Hotel Transylvania...
In the dining restaurant of the hotel that night were Dracula, Mavis, and Johnny having dinner all together. Quasimodo arrived at their table for the Count's order.
"Bonjour, Count Dracula. What will be your..." Quasimodo greeted politely until he saw Johnny with them, who was giving an awkward smile at the chief. "Oh. Now you're all hanging with the humans now."
"Dude, come on. It's almost been a year. Don't tell me you still hate me." Johnny chuckled.
"I'm not sure if I can trust you, humans. Even if the Count Dracula has declared he'll open his hotel for humans." Quasimodo admitted.
"Quasimodo, you can trust Johnny. Humans aren't that bad anymore." Dracula reassured.
"Yeah. Humans loves us now. So can you at least give him a chance or not try to cook him alive." Mavis said trying not to laugh while Johnny rolled his eyes for fun.
"Alright, fine! But I'm still keeping an eye on you." Quasimodo sternly said as he pointed his finger at Johnny.
"I'll take that as a compliment but sure." Johnny said giving a thumbs up.
After Quasimodo have taken their order, Dracula, Mavis and Johnny waited for a couple of minutes and even started a small conversation.
"Dad, maybe if it's okay if you let me and Johnny help you out on planning the wedding." Mavis suggested.
"No no no. That won't be necessary, Sweet fangs. It's your and Johnny's special night and I don't want you two to worry a thing. I'll make it the best night of your life, Mavy. I have it under control." Dracula lovingly said to his little girl.
"Alright, Daddy. I guess my only problem now is choosing my bride of honor. I'm sure Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte are going to keep asking me multiple times on who'll it be." Mavis said laughing a little.
"Never thought about choosing my best man, either. It's either one of my brothers and maybe also choosing Hank or Pedro." Johnny thought.
"How's your shoulder doing, Johnny?" Dracula asked.
"It's all good I guess. I just roll with it." That's all what Johnny could say while rotating his right shoulder a little.
"Is Grandpa Vlad or Aunt Lydia coming to the wedding?" Mavis asked her father.
"I'm afraid not, Mavy." Dracula sighed while lowering his head in sadness. "I'm sure they wouldn't want to miss your big wedding but I'm worried that they might react violently when they knew about Johnny."
"They still don't trust humans, huh?" Johnny asked sighing sadly while Dracula slowly nodded.
"I was really hoping to see them in the wedding. Grandpa Vlad, Aunt Lydia, Uncle Gene, and I can't believe I'm going to say this but I was also hoping to see Klaus again." Mavis said frowning in sadness.
"I also kinda wish to meet them, Mavy." Johnny said as he puts his arm on Mavis' shoulder pulling her closer.
Quasimodo later arrived with Dracula, Mavis, and Johnny's order. As they finished their monster/human food, the trio continued to talk. Dracula and Mavis knew that Johnny's birthday was coming really soon and began to plan the party for him.
"So, Johnny-stein. Any plans for your upcoming birthday?" Mavis said as she lovingly gazed at Johnny.
"Not really. I don't have much plans doing something on my birthday." Johnny weakly said.
It was also the death anniversary of his parents and the reason why he wasn't that much excited for his birthday.
"Come on, Johnny. After you helped me plan for Mavis' 118th birthday, maybe throwing you a birthday party is a way to pay you back." Dracula politely said while smiling at the young boy.
"I don't know, Drac. I'll think about it... I guess." Johnny said timidly.
Johnny left the dining restaurant only leaving Dracula and Mavis on the table and curious why Johnny wasn't that much excited for his upcoming birthday.
"What's wrong with Johnny?" Dracula asked.
Mavis gasped remembering what Melly told her that Mike and Linda died on the night of Johnny's 8th birthday.
"Dad, I think know why. When Johnny's siblings came to visit the hotel, Melly told me that their parents died the night on Johnny's 8th birthday." Mavis whispered feeling bad for her fiancé.
Dracula really felt bad for Johnny. Losing both parents at a young age. It reminded him of Martha's death.
After a few minutes later, Dracula heads back to his office while Mavis found Johnny just walking through the hallways, where they found Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Brett all together.
"Hey guys! Wanna hang out with us?" Sophie asked excitedly.
"Sure. What are we going to do?" Mavis asked curiously.
"Just a little game of basketball. Wanna join?" Pedro said as he dribbled a basketball which made Mavis smile exposing her fangs.
"Holy Rabies Yes! We haven't played that game for awhile! Johnny you wanna join?" Mavis asked to her fiancé.
"Yeah join us Johnny. We'll go easy on you." Wendy said teasingly. This just made Johnny chuckled.
"Sounds like fun, but I better help Alfred with something." Johnny admitted.
"What are you helping him with?" Mavis asked.
"Well he's checking out of the hotel anytime soon and I'm helping him to find a place to stay." Johnny said.
"Why not the Cartwright house?" Wendy suggested.
"You mean the humans who lived near the hotel?" Johnny wondered.
"Yeah. They left a couple of years and their old house was abandoned ever since." Hank explained.
