Lionel, AKA Bat-Mite, stretched as he took in the view of Gotham City. "...Honestly, I never thought we would be back here again," he commented. "But after all the zaniness we've been through recently, it's nice to come back to familiar surroundings."
Cherry soon stepped out next, straightening out her mask before putting it on as they entered the city of Gotham.
"We haven't been back here since Joker attempted to poison the barbecue sauce at the police force cookout last summer..." Bat-Mite nodded.
A word bubble appeared nearby, labeled: As seen in Harley Quinn and Batman, Issue 1!
"Boy, was THAT an ordeal. Clown boy got sent up the river permanently, and Harley ditched him. A perfect ending to a successful case." Bat-Mite continued.
"I guess you're ready then?" Cherry asked once she slid on her mask, becoming Lady Gothika as she entered her home away from home. "In a way, I guess this could be my other home, especially from when I first met Batman himself... Ever since then, he decided to keep me safe from then on after we first met..." she then added which showed she hadn't known the billionaire as long as some people thought she may had.
Bat-Mite nodded. "As I'll ever be!" he replied.
And they both headed off into the city as the animated opening credits sequence began, and the art style changed.
WARNER BROS. ANIMATION presents
KEVIN CONROY
MELISSA RAUCH
Batman stood next to the logo, as Harley snuck up behind him...and whacked him with her mallet, flattening him.
"BATMAN: QUINNSANITY" (Harley spray paints the word Quinnsanity underneath the Batman word.)
Atticus was suddenly shown in a dramatic pose and he then smiled bashfully to the confused audience at seeing him. "Oh, I'm not in this story much, I'm just making my mandatory story appearance which I've been requesting for since I was able to friend Cherry's real-life counterpart on Facebook," he then explained while trying to sound casual at the same time. "Remember to watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on Discovery Family! ...Formerly the Hub... Formerly Discovery Kids..."
Featuring the voices of...
PAGET BREWSTER as Poison Ivy
LOREN LESTER as Nightwing
CHRISTINA RICCI as Lady Gothika
QUINTON FLYNN as Bat-Mite
COLLIN DEAN as Sayiaman
And KEVIN M. RICHARDSON as The Floronic Man
"My Little Pony is awesome!" Atticus beamed and squeaked like a pony.
Cherry and Lionel peeked out from the corner, glancing a bit unimpressed as he was basically a walking advertisement for Friendship is Magic.
"Why are you friends with him again?" Lionel asked.
"You're just preaching to the choir," Cherry muttered slightly. "...Also I know I've heard of Melissa Rauch's name somewhere before..."
"She's on The Big Bang Theory!" Lionel replied. "She plays Bernadette, the girl with that high-pitched voice!"
"Oh! That explains it." Cherry then said once she knew that now.
"Alright...I think the opening credits are winding down now. Now we can get the story started..." Lionel replied as the art style returned to normal.
"Come along then..." Cherry said. "It's time to get dangerous~"
"Right on that, Darkwing!" Lionel nodded, before changing back into his Bat-Mite suit.
"Sorry... There's just something about that catchphrase... It's always exciting." Cherry replied as she dressed as Lady Gothika.
They soon dashed off together to go where they were called for.
"Gothy, is that you?" Sayiaman asked.
"Sayiaman?" LG replied, a bit surprised.
"What's up? This is a Batman story, not a JLA story." Bat-Mite replied.
"Yes, but I am your best friend," Sayiaman replied. "I thought maybe I could help out a little."
"All right, but you better not hog the spotlight," Lady Gothika told him. "Superman's not around here, ya know."
"I know..." Sayiaman replied. "I guess I owe ya for those times I would have adventures with Superman while you'd just wait for me back home."
"Yeah, this time we're not gonna be outstaged by you, boy-scout!" Bat-Mite snorted.
"Is that my fault?" Sayiaman replied.
"Do you really want me to answer that question?" Lady Gothika retorted.
"...Let's go." Sayiaman said before walking off, deciding to drop the subject for right now.
"Yeah, let's. We haven't been here in six years, so I figure we should have lots of awesome fun before the... Big event." Bat-Mite winked at LG.
"Are you suggesting...?" Lady Gothika narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "...Wrestling?"
