Chapter 6! I hope this story still meets your expectations. Thanks to everyone who favourite, reviewed and follows me! Ok, nothing more to say so...On to chapter 6!

Chapter 6:

Bruce was slowly drifting in and out of consciousness. He had no clue how much time had passed since the video. A couple of hours, days? Morning ? Night? He lost all sense of time.

He had managed to roll his way over to the wall so he could lean against it. The ceiling light flickered occasionally, like the fireplace on his last Christmas. He remembered his parents warm smiles and laughs. How lively and happy he was. Then all of it was ripped away from him because of a punk with a gun. A small tear rolled down his cheek. He allowed that one for his parents. It pained him so much to think about them.

'I can't think about them now. I have to find a way out of this mess.' He sighed and sunk deeper towards the floor. 'Think, think... The communicator!' Bruce snapped his head down, looking at his chest. His shirt was torn and bloody, but he ignored it. Still on his shirt was his communicator. His eyes sparkled with hope. 'If I could get my arms in front of me I could grab my communicator! There would most likely be no connection though. If I could just activate the panic button and throw it far away from here, they might be able to track me!' He quickly glanced at Joker who was doing something on his laptop. Joker hasn't said anything in a while and Harley left to go do something.

Bruce was famished and dehydrate. The last thing he ate was Alfred's homemade roast beef. But he could go for days without food that didn't bother him much. It was water. He just needed a sip. He smacked together his cracked bloody lips. 'The last thing I had to drink was my blood... Right, the communicator' He leaned against the wall harder and started to slowly slide himself up.

"HEY BATS!" shouted Joker springing off his chair. Bruce lost his concentration and fell to the floor with a thump, moaning in pain. He shot Joker a very annoyed look.

"What's with you?" Joker asked walking towards Bruce. Joker eyed the "button" on Bruce's shirt curiously.

"I never really paid attention to that." Joker said indicating to the "button".

"But really. You think with all that high-tech gadgets you got you think you could come up with a better disguise for a communicator." remarked Joker snatching the "button" off of Bruce's shirt. He threw it on the ground and crushed it under his foot.

'God, how many of my plans does he have to ruin?'

" Anyways, I know what to ask for you now. I think my plan will work. But you're probably dying to know what it is so I'll give you a hint. If they don't agree with my terms, you die. If they do, you still die. Eventually anyways." Joker said with a huge smile.

"Here let me help you up." said Joker reaching for Bruce's arm. Bruce jerked away, giving Joker a dark look.

"Oh come on." said Joker firmly grasping Bruce's arm, pulling him up. A strong volt of electricity surged through his arm and spread through his whole body. After three solid seconds Joker let go of Bruce's arm and let him painfully drop to the ground. Bruce screamed and felt his whole body go limp.

"Gotta love the hand buzzer." remarked Joker admiring the buzzer. "Huh, you're still awake?" said Joker surprised looking at the kid who was breathing heavily.

"Duh, of course you're still the Bat." Joker said smacking his forehead. He picked up Bruce with his other hand. Another strong volt of electricity surged through Bruce. He wanted to scream but it came out as a soft moan. Everything went black.

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"Whoa, sorry!" said Joker dropping Bruce. "Umm, sorry about that too. I thought I only had a buzzer on one hand, guess not." Joker said grinning at the knocked out boy.

Joker took off both of his buzzers and stuffed them in his pocket. He grabbed Bruce by his restraints and dragged him across the room. He leaned Bruce against the stone wall.

"Well you get yourself comfortable. I'm goanna call your friends now." Joker snickered.

The deranged clown walked over to his laptop and started to type. "You know I always liked an audience watching me." said Joker out loud. "Instead of calling your boring Bat Lair, how bout I call the Watchtower? Yeah, I think I'm going with the Watchtower." remarked Joker.

Joker typed in a few codes, then stepped back. He combed his hair back with his pocket knife and waited.

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The Watchtower was filled with rushing leaguers. Meanwhile the founding members discussed about Bruce's kidnapping.

"Have, you tried contacting him?" asked Diana.

