Chapter 10: Another Day

Authors Note: Okay another chapter I thank you all for the reviews and ocs and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Batman.

Ronin was currently typing away on the computer as Thomas was meditating in his private quarters. They waited for their friends to return from the party which they did not attend because they always felt out of place at these sorts of things. Ronin was currently going over the events that happened at the party when Jayden stormed into the room.

He only wore his shirt and pants as he was currently trying to rip his tie off as everyone else soon followed. He angrily grabbed a bottle of vodka and a shot glass as he plopped down on the couch of the living room.

"Hey guys how you doing?" Ronin asked.

Jayden grunted as he did a shot.

"That bad?" Ronin asked.

"Joker crashed the party and we ended pretty fast thanks to safety features Thanatos added." Flynn said.

"Then Batman and his crew came in and we started to fight." Marcas said.

"No, you stood there like a schmuck and did nothing." Jayden grunted as he did another shot.

"I work for you and my loyalty lies with you, but I will not get involved with trivial matters." Marcas said.

"He attacked me Marcas." Jayden grunted.

"No, he stopped you from killing clown you attacked him." He said. "If it were other way around I would have helped you."

"Just lend a hand next time I know you have your principles but when your crew is in trouble you lend a hand to your comrade okay?" Jayden sighed.

"Da." Marcas replied.

"Anyways, Shadow and Batman got into a scuffle and well…Gordon got involved and Jayden had to ditch." Hilary asked as she plopped herself on Flynn's lap.

"How the hell did Batman know that mercury was my weakness though?" Blaze asked.

"Jason." Jayden groaned as Jason looked over to Blaze.

"Because he's Batman." Jason chuckled.

"Ah don't worry kid, we'll get him back." Sam groaned.

"Hey you alright man," Blaze asked. "You've been kind of distant."

"Yeah, just have a little girl trouble." Sam admitted.

"Oh," Blaze asked slyly as he leaned closer. "A lucky little lady getting the old fire going?"

"Nah, that's the problem. We used to be boyfriend and girlfriend but now she doesn't want anything to do with me." He pouted.

"So, what are you gonna do?" Blaze asked.

"Nothing." He deadpanned.

"Wimp." Jayden grunted. Sam shot a glare at him.

"What was that?" He snapped.

"You're so afraid that you'll lose her forever so you won't do anything." Jayden slurred. Sam could already tell he was loaded.

"What do you know your girl fell for you in an instant and still loves you!" Sam snapped.

"What you think we never had a spat here or there well there was." He grumbled as he did another shot. "There was one time when she told me she hated me. It was a year after we met I was eighteen and she was seventeen. I still had some time before I could get access to my money so we were currently living in a halfway house. One summer it was hot as balls so me and her went over to a gas station and grabbed a couple of slushies' to try and keep cool. Next thing you know it this fucking punk comes over and grabs her ass. Ally turns to him, opens up his pants and dumps the slushy down his pants." He laughed causing Sam and Blaze to laugh as well. "Then he smacked her, so I did what I had to do. I curbed the little spic. I shattered his teeth and broke his jaw taught him to respect women. Ally, she was afraid of me then soon didn't want anything to do with me. I had to do my best to make up with her. I talked to her, begged her and anything else I could do to come back. She eventually forgave me but the point is you have to take the initiative and get her back. Otherwise you be alone for the rest of your life wondering what the hell happened."

Sam took what Jayden said as Blaze gave him a questionable look. Sam smiled and looked back over to Jayden who was slumped down in his chair passed out. Blaze and Sam laughed as the two carried their drunken leader off to bed.

The next day Sam waited outside the doors of his school as he patiently waited for Kris. He looked through the crowd when he finally spotted her by short blonde hair. Sam rushed over to her and grabbed her by her hand leading her away from the crowd.

The two stopped around the corner in the parking lot and Sam finally looked Kris in her blue eyes.

"Sam, what's wrong?" She asked.

"Look, I'm sorry about all that stuff I said about how you didn't care and anything about our past." Sam admitted. "You were right about everything."