"Alfred can stay there. It's nice to have a human to live near the hotel. A human who can trust monsters." Mavis warmly smiled at Johnny.
"Alright, I can tell Alfred about it. Thanks, Mavy!" Johnny said giving a quick kiss on Mavis' cheek and headed to Alfred.
"Actually, we're the ones who suggested that idea!" Hank yelled out but Johnny was already gone.
"So, who's ready to lose in a game of Basketball?" Mavis teased as she quickly stole the ball from Pedro's hand using her vampire speed.
"You're on, Mavis! But no need for a show-off." Charlotte added.
Mavis and her friends ran to the basketball while Johnny headed up to Alfred's room.
"Alfred, I've got something to tell you." Johnny said as he entered Alfred's room.
"What is it, Johnny?" Alfred asked.
"Mavis told me that there were humans who lived near the hotel and no has been living there ever since. Maybe you can stay there." Johnny said.
"Really? Well that solves everything! I'll thank Mavis for that, my boy." Alfred said proudly while Johnny's phone vibrated like he received an alert.
"Now what's this?" Johnny grabbed the phone from his pocket.
It was the police radio confirming crime activities within the human village.
"Attention all units, we need available police officers right away. We've positively spotted one the Joker's men with multiple hostages and armed with dangerous explosives." The police dispatcher said.
"Dispatch, who's the O.I.C. in the situation?" A cop asked.
"Captain James Gordon is the officer in charge." The police dispatcher confirmed.
"I don't like the sound of that, Johnny." Alfred said worriedly.
"The Joker's making his move. I need to stop him before he releases his Joker Venom. A lot lives are at stake here tonight." Johnny said as he exited Alfred's and ran towards his room.
Johnny quickly wore his cowl, cape, body armor, gauntlets, gloves, utility belt, tactical-military pants, and boots. He also grabbed enough gadgets that he acquires and put it inside his belt. After he had everything he needed, Batman/Johnny glides out through the window.
Meanwhile at the Human Village...
The police were were surrounding a building where they believe is where the Joker's men has taken the hostages and where the kept the bomb.
"This is a hostage situation, people. Get into position and wait for my order. Do not provoke or engage the suspects. They could detonate that bomb anytime soon." Police Captain James Gordon said to the police officers.
"Copy that, Captain." A cop said following his superior's orders.
Meanwhile inside the building were four of Joker's armed men and five unarmed men were keeping the civilians hostage with the bomb that was connected to five large canisters inside the room.
"So do you think the rumors are true?" One of the thugs asked.
"What? That Batman is a vampire? Not a chance." The second thug scoffed.
"I don't know, man. I got a feeling that it's Count Dracula." The first thug said.
"Yeah I guess you're right. Dressed in black, turning into a bat, hiding in the dark. It's a perfect match!" A third thug said.
"If Count Dracula is Batman, he would've drank all it our blood before. Plus, I saw him help the Bat back at Joker's Carnival." The second thug replied.
"I heard that Dracula's running a hotel for monsters." A fourth thug said.
"A hotel for monsters? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!" The second thug exclaimed.
"I'm telling you, this place is getting weirder every second. First, Count Dracula and other monsters exists, then the Batman and Joker shows up, and then the last thing I saw is some guy painting green question marks in town." The thug said.
"Hang on, how's that weird?" The third thug asked confusingly.
"Do you ever paint green question mark around town and calling yourself The Question? Wait... I think that wasn't his name." The fifth thug said.
While this was happening, Batman/Johnny secretly found an entrance to the building through the air vents. Batman/Johnny climbed up to a vantage point where he could perfectly see the thugs, the hostages, and the bomb.
Batman/Johnny performed a glide kick at one of the thugs and began to attack them all. The armed thugs were about to shoot Batman/Johnny but he was fast enough to drop three smoke pellets to blind them. With all the thugs blind throughout the smoke, Batman/Johnny easily took them down one by one and using his gadgets such as his Batarangs, Batclaw, REC gun to incapacitate them.
All the thugs were knocked down except one. Batman/Johnny thought about interrogating the last thug standing to learn more about the Joker's plans. Batman/Johnny strangled the thug on the neck with one hand and raising him up beyond the floor.
"HOW MANY BOMBS DID THE JOKER PLANTED!?" Batman/Johnny demanded raising his voice.
"F... five... one here... and the other four are scattered around the town. I'll tell you where they are I promise!You don't have to hurt me!" The thug cowardly answered while struggling from Batman/Johnny's grip.
"And I promise you a goodnight sleep." Batman/Johnny said.
After the thug gives him the informations he needs, Batman/Johnny knocks out the thug and dropped his unconscious body to the floor. Batman/Johnny untied the hostages free before he could diffuse the Joker's bomb. Just in time for the police to breach inside the building.
"POLICE! HANDS WHERE WE CAN SEE THEM!" The police officers aimed their guns but didn't expect all the thugs were knocked down. They only saw Batman/Johnny setting the hostages free.
"Hold your fire! It's just Batman." Gordon exclaimed as the police lowered all their guns.
