An entire gang composed of robots were currently marching over to the home of Selina Kyle on the East End. Edward Nigma was piloting a large mecha bot, leading the charge. However, he wasn't the only one in the bot...
"Remind me again why I am stuck with you, in a robot, about to attack Catwoman." Jonathan Crane, aka Scarecrow, commented on his situation inside the robot.
"Well, after you managed to escape capture with Jervis here, you were still stuck with fear after Batman gave you a taste of your own medicine by sticking your needles inside you." Edward explained, not looking away from his robot's controls. "I did my best to take care of you, and once you were back in working condition, you started hiding with me. Jervis decided to help me, and now I have the ammunition to rightfully take back the money she stole from me."
Jervis Tetch, better known as the Mad Hatter, seemed confused. "Dear Dormouse, why do you have such animosity against Miss Kyle?"
"She cheated!" Riddler replied angrily. "She had no right to interfere with my battle with Batman! And then he had the nerve to go off and die without letting me know his identity!"
"You do realize that-"
Riddler interrupted Jervis before he could finish. "I refuse to believe Batman is Bruce Wayne! I am positive that's not the truth!"
"No, you're just annoyed that I was the one who unmasked Batman and not you." Scarecrow deadpanned.
"Shut up, Crane!"
"Could you two please calm down?" Jervis pleaded, looking quite a bit nervous. "Anyway, speaking of Batman, I really miss him…"
Scarecrow looked at Jervis as if he grew a third head. "You miss having to taste defeat and getting sent to jail?"
"I meant the thrill of it." Jervis answered. "Oh, what wonderful times in Wonderland we spent! Why did it have to end so soon?"
"I'm with Jervis on this one, Jonathan." Edward chimed in. "It's just not the same anymore with the Dark Knight gone. There's no challenge anymore. I miss my intellectual rival..."
"I doubt he looked at you that way." Scarecrow snorted.
"No. I'm sure he acknowledged me. After all, who wouldn't?"
Scarecrow sighed at that remark. "I do admit, though, it has been too quiet for my liking since Mr. Wayne died…"
"He's not Wayne, Crane!"
"When are you gonna stop being in denial and admit that I done what you failed to do?"
"I'm positive that incident at the asylum was all an elaborate trick! You and your little armored ally, Arkham Knight, conspired with Batman on it! All just to make me look like a fool!"
"...You need help, Nigma."
"I DON'T NEED HELP WITH ANYTHING!"
Jervis remained quiet as Scarecrow and Riddler continued to argue.
As the self proclaimed nerds of Gotham continued marching, Monarch had landed on top of Selina Kyle's building. She then popped her head in front of a window upside down and knocked on it.
"Hey Kitty, you there?" She asked.
It was a lucky guess, because Catwoman soon approached the window. She hadn't changed much since that Halloween night and was wearing some black pajamas.
Selina seemed confused at her visitor. "Who are you? And what are you doing here?"
"The name's Monarch. And I came here to warn you that a certain self proclaimed criminal genius you humiliated a year ago is about to get his revenge on you."
"Catwoman!"
Ah, there he was.
The female duo turned around to see Riddler's robot army, lead by his giant mech bot.
"I am going to give you a choice." Riddler's unmistakable and annoying voice called out through a speaker on the bot. "Quietly hand back the money you stole from me and I will not be forced decimate you in the most humiliating way possible."
Catwoman sighed.
"Sorry, Eddie. But no."
Riddler didn't take that comment well. "Take me seriously, you feline pilfer! And tell your butterfly friend over there to get out of here! This is between you and me!"
Monarch was unamused. "My name is Monarch, and I only just met Kitty here, Mr. Full of Himself."
"I am not that full of myself!" Riddler scowled, crossing his arms.
"Oh admit it, Nigma. You are." Crane's voice suddenly snorted on the speaker.
"Cut it out, Crane!"
Monarch was confused at this. "What you doing there, Straw Man?"
"It's Scarecrow, not Straw Man!" Jonathan answered, very unhappy with Monarch's nickname for him. "I'm only here because I escaped with Jervis after Halloween and I was still in my poisoned fear gas state. Riddler found us and he insisted on us sticking with him ever since."
"Wait, Sir Wonderland is there too?"
"It's Mad Hatter, little Butterfly." Tetch's' voice rang on the speaker. "Although I do like that nickname you have given me. Thank you!"
"You're welcome!"
"Hey, this is MY moment, everyone!" Riddler suddenly cut in, sounding more mad than ever. "Back to the subject at hand! Since you won't surrender, Catwoman, I'm gonna do this the hard way! ATTACK!"
Riddler's bot then shot a laser at the female heroes, which they quickly dodged out of the way. The army also started to march toward the building.
"...Nice upgrades. Must be really obsessed if he's gone all mad genius." Monarch commented, unfazed at the attempt on her life. "Kitty, get ready so we can kick these guys' butts. I'm gonna do some damage control."
"Got it." Catwoman went inside her bedroom to get changed.
