Worlds Collide

Chapter 25

Summary: Hermione decides to leave Hogwarts because Harry and Ron have abandoned her because they have girlfriends and new friends. She moves to Gotham to live with her uncle Bruce. She meets the Joker at the fundraiser and you'll just have to wait to see what happens.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters

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Batman had Lucius in charge of a system he set up that turned every cell phone in
Gotham into a microphone so if the Joker was near any cell phone it would pick up his voice and Batman could find him.

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The Joker and Hermione were in the Pruitt building. The Joker had rigged charges in both ferries that were taking people out of the city. The Joker was preparing a "game".

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Now both ferries had found the rigged charges and the Joker came over an intercom in both ferries. He said:

"Tonight you're all going to be apart of a social experiment. With both boats rigged with diesel fuel and sodium nitrate I'm ready right now to blow you all sky high. If anyone attempts to get off of there boat you all die. Each of you has a remote blow up the other boat. At midnight I blow you all up. If however one of you presses the button I'll let that boat live. So who's it going to be Harvey Dent's most wanted scum bag collection, or the sweet and innocent civilians? You choose. Oh, and you might want to decide quickly because the people on the other boat may not be quite so noble."

The intercom clicked off.

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Lucius had found the Joker's location and Batman was headed after him.

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Soon enough Batman had arrived at the Pruitt building. He found that the clowns holding the guns on almost every floor were really hostages. He fought his way up onto the top floor where the Joker and Hermione were at. There were three dogs surrounding The Joker and Hermione and when Batman entered the room the dogs barked. Hermione and the Joker turned around.

"You made it. I'm so thrilled." The Joker said picking up a piece of pipe.

"Where's the detonator?" Batman asked.

"Go get em'". The Joker commanded the dogs.

The dogs charged toward Batman, leapt up, and knocked him down. While the dogs were attacking Batman the Joker ran over and began hitting him with the piece of pipe. Batman broke free from the dogs' attack and shoved the Joker back. The Joker snuck up behind Batman and started hitting him again. Soon enough the Joker had Batman pinned under a metal weight. After he was pinned down Hermione walked over and stood about three feet behind the Joker.

"We really should stop this fighting or we'll miss the fireworks." The Joker said.

"There won't be any fireworks." Batman replied.

"And here we…go." It was midnight, but the ferries didn't blow up. The Joker looked back at the timer and saw it was disconnected.

"What were you trying to prove? That deep down everyone's as ugly as you." Batman said. "You're alone."

"No he's not." Hermione practically yelled at Batman.

Batman looked up to see Hermione and the hate that was burning in her eyes.

"Aren't you the girl I saved from this maniac the first time? What are you doing here?"

"I'm not playing for the good team anymore."

Batman gave her a glare and she glared back at him.

The Joker looked down at Batman and spoke. "You can't rely on anyone these days you've got to do everything yourself don't we?" The Joker pulled and extra detonator out of his jacket. "That's okay I came prepared. It's a funny world we live in; speaking of which do you know how I got these scars?"

"No but I know how you got these." Batman said and shot three blades into the Joker's face. The Joker slightly fell back in pain and Batman through him over the side of the building.

"No!" Hermione screamed.

But then Batman shot a gun towards the Joker and it released a rope that caught around the Joker's ankle, and Batman pulled him up and tied the rope off.

"You, you just couldn't let me go could you?" The Joker asked Batman. "This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible aren't you? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness, and I won't kill you because you're just to much fun. I think you and I are destined to this forever."

"You'll be in a padded cell forever."

"Maybe we could share one. You know they'll be doubling up the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds."

"This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good."

"Until their spirits break completely, until they get a look at the real Harvey Dent, and all the heroic things he's done. You didn't think I would risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fist fight with you? No, you need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey."

"What did you do?"

"I took Gotham's white knight and brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. Madness as you know is like gravity. All it takes is a little push."

Batman left after that and the SWAT team started to file in. Hermione knew she couldn't lose him again. She wouldn't lose him again. She felt her back pocket. Her wand was there. She pulled it out and pointed to the backs of the SWAT team. She then yelled "Confundo."

The SWAT team stopped advancing toward the Joker and had puzzled looks on their faces. Hermione had cast a spell that confuses the victim. Then she cast a spell that cut the rope that was holding the Joker. Then she cast Wingardium Leviosa to levitate the Joker and set him down on the floor of the building. When he was standing firmly on the floor she ran to him and hugged him. He kissed the top of her head and she looked up at him.

"We have to go, the spell is only temporary." Hermione said urgently.

"Okay, but we should probably leave Gotham for a while."

"Where will we go?"

"I don't know yet but we'll figure it out."

They ran out of the building and made their escape.

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Okay so this is the last chapter...but don't be too disapointed because there will be a sequel to this story. I don't know how soon I will begin to write it but I promise there will be more to the Joker and Hermione's story. Hope you enjoyed it all. Please Review!!!

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