GOTHAM UNIVERSITY
At Gotham University, Chelsea is seen walking in the courtyard with Heather.
Heather asks, "So, have you called him again?"
Chelsea says, "I've tried to, but you know I've got that thesis paper to do for Prof. Chang".
Heather just says, "Come on, Chelsea. You should stop worrying about your damn studies and put a little more effort in trying to get Bruce Wayne in your bed".
Chelsea replies, "Hey, watch it. I'm not ready for that, yet".
Heather becomes a bit agitated and says, "Well, at least give him a call and see if he wants to have coffee with you again". Chelsea pulls out her cell-phone and dials Bruce's number.
WAYNE MANOR
At stately Wayne Manor, Bruce Wayne is still asleep in his bed. On his night stand, his cell-phone is ringing. There's no doubt that it's Chelsea trying to call. Unfortunately, Bruce is still sound asleep and he is oblivious to the sound of his own phone ringing. If Alfred were still at Wayne Manor, that phone would've been answered almost immediately.
GOTHAM CITY
Chelsea is a bit surprised and disappointed that her call is not being answered, especially from the man she is obviously in a relationship with. She then hangs up her phone.
Heather looks at her and asks, "No answer, huh"?
Chelsea says, "Nope".
Heather yaps, "Ha! He's probably done with you and moving on to another pretty girl. That's what billionaire playboys do".
Chelsea replies, "Hey, don't jump to conclusion, Heather. He's probably got a good reason. He could be in the middle of a business meeting. I mean, he is the owner of Wayne Enterprises. And it's a big responsibility to keep that company on its feet. It's not just the CEO's job, but it's also the owner's, too".
Heather nods her head and gives Chelsea her answer, "Whatever". Chelsea and Heather walk through the courtyard.
GCPD HEADQUARTERS
Back at police headquarters, Gordon is sitting in his office, drinking coffee and looking over profiles of possible suspects in Dracula's murder spree. Chief Ramirez enters the office.
Ramirez says, "Jim, you've been at this for twenty four hours. You should probably go home and get some rest".
Gordon says, "I'm fine, Miguel. We just need to figure out whose killing people out there and stop him".
Ramirez asks, "You think it might be any of those creeps"?
Gordon shows Ramirez photos of the possible suspects and says, "These are the only suspects that are not in Arkham or Blackgate right now".
Gordon holds up three photographs of three of Batman's arch villains: Harvey Two-Face, Bane and the Joker.
Ramirez says, "If I had to put money on it, Commissioner, I'd say it's Joker".
Gordon asks, "What makes you say that"?
Ramirez says, "Because the Joker's the only one crazy enough to kill people at this magnitude and enjoy every sick minute of it. Bane and Two-Face really aren't in that same category as the Joker".
Gordon says, "I gotta be honest, Miguel. I don't know if it's any of these three. I have never seen killings like these in my entire career. It's as if they all came directly from some sort of horror movie".
Ramirez looks Gordon in the eye and asks, "Jim, you're not going along with what that Rosado kid told us the other night, are you? You know, about that Impaler guy"?
Gordon shakes his head and answers, "Like I said, Miguel...I don't know".
WAYNE MANOR
At Wayne Manor, Bruce has woken from his slumber and gets himself out of bed and straight downstairs. Bruce runs into the library and right up to the Grandfather Clock. The clock itself slides to the left and opens the entrance to the cave below. Bruce runs down the stairs. He enters the cave and runs to his locker, where the Batsuit resides. It takes some time, but Bruce gets suited up and becomes Batman once more. He gathers the necessary equipment that he will need; batarangs, smoke pellets, explosive gel, grappling gun and something rather new to the arsenal: six metallic spheres. What could possibly be inside those spheres? Batman finishes up collecting his equipment and runs to the Batmobile, but he's not running like Adam West in the 1960's TV series, he just runs like hell, when he needs to get going to Gotham. The Batmobile's canopy opens and Batman leaps into the cockpit and the canopy closes immediately. VROOM! The vehicle starts up and the turntable under it turns around to face the exit of the cave. VROOM! VROOM! The Batmobile roars through the cave and races out.
ARKHAM ASYLUM
Now, you are taken directly to Arkham Asylum; the famous nuthouse known for locking up most of Batman's deadliest enemies, like the Joker, Two-Face, Victor Zsasz and many more. So, at the front gates, security is not present, but inside the security booth next to the gates and you will find a security guard knocked out cold on the ground. Fortunately, there is no blood coming out of the man's throat. In the front yard of Arkham Asylum, Dracula is seen with Nicole and Reina.
