AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sorry for the delay.

TRAPPED IN THE LION'S DEN

Previously, our Dynamic Duo faced a new villain calling himself the Uncatchable Shadow. The crook used a teleportation device to send Batman and Robin to the maximum prison cafeteria where the crime fighter's greatest foes were locked up.

"Holy Suspense, Batman! We're surrounded!" Robin said.

"Don't worry, Robin. We're in prison. That means there are security guards nearby." Batman remained positive during the situation. "We just have to call them... with my Bat Radio." The cape crusader pulled out a small device from his utility belt. "Cover me, Robin, while I call for help."

"Sure, Batman!" The Boy Wonder prepared himself for the battle as the criminals charged towards them at the same time. The young man fought those crooks quite good. He sucker-punched the Joker and Penguin at the same time and then faced King Tut and False Face. "How's the call, Batman?" He asked his partner as he kicked the Riddler away.

Taking cover under the cafeteria table, Batman responded. "It's no use. I don't have the prison guard's phone number. I only have here is Commissioner Gordon's."

Meanwhile...

As he was about to take his lunch break, Commissioner Gordon heard the Bat Phone ringing back in his office. "Batman calling me in my office? Is he in trouble?" Chief O'Hara heard the phone ringing too and he hurriedly came to the office. He encounter the commissioner at the door of the office. "You heard it too?"

"Of course. I was about to leave for lunch, then the Bat Phone started ringing." Gordon said.

"Could it be that Batman is in trouble? He only calls us if he's in a case. But this..." Chief O'Hara can feel something is wrong. "It appears we have to answer it to find out."

"Certainly."

The two went in to the office and answered the phone. Gordon answered, "Batman?"

Batman responded, "Commissioner! We are in prison!"

"Prison? How? Have you violated any law, Batman?"

"I have not!" Batman grunted as he avoided the clutches of the crook. "It is hard to explain, Commissioner. But you have to believe me."

"I have heard of crazy tales, Batman. Even the supernatural." Gordon said. "You can tell me anything."

Batman then said. "Well, to make it short... a criminal transported us in to prison with his teleportation gun."

Chief O'Hara was surprised to hear that name. "The teleportation gun! I have heard it before. It was developed by a tech company called Cadmus. I heard it was stolen three days ago."

Gordon spoke to Batman. "That weapon has been stolen three days ago, Batman. It appears you just encountered the thief."

"Yes. The uncatchable one." Batman said.

"What do you mean?" Gordon wondered.

"I can explain it to you later, Commissioner. But I need your help!" Batman ducked, avoided the punch from Egghead. "You have to call the security in the maximum prison and tell them Robin and I are inside the prison, surrounded by our arch-nemeses."

"Good God! Batman's in trouble!" Gordon told Chief O'Hara. "Call the warden of the Gotham maximum prison now! Tell him Batman and Robin are in trouble."

"I'm on my way." O'Hara said.

Back in prison, Robin seemed to be holding off a lot of criminals by himself. However, the Boy Wonder began to tire himself. "Batman, did the commissioner answer?"

"He did and he's about to call the warden." Batman said. "We just need time."

After being punched and kicked around by Robin, Joker got up and yelled in delight. "That's right, boys! Beat the bat until he drops! I want them both on the floor defeated and beaten!" Joker wanted to see the dynamic duo defeated. Helpless. Weak. It will bring joy to his day. But then someone came through the crowd of criminals, it's the unpredictable Zsasz. He pulled out a sharped object carved into a knife. "Beaten? I say 'dead'!" He attacked Batman from behind.

Something struck him at first, he wonder if it was just a normal human reaction or just a part of him who doesn't want his arch-nemesis gone. Joker yelled at the caped crusader. "Batman! Watch out!"

Hearing the Joker's warning, Batman turned and saw the incoming serial killer. The masked vigilante quickly dodged the attack and counter it with his knock-down move. Zsasz was then incapacitated.

The criminals stopped and saw their fellow inmate carrying a knife. Everyone were shocked to see someone holding a knife in prison.

Then there was the sound of Police siren coming from outside. The criminals raised their hands as the police came in and rescued Batman. Then the officers asked the criminals to go back to their cells and so they did.

The duo were glad to see the police again and Batman shook hands with them. "It's good to see you."

"You too, sir." One of the officers expressed his deepest admiration to the caped crusaders' work. "You guys are my heroes. You helped us fight crime and..."

"Forgive for stopping you there, officer." Batman said. "We have a thief on the loose. We don't much time and we need to get out of here."

"Right this way, sir." The officer showed the two the exit.

As the duo got back in the bank, thanks to the police officer who drove them there, Batman and Robin found the bank vault empty. They felt defeated after that. All the money gone, taken by a man who can go anywhere. Robin was disappointed. "We lost, Batman. He escaped. What are we going to do now?"

Batman then got an idea. "Robin! It appears we are going to need some help."

"From who, Batman." Robin asked.

"From the authorities. We need their full participation in this capture. I might include the government." Batman went to his bat phone and called the most powerful man alive."

Robin guessed, "Superman? Are we going to call him?"

Batman tried to corrects his protégé. "No, Robin. We cannot disturb Superman and his outer space work for a thief that leaps from different space and time."

"But it would be easy if we get all the Justice Society here."

"Sometimes, Robin... we just have to do everything on our own."

"Okay, Batman. So who are you calling?"

"The President of the United States."

THE MOST POWERFUL MAN ALIVE!

BATMAN ASKED PRESIDENT FOR HELP!

WHAT IS BATMAN'S PLAN TO CATCH THE UNCATCHABLE SHADOW?

FIND OUT NEXT TIME!

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