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So we got a lot of names for The Batman Who Laughs like PsychoBat, Laughs, CrazyBats, and many others, but because it is majority and makes the most sense, I'm gonna go with Joker Bat. Thank you to everyone for all of the suggestions, all of them are very appreciated by me.

This chapter is inspired by Arrow 5x16.

And to any Muslim readers of this- Eid Mubarak!

Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review and horror indeed. Yes, Prometheus vibes from him. Glad the flashbacks and mind games were good. Yes, poor Wilson really, sad. I have heard of the theory. I also looked up DCEU Robin and turns out Zack wanted him to be Dick but he ended up being Jason Todd after all, so it's still Jason. If Bats and Robin found out about 'fuck Batman', then poor Dick is all I can say. Yes, Steve can reign them in. Yes, Batman has teamed up with Robin and Batgirl. Thanks for the actor suggestions too. Just wait on the backstory and card. Thanks for all the name suggestions as well, buddy. Yes, they all do. Oh a picture would be terrifying. I added the Hulk thing after your suggestion, thanks, and I also added a bit of Green Lantern Steve and the ladies reacting to it. Damn! Didn't know that on Minka Kelly and Chris Evans, thanks for the info. Oh yes, I want to include that scene somehow. Glad that part had you cracking up. Glad you can get behind that. Thanks for pointing that out. Enjoy the chapter and you will see.

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Agent N: Thanks for the review and suggestion. We will see.

Guest 1: Thanks for the review and suggestions. Now just wait and watch.

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Guest 3: Thanks for the review. Glad you love my take. Thanks for the suggestion.

Chapter 5- Abduction

Earth-38, Gotham City, Batcave

Everyone was either standing or sitting silently, still absorbing what had happened at Ace Chemicals.

"So the Slade from out Earth and this freak?" Donna asked finally. "Nightmare come true."

"He has clearly done his research", Wayne said about Joker Bat as he remembered the line that had been inscribed. "He has been planning this for a long time."

"What does he want though?" Bruce wondered.

"To show us who we truly are, according to him", Detective said. "And he has a low opinion, clearly."

"His mind is united with that of the Joker, what do you expect?" Selina asked.

"A truly contradictory amalgamation, one truly good, the other truly evil, it shouldn't work", Bats said, exasperated.

"Not everyone is as bright and cheery as you two", Dawn said to him and Robin.

"He said he would make me speak in only his language!" Robin said.

"We all know what that meant", Catwoman muttered, remembering Bruce having mentioned the 'rabid Robins.'

"So that's his play then", Dick said. "He wants us all to join his merry little band."

"He would have be totally delusional if he thinks we will join it", Rachel said.

"Well, that's exactly what he is like", Kory said.

"We should have come too", Connor said about the earlier fight.

"With that card of his, even you would have been defeated", Bruce told him gently.

"So don't blame yourself", Deathstroke said.

"And we have my idiotic doppelganger working with him too", Wilson muttered.

"My dad is many things, idiot isn't one of them", Rose told him, and the Titans were in full agreement.

"Anyone signing up with that freak is an idiot", Wilson said.

"I think he is too blinded by his vengeance to see any reason", Gar said matter-of-fact.

"Or maybe he does see reason", Batman finally spoke as he looked up. "But that card is making even him afraid to act."

"Someone who can scare Slade…..shouldn't be taken lightly", Donna said.

"He knows every move of ours though", Wayne said. "Outthinking him of all people is gonna be a hard thing to do."

"We will have to try", Detective sighed.

That was when they heard the news anchor saying- "This just came in over the news. A body resembling Killer Croc was found hanging near GCPD."

All looked at the screen in horror as they saw a dead Killer Croc hanging outside the GCPD, a smile carved on his face, his entire skin partially green and partially chalk white.

"That's the one from our Earth!" Catwoman said as all watched with wide eyes.

"What is this freak?" Bruce muttered, wondering why Joker Bat had done this.

Batman typed on the computer and accessed a camera that was pointed at the sky. The light of the Bat Signal he had planted was shining in the sky.

He looked at the others and they knew what it meant.

Getting up, he said. "Stay here, I'm gonna go and return in a bit."

Later, GCPD rooftop

Gordon looked at the sky before hearing footsteps behind him and turned to see Batman approach. Seeing him, Gordon quickly shut off the Bat Signal as the two stood in silence for a while.