Bat-Mite pinched the bridge of his nose. "No... The OTHER big event! The REALLY special one we mentioned before coming here?" he replied. "Alright... Lemme refresh your memory..." Then, like Courage the Cowardly Dog, he proceeded to mime out two people walking down a path, then mimed a preacher saying 'do you take this so-and-so to be your lawfully wedded so-on?' "There. Remember now?"
"Ohh... Right..." Lady Gothika replied bashfully. "Sorry, it's been a long day."
Bat-Mite sighed. "Fair enough..."
"Anything special you want though?" LG asked him softly.
"Hey, it's fine. You being there makes it plenty special..." Bat-Mite replied. "Just hope all our friends know about it," He then reached down and pulled up the story's description: "When Poison Ivy and the Floronic Man team up to enact a sinister scheme that will most likely extinguish all life on the planet, Batman, Nightwing, Bat-Mite, Lady Gothika (and Sayiaman, to a lesser extent) must join forces with the Joker's ex-girlfriend, Harley Quinn to track down the villains, especially with Lionel and Cherry's upcoming nuptials on the way. They're working together, but they don't have to like it-after all, it's more than madness, it's QUINNSANITY!" He then pushed the description back down and looked onto the streets, seeing Nightwing on his motorcycle, driving through town. "Hey, it's Nightwing!" he remarked. "Maybe we can head down there and see what he's up to!"
"I feel like I haven't seen him in ages." LG said, referring to Nightwing who was like a big brother to her from her adventures in Gotham.
"Same here!" Bat-Mite replied. "I remember back when he was still the Boy Wonder. Good times."
They soon jumped down together and began to go after Nightwing. Nightwing kept riding by, though looked around as if he felt like he was being followed.
"Ahoy, NW!" Bat-Mite waved, floating to the side. "What's up?"
"Huh?" Nightwing blinked and looked over. "Bat-Mite?"
"Not just him." LG replied.
"Lady Gothika... How long has it been?" Nightwing asked her, feeling surprised.
"I'd say, six years, really." Bat-Mite replied, conjuring up an envelope. "Figured LG would want you to have this invite."
Nightwing quickly took it as he had to focus on the road. "I'll open it after we stop, okay?" he then said to them.
"Okay." Lady Gothika and Bat-Mite replied as that would be smart.
"So, where exactly are you headed?" asked Sayiaman, after a brief period of silence.
"Batman and I have been called," Nightwing said. "Apparently there's been a crime involving a certain someone known as Poison Ivy."
"Ah yes, the plant lady..." Bat-Mite noted. "Looks like we'll have to uproot her before her seed of evil blossoms into a chlorophyllic calamity! But if I know Ivy, she's awfully sneaky. We'll need to find the next best thing: someone close to her. But who?"
"I thought Ivy changed a bit... She's a good friend of mine's aunt like Catwoman is mine..." Lady Gothika had a small pout as that seemed unfortunate.
"She might not be a villain, but she's STILL an eco-terrorist," Bat-Mite replied.
Sayiaman sighed. "I just hope that Nature Girl doesn't turn out like that..."
Bat-Mite flipped through his journal. "Apparently, in the Injustice universe, she takes over Ivy's role and becomes ruler of the rainforests... And since every queen needs a king, well... She didn't hesitate to control your mind." he read.
"Well then..." Sayiaman's eyes slowly widened.
"Oh, trust me, I know a lot about the rainforest," Lady Gothika replied. "I've been to Ferngully."
"Oh, I remember that film!" Bat-Mite replied. "The two best parts for me were Batty Koda's rap, and Hexxus's musical number."
They soon stopped and came inside to meet Batman as the workers seemed to be in distress over encountering Poison Ivy.
"Looks like I have work to do." Nightwing said as he headed over for a computer, putting the envelope in his pocket as he would get to it later.
"Cool," Bat-Mite replied. "Figure we should go in and help."
"Let me help you with that." LG said as she joined Nightwing since she liked technology.
"Is anyone hurt?" Sayiaman asked.
"Some of us are, kid... Say, aren't you Superman's kid?" One worker replied.
"Yeah, but Lady Gothika's a good friend of mine, so I thought I'd help out a little since Superman's busy elsewhere." Sayiaman said.