Nicole and Reina look at their leader and hiss softly like snakes. Dracula turns to his ladies and instructs them, "Split up here. Cover all fronts. Kill all inmates in your path. Feed on them, if you wish, but do not turn them. Do not kill any of the doctors, nurses, guards and employees in the building".
Reina goes to the left and Nicole goes to the right. Dracula simply stands in the middle of the courtyard and suddenly transforms into mist. What could Dracula and his ladies be up to in the loony bin?
INSIDE THE ASYLUM
Inside the asylum, you will find some of the inmates in the recreational room, watching television, reading books and magazines or perhaps just taking their late night siesta. Many of these inmates are simply thugs that have been brought in for psychiatric evaluation, while others are permanent patients, here for observation and treatment. In the employee lounge, you will find doctors and guards sitting together, drinking soda and eating snacks and listening to the radio. They are listening to Gotham's heavy metal dee-jay: Darrell "Razorblade" Myers wrapping up his nightly radio show.
Razorblade says on the radio, "Okay, Gotham, this Razorblade getting ready to call it an evening, but before I go, I want to remind all of you about Gotham's tenth annual Metal Fest at Gotham Amphitheatre. With such bands like Slipknot, Mushroomhead, Ill Nino and Hellyeah headlining, we expect such a kick-ass festival this year. So, get your tickets now before they're all gone! Now, let's end tonight's show with a marathon of metal. Good night, Gotham"!
Razorblade goes off the air and is followed by a marathon of hard rock and heavy metal music. It could be from such bands like Pantera, Slayer or Slipknot.
VICTOR ZSASZ'S CELL
In his cell, serial killer Victor Zsasz is seen, sitting on his cot, counting the scars in his arms and chest. Those scars are actually tally marks that indicate the amount of people he has killed in Gotham. His entire body is almost covered in tally marks, which means he's killed a whole lot of people. Zsasz also has four tally marks on his forehead.
Zsasz speaks to himself, "I will get out of this place and I will continue my work and I will kill Batman".
While Zsasz is unaware of it, at the barred window of his cell, smoke begins to finds its way from outside. Zsasz doesn't look up at the window, until he sees mist covering his feet. He reacts and then looks up. Standing before Zsasz is Dracula, glaring down upon him.
Zsasz is freaked out and asks, "How did you get in here? I heard no door open"!
Dracula is silent. The music on the radio can still be heard. The eyes of Dracula turn from brown to crimson red and he bares his fangs and growls like a hungry wolf. In one split second, Dracula lunges at Zsasz and rips his teeth into Zsasz's neck, rupturing his jugular and carotid arteries. Blood spills everywhere. Zsasz tries to scream, but it's useless. Dracula stops feeding and roars like an angry lion. At that very moment, Reina and Nicole hear their master's call and they begin their attack.
RECREATIONAL ROOM
Reina falls into the recreational room and starts killing everyone in her sights. Blood is seen spilling everywhere, as Reina feeds. Some of the inmates quickly make their way out of the room, while most are slaughtered like animals.
ARKHAM ASYLUM- HALLWAY
Meanwhile, Nicole is seen in a hallway, massacring all Arkham inmates in her path, save for a few orderlies. Nicole simply punches them in the face and knocks them out cold. The walls of the hallway are painted with blood. Screams of pain and agony can be heard. One by one, the inmates of Arkham Asylum are quickly killed and drained of blood. It's as if one has stepped into a straight-up gore fest. Dracula is seen in one of the hallways standing next to a pile of dead bodies. He is feeding on the blood of an inmate. Dracula finishing his meal and tosses the corpse to the floor, next to another horribly butchered inmate.
ARKHAM ASYLUM- FRONT GATES
Outside the asylum gates, all Arkham staff have gathered and some of GCPD officers are already onsite. Gordon and Ramirez arrive on the scene and are met by Sgt. Denham.
"Talk to us, Sergeant", Ramirez says.
"It's not good, boss. All Arkham staff have reported inmates being massacred in the asylum", Denham reports.
Gordon is shocked and says, "What? Are you shitting me"?!
Denham says, "I wish I was, sir".
Ramirez asks, "Why aren't you guys inside"?
Denham says, "The entire asylum's been locked down, chief! There's no way to get in".
Suddenly, people start to get out of the way of the gates. Gordon, Denham and Ramirez look behind them and they see the Batmobile racing at intense speed right to the gates. All three men jump out of the way, just as the Batmobile rams through the asylum gates.