"So, Joker again?" Gordon asked.

"No", Batman shook his head grimly. "He is worse. Much worse."

Gordon's eyes were now wide in horror as he asked. "Who is he?"

"He is someone who is like me, and like Joker", Batman explained to Gordon, who was both interested and terrified. "You can call him 'The Batman Who Laughs.'"

"What does he look like?" Gordon asked.

"His suit is like mine, but his face is like the Joker", Batman said before warning. "Trust me, you do not want the GCPD anywhere near this. He is too dangerous for all of you. He even has some kind of superpowers."

"What is it about him though that has even you freaked out?" Gordon asked. "Even Joker didn't freak you out this much."

"He's not the Joker, Jim. He's Batman. He's me. Joker has points to prove—to me, to the world. The Batman Who Laughs...he's not here to prove anything. He's here to win, to kill anything and everything that's a threat", Batman said grimly and Gordon's eyes were wide in horror.

Turning around, Batman said. "So keep everyone away from this, and keep them safe."

He was about to walk to the rooftop when suddenly Gordon's phone beeped and he took it out. He was getting a request for a video call.

As he accepted it, his eyes widened in horror at what he saw.

It was his daughter, Barbara, tied up with blood on her forehead, crying, as Joker Bat stood behind her and stroked her hair before putting a knife to her throat.

"Excellent!" He said. "Now give us another scream, this one for your dear father, the Commissioner."

She screamed. "HELP ME!"

The video ended as Gordon looked up at Batman with pleading and horrified eyes as Batman said. "Send it to the number I use to call you! Do it quickly!"

Later, Batcave

Everyone watched the video in disgust and anger, especially Detective, as he remembered failing his Barbara when Joker had paralyzed her.

"Video is about 30 seconds long", Donna noted.

"He is a piece of work, isn't he?" Bruce muttered.

"And I thought the Joker on my Earth was bad", Wilson said. "But then again, the guy lost class years ago."

"Why did he take her?" Catwoman asked.

"To send me a message", Batman said. "That he knows everything about me, who I care about, who I trust, and he will use all of that info to take me down."

"I am sure you can find where she is", Deathstroke said.

"Oh that I can!" Batman said. "What I'm afraid is what we're going to find when we get there."

"Nothing is gonna happen to Barbara", Dick said, wondering if he was trying to convince Batman or himself, as while this was an alternate version, it was Barbara nonetheless. "We will make sure of it."

"How? We don't even know is she is alive or not!" Kory said.

"If she was dead, he would throw it in our faces", Selina said.

"Yes, because that is what super-villains usually do", Bats said, hoping this version of Barbara was fine. "They are pompous and arrogant and colorful, they like showing off to the world."

Robin looked at him, and both knew he was trying to convince himself more. The Batgirl of their Earth had revealed she was Barbara to them after years and they had revealed their identities as well, and they had been a tight-knit family since then.

And while this wasn't the same Barbara, anything happening to her would be as tragic as if something happened to their Barbara.

"This isn't just the Joker though, he is Joker and Batman combined", Wayne said. "So we cannot expect him to be a total show-off like Joker is."

"Whatever it is, we need to find Barbara and take him out", Dawn said.

"We will", Batman muttered grimly. "We will."

Later

Batman, Bruce, Wayne, Bats, Detective, Robin, Catwoman, Selina, Deathstroke, Wilson, Dick, Kory, Rachel, Gar, Donna, Rose, Dawn and Connor arrived outside the building where Joker Bat was holding Barbara.

"So this is where the freak is holding Miss Gordon then", Wilson muttered.

"Yes, I can hear the heartbeat", Connor said. "But something is messing with my powers, I can't use X-Ray vision, and I can't pinpoint the location."

"It is probably that card of his", Rachel said.

Bruce looked at the tablet and said. "But I'm reading many heat signatures inside."

"And problem is Barbara could be anyone of those signatures", Dawn said.

"Let's split up", Wayne said. "Canvass floor by floor."

"Agreeable", Deathstroke said as they walked inside together and split up.

Dick, Dawn and Robin explored one hallway.

Bats, Connor, Gar, Rachel and Kory explored another.

Bruce, Catwoman, Wayne, Selina and Donna together explored another.

Deathstroke, Wilson and Rose were exploring another one.

Dawn kicked a door open but found nothing inside.

Then they opened another only to see a device beeping.