"Captain Gordon." Batman/Johnny said with his voice modulator/changer on.
"Get the hostages to safety." Gordon said to his fellow officers.
The police officers did what their superior told them to do. They gently got the hostages out of the building and secure them somewhere safe while Batman/Johnny works on diffusing the bomb. Batman/Johnny puts on his high-tech goggles and turned on his Detective Mode to analyze the bomb's circuitry.
"The Joker made some new specifications to his bombs. 5 canisters of Joker Venom are connected to the bomb. The blast radius of the is highly dangerous. If all five bombs are detonated, it could cover the entire village with Joker Venom." Batman said.
"Can you diffuse it?" Gordon asked nervously.
"I can, but I don't have much time before it releases the Joker Venom. I need to be quick." Batman/Johnny quickly used his Cryptographic Sequencer to unlock the bomb's code to disable it.
Gordon and the other police officers were getting nervous every second waiting for Batman/Johnny to diffuse the bomb with his Cryptographic Sequencer. After a few minutes, the bomb made a celebration and released a few colorful paper confettis.
"You did it! Thank God!" Gordon sighed in relief and ordered his officers to put Joker's men into police custody.
"We're not done yet, Captain. The Joker planted four more bombs around the place. We also need to stop him." Batman/Johnny said while Gordon nodded.
"You know, we have laws about vigilantes like you cleaning up crimes around here." Gordon stated.
"Is that mean you're going to arrest me, Captain?" Batman/Johnny asked while crossing his arms.
"Who says anything about arresting you?" Gordon said just chuckling. "For what I can tell, you're the only chance we have on stopping this madman and you're quite doing a good job about it." Gordon added while Batman/Johnny continued his work on examining the bomb.
The bombs were linked into radio frequency that the Joker implanted to detonate them remotely. Batman/Johnny could easily trace the signal to the places where the Joker planted the rest of the bombs and his hideout.
"I've got it, the bombs are tuned into a radio frequency. Follow the radio frequency and it'll lead us right to the other bombs." Batman/Johnny said.
"Alright then. I'll call in my bomb squad to locate any more of Joker's bombs, we'll notify you when found something. What are you going to do?" Gordon said holding his walkie talkie.
"I'm going to search for more of Joker's bombs. If we found all the bombs, I can use their radio frequency to help me pinpoint the Joker's location. Let me know if you find anything." Batman/Johnny said as he grappled up making his exit.
Batman/Johnny has located and disarmed two more of the Joker's bombs and taken more of Joker thugs into police custody. Meanwhile, Gordon and his police officers has also located and disarmed the last two of the Joker's bombs and arrested more of Joker's goons. They also managed to save some hostages that the Joker's men has taken.
"That's all five bombs. Hope that's the last of them." Gordon sighed in relief and then turns to Batman/Johnny. "So how are you going to find the Joker with those things?"
Batman/Johnny was using his Cryptographic Sequencer gadget. He focused on the locations where the five bombs were planted and their radio frequency traced the signal to Henry Claridge's abandoned chemical plant.
"The radio frequency is pointing to the abandoned chemical plant. That's where Joker's hiding." Batman/Johnny said to Gordon as he puts back his gadget inside his utility belt.
"Dispatch, this is Captain James Gordon. We need all available police officers ASAP. We have a positive lead on the Joker's location." Gordon said through his police radio in the police car.
"Affirmative, Captain. Dispatch out." The police dispatch said.
"It's just me and you, Joker. Time we finish this once and for all!" Batman/Johnny said preparing for his final battle with the Joker.
Meanwhile back at the Hotel...
Mavis, Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte are inside the basketball court wearing their jersey uniforms. Before they could start the game, they did a quick few stretches and exercises to get themselves ready.
"So who's gonna be on who's team?" Sophie asked.
"Hmph... I think I'll chose Wendy and Sophie in my team." Mavis answered.
"Yeah! I'm on Mavis' team!" Wendy exclaimed bouncing up and down in victory.
"Great. Now this just leaves me with Hank and Pedro." Charlotte said a little annoyed.
"This is going to be fun! Especially without Klaus showing off his victory dance." Hank said while this made Mavis giggled at making fun at her cousin.
The teams held their respective positions. Mavis, Wendy, and Sophie were standing on their side of the court while Hank, Pedro, and Charlotte stayed on their's.
"You guys ready to lose?" Pedro asked teasingly.
"Yeah right, like we're going to lose." Mavis scoffed while rolling her eyes. She really thought that her team will win due to her incredible Basketball skills and vampire powers.
The basketball game began shortly with Sophie dribbling the ball while Mavis and Wendy tried to block Hank, Pedro, and Charlotte.
"Sophie! I'm open!" Mavis exclaimed while extending her arms waving at Sophie.
Sophie threw the ball as Mavis grabbed it and began dribbling it to the ring until Pedro swoops in and stole the ball.
"Hey! Pedro!" Mavis said annoyingly.
Pedro kept running while dribbling the ball and making a jump on the ring as he shoots the ball straight down the spider-net.