"Yes, it's not working. There is something blocking the connection. I think it's magic." replied J'onn

"Well what are we going to do? We can't exactly search Gotham our self's for Bruce. You know how much attention and worry we would cause, if all of founding members were in Gotham? Especially if someone notices Batman is not with us." said Hawkgirl

"Nightwing, Batgirl and Robin are doing their best at Gotham. I'm sure they will find something quickly. They are trained by Bruce." added Superman

"I hope we find them soon. People are starting to ask where Bruce." said Flash.

"Yes, it would be better to keep this situation among our self's. We don't want other people worrying about it." said J'onn.

Before Diana could say anything Starfire burst into the room.

"Sorry to interrupt your meeting, but someone from Gotham is trying to call the Watchtower. I think it might be Bruce." announced Starfire.

The founding members exchanged a couple of worried glances before dashing out of the room. The group quickly got to the monitor room. Diana waited for a few approved nods before she pressed the answer button.

All of the T.V screens in the Watchtower went blank. The Watchtower fell silent as everyone looked at the screens in confusion. A crowd of Leaguers made their way to the main massive screen, that was just above the teleporters. In a few seconds the monitors turned back on and every one could clearly see Joker's face, gleaming at them.

"Helloooo, Leaguers!" squealed Joker. Small voices were heard from the crowd.

"Who's that guy?"... "Is that the Joker?" ... "I think he's from Gotham.."... "What's with the green hair?"

"Here's the deal. I want the following people released from Arkham Asylum:

Two Face, Hugo Strange and the Riddler." Joker said clearly.

"That's pretty much it. Then you can have your Bat back, there's no trick. I promise." he said smiling. "So we have a deal?" asked Joker. "Oh and by the way, I only want the Founding Members opinion only. I couldn't care less about the rest of you. But if you non important Leaguers say anything, I kill him." stated Joker moving aside so everyone could have a clear view of Bruce. His shoulders and up were resting against a wall. His head was drooped down and he was covered in blood. He had one black eye and a nasty slap mark on his cheek. His clothes were torn and his ankle looked broken. It was quite clear to everyone that he was beaten with something metal, due to the injures on his body.

There was a few gasps from the crowd of Leaguers, but they were smart enough not to say anything, or they were too shocked to say something.

"Sooo, yeah. Founding members we have a deal?" asked Joker.

"This is going to be hell for Bats when he comes back." said Flash quiet enough so only the people next to him could hear.

"And he might not If we don't agree to this." said Hawkgirl.

"If he put them in jail once I'm sure he can do it again." exclaimed Green Lantern.

"Agreed?" asked Superman. Everyone nodded their heads in approval.

Before Superman could say something Joker beat him to it.

"Wait, wait, wait. Don't tell me yet." said Joker smiling. " I want to know what the Bat thinks of this first." said Joker grinning. He pressed a few buttons on his computer then continued. "Ok, now you can hear me but I can't hear you. It's like those prank shows on T.V when they have a hidden camera and they prank people. It's hilarious you should watch it sometimes. Anyways, back to this." said Joker typing a few more codes in the computer.

"Perfect, now it looks like the computer is off. He won't suspect anything." Joker said excitedly.

He walked over to Bruce and crouched down.

"Hey, Bats! Wake up!" Joker said shaking Bruce's shoulder. There was no reply.

'Is he... no of course he's not.' thought Diana.

Joker gave Bruce a sharp kick in the side. There was only a soft grunt but nothing else. Joker was just about to kick him again but Bruce managed to dodge it just in time.

The small movement released a lot of tension from the crowd.

"Ah, I see your reflexes are still pretty sharp." said Joker nodding his head in approval. Bruce leaned against the wall in a sitting position glaring at Joker. Joker casually slid down the wall into a sitting position, a few meters away from Bruce.

"You know, for the next video I think I'm going to broadcast it live at the Watchtower." said Joker smiling.

Bruce pained expression shifted into a smirk. "You know... how stupid..that would..be?" he said between his short raspy breathes." The whole...freakin League... seeing this? You would... have..over.. a hundred leaguers... after you.."

