Chapter 2 - What's on the Other Side?
Batman opened the door to the asylum, and looked into the dank, dark corridor. There was a metal cage style door between the reception room and the rest of the asylum. He went over to the desk, expecting to find a receptionist but there was no – one there. He looked around but seemingly empty. He decided to ring the buzzer which was on the main desk. He waited around for a while and there was still nothing. He used the bat-master key to open the cage type door and locked it behind him. He looked around the maze of corridors, but there was nothing, out of no where he heard a most sinister laugh, wondering where it was coming from he followed the sound, but no matter which way he went it didn't seem any further away, but on the contrary, it wasn't closer either.
"Who's there" he asked, trying to sound unaffected by this seemingly practical joke...Joker. He thought to himself but he couldn't be could he? How would he have come up with such a riddle...Riddler? Batman was starting to wonder if this was a scheme to free themselves.
"How, can one tell you who they are, if you do not know who you are?" the voice replied. Batman was confused and looked around.
"At least show yourself" He replied, ignoring the stupid fashion in which the voice was talking.
"I am here, if you can not see, maybe you do not wish to see, if you wished to see, then you would see I am here" the voice replied. Batman was beginning to get frustrated.
"If I did not wish to see, I would not ask to see, see?" Batman replied, and looked around.
"No, I do not see." The voice replied. Then Batman realized who it was he was most likely talking to
"Riddler! Show yourself." he demanded and sure as day, the Riddler was sat there on a mushroom top, smoking from a pipe. Batman blinked twice, surely he could not have come from nowhere, and where did the giant mushroom come from?
Batman took in a deep breath and looked around, if Riddler was here, then surely the others would be around somewhere, and Poison Ivy couldn't have just vanished. Then again, the Riddler has just appeared... so the laws of usual logic didn't seem to work very well in here. Batman was worried he might fall into a trap, he tried contacting someone but there was still no reception on the bat-talkie. He looked at the Riddler, and all the Riddler did was smoke his pipe.