “We can wait until June so school is out. I bet we could get some kids to help us out. Oooh! We could fill up balloons with soda for the kids to throw around, I bet they’d love that!” She giggled. “Yeah, let’s,” she said, looking around. “Who first?”

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Harley looked at the other smiling softly there was a time when she worried about Lucy, given who her father was but she loved that girl with her whole heart. She went out of her way to ensure she lived as close to normal life as possible even if that meant she was Auntie Harley instead of mother. To see how well she’d turned out had brought tears to her eyes, especially when she called her mother instead of Auntie. “See using that big beautiful brain of yours, we’ll be quite the terror team that’s for sure cupcake” She mused before looking around and pointing her gun at someone who seemed to have their hands full. “How about him? Looks like the business type, but he’d just hate to get all those fancy papers wet” 

“Oh no it’s alright. I was just curious. I mean, I’ve heard your story. I just wasn’t sure how much of it was true. People tend to tell lies about things they don’t understand.” she said to her. “Do you ever think about going back to it?” she asked. She wasn’t sure on the laws of what would and wouldn’t strip her of her medical license. this was Gotham after all. Jonathon Crane still got to keep his doctor.

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“Yeah no I’m certified as well as certifiable” Harley chuckled at her own little joke before nodding her head “Sometimes I do, given how much help people really need in this world but I’d never return to Arkham given their treatment of the patients. I wouldn’t want to go into a normal business either as some people clear cut textbook diagnosis which can get so boring.” she explained “what about you? Weren’t you some great archeologist or something?”

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     “Exactly, and how can it be a crime when we look so good?” she winked playfully. “I know” Selina sighed. She just didn’t know how to tell Bruce that she wanted more. She refused to let herself be so vulnerable, even for him. She was her own worst enemy. “Probably…I know that he’s had a lot to figure out” she shrugged gently. “What about you, Harls? How are you and Pam?”

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“Speaking of looking, good I need to get some of this New York City Style, got any recommendations, Kitty Kat?” Harley winked back before tilting her head to listen to the other. She knew how Selina felt and of course, Bruce did as well or he wouldn’t have hung on so long. “Well I have no doubt if anyone could turn his head toward a different life it would be you “She stated hoping to ease her friend's worries before her cheeks started blushing “I’ll have you know Pammy is letting me stay with her while I’m in New York, as far as romance I’m not sure…we’ve been friends for so long do I just walk up to her and say… let's go out to eat?”

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Frank grumbled under his breath but retracted his vines, hunching over in his pot in a posture that suggested he was glaring at them – or he would be, if he had eyes. Pam glanced back at Harley and smirked as the woman spoke, shrugging her shoulders. “I don’t always need to be so ostentatious,” she teased softly. “I’m just working here in the lab, you know. I don’t let anyone else in here except you.” She couldn’t help but laugh as Harley went on, the laughter warming her features. It was a rare occurrence on Pam’s face, but Harley certainly brought out that side of her. “Oh, I’m sure they did,” she said. “Did you at least leave the precinct intact?” She smiled and nodded. “Of course, it’s always open,” she told her. “You can stay with me whenever you like, for however long you like.” A little sigh left her lips. “Yes, and your babies, as long as they stay away from my plants. Frank, in particular.” 

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Harley smiled she rather loved hanging out at Pam’s place it was usually like living in a greenhouse with something that could kill or eat you but one should always have a little danger in life. “Aww but when you go all out, I’m hardly able to keep my eyes off you” She winked at the other smirking “I mean One pillar counts right? Plus I was quite upset! How was Jimbo just going to leave the GCPD and not tell any of us? Rude if you ask, me, maybe I'll leave him a little gift on his desk here.” She teased before smiling happily “Oh Red! You are truly the best ever, I couldn’t even imagine picking out a place of my own, I’d be so lonely even with my sweet little boys” She mused nodding her head as she whistled alerting her pups could enter. “Okay Bud, Lou, And Brucey you know the drill and the rules no messing with Pammy’s plants, especially Frank.”

