One Mighty Problem
Chapter 1: Owlman's Deal
In the depths of the lair of Skullmaster, a sinister plot was unfolding as Owlman who had used his hi-tech technology to teleport himself to Skullmaster's world brought him a request he couldn't obviously refuse.
"You are but the nega version of the Batman, why have you come to my realm?" asked Skullmaster.
"Because there is something that both you and I need, the cap of the cap-bearer" continued Owlman.
"Indeed, I do need the cap-bearer's cap" continued Skullmaster who got up from his throne.
"So why don't you let me do the work in having it being handed right over to you without him knowing it?" asked Owlman.
Skullmaster sat back on his throne and thought about it for a moment.
"How is the real Batman not going to find out about this?" asked Skullmaster.
"He won't, we'll provide an easy distraction for him" continued Owlman, "your lava monsters should do nicely in destroying his Bat Cave."
"Then it should be done, you impersonate the Batman, and I send off my lava monsters to destroy the real Dark Knight" continued Skullmaster.
"The perfect plan indeed" said Owlman.
It was indeed a typical day in the Bat Cave for a certain Dark Knight who was doing some research on just common petty crime since most of the villains he had put away were already locked up in Arkham Asylum. The Dark Knight didn't noticed, that two lava monsters were spewing through the rocks beneath his Bat Cave and coming up to the surface point.
"Something doesn't feel right" said Batman as he then went to investigate.
As the Dark Knight went to investigate, he noticed his Batmobile was being melted into scrap metal by a lava monster.
"Hey, only you can stop this!" cried Batman as he then took out an extinguisher that was within the Bat Cave and used it on the first lava monster.
His Batmobile was heavily damaged because of the lava monster, yet that lava monster was just a distraction as another lava monster was destroying his main computer console.
"No!" cried Batman.
As the Dark Knight raced to try to defend his computer console, the lava monster then began to throw lava fireballs at the Dark Knight, forcing the Dark Knight to be pinned down by some metal that wasn't burnt yet by the lava monster. While the Dark Knight was being occupied, it was a typical day for Max after he finished school, he headed home, not knowing that a lava monster popped right up from the ground and began to follow him.
"Is it me or is it a bit too hot here" said Max.
As he turned around, he gasped with fright as the lava monster came toward him.
"Alright, you better not come any closer, any minute now Norman will come to stop you" said Max.
Yet for poor Max, it wasn't sadly so, that is until the pseudo Dark Knight which was really Owlman in disguise came right in and used a heat proof gloves to fight the lava monster.
"Batman?" cried Max who was shocked by his appearance.
"Relax kid, I shall handle it" said Owlman.
As the pseudo Dark Knight quickly made the lava monster just simply "run away", Max was impressed with the pseudo Dark Knight as he thought he was the real deal Batman.
"Whoa, you fought off Skullmaster's minion like that!" cried Max with excitement.
"There is something I need to talk to you about, I know your secret, but don't worry I won't tell anyone else about your hat" continued Owlman.
"Hey, I guess you must have recognized my deeds while you were in that Bat Cave of yours" said Max, "come on, I'll show you to Virgil and Norman, they wouldn't want to miss this."
Norman and Virgil were indeed right behind the corner as Virgil could detect that Skullmaster had sent one of his lava monsters after Max again.
"Thank goodness you're okay" said Virgil.
"Virgil, Norman, this is Batman!" cried Max with excitement.
"He doesn't look that tough to fight" said Norman.
"I must say, you look a bit different from what you look like in the news" said Virgil.
"Please, the pleasure is all mine, there is something I'd prefer to talk to you trio about, it's about Max's hat" continued Owlman, "I know his secret, and one hero to another, I would like to use it to fight a sinister villain."
Virgil thought for a moment or two to why even this supposed Dark Knight didn't bother to name the villain. Aside from that, being different from what he really should look like in person.
"I think we can take you on an adventure or two just so that I can see that you're the right type" said Virgil.
"What?" cried Norman who obviously didn't trust the pseudo Dark Knight.
"You heard me" said Virgil as he then took out his scroll, "come this way Max, you'll be showing your other hero the ropes."
"Alright, me and the Dark Knight, fighting side by side!" laughed Max with excitement.
"And here I thought you liked it when I did it" said Norman who was obviously jealous.
"Oh come on, how many times have you been around a local celebrity like him?" asked Max.
"Quite a number of times" continued Norman.
"Really?" said Max who obviously was a bit too blinded by the pseudo Dark Knight's presence.
As the four stepped toward an area where Virgil looked at the scroll, Max's hat began to have a bright glow on it as a portal was going to open up. But as the four were going to step right inside toward the portal's destination, meanwhile back in the Bat Cave, the real Dark Knight was literally seeing the destruction of his entire Bat Cave by the lava monster that seemed to be unstoppable.
"Whoever is behind this indeed lives in quite a warm place" said Batman.
As the Dark Knight geared up to fight the lava monster to save what was left of his Bat Cave, Max, Virgil, Norman and the pseudo Dark Knight headed toward Egypt where an sinister priest was raising an army of Egyptian mummies from the dead.