::Gotham General Hospital::


"Hello, may I help you?" asked the nurse.

"Yes. I was wondering where I could find Commissioner Gordon's room."

"Your name?"

"Bruce Wayne."

"Ok, Mr. Wayne, it is room 345. Just take that elevator over there sir."

"Thank you."

As Bruce was heading towards the elevator, a group of paramedics and doctors were huddled over a stretcher. They were rushing a man in his sixties to the emergency room. As the group passed by, Bruce saw the familiar face of Dick Grayson. He just stood there staring at them.

"Excuse me sir," said one of the doctors trying to catch up with the rest of them.

"What's wrong with him?" Bruce asked.

"He can't breathe. We've been trying to revive him ever since we arrived on the scene."

Bruce knew that he couldn't just follow after them, even though he wanted to. He went to Barbra's room instead.
When he opened the door, he saw Sam Young sitting by her side.

"How's she doing?" Bruce asked.

"There's been no change. I knew I shouldn't have gone on vacation! If only I was there, I could have stopped him."

Bruce knew that wouldn't have been possible.

"I'm sure that we'll find out who did this."


::across town::


Katherine had decided to go visit her grandmother once more this month. She was very pleased with the way things were going. Tim was dead, Barbra was in the hospital barely alive, and she knew that Dick was going to die tonight. Then she thought about what had just happened the night before. She found out that the Joker was still alive. She couldn't understand it. Everyone knew that the Joker was dead. It was all over the papers forty years ago. Then, last year he comes "back from the dead" only to disappear again until now. Why did he come back this time? How could he still be alive? She had to find out what was going on. Somehow, she knew she'd have to find out on her own.

"Hello, grandmother!" she said pleasantly as she walked into her grandmother's room. She found Andrea sobbing on her bed. "Grandmother, what's wrong?"

"It's Dick. He had to be taken to the hospital. They couldn't revive him Katherine!" she said between sobs. "I never thought I'd lose him! At least not this way!"

Katherine went to her grandmother and consoled her.

"There, there. It's going to be alright. I'll check up on him for you. He'll be fine. You do realize though, that when the time comes, I'll have to kill him too. He's part of Batman's legacy. He can't survive."

"Yes, I know. I just never thought he meant that much to me."

"I'll take care of it. Now, I have a problem."

"Problem? What kind of a problem?"

"Not what, grandma, who. It's the Joker. He's still alive. Last night, he was at the Batcave looking for something. I don't know what, but I'll find out eventually."

"No! That lunatic cannot still be alive!"

"I know, it's hard to understand, but I'll kill him too. Who knows? I might just decide to destroy his entire legacy as well. Kill every single one of those sorry Jokerz."

"You just make sure that you kill the real Joker. He cannot be allowed to run loose in this city."

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. I always do."


::Funnibone Shipping Co.::


"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, if this town only knew what kind of trouble it was getting into! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Hey, Joker, I rounded up every gang member that I could find. Most of them are here." said J-man.

"Good work! Now all I have to do is put the data from this data scanner onto this here computer and.......voila! Instant and total chaos! Ok, Ghoul, fire her up!"

Ghoul brought the computer to life. He furiously typed up all of the information that the Joker had requested. Then he connected the data scanner up to the computer and began to download it all into the computer. A half hour later, everything was done.

"Well, everything's in there now boss. Now are you going to tell us what your plan is?" asked Ghoul.

"Patience Ghoul, all in good time. DEEDEE!"

The twins strolled up to where Joker was, and stood waiting. "Yeah boss?" one of them said.

"Deedee, I have an extra special task that I want you to do for me. This will take some time to do, but I'm sure that you can handle it."

As the Joker told the twins what to do next, their eyes grew wide. They weren't sure if they should go along with him this time, but they had no choice when Joker said, "If you don't like the idea, just remember what happened to Bonk."

They quietly walked away, their hearts heavy with what they knew they had to do.

"By the time Batman realizes what's REALLY going on, it'll be too late! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"