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Thank you to everyone who has favorited, followed or reviewed this fic so far.

Thank you very much to Stand with Ward and Queen, Bl4ckHunter and adam199118 for their help with this chapter. It could have turned out terrible without their help, but because of them, I think it turned out nicely. So thank you to you three.

Also, R.I.P. to Hana Kimura. It is truly tragic that she took her life due to cyber bullying, speaking of which, cyberbullies need to be controlled somehow.

Chaos Sorcerer: Thanks for the review and Holy twisted twin indeed. In this case, even they won't reprimand you. Just wait and watch. Thanks a lot and so glad you enjoyed the scene that much. Yes, never underestimate them. You're so welcome. And yes, West is the best. Yes, I brought in Stan 'The Man' Lee to then and glad it maximized the greatness for you. Glad you fucking loved that part and yes, two Legends together. R.I.P. Stan Lee and R.I.P. Adam West. Ra's captured Batman and Joker and Hugo combined them with his experiments while he gave up Oliver to Ra's to make his successor. That was their deal. Hope that's cleared up. You will see on that. I'm gonna do something Joker Bat won't expect. I think it was a hilarious but odd coincidence but if Joker Bat did it, then yes psycho killers do. How about I leave it ambiguous instead? Window cameos would be awesome. Evil Bat is too far gone now. Yes, I remember that. Agreed, he would be interesting but they chose the wrong time for him, and used him to prop Kate. Yes, grand indeed. Yes, he will seek forgiveness. Glad you like my castings. For Barbara, Tara Strong fit perfectly in live-action as well. Glad you enjoyed my additions. Thanks for recommending that video. Yes, Bane broke him physically, and now Evil Bat is gonna try to break him mentally. Enjoy the chapter, buddy.

Agent N: Thanks for the review. Glad it was nice and glad you enjoyed that scene. Not good at all. We will see.

Gueset: Thanks for the review and no, not good at all. Glad you loved the nod and rest in peace indeed. He was a legend.

Guest 1: Thanks for the review. 'No one can break the Dark Knight.' Bane would like to know your location. It will be different from 5x17. Oh no, he is a fusion of Batman and Joker. When he says 'we', he means Batman and Joker. Hugo gave Oliver up to Ra's to make his successor as that was their deal.

Guest 2: Thanks for the review. Even if Joker Bat doesn't, Evil Bat would know. Just wait and watch. It will be different than Oliver and Adrian, and no kidding. That 'I like killing' was BS, and this is coming from someone who loves Adrian and Season 5 a lot.

Guest 3: Thanks for the review. Glad it was nice and glad you liked the nod. Not good at all. We will see. I brought in Kingdom Come Superman because it made sense. If it can make sense here, I will bring someone in.

Chapter 6- Breaking the Bat

Unknown location

Evil Bat pulled Batman's head out of the bucket of water and the latter gasped for breath.

"145 seconds", Evil Bat said as he wiped his hands with a towel. "Of course we can hold our breath even longer than that. Remember there was a time when we struggled to hold it for even 5 seconds?"

Walking around the chained Batman and doing hand gestures, he said. "Do you know the thug that was pushed into the vat was inside there for 145 seconds, his entire body burning up and corroding brutally, turning chalk white, before the Joker was born?"

"And here you were bragging about a plan more intricate than torture", Batman mocked.

Evil Bat walked up to Batman and knelt down to his level, saying. "You remember why we chose the Bat, right?"

When Batman didn't respond, Evil Bat said. "Because the bats scared us as kids. We were terrified of them because of that one incident. But then we thought that if we could be terrified, then so could others. And we decided to share our fear with them to break them."

"If that's what you're gonna do to me", Batman said. "You'll need to come up with something better than whatever this is."

"I did", Evil Bat said as he stood up. "And the only way for you to stop it is confess."

"That I am no better than you?" Batman asked. "Because that is far from the truth, and you know it!"

"Nothing so pedestrian", Evil Bat said as he walked around him again. "I want you to tell me a secret, Bruce. I want you to confess to me the one thing you have been afraid to admit to yourself."

"How many times am I gonna tell you that I don't know WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?" Batman yelled angrily.

"Fine", Evil Bat shrugged as he walked behind Batman. "You'll come around eventually. Now where were we?"

He then grabbed Batman's head and shoved it into the water again in the bucket and started counting down. "145. 144. 143. 142….."

Later

Batman's eyes opened and he was lying on the ground, his hands still chained.

He looked to his side and saw Evil Bat sticking photographs of people on the wall.

"Do they look familiar?" Evil Bat asked him.

"What is this?" Batman asked as he managed to sit on his knees.

"Do you even remember their faces? Honestly, do you even know anything about them?" Evil Bat asked as he gestured to the photographs. "These are your victims."

