Here we go with chapter twelve. I'm glad I am getting closer and closer to what I have been dying to work on. Well, not really dying. I've been more wanting to get to for a long time since I started this story.
Also, I want to thank those who left reviews from the last chapter. I appreciate the reviews guys. I'd like to also thank the people who made Arkham City too. Still one of my favorite games of all time.
Now then, last time we found out what met the Joker in the interrogation room. We also saw Spider-Man saving Nora without fighting Freeze. Will things go well for our heroes? Or will the Joker on the loose how will they survive?
Tune in today to find out my children and thank you to my friend AVP5 for the help on showing my OCs on his Injustice 2 story. I appreciate it good buddy and can't wait for you all to see my OCs here some more. Also, this takes place before his story. So, Ben is 15 here and in the Injustice 2 game he is 18.
So, about three years ago. Also, I plan to show you guys some more of my OCs. Just letting you all know that so you won't be confused. I don't own anything of Marvel or DC just my OCs and enjoy the story everyone!
Also, I will be answering some questions from the reviews at the end so enjoy them too.
Chapter XII
Gotham City (DC Universe)
Harley Quinn is seen in her office pacing back and forth angrily. She was angry not just because that spider kid got away from her, but also embarrassed her again. This time in front of her men who managed to get the web off of her. Once that happened she began to suspect the men were planning to overthrow her.
She knew before she could just scare them into submission so she can remain in control. But after losing twice to this kid and losing her Puddin' to Batman she was losing power. The men were starting to lose fear in her. To the point they were getting confident they could take over.
She couldn't rely on Clayface or Mister Hammer to help her. Clayface took off once the gig was up and Mister Hammer could see her as a weak leader. So, she hid in her office trying to find a way to regain control. All while hearing the men gathering outside her office.
She knew without Joker she wouldn't have any of the men backing her up. Not after her many failures.
Suddenly a glass bottle is seen tossed into the room snapping her out of her thoughts. She grabs the bottle and goes to the entrance of the room. "Okay, who's the wise guy?!"
The men are seen below all with their weapons as they scream at Harley. "Yeah, I did that, you bitch!" shouted one of the men. "We're through following you! We're taking over now, got it?!"
Harley hears the men cheering for the guy, which caused her to get upset as she threw the bottle at the guy who dodges it. "And who the hell do you think you are?! You forget who you bozos work for?!"
"Yeah and he ain't here anymore! He got nabbed by the Batman and that Spider-Kid who kicked your ass twice," said the new leader of the group. "Hell, why should we continue following this bitch? She failed to kill Batman, she failed to kill the kid, and she let that same kid take Freeze's wife right from under her nose. We're lucky he isn't coming here to kill us right now and if he did what will she do to stop him? Nothing but send us to do the dirty work, while she hides in here!"
The men all cheered, which caused Harley to turn to her desk nearby where her gun is at. She then turns to the men and growled in anger. "You ungrateful assholes! You think you can take over while my Puddin' is gone? Well, screw you all! I ain't gonna let any of you take over unless you get through me first!"
"Fine with us, bitch!" said the leader as he took out his gun and prepares to fire when a long black and red tendril appeared through the front gate.
Piercing through the man's chest. The man looks down to see this while gasping before the tendril pulls him through the door. The man can be heard screaming loudly before his screams are silenced. A minute nearly passed as the men all stood back looking frightened.
Soon footsteps can be heard echoing through the hole as the men stood back. Harley used this moment to grab her gun and waits to see who is coming in. Is it Clayface? Or is it Ivy?
The men all gasped when they saw the person emerged and walks towards the middle of the room. Harley gasped next as she saw who came in and soon she lets out a loud glee for joy as soon a familiar laughter can be heard echoing across the room.
Gotham P.D.
Ben brought Nora back to Mister Freeze using his Symbiote. He told Freeze what happened, but his wife was safe. She just needed to get in her cryo-tube to stay frozen. Luckily Freeze had one ready in case anything happened to the other. He was grateful the boy not only found Nora, but also brought her back alive.
Freeze was not only surprised by this strange substance that surrounded his wife, but how it also seems to have halted her disease. Keeping her alive until he got her frozen. He would have to ask the boy for a sample of this substance before this night is over. Still, the boy earned his trust for saving his wife and decided he will help work on the cure.
Right on cue, Batman arrived with the blood sample they needed. He handed Freeze the sample as he began working on it. Meanwhile, Ben is seen nearby talking to Batman about what happened. How he saved Freeze's wife and how he got him to help them by doing this.
"Seems like you were busy," said Batman as he stood nearby waiting for Freeze to finish.
"It was not as busy as you though," said Ben after being told by Batman what he went through. "So this guy, Ra's. Used this substance called Lazarus to help him come back from the dead?"
"It seems that way," said Batman who wasn't at all surprised by this.