'Bruce pretty much summed up the clowns death.' thought Green Arrow already wanting to wipe the smile off of Joker's face.

'Oh that clown is going down.' thought Supergirl angrily.

"Oh so now you're a big shot." he said smacking his lips in his Joker way. " You really think they all care about you? I bet half of the Justice league wouldn't care if you died or not." Joker said

'That's not true!' thought Plastic Man disbelief.

"I'm talking about... in general...just an average... eight year old...they would... be even more...pissed off..." Bruce said, his voice noticeably weak.

"Your "friends" don't actually like you. In fact I have some doubt that the founding members really like you. Flash most likely hates you." mocked Joker

'I don't hate him at all! Bruce isn't the most relaxed and easy-going guy around but we could be considered as close friends! We even played video games together a couple of times. He's pretty fun to hang out with when he's in a good mood which is rare. Sometimes anyways.' thought Flash

" Wonder woman doesn't know what she is getting herself into."

'How dare he say something like that?" thought Diana quite pissed off.

"You really think Supey is your best friend? He just learned how to deal with you."

'What? Bruce is my best friend! And he knows it.' thought Superman.

" Don't get me started on the rest, you think the Lantern and Green Arrow is one of your best buds? They all despise you.

'So not true. Bruce and I actually get along well. Especially out of uniform considering we are both billionaires' thought Green Arrow briefly thinking of all the fun chats they had at the boring business partiesbefore bringing his attention back to Joker.

'Bruce and I are pretty good friends! Geesh, what is with this clown.' thought Green Lantern shaking his head.

"After all you're only human, no powers like them, just a mere human. " pointed out Joker.

"They are...my friends...and I could...even consider them..as family...You... know..nothing.. about me..." Bruce snarled.

"Nothing? Or more than you would like?" questioned Joker, pausing to let the words soak in.

"Trust me, I know when someone is hated. Sadly, I've had lots of experience with that." Joker said with fake sorrow.

"Oh.. I wouldn't know...why" Bruce scoffed with a light smile.

"But you know. They are probably not going to do much to get you back. You're pretty much useless to them. All you can do is patrol one pathetic city. They can patrol the world if they wanted to." mocked Joker.

Bruce glared at Joker for a few moments. Then spoke.

"I expect them to...but I don't want them too... I know..the..risk. I know... I could die...every time I put...on my...mask. They shouldn't...sacrifice anything for my... careless mistakes." he said wearily.

" I don't even know...if it's morning or..night...If it has been days...or hours... But I do know..that they...will make sure...justice is served...not for...me but to protect the worlds...sanity... from people like you.." Bruce shot back, using what energy he had left.

"So you think, if I ask them something for your return they will do it?" asked Joker

"They will...do what's...right. An eight...year old... or Batman...won't...be missed too much...besides...I should have...died with the...cities...sanity...awhile...ago from...a punk...with a gun..." Bruce managed to say. His laboured breathes were becoming more audible.

"Not sure what the last bit means. But that works for me. Anything else you want to add?" Joker asked politely.

"Yeah... guys, I'm at Gotham... Docks,.. warehouse... 516." said Bruce with a sly smile staring directly at the camera lens.

Joker just stood in the spot flabbergasted. "That's not fair! How did you know!?" blurted out Joker.

Light laughter arose from the crowd of leaguers.

"Yep, good old Bruce." said Superman smiling. "Always has a plan." said Diana smirking.

" At first I... didn't.. notice.. but really. You think... with all.. your experience... you could come... up with a better... disguise... for the camera..." said Bruce mocking Joker.

"Ok that's enough sass from you mister. You just earned yourself a time out." said Joker approaching Bruce.

"Night, night" snickered Joker kicking Bruce hard on the side of his head. Bruce's head harshly smacked into the stone wall behind him and he fell forwards, motionless to the ground.

Joker walked back to the computer and typed in a few codes.

"Well, that was fun!" Joker said cheerfully.

The whole Watchtower was completely quiet again. Some were still trying to process what just happened. Then suddenly there was a burst of questions and protest.