"Boom! You just got Pedro'd!" Pedro laughed while giving high fives to Hank and Charlotte.
Later on, It was now Charlotte who was dribbling the ball while Hank and Pedro tired block Mavis, Wendy, and Sophie away from the ball.
"Hank! You're up!" Charlotte said as she passed the ball to Hank.
"Thanks, Charlotte! I got this!" Hank said as he grabs the ball with his hands.
"Wait! Hank don't throw the ball!" Pedro shouted trying to stop Hank but it was too late.
Hank threw the ball straight at the ring but it hit the board instead as the ball ricocheted the shot back to Hank hitting him on the head as it detached himself from his body. Hank's head and the ball dropped on the floor at the same time.
Sophie picked up the ball and shot it right down at the spider-net. Mavis and Wendy cheered in victory that their team managed to score while Pedro and Charlotte sighed in annoyance.
"Score! Better luck next time, Hank." Sophie said teasingly at Hank's head.
"Nice shot, Sophie." Mavis said to her teammate. Both Mavis, Wendy, and Sophie gave high fives to each other.
"Can someone put my head back to my body please?" Hank asked in embarrassment. Pedro was always to put Hank's head back to his body.
A couple of minutes later, Hank was yet again dribbling the ball until he lost balance and slipped on top of Wendy as her gooey body bounced him up the ceiling where the screaming Hank was left hanging upside down at the ceiling.
It was Mavis who had the ball on her hands. She turned into a bat and shot the ball straight down to the spider-net.
"And that's how you play Basketball! Boom-Drac-alacka!" Mavis laughed in victory before turning back into her human form.
"Alright! Go, Mavis!" Both Sophie and Charlotte cheered for the young vampiress.
As Mavis and friends prepared for another game of Basketball, Dracula entered the court to check on where the cheering noises are coming from.
"What are you kids doing here?" Dracula asked.
"Oh hey, dad. We were just playing a little game of Basketball." Mavis replied by spinning the ball with her finger.
"Uh... a little help over here... Uncle Drac?" Hank said in embarrassment still hanging upside down on the ceiling.
"Hank? Who did you end up there? Hang on." Dracula said with a little wave of his fingers, he used his telekinesis powers to levitate Hank safely back on the ground.
"Thanks, Uncle Drac." Hank said now standing on the floor. Dracula just nodded and smiled at the young Frankenstein.
"Are you gonna join us, Uncle Drac?" Wendy asked.
"I'd love to kids but I have important hotel business to attend to." Dracula replied while the kids frowned.
"Oh come, dad. It'll be fun! Unless if you're a... scaredy-bat." Mavis teased while smirking and raising an eyebrow.
"Oooooh!" Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte said.
Dracula chuckled at her daughter's challenge. With a simple snap of his finger, Dracula changed into his jersey uniform in a mist.
"You're on." Dracula smirked.
Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte all sat on the audience seats watching Dracula and Mavis to play the game of trick shot.
"You sure you want to get your little fangs beat again up?" Dracula asked dribbling the ball while Mavis was stretching her arms.
"I beat you when I still have my training wings." Mavis chuckled while crossing her arms.
"Because I let you. Now let's start with something easy." Dracula started when he shot the ball at the gargoyle on top and ricocheted the ball on the basketball ring.
It was Mavis' turn. Mavis threw the ball at the gargoyle ricocheted at a zombie employee's head off as the ball shoots through the spider-net.
"Alright! Go, Mavis!" Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte cheered all together for Mavis while clapping their hands.
"Oh it's on now!" Dracula smirked.
Dracula and Mavis began to perform trick shots to top each other's score.
"Oh yeah!" Dracula shouted in victory after performing his trick shot.
"Boom-Drac-alacka!" Mavis exclaimed after doing her trick shot.
"Nothing but web! Boo-ya! There's no way you can top that shot!" Dracula cheered for himself as he tossed Mavis the ball.
Taking a deep breath, Mavis performed her trick shot. The ball hits the gargoyle, the zombie's head, the sundae bar at the dining restaurant, the hotel chimney, the front desk in the lobby, the hearse, the tombstone in the cemetery, the tail of a giant three-headed dog, Quasimodo's head which was spilled by a bowl of soup, and the ball shot through the basketball ring.
"Nothing but web! In your spooky face!" Mavis cheered in victory while doing her little victory dance.
Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte, cheered for Mavis' victory while Dracula just smiled seeing her daughter having fun.
Just then, Dracula gasped in horror when he saw an angry Quasimodo with green soup all over his head entered the court to find out who threw the ball at his head.
"Mavy, you win. Now let's get you kids out of here!" Dracula said in a hurry while getting himself and kids out of the court quickly before Quasimodo finds them.
Quasimodo spotted a zombie employee kicking the ball and thought that he was responsible for the mess on his face. In anger, Quasimodo took off the zombie employee's head and dunks it at the basketball ring as a payback.
Dracula, Mavis, Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte quickly left the basketball court to escape Quasimodo. The changed back into their usual clothes and headed down to the lobby.
"Man, Mavis plays better than the old man." Pedro commented.
