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Batman to Superman: We know he used you, humiliated you, brainwashed you, wound you up like a tin soldier and turned you loose on earth. CRY ME A RIVER.

 -JLA

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A gust of wind and the light tap-tap of a pair of feet landing gracefully on the cement floor, Batman found himself in the dark former FOH building. In just a short amount of time he had figured everything out, how he managed to get to this dimension, how the Joker and Tim had managed to survive… His mind buzzed with anger and even a tad bit of excitement, this time he was going to kill the Joker.

 A canister, painted red with a black smiley, rolled up next to his foot. Before he could react it exploded into a large cloud of red gas. Fear raced through his body, mind numbing spine tingling fear. Staring at the monsters from his nightmares, Batman shuffled back a few steps trying to calm his pounding heart.

It had only been two hours ago that he was back in the hotel room with Virginia, two measly hours ago…

 ((Rewind Two Hours))  

 Virginia leaned forward kissing Bruce full on the lips. Responding, Bruce wrapped his arms around her deepening the kiss. Breaking free of the kiss, Virginia leaned her head onto Bruce's chest and closed her eyes sighing deeply.

 "You already know where the Joker and Scarecrow are… you know everything, don't you?" She whispered.

Bruce hesitated for a moment and Virginia pulled back looking him in the eyes, "Yes," He admitted with a slight nod of his head, "I know."

 "Will you come back?" She asked, her eyes wide with worry and fear.

 "I don't know. Maybe." He said standing up pulling the cowl back over his head.

Virginia felt the bony hands of fear claw at her stomach, "W-where was the tracker? How were they finding us?" She asked trying to stall Bruce from leaving.

 "It was on me," He stated simply kissing her on the forehead, "I have to go now." He turned for the window and pulled it open, his cape billowing out behind him as a gust of wind burst in through the window.

 "Wait!" Virginia shouted jumping to her feet as he climbed onto the windowsill, "What should I tell the others?"

He glanced over his shoulder at her and smiled sadly, "You already know." He said then leapt out.

 "Bruce!" Virginia cried out running to the window and leaned out finding Batman already long gone, "Damn you…" She hissed her eyes watering.

 Logan walked into the room holding a bottle of beer up to his lips, he spotted Virginia leaning out the window and lowered the bottle, "What're ya doin'?" He grunted walking up to her.

 Virginia pulled herself back inside and closed the window trying to suppress the urge to cry, "Nothing." She whispered bowing her head.

Logan blinked, "What's wrong Red?" He asked, tilting his head to the side trying to get a better view of her face.

 "He left," Virginia's voice cracked slightly as she looked up at Logan, "And I don't know why the Hell I'm crying." She laughed softly wiping at her eyes.

 Logan hesitantly pulled her into a hug, "You know that he can take care of 'imself, you know that better than any of us."

Virginia nodded against his chest feeling safe in his arms, "I know." She whispered closing her eyes.

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Finding himself swinging between buildings made him feel homesick for a moment, but the feeling vanished when sights of the FOH building came into view. Batman landed softly on the ground and stepped up to the gate, his eyes narrowed dangerously as he glared at the large smiley painted on the building.

 Pushing his way through the gate, he decided on the direct approach not willing to waste anymore time than he had too.

He stepped into the dark room, letting his eyes scan the room for any threats. A canister, painted red with a black smiley, rolled up next to his foot. Before he could react it exploded into a large cloud of red gas.

 "I thought you were smarter than this Batman," A voice hissed in his ear, whirling around Batman found nothing but empty air, "Maybe you really have gone batty!" The voice squealed in laughter.

Batman whirled back around and made a run for the door labeled 'stairs'. He pulled the door open finding that the stairs went up higher than he thought and were crawling with large spiders and snakes. Suppressing the urge to scream and run, Batman forced himself to climb the stairs. The creatures disappeared step by step, and the stairs weren't as high as he had thought. Wiping the sweat from his eyes, Batman proceeded on through the next door finding nothing but a chair facing the black painted wall. 

 "Scared yet, Bat-brain?" The disembodied voice rasped from the chair.

Batman took a step closer, the room expanded and nightmarish ghouls bled from the walls surrounding him.

 "You should be. You have no idea what you've just walked into."

 "I'm not afraid of you." Batman hissed taking a step forward; the monsters began to close in on him.

It took him all but a minute to realize that the monsters were not figments of his imagination but reality. One particularly grotesque looking monster grabbed Batman by the throat and lifted him up off the floor. Clawing at the thing's hands, Batman grit his teeth and kicked fiercely trying to escape from the blackness creeping at the edges of his vision. Slowly his hands fell to his sides and he watched the world fall around him.

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 'Cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am strong enough
'Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone away

 -Broken by Seether featuring Amy Lee

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