a/n: reminder the two timeline groups are 2018 which is right when tony is beam up to space during infinity war and other 2025 after far from home and before the second suicide squad film!

Margot Robbie in
BIRDS OF PREY (2020)

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LOTUS FLOWER

Caroline did not want to be stuck there anymore. Not when she knows what comes next and is not pretty at all. It will eventually get darker when they hit the red room part of her past. A place she loathes with everything she has. It is already established that her life is technically a lie but those lies affect the people's lives she was part of and she is not ready to be confronted about it.

Truth be told sometimes she felt gross in her own skin. Is not that she wants to but every moment of her life has been dictated to be someone else's pawn. She didn't want to be covered in tattoos that are just a reminder of her and the Joker; but she had to do it– to please him. But she also doesn't want to live the rest of her life covering herself in makeup, as she isn't the goody two shoes blonde from mystic falls either. Nor is she the lively girl from ohio.

Caroline is sitting in the middle of Bruce and Happy as Ivy and Chuck settled on row down from her. Damon looks at her with slight irritation in his tone as he tries to put everything together in his mind. "So blondie, were you ever going to tell us that your name is not Caroline?"

"Pretty sure we established that she is slightly crazy with two names," murmurs Clint, shooting Caroline an awkward grin. She shrugs as technically is true. Wanda snickers, hitting his shoulder, whispering, "Don't be rude."

"What? Is the truth plus she doesn't seem to care," the archer whispers back to her. Wanda rolls her eyes. Sam leans to both Bucky and Steve as his eyes drift back and forth between Caroline and Damon. "I want to know the tea between her and him."

"Tea?" Steve looks at Sam with confusion clouding his blue eyes. Bucky shakes his head placing a hand on his shoulder, "Even I know what that means. You gotta keep up, old man."

"We can deal with whole name thing later, hermoine here is not in the mood." Tony shoots the blonde a wink as she smiles appreciatively as they all settle into their seats. Chuck whispers to ex-jester, "How the hell do you know Tony Stark?"

"Ehh long story saved the world with him although that technically hasn't happened yet," she replies with a pensive thought at the whole different timelines. Sighing she looks at the screen as it brightens up.

Scene cuts to inside a grocery store, a shopping cart full of items. Caroline puts multiple bottles of laxatives in the cart as Cassandra walks by her. Cassandra looks at her then at the aisles. "What are we even doing here?"

"There are two ways that diamond's coming outta ya. This way," she grabs a bottle of laxatives, then grabs a knife as she holds both. "Or this way."

Cassandra grabs the bottle. Caroline nods, "That's what I thought. Also, I'm outta groceries."

They all snickered softly seeing Cassandra's facial expression. Peter muttered under his breath, "Still can't believe Cass ate a diamond."

"That is something you would do," murmurs MJ looking at her boyfriend with a penseive look. Peter fake gasps, "I-I would no—"

"You would," exclaims Happy looking at the teen boy. Peter looks at Ned who avoids his glance. Peter playfully scoffs knowing he would never ever eat a diamond; he knows that for sure but he does tend to do questionable stuff at times.

"So, how long you been a mercenary?" Asked Cassandra looking down at a card. Caroline looks at her, "Hey, where did you get–"

"You're so busy looking at my right hand, you haven't even thought about my left," replies Cassandra, flicking the card down her sleeve. Caroline brings her hand up. "Your left hand is cuffed to mine."

Caroline has the card in her hand as Cassandra smiles, the cuffs are not placed. Caroline looks at her. "I'll have to learn that one."

"Can we get this?" Cassandra grabs a jar of marshmallow fluff. Caroline unlocks the cuff in her remaining hand as she looks at her. "You're not gonna try to run, are you?"

"Look, if there's really a half mil on my head, I figure I'm better off with the person who's not gonna cut me open," says Cassanda, putting the jar in the cart. Caroline raised her brow. "Fine. But if you try to run, I will kill you. I do not care that you're a kid."

They all look at her and the blonde pouts, "What? She is alive and happily under my care. Now look away with your stupid judgey eyes."

"You just threatened to kill the kid?" Rhodey looks at her as she just shrugs. Happy turns to him, "She says a bunch of bullshit but never actually means it. Like that one time she said she was going to blow up the avengers tower."

"You're going to blow up the tower?" Natasha looks at her sister in complete disbelief. Caroline waves her off, "No. I merley said I would, plus the tower doesn't exist anymore."

"What do you mean?" Bruce (banner) looks at her as what happened to the tower. Tony winced, "So, Im pretty sure I mentioned it but I definitely have the tower on sale."

"I must have bad ears because I don't rember hearing that at all," murmurs the archer and Wanda snickers at Clint's childish behavior. Thor looks at Tony with confusion clouding him. "Why would you sell the tower?"

"Because they had divorce and are too childish to talk about their feelings like grown men." Snickers Sharon as she faces the god of thunder. Yelena puts the mouth of her hand to cover the laugh that dares to spill out. She high fives the agent. "Good one Shar."

"She is right Tony and Steve argue like a married couple," murmurs Natasha under her breath. Tony's eyes widen as he looks at her. "Me and capiscle do not argue like a married couple."

"I'm not part of the team and even I know you both argue like a married couple," exclaims Loki with a bored tone. The rest of the avengers give them a look. Bucky shakes his head, "The slight awkwardness is because of the divorce you two had."

He was sort of right. Most of the tension (beside the one between Caroline and Damon) comes from the avengers after the big split up due to the sokovia accords. Which could be viewed as many things but it is the thing that causes the avengers to breakup.

A divorce between ironman and captain america.

"I saw that," murmurs Caroline as Cassandra grabs a bar and puts it in pocket. They turn to different aisle, more groceries are placed in cart. Cassandra looks at her, "Seriously though, how'd you get to be here? I mean, shopping at fancy-ass stores, you're making bank, you have your own business. How'd you do it? Come on, tell me. Woman to woman. Being a pickpocket's fine and all, but I got real potential. I mean, how do I be like you? Well, except for the crazy part. But other than that."

