"Oh great, just what we didn't need now," said Harley Quinn.

"Actually, this might work poo," replied Joker. He turned his attention back to the Judge. "This is better than Matlock! It looks like there's a couple of guys that'll close this case. Ha ha ha ha!"

"They will not interfere. Not now, not ever again," replied the Judge.

"I beg to differ," replied Batman as he and Robin walked towards the group.

"This has become too much of a crowd. You're all stifling me. Get them!" said the Joker.

Bruce, Mayor Hill, and Commissioner Gordon stepped towards Batman, Robin, and the Judge. The Joker walked backwards, toward the entrance. He wasn't going to leave unless he had to save himself. He wanted to see how it would turn out.

"Now I know that the Judge is clueless, but in case you forgot Batsy...They're a lot stronger then they look! HA HA HA HA HA! Have fun!"

"What does he mean by that?" whispered Batman.

"The microchips make them three times as strong," whispered back Robin. "Try your best not to hurt them in any way."

Joker gave the three instructions. Mayor Hill went up against the Judge, Gordon against Batman, and Bruce was to take on Robin.

"Oh man...." said Robin as Bruce tried to tackle him.

Mayor Hill did the exact same thing that Joker's goons had done. He threw a punch at the Judge. The Judge easily dodged it. He countered by hitting Hill with his mallet. The mallet slammed into Hill's midsection, causing him to become breathless. As Hill dropped to the floor, the Judge went after the Joker.

"Come on Harl, this plan's a bust," said the Joker.

"Babies! Let's go!" yelled Harley.

As Batman ducked from Gordon's punch he saw everyone leaving.
While he didn't want to hurt Gordon, he knew it was the only way to get that microchip off of him. He'd probably have to hurt Bruce too. Then Gordon kicked him. Though he was a little fazed, the only thing that was beginning to hurt was his ego. Gordon pulled out his gun.

"Alright, Batman. Don't move!" said Gordon.

"Jim, listen to me. You have to snap out of this. The Joker has you under some sort of mind control."

"All I know is that I'm here to bring you in," replied Gordon.

"I didn't want to do this, but you're leaving me no choice."

Batman looked at the gun. It started glowing red and was becoming increasingly hot in Gordon's hands. Gordon dropped the gun with a yelp. As he looked up, he saw Batman spray him with something. Knockout gas.

Gordon fell into Batman's arms. Batman gently laid him down and removed the microchip. He then crushed it in between his fingers. He went over to Mayor Hill and did the same, first spraying him with knockout gas, then removing the chip. Then he looked over to Robin.

Robin was doing his best to avoid Bruce, but he couldn't hold on any longer. Bruce hit him, knocking him down. A bruise formed on Robin's cheek immediately. His eyes began to tear up. Just then, Batman stepped in the way.

"You are not going to do that again," Batman flatly stated.

"You're next. Now get out of my way," replied Bruce.

He shoved Batman aside. Batman knocked down a clothing rack. When he got up, he put his hand on Bruce's shoulder. Bruce took his hand, twisted it around, and threw Batman across the room. Batman struggled to get up. He now had Bruce's attention focused fully on him. This let Robin get up and ready to make a move.

"Why don't you just stay down?" said Bruce.

He kicked Batman across the face. A sharp pain was felt in Batman's right cheek. That actually.......hurt, thought Batman. Now he was angry. He had to take down Bruce before he really hurt someone.

Robin was thinking the same thing and was already taking action. He threw a bola at Bruce. It wrapped itself around his body. As Bruce struggled to get free, Batman pulled off the microchip. Bruce broke the bola just as Batman got it off.

Bruce stopped moving. It was as if he was waking up from a daze. He looked at his surroundings. He saw Batman and Robin looking back at him. He was mad. He wanted answers and he wanted them now.

"What the hell's going on?" spat Bruce.

"You want the whole story, or just a summary?" replied Batman.

"Tell me what I need to know."

"Well, Robin called me in when he found out the Joker kidnapped you. He also kidnapped Gordon and the Mayor. He used..."

"….The Mad Hatter's microchips to be in control over us. Where are they now?"

"He left after the Judge knocked out the Mayor."

"Get out of my suit," said Bruce not wanting to waste any more time.

"You're welcome," replied Robin sarcastically.

After Superman got out of Batman's costume, he left for Metropolis. Batman and Robin remained as Gordon and the Mayor were coming to.

"What happened?" asked Gordon.

"You were under the Joker's control," replied Batman. "The police are probably on their way. When they get here, tell them to stay out of mine."

"Huh?"

"Joker used you to have the police chase after Batman," replied Robin. "Hope you're okay."

"Uh, yeah....Just make sure you hit Joker for me too."

Robin grinned weakly at that. He ran to catch up to Batman. They headed out of the building, hoping to catch up to the Joker and the Judge before either of them did anything stupid.


Meanwhile, across the street there was a sporting goods store. Inside, another battle was about to take place. Joker, Harley and the hyenas all went inside. The Judge had followed close behind.

"Harl, you know anything about this Judge?" asked the Joker.

"I read in the papers that he was really Two-Face," replied Harley.

"Really? Hmmm, this might be fun after all! HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

Once the Judge entered, there was no one in sight. He could only hear the laughter of the hyenas mixed in with the Joker's. As he went deeper into the store, he found Bud and Lou.

They ran at him, ready to tear him apart. It never happened. The Judge simply pulled out a pair of manacles. He threw them at the hyenas. They wrapped themselves around each snout. Bud and Lou immediately yelped. They started to paw at the manacles. The manacles became magnetized however. Bud and Lou tried desperately to pull away from each other, but to no avail. They were stuck together. They were that way all night.

The Judge continued through the store. He caught sight of the Joker. His back was turned to him. He slowly crept up to the Joker, hoping to catch him by surprise. He raised his mallet over his head and.........

THWACK!

The Judge fell to the ground. Standing behind the Judge was Harley Quinn.

"You're not the only one in town with a mallet, Judgiepoo!" she said.

The Joker cackled at his success. Then he heard a noise. Hmmm, looks like the dork knight and boy blunder actually stopped those mindless morons, he thought.

"Harl, do us the honors. Take off his mask," sneered the Joker.

Harley Quinn willingly obeyed her puddin. She took off the mask. A gasp was heard from above. It was not who it seemed to be. Batman was the only one there who didn't seem surprised. Robin whispered the name of the person, the one who was behind the mask.














"Ollie?"