Author's Note: Batman Live? Damn me for not living in Europe! They better bring that shit to the US.


"I have reached the first Tipster update of Thursday night," Selina cried triumphantly.

"What does it say?" Harley and Ivy asked in unison crowding around the tiny cell phone screen.

"Looks like a rolling good time for the Rogues at Gotham Skate. Who hits their ass first? Polls are now open," Selina read.

"What time was that?"

"6 p.m."

"What's next?"

"People falling down, it looks like Oswald was the first. Um…Sage and Johnny going at each other like horny teenagers…"

Group "Ew".

"This is all just from the skating party."

"And after that?" Ivy pushed.

"Nothing. There are 101 updates all about the party."

"How do we go to Vegas and cause all this damage and no one sees it?" Harley whined.

"I don't know." Selina hit reply on one of the messages and began to type.

"What are you doing?"

"Seeing if the Tipster is holding out on us."

Ivy crossed the main room and walked into one of the bedrooms. "Seems odd we only got a two person suite when there are three of us."

"If that's what you find odd about this situation then we need to get your reality checked," Selina joked.

Ivy fished around the bedroom hoping for more clues. "I found the clothes I was wearing Thursday night," she called.

"Wonderful."

"Oh shit."

Harley and Selina exchanged a look. "I don't like it when you say oh shit," Selina yelled back to her.

"You guys are going to kick my ass but at least I know why we can't remember anything." Ivy walked into the main room holding what looked like a wilted fuzzy seed.

"Pamela Lillian Isley I am going to kill you."


Thursday Night….

"We'll be back in a bit," Harvey said sliding on his other shoe. Harley was waiting patiently at the door.

"Can you grab some milk while you're at the store?" Selina called over from the kitchen.

"Yeah. Ready?"

Harley nodded and she and Harvey were out the door to the Korean mart down the block.

"I'll be in the basement," Ivy announced springing up from the couch.

"Oh?" Selina inquired curiously.

"I have a little project I'm working on down there."

"A project?"

"Yes."

"Taking over the city or taking down an eco-terrorist organization?"

"Neither right now. Just flexing my muscles to see what I can come up with."

"Can I see?"

Ivy led Selina down to the basement where she had set up an entire work station.

"How do you keep people out of here?"

"I have a deal with the manager. He keeps an eye on the basement and he gets a tip with the rent every month," Ivy explained.

"Money makes the world go round."

"Damn straight."

"So what are we cooking up Mother Nature?" Selina asked walking over to one of the work benches and picking up a potted plant.

Ivy immediately took it from her hands and sat it on the opposite work bench. "You don't want to touch that."

Selina wiped her hands on her pants. "I should know better."

"This is my new baby," Ivy said proudly holding a glass vial in her hand.

"Awe they're so widdle," Selina joked.

Ivy glared at her.

"It looks like moldy peas."

"Causes a lot more damage than a moldy pea."

"So what does it do?"

"It kind of has the same effect at a rohypnol. Sense of ease, memory loss, so on but instead of being dropped into a drink these babies bloom in open air and let off the toxins so everyone can breathe them in."

"I like it."

"I do too."

"So why haven't you busted these babies out yet?"

"Two flaws. They wilt quickly and the toxins don't last long on the air. You have to be in close proximity."

"Oh."

"The nice thing is when they do wilt they go right back into this little pod and after enough rest they can spring open again."

"Ingenious."

"I'd like to think so."

"Why make roofies though?"

"I don't know. I figured it'd come in handy somehow."

"You have fun with those."

"I will. Tell Harvey I'm working down here when he gets back."

Selina gave her a salute and walked out the door.

Ivy pulled the little seed out of the glass vile and quickly placed it into a bowl of water to keep it from blooming.

An hour later, Harvey joined her in the basement. "What's cookin good lookin?"

She gave him a look that clearly stated how not funny he was.

"That is my second favorite look of yours."

"Really? Why?"

"It just looks so cute on you and you're rarely cute. Pretty, yes. Gorgeous, for sure. Sexy, always. But cute is a not everyday."

Ivy smiled. "Thank you."

"Aren't you going to ask what my favorite look is?"

"What is your favorite look?"

"That genuine smile you sport."

Ivy smiled bigger unable to control herself. "It happens a lot more with you around."

"That's why I like it so much." He wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and buried his face in her hair.

"You are awfully affectionate. I'm a little suspicious."

"You should be. I have ulterior motives."

