Chapter 2: Jason the Accidental Helper
Bat Mite was intrigued at how Jigsaw might have been able to apprehend a certain Jason Voorheers to do his bidding should those within his little game fail.
"Oh my indeed, this Jigsaw fellow is quite cunning in even managing to capture Jason who would no doubt try to go after my favorite hero, but he better pull everything up his sleeve for this one, or he won't last as long" laughed Bat Mite who continued to watch what was going on.
Jason indeed was on a roll, as he entered the room where the Penguin was located, the poor Penguin woke up to find himself in a cage that was obviously fit for a penguin quite mocking him in this manner.
"This is humiliating!" cried the Penguin as he then recognized a timing device was ticking somewhere, there was also some nerve gas ready to go off, as some gas canisters were in the cage as well.
"Little penguin" said the Billy puppet who appeared in front of him on a television screen, "it seems you are in quite in a predicament, you might think the Batman is on his way to rescue you, but another one of my guests will indeed be more than happy to help you."
"Is this a joke from the Joker or did the Riddler decide to upgrade himself to even eliminate his own former friends?" asked the Penguin.
"I am not such a thing what you speak of" laughed Billy, "however, I do hope you can survive this, if you want to learn the truth that is."
As the Billy puppet vanished, Jason entered the room and noticed the Penguin locked up in a cage.
"I don't know who the heck you are, but if Batman is here, let's make a deal and kill two birds with one stone while we're at it" laughed the Penguin.
Jason typically didn't have his typical chainsaw with him, nor any other tool. But as he looked around the room, he noticed a crowbar was good enough. He quickly went to work and started to bash the cage that the Penguin was locked in.
"You idiot, you're going to let the nerve gas, or whatever toxins fill this area!" cried the Penguin.
Jason however, ignored the Penguin's whining, and did manage to open up the cage.
"Oh thank you, thank you" said the Penguin to which Jason felt this gesture was quite foreign to him as he was about to then use the crowbar on the Penguin.
"Hey, watch it pal, I thought we'd be friends?" cried the Penguin which the crowbar nearly missed him by only a few inches.
Jason stood there at the Penguin not seem to care.
"Bah, if you're a villain too like me, you don't know the rules around these parts" said the Penguin, "let's get out of here."
Jason at first wanted to find the right chance to get rid of the Penguin, but it seemed like he had no other choice but to follow him if he wanted to get to the main prize of facing off with the Dark Knight. The Dark Knight himself was having trouble trying to free Two-Face from his trap.
"Hurry Bats, the sand just keeps on pouring down, I don't know how long the hammer will come swinging for me!" cried Two-Face.
"Joker, see if you can find an object that's just as heavy as the amount of sand, maybe we can even it out" said Batman.
"Are you kidding, seeing the demise of a competitor like Two-Face is what I live for" laughed the Joker.
"But you'd prefer to have done this yourself, right?" asked Batman.
"Bah, always being so specific!" cried the Joker, "When I find a way to free Two-Face, I am going to make this Jigsaw wish he'd have never crossed paths with the Joker!"
The Joker managed to find a large empty safe that was just the right amount of weight to ensure Two-Face would be safe from the large hammer that would smack down on the poor criminal. Both the Clown Prince of Crime and the Dark Knight lifted the heavy object, and carried it onto the other platform which obviously evened out the two platforms making it almost an equal sign of justice being well balanced freeing Two-Face.
"Don't you think that was quite ironic that being balanced helped save your life?" asked the Billy puppet who showed up on a television screen again.
"Listen to me pal, when I find who's controlling you puppet, I am going to give you the chance whether he may live or not" said Two-Face who wasn't moved by the Billy puppet's remarks.
"I think we better get going, there are still others from Arkham Asylum still trapped here" said Batman.
"More of my competitors being trapped by this nutcase?" cried the Joker, "I should have thought of this kind of contraptions!"
Jigsaw was indeed watching the entire events unfold from the safety of his armchair in the main security room of the building. His apprentices Armanda Young and Mark Hoffman were both present.
"Mark, I am pleased you've managed to get those locked up in the Arkham Asylum to be involved in these traps" laughed Jigsaw, "you and Amanda are quite the team here."
"Yes, we had no trouble getting access to the Arkham Asylum, nor even being able to knock out the Dark Knight when he was investigating a possible prison riot" added Mark.
"Yes, yes, indeed, that was the right cover for Batman to arrive on the scene" continued Jigsaw, "as for Jason, I am most impressed with how you were able to apprehend him."
"I volunteered under an alias at the notorious camp that he often stayed at when he was a child" added Amanda, "his targets were mostly and often sitting ducks, but this time however, he was a sitting duck for me."
"Very well, continue to monitor the ongoing events" said Jigsaw, "I sense Batman is about to run into Solomon Grundy who is in quite a predicament. Let's see if old Grundy has the intelligence to get out of this one."