Batman had confronted Talia, the daughter of Ra's in an underground city that is the hideout for the League of Assassins. He knows Ra's is up to something. He wouldn't be here unless he was plotting something big. Of course, his priority was to find Ra's first to get his blood.
So, he tricked Talia to believe he was ready to join the group. So, he went through a trial, in which he passed. He gained access to Ra's and was able to defeat him. He got his blood, but it came with a price when Talia found out he lied and used her.
It also didn't help that her father tried to use her life to get Batman to join them. He didn't want to trick her, but he knew he had no choice. He had to do it to get to Ra's. If he had fought his way through the assassins then he would waste too much time or hell risk Ra's escaping.
"Whoa. Sorry to hear things didn't go well between you and your ex-girlfriend," said Ben as he heard Batman finish telling him what happened. "Still, for this group who are about ending crime to kill innocent people…makes them sound hypocritical since they end up killing innocent people to achieve their goal."
"There is no justice by murdering people. Criminals or not once you go down that path…there's no coming back," said Batman who knew he has come close to that path many times, especially with the Joker. "You understand?"
Ben understood perfectly well. His mother taught him everything about how to be a hero. To fight for the innocent, never abuse your powers, don't bring harm to criminals once they are defeated, and never kill. She warned him how there will come a time when he will eventually fight a criminal who might drive him to give in to killing.
To take a life in order to save other people. She taught him never to give in. To never let temptation cloud his judgement. And never lose yourself to the darkness.
"With great power comes great responsibilities," said Ben as he sees Batman staring at him after what he said. "It's something my dad once told my mom to pass on to me. It means to those who have been bestowed with the power or ability to do something must do it for the good of others."
Batman took in what the boy said. A good message and lesson to teach to young kids who are given great gifts to use to help people. He has seen what happens to those who abuse the gifts they have been given to achieve their goals. Even those close to him.
"Sounds like your father was a good man. I'm sure he would be proud of you," said Batman as he took something out from his utility belt. "Do me a favor. Go on lookout until we can make the cure. I don't want to risk Strange's men coming here."
Ben nods as he begins leaving the room. "Just hope the cure will be made on time," he said as he walks out the doorway.
Once he was gone, Batman begins contacting Oracle. "Oracle, what's the situation right now in Gotham?"
"The last known confirmed case has been taken to the hospital," Oracle explained as she looks over the information that she got from the police and Nightwing. "Robin is heading back to regroup with Nightwing to see if they can find any other patients who came in a few days ago with any signs of the symptoms. Just in case we missed any."
"Good. We should be finishing things here," said Batman as he sees Freeze working on the final stages of the cure. "Once that's done I'll send the cure to you to see if you can make more of them."
"I already have Lucius ready for the cure when you bring them over," said Oracle as she finished letting Lucius Fox know what is going on. "In the meantime, what are you and the kid going to do?"
"Once we finish things here I'm going after Strange. I'll have the kid round up the people that Strange locked up, including the mayor," said Batman.
Earlier, after he returned from getting the blood sample from Ra's he heard that Hugo Strange brought the mayor to the prison. Quincy Sharp, the former warden of Arkham Asylum was now a prisoner of his own creation. Sharp explained his role in working with Strange and what he wanted from him.
Batman knew this information will help them remove Strange from power. However, he had to move fast to get the cure first. If Strange moves ahead with Protocol Ten then things will end badly. He'll need to move quickly and take down Strange.
"Still, even with Sharp I don't know how you plan to get him out," said Oracle as she looks through her screens to see the problem. "Strange has upgraded the security around the prison. Even the Batwing will have trouble getting in and out by the time we get the cure out."
"Meaning we'll only have time to get the cure out," said Batman knowing this is a problem. "We'll have to find another way then to get the message out."
"I know…wait a minute. I'm picking up a signal coming near where you are at," said Oracle as she begins listening in to the signal. "It sounds like a reporter?"
"Hey Batman," Ben began contacting Batman through the communicator. "There's a helicopter outside the building. It looks like a lady is onboard and there's a camera guy with her."
"Vicki Vale," said Batman as he got up and begins walking up the stairs. "She needs to get out of here before she is shot down," he then turns to Freeze. "How long until the cure is made?"
"Almost done. Another minute and the cure will be done," said Mister Freeze as he begins the final process of the cure.
"Good. I'll be back," said Batman as he begins heading to the back of the building where he sees Spider-Man is at. "Any signs of Strange's men?"
"No, but Sym is acting up though," said Ben as he noticed his Symbiote friend acting weird. "He says something is coming. Something bad, but my Spider-Sense is not acting up though."
Batman didn't need an extra sense to know something doesn't feel right. "No. Something is not right," he said knowing TYGER guards would be arriving right now to shoot down any intruders. "We need to get them out of here."