Ivy stopped working on her seed and freed herself from his embrace while turning to face him.

"Johnny is having a thing at the roller rink."

"No."

"It's so Sage can get to know everyone better."

"Absolutely not."

"Harley wants to go."

Ivy took a deep breath and held it for a minute before exhaling.

"Selina had the same reaction."

"It's a torturous idea."

"I know."

"What did Selina say?"

"She said she'd do it if you will."

"And Harley really wants to go?"

"She's getting her skating clothes on now."

Ivy took another deep breath. "I'll do it."

"That's my girl."

"I won't like it."

"No one's asking you to."

"Let me get this back in the vile and I'll be up to change."

Harvey patted her on the head and went upstairs to get ready himself.

Ivy slipped the little seed back in its glass home but what she didn't realize is that one of the others had slid out in the process and latched onto her sleeve.


"I can't believe you're running around in shorts and a tubetop," Selina sighed.

"Duh, it's a roller skating outfit," Harley replied.

Selina eyed the red 70's shorts and matching tubetop. She shook her head. "Hurry up Ivy."

Ivy quickly ran a brush through her hair in her bedroom. She really didn't care how she looked tonight but it didn't stop her from placing the bright blue flower in her hair. The little stem latched on tight and she was out the door.

"That new?" Harvey asked pointing to the flower.

"I don't think so. It was sitting in the bowl with the rest of them."

Harvey shrugged. "Ladies." He opened the door and ushered them all out.


Back to the hotel…

"You put that damned roofie flower in your hair!" Selina screamed.

"I didn't even think…they weren't supposed…I'm sorry," Ivy said finally.

"Roofie flowers may explain why Kittie is a memory fogged mess but why us?" Harley asked.

"Alcohol my dear. Anytime we baddies get together the alcohol is flowing like water through Atlantis and alcohol will lower your tolerance of everything. Apparently it even lowers my tolerance to my own concoctions."

"You've never noticed this before?" Selina asked in disbelief.

"Hey, I was a fairly sober person before I got involved with you lot and last night was the first time I've gotten drunk since the car incident."

Selina giggled a little remembering how she, Harley, and Ivy all hopped the Wayne Manor fence, vandalized Bruce's car and then wrecked Eddie's beyond recognition.

"Look, it's over and done with. We can't change the past but we can figure out what happened and move on," Ivy told them.

"I thought those things wilted quickly."

"They do but apparently I succeeded in making the after effect last longer."

"Congratulations," Harley replied sarcastically.


"I'm hungry," Eddie moaned for the hundredth time.

"I'll feed you my fist if you don't shut up," Bruce warned.

"You need to chill out."

"Excuse me?"

"I know you're not used to this sort of thing but in our world it happens."

Truth was, Batman had woken in up a few strange places with little to no memory of how he got there. But this was different. This wasn't Batman. This was Bruce Wayne. "You're right, it isn't my average Tuesday."

"Now you're being ridiculous, waking up in a closet is on Mondays."

Bruce glared at him.

"Even in the dark I know you're giving me a look."

"Good. Help me get the door open."

"How?"

"Throw your weight up against it with me."

Eddie laughed.

"What?"

"Have you seen me? I weigh all of a 100lbs soaking wet. You'd have better luck trying to use me as a lock pick."

Bruce sighed.

"Now if Harley was here…" He whistled. "That girl can break a door. And a bed."

"Thank you for that look into your sex life."

"You can be a prude, anyone ever tell you that?"

"Help me get the door open," Bruce said firmly ignoring the previous conversation.

"Fine." Eddie stood up and felt around until he found Bruce's shoulder. "On the count of jump?"

"What the hell?"

"You know…on the count of jump. Wait for it….jump! Robin Hood Men in Tights. Mel Brooks movie…classic. You need to get out from under the women and catch up on pop culture."

"On the count of three," Bruce sighed. "One, two, three!" They both ran straight ahead and into the door. Bruce toppled backward and Eddie flew back to his spot on the floor.

"Ow."

"Yeah. Ow."


Harvey was having no luck finding clues in the hotel room and having even less luck trying to get the three stooges to help. Jonathan looked around sadly for his phone while Jervis tried to take a nap on the couch. Joker was parked in a chair across the room, mumbling to himself. "Can one of you lunatics please help me?"

"After I find my phone and call Sage to let her know I'm alright."

"I just need an hour to sleep this off."

Harvey looked at Joker who was still mumbling. "Well?"

Joker snapped his attention back to the room. "What?"

