Chapter 74

Marinette's P.O.V:

"Okay." Bruce came back from his phone calls. "The gardens are all ready. How do you plan on moving it?"

"The same way I move every other plant." Ivy stepped closer to the rose bush. "Only this time I'm going to need a little help from Marigold."

"How am I going to help?" I was a bit confused.

"I need you to be a sort of conduit between the plant and I. It won't respond to me alone so I will need you to help me guide it. You need to keep your hand on the plant while also keeping your hand on me while I uproot it."

"Is that thing safe to touch?" Tim looked a bit skeptical.

"I believe it is." Ivy answered. "But only for her. I'm afraid that if anyone else tried to touch it, including myself, that it might go back to its dormant state again. I've never seen a plant show so much favoritism."

"Okay." I nodded. "It's now or never I guess."

I sat at the edge of the hole I had dug and hesitantly reached to grab ahold to the base of the flower. Everyone around me held their breath in anticipation as they watched my slow movements. The moment I touched the flower, my eyes grew wide with amazement when I saw the flowers glow run through the veins under my skin and make their way all over my body.

Everyone stared in bewilderment at me as they watched the light traveled up my skin and over took the color in my eyes, turning them to glowing white. "It's weird. I feel like I can feel what the plant feels." I looked around at everyone and saw that they were all looking at me like I had grown a second head. "What?" I asked.

"Your eyes." Jason pointed.

I looked at him with confusion. "What's wrong with my eyes?"

"Here." Harley pulled out a small compact mirror out of her back pocket. "Let me show you." She handed the mirror over to my free hand that wasn't touching the rose.

"Okay?" I took the mirror and looked into it.

I blinked at my refection a few times before holding the mirror closer to my face to really examine my eyes.

"Does anything look different to you?" Bruce asked.

"Besides my eyes?" I tore my sight away from the mirror and handed it back to Harley. "Um, no?" I looked around for a moment just to be sure.

"Can you take your hand off the plant for a moment? I want to see something." Ivy said as she closed her eyes in concentration.

"Okay." I let go of the plant and immediately I feel a glow fade from my eyes.

"Bruce." Ivy opened her eyes to look at him. "Do you remember the sentient plant that I made a few years back?"

"The one you keep as a pet and acts like a dog inside your apartment?" Bruce nodded. "Yes, I remember."

"Well it's like that only less mobile and more intelligent." Ivy explained. "The plant used its magical bond with Marinette to see through her eyes. They were sharing a consciousness."

"That's why I felt what the plant was feeling." I looked over at Ivy. "It was curious... but also happy?"

"This is great. Now we can keep a mental lock with it while we are moving it in case it needs anything." Ivy seemed even more eager now.

"We should probably get a move on then." I reached back for the plant and the light ran over my body to settled in my eyes again. "We are ready." I reached over to grab onto Ivy's hand.

Ivy took hold of my hand and closed her eyes in concentration again. Slowly, the magical plant began to arise out of the hole and soon enough the long roots broke free of the ground.

"We should move quickly." Ivy spoke up. "How is it feeling?"

"Confused." I walked along with Ivy as we made our way through the alley and towards the road. "It doesn't like its roots being exposed."

"Can I borrow your keys to the Lamborghini?" Ivy looked over to the group following them. "It's the fastest vehicle here but sadly it's only a two-seater."

"Hand them over, Damian." Bruce ordered.

Damian looked a bit skeptical but tossed the keys towards Ivy anyways.

Ivy unlocked the vehicle but had to crawl onto the driver's seat through the passengers just to keep hold on me. Ivy had the plant awkwardly make its way onto my lap and as soon the door was shut, they sped off towards the direction of the Wayne botanical gardens.---------By the time Alfred made it to the Wayne botanical gardens with the limo, Ivy and I had somehow put the plant back into the ground in the back gardens.

"Wow, Red. That was fast." Harley commented as she looked at the beautiful rose bush that was now securely planted in the soil.

"The plant didn't like being out of the ground too much." I answered in return. "It's much happier now, especially now that it is surrounded by other plants."

"It's going to need to not be touched by the workers and people here though." Ivy looked at the billionaire. "We may need to build a safe enclosure around it."

"I can get some people on it and have it finished by the end of the day tomorrow. I will inform everyone here." Bruce pulled out his phone and began to make some calls again.

"Thank you, Marinette." Ivy looked down at me. "I think you really did do Gotham a great service today."

"Well she is the Sunshine of Gotham." Jason casually rested his arm on my shoulder.

"Speaking of sunshine." Dick rested his arm on my other shoulder. "Do you think the sun is sticking around for a while?"

"I wouldn't count on it but I also wouldn't be surprised if we saw more sunshine around these two." Ivy pointed to both the plant and I.

"You guys, I can't control the weather."  I laughed as I looked up to both Dick and Jason.

"Maybe," Jason agreed. "but you sure do know how to brighten people's days."