Apparently Poison Ivy is holding a property developer prisoner the butler continued She appears to be helping a group of gardeners They are protesting the developer’s plan to put a building in an empty lot they use for a community garden I have it Alfred Thanks Batman said looking up from his computer Robin glared down into the Batcave One of the computer screens showed a green light blinking on a Gotham City map Another screen showed a scene of confusion near a community garden Batman was pulling on his bat-eared cowl Robin sighed and trudged back down the steps Don’t wait up Alfred We may be a while Batman said as he slid behind the wheel of the Batmobile Robin leaped in beside him As they roared from the Batcave Robin grumbled Good-bye video game The Batmobile pulled into a shadowed alley between a pair of old apartment buildings Across the street flashing lights from cop cars lit a row of police officers holding large plastic containers An angry crowd blocking the sidewalk chanted Save our garden The police and the protesters were so intent on arguing no one noticed the Batmobile arrive Why are those people mad at the cops Robin asked as they leaped from the car He gaped at the plants rising high and wild behind the protesters Shouldn’t they be mad at Poison Ivy There’s no way they planted those monsters Robin was right The garden was a wilderness of massive plants bearing vicious looking flowers threatening fruit trees and hideous vegetables Some plants were sprouting massive tentacles That was a garbage-strewn empty lot until those people turned it into a garden Now the police have been ordered to remove them Batman said They crossed the street keeping to the shadows This isn’t the cops fault but the police make a handy target We need to end this situation before someone gets hurt Batman fired his grapnel toward the roof of a nearby apartment building The hook
caught on a ledge and drew him upward Robin followed right behind him flying up into the air He landed beside Batman on a fire escape landing Below the crowd’s anger upset the plants A monster tomato plant swayed like a baseball pitcher Several giant red fruits flew from its stem over the heads of the crowd PLOP SPLAT SQUISH They splattered against the windshields of the cop cars It’ll take ages to scrape that off growled a cop hefting his container of weed killer and stepping forward This means war You can’t use weed killer here a protester shouted trying to block the police Poison Ivy may be a criminal to you but she’s trying to help us And that weed killer could poison her too Wrong Batman murmured as he scanned the overgrown garden She’s immune to all toxins but the police aren’t Unless they’re careful they could poison themselves The Dark Knight took in the garden layout The plant beds form a maze And there’s Poison Ivy Right at the center Robin said What’s that thing she’s waving in front of her captive Batman studied the scene below It looks like she’s trying to get him to sign a deed Come on
As Batman and Robin swung down toward the center of the maze Poison Ivy
spotted them She grinned Harley Quinn she shouted Look who finally showed up Poison Ivy looked around like she expected her friend to whirl into the clearing like a small tornado But nothing happened Ivy rolled her eyes Typical she murmured And this was all her idea