"Are you going to help me or not?"

"I'm trying to remember Thursday."

"And?"

"I don't remember much after getting into the car."

"Aha!" Jonathan cried springing up from the floor with his phone held triumphantly in the air. "I hope the battery has some life in it."

"Good for you," Harvey replied sarcastically.

"Battery is good!"

"Wonderful."

"Sage? It's me."

"Johnny? Oh my god I've been so worried! What is going on?" Sage cried through the phone.

"I was hoping you could shed some light on that."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm in Las Vegas with Harvey, Jervis, and Joker. We have no clue why we're here…"

"Because Harley came here with Edward!" Joker yelled.

"Ok, Joker is here chasing Harley but the rest of us aren't sure why we followed him and we have no clue what happened Thursday night or Friday."

"Really?" Sage whispered something away from the phone.

"Who's with you?"

"I'm at the Iceberg sitting next to Scarlet and Oswald. The story is similar here. It's like everyone that was at the roller rink Thursday has amnesia or can only remember bits and pieces."

"The same thing is happening in Gotham," Jonathan informed the group.

"The only person who can remember anything is Holly and that's only because she never made it there. She had to run to the Iceberg because Killer Croc was here and the waitresses were freaking out."

"Ask her who all is in Gotham," Harvey told him as he listened in on the phone.

"Who all is in Gotham?"

"Alice, me, Holly, Scarlet, and Oswald that I know of."

Harvey grabbed the phone from Jonathan's hand and said "Is Holly there with you?"

"She's behind the bar."

"Put her on." He waited as Scarlet sprinted across the dining room and handed Holly the phone. He heard her protest a little until Scarlet assured her it was Harvey.

"It's like a ghost town in here," Holly joked.

"Yeah well it's like the twilight zone out here."

"Yeah Selina said something earlier about memory loss. I thought she was full of it until Mr. Cobblepot and Scarlet came in singing the same tune and Sage was close behind. I still haven't heard from Alice but that's not all that unusual."

"When did you talk to Selina?"

"Probably a couple of hours ago. I wish I was more helpful to her."

"Who was with her?"

"Harley and Ivy but they had Eddie's phone. Is Eddie with you guys?"

"No. Were they here too?"

"Yup. So who is all with you? I just want all the information for when the next person calls."

"I have Jonathan, Jervis, and Joker."

"Why did you guys bust Joker out of prison?"

"You don't know?"

"Nope. Other than what the Tipster tells me I have no clue what happened Thursday night."

"That gives me an idea. Do you have your phone?"

"Always."

"Good. I may be calling you back later." Harvey hung up the phone and tossed it to Jonathan. "Don't lose that."

"Is Alice alright?" Jervis asked.

"Holly hasn't heard from her. But she did hear from Selina and Ivy and Harley are with her somewhere in Vegas. Eddie is MIA."

"I hope he's dead," Joker snapped.

"We all want to know what happened and Holly says the Tipster provided updates so we'll start with those and hopefully that'll lead us to the girls."

"Why should Jervis and I care about your girlfriend and her gal pals?" Jonathan asked.

"Well I don't know about your pockets but mine are empty and if we want to get back to Gotham we'll need money. The girls could have our wallets or at least the money for a flight home."

"Damn," he muttered under his breath.

"Exactly so shut up and do as I say."


"At least we know some maniac didn't drug us," Selina sighed scrolling for more helpful tipster updates.

"That's debatable," Harley snapped.

"Shut it blondie or I'll knock you out," Ivy warned.

"Girls, don't make me be the adult here."

Harley plopped down on the couch next to Selina silently while Ivy took the chair across from them.

"Ok, I've reached the party updates."

"So what happened?" Ivy asked.

"You, me, Harley, and Harvey showed up stoned out of our minds and then you infected everyone else."

"Obviously, but I meant what else happened?"

"Nothing good."


Thursday Night…

The mood in the cab had started out dour even though booze had started flowing before they left the apartment. Ivy and Selina weren't going to hide their disgust at being forced to roller skate with the Rogues while Harvey urged them to perk up and Harley bounced around in the front seat.

"She's really excited, just smile a little," he pleaded.

Ivy and Selina both forced a smile that most would describe as a maniacal grin and could very well make Batman take a step back.

"Ok, I said smile not channel the Joker."

"You get what you pay for," Selina replied through gritted teeth.

