Chapter Eighteen: Clash of the Titans

The morning sun shines through the large window in Bruce's room onto awaking her from her slumber; she open's her eyes to an empty bed wondering where Bruce was Tori put on one of Bruce's shirts that she found next to the bed and went looking for him. Meanwhile Bruce, Alfred and Gordon were in the Batcave.

"Master Wayne, can you please explain to me again why I'm looking this up?" asked Alfred.

"Because she might have important information about The Council, all I need to know if Harley is still in L.A. and if so postpone going to Gotham today to talk to her" answered Bruce.

"Very well Master Wayne I'll see what I can find" said Alfred as he started to type on the BatComputer.

"Thanks Alfred" said Bruce as he walked to his working station and continued to work on one of his projects.

"Sometimes it's still hard to believe that you're Batman" said Gordon as walked around the cave admiring the vehicles, technology and the numerous Batsuits.

"Keep believing" said Bruce as he continued to weld away on his project with numerous sparks shooting out.

Suddenly there was a ding from the elevator the doors open to reveal Tori walking out barefoot into the cave catching the attention of Alfred and Gordon leaving Bruce oblivious that she was there.

"Morning, Alfred" said Tori as she walked to Bruce at his working station.

"Good morning, Miss Vega" said Alfred as he continued to type away on the BatComputer.

"Morning, Jim"

"Morning, kid" said Gordon.

Taking a quick break from working on his project Bruce raises his only to see Tori walking towards him still looking beautiful in the shirt he was wearing last night. He removed the goggles from his head and met up with Tori in the middle if the cave.

"Good morning, beautiful" said Bruce lovingly as he wrapped his arms around her then giving her kiss.

"Good morning, handsome" said Tori also lovingly and giving Bruce another kiss.

"Get a room you two" jokingly said Gordon.

"We did last night" said Bruce with a big grin as Tori gave him a playful slap on his chest.

"Master Wayne, I may have found something" shouted Alfred across the cave from the BatComputer, Bruce then raced over to Alfred.

"What did you find out?" asked Bruce.

"Well after your fight with The Joker, Miss Quinn was arrested and sent to the Women's Los Angeles County Jail but eventually became incredibly uncontrollable due The Joker's death" Bruce's closed his eyes and shook his head in shame " She was then transferred back to Gotham City where she is now currently undergoing treatment at Arkham Asylum"

"That settles it we're going to Gotham today" said Bruce as walked back to his working station arm linked intertwined with Tori but was stopped in their tracks by Alfred.

"Excuse me, Master Wayne may I remind you that Miss Valentine, Miss West, Mr Harris, Mr Oliver, Mr Shaprio and his puppet are coming to the house later today" stated Alfred.

"They are?" asked Tori as she and Bruce continued walking to the working station.

"Yeah I thought it'd be a good idea to see them before we left, you know just to make sure that they're okay and so they can see how we're doing" said Bruce as sat back down at his working station in which he continued working on his project by a using a special laser to finish it.

"Finished" said Bruce happily.

"What is it exactly?" said Tori.

"Let's just it's for an emergency" said Bruce as he looked down his finished project, a mechanical watch like device with a white glowing light in the shape of the bat symbol and he then placed it in a spherical case locking with a special fingerprint security system.

Bruce, Tori, Alfred and Gordon then all walked to the Batcave's elevator to go up to the Manor. The hands of clock turned as the sun rose higher in the sky making the time around midday with Bruce and Tori sitting in the Manor's main living room when suddenly they hear a knock at the door. Alfred then quickly answers the door.

"Good Afternoon Miss Valentine, Miss West, Mr Harris, Mr Oliver, Mr Shaprio. Won't you please come in" said Alfred motioning them all to enter. Cat, Jade, Andre, Beck and Robbie all ran to give Bruce and Tori a hug.

"Thanks god you two are okay" said Beck.

"You guys really need to tell what is going" said Andre.

"Yeah like why are two being chased by the F.B.I. and the police" said Robbie.

