Rejevunated: Part 4

[Riskdogg]

We arrive at Harley Quinn's place, as we pull into the shop I feel relieved to see no Joker. One less nut-job to handle.

Bane: "Allright, you got me here, now what do you want me to do. "

Mad Hatter: "First, smile! Enjoy yourself a little! You were just responsible for the largest breakout at the Asylum since, well, ...your last one! "

Bane: "Oh trust me, I'm flattered..." *roll my eyes*

Mad Hatter: "Well fine, whatever suits you. Now to business! It's simple, really. With Batman busy out of his mind, all you have to do is go somewhere popular and commit a petty theft! Batman will think it's another low-life and come unexpecting the reality! With him off his game, I fight to do the death should leave you the victor! And to the victor go the spoils, your 24 hours will be up, and your free to do as you wish. Deal?"

Bane: "Consider it done."

Hatter: "Harley, go with Bane and give him some back up. But don't get in his way. With the super-venom, who knows what could happen!"

*I grin a little*

[FlaBat]

Batman:
One by one I round up the inmates of Arkham Asylum. This is familiar, too familiar.
This time I have help. Robin, Nightwing and Batgirl have joined the hunt as we take back Gotham. Last time Bane wore me out rounding up villains, I won’t make the same mistake twice.
* I call on my Batlink *
“Oracle, I want you to keep track of who we recover”<br>
Oracle:
“Of course, I can coordinate the whole team with GCPD”<br>
Batman:
“Right, but keep an eye out for anything unusual. Bane used this to cover something”<br>
Oracle:
“Unusual? In Gotham? I’ll keep you posted”

Batman:
“You know what to look for.”<br>
Oracle:
“I think the Mad Hatter is involved”<br>
Batman:
“Why? How?”<br>
Oracle:
“Call it a hunch, but my scanners have been picking up some strange traffic lately, like what Jervis uses to control your mind”<br>
Batman:
“He’s controlling Bane”<br>
Oracle:
“How do you know?”<br>
Batman:
“Bane would never pass up a chance to fight me, yet he did twice tonight. Something’s going down and we better be ready when it happens”<br>

[Riskdogg]

*I sit in the drivers seat of the black sedan, gathering my thoughts*
This mayhem ends tonight

"Allright, I'm going in. Stay here and don't make a sound unless I give a signal."

*To save myself from listening to her rebuttle, I get out of the car and make my way to the side of Gotham City's Musuem of Fine Arts. I raise an unlocked window and slip into the shadows. A lone security guard moves down the coridoor.*
My chance...
*I roll up behind him, grab him from the back of his uniform and launch him against the wall. I can tell I have succeeded by looking at his lifeless body. I make my way to the single guard station and trigger the silent alarm. I roll back into the shadows and make my way to the third floor, where I will wait.*
Time to wait. He will come soon enough.

[FlaBat]

Oracle:
* I sit at my computers, an alarm signal pops up, I pick up the Batlink *
“Batman there’s a silent alarm at the Museum of Fine Arts”<br>
Batman:
“Maybe a trap, if it’s Bane he knows better than set to off an alarm”<br> What if it’s not Bane?
“If it’s not Bane, let GCPD handle it.”<br>
Oracle:
“If not Bane, then who might it be?”<br>
Batman:
“Catwoman, maybe, it would depend upon what’s being exhibited. It could be anybody”<br>
Oracle:
“Where are you going?”<br>
Batman:
“To stake it out”<br>

[Riskdogg]

It's been too long. Too...long...... Time to take drastic measures.
*The guard starts to move. I hear from upstairs and come straight down. As he comes out of his daze and sees me he screams, the cry pierces the night air. I pull out my gun and aim it straight at him*

*Two shots break the silence again, two flashes light up the windows.*

That will attract the Bat. Too bad I missed the guard on purpose.

[FlaBat]

Batman:
* From the sklight above I see Bane shoot at the guard *
Time to go to work
SCHEESSS
* Glass breaks as I rapidly descend upon Bane *
SWEEE THUMP
* The Batgrapple takes hold on a wall and I swing down upon Bane *
Feet together steady my swing and …
“The bigger they are…”
* My boots hit Bane in the chest, the inertia of my weight is enough to knock even Bane over *
“…the harder they fall”<br>
* Bane falls backwards and crashes through a wall into another room of the Museum. I drop from the Batgrapple, take a boxers stance, open a Batarang and wait *

[Riskdogg]

*Amazed at Batman's effort, I jump back up and climb back through the wall, standing 10 feet in front of the Bat.*

"You think you can defeat me!"

*I pound the floor with my fists as hard as I can, the whole musuem shakes as if being struck by an earthquake. I see Batman lose his balance and grab the wall to regain it. I look at him, myself in agony. If he can see it or not, tears form in my eyes*

"Why Batman, why do you stand so, not even the slightest fear shows in your eyes!"

*I raise my fists in anger and decide that it isn't worth it. I fall to me knees and drop my arms to my side.*

"There's no use. This isn't right. Why fight like this, why fight here. *sniff* This is not my choice but your the detective, you know. I can't talk long, it's out of my control...I...I..."

*I crawl forward and grab Batman's leg, looking up to him with no other choice, straining to get out my words*

"It's...it's...the Hatter! Jervis! It's the Mad Hatter! He's planned the whole thing and he's got a mechanical chip in my neck...and...and the super venom...lasts....24 hours...and..."

*I look at the clock ont the wall*

"No! No! 24 hours! Please Batman, spare my life!"

*My neck begins to emit sparks from where the nano-chip was, it sends shocks all throughout my body. I yell in pain as I quickly pass out. My body begins to shrivel as the super venom molecular composition begins to break-down, resulting in near-complete cytosis. Everything goes black as the shocking stops and my body has taken a horrifying turn.*

[FlaBat]

Batman:
* Bane lays at my feet a mere shell of himself *
Jervis Tetch, the Mad Hatter what could he want with Bane?
“Bane, I’ll get you the help you need”<br>* On Batlink *
“Jim, come in it’s clear”<br>
* GCPD files into the room *
Commissioner Gordon:
“What happened?”<br>
Batman:
“It’s the Mad Hatter, he put a chip in Bane and pumped up his Venom.”<br>
Commissioner Gordon:
“My God, what could Hatter be after?”<br>
Batman:
“I don’t know, but get Bane to the ICU at Gotham Central Hospital with a security detail of course.”<br>
Commissioner Gordon:
“OK, I’ll have a team in place when he arrives, but I want him sedated.”<br>
Batman:
“Once he’s stable you can transport him to the infirmary at Arkham.”<br>
Commissioner Gordon:
“What about the Hatter?”<br>
Batman:
“I don’t know, but I’m going to find out.”<br>
* Paramedics take Bane away and Batman slips off in the crowd *

[Riskdogg]

*watching from an unknown location, somewhere on the other side of the street as the Fine Arts Musuem. Hatter watches through his binoculars.*

Mad Hatter: "No! What in the blazes could be happening!"

*The two-way radio between him and Harley is instantly activated*

"Harley, get out of their while you can! Our fairy tale is crashing down on us, there's no more time!"

*As the words spill from Jervis, sirens sound and the sedan is surrounded. The cops circle he car and haul Harley out in handcuffs.*

"How could this be! Our plans have been foiled. It is now only a matter of time before word gets round of Harley's arrest! Sure enough the Bat will catch word and question her himself. Why me!? I need to leave now!"

[Continued in GCPD]