Inside the Midnight Rose's chamber, the air hung warm and sweet, thick with the perfume of its petals. A massive rose blanket, soft as silk, lay draped over Harley's body and stretched across to Pamela beside her. The glow from the petal-walls pulsed gently in shades of green and pink, swaying with the rhythm of the dormant vines.
"It can't have taken us this long to travel just a few blocks, has it?" Harley muttered, her voice muffled as she shifted under the giant flower quilt.
Pamela shook her head, a lazy smile playing at her lips. "No. We've been staying in one spot for a while. I figured since we're in New York already, I'd let my younger plants branch off from the Midnight Rose. They're spreading through the city as we speak."
Harley raised an eyebrow. "Spreading?"
"I like to have a plant network in every city I plan to work in. While they spread, they infiltrate the sewers and feed on whatever lowlife villains crawl around down there. Their vitality flows back to me, strengthening my body from afar."
Harley rolled her eyes. "You're just looking for a late-night snack, aren't you?"
Pamela rolled hers right back. "Guilty."
She leaned up, brushing a loose petal from Harley's shoulder, then let her fingers linger a moment before pulling away. "All right, get dressed. We've been idle long enough."
The petals around them began to fold and shift, forming elegant living walls that offered brief privacy. Once they were dressed, Pamela gave a quiet command. "Resume the route."
The Midnight Rose stirred with a soft groan, its body coming back to life. Vines twisted against the tunnel walls and began their slow, steady rhythm, tunneling forward through the earth until the flower came to a stop at the Museum of Modern Art's underground vault.
Pamela lifted her arm. The flower's roots extended outward like fingers, pressing against the steel and concrete foundation of the vault. They began to hum and vibrate, emitting a high-pitched frequency that resonated through the floor.
The concrete started to crack in a perfect ring, the vibrations slicing cleanly through the barrier until a seamless circular opening formed.
Pamela reached to her belt and pulled out a small red device, holding it up so Harley could see. "This little gadget is from Barbara. It fries all local surveillance within a hundred-foot radius and erases any existing data from nearby hard drives. Think of it as her nanite control technology, but simplified."
Harley squinted at the remote and turned it over in her hand. "So it's basically a miniature EMP bomb, right?"
"Exactly. But unlike a standard EMP, it won't trip any alarms or kill the power. It's a smart, AI-directed surge that only targets surveillance equipment."
Harley grinned. "Convenient."
The petals of the Midnight Rose slowly unfolded, blooming outward in a spiral staircase of glowing steps that led into the chilled vault below. Pamela and Harley descended together, their feet landing on polished marble.
Rows of preservation equipment stood silent beneath soft museum lighting. The Starry Night rested at the far end of the chamber, framed in reinforced glass, the swirls of moonlight frozen in luminous blue.
Harley twirled once, arms stretched wide. "I have to admit, coming out inside an underground vault of the Museum of Modern Art, smelling like roses, is one of the classiest robberies I've ever pulled. Maybe even more elegant than the few I did with Catwoman."
Pamela turned sharply. "What do you mean with Catwoman?"
Harley scratched the back of her neck. "Yeah, about that… you're not the only female villain crew I've run with over the years. And yeah, I don't know if you know who Catwoman is, do you?"
Pamela narrowed her eyes, the faintest edge of jealousy beneath her calm expression.
Harley took a step back with a nervous laugh. "Don't worry, you're the only one I've ever tunneled into a museum with, sugar."
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