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       Some men were in need of being taught a lesson. The more the woman talked about the man she had the altercation with, the more he sounded like a man who needed to be taught a lesson. “Yeah, he’ll definitely bruise.”

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“Oh good then for the next couple of weeks he can look at it and remember his place” Harley replied with a hint of coldness to her tone before immediately brightening up “So what’s a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?” She chuckled “Always wanted to use that line on someone.”

“That’s very sweet of you Ms.Quinn. I could use some friends. It’s hard to be around people when the thousand year old witch inside of you can appear at any moment. I don’t think I’ve let my guard down in years.” she admitted. Harley was surprisingly easy to talk to. “is it true that you were a psychiatrist?”

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“Ha don’t cha worry there, I’ve had plenty of voices going off in this old noggin, and I know building relationships takes time and energy, lucky for us we’ve got both.” Harley replied with her signature smile before laughing up at the other’s question “Yes I was, full doctorate and everything, why are you thinking you need one? I’ve been out of the game for a bit but it's not knowledge you just ‘forget’ you know?”

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       “So then you’re trying to get yourself drunk, not me.” He replied playfully, enjoying the banter with her. It was one of the most enjoyable things that had come out of their friendship. “It’s a weird situation.” He admitted to the clown, finally saying it out loud. Something about it was off and didn’t feel right. “I don’t know. She seems okay. I haven’t seen any sign of the witch.” He knew the offer was a sincere one, but something told him that even if he wanted to take her up on it that she would be reinstated. 

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“Well when you put it that way, It just sounds less colorful” Harley chuckled looking at the other it was nice having friends outside of the rogues even if he wasn’t technically on the good side either he cared and that was enough. “I can’t imagine, it’s been years since I last saw her, and I wasn’t even in love with her” She offered, everything about it seemed rather bad but she wouldn’t let Rick get hurt even if it meant protecting him from himself. “That’s really good news, and I’m not one to poke holes in anything but…she wouldn’t have kept her if that side of her wasn’t completely gone, you know? “She explained she’d keep an eye on June and get a feel of what her vibe was now.

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       It was clear from the news that this city had seen its fair share of crime, but it was nothing compared to the likes of Gotham. Crime had been the bread and butter of the city. “We could drag New York into Oblivion and the Bat along with it.” The very idea excited him, his lips curving into a hidden half-smile. With the Penguin backing his new formula, it was only a matter of time before chaos rained down upon New York. “I believe you mean the Doctors aren’t in right now.” 

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The City was their fresh start that didn’t necessarily mean they had to be good while in a new place, sure things were different but underneath it, all this was another city much like Gotham, with less supernatural killings but still a city long another. “Well I’m always down for some good old fashion fun, it should be easy to break these people, simple little wants and desires to twist and turn into what we want.” She mused before chuckling at his words “ahh caught me didn’t cha Johnny!” She clapped a bit taking in the city “I know you’ve been working on something lately? Think I’ve earned a little trip to your lap? You always have such nice experiments to show”

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Lucy giggled. “Yeah, there’s Nerf guns and Super Soakers and all sorts of stuff like that,” she said. “I thought about getting one of those water guns and filling it with soda, you know, so people get all sticky. But I figured it’s not quite hot enough for me to be walking around with a water gun without people getting suspicious, you know? But Nerf guns are all year round.” She squealed with delight and clapped her hands together as Harley spoke. “Okay, okay, I’ll be right back!” She sprinted into the nearby convenience store and emerged breathlessly less than twenty minutes later, giggling. “Here, here,” she said. “I flooded the bathroom to distract the guy behind the counter.”

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Harley smirked listening to the other it sounded like a great way to bond without getting into too much trouble Pammy wouldn’t be too upset about them playing pranks on others so long as it wasn’t really bad. “Sounds like we have a summer plan, not only will they get suck sticky but they will also have to deal with the hot sun baking them making them even more uncomfortable” She replied waiting for the other to return smirking at the newly acquired gifts “Oh that’s is always a solid distraction, shall we enjoy a little mother-daughter fun?” she mused loading her little nerf gun up.