Return from an Old Friend

Batman struggled as the vines wrapped around his throat.

"Batman, Batman, Batman, I expected better from you. I really did. But nobody can resist Poison Ivy."

Batman was quickly losing oxygen as he grabbed and broke one of many vines that Ivy was controlling. Ivy quickly fell to the floor and writhed in pain.

"Batty how could you!" Ivy screamed as she

While Batman was on the floor gasping for breath he rapidly got up and wrapped his gloved hands around her neck. "Ivy it's people like you that make me have to be Batman!"

Poison Ivy was soon unconscious. Batman then pulled out his phone and dialed Gordon.

"Gordon, I've got Ivy. It's time to put her behind bars once again. The only thing I'm worried about is that she was harder to beat and I think the Joker has something to do with it."

"OK, the squad will be by soon," Gordon said, "where the hell are you?"

"I'm at Gotham City Bank," said Batman. He then closed and crushed the phone. Afterwards he tossed the phone in the trash. He silently left the bank and hopped in the Batmobile. As Batman rode threw the silent night he quickly went through the night's revels.

Flashback

"Good morning Master Wayne," said Alfred cheerfully. "Breakfast will be ready momentarily."

"Ah, thank you Alfred I'll be down in a few minutes," said Bruce with a little drowsiness in his voice.

As Bruce walked down the stairs into the dining room he realized how lonely he really was. As he sat down to a breakfast of pancakes and eggs he thought to himself, "Man I really need a girlfriend."

Bruce finished his breakfast and picked up his phone and dialed Rachel.

"Hello?" Rachel said.

"Hey it's your old friend, do you wanna come over and have lunch?"

"Um, now isn't really the best time," said Rachel as she got out of the bed of Mr. Harvey Dent.

"That's fine we'll just have to catch up some other time," Bruce said smugly.

Flash-forward to mid-afternoon

Bruce's cell-phone rang loudly. "What is it?" said Bruce with a hint of annoyance in his voice.

"You'd better get to the bank Batman there's someone who's missed you," said an all to familiar voice.

"Joker I won't stand for this you will be back to your all to familiar jail cell!"

"Batman I thought you'd say that," as he hung up and cackled very loudly.

Bruce Wayne ran down to his library and pulled the lever. A bookcase rose and a hidden hallway was revealed. Bruce quickly ran down into the batcave and changed into his suit. He then ran and jumped into the Batmobile and sped to Gotham City Bank.

As he pulled up to the bank he saw that the doors were in ruins. He jumped out of the Batmobile and ran up the steps and stepped inside the bank. He walked inside and realized he was stepping on vines and that he could barely see the floor. He ran into the back room and fell into a pool of water.

He got up and looked around and everywhere he looked there were vines and plants and couldn't see a thing. He then saw, at the end of the room and giant Venus-fly-trap with its mouth closed. The mouth suddenly opened up and there sat the one and only Poison Ivy.

"Batman longtime no see. I'm so excited to finally see you again."

She hastily ran up to him and kissed him on the lips. The Batman was now under Ivy's control because there was poison on her lips. She then made her many beloved vines wrap around the Batman.

Forward to present time