"Hey! Who you calling old man?" Dracula glared at the young mummy while Mavis and her friends laughed.
"Too bad Johnny missed all of the fun." Wendy said.
"Where is he?" Dracula asked.
"He's with Alfred helping him out with something." Mavis answered.
Sooner or later they noticed that there was a crowd of monsters, including Frank, Eunice, Wayne, Wanda, Murray, and Griffin, were watching news at the flat screen TV.
"What are you guys watching there?" Dracula asked.
"Something's happening back at the human village." Frank answered his old friend.
Just then Dracula, Mavis, Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte joined the crowd to know what they were watching. The TV was showing a female reporter in a crime-scene with the police at the human village.
"Breaking News: early tonight, several of the Joker's armed thugs were spotted planting bombs all over town and has taken numerous hostages with them. Civilians were advised by Police Captain James Gordon to stay inside their homes for their safety until the police handles the situation. It's also confirmed that the vigilante known as 'The Batman' has taken down the thugs and rescued the hostages but still no sign of the Joker. Police officers have also disarmed the bombs in what it appears to be one of the Joker's plots. Later on, I have seen the Batman on the scene talking to Captain James Gordon earlier tonight. Could the Batman and the police force be working together in order to stop 'the Joker'? We'll learn the answer later tonight, people." The female reporter said on the television.
After what they have learned from the news, the monsters were worried about what's happening tonight, especially Dracula. He couldn't risk any of his guest leaving the hotel while there's a mad clown on the loose.
"Captain!" Dracula called out the armored knight.
"Yes, sir!" The Armored Knight saluted at the vampire.
"I want you to increase the security within the hotel! Make sure that no leaves! Understood?" Dracula exclaimed.
"Affirmative, sir! I'll have the other knights to guard the hotel! We won't let anything bad happen to everyone here!" The Armored Knight replied as he assembled his guards to do their given task.
"Could this be a new leaf for the mysterious vigilante? Is he about to become a public figure? We've also seen the Bat putting down other criminals behind bars before. Criminals such as the arms dealer 'The Penguin', the serial arsonist 'Firefly', the former cryobiologist 'Mr. Freeze', and many more. Hopefully, the Batman could also take down the Joker later tonight? After what I've seen him do tonight, he's on his way to become a household name." The female reporter said on the television.
"Man, I didn't know Bat-dude has made a lot of enemies that fast!" Pedro said in disbelief.
"Batman taking down the Joker!? There's no way I'm gonna miss that!" Hank exclaimed in excitement.
Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte were eagerly waiting for the moment where Batman/Johnny fights the Joker like they were watching a superhero movie while Mavis was somehow worried. She knew that Batman/Johnny only priority was to protect innocent lives including the time when he saved Dracula from the Joker at the night of that carnival. Mavis hopes that Batman/Johnny would be careful on taking down the Joker.
Back at the Human Village...
Batman/Johnny arrived at the abandoned chemical plant with Gordon and the police not so far behind him. He hasn't been at the chemical plant ever since the night the Joker hired his men to steal those chemicals from Henry Claridge.
Batman/Johnny heard someone screaming for help just outside the building. It was a hostage begging to be rescued from the Joker's thugs.
"Joker's thugs has taken that man hostage. I should take them out first before moving on." Batman/Johnny thought.
Batman/Johnny grappled up to a vantage point to have a clear view at the thugs. Five armed thugs were keeping the man hostage, this was going to be easy for Batman/Johnny.
Batman/Johnny glides down to a lonely armed thug and performed a glide kick at him. While the thug was on the floor, Batman/Johnny performed a ground takedown at the thug knocking him down loudly that it caught the other thugs' attentions. Batman/Johnny quickly grappled up to another vantage point before the other armed thugs arrive.
"Oh god! Everyone, get your asses over here NOW!" One of the thugs yelled.
The remaining four armed thugs came up to their unconscious friend trying to wake him up but he wasn't responding back.
"This isn't good! He won't wake up." The first thug said nervously.
"The Bat's here! Don't let reach to the Joker!" The second thug said.
"That's it! We're screwed! We're gonna die out here and there's nothing we can do about it!" The third thug shouted while his body was shivering in fear.
"Shut up! We need to keep looking or we're all dead!" The forth thug snapped at his friend getting scared as well.
The three thugs spread out to haunt down Batman/Johnny while the forth thug kept an eye on the hostage. Batman/Johnny silently sneaked behind one of the thugs and performed a silent takedown. Unknown to Batman/Johnny, one of the three remaining thugs spotted him taking his buddy down.
"On me! I've got him! He's over here!" The thug shouted calling out his friends' attentions.
The thug tried to shoot Batman/Johnny with his gun but Batman/Johnny was fast enough to throw a Batarang at the thug's face as he tripped down to the floor.
With the other two thugs incoming, Batman/Johnny dropped smoke pellets to cover his movements and finished off the thug on the floor by performing another ground takedown before grappling up at a vantage point.
As the smoke began to wear off, the last two thugs found another of their friend incapacitated and Batman/Johnny got away.
