A/N: Thanks for the replies so far! I have unblocked anonymous posts so now everyone can respond. The reason I chose to put this story here is because it is set in the TNBA era. I'm glad you are enjoying the story so far. Time to kick it up a notch.

The Mad Hatter had walked for about an hour. He was becoming really depressed. His life was being threatened.....not that he had much of a life outside of crime anyway. He decided to go to the one place he felt safe.

He always enjoyed his time here. He found this park when he first moved to Gotham City. Wonderland Park was a beautiful place for people to go. It was unfortunate that his last memory here was of fighting against Batman for the first time. It didn't look like much had changed. Even though the city had refurbished the park, hardly anyone went inside.


::Funnibone Shipping Co.::


"Well, now you've done it!" said the Joker. "You can't even be a lookout anymore! What's the matter with you?"

"Gee, mistah J, are you gonna hold that cake thing against me?"

"You think I should just let it slip? Batman and Robin were right there!!! You almost ruined my entire master plan....even before I could get it started!!!!!!!!"

"Ummm.....what exactly is your master plan again?"

Joker slapped his hand to his face and shook his head in dismay.

"This is becoming too much of a chore. Ok, I'll explain it to you one last time. I get those mind-control chips from Hatter. I place those chips on certain people. Then, with those certain people, I can take control of the city!"

"You think you can pull it off?"

Joker shot her a look.

"Bad question?"

"This plan will work only if Hatter comes through for me! And he better too, if he knows what's good for him! But now, we have to be extra careful. Batman probably already knows that I want his help. I don't know how long he was there, so I don't know how much of my plan he heard. Try not to screw it up for me again, kay?"

"Sure thing, mistah J."


:: Wonderland Park ::


The Mad Hatter finally sat down at his favorite spot in the park. He was sitting on a leaf, next to a giant statue of a smoking caterpillar. It was his favorite thinking spot. He was thinking if he should help the Joker or not when he heard a commotion over near the entrance.

The noise was coming closer to where he was. He jumped off of the leaf and hid behind the caterpillar. What he saw were a few boys. They seemed to look like they were part of some gang.

"Hey Ollie!" said one of the thugs. "This looks like it'll be the perfect spot!"

"Yeah, we'll show this city what we're made of!" said another.

"Guys, I know we're all excited here, but this is just small time stuff. Soon though, the people of this city will fear our gang!" said Ollie.

Hatter snorted at the last statement. If Batman shows up here, this gang will fall to pieces he thought.

"Time for this city to know that the Skulls mean business!" shouted Ollie, the apparent leader.

"Yeah!"

"Alright!"

"Let's trash this place!" responded the others.

Trash the place? Over my dead body.... thought the Hatter. He looked at them intensely. They were shaking up what appeared to be a bunch of spray cans. Hatter was getting ready to confront them when he saw a shadow of someone moving behind them. He stopped. Ha! So much for this gang! Hatter enjoyed watching the scene unfold as the shadowy figure stepped into the light.

His delight turned to bewilderment when the figure turned out to be someone other than Batman. This guy was carrying something in his hands. It was a mallet. He was dressed in a long black robe and had what looked like to be a white wig on his head.

The figure raised the mallet over his head and pounded it on the ground. He did this twice more before he spoke. When he spoke, Hatter's mood turned into a state of shock.

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Everyone turned around except for Ollie. Ollie began to cower in fear from the person that was behind him. Then he spoke.

"Court is now in session...."

Ollie slowly turned around. Before him stood The Judge.