Arkham Asylum, the gothic institution for the criminally insane, The Riddler (Voiced by Wally Wingert) is seen looking out the window at the dark energy storm that engulfed his once home of Gotham, the "Crow" of the rabid hellrobins perminating the Asylum as well as the screams of some of the guards
Guard 1 (Voiced by Gregg Berger): Oh god,… What ARE those things?!
Guard 2 (Voiced by Josh Keaton): Get it OFF me!
Guard 3 (Voiced by Lucien Dodge): Shoot it, Shoot it-
The 3 guards get horribally mauled as the wall crumbles down
Riddler: W-Who…?
BWL: Edward Nigma, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that this is impossible. You see my height, my build, you hear my voice, and you know who I am. You know I am Batman, but you also know that I'm not. You know that I am something twisted and wrong, and that terrifies you.
He holds up a card in front of the egomaniac, as Beo walks in, his imps snarling and snapping like rabid dogs
Beo: But you wouldn't be afraid, Edward. You should be excited. We didn't come all this way to have my demons flay you, like our friend here did in his world. Nononono. We came to deal with you.
Riddler: W-What kind of game are you playing?
BWL: No. No. No. You're thinking about this all wrong,. You get to decide that for yourself. All your life, you've lived by a set of absolute truths. Hard and fast rules that could never be broken. Telling riddles, cutting through the complexity of those rules to see the truth within. But telling those truth got you locked away. With people calling you insane. You and so many others, but I have a way of changing all that, Edward. My metal cards, forged with cosmic metallurgy carry a power unlike anything this universe has ever seen before. All your life, you have been restrained by what is possible. I want to see what you can do without the restraints. Without the rules. Holding it in your hand, you and your friends can reshape reality to your whims. Take the card. Join the fun. And build this city into an impossible riddle that makes me LAUGH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
As he says this, it show one part of Gotham covered in ice and snow, with Mr Freeze (Voiced by Jim Perri) riding on the shoulder of a Snow Golem, Followed by Firefly (voiced by Crispen Freeman), engulfing another part into a flaming wasteland, up next is Poison Ivy (Voiced by Tasia Valenza) turning another part into a literal concrete jungle, Up next is Mad Hatter (voiced by Peter MacNicol) turning his part into a corrupted version of Alice in Wonderland, and Bane (Voiced by Fred Tatasciore) creating a social darwinist state where the weak die and the strong survive
Meanwhile, outside, Kojin, flying on his Overtex Qoatlus, John, flying on Eclipse Wyvern, NicoB, flying on Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon and King, flying on Blue-Eyes, alongside Damien Wayne (voiced by Scott Porter) flies on his pet, Goliath
Damien: When I last saw my father, he told me about a dark multiverse. An impossible place of nightmare, beyond his or anybody's understanding. An impossible place of nightmare, beyond his or anybody's understanding. A place from which a threat was coming that could tear down our world. Then I saw something in his eyes I'm not used to. The fear of not knowing what might be hiding in the dark. The fear of all the rules falling away. The last thing he said before he left us was that we were not to follow in his footsteps under any circumstance. A day later, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman vanished from the face of the Earth. Gotham is my father's city, which means it's my city. I refuse to let it fall. No matter how horrifying things may look. No matter what my father told me, if Batman is in there somewhere, only I can save him.
In the Titan's Jet, Starfire (Voiced by Kari Whalgren), Raven (Voiced by Tara Strong), Beast Boy (Voiced by Greg Cipes) and Aqualad (voiced by Khary Payton) are discussing amongst themselves as to what's gotten into their leader
Beast Boy: Part of me feels bad for Daimen. And another part of me feels like he's a villian who thinks he's a good guy.
Raven: Now's not the time to come down on him, Beast Boy.
Beast Boy: Now's EXACTLY the time to come down on him, Raven. A few days a go a giant mountain showed up in Gotham City, Now nothing is coming out except insane, end-of-the-world level rumors about some kind of labyrinth, and that little punk has us headed straight for it with no backup.
Raven: He's concerned for his city, and whatever invaded our world and began transforming it has something to do with Batman. Robin has had no contact from him.
Beast Boy: Hey, I lost my parents too, y'know. Everyone on the Teen Titans has a messed-up family, That's one of the reasons why I love the idea of us. We're there for each other. Except Damien. Don't forget, he kicked Kid Flash off the team.
Raven: He's convinced his bullying has helped us, and in a way, he's right.