Gordon looks at the Batmobile entering the asylum grounds and turns to Ramirez and says, "Now we have a way in".
The Batmobile immediately halts in the middle of the courtyard and the canopy opens and Batman shoots out from the cockpit and into the air, with the use of his grappling gun. The grapple latches onto a window ledge and Batman is hoisted directly to the window.
ARKHAM ASYLUM- C BLOCK
CRASH! Batman crashes through the window and into the asylum itself, but what he sees next, is absolutely nerve shattering. Dead bodies strung out all over the floor and blood smeared on the walls. Batman is shocked to see what is in front of him.
"Oh, my God", he says to himself.
Batman runs down the hall in pursuit of his enemy. Batman enters the C Block and it is the same as everywhere else; soaked in blood and littered with bodies. There is the sound of a woman sobbing. Batman hears it. He quickly comes to Cell #67 and inside he finds an unknown woman kneeling down with her back to Batman. She is sobbing her eyes out.
Batman asks, "Miss, are you all right"?
Batman walks closer to her, but suddenly, she turns around and you see that it's Reina. Her face is covered in blood and her fangs are bared and she hisses like an angry snake. Reina tackles Batman to the ground and tries to bite his neck. Batman grabs her by the throat and pulls her away from him. Batman throws Reina off of him and he jumps back to his feet. Reina gets on all fours and glares right at Batman.
"I will have your blood, Batman", Reina says.
Batman pulls one of the metallic spheres from his utility belt and pushes the top of it. The metallic sphere opens, releasing a power UV light from within. Reina lunges at Batman. Batman grabs her by the throat, once more and forces the small sphere into her mouth. Batman loosens his grip on Reina and kicks her away. Reina shrieks in horrible agony and you can see a bright glow in her chest. Then, her body bursts into flames. She runs around like a crazy person, until she is reduced to smoldering ash. Reina's body falls to the floor. The flames quickly die off and there is nothing left of her, save for the ashes. Batman looks down upon ashes of the deceased vampire woman. He appears to be a little shaken by what he has done.
ARKHAM ASYLUM- D BLOCK
Dracula and Nicole are found in the D Block, scanning the place for anymore victims. Suddenly, both Dracula and Nicole clutch their hearts in pain.
Nicole says, "It's Reina. She's gone".
Dracula looks absolutely furious and says, "He is here"!
Nicole quickly runs fast down the hall, without Dracula's consent. Dracula tries to stop Nicole, but to no avail.
ARKHAM ASYLUM- FRONT DOORS
Meanwhile, at the front doors of Arkham, Gordon and his men bust their way through the doors and gain entry into the asylum. Gordon and Ramirez lead their troops, with shotguns in hand. The foyer of the asylum is just like the entire building: stained with blood and littered with the bodies of slaughtered inmates.
Ramirez is frightened by the very sight and he speaks in Spanish, "Holy Mother of God". Then, Ramirez makes the Sign of the Cross.
Gordon orders his men to secure the foyer and hunt down for the assailants. Gordon and Ramirez high tail it upstairs.
ARKHAM ASYLUM- INFIRMARY
Batman is seen racing through the blood-soaked hallways of Arkham, passing by every cell and passing every mutilated corpse under his feet. He enters one of the infirmaries. Fortunately, there is no freshly spilt blood anywhere. Suddenly, Batman is tackled from behind by Nicole. Batman struggles with Nicole, as she tries to take a bite into his neck. Batman holds her back with only one hand, while the other hand reaches into his utility belt and grabs what looks like a metal smoke pellet. Batman brings his right hand out and slams his palm onto Nicole's face. WHAM! BAM! The smoke pellet in his hand detonates and releases gas. Nicole's face is starting to blister and she screams in pain. Nicole gets off of Batman and staggers around, holding her cheek and still screaming. Batman leaps back to his feet and tackles Nicole to the ground. He holds her down by the throat.
Nicole stops screaming and looks at the Dark Knight and says, "Go ahead, Batman. Have your way with me".
Batman simply takes out a strange gun from his utility belt and sticks Nicole in the neck with it. The strange device harvests a good portion of Nicole's vampire blood; blood that Dracula had infused with Nicole's. Batman withdraws the device from Nicole's neck and places it back in his belt. Nicole slowly gets back to her feet and growls at Batman. Batman looks down at the vampire woman. Then, he tosses one of his UV spheres at Nicole's feet. WHOOSH! The sphere unleashes powerful UV rays; rays that pierce through Nicole's undead flesh and reducing her to ashes. Batman looks down upon the ashes of the deceased vampire woman and then turns around and hauls ass out of the infirmary.