"He used some kind of smoke to get away." The first thug said.
"He's making us look like idiots! How's he doing it?" The second thug yelled.
"Leave him. We've got more important things to be looking out for!" The second said after he tried waking up his friend.
As the last two thugs spread out, Batman/Johnny dropped kick at one of the thugs on top and performed a ground takedown knocking him out unconscious. Hearing his friend getting knocked down, the last thug run to the hostage and grabbed him by the collar and pointing his gun at his head.
"Welcome to club hostage! You hear me Batman?! If you show yourself, I'll put a bullet between this guy's eyes!" The thug shouted warning Batman/Johnny as he kept pointing his gun at the hostage's head ready for Batman/Johnny to show up.
"One of Joker's men has taken that man hostage. The only way to save him is to make sure his captors won't see me coming." Batman/Johnny said carefully.
Without watching his back, Batman/Johnny performed a silent takedown behind the thug making him let go of the hostage safely. Batman/Johnny knockout smashed the thug's head on the ground.
"Man... I heard the rumors but... I didn't believe you were real! Unbelievable!" The hostage exclaimed.
"You're safe now. The police are on their way to pick you up." Batman/Johnny said.
"Thank you, Batman. There were more of us, hopefully if there still are. That evil clown took them all inside the chemical facility." The hostage said.
"Don't worry. I'll find them. I need you to hide somewhere safe until Captain Gordon arrives." Batman/Johnny reassured the hostage.
With the hostage hiding somewhere safe waiting for the police to come, Batman/Johnny went inside the Chemical Plant to stop the Joker.
Meanwhile inside the Chemical Plant...
"Please... let us go... we don't want to die!" A hostage begged.
"You don't need to kill us." The second hostage pleaded.
"What? Oh no no no... I'm not going to kill you... not yet anyway. I need you all with me until your precious Caped Crusader arrives. He'll be surprised from what I've got on my sleeves... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" The Joker laughed while aiming his gun directly at one of the hostages' heads.
"SOMEONE... HELP US!" A third hostage cried out loud.
Batman/Johnny entered the room as he kicked the door so hard that it crashed on the ground. He saw the Joker on the high ground with the three hostages and his thugs backing him up.
"Well look who discovered our secret hideout! Was it hard to find it, Batsy? I mean after all... this place really means special for the both of us." The Joker squealed in excitement while looking down at Batman/Johnny.
"You need to stop this now. Before it goes to far!" Batman/Johnny warned.
"Stop? But everyone's drying to see what I've planned next!" The Joker said.
"The police are on their way. It's over for you, Joker." Batman/Johnny said.
"Over? Why my dear Batman, no need to spoil the surprise. The party hasn't even began." The Joker said.
Thirty of the Joker's thugs dropped down to beat the vigilante up while Batman/Johnny wasn't showing any signs of fear at all.
"Batman's here and the boss wants him dead! LET'S KILL HIM!" One of the thugs yelled.
"No problem!" A second thug answered.
"Just you guys? Pity." Batman/Johnny taunted while rotating his shoulder and tilting his neck making some snapping sounds.
The thugs began to attack but Batman/Johnny countered their attacks and began to strike the the thugs forming his free flow combat. He would also perform Combo Takedowns at the thug's by breaking their bones to knock them down and would use his Batarangs, REC gun, Batclaw against his enemies and use Explosive Gel on the floor to blow up the thugs knocking them down unconscious. Three or five minutes later, all thirty thugs were knocked out without Batman/Johnny breaking a sweat. After watching the whole fight, the Joker just clapped his hands.
"Nicely done, Bats! You deserve a price: you'll get to sit at the front row seat as I, The Joker!, release my Venom as it covers the entire town!" The Joker said as he grabbed the detonator from his suit presenting it to Batman/Johnny.
"DON'T!" Batman/Johnny yelled trying to stop the Joker.
The Joker pressed the button of his detonator but after a few seconds, he didn't hear an explosion occur. He kept pressing the button multiple times but nothing seems to work.
"What? Why is this not working? I could've sworn I had this fix!" The Joker said annoyingly as he kept pressing the button. "What have you done, Bats?"
"The police and I disarmed all your bombs that you've planted. The radio frequency traced the signal back here at the chemical plant. How else did you think I'd find you here?" Batman/Johnny answered back.
"You just ruined everything!" The Joker yelled in frustration throwing his detonator away and aimed his gun at Batman/Johnny.
"Freeze, Joker! You're surrounded!" Gordon and the police breached in the room arresting the thugs.
The Joker prepared to fire his gun at one of the hostages but Batman/Johnny was quick enough to throw a Batarang right at the Joker's hand making him drop his weapon. The Joker ran away to another room for him to escape.
"Gordon, get the hostages out of here now! I'll deal with the Joker." Batman/Johnny said while Gordon nodded.
While the police arrested the thugs and rescued the hostages, Batman/Johnny grabbed his grappling gun from his leg hostler and grappled up to the high ground to chase the Joker.
Batman/Johnny ended up standing on a scaffolding with vat of experimental chemicals just directly below them. The Joker was just in front of Batman/Johnny. It was just the two of them.