By the time they reached the roller rink the smiles were genuine and the mood was much lighter thanks to what Selina had dubbed, Ivy's roofie flower. Ivy bounced through the doors and laid a kiss on both of Jonathan's cheeks and hugged Sage while crying out "Hey girlfriend!"

Selina wasn't far behind slapping Johnny on the ass and embracing Sage as well.

"What the hell is up with those two?" Eddie whispered to Jervis over at the snack counter.

"No clue but best to steer clear of it," he replied.

"Agreed."

"Oh, crap."

Eddie looked up to see what Jervis was "Oh crap-ing" and dropped his drink on the floor. "Oh crap."

Harley was sprinting for him and before Eddie could properly prepare himself she was leaping through the air and on top of him.

"Hi Harley," Eddie managed from under her breasts which were smooshing his face.

"Hiya Eddums!" She jumped up and pulled him to his feet. "Where's Holly?"

Eddie tried to regain his composure before he replied, "At the Iceberg. Croc is making trouble and she had to put an end to it."

Waitresses never lasted long at the Iceberg. If they stayed past a year they were considered veterans, only Scarlet and Holly held the titles. Girls always wanted the jobs, it seems so glamorous hanging out with the big baddies of Gotham City but the second someone flipped a table they were out of there. Scarlet had lived in Gotham City her entire life. At 13 she was mugged on her way home from school, at 14 she had been present at a Scarecrow attack, at 16 she accidentally knocked Penguin unconscious during a heist, and at 18 she kicked Joker in the jewels without hesitation. When she went in to apply for the waitressing job, Oswald recognized her immediately and decided she could hold her own and she did except when it came to Croc.

Holly on the other hand was born and bred in Omaha Nebraska. While her and Alice were born girls, they were raised like boys and weren't afraid of a tussle. She moved to Gotham right out of high school and after a year and a half of working piss poor waitressing jobs she strutted into the Iceberg and asked for a position. Oswald told her no and watched her walk out of his office and through the bar area where Hugo Strange pinched her ass. Holly had him on the floor with her foot on his throat in a split second. Oswald quickly offered her the job. Her first night there Killer Croc started a fight with Clayface. Before Oswald was out of his office, Holly was in the fray pulling the two apart with promises of boots in ass's if they didn't sit down and behave themselves. From that point on, Killer Croc always respected Holly and did what she told.

So it was Holly who had to miss the night's festivities to wrestle Killer Croc into submission. Eddie was sad he couldn't go with her.

"Awe that's too bad…hic!" She clapped a hand over her mouth and giggled. "I have the…hic…hiccups!"

"I can see that." Eddie discreetly gave her a sniff. She didn't smell like she'd been rolling around in a bottle of rum but she certainly was acting like it.

Harley giggled more and rested her head on Eddie's shoulder. "It's ok, you can be my date tonight."

Eddie looked to Jervis for help but all he got was a smile and kissy noises.


Batman sat atop of a gargoyle perched on the roof across from the roller rink. He would like to say he was patrolling the situation. That many criminals in one spot, something was bound to happen. That is what he would tell someone if they asked but the truth was, he was watching Selina. Things had gotten away from him when they last spoke and he'd felt horrible. He spent most nights in the shadows on the roof across from her room watching her. Wondering if she knew.

"Conflicted you are," Nightwing said taking the ledge next to him.

"What?"

"I said, conflicted you are. Love her you do." He smiled at Batman who clearly was not getting the joke. "Oh come on! That was a spot on Yoda."

"I'll take your word for it."

"You've never seen Star Wars?"

Batman stared straight ahead at the doors of the rink as if he could see through them.

"I'm calling bullshit. Everyone's seen Star Wars."

"What do you want?"

"Just out patrolling. Saw you squatting here and thought I'd get in on the action but then I realized you haven't been in on the action in awhile so then I figured I'd give you shit about Selina."

"Go find a mugger."

"Plenty of time for that. The night is still young. So what are they all up to now?"

"Roller skating."

"I bet that is the funniest thing ever."

Batman grunted.

"You should ditch the cowl and go talk to her."

"Why?"

"Because you want to."

Batman opened his mouth to reply but was cut off by Oracle coming in over the com, "Hey boss, the Tipster just reported a Croc situation over at the Iceberg. It looks like he's causing quite the scene."

"Want some help?" Nightwing offered.

"Alright."


"No Mr. Cobblepot, everything is under control. Batman took care of it. I don't know what's going on with Croc, he's not usually like this. Some bug up his butt. Don't bother leaving. You and Scarlet deserve a night out." Holly rolled her eyes. "See you tomorrow." She hung up the phone and directed her attention back at the two men clad in black standing at the bar. "Thanks boys."