Batman suddenly hears the signal coming from the helicopter and listens in on what Vicki is saying. "My God, our mystery caller was correct. It looks like Batman himself is exiting the building. It also looks like he has someone else with him? Perhaps a new sidekick?"
Suddenly, he heard another more familiar voice. "Hello, Gotham. It's me. I'm afraid Ms. Vale will soon be leaving the airwaves."
"Joker," said Batman recognizing his voice.
Suddenly a large piece of debris is thrown at the helicopter and hits the tail. Causing it to spin out of control as it flew over the building and to the road.
"Let's go!" said Batman as he and Spider-Man head over the building.
They stopped when Ben's Spider-Sense began going off. "It looks like we got trouble," he said as he points to some nearby snipers.
"Four of them," Batman counted. "I'll take them out. You get Ms. Vale and any survivors somewhere safe."
"Gotcha," said Ben as he fires a web and swings over to the crash site.
The snipers notice him and opened fire. Luckily Ben managed to dodge the bullets and landed near where Ms. Vicki Vale is at. Batman meanwhile glides over to the nearby two snipers. He glides down under the building and glides up to grab both weapons before tossing them away. He lands on the ground as the two men charged at him, but Batman kicks with them a swing kick.
Right to the face as the men stagger over the building and begin to fall. Batman catches them with two wires. Wrapping around their legs and keeps them from falling into the cold water. He pulls them up and knocks them out before noticing two more snipers left.
"Don't worry ma'am. I got you," said Ben as he arrives near where Ms. Vale is at.
"W-who are you? What is going on?" Vicki Vale asked as suddenly a bullet missed her. "Oh God! We're being shot at!"
Ben tackles her down and keeps her out of sight. "You'll be all right, ma'am. I won't let anything happen to you or your cameraman," who Ben noticed is unconscious, while the pilot is dead.
Good thing for me my Spider-Sense is still working. Ben thought as he could tell when the shots will come. He grabs the cameraman and Ms. Vale before having Sym appear around his body. He has him act as a shield as he swings them out of the crash site to a nearby building.
The two snipers opened fire, but noticed their shots didn't go through. Batman glides over taking out one of the men as he kicks him into a nearby wall. The other one stood on top of a staircase and goes to fire on Batman. However, the Batman threw a Batarang with a cable attached to it.
It wraps around the man's arm and Batman pulls him down. The man falls as Batman caught him and slams him down to the ground knocking him out. Once the threat was done Batman heads to where Spider-Man is at. He finds him caring for the unconscious cameraman's injuries, while Ms. Vale stood nearby.
Once she saw Batman she approached him. "Thank you," she then turns to the other masked hero. "To the both of you for your help. I appreciate it."
"You don't need to thank us. You should be safe here for now. Stay here and keep out of sight," said Batman.
"Any chance I could get an exclusive?" Vicki Vale asked. "Care to tell Gotham what's going on?"
"No," Batman replied. "Stay here and be quiet."
"Ms. Vale?" Ben got the attention of the older woman reporter. "If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing here?"
"I got a tip from a source that told us Batman was going to be outside the old Gotham P.D. building," said Vicki as she lets out a small sigh. "I thought this was a good chance to get some reporting done after what has been going on here in Arkham City. I guess it was all a trap though."
"By the Joker," said Ben as he turns to Batman. "It looks like he's back."
"The Joker? What do you mean? And who are you kid? You Batman's new sidekick?" Vicki asked.
"N-no, I'm Spider-Man and I'm no one's sidekick," said Ben as he walks towards Batman. "Why do you think he lured Ms. Vale here?"
Suddenly they hear an explosion coming from the Gotham P.D. building. "I think I know what. Get them somewhere safe!"
Batman rushes towards the building, while Ben decides to get the hostages to the church. The same location where he knows Aaron Cash is at with the other hostages.
Batman enters the building and after going through the gate. He knew it was frozen locked by Freeze to keep anyone from coming in. However, it look like someone ripped it open. Even broke through the door to the building.
Batman looks around to see some of fight broke out in here. He rushes into the room to find the laboratory has been destroyed. The computer, the lab equipment, all of it. It also looks like Freeze's weapon was used to try freezing someone or something. Batman noticed claw marks against the walls and on the floor.
He hears a low groaning and sees some movement coming from nearby. He rushes over to lift one of the generators off. There he finds Freeze, with his sit and helmet damaged. Batman helps him rest against the wall as Freeze begins coughing loudly.
"Freeze, what happened here? Who did this?"
"T-the…the Joker," Freeze replied as his breathing was raspy due to the helmet being destroyed and the temperature rising a little. "He came in here looking for the cure."
"Who else was with him?" Batman asked figuring he must have gotten Clayface to help him.
"Just him," Freeze replied as he begins explaining what happened. "I tried using my weapons on him, but his body began to change. It resembles the same substance from the boy's suit. The color was different though. It appeared more red, black, and monstrous."
