Just Another Day in Gotham

by LifeSucksMusicDoesn't

"Run!" Echoed through the filthy Gotham alley. Two pairs of filthy sneakers pounded on the slime covered ground, followed by eight pairs of boots. Two panting breaths from aching lungs that screamed for air were lost in the howling wind. A new villain is in Gotham, and everyone is about to go down in flames.

2. Chapter 2

Epilogue:

The Cleaner sat in a cell, his usual black replaced with the bright orange of the Arkham uniform. The screams of anger and moans of pain from his fellow inmates surrounded him, washing over him and making his fragile grip on sanity slip away further. The man didn't belong here, he was not insane. He knew exactly what he was doing. He was helping people; he should have been made a king, not thrown in prison! It was all that wretched gypsies fault! When the guards realized that he was making the world a better place and released him, the man decided he would go after Richard Grayson first. This time he would not have an easy and relatively painless death.

Screams echoed through the hall, louder than normal and guards ran down past his cell as an explosion went off. Deranged laughter and the sounds of fighting rang towards him, which the man welcomed gladly. Another explosion went off and all was quiet. Someone was whistling a cheerful tune as they walked down the hall in-between the cells and the man strained to see who. The other prisoners in the cells across from him whimpered and pushed back to the edges of their cells, trying to blend into the white walls behind them.

The tune slowed down and suddenly stopped, replaced by the eerie laughter from earlier. All of a sudden a pasty-white man with green hair and blood red lips appeared in front of his cell, pressing his face to the bars. "Yoo-hoo! New dude! Hear your causing trouble in my city, got the bat real riled up! Good on you!" The clown laughed again.

"Thank you. It is nice to see someone appreciates my brilliance." The Cleaner said, proud of himself.

The clown laughed again. "So what're you in for?" The man grinned casually and told him. "Coolio! I haven't heard about a new villain coming out with that big of a bang in ages! You're coming with me! Imagine the fun we can have together!" With that the clown unlocked the cell and the two fled out of Arkham, leaving no trail behind.

By the time the Bat and the Bird arrived it was too late, the clown and the creep were gone. Robin shuddered in the shadows and Batman placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "It's okay Robin, we'll find him."