"No, I'm sorry," She pouted. "Truth is you were right I was trying to forget my past. I went to school, made friends and tried my best to convince myself that what happened was over and that I couldn't spend the rest of my life worrying about it. So, I'm sorry."

"You got nothing to be sorry about," Sam said as he wrapped his arms around her and she came to him willingly. "You did the right thing trying to move on while I've been harboring this grudge."

"I am glad your back Sam." She smiled as she hugged him back.

"Me too, I mean about you being back." He smiled.

They stayed like this for a few minutes before someone ran around the corner.

"Hey Kris are you-oh!" A new voice gasped.

Sam and Kris looked over to see Sarina standing there in shock.

"I'm so sorry I didn't mean to interrupt." She apologized.

"It's alright Sarina this is,"

"Hey I know you," Sam interrupted. "You're that girl from the party Sarina Gibson."

"Yeah and your that guys brother, Sam Jackson right." She asked.

"Yeah, I didn't know you went to school here." Sam said. "You and Kris are friends?"

"Yup, BFF's for life." Sarina giggled.

"We met a few years ago when I was the new girl. I felt out of place and she took notice of me and we've been friends ever since."

"Cool, listen I have to go but um can I see you later?" Sam asked.

"Yeah, I'll see you later." Kris blushed as her and Sarina walked away giggling.

Later that night the team was currently looking over any crimes or disturbances they might have missed as they watched Breeze skim through records multiple alarms started going off. Breeze started typing rapidly as the team rushed over.

"We've got multiple incidents going on throughout Gotham." She exclaimed. "We got a train going off the rails we have a hostage situation over at the hospital, and a turf war between cops and Joker's crew."

"Okay, go time people," Shadow said. "Thanatos, Red and I will take care of the train, Reaper, Hitgirl and Breeze you handle the hostage situation and Gauntlet, Phoenix, Dusk and Ronin handle the turf war. Assholes and elbows people!"

Everyone moved out and made their way to their destinations.

The Gotham monorail was flying like a rocket down the tracks the only inhabitants on the train were the doctors from Arkham Asylum. Red Crosshairs was driving the jet bike which Shadow named the raven as Shadow took the back seat and Thanatos followed next to them.

"Red, get me close to the front car!" Shadow ordered as Red flew in close. "Thanatos, use your laser cutter to make and entrance for me."

Thanatos pointed his right hand at the roof of the front car as a small white laser beam fired out and cut a hole in the roof. The broken circular roof tile fell into the car as Shadow jumped in the main car. He quickly rushed into the main controls to see that they were smashed.

"Dammit!" Shadow yelled as the doctors in the passenger seats started freaking out. "Thanatos, Red the controls are smashed I can't stop it."

"Shit, what are you going to do?" Thanatos asked.

"Red, use the harpoon tow cables and fire the at the back of the car and drive the bike backwards. Thanatos, get to the front of the car and try your best to slow it down!"

"Got it!" Thanatos said.

Red went to the back of the car and fired the cables into the back of the car. He then set his bike in reverse trying his best to slow it down as Thanatos moved to the front and set his feet on the rails and his hands on the cart. He put all the energy he had in his jets as he pushed as hard as he could. Meanwhile on the inside Shadow was charging up his Adonis power.

"Okay, here goes nothing." He said as he drew his sword and stuck it into the control board.

Electricity surged through his body as he absorbed the power from the train. His body cackled in a mixture of blue and red as the train lights started to flicker on and off. The train then started to slow down as both Red and Thanatos cooled down their jets as the train came to a complete stop.

Jayden fell on his back from exhaustion as Red and Thanatos made their way in.

"Are you okay boss?" Red asked as he helped him up.

"Y-Yeah, just burned myself out." Shadow panted. "How's the train?"

"Wrecked, but nothing that can't be fixed." Thanatos said.

"Okay, let's get these hostages out of here." He said as he helped cut free the hostages.

"Thank you we owe you our lives." One of the hostages thanked.

"What happened?" Shadow asked.

"We are the new Doctors of Arkham Asylum," He explained. "We all got on the same plane and came here when some guys wearing clown mask came and abducted us. They rounded us up on the train and started to mess with the controls. Before the train started moving they smashed the controls and ditched us. The rest…well you did the rest."