Batman stood there surprised with what Freeze is telling him. How the same organism, at least that's what Batman believes this thing is around Spider-Man's body, is with the Joker. At least one similar to it. He'll need to find out more about it from Spider-Man himself.
"What did he want?" Batman asked as he sees Freeze pointing to the lab equipment. It was then Batman realized what he came here for. "The cure…he wanted the cure. For himself?"
Freeze shook his head in response. "When I told him about it after he threatened my…Nora. I told him how I finished making the cure."
"So he has it then," said Batman figuring the Joker came to cure himself.
"No…he destroyed it," Freeze replied as he coughs softly. "He said he didn't need it anymore. That he has a new body to keep him alive, bit he made sure Gotham would not get the cure…" he moves his hand down to his suit and pulls out a vial. "Luckily for you I made one and hid it. While I also froze my wife."
Batman looks over to see a destroyed freeze gun near a large ice dome that seems to be protecting Nora's cryo-pod. It looks like Freeze used his weapon one last time to keep his wife safe before Joker destroyed it.
Batman goes to help Freeze up, but sees him slowly moving on his own. "Don't worry about us. You must stop the clown…" Freeze used the last bit of power of his suit to walk over to his wife. "He said he is going to break out soon…if you want to stop him…you best do it soon before he escapes."
Batman knew Freeze is right. If Joker acquired the same power as Spider-Man's suit then he needs to stop him. However, he'll some help. So, he begins leaving the room and heads out the building where he sees Ben waiting for him.
"Where is Ms. Vale and her cameraman?"
"At the church where the other hostages are at," Ben replied as he looks at the damage from the metal door. "So um, what happened here?"
Batman approached Spider-Man and turns to his suit. "I need you to tell me everything about your…Sym. What exactly is it?"
Meanwhile
Hugo Strange watched from his Wonder Tower. He finished watching the footage of what happened at the interrogation room where the Joker was kept. He then saw the Joker attacking his TYGER guards and much of the Penguin's men when he escaped to the prison. He was impressed with what he saw and the ferocity of this thing that has now latched itself to the Joker.
He never saw anything like this before. It was interesting. He looks over to see through another security footage where his men had acquired a prisoner they got from Joker's hideout. It was someone that wasn't on the prisoner's list. He says his name is Richard Fisk and he explains that he comes from another world. An alternate universe which is similar to this world.
Only a few changes, including one where there is no Batman or Arkham City. After a few minutes alone with the criminal, Hugo found out about what else came with him. He had him write it all down and give him all the information he needed. Valuable information he is sure his master will like.
"A Symbiote? That's what he calls it?" said an older man as he walked into the room.
Hugo Strange nods in response as he hands the information to the older man. "Extraordinary isn't it? Think of what we can do with this creature if we can find more or rather make more of them?"
The older man took the information and looks over it. "The only ones we know that has these creatures is the Joker and this other masked boy named Spider-Man. Does it have any weakness?"
"I'm afraid Mr. Fisk did not know about any weakness. But I'm sure we don't need to find one once the Joker and Spider-Man engage in combat," Hugo Strange replied as he looks over the footage of Spider-Man's fighting. "If I am correct, the two Symbiotes will end up weakening one another. To the point it will make things easier for us to capture them both."
The older man puts the information away and begins leaving the room. "Just as long as they are captured alive and Protocol Ten goes according to plan."
"Yes sir. Protocol Ten will soon begin," said Hugo Strange as the countdown has begun. "And before this night is over the Batman will fall."
It looks like Hugo Strange now knows about the Symbiote. It also looks like Ben is going to have to tell Batman the truth. So they know what they are up against when they fight the Joker. Hell, will it even be enough?
Will they stop the Joker in time to stop Protocol Ten? Will they be able to stop Joker from breaking out? Will things go the same way from the game? Or will it end differently?
Tune in next time to find out then. If you guys like the chapter then please leave some reviews. Just no flame reviews please and thanks guys for the support I appreciate it my fans. See you all next time and take care!
Also, Q & A times:
From Guest: Wait a minute…Is Kymera the daughter of Black Panther? And if she is, who is her mother?
Answer: Yes, Kymera is the daughter of Black Panther (T'Challa) and her mother is…well, once you see her in action I think you will figure it out.
From Great Saiyaman54 (Guest): What would Batman look like with a Symbiote? Batman beyond but the symbol white instead of read?
Answer: I think he would look scarier than he does now. With the Beyond suit it would look awesome…so awesome.
From Guest: You mean, he has the Cloak? And the Eye? And who's his mother?
Answer: The OC is the son of Doctor Stephen Strange and his mom is Christine from the movie. Also, yes he has the Cloak and the Eye…but does he have the stone in it? Who knows?