Batman looked around and his eyes fell on each of them but he failed to recognize them.

"What is this?" Batman asked.

"You have this rule, don't you? That you will not kill", Evil Bat reminded as Batman glared at him. "Have you ever considered what this rule of yours has lead to? You capture your enemies and put them in Arkham Asylum or Black Gate, then what? A week later, a month later, a year later, they break out, and they do the same goddamn thing again! And people die! Their blood is on your hands!"

"So you're saying they are my victims?" Batman asked. "I try to put them back in every time they get out, and I don't kill because-"

"Don't dare justify yourself to me!" Evil Bat roared.

Gesturing to the door, he said. "Confess your secret, Bruce, and all this ends. I'll give you a gift, and you can walk out that door and go back home."

"Bruce, you're sick", Batman said as Evil Bat looked at him. "And you're a hypocrite. There is nothing I have done that compares with you. You have signed up with a psychopath who ravages worlds and murders entire worlds to satisfy his sick mind."

Evil Bat ripped out a picture of Jason Todd from the wall and put it in front of Batman saying, "Jason Todd. He used to be your Robin, and now he is the Red Hood."

As Batman sighed, Evil Bat said. "You failed to save him."

"Yes, I failed to save him", Batman said, agreeing Evil Bat for the first time.

"And when he returned from the grave years later, Joker was still alive, free to murder whoever he wanted. And when he tried to kill Joker, you saved him. You ever wonder just how much he resents you for that?" Evil Bat asked as he walked to a corner and lifted up a crowbar. "He was beaten to death by a crowbar. Confess, Bruce, or you will get the same beating he had."

He then lifted the crowbar up over Batman.

"Go to Hell!" Batman spat out.

"I have been living in Hell for many years now, Bruce", Evil Bat said. "And I've come here with a message for you from Hell."

He then hit Batman on the face with the crowbar, turning his head the other way as he spit out a wad of blood, a cut forming on his mouth. Evil Bat then hit him brutally on the other side of the face, turning his head the other was as he spit out more blood, another cut being formed.

With a roar, Evil Bat hit his chest with the crowbar and in spite of being armored, it sent him doubling down as Evil Bat continued brutalizing him with the crowbar.

Later

Batman lay on the ground, panting and bleeding profusely, but still not showing any signs of pain on his face, as he wasn't going to give Evil Bat any satisfaction.

"What's next?" Batman asked as he was sure he could take anything.

"You have always been just one bad day away from being a total monster", Evil Bat said. "Wonder what that would take."

Evil Bat then pulled out a gun from his pocket and showed it to Batman whose blood ran cold.

The gun belonged to Gordon.

"He didn't even know I was in his house", Evil Bat mocked. "Imagine if I'd taken Barbara again-"

Batman growled in anger. "I swear if you do anything to them or anyone else I care about-"

"You'll do absolutely nothing because you're here. And it's not like you're gonna kill me", Evil Bat mocked. "You see, until you confess, Bruce, everyone you love is at play. Jim, Barbara, Dick, Jason, Tim, even Selina."

"If you think you can get to them", Batman growled. "You really never knew them at all."

"Except I did. I am the one who made them the way they are", Evil Bat pointed out. "So for me, we both know it's just a matter of time. Confess."

"I don't know what you want me to say", Batman said.

"Then I guess I should leave you here to think about it and wonder who I might kill while I'm gone", Evil Bat taunted.

"Bruce!" Batman pleaded. "Bruce, please."

"All you have to do is say the words", Evil Bat said.

Batman racked his brain for whatever Evil Bat wanted to hear. "I-I-"

"That's what I thought", Evil Bat said as he walked away. "See you soon."

He then shut the door and walked away.

Later

Evil Bat walked back inside and placed another photo at Batman's feet. It was Barbara, sitting on a wheelchair.

Batman looked up at Evil Bat, who clenched his fists in anger.

"Oh my G- Come OOON!" He slammed his fists angrily at the wall. "Are we serious? You let this guy live, he escaped Arkham, again! He then shot Barbara, paralyzed her from the waist down, stripped her of her clothes, took photos, abducted Gordon to taunt him by showing him all of those photos on a loop, and you laughed at his joke at the end of it all! It's a miracle Gordon didn't break after all that, but you just put him in prison again and walked back home, feeling heroic."

"I'm sorry", he muttered, not to Evil Bat, but to Barbara and Jim.

"And remember the time you scolded Jason and ended up alienating him for killing Penguin in revenge for his dad's murder?" Evil Bat reminded. "Or when you did the same with Tim for almost killing Captain Boomerang for the same reason? Or when Joker murdered Jim's wife Sarah Essen while she was trying to save kids and you were off to God knows where? Your actions alienated them all, they hate you, and you still think you're right?"