Aqualad: As the rookie of the team. I'm not sure how much my voice counts…
Starfire: All of our voices count the same, Aqualad.
Aqualad: Damien can be harsh, but he can be kind too, Starfire. He was there for me when my dad showed up. I want to be there for him now that his dad's gone missing.
Starfire: You are right, but we must worry about Robin later. We are arriving. Clearing cloud cover in three, two, one…
The clear the cloud cover and see Gotham, now looking like something out of Dante's "The Inferno"
Starfire: X'hal…
Beast Boy: That's Gotham? What are those rings? What happened
Raven winces, and clutches her head
Raven: The Fear… All those innocent people… It's unbearable
Aqualad: Guys, I'm only going to ask this one more time, are we sure Robin doesn't have us on a suicide mission?
They try to land to get a closer look, with Raven's headache getting worse
Raven: I've never felt nothing like this before. The dark energy coming from the mountain is not of this world...
Starfire: Whatever you are sensing, Raven, I think it is affecting the ship. We will have to land here. I do not think we can fly closer.
NicoB: Good idea.
Damien and co. land down
Damien: Then let's get cracking, Teen Titans.
John: Sperg Crew, let's get to work.
Kojin sees a car coming to a couple and summons Megazowler, who roars, as Beast Boy changes into a rhino
Kojin: The trick to negotiating the traffic in Gotham, B2?
Beast Boy: Using your horn.
Kojin: Damn right. Megazowler, Horn Ramming Charge.
Beast Boy and the Dino Monster ram the car, redirecting it into a hydrant, causing a spray of water to erupt from it, as Beast Boy gets out a camera phone
Beast Boy: Beast Boy, at your service. Don't be scared! Here, smile for a selfie.
He clicks a photo of the two, oblivious to the fact that Kojin, being the immature troll that he is, is photobombing him, meanwhile, Damien hears a humming as NicoB lifts the dude driving and sets him on his Photon Cerberus
Damien: This way.
Starfire: No, Damien. Can't you see how many people are hurting here? We have to help them now!
John: Starfire's right, you angsty bastard. Their lives are more important then whatever the heart of the city has become.
They see eldrich monsters lumber up, as Damien gets a curious signal
Damien: I'm picking up a strange signal coming from the mountain. It could be an SOS
John, setting another civ on his Dinomist Spinos, for it to take her to safety, looks at him alongside Aqualad
Aqualad: Hang tight, Dwayne! We need to stick together. You don't know what's behind that wall!
Damien: Okay, first of all, my name is not "Dwayne" and second… I'm sorry, Aqualad. If it IS Batman, I have to go. Stay here Goliath, help the others. Whatever this is, I'll face it alone. Reports are coming in of more cities falling around the world, but Gotham was the first, which means it's the kea. Somehow this is about my father, about our history, and our future as Waynes. Each ring surrounding the mountain has the unmistakable imp rent of Batman's greatest rogues. This is the first. The physical manifestation of a riddle. But I know it's only at the end, at the center of it all, that I'll find the answer to the question father's been wrestling with for such a long time. Why here? Why now? Why us? And how do we end this cataclysm
The beast nods as John joins up, alongside Kojin, King and NicoB
NicoB: We're going in too. This is a Sperg Crew matter as well.
Nico summons his Keyblade, Midnight Blue, Kojin gets out his Sais of the Mad Empress, King gets out his Union Jack broadsword and John gets out his Karambits, Heaven and Hell, as they walk in, hearing the voice of the Riddler echo throughout
Riddler: Have you ever heard of Pharaoh Amenemhet II? He created a labyrinth in Egypt that consisted of thousands of rooms and courtyards, and also built a brilliant mase inside his own pyramid to thwart tomb raiders. I am the maze-master, Sperg Crew, Robin. And you are the tomb raiders who has wandered into the grave that is Gotham
Damien: Riddler?! Show yourself, coward. Fight me!
The bratty Wayne opens the door and he, John, Nico, King and Kojin are hit with a blast of blood, nearly goring them on the spikes
Riddler: I am fighting you all. You all and anyone else who tries to breach Gotham. This maze is my weapon. Down this way lies madness. Down that way lies death. I await you all in the center of the labyrinth, which you'll never be able to find. There, I'll share a riddle which you'll never be able to answer
A arrow hitts a nearby wall, a rope attached to the rear part of the arrow, as John sees Green Arrow (voiced by Alan Tyudic) hold out a hand
GA: Grab hold, guys! Stick with me, folks. This place is a murder trap.
