Batman: Full Circle

Interior Arkham Asylum: Dawn is about to break Commissioner Gordon walks down a dark corridor with Batman leaning onto him for support, Gordon uses all is strength to keep him from falling. The whale of police sirens can be heard in the distance.

Gordon: "Let me take you to another wing Bruce"

Batman: "No, please, this, this ends now"

Gordon: "But Bruce, there all awake, they….."

Batman: "GORDON!"

Two-Face: "Be careful with him Gordie, he's fragile, I should know"

Interior Arkham cell corridor, Gordon keeps his head down close to Batman and whispers in his ear

Gordon: "Focus on me Bruce don't listen to a word they say, you hearing me son"

Batman: "Humph, too late"

Interior Arkham cell corridor: Gordon lifts his head and adjusts his posture he stands tall and musters all his strength carrying Batman past all the cells a tear runs down his cheek.

Penguin: "Chin up old chap, were a higher class you and I"

Bane: "Break him brother"

Batman: "He…."

Gordon: "Come on Bruce don't you give up on me son please"

Batman: "He…."

Victor Zsasz: "Don't worry Gordon, id gladly end his misery but he's still kicking this one and will be for a long time I'm telling yeah"

Batman: "He…..He cant…."

Gordon: "Come on now son were here"

Interior Arkham: Gordon and Batman stand in front of closed cell, Batman leans against the cell door and composes himself Gordon lets him go and opens the cell door.

Gordon: "You don't have to do this son, I can help, I can get you away from all of this"

Exterior Arkham: Several police squad cars screech to a halt by Arkham's giant gates they have been secured with several chains and heavy duty padlocks, the sirens whale on.

Batman: "You taught him well, he wasted no time finding me"

Gordon: "He'll come for me before you son, you probably have about ten minutes before they break through"

Interior Arkham: Batman stands in front of an open cell the room is total darkness

Gordon: "Isn't there anything I can….."

Batman: "It ends…."

Joker; "Oh my, he, he haven't we all heard this one before, he, he, welcome to my humble abode Brucie baby."

Interior Arkham: Gordon slumps down next to the open cell door holding his head in discomfort. Batman takes a step within the cell to finally confront the Joker.

Batman: "Hiding in the corner won't help you Joker"

Joker; "Well, Well somebody ate there carrots like a good little bunny whabbit didn't they"

Batman: "Silence, I'll get to you soon enough"

Interior Jokers cell:Batman looks ahead and sees a young Bruce Wayne

Batman: "I failed you"

Jervis Tetch: "Run Rabbit, Run!"

Joker: "Hush now looney hats, the bats is digging and I want to see how far this rabbit hole goes, go on my dear"

Interior Jokers cell: Batman reaches into the dark and grabs Joker by the throat throwing him to the other side of the cell he returns his gaze onto the child Bruce Wayne.

Batman: **Cough, Cough**, "I'm so sorry, I should have taken this dam thing off years ago, they wouldn't have wanted this, and I'm so sorry please forgive me"

Interior Jokers cell; Batman takes off his cowl and the child Bruce Wayne smiles and slowly dissipates.

Joker: "Oooh that just made me feel gooey all over, and you know what, yep I think it brought a tear to my eye, do excuse the smell it was asparagus Thursday, he, he, ho, ho"

Interior outside Jokers cell: Gordon hears the hustle of Gotham's finest running through the corridors he stands to attention and draws his gun.

Gordon: "I can't hold them off for long son; if Bullock and his men get to you you're….."

Joker; "Oh dear Bats, you have been a naughty boy haven't you….OH JOY!"

Interior Jokers cell: Joker leaps onto Batman back wildly riding him like a bucking bronco.

Joker; "Yippee ha, ha, ha, he, he, he, It only took a year for you to break Bat's and now, now you're just like me"

Interior Jokers cell: Batman grabs the Joker and violently throws him to the ground. He stands over him and grins.

Batman: "I killed before then, and that, that was my will my doing you played no part in that day"

Joker: "What, what are you implying Bats?"

Batman: "I killed you Joker"

Joker: "Oh Bats, Bats, Bats, I slipped you reached out to grab me it was an accident"

Batman: "Think back to that day; think about my face the only thing we shared that day was…."

Joker: "A smile, oh poop"

Interior outside Jokers cell: Bullock and several armed police officers run down the cell corridor:

Gordon: "Their here son, their….."

Batman: "Do it Gordon, He, he can't escape"

Interior outside Jokers cell: Gordon with a heavy heart slams the cell door, securing the lock he hides the key inside his pocket.

Gordon: "God forgive me"

Harvey Bullock: "GORDON!"

Gordon: "Stand back Bullock, he's at peace now he can't harm anybody, no more"

Interior Jokers locked cell: Batman pulls out a sharp batarang

Batman: "No more"

Joker: "What the hell do you think you're..."

Interior out side Jokers Cell: Harvey and Gordon both have their guns drawn

Harvey Bullock: "Gordon I've got several dead bodies at the Wayne Mansion and god knows how many he's done in prior to that he's lost Gordon he's truly bat shit crazy"

Gordon: "Son, you ok in there?"

Interior Jokers locked cell: Batman still kneeling stands to attention

Batman: "It's just me and you now"

Joker: "No Bats you cant do this, we were free we finally became one we….."

Batman: "There is no we, Joker, I know what I've become and I know what I must become yet again"

Joker; "No, please, no, no…"

Interior Batman's cell: Batman pulls his cowl back over his head and stands alone in the cell

Joker: "No, what are you doing you're the JOKER DAM IT, ME AND YOU BOOBIE ME AND YOU!"

Batman: "No….I'm Batman"

Interior Batman's cell: Batman cuts his throat blood pellets draw out from his neck like pearls dropping from a snapped necklace. The Batman is no more.

The End