"I hope you two like prison orange" said Jade with a big evil grin.

"How was your vacation?" asked Cat as she gave out a giggle.

"Cat!" Jade, Andre, Beck and Robbie shouted in unison.

"Guys you just have to give some time before we can explain everything" said Bruce.

"How have you guys been handling this?" asked Tori in a concerned tone.

"Most of us have been really worried about you guys, we had to deal with the constant interrogations by the F.B.I and that's pretty much it" stated Beck.

"Besides that have any of you notice any strange things happening around you?" asked Bruce.

"What do you mean?" asked Robbie.

"Umm….creepy guys following you, the same car parked outside your house every day and night, strange phone calls. Anything like that?" The gang all shook their heads.

"Okay but if you do please let us know right away" said Tori.

"Of course, you know guys we better go before all of our parents get suspicious" said Beck.

"Why?" asked Bruce.

"Because all of us agreed to sneak out together to come here" continued Beck.

Bruce, Tori, Andre, Jade, Cat, Beck, and Robbie then gave each other one last group hug before being escorted by Alfred out of the Manor. Joined by Gordon as he quickly made his way down the marble staircase as Bruce, Tori and Alfred headed back down to the Batcave. Walking out of the Batcave's elevator Bruce throws a black duffle bag to Gordon.

"Gordon, go to the armoury and pack anything that we'll need" said Bruce as Gordon gave a nod of agreement while walking his way to the armoury.

Bruce then made his way to his working station with Tori following and picked up the spherical case that contained his special project then unlocking it with his fingerprint, Bruce then placed the watch like device on his wrist.

"Alfred, prepare the Batwing" said Bruce.

"Of course, Master Wayne" said Alfred as he initiated the Batwing launch procedure by using the BatComputer, after pressing a few buttons the Batwing's launch pad was raised to the main floor of the cave.

Gordon then walked out the Batcave's armoury carrying a now very heavy black duffle bag he made his way over to Bruce and Tori standing at the work station Gordon dropped the duffle bag in front of the two.

"Do we really need all these weapons and gadgets?" said Tori concernedly as she looked upon the open duffle bag exposing the numerous weapons and gadgets.

"The last time The Council attacked us we were completely unprepared and we almost died. So yes we do" said Bruce as he zipped the bag back up.

Bruce, Tori and Gordon then walked over to the Batwing's raised launch pad.

"Okay Gordon you're in the back so put the bag under Tori's seat, Tori you're in the middle and I'm in the front" said Bruce as he, Tori and Gordon got into the Batwing.

The trio then strapped themselves in to prepare for take-off Bruce presses the ignition which actives the hover jets and as the Batwing hovers high in the air, Alfred using the BatComputer opens the cave's hanger doors. With the Batiwing's back burners powering up Bruce pushes down on the yoke which sounds out a large roaring pulse from the burners accelerating the Batwing right out of the Batcave.

"Good luck Master Wayne, Miss Vega and Mr Gordon" said Alfred over the Batwing's intercom.

"Thanks Alfred" said Bruce, Tori and Gordon in unison.

The clouds and the stars blur together as day quickly turns into night as the Batwing jets through the sky as the hours begin to pass as Bruce, Tori and Gordon fly towards to Gotham City. The trio feels a sense of safety but feeling also insecure about the possibility of The Council planning another attack on them.

"How close are we to Gotham?" asked Tori.

"Not far now only a couple more miles" answered Bruce as he remained focused on steering the Batwing, Bruce's eyes then shift from the sky to the radar on the Batwing's dashboard and notices something strange "There's something on our tail and approaching incredibly fast"

"God I hope it's not another missile" said Tori worryingly.

"Same here" said Bruce.

Suddenly a bright red and blue blur flew straight up in front of the Batwing causing some turbulence shaking the aircraft but then crashing into one of the wings causing Bruce to lose control of the Batwing. Bruce reacts quickly by pulling up on the yoke just enough to safe crash land onto the ground not before sideswiping into low end mountain side.

"Are you guys okay?" asked Bruce.

