Chapter Two~Joker
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So here's chapter two!
It should have been a simple mission. Batman wasn't taking his proteges (if you review telling me about the accent thing, you will get no e-cookie!) on very dangerous missions with the bigger villains just yet. They were only nine after all.
It should have been a simple mission.
Only a simple bank robbery.
But one thing led to another, and suddenly...
Joker.
Robin and Jay stood bravely beside their mentor in fighting stances against the Joker. They didn't show it, but they would have run away into the safety of their mentor's cape if they could have.
"Well, well, well! Look who we have here! Looks like Bats has brought the two little birds to meet their Uncle J!" he said laughing insanely.
"Joker." Batman growled. Joker laughed and pulled out two guns and pointed them at the boy and girl wonders. He smiled and pulled the triggers. The bullets grazed Robin's leg and Jay's arm. Joker's goons then surrounded Batman, cutting him off from his wards. Joker then slowly approached the twins.
(I'm not good at writing fight scenes, so please, as much criticism on this next part as possible!)
Joker sent a kick to Jay's ribcage, which sent her flying back into a wall. There was a sickening crunch as Jay felt one of her ribs break. Her head smacked up against the wall. Joker aimed his gun at Robin again and pulled the trigger. The bullet was stopped by his vest, but it still hurt. Robin fell for a minute, and Jay ran at Joker. He punched her back. She fell to the floor and Joker stood above her. He grinned like a maniac and stepped on her wrist. There was a loud snap as the bones shattered. Jay screamed in pain. Robin ran at joker, but he pointed hi gun at him and fired. The gun went off at a much closer range than the first, so this one penetrated the bullet proof vest and went through Robin's right chest area. He yelled and slumped to the floor. Joker walked over and kicked him so he was on his back. The kick cracked a rib or two and bruised a few others. He pointed the gun and shot Robin's kneecap, which shattered. Robin screeched. The Joker cackled and Jay ran at him. He merely shot her in her left shoulder. She screamed and slumped to the floor. Joker laughed again and picked up the two birds and threw them against the wall. The two children then slumped to the floor. Batman charged out of the goons and attacked Joker. He punched him square in the jaw, knocking him unconscious. The police finally arrived to pick up an unconscious bunch of goons and one very badly beaten Joker. When they turned to thank Batman, he, and his two broken birds, were gone.
Ahh! Cliff-hanger! Oh, but don't worry, I'm going to finish this right!
Jay: four broken and cracked ribs, shattered left wrist. Bullet wound in left shoulder. Bullet graze on her right arm. Bruises everywhere. Slight concussion.
Current status: sedated
Robin: three bruised and cracked ribs, one broken. Shattered left kneecap. Bullet wound in upper right chest. Bruises everywhere. Slight concussion.
Current status: sedated
Batman continued to repeating the same diagnostics over and over in his mind as he headed for the medical bay to see his two precious little birds.
"Oh, hey Alfred. Where's Bruce?" Superman asked over the video transmission.
"Master Bruce is in the medical bay." he told the man of steel.
"Is he alright?"
"Master Bruce is perfectly healthy." the butler told Superman as he ended the video link. Superman's eyes grew wide in realization.
"No..." he whispered. He then took off towards Gotham City.
Superman flew in and headed straight for the medical bay. He entered a room and saw the twins lying on the beds. He went to the closest child to him, which happened to be Jay. He reached down to touch her arm when a bat-a-rang zipped out and pinned his arm by his uniform to the wall behind him. A figure stepped out of the shadows as he yanked his arm free.
"Bruce..." Superman started.
"Get. Out." the Dark Knight growled.
"Bruce...what happened?" he asked as the figure took another step towards him.
"Joker happened! Who else would be sick enough to do this? Now, GET! OUT! NOW!" Batman snarled. He pushed Superman out of the room and glared. He stood in the doorway, not moving forward and inch. It was almost as if there was an invisible wall that held him in the room. He growled again and turned back into the room, shutting the door behind him.
Superman stared at the shut door.
"Hello Master Clark." Alfred said as he went over to the man of steel.
"Alfred...what's wrong with Bruce?" he asked the elderly butler.
"Master Bruce is fine. He's just overprotective right now. As he should. Any father would be." he said as he brought in a tray of food. Superman stood there stunned.
Batman sat down in the chair positioned in-between his two wards. He sighed and pulled his cowl off, revealing a very stressed Bruce Wayne. Robin and Jay then began to twitch. They slowly opened their masked eyes.
"Dad?" Jay asked weakly. Bruce went over and slowly took off his ward's masks, revealing twin sets of bright blue irises, identifying them as Richard and Jasmine Grayson.
"Hey. You two alright?" he asked softly.
"Yeah, don't worry Bruce..." Richard said with a small smile on his face as he and his sister drifted off in to a peaceful slumber. Bruce smiled gently and walked out of the room, shutting the door softly behind him. When he exited, he saw a stunned Superman standing in the Bat-cave. He rolled his eyes and ushered the man of steel out.
Wow. This was the longest one yet. In fact, because of this chapter, I've had to raise the rating to T. Please review and subscribe, and please, check out my profile and take my poll! It's desperately needed! Thank you all! This time, reviewers will get e-tacos! Yummy!
~Alyss