"Alright, so anyone wanna explain what went down here?" asked Bat-Mite.
"Nothing was physically stolen," A woman replied. "...Obviously."
"Obviously." Lady Gothika rolled her eyes to that.
"Sure, physically," Sayiaman replied. "But was anything taken? Anything important?"
"There was no effort to minimize collateral," Batman stated. "This was about information."
"There's no way Poison Ivy could've accessed S.T.A.R Labs' secure data." The woman replied.
"Wanna bet?" Lady Gothika challenged as she stood with Nightwing.
"Unless she had a scientist with her..." Bat-Mite replied, glancing at the video footage. "Okay, she drugged the scientist for the codes, but... The big guy is new... To this universe, at least."
"Dr. Alec Holland..." Lady Gothika said.
"Holland... Holland... Why does that sound so familiar?" Nightwing asked himself.
"You mean the man who became Swamp-Thing?" Bat-Mite replied.
"That must be it!" Nightwing replied once he got that.
Bat-Mite squinted at the footage. "Nah... That's a different guy with Ivy. Holland went off the grid months ago," he replied. "That dude is Jason Woodrue, alias the Floronic Man."
"Reeeallly...?" Lady Gothika replied in an Ace Ventura fashion. "The plot thickens like my hair after not being washed for a while."
"Indeed. Like I said on the way here, Ivy and Plant-man are clearly heading somewhere," Bat-Mite explained. "We're gonna have to find any informant Ivy might have... But WHO?"
"Who's one person who would know Poison Ivy better than anyone?" Sayiaman wondered. "Gothy, wouldn't that be The Joker's girlfriend?"
"Oh, no," Lady Gothika replied. "No, no, no, no, no..."
"But...?" Sayiaman asked.
"NO!" Lady Gothika replied. "Absolutely not! NO! I refuse to speak to that nutsy cuckoo clown!"
"Same. As much as it pains me to say it... I actually used to like her..." Bat-Mite sighed, embarrassed. "Of course, that resulted in me losing my powers, Joker reshaping reality, Batman being murdered, brought back to life, only to be murdered over and over, and both of us being reduced to his jesters."
"You liked that Cloud Cuckoo Lander...?" Lady Gothika asked, raising her eyebrows, not insulting him, but a bit surprised to hear that was once a true fact.
Bat-Mite sighed. "Yeah... I was just starting out, and I made that stupid mistake... Serves me right." he responded, chuckling darkly.
"I see..." Lady Gothika replied. "Not mad or angry, just making an observation."
Bat-Mite exhaled. "Cool. Because I'm over it, and I'm over that miserable broad." he replied.
"Last I heard, Harley went off the grid after she got out on parole," Nightwing said about Harley Quinn. "No one's heard a thing since. Rumor is she's gone 'straight,' but also just plain gone."
"As much as it sickens me to say this, we might just need her help," Bat-Mite replied. "But at least she hasn't been recruited into some government task force comprised of criminals being used to fight bigger threats, because that sounds really stupid."
"Fair enough... But before anything else..." Nightwing heaved a sharp sigh and soon decided to open up the envelope to see what was given to him from Bat-Mite and Lady Gothika. It was a wedding invite.
"Surprise..." Bat-Mite beamed.
"A wedding invitation?" Nightwing asked before smirking. "Is it you and LG?"
"Perceptive as always," Bat-Mite nodded. "I see these past six years haven't slowed you down even a bit."
"I'm sorry it's been too long... Thank you for inviting me though," Nightwing replied. "I really look forward to it."
"Hey, don't sweat it," Bat-Mite replied. "We'd be glad to have ya."
"Even if we got work to do though with Harley Quinn of all people..." Nightwing sighed.
Bat-Mite sighed. "Might as well go looking for her. Sooner we find her, the quicker we can get this done." he replied.
"I'm sorry, but we might as well." Nightwing agreed.
"All right... Interrogation..." Lady Gothika smirked. "Time to put my acting lessons into good use."
So they headed off with Nightwing to look for some answers. Sayiaman soon went to join them since he was apart of this adventure. And so, they asked around town if anyone had seen her. So far, it didn't seem like they had much luck. Luckily, they eventually managed to track her to a shoddy-looking, rundown apartment.