Gotham City is in chaos - and Batman is nowhere to be found. Poison Ivy intends to take advantage. With no one to stop her, she can take Gotham back to nature, and she is aided in this by the human response to the pheromones her plants fill the air with. As she wanders the streets, she is given pause by a scene of domestic abuse, where a separated couple argue over the custody of their daughter, who cowers nearby.