Caroline closed her eyes then opened her eyes. "Number one, no one is like me. If you wanted to even come close, you would have to get taken as an infant to be part of a russian program that the world thinks is a ballet school. Live a fake life in ohio with a fake family, then go back to the stupid program. Escape the program, live a quiet life in town no one knows. But that town is full of weird supernatural stuff so you deal than then finally leave. After you go to medical school and agree to do some undercover work."

Caroline pauses, then continues. "That undercover work involves becoming a psychiatrist, then work in an asylum. Fall in love with your patient, break said patient out of said asylum. Begin a life of crime. Jump into a vat of chemicals to prove yourself to a madman and keep your cover going. Get arrested by Batman."

"Go back to jail, get out of jail with a bomb on your neck. Save the world, go back to jail, and break out of jail before breaking up with the aforementioned madman and going out on your own. Number two," she pauses, grabbing bottle water on the side. "Six bucks for tap water with a fucking cucumber stick in it? That's crazy. I'm not shopping at this store. I'm robbing this store. Consider this your first lesson. Paying is for dummies."

"You are a terrible influence," laughs out Yelena. If she was put in the same position as her sister, she would have lost it. She truly doesn't know how her sister does it. Being free after so many years is an unreal feeling, trying to grasp all what you missed, and finding out who you are outside of being a weapon. But being stuck like her sister in a role while not being mind control yet still having no choice— no wonder she is crazy.

She is, Caroline to many but her present is Harley even if she doesn't know it yet. Gotham is her crazy chaotic home, that's where she belongs but until she finds that peace with herself, she will be supporting her sister no matter what.

As she needs to accept that Caroline Forbes is no longer a girl trapped in mystic falls and Harleen Quinzel is not a psychiatrist trying to help people. They are simply fragments as all there is left is Harley Quinn. But until she finds peace there will always be an inner tug of the two identities.

Bruce watches intently, he leans forward slightly in his seat, a small frown on his eyes face, "What the?" He turns to ex-jester, "You were undercover the whole time?"

"Surprise," she murmurs, avoiding his gaze. He looks at her with concern and confusion as his detective mind tries to put all the pieces together. "Harley, you need to tell me you put up with all the abuse done to you by the Joker, became a criminal, and got arrested multiple times for an undercover job?"

"When you put it like that it sounds insane," she starts off quietly, tucking a piece of her blonde hair behind her ear. She avoids looking at his eyes that are studying her at the moment.

Katherine quietly, could not help but feel twinge of respect for the blonde, she spent her entire life running away from Klaus to keep her freedom yet she gives it up so easily? She comments dryly, "You are insane."

"Damn and here I thought she was just an annoying person," murmurs Rebekah under her breath. Klaus has been alive for milliena and nothing ever surprises him. He prides himself on being a step ahead of everything and knowing how to figure out what is next.

But she really played him yet he can't help but feel glad that she got out of mystic falls. Although something tells him besides what they are watching, she got more darkness in her. He whispered to himself, "She is something."

"You wanted to be in arkham willingly?" Ivy looks at the blonde with a bewiddle expression. The known arkham asylum was supposed to help the criminally insane and help get insuitated but most of the staff are corrupted themselves. The ex-jester shrugs, "Is not that bad except dealing with doctor Hugo Strange."

Both her and Ivy let out shudder thinking of the creepy doctor. Chuck is more of a common thief heading to regular prison instead being sent to the asylum. "What's wrong with him?"

"Everything," murmured Ivy. The ex-jester leans onto Bruce as she whispers, "By the way the guy is kind of obsessed with analyzing you, bats. Dude is pretty determined to find out the dark knight's identity."

Bruce sighs as in gotham nothing ever surprises him anymore but ignoring what she said as he is more concerned on the fact that she had been undercover yet he could not read into it? He whispers, "I still want to know the truth."

She rolled her eyes, "Yeah, yeah. One day B, but not now as is a long story."

Caroline turns the cart around as she and Cassandra start to run. They hit the workers. Caroline yells for him to move then exits the store. Scene cuts to them outside walking across the street to an asian corner restaurant. They enter the restaurant as Caroline looks back at Cassandra. "This is Doc's Place. And this is Doc."

Screen pauses on the man. NAME: DOC. GRIEVANCE: NONE. Behind him yellow glow surrounds him and a drawn golden halo ontop of his head. Doc looks at her with a smile on him. "Lotus flower!"

"Hiya, Doc. How are ya?," asked Caroline, bringing him in for a hug. Doc murmurs that he is good. Caroline turns to Cassandra with a smile on her, "He's the taiwanese grandpa I never had. He knows everything and everyone. Nothing happens around here, let me tell you, without Doc knowing about it–"

She pauses, kissing his cheek as her arm is around his shoulder. "And he happens to be the only person who actually cares about me."

Many couldn't help snicker in amusement as the little doodles onto the scenes alway add a certain dramatic flair but mostly is an insight into her mind as that is how the chaotic blonde views certain things. Stefan smiles softly, leaning to the bennet witch. "Oddly if you think about it, she has always been crazy, hasn't she?"

Bonnie nods as her lips quirk up. "She has always been the crazy angel." 

"Ms. Forbes or Ms. Quinn, does seem to have knack of looking at life in interesting way," murmured Elijah as he never interacted much with the blonde back when he was in mystic falls.

Kol snorts softly. "A polite way to say she is crazy."

"You're so annoying," muttered Rebekah under her breath. Klaus rolls his eyes. "You are all annoying."

"I do?" Doc looks at her. Caroline nods with a smile on her. Doc looks at Cassandra, "She's been ordering #32 with extra chili for many years."

"Lesson number two, you always want extra chili with #32," states Caroline. As the screen flashes to picture of #32 a beef mongolian. Scene cuts back to them as Caroline leans forward whispering with teasing tone. "So you don't have to taste his cooking."

"Lotus flower, you have to get upstairs before someone sees. Everyone's looking for you. And you," states Doc. Caroline grabs her thing as her and Cassandra eneter back door. "We know."