"Clown mask's…Joker." Shadow growled.

"Why would the clown do something like this, what could he possibly gain from Arkham by doing this?" red Crosshairs asked.

"He's the Joker why does he do anything? Because it's fun." Thanatos said. He then noticed that Shadow was deep in thought. "What do you make of this Shadow?"

"I think this goes a lot deeper than we think." Shadow admitted as they exited the train.

Meanwhile at the hospital Breeze and Reaper were trying their best to keep Joker's men from executing a poor nurse.

"Let her go or I swear I'll have my friend cleave you in two!" Breeze warned as the thug chuckled.

"What's the matter girlie, don't have the stomach to kill me yourself?" He asked.

"No I don't," Breeze admitted. "I will break every bone in your body and leave you to die slowly and painfully." The thug let out a gulp as he threw the nurse at her.

"Okay, take the chick she isn't worth this crap." He said in a shaky voice.

"Speaking of which what are you doing here there's nothing to gain?" Reaper asked.

"No, except killing you." The nurse chuckled as the two recognized the voice.

Just then they felt a jolt of electricity surge through their bodies as two thugs grabbed them from behind. The nurse pulled off her mask to reveal herself to be Harley Quinn. He then snapped her fingers as another thug brought Hitgirl in.

"Sorry guys, they knew I would be on the roof across the street." Hitgirl grumbled.

"Sorry kiddies, Mista Jay has been on to you for weeks," Harley said as she took Reaper's scythe. "He had this whole plan to lure you and your friends into false traps to kill ya. Now that you're here I think I'll kill ya myself."

"You couldn't kill a damn fly Quinn." Hitgirl snapped.

"Also, you alone are not enough to take us down." Reaper said in a monotone voice. "You are just bait."

Harley grumbled as she pointed Reapers scythe in his face.

"You better watch it bub," She warned. "At least I don't have a freaking crocodile for a father!"

Reaper let out a low growl as the lights suddenly went out. Everyone started to panic as the sound of grunts filled the room. The lights came back on to reveal that the thugs were all knocked out. Quinn's ears perked as she heard the clicking of heels. She turned around slowly and her eyes widened to see Breeze, Hitgirl and Reaper standing behind the master thief herself.

"C-Catwoman?" Harley stuttered. Catwoman quirked an eyebrow playfully as Breeze stood next to her. "What are you doing here?"

"Breezy here, asked me to come help in case you caught wind of her plan to jump you." She said as she rubbed Breeze's head.

"Why should you care about some brat?" Harley snapped.

"Two reasons, one I like her and two I had rescued her from the brothel she was kidnapped in." Catwoman snarled as she glared at Harley.

Harley took the scythe and rushed at the trio as Catwoman casually pulled out her whip and snatched the weapon away from her. With one powerful thrust she sent the weapon across the room as Reaper casually snatched it.

"Um…Help?" Harley whispered.

Outside on the rooftop above the four looked down at the SWAT teams as they brought each criminal including Quinn into the trucks. Breeze looked over at Catwoman who was casually sitting on the ledge of the roof kicking her legs back and forth.

"Thanks for your help Selina." Breeze said.

"Don't worry I wouldn't let anything happen to you." Selina said as she pinched Ally's cheeks.

"How do you two know each other?" Hitgirl asked.

"When I first came to Gotham I was kidnapped by Falcone's men," Breeze explained. "They had me as a working girl on the streets when a certain someone spotted my pimp abusing me. After she kicked their asses she took me under her wing. She taught me how to sneak, fight and use my body as a weapon."

"Wait, how did you meet Shadow then?" Reaper asked. Breeze looked away bashfully as she continued.

"It's actually a little embarrassing," She said sheepishly. "As a thank you to Selina I wanted to take down a brothel and free a few girls but ended up getting abducted again. Shadow saw me get kidnapped he came in broke a few legs here and there and I fell for him just like Selina fell in love with Batman."

"Wow." Hitgirl said unimpressed.

"Shut up." Breeze said.

"Yes, love is strange," Selina swooned. "But what was Joker hoping to accomplish? Even if I didn't show up you could have taken Quinn out no problem."

