Legends of The Batman #19

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Legends of The Batman #19

Allegiance

By Billy Miller(heros12)
Edited by Joel Sawyer



Nighttime..... A lone dark room in the Arkham Asylum...

A guard walks to one of the more secure rooms that housed one of the most insane men he had ever seen: THE JOKER!

The guard opens the door slowly and says, "Joker, you have visitors."

The man in the room just mumbled and laughed to himself as the guard led the two men in. One was a well dressed, stocky man with a cane and top hat. The other was a small, shaky man with glasses.

"You have 20 minutes, and be careful. He's a lunatic. We have armed guards waiting and we'll be watching on camera," the guard said while pointing to a small security camera in the corner of the room. Then he left, locking the door behind him.

As soon as the guard’s footsteps faded, the stocky man swung his cane towards the camera and shattered it.

"Why would you do that? The guards will come back!" the Joker cackled.

The stocky man replied, "The guards watching those cameras will not say a thing about us, not when we came at the boss's request."

"He's reached the asylum?"

"There's nowhere that his influence can't reach. Our boss is that magnificent."

"The fact that you would refer to him as your "boss" shows how far you've fallen, Penguin!"

“I haven't fallen, I have risen. While you sit imprisoned, we are free. Isn't that right?" Penguin said to the smaller man. The smaller man just looked expectantly at him and the Penguin said "Oh, right! I forgot your little doll." He then took off his top hat and pulled a small case from inside and handed the case to the small man. The small man opened it up and took out a ventriloquist dummy that mirrored a 1930's mobster. The man talked through the dummy.

"See, it's not exactly my idea, but it was either stand by him or fall to Batman, Scarface stated, "He has amassed a gang unlike anything I've seen before...."

" A gang of nothing but common criminals, street trash!! These are people that Batman could take in his sleep. The only useful ones are you and Penguin."


"And Two-Face. He just joined up. There are others too, Joker. You shouldn't doubt the boss’s influence," Penguin chirped in.

"Harvey Dent?" the Joker questioned.

"Yes," Penguin explained, "Once he heard about Batman's kid going on patrol he joined up."

"Batman's kid?" The joker looked even more confused.

"You’re not caught up in the streets anymore. Well, our eyes on the street are saying that on last nights patrol, Batman had some kid with him. The kid called himself Robin."

"Batman's kid, Batman's SON? Ha HA HA HA!! HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Batman was exhausted; night patrols never get any easier. Dick had finally gone to sleep and he would need it for tomorrow. However Bruce had more work to do as he saw his butler Alfred walk up to him.

"So how did Dick do on his first night out, Master Bruce?" Alfred asked with an aristocratic air.

"Very well, he’s ready but he still needs some work before he's really ready to take any metas."

"If it went so well tonight, then why do you look so worried sir?"

"Well, I didn't want to let Dick suspect anything was wrong but the gangs were intermingling out there tonight. That means something is going down, something big." Batman got up and headed for the Batmobile.

"May I ask where you are going, Master Bruce?"

"I need to see Gordon."

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When the phone began to ring, it woke Jim Gordon out of a dead sleep. "H-Hello?"

"Dad?" a girl replied.

"Barbara? What's wrong? I thought you were at Sarah's."

"Thugs broke in," Barbara Gordon said through gasps, "I ran away and they chased me. Now I'm hiding in an alleyway by the school. Please help me Dad. They have guns!"

"Don't worry, Barbara, I'm on my way.”

Gordon quickly dressed. He pulled a gun from his night stand before he saw Batman behind him.

"What do you want Batman? I don't have time."

"I needed to talk to you, but I heard what you said on the phone. I'll help you, but where did you say she was?"

"She is hiding in an alleyway near Southbridge High School."

"Near the school? I know someone who can get there faster and knows the area."

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Alfred was busy cleaning the manor when the call came in.

"Alfred, get Dick up and send him to the school. Gordon's daughter is being chased by armed thugs and she is hiding near the school. He'll get their faster than we can and he knows the area well."

Dick Grayson was finally sleeping peacefully when he was suddenly shaken awake by Alfred. He rasped, "Alfred, w-what's up?"

"Master Bruce requests that you get dressed and head to Southbridge High School. Barbara Gordon is in danger.

Dick was already up getting ready. “Where's Bruce?" Dick asked.

"Master Bruce is on his way with Commissioner Gordon but he believes you will get there faster.

"Wait, I'll be on my own?"

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“Alright Gentlemen, you may go. Tell your "boss" that I'll think about it," The Joker said.

"Fine, but the boss wanted you to have this," Penguin said as he pulled a circuit board resembling a playing card from his pocket and gave it to Joker. “You know what this can do, and he only gave you one so use it wisely Joker. We'll be in touch." The Penguin knocked on the door and informed the guards outside that they were ready to go. "You better think hard about what we said, Joker. You need to realize that the boss is the only way to go. Soon all people against him, hero's or villains, will be imprisoned in a much worse place than this," The Penguin concluded.

As they left another guard popped his head in and said, “Lights out, Joker."

"Certainly, Hamilton, but could you help me with something first" and the joker smiled evilly.

To Be Continued...