"I'm telling you, if you want boys to respect you, you have to show them that you're serious," states Caroline as the door opens and they enter her place and put the groceries down on a counter.

Caroline gives her a pointed look. "Blow something up. Shoot someone. Nothing gets a guy's attention like violence. Shut that door. Lock it. Keep your sticky paws to yourself, okay?"

Everyone snorts at her advice to the teen girl. Sharon snickers in amusement, "That's terrible dating advice."

"You live on top of a restaurant?" Elena looks at her friend...ex-friend? She isn't sure what they are anymore. The blonde frowns, "Yeah. And I used to. Not anymore."

Natasha looks her sister in curiosity. As part of her hopes she lives in new york. "Where do you live now?"

Happy groans, "With me for the moment. As these dumbasses," he refers to Peter, Ned, and MJ, "got themselves in mess and Harley here is their bodyguard now."

"This whole name is confusing me," murmurs Bucky to Steve. Sam rolls his eyes, "Keep up metal arm is not that hard. Just like you are James to some people and Bucky to others."

"He has a point," murmurs Wanda leaning forward to look at the ex-solider. Tony looks at Happy, "When did you become babysitter Hap?"

Happy along with others from 2025 freeze as they all technically don't know about their deaths yet. Unless they had mentioned it earlier but their minds are too busy trying to grasp the whole bizarreness of being in a theater, watching one person's life.

Thankfully the screen came back on, saving them from an awkward talk that they will eventually need to have.

Cassandra looks around, she pauses at the picture frame, Caroline as a little girl with another blonde little girl and little redhead girl looking ahead as behind them stood a woman. Cassandra glances around, "This place–"

"Well, it ain't much, but it's better than a prison cell," Caroline cuts her offf. Casssandra just smiles. "Is so fucking dope."

Caroline looks at her in shock. Cassandra hears something as she looks at the bathroom. "Oh, shit. Is that a hyena in a bathtub?"

"I named him Bruce after that hunky Wayne guy." Caroline crouches down as place bowl food. "He's my little dumpling, aren't you? Aren't you, my little baby? Aren't you, Brucey? Yes. I love you."

Caroline pauses as the camera zooms out showing a beaver. "I never said that. I love you both equally."

"Well, that's certainly a first." Bruce, speaking softly to himself, shaking his head in disbelief. His eyes follow Harley's every move, reflecting a combination of curiosity and admiration? His gaze lingers on Harley for a moment who is looking everywhere but at him. With bemused expression on him, he chuckles softly looking back at the screen.

They all look at the blonde in amusement. But instead of her being embarrassed about it, she is quiet. As she remembers what happened to her hyena and the betrayal that hit her. The betrayal is what she needed, as thats what she kept telling herself. She deserves it for creating so much damage even though she was supposed to be doing good work while being undercover but at some point those lines blur into one.

"That reminds me of the time you named my cat Jake, from brookyln nine-nine," murmurs Sharon with soft smile. Yelena chuckles in amusement as the person she named her hyena after is in the same room as them. The ex-jester ignores the billionaire's amused look as she glares at her sister. "Why are you laughing when you named your dog Franny."

"What? I like watching the nanny," murmurs Yelena, her russian accent cutting in deep. Caroline glares at her then turns as she faces Natasha. "She is lying. First of all she named it after your stupid cover name. Second, in the show her name is Fran."

"Oh my god, Fanny Longbottom?" The redhead's eyes widened with delight as she faced her baby sister who avoided her glance. Yelena sinks into her chair, muttering under her breath. "You are so annoying, especially you, Harls."

"Get over it," she waves her off but Yelena just stuck her tongue at her as she returns it. Natasha looks completely irritated with both of them. Many glanced at the sisters in amusement. Rhodey leans to Tony, "Never seen Natasha look so content."

"Red deserves it," murmurs Tony. He knows deep down that Natasha has not had an easy upbringing and to see her be free felt right as she deserves it. Caroline leans over Bruce as she whispers. "Told you, we are besties."

He doesn't reply but the usual stoic billionaire eyes sparkle with delight as the corner of his lip quirk up.

"Who, that?" Questions Cassandra looking at it. "Who's this?" Cassandra grabs the beaver. Caroline looks at her. "It's a beaver."

"Does Brucey want a treat? Does Brucey want a treat?" Caroline bends giving a candy them eating it together but Cassandra voice cuts through. "What's this?"

"It's art. Don't touch." Caroline stands up immediately as Cassandra stands in front of a drawn picture of the Joker in the middle with a knife thrown at it. Cassandra looks at her. "He your ex or something?"

"You don't know who that is?" Caroline points at the picture as she looks at her. Cassandra looks at the picture. Caroline tilts her head. "The Joker. The clown prince of crime? My former partner in madness? The harlequin of hate? The jester of genocide? You've never heard of him?"

"Well, sounds like a dick," replies Cassandra, turning around to sit on the couch. Caroline lets out 'huh.' Caroline moves to turn on the TV and grabs two bowls as she sits on the couch. She pours cereal in the bowl. Caroline nudges Cassandra. "Milk."

Cassandra pours the milk into a bowl. Caroline puts two spoon in the bowls as the two get comfortable on the couch. Caroline crosses her legs as the two watch cartoons. Caroline narrates over the scene, "I'm not going soft or nothing, but I gotta admit, it was kinda nice having the kid around."

"You've always been soft," murmurs Bonnie thinking of all the time she did not hesitate to help one another even when it caused her to be torture by pack of wolves or by her father...fake father? Is still confusing on how what she knows about her isn't actually true. Stefan could see the swirl of turmoil in her green eyes. "You okay?"

"We didn't know her at all," murmurs Bonnie with a tone of disappointment not sure if it is at the blonde for lying to her or at herself for not being a good enough friend to dig into her and be willing to listen. Stefan didn't respond to her but his eyes said everything. In a way they failed her. They fail to see her hurting.

"You were nice once?" Chuck turns to her as he winces as Ivy elbow him in the ribs. The ex-jester shrugs, "Undercover remember? But everyone is nice until your kindness is taken for weakness."