"Get back!" Dick roared just as the device exploded, throwing them on their backs as rubble fell down and blocked their way.

"What was that?" Connor wondered as they looked around.

"It was a bomb", Batman told them via comms. "Nightwing, Robin, Dove, do you copy?"

"Yeah", Dawn said as the three got up. "We copy."

"But we're trapped", Dick said.

"If only we had Bat-explosive gel to help ourselves out of this mess", Robin said.

"What if some of the heat signatures are incendiary devices?" Dick asked to their horror when they suddenly heard another beep behind them and turned to see a huge device there, the timer going down.

"I think we can confirm they are", Detective said as he moved with Batman.

"Get them all out of here", Batman ordered via comms.

"There's another device here and it will kill us if we're not saved!" Dick called out as their eyes widened in horror.

"Someone get there quick!" Batman ordered.

Batman and Detective then arrived as an elevator door and found Barbara there, tied to a chair.

"Bruce!" She exclaimed, finally feeling safe, ignoring that there two Batmen here due to what she had been through.

"Are you all right?" Batman asked as he knelt close to her.

"Yeah", she said. "That thing-"

"I know", Batman said as he cut her restraints. "Don't worry, we will get you out of here."

Turning to Detective, he said. "Take her away."

Detective gently lifted Barbara up in his arms due to her being paralyzed below the waist just as the elevator moved up.

"What's happening?" Barbara wondered.

"He is controlling the elevator", Detective said.

"Barbara", Batman said, turning to her. "We need to get you out of here, this building is gonna explode."

Barbara started. "What about-"

"He wants us", Batman said. "You're no longer his target."

"I was gonna say what about you?" Barbara asked.

"I have unfinished business", Batman said before turning to Detective. "Take her away."

Detective nodded as the elevator stopped and opened. Batman stepped out while Detective closed it and went back down with Barbara.

Batman walked further to see Joker Bat in front of him.

"Hello Bruce", he greeted.

"Can you hear us, Robins and Dove?" Bats asked as they stood outside the rubble.

"Yeah, still waiting on the rescue", Dick's voice came from inside.

"I would use my powers but if the bomb is accidentally hit-", Kory trailed off.

"Just wait", Rachel said as she fired her viscous energy and it covered the rubble before disintegrating it, as Dick, Robin and Dawn got up.

Bats then noticed the bomb and running towards it, picked it up before running out. "I will get rid of the bomb!"

Except Robin, all were looking at him incredulously.

Bats ran out, looking around for a place to dispose the bomb. He saw two nuns walking in his direction so he turned around and ran into another direction, only to see a woman with a baby on a stroller, so he ran to a bridge instead.

He then saw a band marching towards him playing music, so he turned around and ran the other way before getting down to the docks and raised the bomb to throw it away but noticed a man climbing up so he backed off while the man climbed down, startled.

Bats then ran the other way, running through the streets, the people giving him way while looking at him weirdly as he tried to throw the bomb into the water but saw a couple on a boat kissing so he backed off again.

He ran around again, running into the nuns again, so he changed path and ran further, only for the woman with the baby to come in his way, so he ran on another path, only for the band to cross his path again.

He ran to the water again but saw some ducklings playing so he stood there, frustrated.

"Why am I getting a sense of déjà vu here?" Bats groaned in frustration, remembering his last attempt at trying to throw away a bomb.

"Oh!" An old man with a bushy moustache and a bright smile said as he stopped in front of Bats and pointed at the end of the docks. "You can dispose it there, kind hero, before it goes 'BOOM!' and you go 'KETTERSPLAT!'"

"Thank you for your help, kind sir/concerned citizen", Bats said as he ran the other way.

"Excelsior!" The man called out behind him.

Bats ran to the end of the docks and then an explosion was heard.

Then Robin ran in that direction and arrived at the end of the docks, looking at the water.

"Batman!" He called out and on getting no response called out in a concerned voice. "Batman!"

Bats then walked next to him and said. "It's all right Robin, like before, I threw it into the water in the nick of time and took cover."

"I'm glad we've met properly", Joker Bat said. "There's an honesty between us now."

"Honestly, I'm gonna keep both of us here till this building comes down on top of us", Batman said.

"And you'd be dead", Joker Bat said.

"So would you", Batman countered.

"You really think I'd let that happen, Bruce?" Joker Bat asked as he raised a remote and pressed it and Batman knew the bombs were all locked now. "I know everything about you. Every move you make, every strategy you think, I can do it too, and I can make it insane, because I am twisted and wrong."

