If you haven't seen DC Super Hero Girls or if you're not interested in it, you may not want to read this. But it's your choice. Enjoy.
Each chapter will focus on one of the seven main characters (as mentioned in the summary) while the story progresses. I thought it would help keep the story balanced between each of the story's main heroes, giving each of them time in the spotlight.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own DC Super Hero Girls. The property belongs to DC and Warner Bros.
CHAPTER 1: HARLEY QUINN
Night time. A time where everyone in Super Hero High was asleep.
Beast Boy and Cyborg were known themselves as heavy sleepers, mostly because of their colorful dreams. Cyborg was drooling as he dreamed about "pizza wonderland." Beast Boy was sleeping as a dog, chewing on his pillow thinking it was a marshmallow.
Beast Boy woke up when he caught a strange scent. After spitting out the pillow, he started sniffing. The scent led him to the slightly open door. Just as he was about to wake up Cyborg, a small metal ball rolled inside. Being a dog, Beast Boy had to sniff, but once his nose touched the ball, it shocks him until he is unconscious. He then reverts back to his original form.
In another room, Miss Martian was sleeping peacefully. When her telepathy acted up, she woke up. Suddenly, something landed on her forehead. It was a small metallic device that seemed to be rendering her telepathy useless. The device also shocked her, putting her into a state of unconsciousness.
The two green-skinned students are dragged outside the school by the ones who ambushed them. The Double Dare Twins.
"Beast Boy, check. Miss Martian, check," said Margot. "Let's bring them to the big boss and collect our reward."
"Not yet," said Aliki. "You forgot step two of the plan. Framing someone."
The next morning, Harley Quinn was sleeping with her blindfold on. The one with two eyes wide open were painted on it. It's Harley, after all. It seems like she has to apply a joke to pretty much everything in her life.
Her beauty sleep, however, was interrupted when someone called her name and tried to shake her awake.
"Harley! Harley! Harley!" It was Batgirl.
"I'm already awake," said Harley.
"Harley, I know that's just your blindfold," said Batgirl. "Now, wake up! Beast Boy and Miss Martian are missing!"
Batgirl pulls Harley out of bed and takes her to the "crime scene" that is Cyborg and Beast Boy's room. Hawkgirl, Bumblebee, and Principal Waller were present to investigate.
"Are you sure you didn't see or hear anything?" Waller asked the cyborg.
"Besides the talking pizza in my dreams, not really," said Cyborg.
"Are you sure he's in trouble? He could just be out having an early breakfast," said Harley.
"That's what I thought too, until we checked the cafeteria. He was never there," said Bumblebee.
Cyborg gets on his knees and sobs, worried that his best friend is in danger.
"Hawkgirl, what have you found?" asked Batgirl.
"Leaves," Hawkgirl answered. "Very small leaves. It looks like..."
Batgirl borrows Hawgirl's magnifying glass and takes a look at the trail of leaves on the floor.
"Catnip," Batgirl said. "Catwoman!"
Batgirl arrives at Catwoman's dorm with Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Katana, Bumblebee, and Harley Quinn. Batgirl knocks on the door. No one answered. She knocks again. No one answered. Not even a sound from Catwoman from inside.
"Are you sure it was our kitty cat?" Harley asked. "There could be a hundred reasons why catnip is found in the room that belongs to one of our kidnapped friends."
"Uh, she was the one who lied to you about the audition just to steal Ares' amulet," Bumblebee reminded her.
"Well, in that case..." Harley takes out her mallet.
Batgirl cuts Harley short when she kicks the door open.
"Awww, I wanted to knock down the door," said Harley.
"Catwoman!" Batgirl yelled.
No one was inside. Batgirl begins searching for any signs of the cat burglar, but all she finds are toy mice and closet full of black catsuits. Batgirl seemed frustrated after not being able to find Catwoman.
"Is something with Batsy?" Harley whispered to Supergirl.
"I don't know. She's been like this all morning," said Supergirl.