ARKHAM ASYLUM- RECREATIONAL ROOM
Batman arrives in the recreational room and finds the same thing; dead bodies and blood everywhere. It is not a pretty sight. Batman is in complete shock seeing all the carnage in front of him. Then, the figure of Dracula is seen behind Batman.
Dracula says, "Well, take a good look, Batman".
Batman turns around and looks Dracula in the eyes.
"Now you know the level of brutality that I'm capable of", Dracula says.
Batman glares at Dracula and then says, "You're fucking crazy"!
Dracula just circles around Batman like a lion circling its prey. "Say whatever you want, Batman. I have left a great scar upon the criminal underworld that they will live in fear for so long that they will never again rob, rape or kill", Dracula explains.
Then, Batman pulls out a silver batarang from his utility belt. Dracula sees the weapon and smiles. He says, "My work here is done, Batman. Until we meet again, I bid you good night".
Gordon and Ramirez run into the room and they see Batman and Dracula. Dracula transforms into the flock of bats and they all fly out of the ceiling window. Gordon and Ramirez are absolutely shocked by what they have just witnessed. Batman yells in anger. Batman turns around to leave and then he sees Gordon and Ramirez. They look at Batman.
Gordon approaches Batman and asks, "Was that what I think I saw"?
Batman looks Gordon in the eye and replies, "Yes, Jim. It's a goddamn vampire".
Ramirez says, "El Vampiro". He makes the Sign of the Cross once again at the mention of the word "Vampire".
Gordon is just horrified by what he witnessed.
"So many dead and all of it thanks to a fucking vampire", he says.
"Vampires are something that should not even exist in this world, Jim…but they do", Batman says.
Gordon then says, "Do you have any idea what the city will say if we announce that all these killings are being perpetrated by fucking vampires? They won't believe any of it".
Batman just stares at the carnage upon the floor and then turns to Gordon and Ramirez .
"Look, Gordon, I know that you and Ramirez witnessed the same thing as I did…but we need to keep this between us for the time being. You don't tell anyone else what you saw", Batman explains.
"Agreed", Gordon says.
Ramirez then says, "What about Dr. Casper? She's been probing the idea of vampires, before we even saw what we saw tonight".
Gordon looks to Batman and says, "He's right. Dr. Casper's got evidence to back it all up, too. She pretty much knows already".
Batman shakes his head and says, "Very well, Jim. Bring Dr. Casper up to speed; only her".
ARKHAM ASYLUM- FRONT GATES
Police have finally secured the entire asylum. There is a small portion of inmates that are being escorted out of the asylum, by police. They were the fortunate ones. Gordon and Ramirez come out and notice the surviving inmates.
Gordon asks Sgt. Denham, "Sergeant, where did these inmates come from"?
Sgt. Denham approaches and answers, "They were all isolated in the lower levels, Commissioner. I'll tell you; these bastards were the lucky ones".
A few inmates are seen passing Gordon, Ramirez and Denham. Then, you see two familiar Batman villains; Mad Hatter and Killer Croc. Batman is seen exiting the asylum. He walks pass Gordon and the police and approaches the Batmobile.
Before entering the vehicle, Batman is stopped by the voice of Killer Croc, "Did you take a good look at all that carnage, Batman"?
Batman stops in his tracks and turns his head to Croc.
Croc glares into Batman's eyes and says, "Whoever did all of this is trying to do what you failed to do; perhaps even knock you off your mighty throne".
Croc laughs a bit, until Sgt. Denham approaches and kicks Croc into the paddy wagon.
"Get your ass in the wagon, you son of a bitch", Denham says.
Croc growls in disdain and walks into the vehicle, along with other inmates. Batman turns back to the Batmobile and enters it. VROOM! The Batmobile roars out of the courtyard, through the gates and down the road. Gordon and Ramirez watch the Batmobile race away from the asylum grounds. Then, they are joined by Det. Giordano and Dr. Casper.
Dr. Casper asks, "Is Batman all right"?
"Who knows? After seeing all of that slaughter in there, it would freak any man the fuck out, doctor", Ramirez replies.
Gordon pulls Casper aside and says, "After you're done here, I need you back at HQ".
Gordon and Ramirez walk away back to their squad car. Dr. Casper watches the two men walk to the car and drive off.
Giordano asks, "What's gotten into them"?
Dr. Casper says, "They must've seen something in there, Scott; not only them, but Batman, too".
Dr. Casper turns around and heads into the asylum with her medical team and the coroners.