"Not a problem," Nightwing beamed.

"I don't know what is wrong with him. Any other night Croc sits at his table, eats his food, drinks his drink, chats and leaves. He hasn't had an outburst like this since I started working here."

"Did someone say anything to him?" Batman asked.

Holly shook her head. "Not that I know of. Lila, the waitress who just quit, she had his table when he came in and she said he was off the moment he walked through the door." She looked over at the poor sedated creature being hauled into the ambulance. "When I got here he was frothing at the mouth and when I told him to chill he lost it. He threw a table and started swinging busboys."

"The Tipster site says that before he showed up at the Iceberg he ran into Ivy at the carryout. He bought a pack of cigarettes and she was getting gum," Oracle chirped over the com. "Maybe she set him off."

"Croc had a run in with Ivy earlier tonight," Batman repeated to Nightwing and Holly.

"Well, that would certainly rile him up but not like this," Holly replied.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean he wants to bone her."

Batman turned. "We're done here."


The hotel…

"Everyone is acting goofy. Jervis flashes random people, something I'm happy I can't remember oh wait, there's a picture. Wonderful. Alice and Sage doing body shots off…damn it! It's me." Selina groaned and continued on. "Harvey hugging Johnny and…"

"What?" Ivy asked peering over Selina's shoulder. "Oh!"

"What?" Harley was nervous. She jumped up and tried to peek at the Tipster update but Selina wouldn't let her.

"My!" Selina cried.

"What?" Harley leaned forward over the back of the couch trying to get the phone. Finally she flipped over, knocked the phone out of Selina's hand with her foot, and quickly read the text. "God!"


Harley dragged Eddie over to the table where Ivy, Selina, and Harvey had gathered along with Jonathan and Sage who were now sporting the same silly grin as the rest of them. The uneasiness Eddie felt quickly melted away into euphoria. Pretty soon everyone was in a state of mellow that hadn't been seen since the 70's.

Selina took up residence on Ivy's lap and even purred as Ivy stroked her hair. Harley was sprawled out on Eddie and Jervis's laps even allowing Jervis to play with her feet, Alice and Sage were pulling Oswald and Johnny around the skating floor. The other patrons of Gotham Skate seemed to be having just as much fun as the rambunctious crew.

"Why don't we do this more often?" Scarlet asked as she ran her fingers through Harvey's hair.

"I don't know," Ivy replied with a giggle. "Know is a fun word."

"Nnnnnnoooooooo!" Selina bellowed.

"NNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!" Oswald howled as he fell onto his ass.

"See! Ozzie likes it too," Ivy said pointing to where Oswald used to be standing.

"I need a drink!" Harley announced jumping up from Eddie's lap and kicking Jervis in the face. "Sorry Hatty."

"I'm going with you!" Eddie announced quickly bouncing behind Harley.

"Diet and vodka," Harley told the man behind the snack counter.

He eyed her disapprovingly and then changed his mind after she slapped a $10 on the counter and told him to keep the change.

Eddie grabbed her by the waist and planted a sloppy kiss on her.

Her eyes rolled about her head like a cartoon character for a second and when she gained her composure she kissed him back.

Selina watched the whole event happen and in the back of her mind she recognized trouble but her good mood wouldn't let her voice her concern or give it anymore thought.


The girls' hotel…

"Ok, we made out a little. It happens when you're friend drugs you," Harley snapped.

"Can we move past the part where I drugged us?" Ivy begged.

"Nope."

"Harley, drop it," Selina warned. "And try to remember what happened between you and Eddie in the locker room."

"Wait…what?"


"Let's go over here," Eddie whispered pulling Harley into the secluded locker area. He pushed her up against the wall and resumed his lip-assault. Not that she was complaining. After a minute he pulled away leaving her whimpering. "Can I tell you a secret?"

She nodded vigorously, "Uh huh."

"Jervis bought Alice a ring."

"They're getting married?"

"Yup."

Harley snorted. "Losers."

"Holly doesn't know."

"I won't tell her."

"What if she wants to get married too?"

"You don't want to marry her?"

"I do…but…I don't know."

"You'd marry me but you don't want to marry the woman you're in love with?" Harley laughed. "You're more screwed up than I thought."

"Why didn't we get married?"

"I was in love with Joker and you were in love with Holly."