"We will see how twisted your bones are by the end of this!" Batman snarled as he charged Joker Bat.

He grabbed Joker Bat's head between his feet and flipped him to the ground.

The two got up at the same time and Joker Bat charged Batman, the two crashing into a desk as it broke.

Batman managed to come out on top and punched Joker Bat repeatedly until Joker Bat grabbed his hand and managed to push him off.

He roared and charged at Batman and the two crashed through a wall. As they got up, Joker Bat punched Batman thrice on the face. Batman then punched him twice on the stomach, twice on the face and then smashed his head through a glass window.

Bruce, Catwoman, Wayne, Selina and Donna were ambushed by rabid Robins and immediately countered.

Bruce elbowed one away as Catwoman flip-kicked another, while Wayne swept one's feet from under him and Selina grabbed another in her whip just as Donna kicked one away so hard he was thrown through a wall.

Deathstroke, Wilson and Rose were ambushed by rabid Robins as well.

The former two took out guns and started firing as Rose sliced one clean into two.

Batman threw Joker Bat away and then tried to flip him on the ground but he resisted. Batman kneed him twice and then smashed them both on a table.

The two got up at the same time. Joker Bat's face was now bleeding.

"I told you, Bruce", he said with a smug smile. "I know everything about you. You can't defeat me."

"Yes", Batman declared. "Yes I can!"

Suddenly, a dart hit him behind his neck. As he fell down, he looked back to see Slade lowering his gun. The dart had a tranq in it and he passed out.

Few minutes later

Kory, Rachel, Gar and Connor arrived at the spot and found Batman's mask on the ground.

"He's taken Batman of this Earth!" Kory informed the others urgently via comms.

Later

Batman stood in a cell, his hands bound in chains, his mask off. These chains weren't normal. They were dark and viscous, having been generated by that card of Joker Bat, so Batman couldn't break out.

He looked up to see Joker Bat approach.

"Our parents would be ashamed of you", Batman snarled at him.

"In that area, I bow to your superior expertise", Joker Bat laughed. "I have realized my full potential."

"How did you become this?" Batman asked.

"Hugo Strange wanted to expand his experiments", Joker Bat explained as he walked around. "So he made a deal with Ra's. Ra's on our Earth had lost interest in me and decided to take Oliver Queen as his successor, as he was willing to kill. So Hugo used trickery to capture Oliver while Ra's captured both of us for him. And then Hugo used his experiments to combine both of us into one, and we became this! Unfortunately for him, the first victim of mine was Hugo himself! We laughed as we slammed his head into his device and it shocked him to death."

Batman could only hear with wide, horrified eyes as he continued. "Then we thought that we should make everyone funny, so we combined my blood with Joker Venom and Kryptonite, and spread it all over the world, turning people into rabid Robins and killing the Kryptonians we came across. This is how we got our army, and we decided why stop at one place?"

He laughed and said. "So we went around the Multiverse, recruiting people like us, or turning them into one of us if they didn't comply."

"All so you can feel better that you are not the only sick person around?" Batman asked in disgust.

"And I have found the perfect person to tell you who you truly are", Joker Bat said as another person walked in and Batman's eyes widened in horror.

This person looked exactly like him, he was the same age, height, face and all that.

"I am Bruce Wayne", he smirked. "But you knew that already. I am from Earth-99."

Joker Bat walked out laughing. "Help him discover who he truly is."

"With pleasure", the other Bruce Wayne said with an insane smirk as he looked at Batman. "I am you, only, not bound by rules or morals. I am going to show you how worthless you truly are."

And BOOM!

Earth-99 Bruce Wayne from COIE is working with The Batman Who Laughs. Bet you didn't see that coming, did you? HAH!

I hated him in COIE as that was the wrong time to show him, but this isn't the wrong time at all.

He will be called Evil Bat to differentiate from the others, and next episode is gonna be like Arrow 5x17, except its gonna make much more sense.

Also, Earth-1 Croc is dead now.

Earth-38 Barbara is played by Tara Strong and Gordon by Mitch Pileggi who voiced him in 'The Batman.'

And come on! Who doesn't love the bomb scene from the 1966 Batman film? And I used it to have a Stan Lee cameo! YAY!

Anyway, hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter. Stay safe from the coronavirus ya all!