Author's Note and Disclaimer:

Now, I liked Elseworlds crossover much more than the crossover Crisis on Earth-X last year. There still was some minor WestAllen and Olicity drama that annoyed me but at least it wasn't the highlight of the crossover, nor was the crossover so much fanserviced like the previous crossover.

What disappointed me though, was that Batwoman wasn't as much in the spotlight as I had hoped she would be. I guess we'll have to wait for her until her own show in 2019.

This story is also part of DAR(H)K WAR saga and it will be loosely based on 2nd part of Elseworlds crossover and I will try to involve Kate (Batwoman) into this more and the story will also be inspired by Arkhamverse video games and Batman comic books.

I do not own DC Comics or the CW TV shows Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow or Batman comics or any other characters or elements pertaining to the mentioned franchises.

GCPD

"Dad?" Barbara asked as Commissioner Gordon was going through some papers in his office. "Dad."

Gordon raised his head. "What?"

"We're supposed to have dinner at Nicky's." Barbara reminded.

Gordon sighed as he looked at his watch. "I'm sorry, honey, it's just a lot of paperwork tonight due to some inmates being transferred to Arkham from Blackgate after the recent fire."

"Arkham?" Barbara blinked. "Would it even hold that many criminals?"

"The security is upgraded WayneTech." Gordon assured her.

Elsewhere

"It feels like it still has a hold of me… what I did." Henry admitted as he was talking with Dr. Leslie Thompkins. "But… Barbara and my friends gave me an advice that I've been holding onto."

"Which is?" Leslie asked.

"That I had to let go." Henry said. "Of what I did. And of my girlfriend and my daughter. That I can't let what happened to them and what I did after that, define me. And… I said my goodbyes to them but… I guess I'm still trying to figure out who I am now. For a long time I let that all define me…"

"You told me that you have made some new friends and you have a girlfriend and they helped you onto a new path." Leslie said, writing her notes down on her notepad. "There was a time you would have kept your distance from everyone to protect them…"

"But now…" Henry paused. "I guess I'm trying to figure out if I get by on my own or if…"

"…you need them." Leslie nodded. "The thing is, Henry, that you can't keep your distance from anyone anymore. You've already tried that, not letting someone too deep in. You'll always have people in your life and they'll want to carry your burden with you, whether you like it or not."

"I know that now." Henry nodded. "The thing is… there are some… other things that I've done that I had to let go of."

Leslie raised her brows. "Such as…"

Henry took a breath, considering telling her about his… time-traveling journeys. "Look, Lee… I…" He never told Sara, Oliver or anyone else, what exactly he did, when traveling with Thawne, Malcolm, Snart and Darhk. Could he tell them? About the people he killed? "It's not that I don't want to tell you… but… it's going to blow your mind."

"How so?" Leslie inquired.

Henry took a breath. "Until… eight months ago, I didn't remember. It's complicated but… I've seen things… beyond explanation and I did things… so terrible that people I cared about…"

"The time traveling?" Leslie tried and Henry blinked in surprise. "Bruce told me everything."

Henry looked a little taken aback. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Henry, come on." Leslie smiled. "I know you well enough that you often shut people out, when they ask you about things you're not comfortable talking about and you're the one, who takes his time letting people in onto some darker aspects of your life. The first thing you would have done, if I had brought it up, would be shutting me out."

Henry smiled. "Look, I… there are things I did, when I was with this… Legion… that haunted me for a while and…"

"The difference between them is, that in the end, all you wanted was to do right by your family. And Darhk, Merlyn, Snart and Thawne were all by themselves." Leslie assured him.

"OK, I think we'll continue our session tomorrow." Leslie said after looking at her watch.

Henry nodded as they both got up from their seats and shook hands. "I appreciate what you've done for me. Back then and now."

"Look, Henry, you were angry and full of grief and no one should fault you for what you did." Leslie nodded.

Henry sighed, smiling as he was more assured. "Back then, I kept bottling it all up but now… I have friends. People, who love me back…"

"And as long as they're here for you, you're never truly lost in the darkness." Leslie assured him before looking at her watch. "I think that's enough for today, we can continue our session next week."

They both got up and shook hands before Henry noticed a photo on Leslie's wall and took a closer look. "Who is that? He looks kind of familiar."

"That's Dr. John Deegan." Leslie explained.

"That nutcase doc?" Henry blinked. "I've heard of him, when I was doing my time in Arkham. They all said he was a creep."