"Does it brings you back memories, Bats? Here we are again at the exact same place. The fight between life and death... just above the vats of chemicals. The first time I laid my eyes on you... hahahahaha... Sometimes, I wonder if all this will end with one of us looking down at the other's corpse, trying to work out what to do next. The only question is... whose body will it be? I know who I'm rooting for. What about you?" The Joker giggled referring to the night when he met Batman/Johnny for the very first time at the chemical plant.
"No more escape, Joker! This sick game ends now!" Batman/Johnny shouted while clenching his fist.
Both Batman/Johnny and the Joker charged to each other in incredible speed. The Joker was the first one to lay a punch on his opponent but Batman/Johnny was fast enough to block the attack and slammed the Joker's face right on the railings and kicked him right on the midsection.
Blood was coming out from the Joker's nose but all he did was to laugh every time he feels pain. Batman/Johnny grabbed the Joker by the shoulder but the Joker quickly turns around to face Batman/Johnny and managed to punch Batman/Johnny right the jaw.
Batman/Johnny groaned in pain as he knelt down with his one hand holding his jaw while behind him was the Joker slides out a knife from the sleeve of his purple suit.
"Why so shy, Batsy? Come on! Pucker up!" The Joker taunted running towards Batman/Johnny to stab him with his knife.
Fully recovered, Batman/Johnny blocked the knife attack with his gauntlet on his arm and used his free hand to uppercut the Joker below the jaw. The attack was so strong that Joker stepped back uncontrollably.
The Joker swings his knife multiple times right at Batman/Johnny but he dodged every attack until the Joker manages to only scratch the bat logo on Batman/Johnny's chest armor. Batman/Johnny grabs the Joker's hand and slams it on the railing making him drop the knife below the vat of chemicals.
Batman/Johnny strongly punched the Joker on the face as more blood came out from his mouth. The Joker held both of his hand on the railing for support while laughing. The Joker pulled out his joy buzzer from his other sleeve and directly held his palm on Batman/Johnny's head while the joy buzzer was electrifying him.
Batman/Johnny screamed in pain feeling the electric shock on his head while the Joker held both his hands on Batman/Johnny's head while laughing. The Joker lets go of Batman/Johnny and knelt down on the ground grunting in pain.
"Little Batsy's falling down!" The Joker sang as he kicked Batman/Johnny on the face and his back landed on floor. "Falling down, falling down, little Batsy's falling down!" The Joker continued singing while electrifying Batman/Johnny with his joy buzzer some more. "I'm so happy! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
The Joker was about to use his joy buzzer on Batman/Johnny again but he quickly slammed the Joker's body against the railing and took away his joy buzzer form his palm and threw it below the chemical vat. Batman/Johnny punched the Joker on the stomach and slammed his face on the other side of the railing. The Joker continued to laugh while Batman/Johnny wiped the blood from his mouth or spitting it out.
The Joker grabbed his second gun from his suit and aimed at Batman/Johnny, who just stood there waiting for the right time to attack.
"Why can't you just admit it, Bats?! You need me! We make each other perfect and we couldn't exist without the other! I'm the Yin to your Yang! We're both the same, Batman! I'm the answer to all of your life's prayers! Without me, you're just a joke... without a punch line!" The Joker said explaining how much Batman/Johnny really means to him still aiming his gun at him.
"You need to learn how to shut up!" Batman/Johnny talked back while clenching his teeth in anger.
"Well, I guess learning is a lot to ask from you, meat-for-brains." The Joker said as he pulled the trigger of his gun.
The gun didn't released a bullet right at Batman/Johnny but it released a flag that says 'BANG!' instead.
"Oops... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" The Joker said in embarrassment but he even continued to laugh.
Batman/Johnny slammed the gun away from Joker's gun as it dropped below the chemical vat. Batman/Johnny stunned his cape at the Joker making him dizzy and focused on beating him down multiple times on his shoulder, chest, stomach and face. After a few good hits, Batman/Johnny kicked the Joker on the stomach sending him to do opposite direction and landed on the ground. The Joker weakly laughed and coughed while Batman/Johnny walked closer to him.
"Come on, baby. Beat me until your knuckles bleed. Why stop there? You know there's only one way to stop me." The Joker said.
Batman/Johnny began to strangle the Joker on the neck in anger. The Joker laughs while starring at Batman/Johnny's angry face. Batman/Johnny used his free hand to punch the Joker on the face. The punch was so hard that it knocked the Joker unconscious. Batman/Johnny kept breathing heavily knowing that it's all over. The Joker is defeated.
Gordon came in the room and saw the Joker unconscious body on the ground and Batman/Johnny just standing there and looking tired.
"Batman?" Gordon worriedly said.
"It's over, Gordon. We've got the Joker." Batman/Johnny said.
"Thank god it's all over. I'm just glad you didn't kill him, especially for what he's done tonight." Gordon chuckled.
"That's not how I do things, Captain. I don't kill anyone. Not even scums like the Joker." Batman/Johnny sternly said which silenced Gordon regretting to ask that kind of question.
