The Dark Knight: The White Knight's Fall
Chapter 7: The Mistress of Chaos
The MCU was in a panic. Every cop was searching through files in an attempt to find out where Harley Quinn might be. Gordon was searching files in his former office.
"Come on, there's gotta be some record on her" Gordon muttered. Suddenly, his cell phone ringtone began to play. He read the letters on the screen: Caller ID: Unknown. Gordon put the phone next to his ear.
"Hello?" he asked.
"Harley Quinn is at 576 Wilson Avenue" a gruff voice said. Gordon immediately recognized the caller as Batman.
"Okay, I'll get my men there as soon as I can" Gordon said.
"I'm almost there" Batman told him. The call ended, and Gordon immediately stepped out of his office.
"Get every available unit down to 576 Wilson Avenue! I want snipers to take position on any nearby buildings!" Gordon exclaimed. The cops followed his orders, and scattered to their individual duties. Suddenly, Gordon heard his cell phone ring again. He read the screen's words: Caller ID: Dent, Harvey. He answered it suspiciously.
"Harvey?" Gordon asked.
"Hello, Jim" Harvey replied.
"Why are you calling? Don't you know the situation right now?" Gordon inquired.
"If I were you, I'd be more worried about my family than the mayor" Harvey replied. Gordon heard cries for help through the phone.
"Where's my family, Harvey?" Gordon begged.
"Where my family died" Harvey stated coldly. The call ended, and Gordon completely dismissed any worries about Garcia. He entered his car, and drove towards 250 52nd Street: the grave of Rachel Dawes.
The vigilante manuevered through the industrial maze of Gotham. Batman was dodging dozens of cars and people in his path. Finally, the Batpod came to a stop outside Quinn's hideout, a construction project. Although it had multiple floors, it had no walls. Batman shot his grappling gun into the sky. It hooked onto a floor, and he thrusted into the air. Batman climbed into the room, and saw a clown thug with a pistol. The clown turned towards him, and the vigilante tackled him. Suddenly, he realized something was wrong. He saw that the clown's hands were taped to the gun. He pulled off the mask, and saw a city councilman.
"The clowns are the hostages" Batman muttered. He took off the tape on the man's hands and mouth.
"Harley's at the top floor, five stories up" the councilman said. Batman quickly ran towards the staircase. He went upstairs, and saw several men in a suits with their hands tied. A few clowns were standing near them. Batman ran towards the men seated on the floor
"Batman! We're saved!" one of the men said. Batman picked him up by the throat.
"No you're not" Batman said. He elbowed the man in the face, knocking him out. The other men's hands suddenly untied, and they withdrew their guns. Batman disarmed them one by one. With a flurry of counters and kicks, he knocked out all the fake hostages. Batman took off the clowns' masks, revealing the rest of the councilman and Mayor Garcia.
"Harley's strapped bombs to the support beams on the tower's left side. If anyone other than you goes to the top, she's gonna knock the building into the water!" Garcia explained.
"The police are on their way. I'm going after Quinn" Batman said. He approached the staircase, and began to climb it.
Harley stood near the edge of the building, looking at the water in Gotham's harbor. Two hyenas stood next to her, facing the river. Suddenly, they turned around and began to laugh. Harley turned to see Batman coming towards her.
"There you are. I was worrying that you stood me up, Bats" Harley teased.
"Where's the detonator?" Batman barked. Harley smiled.
"Go get him, babies" she said to the hyenas. They dashed at Batman, fiercely and anxiously. They knocked him to the ground, while he tried to protect himself from their scratches and bites. He punched one in the face, and knocked it down an opening in the floor. It fell down three floors. While his guard was down, the other hyena bit his arm.
"AHH!" Batman screamed in pain.
Batman punched the hyena, and threw it into the wall, where it whimpered before passing out. Harley growled, took out a knife and bat. She charged at Batman with the two weapons. She swung the bat at Batman, who grabbed it and threw it aside. She tried to stab him with the knife, but he grabbed her arm, and threw her into a pillar. She stood back up, still holding the knife. Batman charged at her. She tried to cut his face, but missed. He elbowed her in the stomach, and she fell down on one knee.
Batman walked towards her again, crouched down, and grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Where is it, Harley?" Batman demanded to know. She grinned, and dug the knife into his leg.
"AUGH!" Batman yelled out of pain and shock. She kicked his face, knocking him on his back. Batman recovered, and stood up. Harley was nowhere in sight. He turned to his right, and saw Harley throwing a kick at him. Unable to block it, he was knocked down again, and slid to the edge of the building. Harley jumped on him. She held a knife right next to his throat in one hand, and in the other, she took out a detonator.
"You really should relax, Bats. You don't wanna miss this" Harley said.
"If you blow up the lower levels, this whole building is going down!" Batman said.
"That's no problem to me" Harley told him. Batman was silent. He slowly moved his hand next to his leg.
"Are you kidding me? That's it? This is the fun my Mr. J was talking about?" Harley asked. She laughed out of amusement. She tilted the detonator back and forth.
"The great Batman defeated by some harlequin. Oh, how I love surprises" Harley bragged.
"Then you'll love this!" Batman yelled. He hit a pressure point on his knee's spikes, and they jolted off the armor. They slashed Harley's hand, knocking away the detonator.
"OWWWW!" Harley screeched. Batman took out his grappling gun, and his legs jerked back, throwing her off the edge.
"AHH, HA, HA, HEH, HEH, HA!" Harley laughed as she fell. Batman shot the gun over the edge, and it caught Harley by her feet.
"Huh?" Harley said. He pulled her all the way up, and tied her to a support beam. He panted deeply out of exhaustion.
"You couldn't do it, huh? You just couldn't kill me" Harley said. The two stared at each other.
"You're something else, aren't you? You won't kill me, because of some useless morality, and I won't kill you… because you're the best entertainment I've had" Harley said with a chuckle.
"I think we're gonna be doing this for eternity" Harley said.
"You'll be locked away in Arkham for eternity" Batman growled.
"Maybe we'll have the same cell. That asylum's gonna get crowded with all these people losing their sanity" Harley said.
"These people have more sanity than you could ever know" Batman replied.
"Until their hope diminishes completely" Harley said. A smile grew on her face.
"Until they see the real Harvey Dent. And all the "sane" things he'd been doing" Harley mocked. Batman looked at her in confusion, and she began to laugh.
"Did you really think I'd put all my chips in for this one gamble? This one fight?" Harley asked.
"No, I always have a backup plan. Which, in this case, is our beloved district attorney" Harley explained.
"What've you done with Harvey?" Batman inquired.
"Actually, he prefers to be called Two-Face now, which is kinda-" Batman punched her in the gut and grabbed her by the neck.
"Tell me what you did!" Batman demanded.
"All I did was release his rage. And you know what the funny part is?" Harley said to Batman. He stared at her attentively.
"When it came to seeing his savagery, you were as blind as a bat!" Harley said. She began to laugh hysterically, with seemingly no end. Batman took flight, and as he glided away, the police stormed up the staircases and approached Harley.
"It's over sister" an officer said. Her laughter stopped, but her smile remained.
"You couldn't be any more wrong" Harley said mischievously.