"Yeah, he had some… controversial ideas and wanted to conduct some… creepy experiments." Leslie said uncomfortably.

"So, what, you've got a Frankenstein, or he's like Professor Strange?" Henry asked, referring to the famous professor, who was secretly a madman experimenting on inmates.

"Honestly, I'm not sure but he kind of gives me creeps of both." Leslie admitted.

"Why is he working here?" Henry asked.

"I keep asking myself that all the time." Leslie said.

"If you want to visit Nicky's for dinner…"

"I appreciate the offer but not tonight, Henry." Leslie declined as Henry smiled before both of them parted ways.

Fyff's house

"Is everything OK?" Sara asked as they were enjoying the dinner.

"Yeah." Henry nodded. "Really. I'll admit, I didn't like the idea of talking with her but… who knows. Maybe…"

"It won't be as bad as you think." Oliver said. "It's good to get some professional help."

"You said that she works in Arkham, right?" Thea asked and Henry winced.

"Yeah… look, I don't want to talk about Arkham, OK?" Henry said lowly.

"OK, I… was just…"

"Thea, things happened there that would make the League of Assassins and Damien Darhk's magic look like fairy tales." Henry said and Thea decided not to ask any further questions, since it was obvious that Henry being in Arkham was one of off-limits topics for him.

"OK…" Thea trailed off.

"Oh, my God…" Nicole whispered as she picked the remote to the TV as they saw on live news a man with inhumanly large muscles but nowhere near Bane's throwing policemen around like dolls and they were vainly trying to shoot at him.

"The man possesses an inhuman strength and the police has been unable to take him down…"

Gotham City

The officers dodged as the man threw at them a bench. They tried to shoot him but couldn't penetrate his skin before the man rushed at them and the officers dodged as the man smashed the cruisers.

Detective Renee Montoya fell down as a piece of debris was flying at her direction and scratched her in the arm.

The big man was about to finish Montoya off, when an electric batarang hit him in the shoulder, electrocuting him as he fell down, incapacitated as everyone turned around to see a woman in bat suit and with long red hair before she pulled out her grapnel gun and fired above, disappearing into the night.

"That wasn't Batman." One of the detectives said, confused.

Later, Gotham General

"Renee, you OK?" Henry asked as she put on her jacket, while the doctors finished patching her up.

"Don't worry about me, Henry." Montoya assured him.

"What was that?" Henry asked.

"I don't know." Montoya admitted. "He… it was almost like if he was like… Bane."

"Bane is in prison, I'm sure of that." Henry said.

"The police will take care of whatever that thing was." Montoya said.

"Get well soon." Henry held her shoulder.

"I appreciate it." Montoya smiled as Henry left and Sara was waiting at the corridor.

"How is she?"

"Nothing she won't shake off." Henry said before they walked down the corridor and met a young girl with combed short hair, red jacket and black shirt talking to a doctor.

"Hey, do you know where I can find Renee Montoya?"

"Montoya?" Henry repeated. "We just visited her. Around the corner, third door on the right end."

"Thanks." The woman said before raising her brows. "Wait… you're Henry Fyff, right? Renee talks a lot about you."

"Yeah…" Henry trailed off.

"I'm Kate. Renee's… friend." Kate said with a smile on her face that said that she was more than just a friend.

"So are we. But we… really should go." Henry said as he noticed the look on Sara's face as he narrowed his eyes at her.

"What?" Sara asked, blushing lightly.

"I saw that look in your eyes." Henry said slowly and with an edge in his tone.

"You have to admit, she is kind of… hot." Sara smirked and Henry groaned as an uncomfortable thought occurred in his mind instantly.

"Oh, my God, now I'm never going to get that image out of my head."

Sara laughed as she nudged Henry in his hip with her elbow. "I'm just kidding, you know that."

Henry growled. "You are evil sometimes, you know that?"

GCPD

"What are we looking at, Jim?" Batman asked as they were looking at the body of the giant that had been taken down earlier.

"I don't know." Gordon showed Batman an autopsy report. "Enhanced physique, bone and muscle density with a steroid-like substance."

"An augmented version of Venom…" Batman said.

"However, it had some side effects." Gordon said. "Prolonged usage apparently burns up the user's physique and if he exerts himself…"

"It can kill them." Batman finished.

"According to prints, his name is Warren Scott." Gordon said. "Committed to Arkham for murder of his twin sister because he claimed that she had been possessed. Textbook psychotic. And guess who was his doctor."

Batman narrowed his eyes. "Of course."

