THE UNCATCHABLE SHADOW

A robbery at the museum of Gotham! A new criminal has arrived in Gotham city and he appears to be stealing a precious gem for his own personal needs. Then the dynamic duo, Batman and Robin, came in to stop this new villain. With the villain's black trench coat and hat like a fictional noir detective, the crime fighters knew he's not to be taken lightly. There's no telling what this man can do.

"Hold it right there, mister." Batman said. "Put the gem back where you found it."

Robin added, "And surrender!"

The villain exclaimed, "No! This gem is mine!" He pulled out a gun to the caped crusaders. Batman and Robin were startled but remained vigilant. Ready to face any kinds of dangers ahead of them.

"Put the gun down, sir. You know we mean no harm." Batman raised his hands but slowly getting closer to the criminal. "We can just finish this situation with words of advice... to turn a new leaf."

"No." The man said. "There's no going back."

"Batman!" Robin said as he noticed their surroundings. "The museum. It's empty. Where are the people?" He turned to the villain. "What have you done to them, you scum?"

The villain answered with an introduction. "Call me Dobbler Merrick but now I call myself as The Uncatachable Shadow Man and those people you were talking about are no longer here."

Then that unusual name was familiar to Batman. He recalled watching the news about a missing person incident three weeks ago. A scientist named Dobbler Merrick has gone missing after a laboratory accident. He was presumed deceased by the authorities when they found no body. "You are Dobbler Merrick. The scientist who wanted to finish Einstein's teleportation equation. People thought you were dead."

"Well, I'm not." Merrick said. "You see what I'm holding. It's a teleportation gun that I created. Once I finally found out the secret of teleportation, I can go anywhere in the world!"

"Holy Nightmare, Batman!" Robin said. "He can be our only uncatchable enemy."

"Do not fear, Robin. Everyone has a weakness... including him." Batman tried to guess the villain's power and abilities. "He can go anywhere. But I don't think he do that without his gun."

"You are right!" Robin understood and knows what to do next. "We can snatch the gun from his hands and he'll be powerless."

However, the Shadow Man told them they were wrong. "Incorrect, Batman and Robin. I can go anywhere with or without the gun. I got powers, Batman. I'm a superhuman. I got these powers from the laboratory accident three weeks ago. After that accident, I found myself lying on the sea of sand of the Sahara desert. When I tried to survive, I unintentionally transported myself into the Amazon rainforest in a blink of an eye. I can go anywhere and get inside any locked room or vault! Now you see, I have the power of teleportation, Batman. Are you fast enough to catch me?"

Batman and Robin cannot respond for they were still shocked to know there was a man who can be everywhere at once. "This is madness, Batman!" Robin said. "I can't think of something to beat him."

"I know, Robin. But we must not lose hope." Batman ensured. "We just have to find the way to defeat him. To catch this crook. We just need time."

Then Shadow Man said. "You also wonder why I made this gun."

Robin asked, "Why did you build that gun?"

The villain laughed, "To send you two away!" He turned two switches on the gun. They were longitude and latitude switches. He turned them to pinpoint where to send the cape crusaders away.

"Get ready, Robin." Batman whispered to his sidekick. "When I say go, we dodge."

"Got it, Batman." Robin prepared himself to move. "I'll go left."

"I'll go right." Batman said.

The Shadow Man pinpoint a perfect location to transport the crime fighters. "There! This place will be interesting for you!" He aimed the gun to the caped crusaders and fire. However, he did not expect them to dodge it quickly. The dynamic duo avoided the teleportation beam of the gun and then proceed on fighting the Shadow Man. Batman threw the first punch. But then the villain disappeared instantly. He then appeared again and kicked the masked vigilante from behind. "Too slow, Bats!"

Robin sneaked in to grapple the crook. But the Shadow Man detected him and so he disappeared again and appeared behind the Boy Wonder. "You can't catch me, Robin."

"Holy Haunting, Batman! We can't land a single punch on him. He's definitely untouchable."

"Certainly mind-boggling, Robin." Batman accept the fact that their enemy is powerful. "This is like mind games, Robin. We simply have to fool him into a trap."

However, the Shadow Man exclaimed, "Unfortunately, you will not get a chance!" He pointed the teleportation gun to them and shot them with the teleportation beam. The caped crusaders did not find time to evade. Now they were struck by the mysterious beam of the device, Batman and Robin find themselves fading away. "Batman! We are disappearing!" Robin yelled, unsure what will happen next.

Quickly, Batman held the boy's hand and ensured him and himself as well. "Everything will be alright, Robin. We are just... being transported... into another place... slowly. We will be alrig-" Then they were gone.

The Shadow Man laughed at his achievement. "Now that the dynamic duo are away, I can resume my great heist!"

To another place, the caped crusaders appeared again like they popped out from thin air. Batman and Robin checked if they still have their bodies or equipment. It appears they were in complete form. Nothing's missing.

"Holy Oxygen, Batman!" Robin said. "We survived. I thought the device will dice us into pieces and transport our parts to another place and we might miss an organ on our way here."

"That's not how it works." Batman explained, "The beam got us. Its energies covered our entire bodies and transported us whole. It is like a delivery package. We were put into a box and transport to another address."

Robin later understood the power of the device. "Now I get it." Then, the Boy Wonder began to wonder. "Where are we, Batman?"

Then a familiar voice answered him, "You're both... in trouble." It was the Penguin!

Batman and Robin looked around and find themselves trapped inside the maximum prison for super criminals. They saw Riddler, The Joker, Mr. Freeze, The Puzzler, False Face, Egghead, King Tut and many more villains that the Dynamic Duo put behind bars.

The villains were laughing for joy to get revenge. Revenge they desired since the day they got into prison.

"What are we going to do now, Batman?" Robin asked. "We are all surrounded. What are we going to do?"

AN OUT-OF-PLACE SCENARIO!

CAPED CRUSADERS TRAPPED IN PRISON!

WILL THEY GET OUT IN TIME TO CATCH THE UNCATCHABLE SHADOW MAN?

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