They all look at her as besides the insights and dry comments that she gives, this is the most vulnerable they heard her be so far and they all begin to think that she is way more complex. MJ murmurs loud enough for the room to hear. "Humans just suck at times."

"Ain't that the truth," whispers Sharon, thinking of her own experiences and betrayals she faced by the people she thought she could trust. Instead she was just a pawn in their game and was discarded like nothing. Yelena sees the ex-shield agent eye's swirl of unleashed tears. "You don't deserve them."

"I know," she whispers back. Sharon looks at her Yelena, "But it doesn't change what I lost. What we all lost at the end of everything. No explanation or anything. We are left with our thoughts that consume us."

"And that's the worst part," murmurs Yelena. Thinking all about what she wanted to tell Natasha and what she wanted to experience with all three of them being sisters again. But that is just a hopeless dream.

They laugh at the cartoons. Scene cuts down to restaurant with Helena entering as she heads to cashier, "Give me a #32. Mild."

"Uh. Yeah, sure," replies Doc, moving to get her order ready. Helena speaks in mandarin, subtitles are placed on screen. "I hear you know just about every lowlife in this stinking city. I need your help locating someone."

Doc takes off his glass replying back in mandarin, subtitles still placed. "I know everyone, it seems expect you," he switches to english. "Who are you?"

"They call me-" Screen pauses on her as Caroline voices over. "My bad. I should've introduced you. I'll make it quick."

"This has to be my favorite part," whispers Loki to his brother as the narrations done by the blonde add a certain charm to the whole picture together. Thor nods in agreement although he does tend to get confused at times but the way she tells her story is easy for him to follow.

"For a woman who acts crazy she really is a smart one when needed," murmurs Bruce (banner) to himself, as he is thinking of moments before they got separated when fighting the aliens from space. He sighs their life is never normal at all.

"Harls has a point of ordering number 32 spicy," murmurs Ned as the spice added more flavor into the beef mongolian. Peter looks at him, "What? When did you go?"

"I met Harley first." Ned leans forward giving the ex-jester a fist bump who happily returns it. MJ looks at him. "Uh, since when?"

"I accidentaly hack into security breach of some gang and the fbi." Ned coughs out the last part. Happy rubs his temples in frustration. "You did what?"

Ned sinks in his chair with slight embarrassment. Peter looks proud as his best friend is pretty awsome. "That's cool."

"Not cool."

"Happy!"

"I dont get pay enough for this."

MJ snort, "You don't get pay at all."

"Wait, how are you involved in this?" Rhodey asked, looking at the crazy blonde with red and black dye at end of her hair tips. She shrugs, "I'm always pissing people off. You know, the usual bullshit but I saw they had Ned and he was too adorable, and he was panicking so bad so I had to get him out."

"Plus," she starts with a mischievous smile on her face, as she leans giving Ned high five.  "Ned is a real one and erased some of my records." 

"Oh my god," murmurs Natasha under breath with a tired expression on her face. Ivy looks at her friend. "Are you equipped to have kids under your care?" 

"Probarly not," she replies.

MJ, Peter, and Ned lean forward. "She's the best though."

"We're going to ignore that the kid hacked into the fbi?" Steve murmurs mostly to himself. Rhodey rolls his eyes as he sees Tony looking at three teens. Tony looks at Rhodey, "We're giving those three a job."

"Tony-" starts off Rhodey. Tony cuts him off, "Rhodes trust me it will be good. Plus MJ is scary. She is a mini red and Pepper combined."

Scene cuts to the little girl exiting a car then entering a mansion. Caroline narrates, "Meet the daughter of the richest, most powerful Mafia don in Gotham City. Helena Bertinelli. Yep, that Bertinelli."

Camera follows Helena as the small girl looks frightened and runs to her mother. Caroline narrates, "One day, she comes home to find her whole family in the living room. Anyone and everyone with Bertinelli blood is there."

"Oh, and that? That's Stefano Galante. The guy making the play for the Bertinelli turf and fortune," narrates Caroline as the scene shows an older man sitting on a chair with cigar in his mouth as his men have guns pointed ahead. Camera moves showing Helena holding something behind her mother, then the family is gunned down. Helena has purple drive in her hand as she crouches down as bullets fly.

Stefano's men chuck the bodies, one crouches down removing hand still seeing Helena alive. Caroline narrates, "When one of the goons finds the kid alive, the big softy sneaks her outta there and hides her away in Sicily. Where she is raised by his own father and brother. Both assassins."

"Well thats fucked up," mumurs Katherine watching the scene. She could not help think of how she lost her own family. She could never forgive Klaus as the man hunted her down for 500 years and took away her chance of being a mother. Sighing she looks away, feeling the side glances Elijah is giving her.

Elena feels the pang of longing, as she misses her parents. She couldn't help think if her parents were alive will things still play out the way they did? Would she still be a vampire? Would she be happy with her life or will she be sulking like she is now? Glancing at Damon, she frowns for moment as is she truly happy?

"That was a crazy day. You will all know if–" Sam starts off when Steve cuts him off with a teasing smile. "If we watched the news?"

"Yeah, old man," he replies as Bucky snickers in amusement. Thor shakes his head watching, "All for money."

Scene shows Helena with one of men exiting the car entering a home. Scene cuts to her inside looking down as she is drawing. Caroline voices over, "She spends the next 15 years thinking only of revenge. So, she starts training. When she was ready, and by 'ready' I mean a badass motherfucking killing machine, she moves back to Gotham. Starts working on that kill list."

Shows a flashbacks of Helena growing up and training then her killing a man in his bed. Caroline narrates, "She has the murder stuff down, but the rest?"

"Do you know who I am?" Helena looks at the man. Scene cuts to Helena staring at herself in the mirror as she practices. "Do you know who I am?"

"Still a work in progress," narrates Caroline. Helena looks at the mirror, "Do you know who I am?"