Batman angrily got up and lunged for Evil Bat but couldn't free himself of the chains as Evil Bat said. "Finally, we're getting somewhere."

"Confess, Bruce", he said as he walked around. "You told yourself you wanted to stop them from becoming cold-blooded murderers but that's not really true is it? No."

Pacing around, he said. "All of that stuff you said about being no better than them was just an excuse."

"Excuse for what? Huh?" Batman yelled in rage. "Tell me!"

"You tell me Bruce!" Evil Bat snapped and knelt close to him, saying in a whisper. "You tell me."

Batman lowered his head, closing his eyes.

"I know what's going through your mind, Bruce", Evil Bat said with a smirk as Batman looked up at him, "You're thinking you can somehow get yourself free from those chains, slam me to the ground and knock me out. Or maybe beat me up with a crowbar like I did to you. Like Joker did to Jason."

Batman got up and lunged for Evil Bat but his chains prevented him from reaching him.

"There it is", Evil Bat said as he walked closer. "There's the look I have been waiting to see. But it's not just about stopping me, is it? No. There's something else in there. Something about yourself you don't want to admit. Confess, Bruce."

"You've told yourself you don't kill because it is morally wrong, and that is why you stopped your students from doing the same", Evil Bat said. "Confess Bruce, you didn't stop them because it was morally wrong. So why? Why did you do it?"

"Because I'm just as bad as them", Batman whispered, finally realizing what Evil Bat wanted to hear from his mouth.

"What?" Evil Bat asked with a malevolent glee in his eyes.

"I'm just as bad as them", Batman whispered as he fell on his knees. If he was going to fool himself, he better give the performance of a lifetime.

Getting back up, he yelled at the top of his lungs. "I'M JUST AS BAD AS THEM! I AM A MONSTER WHO LETS SCUM LIVE AND KILL MORE AND I DON'T CARE!"

Seeing the joy on Evil Bat's face, Batman knew he had bought it. He was just that full of himself.

But for some reason, Batman's self-loathing was more than ever before, due to the incidents with Jason, Barbara, Tim and Sarah that Evil Bat had brought up.

He lay down on his back as Evil Bat sat with his back to the wall, laying his legs out.

"How does it feel?" He asked Batman wickedly. "Knowing I saw the one thing you couldn't see yourself, you self-righteous hypocrite?"

Getting up, he walked to Batman saying. "You infect every life you touch. Out of all the Batmen in the Multiverse, you are the worst one. You stop others from doing what you should do, and justify it with your pile of bullshit. There's a price to be paid for that. Jason paid it. Barbara paid it. Sarah paid it. Do you really think that the lives of Alfred, Lucius, Selina, Dick, Jason, Tim, Barbara or Jim are or were better having known you?"

"You promised to let me go", Batman said lowly.

"And I will", Evil Bat said before he picked up a blowtorch and lifted up Batman's sleeve. "I just have to give you a gift first, as a reminder of our time together."

He then proceeded to burn something on Batman's arm as he winced in pain. He didn't realize when he lost consciousness.

Later

Batman woke up to the sound of birds chirping. There were no chains of darkness on him now.

He tried to get up but felt weak. He managed to get up but staggered a little.

He then felt pain in his arm and lifted the sleeve to see the word 'HYPOCRITE' branded on it.

He covered it back up and staggered out.

Batcave

"How much longer?" Dick asked.

"No idea", Detective said regretfully. "The tracker he had on him has been shut off, and we have no idea where he would have taken him."

"Wait!" Wilson suddenly said as he heard footsteps.

They turned around to see Batman staggering towards them, his face bloodied.

"Oh my God!" Rachel said, horrified at his condition, just like the others were, though other than her, Gar and Connor they were good at hiding it.

"Batman, do no struggle, I will help you", Bats said as he walked next to him before anyone else could and put his arm around his neck, supporting him.

"Take it easy", Catwoman said gently.

Batman looked at Bats and gave him a nod, after which he let go of his arm.

"The Batman Who Laughs had a new ally who had me", Batman said before groaning. "Then he let me go."

"Go slow", Wayne warned, seeing his condition.

"Why did he let you go?" Deathstroke asked.

"I told him what he wanted to hear", Batman said weakly. "But I think he was right."

And this is done at last.

Hope I did this chapter justice, and did not have Evil Bat look like he was right like Arrow did with Adrian.

Now him hitting Jason and Tim were ISOLATED incidents because I'm not gonna make my Batman some abusive monster or anything like that.

Now Evil Bat didn't actually break him. Batman just said what he wanted to hear, but because of all the incidents brought up, his guilt is high and he is believing it himself.

Not gonna get into the kill vs. don't kill argument as that has become pointless now. All I will say is I prefer the heroes who kill, but as long as the non-killers don't criticize them from their moral high horse, I am fine with them as well.

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