Monarch flew inside the building and started to wake up citizens to get them to safety. It was around the time she was getting the last citizen, a young woman, when they got trapped by rubble and more started to fall on them.
"Get down!" She shouted, shielding the lady.
Suddenly, a figure appeared out of nowhere and cleared away the rubble, leaving a path clear for them. Monarch let the woman go and stepped aside
"...What the heck just happened?" She wondered out loud.
"Spoiler alert, that was me!"
Monarch looked aside and saw her savior. They were a female dressed in a light purple cloak over a gray superhero costume. The only other thing visible was her blue eyes.
"Oh, more female heroes!" Monarch said, seemingly not mad at all at the new hero. "Pleasure to meet you! Name's Monarch. What's your name?"
The newcomer smiled.
"You can call me Spoiler."
Once introductions were done, the two females ran onto the street where they saw while Monarch was busy rescuing the citizens, all of the former Robins had landed near the battle zone and started to fight the army along with Catwoman, who had gotten ready in the same timespan. Red Hood was reluctant to allow her to fight with them, but she immediately declared she'd be going to jail after all this was over.
Apparently she had lost the thrill of stealing with Batman gone.
"Well, you took your time!" Red Hood complained as they entered. "What took you so long?"
Monarch paid no attention to him as she entered the fight. "Collapsing building. I also met a new friend. You know Spoiler?"
Spoiler waved hello at them as she entered the fray.
Red Robin's eyes widened when he saw her.
"...Ain't that the girl you kissed last week?" Red Hood asked him as he shot a robot to pieces.
Red Robin blushed. "...No comment."
"Never knew you found a girl, Birdie." Monarch commented (which Red Robin didn't appreciate because of the nickname) as she kicked a bot that was about to attack Nightwing. "Be careful, Baton Boy. You should be aware of your surroundings."
Red Hood let out a snicker at Grayson's nickname.
"...They're called escrima sticks." Nightwing corrected, deadpanning.
Catwoman suddenly started to pant heavily. "Not to complain, but don't you think this is taking too long? Anyone have a plan to take down Eddie for good?"
"...I have an idea." Monarch had a devilish smirk on her face. "Hey, Riddler!"
Monarch then turned to Riddler and blew a raspberry at him.
The reaction was… quite expected.
Riddler prepared to launch another laser at her, but to his surprise, she jumped at least 50 feet into the air and out of the way.
"In case you're wondering how I did that, I have the powers of insects." She explained as she grew her wings and flew up to the top of the mech bot. "Like the jumping power of a praying mantis or the ability to grow wings like a butterfly."
Riddler started to grab, but she caught the mech bot's arm with her bare hands.
"...Not to mention the strength of an ant!"
With a single pull, Monarch tore the arm off and started swinging at the bot with the arm.
"Why you hitting yourself? Why you hitting yourself?" She taunted.
"Would you stop insulting me, you bothersome butterfly?!" Riddler said.
Catwoman snorted. "This is coming from the guy who once said he'd be mating Batman…"
"...You said what?" Scarecrow asked.
"I MEANT CHESS!" Riddler retorted, face bright red.
"...Oh, like in checkmate." Mad Hatter realized. "Still doesn't make your situation any better, though."
"That's it! You have crossed the line, Miss! DIE!"
Riddler was now very pissed and started to attack blindly in a fit of rage. Little did Riddler know, that was Monarch's plan all along as the weapons became easily exposed to take out. The heroes were able to take them all out easily before there was nothing left but the three nerds of Gotham in a malfunctioning mech bot.
Riddler remained silent for a moment before speaking. "...I didn't see that coming."
"...For someone so smart, you're a idiot, Nigma." Scarecrow facepalmed.
"I agree." Jervis sighed.
Riddler felt betrayed at that remark. "You too, Jervis?! Be quiet!"
"Should we take them out now?" Spoiler asked.
"Uh, yeah." Monarch answered. "Hey, Kitty, would you do the honors?"
Selina smirked. "Gladly."
Catwoman climbed onto the bot and ripped it open, breaking the software in the process that caused the rest of the robot army to shut down. She then took each of the villains inside one by one and threw them onto ground, letting the sidekicks knock them all out.
"...Was it really necessary to duct tape Riddler's mouth?" Nightwing asked Monarch as the villains were being taken away by the police and placed in a van.
"I figured since Kitty is going to jail, she might as well get there without listening to Mr. Full of Himself rant on the way." She answered boredly.
"...Hm, good point."
Catwoman looked out to Monarch and smiled. "Thanks. I'll spread the word about you."
"Bye, little butterfly! I can't wait to play you again!" Mad Hatter waved at her.
Riddler continued to let out muffled screams in protest even with the tape over his mouth.
Scarecrow groaned as he placed his hands over his ears.
"...This is gonna be a long ride." He muttered.
Some time later, the heroes were back out on the rooftops, having a chat.
"Okay, you definitely have some spunk back there," Nightwing said. "But you two are still a long way from earning our trust. Just who are you two?"
The two remained silent for a moment before removing their masks, revealing their faces.
"...Stephanie Brown."
"...Kayla Belleve."