"Yeah, I'm fine" said Tori.

"Yep just a little whiplash" said Gordon.

Pressing a button on the dashboard Bruce retracts the glass shield of the Batwing then unbuckled himself from the seat and got out to see the extent of the damage the aircraft took from the air attack.

"How far are we away from Gotham?" asked Tori. Bruce then walked around to end the low end mountain side to see where they were.

"We're just on the outskirts of the city" said Bruce as he gazed upon the bright illuminated metropolis.

Out of the sky the red and blue blur came crashing down beside the damaged Batwing to only be revealed as the saviour of Metropolis, Superman which left Bruce, Tori and Gordon reeling with questions.


From within the darkness of their unknown headquarters The Council gaze at the giant screen in front them that displayed a live video being recording from Superman's eyes.

"Do not attack until ordered to" said of one of The Councilmen.


"Superman, why did you do this?" asked Bruce as walked around to the side of the Batwing. "Superman, why did you do this?" Bruce repeated.

"I don't think he can hear you" said Gordon.

"What are we going to do?" asked Tori.

"Superman and I are going to share some words" said Bruce as he pressed down on glowing bat symbol on his watch like device which activates a transformation process.


"Attack!" ordered one of The Councilmen.


But like the speeding bullet Superman is he suddenly appears right in in front of Bruce putting tight grip around his throat and then using his superhuman strength throws Bruce right in the way of a rock wall.

"Bruce!" shouted Gordon and Tori in unison.

Emerging from the shattered the rock boulders, debris and giant clouds of dirt steps out Batman in a high tech iron Batsuit, then begins to charge at Superman and with the suit increasing Batman's speed launches a punch straight into the Man of Steel's face sending into the mountain side beside the damaged Batwing. Superman emerges from the dirt clouds without a single scratch, he then made his way to Batman and as the dark knight threw a punch Superman stopped it with his hand. Slowly crushing Batman's iron glove and Superman forms another tight grip around Batman's throat then sends him flying across the Gotham outskirts crashing into a lobby of one of the city skyscrapers shocking all the harmless bystanders with Batman lying and groaning in mild pain.

Sacred about what just happened Gordon and Tori stay inside the Batwing but worried about what Superman might do to them, as Superman turned to face them with no sense of emotion on his face.


"Don't worry about them just focus on Batman" said one of The Councilmen.


Superman lifted off and flew towards the building that Batman crashed through he hovered through the large hole on the side of the building but only to find a demolished lobby and no Batman. Superman scanned the lobby but was still unable locate Batman although completely unaware that Batman was hiding on a ledge behind Superman in an activated camouflage skin but then quickly deactivates by striking Superman on the back of the head using an air strike knocking him to the floor. Batman then grabbed Superman by his red and blue suit and began to continually strike Superman in the face using his iron glove but the Man of Steel quickly retaliated by leg swiping Batman making him also fall to the floor. Superman then grasped the Batman's iron armour and using his fist he punched Batman send crashing upwards through half a dozen floors before crash landing out on the roof of the building.

Superman flew through each of the giant holes made by Batman in each of the floor to land on the roof where he saw Batman lying on the ground; he then once again picked Batman up by his armour and fired up his heat vision by piercing Batman's iron armour. Batman cried out in massive amount of side splitting pain as Superman's heat vision pierced his armour and through his lower abdomen with Batman still in pain he gains all the strength he has left for one more attack as he quickly activated his glove.

"Nighty night, Superman" said Batman weakly as he struck Superman in the face with his super charged electrical glove sending an thousand volts throughout Superman's body completely knocking him to the ground unconscious.


Bruce, Tori and Gordon have made it to Gotham City but only to be attacked by the Man of Steel himself, SUPERMAN. (Didn't see that coming did you)

BATMAN has once again been reborn in a new high tech iron suit. (Surprised by Bruce's little project?)

What is now left in store for the trio?

Also one more chapter before the **SPECIAL 3 PART CHAPTER** inspired by 2009's Game of the Year, Batman: Arkham Asylum!