Selina Kyle had hoped nobody had touched her stash as she slid through the window of the hideout.
Of course, Harley Quinn did not fail to prove her wrong, as she greeted her wearing most of the jewellery on her person.
"Seline, great to have you littering in my box again, how's the Bats? You still leaving him hanging around every altar in Gotham?"
"Ever the queen of broken hearts Harley, I'd have radioed ahead, but someone took out the city's signal tower" Selina revealed.
"Yeah, yeah, blame my little red hoods for that one. I was gonna use it to let the legal eagles know I've been busy clipping their wings, I've rustled a couple of feathers off Mystery Inc"
Harley showed Selina precisely what she meant, snapping her fingers to initiate a burst of light from an overhead lamp, its rays highlighting a dapper and freckled bookworm type in an orange sweater and brown skirt, tied to a chair.
"Hey Dinkley, smile for the kitten" Harley spoke. When Velma Dinkley refused to do as instructed, an annoyed Quinn placed two of her fingers squarely around the rim of Velma's mouth and stretched her lips into a frantically and forced grin.
"Mystery Inc? Those meddles kids who're always hanging out with Bat?" Selina asked
"Yeah, I'd have went for the dog but I was expecting company from you, and I know you like to get your claws out even for the bat-hound" Harley revealed.
"I always thought Bruce should have brought Ace along whenever he met up with those brats, more kids associate Scoob with Bat more than they do Ace with him" Selina admitted.
"You'll never get away with this" Velma spoke, boiling with frustration, Harley however wasn't one for clichés.
She examined Velma thoroughly, even placing one of the stolen jewelled tiara on her head before handing her a mirror. She also removed Velma's glasses.
"How do you find this particular look?" Harley asked.
"...illegal" Velma answered.
"That's all you need to qualify around here. How about you help us with your late night looting?" Harley proposed.
"That's a criminal offence" Velma revealed.
"We could make it really exciting, let's make it a mystery. Get ourselves costumes, go around spooking people, it'll be divine" Selina proposed.
"Yes, make yourself interesting Dinkley, be the mask in this mission. Surely you've always wondered what it'd be like to get into the heads of the people that decide to bring a taste of early Halloween to their victims."
Harley rustled through a chest looking for spare masks, coming across an old feminine werewolf head that had a spiked ponytail attached to the end of it; she tossed it over to Velma. Selina untied her and placed it on her head.
"Now you look dangerous AND illegal" Harley said, complimenting her.
"I don't know about this...I really should just overpower you guys and escape, but without my glasses I'm as blind as your bat" Velma said to Selina, who laughed.
"We'll help you see the bright side of the dark path Dinkles, don't you worry" said Harley.
"I don't like the tiara" Velma remarked.
"Well you're gonna loath the rest of what we stick you in, 'cause you ain't going out with a turtleneck, you'd slow down the whole catwalk, we're coming at you both fast and fierce" Selina said, hissing.
Velma was draped from head to toe in a skin tight dark leather catsuit with hardened diamonds from Selina's stash sewn across the left and right sides, with two additional diamonds embedded across the chest area.
And so the three went out on a night of daring. Selina even let Velma have a crack of her whip; the burst of adrenaline was almost intoxicating as Velma swung the cat-o-nine tails around, landi9ng a mark on every bank clerk within its range.
"Hey, don't wolf it down" Velma joked as Harley bit into a chunk of three burgers tops at the local diner afterwards.
"Meh, I had to keep a figure around Mister J, now we're through I can be as lean or as big boned as I wanna make myself"
"You ready to call it a night yet Harls?" Selina asked as she picked out a stress French fry out of her chest area and bit into it.
"The inc's not even wet yet" Harley said, planting a seed in Velma's head.
Velma climbed up to the nearest water tower on the roof of the building, while Selina lured Velma's friends into the alley below.
"Put a spring in your trap's step Dinkles" instructed Harley, as Velma sprang a leak in the water tower with a well aimed gunshot, sending gallons of water onto the hapless gang of sleuths and their dogs, drenching them.
"We done?" Selina asked.
"Yeah, I've seen it all now, I always wanted to see these drips get what's coming to them" said Harley.
"They'll be worried about me, I can't say this kind of life is one I'll ever be able to take to, but you're right, other than Shaggy and Scoob we are a pretty dry bunch" Velma noted.
Selina bid Harley farewell and darted across the rooftops, losing herself in the vastness of the city.
"Well, I'd say you did OK Dinkles" Harley said, turning around to make contact with Velma, however there was no sign of her.
"What do you know...she pulled a Bat on me? Rude" Harley said in a huff.
Having consumed so many burgers earlier, she hadn't the right kind of energy to chase after the woman.
Velma, had, however, left something to mark where she had been. A small note.
"Dear H.Q...Thanks for letting me be the mask, all the more reason to pull more off, love Velma"