"I don't know, maybe he thought we wouldn't be much trouble for Quinn to handle." Breeze said.

"No, there something else going on." Hitgirl stated.

"The question is what?" Reaper pondered.

Across town Dusk and Ronin were beating down multiple clown thugs as Phoenix and Gauntlet took care of the fires in the streets. Dusk smacked his tonfa across one thugs head and Ronin fired a stun shuriken into another thug's stomach. The two were back to back as more thugs surrounded him.

"Where the hell does Joker find these guys?" Ronin asked.

"Arkham, guess while he's not thinking of escape plans he's doing a recruitment drive." Dusk said as he smacked his tonfa across a thugs face.

Ronin landed a kick into one thug's stomach then an uppercut to his face. He then heard a shotgun cock as he looked over to see a thug pointing a twelve gage right at him. Before the thug could fire a chain whip wrapped around the middle of the gun and melted it right in half. The stunned thug looked over to see Gauntlet standing with his whip in hand glowing orange as Phoenix rushed in and landed a punch to the thugs face. After a few more beatings the team left the rest to the police as they took their leave.

The team regrouped back at the mansion as they went over tonight's events. Breeze was going over police reports and any other situations that had happened around town. The rest of the team was sitting in the war room discussing the Joker's methods.

"Okay, a runaway train, a false hostage situation and a turf war….What the fuck?" Hitgirl asked.

"I don't get it what the hell is going on," Gauntlet asked. "Joker wants something the question is what?"

"Maybe he was just trying to kill us?" Phoneix said casually as he slammed another soda.

"No, these were well timed and highly dangerous," Red said. "He wanted them to get everyone's attention away from something."

"He kidnapped doctors and strapped them on a runaway train, he kicked a bunch of doctors out and swapped a nurse with Quinn and started burning down buildings. Is there anything else we missed?" Ronin asked. Thanatos read the data files on his wrist as he looked down the list.

"There was a riot at Blackgate Prison, a few precincts and…Arkham." Thanatos grumbled.

"An escape attempt of course!" Reaper exclaimed.

"Crap, Breeze you think we can get a report of any kidnappings?" Dusk asked.

"Already done," She gloated. "According to the police reports only one report of a kidnapping has been reported."

"Gibson." Shadow whispered.

"You mean the doctor or the girl?" Gauntlet asked.

"The doctor, she was kidnapped and reported missing by Sarina." Breeze stated.

"Dammit, now we have a hostage situation." Hitgirl growled as she checked her guns.

Shadow was deep in thought about the situation at hand when something came to his attention.

"Hey Breeze, could you do me a favor and do a background check on the doc and the girl." Shadow asked.

She nodded as she typed rapidly into her keyboard. After a few minutes Gibson's file came up and breeze read it out loud.

"Doctor Gibson head doctor in Arkham Asylum, she has a partner Dr. Hoenheim whose daughter is a friend of Sarina's and she's the one in charge of Joker's files." She stated matter-o-factly.

"Make's sense." Red said.

"Too much sense, what about the girl?" Shadow asked.

"Nothing much, born without parents adopted by Gibson goes to school has friends and is a B+ student."

"You think Joker is fascinated with her?" Reaper asked.

"Yeah, don't you remember how he acted with her at the party?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah, yeah he was completely focused on her he didn't even care about the Doctor." Reaper said.

"Where's the girl now?" Ronin asked as he approached the computer.

"She was at the police precinct." Breeze said.

"'Was' what do you mean 'was'?" Shadow asked.

"Dammit she was kidnapped!" Dusk snapped.

"Not according to the police cameras, I just hacked into the footage and it shows her willingly leaving the precinct." Breeze said.

Everyone looked at the blonde haired teen as she carefully snuck out of the precinct. The vid was blurry but they could see she was currently holding an envelope under her shoulder. She disappeared into the corner of the camera as Shadow rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"What the hell is going on Shadow?" Gauntlet asked.

"I don't know Sam, but this girl is somehow managed to get herself involved with possibly the worse criminal in the damn world." Shadow groaned.

"Another day in paradise right?" Hitgirl said.

"Yup just another day." Reaper said.