John: Green Arrow…
Kojin: What are you doing here, man? Shouldn't you be in Star City?
GA: Besides saving your autistic butts and helping the Hot Topic fan? I just lost my own city to madmen. I came here to help, when the big three went missing. The energy storms in Gotham were getting intense. But then the city just started changing around me. Been trying to find a way out ever since.
John sees a spike ball headed his way, and dodges it
Kojin: Well, keep trying. I don't need help from someone who is better at archery then John is at wining against me.
GA: With that warm and snuggly attitude, I bet you've got a lot of friends.
They head through the maze
GA: Already tried that way about an hour ago.
Kojin: No you didn.t
GA: Look, Dinobreath. I've been leaving arrows to mark my progress. You really want to explore a quicksand moat and a trapdoor that drops into a pit of fire, then keep going.
Damien: There is a heavy magnetic charge coming from down this hallway. Strong enough to have dragged your arrow over. Can't you see?
King: What the sodding hell are ya on about, kid?
Damien: The broadhead is moving approximately 5 milimeaters a minute. Which means you went down that hallway an hour ago.
GA looks over at John
GA: You know, he reminds me of somebody else who's too smart for her own good.
John: Kojin?
GA: No. He should meet my sister, Emiko. She'd make a helluva Teen Titan.
Damien: No one is a match for my intelligence, except perhaps father.
GA: Yeah… Look, kiddo. I respect your father a great dea;. Don't always see eye to eye, but he's one of the greats. But from what I understand, a lot of this mess came from the fact the he tried to take all this on by himself. That he couldn't let other people in.
Damien: You have no idea what you're talking about.
John: Be careful around that kind of blind devotion. Otherwise, there's no telling where you might end up.
they head around as Riddler drops one of the riddles he is known for
Riddler: I am always around, but never seen. I am often avoided but never outrun. I might find you at the end of the road or around the next corner. What am I?
Damien: You are death
They see a revenant Batman (voiced by Kirk Thornton)
R!Batman: You failed me, Robin. I needed you and you weren't there for me. You weren't fast enough. I'm dead because of you!
Robin is a bit spooked, but Nico twirls his Keyblade
NicoB: It's okay, man. It's not him.
Damien: I know! Don't tell me what I already know! The riddler has created some sort of nightmare based on…
King: What you love most?
Damien: Yes.
Green Arrow and Nico unleash a series of Arrows and Firaga spells, before a voice (provided by Tara Strong) chips up
?: Havin' some trouble with the maze, boys?
The Revenant Batman turns around just in time for a green figure (Voiced by Steve Blum) to chomp him, holding it down for Harley Quinn to smash its skull in, sending gore, blood and brain matter all over the place, even on Nico, who sighs
Harley: Well, that was stranglely satisfying.
Damien: What are you doing here, Quinn?
John: Besides taking perverse delight in destroying that… Whatever the fuck that thing is, he means.
Harley: Hey, let's just say that it's top secret government blabbity blabbity blah, and let's leave it there so my head doesn't explode. Not to mention, we got hometown pride. If anybody's gonna make Gotham a hellhole, it's us!
Harley also has a cubic crapload of arrows
Harley: Say, cupid? These arrows must belong to you? I've been collecting them all over the maze.
Green Arrow facepalms, King sighs, Kojin, Damien and Nico roll their eyes and John groans
GA: You have GOT to be kidding me.
Harley: Aww, c'mon. Unclench those tight asses of yours, will ya? I found the center forever ago, I just can't solve the stinking riddle. Ya comin'?
John: How she managed to intern in a loony bin is beyond me.
King: Agreed, besides, I'm not accepting advice from any of you freaks again.
Damien just tisks
Damien: Don't ever speak on my behalf again, but I concur.
Harley: Get over yourselves. You gotta fight crazy with crazy! Besides, what other choice do ya have?
They head to the center of the maze, where they see a giant ass mechanical Minotaur piloted by the Riddler, who is non too happy about being found by our autistic anti-heroes
Riddler: Two of you couldn't solve the riddle and two of you coudn't find your way to the center of the labyrinth. You're cheating.
Harley: Okay, so we survived the acid, soaked waterslide and razor blade fans. Now all we have to do is get past this last bit of bul.
Kojin: No shit.