"The Crossbow Killer." Scene cuts to Renee holding picutre. Then back to Helena staring at the mirror, "They call me–"

"The Crossbow Killer." Scene cuts to Roman turning around looking straight to the camera. Back to Helena staring at herself. "They call me–"

"The Crossbow Killer?" The scene cuts back to the man she killed in the bed. Scene cuts back to Helena at the restaurant. "They call me, Huntress."

"She calls herself Huntress. Fucking fabulous, if you ask me," narrates Caroline as screen pauses on Helena her named written down as drawn arrow shoots through. It unpauses moving to Doc. "And who are you looking for?"

Everyone could not help laugh at the different takes of it being the crossbow killer and just for her to call herself the huntress. Clint nods as an archer to another semi archer she is pretty cool. "She is an icon."

They all look at him in amusement. He shrugs, "I have kids I keep up. You all can't relate."

"Hey, by the way, where, were you?" The so called gotham's wildcard looks at Bruce with a pensive look as the bats always knew what was going on in gotham. Bruce frowns as he shrugs not knowing himself.

Klaus looks back and forth between the two, she seriously likes everyone but him? Shaking his thoughts, "Why would he be there?"

Everyone turns to them as they curious. The chaotic blonde simply shrugs. "Mr. Wayne here is very good person. He funds alot of projects in gotham and he likes to know what happens in his city. Don't let the tabloids fool you, he is a nice billionaire."

"By the way, I'm totally sorry for robbing you that one time." She looks at him with a soft smile both knowing that the comment will sort of semi throw the others off for the moment. Bruce leans whispering low enough just for her ears. "Nice save."

Peter looks at his girlfriend and bestfriend as they all exchange knowing smiles. They are part of the future and had the privilege of meeting Bruce beforehand which was totally them two flirting yet 'they are friends' although it is interesting as they use to fight each other. But it adds more spice between them.

Scene cuts to Zsasz walking through the crowd as he crouches touching Roman's shoulder. "Quinn got the girl."

"And?" Roman looks at him. Zsasz murmurs, "And they disappeared."

"Fuck! Fuck!" Roman exclaims as Dinah flinches. A loud laughter is heard as Roman's eyes scan the room as it lands on a table with a group of people and a woman laughing very loud. "What is she laughing at? Is she laughing at me?"

"She is," replies Zsasz. Dinah looks at him with a pointed look then at Roman. "No, she's not. She's–"

"What are you laughing at, Erika?" Roman sneers as he walks toward their table. Erika laughs as she looks at him. "Roman, you gotta hear this. It's hilarious."

"Get on the table," demands Roman. Erika tilts her head, "Oh. Ooh. You're being a total kook."

"Get on the fucking table." Roman throws everything on the table on the floor as the club quiets down and attendees start to murmur in concern. Roman looks at her. "This is my club. Get up now. Now."

Erika hesitantly gets up as fear is written all over her. Roman looks at her, "Now, dance." She is still as he does a slow dance movement. Roman yells at her. "Dance. Dance, Erika!"

"Okay." Erika hesitantly moves. Roman touches the hem of her silver dress and looks at her. "This dress is fucking hideous. Take it off. Take your dress off."

Multiple breaths were hitched watching the uncomfortable scene. Sharon and Yelena share a worried exchanges as they glance at the chaotic blonde that means everything to them. Happy doesn't say anything but gently squeezes her forearm. He of all people knows how uncomfortable she must feel.

He knows about the red room and how young she was, he doesn't even want to think about the horrifying abuse she went through in there.

Even though she never explicitly stated, he knows that stupid green hair clown, abuse went farther than emotional or physical, as she had implied the sexual trauma that he put her through. But the other is being in the presence of a certain blue-eyed vampire. Happy may act annoyed with her at times but he really cares as she is family.

"You okay?" Bruce looks at the blonde as he notices the small gueture that was done by the bodyguard. He never says it but he always felt a twinge of guilt when fighting her, seeing the clear signs of abuse on her, not knowing if he did enough to stop it. She gives him a soft smile, "I'm fine."

Roman gets a knife and gives it to the guy that Erika was sitting next to. "Get up there and fucking cut it off her. Do it now! Take her fucking dress off. Just rip it off her. Hurry up! Hurry up! Fucking do it."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Whispers the guy as he rips the dress and Erika is crying. Camera moves to Dinah watching as she quickly wipes a tear away, as it moves to Erika hugging herself. Roman nods, "Yeah. Beautiful."

Dinah bows her head down as tries to walk away but Roman grabs her arm. "You wouldn't betray me, would you?"

"I was just gonna go look for the girl," replies Dinah hesitantly. Camera zooms out to Helena watching from the sidelines her eyes fall on Zsasz laughing. Camera moves back to Roman as he hugs Dinah and slowly dances, "Oh, no, no, no. I want you to stay here with me. I want you to stay here with me close. You soothe me, little bird."

Scene cuts to the night of Gotham's skyscrapers then cuts to police station Renee leaning on desk as she holds an ice packet on her forehead. She sees Ellen walk in, Renee stands and heads to her. "Oh, good. You got it. Did you trace the messages?"

It was an uncomfortable silence that spread throughout the entire room. No words could come out to express all the rage boiling through them. The amount of disgust they all felt for him. The way he humiliated that innocent girl and sexualize her in front of everyone is absolutely disgusting and evil.

"That's horrible," murmurs the noblest mikaelson trying to control the rage that threatens to spill out. Elena clasps hand over her mouth as she watched the scene. "That's so disgusting."

Yelena scoffs at her. "You should, wouldn't you? Your piece of shit boy–"

"Don't." Caroline cuts her off knowing what her baby sister was going to say. Her eyes watered with unleashed tears. "Please lena."

Yelena stood still, aghast and bewildered, as her sister implored her to tell the truth. In the turmoil of her emotions, Yelena grappled with the weight of silence and the light of honesty, knowing that in revealing the truth, she was not just unburdening her sister conscience but the fact she wasn't ready for it to be revealed. She whispers softly. "Okay."

