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Harley and Ivy were walking through town carrying several bags.

"Why did I agree to go shopping with you?" Ivy asked while lugging four bags.

"'Cause I asked nicely" Harley said "and I helped ya build that border for the new flower bed."

"Remind me not to do it again" Ivy said.

"Just one more store" Harley said.

"Fine" Ivy said.

As they walked towards a store, a small girl ran past them, knocking some of the bags out of Harley's hands.

"The hell?" Harley said.

Three men ran after the girl, they chased her into an alley.

"Hey!" Harley yelled as she dropped the bags she was carrying and chased after them.

She ran into the alley after them and found the three men cornering the girl.

Harley ran up and yelled "get away from her!"

She grabbed one of the men by his shoulders and spun him around. She stomped on his knee, breaking his leg. He fell to one knee and yelled in pain. Harley punched him in the face, knocking him out. Another man turned and swung at her. Harley ducked, avoiding the blow. She grabbed his arm and punched his elbow, breaking his arm. She grabbed his shoulders and head butted him in the face, breaking his nose and knocking him out. The third man pulled out a switch blade knife and smiled at her.

"Nice" Harley said as she pulled the KABAR out of her boot "but, mines bigger" she spun the knife around in her hand asked "ya really wanna do this?"

He took a step back, dropped the knife and turned to run. He ran straight into the wall, knocking himself out.

"Good choice" Harley said as she put the knife back in her boot.

She knelt in front of the girl and said "hiya Sweetie, my name's Harley. What's yours?"

The girl just looked at her with fear in her eyes.

Harley looked at the three unconscious men and said "yeah, prob'ly not the best way to make a first impression. Hey Red!"

Ivy jogged down the alley and asked "are you ok?"

"I'm fine" Harley said "check on the girl, she doesn't want to talk to me. For good reason."

Ivy looked at the unconscious goons and nodded.

She knelt down front of the girl and said "hey there, everything is ok now. My name is Ivy, what's yours?"

"J…Jenny" she said timidly.

"Hello Jenny" she said.

Jenny pointed at Harley and said "she's scary. Make her go away, please?"

Ivy smiled warmly and said "Harley's not scary. She's a really good fighter when she needs to be, but she's really just a dweeb. She won't hurt you."

"Yeah, kiddo I won't hurtcha" Harley said "promise."

She still looked terrified at Harley.

"Ok, I'll go pick up the bags" Harley said "ya take care a' the kid."

She turned and walked back out of the alley.

"Come on Sweetie, I'll take you home."

"NO!" Jenny yelled "please don't take me back!" She jumped forward and hugged Ivy tightly as she said "please don't make me go back! Please! Please! Please!"

"Shh, it's ok" Ivy said "I won't take you back. You can go with me and we can figure it out."

One of the men on the ground groaned and opened his eyes. He saw Jenny hugging Ivy and started to pull a pistol out of his belt.

Jenny gasped and yelled "H…Ha…H…DWEEB! HELP!"

Ivy looked at her when she yelled and then looked where Jenny was looking and saw the man with the gun. She quickly turned, putting herself between Jenny and the gun, then they heard a gunshot. Ivy flinched and waited for the pain. After a few seconds, she looked back and saw the man holding his hand and groaning in pain. His gun was laying on the ground a few feet away and there was blood dripping from his hand. She heard footsteps and saw Harley running towards her with her revolver in her right hand.

"Nice shot" Ivy said.

"Thanks" Harley said as she put the revolver in its holster.

She kicked the man in the face, knocking him out.

Jenny ran to Harley, hugged her thighs and said "thanks Dweeb."

Ivy tried not to laugh, Harley shot her a look.

She looked down at Jenny and said "call me Harley."

"Ok" Jenny said.

"Harl?" Ivy said.

"Yeah Red" Harley said.

"We need to get her out of here" Ivy said "let's take her home with us and find out what this is all about."

"Ok" Harley said.

She knelt down in front of Jenny and asked "d'ya wanna come home with us?"

"Yes please" Jenny said "just please don't take me back!"

"We won't" Ivy said "I promise."

"Let's get outta here before these guys wake up" Harley said.

She picked Jenny up and walked out of the alley with Ivy close behind. They walked to Ivy's car and Harley put the bags in the trunk while Ivy buckled Jenny into the back seat. She climbed into the driver seat as Harley got into the passenger side.

"When we get home, you get to play therapist. Find out what's going on and why she doesn't want to go back home" Ivy whispered.

"Can do" Harley whispered.