"Are you still in love with him?"

"He doesn't love me."

"But do you love him?"

"Love him? Yes. Always and forever. Nothing will ever change that. In love with him? No. Not anymore and never again." A tear started to form in her eye but she quickly blinked it away.

"I love Holly."

"I know."

"Let's get married."

Harley's eyes went wide and her mind raced trying to grasp what he was saying. "Crazy ass says what?"

"Las Vegas. You. Me. Right now."

"Insane. You are insane and maybe drunk. You love Holly."

"I know but she's…and I'm…"

"I thought you gave it up."

"Who ever really gives it up? You may give up alcohol but deep down you're always an alcoholic."

"I'm not following anything that is happening right now."

"Do you love me?"

"Of course."

"Are you in love with me?"

"No."

"I'm not in love with you either but you and I we make sense."

"When you're drinking."

"No. I don't want to be alone. You don't want to be alone. It's a beautiful night and we're looking for something dumb to do…"

"Those are lyrics to a song."

"Doesn't matter."

Harley shook her head and laughed. This was nuts…even for their world. "What'll keep us together?"

He shrugged. "Nothing."

What was the big deal? They get hitched. It doesn't work out they get unhitched. Holly. There was the big deal. She would be crushed and…and…Harley's mind couldn't finish that thought. Crushed. Holly would be sad but chances were her and Eddie wouldn't work out anyway and she'd still be sad.

"So?" Eddie pressed.

"Sew buttons."

"What the hell does…"

"Let's do it."

"Really?"

"What the hell?"


Back at the boys' hotel…

"I have Harley and Eddie ducking into the locker room as the last Tipster update with those two," Harvey announced to the boys.

"What does it say?" Jervis asked.

"Harley and Eddie canoodling in the locker room? Can someone say high school?" Harvey read.

"And nothing else?"

"Nope."

"Why would they come to Vegas?"

"To get hitched!" Joker yelled. "He's trying to take Harley from me!"

Johnny finally cracked. It was enough. He lunged across the room and onto Joker where he wrapped his thin hands around Joker's neck and squeezed with every fiber of strength he had. "You stupid…asinine…ghostly….bastard!"

"Jonathan is choking Joker," Jervis told Harvey.

"I'm aware."

"Are you going to stop him?"

"I'm going to see where he's going with this."

"You twist that girl's mind for your pleasure. You drag her into our world. You play games with her head. You tell her you love her and then you take it back and now you accuse someone of stealing her from you? She's. Not. Yours!"

"Ok, let's pull him off," Harvey sighed getting up and crossing the room. He grabbed Johnny by the back of the neck and pulled him off the wheezing clown. "Don't thank me."

"How do we know they came here?" Jervis asked.

"Tipster has a picture of them at the airport by a gate that says Las Vegas Nevada," Harvey explained.

"It all seems so random."

"I'm still going to kill him," Joker mumbled.

"If you haven't already."

"Good point."


Thursday night…

"Where are Harley and Eddie going?" Scarlet asked.

"They're getting snacks," Selina answered.

"No they're walking out the door."

Ivy and Selina both snapped their attention to the door where they caught a glimpse of Harley's shoe as she and Eddie bolted for the street. "Oh crap!" they said in unison. Ivy had her phone out first and she frantically dialed Harley's number.

"Hiya Red!" Harley called through the phone.

"Where are you?"

"In a cab. Don't worry. I'm with Eddie."

"Yeah that's not really comforting. Where are you going?"

"Las Vegas! Gotta go!"

Ivy slipped the phone back into her purse and carefully pushed Selina off her lap. "We need to go."

"Where?"

"Las Vegas."

"What?"

"I'll explain in the cab." She grabbed Selina by the arm and pulled her toward the door.

"Good thing I'm not wearing my skates!" Selina joked.

"Where're they going?" Harvey asked as he rejoined the table after his bathroom break.

"Las Vegas," Sage answered.

"I see. Why?"

"Following Harley and Eddie."

Harvey nodded.

"Going after them?" Alice asked.

"Not yet. I want to see how this plays out."


"Ready to call it a night?" Nightwing asked as he and Batman dropped back down to their spot on the roof across from the roller rink. "You could slip out of that costume, into a suit, and actually go talk to Selina."

"You'd have to meet her at the airport," Barbara chirped over the com.

"Are you eavesdropping?" Nightwing asked.

"No. Are you an ass?"

"Why is Selina at the airport?" Batman grunted silencing them both.