"She's just worried about Beast Boy," said Wonder Woman.
"I can hear you guys," said Batgirl, causing the three gossiping girls to silence themselves. "Catwoman's not here. Search the entire school. I don't care if it takes all day."
The girls split up to search for Catwoman. Harley, holding her mallet tightly, searches the halls for the black-suited cat burglar.
"Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. Harley's got a toy for you to play with," Harley called, trying to bait Catwoman. "I have catnip. I was gonna use it to prank you, but, oh well."
The janitor's closet door opens and an arm drags Harley inside. The closing of the door attracted the janitor Parasite's attention, but he shrugged it off and continued sweeping the floor.
Inside the closet, Catwoman covers Harley's mouth with her hand.
"Shh! If you're gonna talk, whisper," said Catwoman.
Catwoman then removes her hand from Harley's mouth.
"Alright, kitty cat, where's Beast Boy?" Harley asked, pointing the mallet at Catwoman's face.
"I get it. You think I did something to him," said Catwoman. "But trust me, it wasn't me."
"And why should I believe you, considering you lied to me about that audition just so you could steal Wondy's brother's amulet," Harley replied, keeping a grip tight on her mallet, preparing to knock out Catwoman if necessary.
"Someone stole my catnip last night. I was looking for it and I found some of it in Cyborg's room. And then I heard that Beast Boy was missing. I had to run," Catwoman explained.
Harley's glare of suspicion remained, not believing a single word Catwoman said.
"I'll buy you all the chocolate you want if you help me find the kidnapper," Catwoman offered.
"Deal!" Harley replied happily.
"But first, we have to get out of this school," said Catwoman. "I usually get out no problem, but now the whole school is looking for me."
"Leave that to me," said Harley.
Parasite was on his way to the boy's bathroom to mop the floor. When he opened the door, he saw that the door knob on the other side was roped. When he pulled the door open, he pulled the door open, he pulled down what appeared to be a grenade placed on the sink. The impact of hitting the floor caused it to detonate, releasing a giant green cloud that smells awful.
It was a stink bomb.
The smelly cloud spread throughout the school, causing everyone to cover their noses and run for cover. This gave Catwoman the opportunity to sneak into the bathroom. Harley was already there, hiding behind one of the stalls with a gas mask on. She gives Catwoman one and they sneak out the school through the air vent. Conveniently, they can fit in.
"I saw this in a movie," said Harley Quinn.
"You got stink bomb from a movie?" Catwoman questioned.
"I meant the crawling-in-the-vents part. The stink bomb was all me," said Harley. "Funny, right?"
Catwoman rolled her eyes in response.
"So, kitty, if you didn't kidnap Beasty Boy, who did?" asked Harley.
"I don't know," said Catwoman. "But I'm glad you're helping me. I don't usually ask for help, but I'm desperate."
"Just be sure to live up to your part of our deal," said Harley.
Harley and Catwoman made it outside. Fortunately, no one could see them. That means
"Okay, what now?" asked Catwoman.
"We go find Red. She'll help us," said Harley.
Suddenly, Harley gets hit with an electric disk, electrocuting her until she passes out.
"Harley!" Catwoman cried.
Before Catwoman can do anything, another electric disk comes out of nowhere and hits her, shocking her to sleep.
Later that day, Harley wakes up to find herself back in her room surrounded by Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Katana, and Bumblebee, all whom were looking at her with angry, suspicious faces. She was also tied up to a chair.
"Um, hi, guys," Harley greeted them nervously. "Uh, any luck finding Catwoman?"
"Drop the act, Harley. We know you helped her escape. We know about the stink bomb and the air vent," said Bumblebee. "You probably just pretended to act unconscious so we wouldn't suspect you."
"Whoa, did someone drink some crazy juice this morning?" Harley replied, trying to act innocent.
"Talk!" Bargirl demanded.
"About what?" Harley continued to act.