King: This isn't the team up anyone was expecting, but we're stronger and smarter-
Harley: And more deliciously psychotic!
King: That too, but we're all 3 of those things together.
Damien: Silence! Give us the riddle and let's be done!
Riddler: If you throw me from a window, I'll leave a grieving wife. Bring me back, but in the door, and you'll see someone giving life. What am I?
Riddler fires up the mech, its eyes glowing green before it spins its spear around, as Killer Croc roars
Riddler: Of course it's a lot harder to think with your skull cleaved.
The others charge into the fray
Harley: I always wanted to be a rodeo clown!
King summons The Illusiroy Gentlemen, John summons Cannon Solider, Kojin summons Black Tyranno and Nico summons Photon Crusher to fight the mecha-taur off
GA: All right, kid. You're convinced you're a genius, right? Time to prove it.
Arrow fire some arrows as the mechataur clashes with Nico's Photon Crusher, blade to double sided kanabo
Damien: Do you think a word game can stop me, Nigma? A grieving wife is a widow, Someone who gives life is a doner.
Kojin: Any day now, baby Batman!
Damien: Remove one letter, donor becomes door, ad one letter, widow becomes window, all because of one letter, N! The answer is N!
Riddler is shocked as John blasts the Mechataur's arm clean off with Cannon Soldier, before Kojin's Black Tyranno chomps the other arm off, Nico then slashes off the legs and then tosses the Keyblade, slicing the head of the mechataur clean off
Riddler: No! It's N… All because of N…
John punches the cockpit clean off and lifts Ridder up by the collar
John: Where's Batman? What have you done to him?
King picks up a strange card with the same mechanical minotaur
King: The bloody hell is this thing?
Green Arrow looks at the card as well
GA: I found an ancient broadhead beneath gotham, more then a month ago, in a chamber used by the Court of Owls. I'm no Vulcan, but I'd say this is forged from the same metal.
Kojin: Perhaps this is the source of not Gene Simmons' new powers?
Riddler: You idiots. You can't imagine what's coming. You're already dead.
Harley clears her throat to get their attention
Harley: Hey, boys? I know this has been a-maze-ing and all but what's say we get the hell out of here?
John nearly gets a stroke from her lame joke
John: Someone blow her head off… PLEASE!
Up on Challenger's Mountain, the Batman who Laughs and Samuel are looking out over Gotham
BWL: Oh, Edward… You couldn't let go, could you. In the end, you left them a solution. What a lack of imagination, what a waste of a card. I suppose that's why I put you in the outermost ring. Now they'll have to face something much colder and darker. But even so, it's time. Isn't it? Time to throw another wild card into the mix. We can't let them get too close to our master and his pals before the tower's ready. Come now, step out of the shadows. Can you smell their blood on the wind? Are you ready, my most devoted son?
And out of the shadows, The Batman Who Laughs most devoted son, and leader of all the demented Devil Robins. Dark Damien (Voiced by Scott Menville) walks out
DD: Yes, Fatherrrr…
In the Snow Lake part of Gotham, the crew are walking in, John worried that the rest of the Sperg Crew would be able to hold their own
Damien: The closer we get to the mountain, the stronger the magnetic pull becomes. This maze isn't over. This city is one big maze
Nico: We must've passed into the next realm.
Harley is shivering
Harley: Brrr… Should've worn my wool thong…. How ya doing, Croc pot? Not easy being cold-blooded in a place like this, huh?
K. Croc: Hate snow. Want to kill it.
Damien: This way. That's where we need to go. That's where we'll find-
John: No, YOU follow ME, little man.
Kojin: Yeah, you did a nice job back there with that riddle, but you're not in charge of this last time I checked, kid.
Just then, a voice (provided by Troy Baker) yells out Damien's name
?: DAMIEN!
Damien: Father?
?: No, not your father, YOUR BROTHER!
Damien: Nightwing
Nightwing: RUN FOR IT!
The sperg crew and him gun it from a monsterous frost golem along side Harley, Croc, GA, and Damien
Kojin: FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK!
John: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, THIS IS FUCKIN' FUN!
King: Dude, I wouldn't call being chased by a Ymir reject "Fun"
Damien: Just keep running.
GA: King, I think your friend needs some help after this
King: Let me introduce you to someone. His name is shite, Sherlock. His first name's No
Nightwing: YOU ALL NEED HELP!
John: We're Spergs, Grayson, we weren't right since day one!
Nightwing: Fair point!