Mad Hatter looked down the alleyway. It was dark and cold outside, but that didn't bother him; he wanted nothing more than to find his beloved 'Alice'.

'Alice' was here. He would find him.

"Alice~..." He purred as he walked down the alley. He was certain his 'Alice' was here. Therefore, he was not surprised when 'Alice' emerged from behind a dumpster, aiming a gun at him.
"Hello, Alice." The Mad Hatter said casually.

"You'd better leave, fruitcake. Before I shoot you and carve a permanent smile onto your face." 'Alice' replied bitterly.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk! Alice, please, be kind!"

"Why should I be? It's late, I haven't slept, and I'm getting pretty cranky now."

Hatter took a step closer. "Are you tired, Alice? Here, let's get you back home..."

"Back off."

Still, Hatter took another step, and 'Alice' pulled the trigger. Out of the silver gun popped a small metal pole, with a flag attached that read "BANG!"

Hatter snickered.
'Alice' did not make a sound.

"My dearest Alice... Please, you must sl-" Mad Hatter stopped and crumpled to the ground after Batman swiftly struck the back of his neck.

"Nice one, Bats!" Joker, Hatter's current 'Alice', commented with a grin. "It looks like you knocked him out cold! Now just finish him off, and we'll be done here."

"That's not how I do things." Batman replied as he turned and started walking away, his long black cape flowing behind him.

Joker frowned and said, "Fine then, you coward. I'll do it myself."

When he turned around and saw Joker aiming his gun at the man he had just knocked out, Batman threw himself forward and grabbed the clown, lifting him into the air and slamming him against a wall.
"That's not how I do things," He repeated in a snarl, "And so long as you're with me, that's not how you do things, either!"

"Bats, heads up!"

Batman raised a brow and hesitantly looked over his shoulder in time to watch Jervis Tetch stab a pocketknife into his lower back.

"Get your hands off of Alice this instant!" Mad Hatter shouted dramatically as Batman dropped Joker in order to fight.

"See, this is why you gotta do things my way, Batman..." Joker muttered.

Batman swung punches at Jervis, some of which he dodged and others which hit him, whilst Mad Hatter kept swinging his blade.
It didn't take long for Joker to get bored of watching this, so soon enough he marched forward and shoved them apart.
"Now, now, girls! Take it easy!"

Mad Hatter grabbed hold of Joker's slender arm, tugging slightly to get his attention off of Batman's pale blue eyes.
"Alice, it's not safe with Batman! You need to come with me so I can keep you safe!"

Joker glared down at Tetch, narrowing his green eyes in disgust. Even so, however, he grumbled, "What's in it for me if I do?"

"Well, then you won't be in danger. And we can have a tea party!"

Joker looked at Batman with a nearly comical expression. "I won't be in danger." He repeated sarcastically. Batman said nothing, not sure what to do.

"Come, Alice! We must away!"

"Hmm. I dunno. Bats, that sound like a good idea?"

"Not particularly." Batman replied.

Suddenly, before either of them could react, Hatter slapped a tiny little Alice-like headband onto Joker's head, to which the clown's face when blank.
When Batman dove forward to yank it off, Hatter stabbed him in the stomach with the pocketknife he got from Joker earlier. This in itself didn't deter Batman, but then Hatter kicked him in the face, grabbed Joker's hand, and started running with the somewhat-dazed clown (who limped more than anything.)

"Joker!" Batman shouted. Hatter pulled Joker around a corner, and Batman wondered for a moment how that scenario went to shit so quickly. He cursed under his breath before firing his Grapple Gun upward, pulling himself up onto a rooftop to look down. Already, the two were too far for Batman to drag them closer.

The Dark Knight coughed and looked down. Mad Hatter had really managed to do some damage with the pocketknife, but from his own knowledge, the Bat knew that it wouldn't be fatal... so long as he got treatment for it. Something makeshift would have to do.
He turned his head in time to watch Mad Hatter and Joker vanish into an alley a good distance away. He shouldn't have underestimated Jervis Tetch.

Mad Hatter happily skipped around in the alley he had fled to. "Yyyes! I got Alice! I got Alice!"

'Alice' stood quietly by his side, a drowsy look on his scarred face as he stared blankly at nothing in particular.

"Ooh, Alice, we're going to have so much fun together. First, though, I'll need to prepare you for our guests. You must look presentable."

'Alice' twitched a bit. "B-... Bats..."

"What is that?"

"B-Bat-... -man..."

Jervis reached up and stroked 'Alice's' gaunt, pale cheek. "Poor thing... He must have done horrible things to you while he had you... I'll never let him get hold of you again, Alice, don't you worry. You're safe with me, forever."

'Alice' flinched somewhat at the touch, but could no longer resist thanks to the mind control device in the headband.

"Let's go, my dearest Alice. It's time for that tea party I promised."