Everyone looks at them back and forth wondering what exactly ex-jester doesn't want Yelena revealing just yet. The three teens shared a glance as they knew perfectly what Damon did to her. MJ grits her teeth whispering for Ned and Peter to hear. "Do you think Elena knew?"

Peter turns looking at Elena, as he analyzes her. There is something off about her but he isn't exactly sure what it is. He then turns back to face his girlfriend. "She had to. If she didn't, she is a shitty friend."

Ned whispers as he leans forward, thinking about Elena's relationship with Damon. "Do you think he hurt her? I mean didn't Harls mention he turned her and created some form of bond?"

"Sire bond," murmurs Peter remembering all the points the blonde had given them to learn about the supernatural community. She originally wanted to give them signs to pinpoint out if they ever ran into supernatural creatures but she just ended up giving them all the information she knew.

MJ murmurs, "She likes him that's for sure. But the issue is whatever happened during the bond if it was consensual or not. And if she recongizes it or confuses with the feelings she has for him."

Peter and Ned stayed quiet processing her words. Peter clenches his jaw. "He is disgusting."

"I'm telling you something off between them," whispers Sam to Bucky and Steve. All their eyes going back and forth between Caroline, Elena, and Damon. The ex-jester breathes heavily as the screen starts to unpause.

"You stole evidence from an active crime scene, and then had it sent to my office. Renee, what were you thinking?" Ellen looks at her. Renee just grabs the envelope. "Roman is the one that put a price on the kid's head. Okay? I had to. I can't get into it right now–"

"Renee, you need help," cuts Ellen through. Renee shakes her head. "What are you talking about?"

"She's right. You are a good cop, Montoya, but you've lost your way," cuts through, is the police captain. Renee looks at him. "What?"

"I'm sorry. Okay? You gave me no choice." Ellen whispers to her. Renee leans forward as she looks at. "Did you sell me out?"

"I'm sorry," whispers Elle. The captain takes a step forward looking at Renee. "You're suspended. Your badge and your gun, now."

"If you've ever watched any cop movie ever, you know that this is when shit gets real," narrates Caroline. Renee looks at Ellen in betrayal. Renee takes out her gun and softly scoffs, "What's the point of the badge, when it means fuck all anyway? Right, Captain?"

Caroline voices over the scene, "No cop ever gets anything done until after they've been suspended. Which would've had me worried, only I had more pressing concerns."

"This definitely not going to be as entertaining as before?" Clint looks at Wanda who sighs softly as they can tell from the terrible scene between Roman and Erika, now this– a whole lot is going to change.

"Who is she?" Chuck asked the blonde. Caroline bites her lip as she nods slowly. "Oh right, you weren't here for that. She is Renee's ex-girlfriend and they have bunch of unsolved tension. Each kind of throwing each other under the bus."

"So, you are friends with cops now?" Ivy asked her in amusement as she never thought she would see her become one of the good guys. The ex-jesters shrugs with her eyes sparkling in joy. "Being a good guy isn't as boring as I thought it would be. You should join the good side."

Ivy rolls her eyes. "Okay, first of all I'm not that bad of a criminal. Because my bad, that I care a lot about our environment and want our planet to be healthy."

Those from gotham look at her with befuddle expression. The ex-jester tilts her head, "Oh, Ives you did multiple kill guards."

"Okay? It was an accident," she mumurs. Chuck wraps his around his girlfriend. "Babe, just don't."

Ivy grumbles as she leans into his embrace. Kol glances at his siblings. "They are way better friends than the others."

"Hey." Bonnie turns to look at him. He puts his hand over his heart. "Not you, darling. You're the best."

The bennett witch rolls her eyes but the smile on her tells a different story. Kol's siblings look between the two. Elijah glances at Klaus as they both can tell something is going on between the two.

"And that is why you should never partake in paying federal income taxes." Scene cuts to Caroline and Cassandra sitting as Caroline paints Cassandra's nails. Cassandra tries to open a milk carton but Caroline gets it, "Hey, you'll ruin your nails."

"Thank you," murmurs Cassandra, drinking some milk. Caroline picks up nail polish, "Anyway, lesson 37—"

"You said they wouldn't find us." Cassandra looks at her in worry, as a harsh knock is heard on the door. Caroline waves her off, "Chillax. No one knows we're here."

"Harleen Quinzel, this is Gotham Police." Exclaims a deep voice behind the door. Caroline shrugs as she looks at Cassandra, "Okay. So they know. Let's scram."

The two set everything down and begin to pack up. The police urged her to open the door. Caroline grabs stuff holding the beaver, "Holy back door, Beavy. This is getting outta hand. Bruce, come here."

Everyone could not help but chuckle. The ex-jester pouts as she remembers how it all played out. She had been betrayed before and has been multiple times before but that one hurt the most. She was on the path of refinding herself away from the clown and she had thought Doc actually cared.

Natasha notices the pain expression on her sister and just knows this isn't going to end well. While everyone finds it amusing, her eyes tell a different story. Natasha has known her long enough that she always hides her pain behind a smile or laughter when in reality she is actually rotting with her thoughts inside her mind.

The redhead bites her lip as she hasn't been as supportive as she should have been when it came to her personas. Sighing she whispers her sister's new name to herself. "Harley."

"Harley," she repeats as regardless of the name that is her sister. If she wants to be Caroline one day and the next day Harley, then she will be at her side.

They go to the window, police exclaims they can hear them. Caroline opens the window, Cassandra looks out. "What is that?"

"See you in hell, Harley!" Is a guy outside staning on a pickup truck with a huge explosive slingshot. Screen pauses on him, NAME: is a doodle of her shrugging. GRIEVANCE: EGGPLANT EMOJI CROSSED OUT. Screen unpauses as slingshot is released, Caroline rushes them. "Get under the table!"

"Bruce? Bruce! Come here!" Caroline looks at her hyena, she screams, 'No!' as the explosion happened. The entire apartment is destroyed. Caroline stands up with a worried expression searching around the destroyed apartment. "Bruce? Come here, boy. Bruce? Bruce? Bruce?"