Gordon turns around to see if more of the police officers are coming in the room to arrest the Joker.
"A lot of people are coming here anytime soon. You need to go before..." The moment Gordon turned his back, Batman/Johnny was already gone. "Where'd you go?" Gordon gasped in disbelief from Batman/Johnny's disappearing act.
Outside the chemical plant were surrounded by numerous of police cars. Police officers arrested the last of the thugs and rescued the last hostages. Finally, Captain James Gordon accompanying with two police officers has the Joker handcuffs behind his back while he still had some bruises on his face and finally puts him inside the police van with the rest of the thugs for transportation to jail. Reporters were also at the scene to film the whole event but police officers told them to stay out of their business.
Meanwhile on a rooftop not far away from the chemical plant was Batman/Johnny just standing at the edge of the building while his cape was flowing through the wind. He has the perfect view at the Joker being arrested.
"Congratulations, Johnny. Threat removed. The Joker and his goons are all in police custody. Shall we call it night then?" Alfred said in Batman/Johnny's earbud.
"For now. I'm going to check on Mavis back at the hotel before she realized that I'm gone." Batman/Johnny replied without his voice modulator/changer.
A few minutes later, Batman/Johnny came back to the hotel and entered his room through the window with Alfred waiting for him inside.
"Congratulations are in order, Johnny! The Joker is now finally behind bars thanks to you! You saved a lot people tonight. Let us only hope the Joker stays there for good." Alfred exclaimed.
"Solitary should help. The less contact he has with people, the better." Johnny suggested while taking off his cowl.
"A wise decision to make, my boy. The only thing that's keeping me curious is the Joker's obsession with you." Alfred wondered.
"Me too, Al. He somehow claims that we've already met before. I'm going to find out more about it when things gets back to normal." Johnny said.
Johnny changed back into his usual clothes and headed downstairs at the lobby with Dracula, Mavis and the others.
"Oh, Johnny! There you are!" Mavis exclaimed when she saw Johnny.
"Hey, Mavy!" Johnny squealed as he quickly hugged Mavis tightly.
After he lets go of Mavis, Johnny noticed a lot of monsters watching at the television.
"What are you guys watching?" Johnny asked.
"We're watching the Batman on TV." Wendy answered.
Johnny wasn't that much surprised when heard that everyone would be watching the Batman on TV so he decided to watch with the others.
"Good news tonight, folks: chaos over around town has now turned into a celebration as Police Captain James Gordon has confirmed that the Joker is finally been taken into police custody. The Joker and his goons are being transported into a more secure facility as we speak." The female reporter said on TV.
The monsters cheered in victory that the person who broke into the hotel before is now going away forever.
"Woohoo! Go Batman! You rock! The Joker doesn't stand a chance!" Pedro cheered out loud.
All of the monsters just awkwardly stared at the young mummy while some had a dirty look directly at him for being noisy.
"Police credit these arrests to solid police work, but this reporter suspects the vigilante known as the Batman had more than a small role to play. The Batman continues to be one of the top stories here tonight in Transylvania. We'll leave you just a few of the comments you've made about our new 'Dark Knight'." The TV reporter said interviewing the people who witnessed Batman/Johnny's actions.
"The Dark Knight? That sounds really cool!" Hank said as he was impressed at Batman/Johnny's reputation.
"I was surrounded. The next thing I know. BAM BOOM KA-POW! The thugs are all on the ground! KO'd. I didn't even see him coming!" A man exclaimed on TV.
"Oh it was all a blur. He just wooshed in out of no where! He was incredible." A woman gazed in wonder on TV.
"Listen, I'm a cop. I can't condone what he does. But I'm grateful that he's doing it!" A police said.
"Oh he's real, alright. I've got the bruises to prove it. He's real, he's ruthless, and there ain't nothing in the world that's gonna stop him." A criminal protested in anger while he was being forced to get inside the police car.
"Personally, I owe him a debt of gratitude from rescuing us from those evil clowns. Batman is out there to protect the innocents and I also hope he's also protecting the monsters out there. It turns out all the monsters are friendly. Thank you, Batman. For all us." A woman said.
After the news ended, all of the monsters cheered for celebration as the chaos that's happening at the human village is now over. They were also happy that the humans now cared for the monsters.
"Alright, everyone. Settle down! I know that all of you are hipped up about the good news but we all need to observe silence before we head back to our usual business." Dracula announced to his monster guest.
Johnny felt a little better after he succeeded on taking down the Joker and the monsters seeing Batman as their watchful Dark Knight.
Johnny smiled when he turned his attention to Mavis and giving her a warm tight embrace around her. All of Johnny's stress was now gone.
"You're in a good mood. Anything I missed?" Mavis asked as she lovingly gazed at Johnny.
"Nah. I just love you so much. That's all." Johnny replied by kissing Mavis' forehead.
"I love you, Johnny-Stein!" Mavis giggled as she and Johnny shared one deep passionate kiss and a warm big hug.
To be continued...
