"Hello. Commissioner Gordon to see Bill Henderson?"
"Right over there."
"Thanks."
Gordon jogged over to the desk indicated. "Bill," he said.
"Gordon! It's good to see you again!" said the man behind the desk. "What brings you to Metropolis?"
"I need a favour," said Gordon, "and you still owe me one."
"Anything, Gordon! Anything!" said Henderson.
"Thanks, Bill," said Gordon. Then he turned to the doorway. "Bring it up, Bullock!" he shouted.
"Bring what up?" asked Henderson. "What have I agreed to?"
"Best you don't know," said Gordon, "but we'll just be using the roof. Come if you want to see something special."
The Joker began to morph. His field of vision was turning red. A blast of heat vision erupted and he shut his eyes, trying to contain the power he felt.
But it kept on coming.
He began to float in the air. Higher and higher until he could feel the chill in the air. He opened his eyes. The heat vision had stopped. Everything had stopped. The only things moving were the clouds, slowly drifting past like giant sheep on a path to the slaughterhouse.
Everything was peaceful and the Joker didn't like it. But it didn't last long.
Almost at once he was hit with the voices. They began faintly but got louder and louder until it seemed his head would burst. He could hear everything - laughing, crying, screaming, shouting - all at once. It was chaos down there.
He loved it.
He started to float back towards the city. As he came out of the clouds, a light hit his eyes. A spotlight. He raised his hand to sheild his face. It seemed to be coming from the police headquarters. So, the police would try to blind him now, would they? He flew sideways to avoid it, but it didn't follow him. He turned to look at it and realised what it was.
There, on the clouds, was the image of a bat.
With a loud bang, the box above Goku's head flew into a thousand tiny pieces.
"I think you're ready," said Batman.
Just then, the wall seemed to open and an old man walked in.
"I believe there's something on the television you should see, sir," he said, as he pressed a button on a remote he was carrying.
The wall lifted higher and a large screen was revealed above the entrance. It was playing live news. An image of the batsignal was shown in the sky.
"Alfred, get the car ready," said Batman.
"That's not Gotham, sir," said the old man. "That's Metropolis."
Batman looked at Goku. "Can you teleport us?" he asked.
"Sure," said Goku. "I just aim for the huge energy signature?"
"Exactly," replied Batman.