"I think we need to talk with John Deegan." Gordon said. "I already have a warrant to search his apartment."

"I'll get some answers out of him." Batman decided.

Later, Wayne Manor

"Wait, Deegan was behind this?" Barbara asked.

"Who's John Deegan?" Oliver asked.

"I've heard about him, when I was doing my time in Arkham." Henry said. "He was a psychiatrist, he never treated me, though but they said he was fired because of accusations of unethical conduct, despite the fact that the charges had been dropped. Torture and illegal experimenting on his patients."

"Like Dr. Crane?" Laurel asked.

"Worse." Henry shook his head. "From what I looked up, he later worked as a professor of human sciences but they said he was nuts. Not a lot of people take him seriously. He definitely is our suspect."

"You think he was behind this… wannabe Bane?" Dick asked.

"I wouldn't put it past him." Henry shrugged.

"I guess we'll have to pay a visit to Mr. Deegan. Where is he now?" Oliver asked.

"In Arkham." Barbara put down her phone. "Bruce just called me. He wants to visit Deegan in the asylum. But he said he might need a backup, since he thinks someone is trying to lure him there."

Henry tensed. "OK, I'm out."

Rene and Dinah looked at Henry confused. "What, spooked of nuthouses?"

"There's no way in hell I'm going to Arkham." Henry snapped before walking away.

"What, he's afraid to be around a bunch of nutsos?" Rene asked sarcastically.

"You didn't tell them?" Oliver asked Diggle.

"Rene wasn't exactly paying attention when I wanted to fill the recruits in." Diggle explained and Rene shrugged.

"What, everybody's got a past. I know that he hunted down some mercs who killed his daughter and then Batgirl caught him, had him sent to jail and then he was recruited by A.R.G.U.S." Rene said.

"Well, just so you know, he had a mental breakdown, when Barbara caught him before he'd kill one of the people who ordered the hit and she had him committed to Arkham. And those weren't exactly pleasant four months of his life." Diggle snapped.

"Oh." Rene gapped.

"I'll talk to him." Barbara followed Henry, who was staring outside the window. "You OK?"

"Yeah…" Henry sighed. "It's just… I don't want to go back to Arkham. I… Sometimes, I get nightmares from what happened there."

"I'm sorry." Barbara held his hand. "I… I thought it was the best I could do for you, back then…"

"I'm not blaming you for anything, Barbara." Henry assured her. "I get why you had me committed there. But still… whenever I think of Arkham…"

Barbara nodded. "It's going to be OK."

Arkham Asylum

"We're on the stakeout." Green Arrow said as he, Arsenal, Wild Dog, Spartan, Mr. Terrific, Speedy and the Canary were around the asylum. "Nothing out of the ordinary outside the asylum."

"Nothing out of the ordinary on the inside either." Batman said before he and Gordon entered Deegan's office but it was empty.

"Damn it." Gordon pulled out his gun and radio. "All units, put out a BOLO on Doctor John Deegan, now."

"Why bother, Bats?" A familiar psychotic cracking voice said.

"No, that's not possible…" Batman whispered.

"Anything is possible, Batsy... wherever you go, whatever you do, I'll be right behind you…" The voice laughed.

"I thought he was in lockup on Lian Yu!" Arsenal demanded as he turned to the Green Arrow.

"He was." Green Arrow nodded.

"Then how?" Arsenal demanded.

Suddenly, all cells in the asylum opened.

"Welcome to Joker's Asylum! Hahahahahahahaha!"

Some of the prisoners attacked the guards, taking their weapons and overpowering the doctors and other guards, quickly taking control of the asylum.

"No, no, no, no, no, not again, no!" Henry snapped.

"What?" Sara asked as she followed Henry down the corridor.

"We gotta find some weapons before…" Henry trailed off as around the corner they encountered a bunch of inmates, who eyed Henry with hateful eyes.

"Look, who we have here, boys. Henry. Motherfucking. Fyff."

"I've been waiting almost ten years for this." One of the inmates clenched his fists.

"Before we get into a situation just like this one!" Henry snapped. "This is why I never wanted to go back to Arkham!"

Outside the asylum, a red-haired woman in a bat suit was observing as she heard the sirens in the asylum blare before she pulled out her grapnel gun and flew towards the asylum.

Author's Note:

Bat-Family, Birds of Prey, Team Flash and Supergirl will appear later with some other characters.

So, what do you guys think? Is it good? Is it bad? Should I continue?

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Bl4ckHunter