"Her and Ivy got into a cab about twenty minutes ago heading toward the airport. Looks like Harley Quinn and Riddler are there," Barbara explained.

"Rogue trip to Vegas?" Nightwing laughed. "Zany adventures ensue."

"I'm going to the airport."


"Um…uh….Mr. Joker sir?" a small weak man said timidly as he approached Joker's cell. His name was Jiminy, or at least that is what Joker named him, and he was in for armed robbery. A last ditch attempt to scrounge up some money to keep his dying mother in the hospital. It failed. She died. He was here. The guards didn't mind him much. He wasn't a real criminal like most of the men in that wing so he was able to walk around pretty freely.

"Yes?" Joker asked with no interest.

"I uh…um…that is…I…"

"Spit it out cricket!"

"I got this phone here from one of the guards and I thought you should see this." He slowly dropped the cell phone through the bars and into Joker's hand.

Joker sighed, flipped open the text messages, and read the newest Tipster update. "Roller skating? Happy I'm here and…wait…what the hell?" He shot up in his cot and threw the sheets onto the floor. "That sneaky little shit. That disgusting cockroach! That Loreal blonde bitch!" He angrily stabbed the numbers on the phone hoping his memory wasn't failing him.


"Is that a flower in your breast pocket?" Jervis teased pointing to the bright blue flower sticking out of Harvey's pocket.

He looked down curiously. "Huh. I don't remember putting that there. Pammy must've slipped it in."

"That's sweet," Sage cooed.

"Yeah. So sweet I'm going to…who the hell is calling me?" Harvey pulled his phone out. "Seriously. Who the hell is this?" he answered.

"It's me!" Joker yelled through the phone. "What the hell is going on? Why is Harley boarding a plane with that Joker wannabe?"

"Don't worry. Pammy and Selina are going to the airport right now to stop them."

"I'm not worried I'm pissed!"

"Somebody missed their nap and now they're cranky," Harvey teased.

"What is wrong with you? Are you high?"

"No. I'm having a good night." He pulled the phone away from his ear as Joker made a ruckus in his cell. "Keep creating all that noise and you're going to get your butt thrown into solitary."

Frustrated scream.

"You know what Jack? I'm going to help you out. Sit tight little buddy." Harvey snapped the phone closed and shoved it back into his pocket. "Jervis, Johnny, you up for a ride?"


The boy's hotel…

"Are you sure it was my idea to come get you?" Harvey asked for millionth time. "That seems really out of my character."

"I'm telling you! You said you were going to help me out and then you three showed up stoned out of your minds."

"I don't think we were stoned."

"No, I would say we were," Jonathan interjected. "Why else would we agree to help this ass?"

Harvey patted his breast pocket hoping to find cigarettes but instead he felt something small and round. He pulled out a fuzzy pea and eyed it suspiciously. He scrolled back through the Tipster updates. Thursday night he had a flower in his pocket, one that matched Ivy's flower in her hair. He didn't have it there when he left the apartment or when he got to the skating rink. There was a picture of Ivy resting her head on his chest and there was the flower in the next picture. "Fuck."

"What?" Jervis asked nervously.

"We were stoned."

"We were?"

"Yup."

"How do you know?" Joker questioned.

Harvey held up the fuzzy pea. "We were Ivy stoned."


Thursday night…

"We really need to be on that flight," Selina whined. They had just missed Harley and Eddie's flight and managed to cross the airport to catch the rival airlines flight to Vegas only to have the ticket Nazi behind the counter tell them the flight was sold out.

"Is there a man around we can speak with?" Ivy asked knowing damn well she could not only get a seat on this flight but the whole damned plane if she wanted if there was a man.

"Sorry. No," the ticket Nazi snapped.

"What about stand-by?"

"Sold. Out."

Selina smacked her head against the counter. "When is your next flight to Las Vegas?"

"Saturday morning."

"Fuck me!"

"I need three tickets for your flight to Las Vegas," a man said from behind them.

"Good luck buddy. Ticket bitch says they're sold out."

"Of course Mr. Wayne. I have three first class seats available."

Ivy and Selina looked at each other and then turned around to see it was in fact Bruce Wayne standing behind them.

"Selina, Ivy," he greeted.

"This is surreal," Ivy laughed.

"We really really need two tickets on this flight," Selina told him. "Harley is…"

"Is on a flight to Vegas right now with Eddie and god only knows what they will do when they land," he finished.

"Yes."