Cassandra stands holding their stuff. Caroline shakes her head as her voice breaks, tears in her eyes. "This doesn't make sense. It doesn't make sense. I don't understand. No one knew we were here. No one knew we were here, except—"

"Doc. Oh, my God. Doc? Doc? Where is he?" Caroline stands up. Scene cuts to outside, showing the restaurant as smoke comes out and is completely dark as the red neon lights up the night sky. Caroline and Cassandra run out on to the street. Caroline sees him across the street. She and Cassandra run to him. "Doc? I can't find Bruce. I can't find him. I—"

Everyone didn't say anything but each felt pang of guilt as earlier they were making fun of her pet hyena, as she her named it after Bruce Wayne. Loki felt bad for her as no doubt animals are better companions rather than people. Clint murmurs to himself. "I did not think the hyena was not going to make it."

"None of us did," murmurs Wanda back her heart aching for the blonde who is the most unique out of them all.

Bruce looks at her as he of all people, especially his alter ego knows how much she loves her hyenas. He spoke softly to her. "You still have bud and lou, Harley. And they love you."

"They're gone too," she murmurs with the softest voice possible. The vulnerability displayed on her was such a rare sight and it felt off putting as she is usually so bright. And she deserves to be bright and happy. Ivy frowns looking at her. "What? How?"

"Joker."

"Why would he?" Bonnie couldn't help but ask as her heart was heavy with sorrow. Everyone had seen glimpsed of the green hair clown that is psychotic who only torment the blonde and manipulated her.

Damon scoffs, "Yeah and you just had to fall for him didn't you?"

"Damon!" Elena's eyes widened as she could not help but look at him in shock as why would he say that? Sure, she was not the most supportive but even she could see the clear signs of abuse that her old friend endured (yet she couldn't see the one her own boyfriend did to her.)

Damon looks at her. "Is true. She is the one that fell in love with him."

"Maybe you should just stay quiet." Bruce glares at the man, as he of all people had seen the abuse that the Joker, put her through and she did not deserve to have that thrown at her face. Yelena clenches her jaw as she burns heated gazes at Damon.

The ex-jester herself? Doesn't say anything but clenches her jaw. She feels incandescent rage, she feels at how stupid she was (it's not your fault that's how abusers work they isolate. "It's not your fault," she thinks.)

Yet, amidst this enlightenment, a nagging query lingers in her mind – shouldn't she have seen the signs?

MJ clenches her jaw as she turns to face him, Peter by her side because he does not trust that vampire at all. The curly hair teen girl. "You should know about abusing women, wouldn't you?"

Everyone's breath hitch at the revelation. Damon raises a brow, Peter glares at him hard enough that he looks away. He did not appreciate the way he looked at his girlfriend. The ex-jester looks at the teen girl. "Not now Emmy. He's not worth it okay?"

"He is satan," murmurs the teen girl. The ex-jester smiles. "That's not fair. Calling him that is an insult to satan himself."

"Burn." Sam and Bucky laugh out loud as that was good one, the two ignored the glares that the eldest salavtore sent at them. Klaus looks at the blonde as he recalls a certain memory of how she was determined to get the doppelgänger away from Damon.

Ned changes the conversation looking at the blonde. "We can get you a new hyena."

The ex-jesters smile brightly, chuckling with warmth. "Thanks Ned."

"No," stammers Caroline, her face written with pain and betrayal. Camera focuses on her as she covered in grime, the night sky is filled with blue and pink smoke mixed together making purple swirl, the restaurant neon sign lights up. Doc sighs, bringing his head down. "I'm sorry, lotus flower."

"You sold me out?" Caroline looks at him, her eyes filled with tears. Doc looks at her, "Too many people offering me too much money. I have enough now to open up a new restaurant. A really nice one."

"But, Doc, it's me," pleads Caroline as tears come out of her. Doc shakes his head, "It's just business."

Caroline breathes heavily as Cassandra looks at her in worry. Doc closes the trunk of his car. Doc gives her one last look, sighing, he gets in the car. Caroline closes her eyes as tears come out of her, shaking her head. Camera stays on Caroline, the car engine heard, she opens her eyes doing a slow nod. Distant siren in the background.

"This next bit ain't very pretty," narrates Caroline over. The scene stays on her as she sighs. Caroline nods, "You're right."

"Harley?" Cassandra's voice was heard. Caroline looks down as sirens in the background grow louder. "He's right. Business is business."

They all look at her with pity as from earlier they all could tell how much Doc meant to her. Tony looks at the ex-jester that he can tell has a heart of gold, he glances at her with sympathy in his warm chocolate eyes. "Hermione what did you do?"

"Nothing," she replies as she didn't do anything. Sharon can see the discomfort in her eyes. "Let's just keep watching."

Once again they were open to different side of the blonde who is full of smiles and giggles. Every heart ached for her; betrayed by the very soul she believed stood staunchly in her corner, she embodied the poignant sorrow of shattered trust.

Scene cuts to Cassandra sitting outside ontop of suitcases. Caroline in the telephone booth, "I've got the kid. But I'm gonna need to renegotiate the terms of our deal. If I hand her over, I want everyone who's after me to back off."

"Quinn, bring me the rock now and I guarantee your safety. I own this town. You'll have my protection." Roman says through the telephone line. Caroline stares at herself as reflection of her is against the glass, all purple neon light falling on her. Caroline mutters out, "Fine. Meet me at amusement mile. The booby trap. In one hour."

Caroline hangs up. Her facial expression falling seeing Cassandra's reflection against the glass. Caroline turns around seeing her beaver. Caroline huffs, "Quit judging."

"Zsasz!" Scene cuts to Roman staring himself in the mirror. He looks determined. Then cuts to Renee bring down photos of Roman on the wall surrounded by newspaper clippings. Then back to Caroline walking as Cassandra stands. "Come on, kid. Let's get you somewhere safe."

Scene cuts back to Rman turning to Zsasz as Dinah walks in. "We got them. Little bird! You're gonna be driving Mr. Zsasz tonight. Go. Fetch. Amusement mile. The booby trap."