"Tell us where Catwoman is or..." Batgirl picks up Harley's mallet. "You can kiss your mallet goodbye."
Harley gasped in horror. "No, not my precious. You wouldn't..."
"Try me," Batgirl dared, preparing to snap the mallet in half.
"No!" Harley cried out, squirming, trying to free herself.
Wonder Woman and Supergirl keep Harley still while Katana takes the mallet away from Batgirl.
"Just tell us where Catwoman is, Harley, please," Katana pleaded. "Batgirl isn't feeling like herself today."
"I'll say. That girl needs a chill pill," said Harley.
"Excuse me?" Batgirl replied, still angry.
"I mean, look at those eyebrows. Yikes. They look thicker when she's angry," Harley continued.
Batgirl's eyebrows furrowed even more as she grew angrier at Harley for her joker-like attitude.
"Um, Harley, could you maybe ease up a bit? Batgirl's not really in the mood for levity," Supergirl pleaded.
"Hey, Batsy, if you need help working out your feelings, I'm available. I've always wanted to be a psychiatrist," said Harley.
"Harley, you might wanna stop with the jokes. This is serious," said Wonder Woman, worried that the clown might push Batgirl's temper off the charts.
"You wanna hear a joke? Here's one," Harley continued, refusing to stop. "What do you call a bat in a bell tower?"
"Oh, no," Bumblebee replied, knowing where this joke was heading.
"A dingbat!" Harley said and then started laughing, amused with herself.
Katana had to hold Batgirl back as the Clown Princess of Laughter just laughed herself silly. Since asking and threatening won't work, Wonder Woman resorts to the ultimate tool of interrogation: The Lasso of Truth. Once she tied it around Harley, she spilled the beans.
"Yes, I'm guilty. I helped the kitty cat escape, but I don't know where she is. Honest," Harley said truthfully, powerless against the lasso's influence. "Then something shocked me and put me to sleep."
"Are you sure it wasn't Catwoman?" asked Wonder Woman.
"I was looking straight at her when I got zapped," Harley answered.
"Why was she hiding then?" asked Batgirl.
"She said she's innocent. Someone stole her catnip to frame her," Harley answered. "Honestly, I don't believe her. I just helped her because she offered me an unlimited supply of chocolate."
"Of course you did," Katana sighed, knowing Harley all too well.
"She's innocent," Wonder Woman concluded as she removed the lasso from Harley.
"So, where could Catwoman be?" Bumblebee wondered.
"Either she ran away to save her own skin or whoever got Harley must've gotten her too," Katana theorized.
"And whoever took Catwoman must've taken Beast Boy," Wonder Woman added. "But why frame Catwoman if they were just gonna take her anyway?"
"Maybe Harley's intervention called for a change in plans," Batgirl surmised. "The question is, who did it?"
Starfire comes flying in with a panicked look on her face.
"Miss Martian has gone the missing," she said. "Her phone remains under her sleeping mattress and none of our fellow schoolmates and teachers have seen her."
"Well, girls, looks like we got a mystery on our hands," said Batgirl.
"Lead the way, detective," said Wonder Woman, putting Batgirl in charge of the mission.
"You girls get Hawkgirl and search for clues outside," Batgirl ordered. "I'll go get Ivy. We need all the help we can get."
"Are you sure you should be the one to do that? I thought you two don't like each other," said Supergirl.
"Oh, relax. Ivy and I have gotten closer since we got paired for that stealth project," said Batgirl.
The girls leave the room with Starfire to get started on solving the mystery of their missing schoolmates. They, however, left Harley tied up in the chair. She kept shaking and squirming to break free, but nothing works.
"Guys! I'm still tied up here!" Harley called loudly. "GUYS!"
Notes:
- I know Batgirl is a bit out of character here, but there is a reason for her temper. It will be explained later in the story.
- Leaving Harley tied up in the end is an intentional moment meant to add more humor. By the way, did you catch the reference to Harleen Quinzel?