"Guys, will you shut up? Let Supey here answer my question!" complained Joker.

In a few moments the Watchtower fell silent again.

"What should we do?" asked Flash.

"Now we know were Bruce is. But he's still in danger." said Green Lantern.

"I think we should agree till we can figure out a way to get him without actually releasing any inmates." said J'onn.

"We better do it quick. Joker never seems to keep his promises for long." added in Diana.

"Agreed." said Superman. Superman walked a few step forward and clear his throat.

"We agree to your terms." spoke Superman loud and clear.

"Okie, well you release the mentioned and tell them to meet in the usual. I'll drop Batsy off sometime tomorrow!" Joker said satisfied.

"Why not today?" challenged Diana.

"Ohh, I just need to catch up on some things..." said Joker with a sly smile.

"Oh whatever I'll just tell you why. I'm sure when Batsy here is back to his regular age sometime tomorrow I'm sure I would recognize him. To know who the Bat really is would be quite an honour! Well, if they are not released today or tomorrow then he dies. That's pretty much it sooo bye!" said Joker turning off the camera.

Before everyone in the Watchtower started firing questions at them Superman spoke.

"We will explain it later."

For a few seconds J'onn's orange eyes glowed. Moments later his eyes stopped glowing.

"I just told them." said J'onn smiling.

"Nice one, that saved us a lot of time." Flash said grinning.

"You guys go tell Nightwing, Robin and Batgirl what happened. I'm going to go ask Zantana if she can reverse the spell sooner." said Diana.

Everyone nodded in agreement and headed off. Diana walked in the opposite direction towards the Magic Library. It was quite in the halls and her heels surprisingly made no sound when she walked. She walked towards the Library and opened up the door. Zantana was sitting down busily reading a book.

"Hi, Diana!" said Zantana without looking up from her book. "I can just tell who it is." she said looking up for the first time and winking.

"Hey, do you think you can check to see if there is any way to reverse Bruce's spell quicker?" asked Diana

"There is a way but I would need him here physically. What colour was the spell?" said Zantana

"It was a midnight purple." replied Diana.

Zantana gave Diana a weird look.

"What?" asked Diana

" Oh, it's nothing. Just strange that this spell would be Midnight purple... But don't worry it's fine. I'll tell you if I find anything." said Zantana taking a book off of the many cluttered shelves.

"Thanks!" said Diana smiling before leaving the room.

Zantana opened up the book that read "Minor Spells". She flipped through the old pages before stopping. She scanned the page for the information she needed. It read.

*A spell that causes the target to de-age. The ages may vary. This is a non deadly spelll and the average wear off time is one week. This spell can be reversed if the victim is physically near you or if the perpetrator reverses the spell. This spell is Light Blue.*

'Hmm, there isn't much I can do.'

She was just about to close the book when she froze. She read the ending of the spell again.

*This spell is Light Blue*

"But Diana said the colour was Midnight Purple..." she muttered underneath her breath.

'Midnight purple, midnight purple... I know that colour means something important..'

It felt like her heart skipped a beat. She remembered exactly what midnight purple meant.

"No, It can't..." she said out loud, rushing over to the back of the small Library. Zantana made her way to the back of the room. There was a small dusty shelf in the corner. It looked like no one used any books from there for years. She grabbed a book off the shelf and ran back to her messy desk. The book was black and was a foot wide and a foot long. She flipped to the middle of the book and blew off some dust. She found the spell she was looking for. Her eyes desperately scanned the spell info. Her eyes darted faster and faster hoping not to read what she was looking for. But she did.

*This spell is Midnight Purple.*

Zantana wasted no time racing out of the room after Diana. Her sudden movement blew out three of the four candles on her desk.

The last candle on her desk was still glowing brightly, lighting up everything on the wooden desk. The light lit up the title of the book perfectly. In golden letters it read:

*Book Of Death Spells*

Plot twist! Ooo the spell Bruce got hit with is a death spell. Let's see if he will survive or If I'm going to kill him. ;) Thanks for reading!-Blue Raven