"Do we have to bring them back?" Zsasz asks him. Roman looks at him, "I think you can manage a couple of little girls. Just bring me back my diamond."

Dinah looks annoyed at the comment then turns around. Scene cuts to Renee drinking out of a bottle then pours it into a mini trash can with the photos inside, before she can light it up her phone pings is a text message from unknown number; Amusement Mile. The Bobby Trap. Hurry.

Everyone looks at the blonde minus the 2025 group as they know Cassandra is safe and part of their dysfucntial family. Elena looks at her old friend. "You gave up the kid, how could you?"

Rebeakh looks annoyed as she agrees with the doppelgänger. "Can't believe, I agree with her but why would you do that?"

Caroline clencehs her jaw in annoyance. "You are all dumb. I mentioned this mulitple times already. I'm only going to say this once fuckers, the kid is alive, now fuck off. None of you have the right to judge."

"Caroline," starts off Rebekah but the blonde cuts her off. "Don't, okay? We aren't friends and I don't owe you anything. Like I appreciate that one time you stopped me for killing myself but we aren't friends."

"Say what now?" Steve's blue eyes widened in shock. Everyone looks at the blonde as she rolls her eyes.The ex-jester waves him off. "Long story but was mind control by a two thousand year old witch and I kept cutting my arms."

"Oh yeah when hell was unleashed on earth and everything could have been destroyed. I wonder whose fault it is?" Kol shoots glares at Elena, who squirms in her seat.

Elena sighs, biting her lip. "I did what I had to."

"Not caring if others got hurt?" The ex-jester glares at her. Rhodey whispers to Tony. "Whatever happened when she was in that town, must have been terrible."

Tony nods in agreements as the entire supernatural creatures glare at each with much hostility in them. Stefan looks as he sighs. "Now's not the moment."

"Shut it ripper." Klaus grumbles annoyed as now is not the time for him to act like a saint. Elijah clears his throat. "Mr. Salvatore is right, is not the time to deal with what's already been done."

They all scoffed, throwing glares at the noblest mikaelson. Each wanted to argue with each other, when the screen had brightened up forcing them to swallow their comments for the moment and sit down.

Scene cuts to a shot of the street with Caroline and Cassandra in the distant walking towards the gotham's buildings, blue and purple neon lights falling on them. Camera cuts back to a point of view, of a motorcycle driving through the city, following a yellow car. In the car Dinah sees the bike through the mirror. Zsasz noticed her expression, "What is it?"

"Nothing," replies Dinah. Zsasz sitting notices her phone light up. "Pull over."

"What?" Dinah looks at him confused. Zsasz sneers at her, "Pull the fucking car over now. I gotta take a leak."

"She betrayed you, boss. She betrayed you," murmurs Zsasz on the phone. Roman on the line, "Are you sure?"

"Your little bird's a fucking rat. You want me to kill her?" Zsasz exclaims. Scene cuts to Roman with tears in his eyes as he places his hand on chest to prevent from crying. "No. No. No. I'll come to you."

Scene flashes through Roman's emotions as he walks to get his mask on. Scene cuts to the dark and abandoned amusement park. Scene cuts to Cassandra on toilet all duct tape, Cassandra starts off, "I thought we were friends. And you–"

"You saw what it's like for me out there. I didn't have a choice," Caroline cuts her off as she tapes her mouth. "And if you go before he gets here, everything will be fine."

"Harley," muffles Cassandra through the tape. Caroline shuts the door, "I'm sorry, kid. I am."

"She is alive." The ex-jester mentions one more time tired of all the judement coming her way. Sharon sighs whispering to Yelena referring to mystic falls gang. "They are all terrible friends."

The russian blonde nods agreeing with her. Damon being the annoying person he is, opens his mouth again. "Are you even qualified to take care of children?"

The crazy blonde stands up moving to the three teens as she glares at him, her hand plopped down on MJ's mess of curls. "Listen here once, I'm their babysitter. And I do a great fucken job at it. And if anything happens to them three along with Cassandra, I'll kill everyone in this room and then myself. Expected, Happy because he takes care of me."

The ex-jester glares at the eldest salvarore as she moves back to her seat. Everyone aside from the three teenagers from 2025, shared conspicuous high-fives. While the others just blink trying to comprehend what she just said.

"Oh god." Happy snorts in amusement. Peter stared up at her. "Oh my god, Harley, you just quote brooklyn nine-mine!"

Ned snickered, a beaming grin already taking over his face. "I knew having those sleepovers was a good idea!"

"You're all losers." MJ rolled her eyes yet the smile on her showcased how much these moments mean to her. The ex-jester smiles at the three teens who she no doubly will die for. The tensions in the room still stayed but all that mattered was the smiles on the 2025 group.

Bruce looks at her. "Babysitter, huh?"

She widens her eyes, whispering. "Uh, uh. I can see your eyes, you are not adopting them. They are my kids."

He teases her. "You can't stop me."

She playfully gasped, leaning her face inch away from his as she whispered for his ears only. "Game on, basty."

"Game on, Quinn."

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𝖎. thoughts? i know is been forever but life gets in the way 😭
also i hope going between caroline and harley isn't confusing but i kind want to establish how she is both and still struggles. starting the next chapter she will go by harley by the 2025 group and our gotham residents & to the others just caroline... is that fine?!?

𝖎𝖎. she definitely is mama bear for. i want to make her mom and is fanfic so anything is possible, i don't maybe she has her own kids, like magic involved and she can be pregnant with the twins (josie & lizzie.) im still stuck on it so any help is welcome!
i just want to see her and bruce with babies 😭

𝖎𝖎𝖎. def planning another harley quinn book and love interest is bruce wayne. idc if im the only one that ships them. #BATQUINN FOR LIFE! trust me they are really cute in white knight series and they are so soft for each other. and they are married and he raises her kids with her. one of her kids is name bryce after him 🥹

𝖎𝖛. me and chelle are the batquinn captains! caramelitodemieel

𝖛. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH & STAY SAFE OUT THERE ❤️