"I know." The ticket bitch handed him his three tickets and he handed two to Selina. "Shall we?"

"Oh no buddy. We don't need help."

"Shut up. He's buying our tickets and he has money. We need his help," Ivy snapped.


"Whoops," Harvey said as he surveyed the damage he, Jervis, and Jonathan had done to the prison.

Joker stared at the three of them and shook his head. "And I thought Harley was sloppy."

Harvey shrugged. "In the car kids. We have a flight to catch."

"I need to change first."

"Why?" Jervis asked.

"Because boarding a plane in an inmate jumpsuit just seems a little ridiculous!"

"Fine. We'll stop at Clowns R' Us for you," Harvey joked.

"You are all in some weird ass mood."

"It's called a good mood," Jonathan replied.

"Why do I have a feeling I am going to die in this car tonight?"

"It's a good possibility," Harvey said matter of factly.

"Wonderful."


"Why are you here?" Selina asked after everyone had settled into their seats.

"I'm helping," Bruce answered.

"Why?"

"Because we left things on a really bad note last time we spoke and I want to prove to you I'm not a total dick."

Selina nodded. "You kind of are though."

"Yeah well you're kind of a bitch."

She started laughing and he joined her. Suddenly everything just seemed funny and Bruce felt a little light headed.


"There isn't another flight to Vegas until Saturday," Jonathan announced to the car.

"Great!" Joker cried.

"Do we know anyone with a plane?" Harvey asked.

"Does Bruce Wayne have a plane?" Jervis called out.

"Yes but he seems to be going to the airport," Jonathan answered.

"Turn here!" Joker yelled pointing at a side street.

Harvey turned the wheel hard putting the car on two wheels as it made the right turn.

"I think I'm going to throw up," Jervis confessed.

"Where we going little buddy?" Harvey questioned.

"Little buddy? What am I? Gilligan?" Joker raised an eyebrow.

"Yes and I'm the skipper."

"Wonderful. Make a left up here."

"Where the hell are you directing me to?"

"The Waldorf Hotel."

"Why?"

"Lex."

"I'm not having sex with you," Harvey said firmly.

"I wasn't offering. I said Lex. L-E-X."

"Luthor?"

"The one and only…well on this planet."

"Why Lex Lu…oh I get it."

"Yup."


"Who's that?" Talia asked as she pulled a sheet around herself.

"I don't know. Would it be your father?"

"Why would my father be knocking on our door?"

"Beats me."

"Well go answer it."

Lex begrudgingly got out of bed and marched out of the bedroom, through the main room, to the door. He checked to make sure nothing was poking out of his boxer shorts and opened the door.

"Lex!" Jervis, Joker, Jonathan, and Harvey cried.

"Who is it?" Talia called.

"The four horsemen of the apocalypse," he replied.

"We need a favor," Joker started.

"What do you mean the apocalypse?" Talia asked joining him at the door. "Oh."

"Hey Tally," the men greeted.

"What do you want?"

"A favor," Lex answered.

"What kind of favor?"

"We need your plane," Joker answered.

"Oh yeah no. That's not happening," Lex informed them. "Goodnight gentlemen. I use the term loosely." He started to close the door but Joker pushed Jervis in the way.

"Ow," Jervis groaned.

"Take one for the team buddy," Joker told him. "We need to go to Vegas."

"You keep saying need but I don't see any real need here," Lex replied.

"No, you see, Harley ran off to Vegas with Edward."

"And?"

"And I need to get her back."

"I thought you didn't love her."

"I don't! Or I do. It's a little hard to explain right now."

"Well, good luck with that." Lex tried harder to shut the door but Jervis was still in the way. "How do I make you leave?"

"By giving us your plane."

"Ask Bruce Wayne. You all seem to be friends."

"We can't, he's already on a flight to Vegas," Harvey explained.

"Whys is he going to Vegas?" Talia asked.

"We presume he's assisting Ivy and Selina."

Talia shook her head. "I'm going back to bed. Get rid of these morons and join me."

"If you give us your plane we'll go away," Joker promised.

"Look…" Lex began. He was cut off by Talia's robe falling onto his head.

Jervis, Jonathan, Joker, and Harvey all watched her walk back to the bedroom naked.

"Congratulations by the way. She's crazy but she's hot," Jonathan said.

"Gotham Airfield, hanger 12. The pilot will meet you there." Lex shoved Jervis out of the doorway and slammed the door in their faces.

"See, easy," Joker beamed.