Disclaimer: I do not own any DC Characters including Batman, Superman or anyone else. They all belong to their respected authors. As for Haley Brown, He's my original Character.

Hoody Boy: Elseworld Stories
The Adventures of Haley Brown
Arc Two, Part Five: Fallout

Alice sat idly on the bed. In her lap was a .44 Magnum revolver, the most powerful handgun in the world. A little tag on the barrel read, 'To: Alice From: DJ' which was written with chicken scratch hand writing. Alice assumed it was DJ's Revolver. She loaded it and unloaded, thoughts of revenge kept filling her head and she couldn't get the image of Haley out of her thoughts. James stepped into the Hospital Room. Alice was sitting up right in her bed holding her knees and putting her head on them. James crossed his arms and looked at her.

"Haley's dead isn't he?" Alice said looking up at him, her eyes red.

"The cops have the Hoody, blood samples are positive and his car was on the scene. From the looks of it, Slade got him with something packing a massive punch, maybe an Anti-Tank gun or something because the hole was wide, about 3 inches in diameter. The Cops are searching the river." James answered.

Alice looked down as she lowered her knees towards the end of the bed, "I want to revenge James..." She said looking up.

"Revenge Alice, is an emotional response, its not a valid motive. Haley understood this, he went after Slade to stop something of such evil from hurting anyone else, he failed. You'll do no justice to his death if you just go after Slade." James explained.

"I want to kill him James! Is that so hard to understand! Look at what he's done! He killed your best friend and you're acting like it was an everyday thing!" Alice shouted, "Who the hell are you!"

James looked down at the ground, "Alice, you want me to tell you what I really think, hmm? I think that Haley wanted you to not do what he did. That's why he protected you, he didn't want you following him down the path he took!" He took a breath, "Haley wanted you to live a normal life more then anyone because he thought it was his fault you became what you are. He loved you so much, he did everything to stop you from going to his path but you did it anyway and now you're about to make his sacrifice for nothing!"

Alice panted heavily, James had a point and it impacted hard. She never did understand Haley's stubbornness to her going out into the field to help him out. Its not cause he was being protective of her persay, he was protecting her innocence. Another tear rolled down her cheek.

A scream came from down the hall, James turned his head raising his gun and thumbing back the hammer, "Not here..."

The crack of a gun going off caused Alice to flinch, James looked at her, "Alice! Go! It's him god dammit!"

Alice looked at him and shook her head, "James... I can't move. My leg is messed up."

"Then I've only one option..." James answered.

He reached around and grabbed his other Handcannon and thumbed back the trigger, "No noise."

The door opened up to the Hallway and immediately a bullet slammed into the figure. James looked over and shrugged it off as his flesh healed.

"Ah, James Sims, you going to try and protect Alice? Last time you didn't do well with Miss Strauss."

"Slade..." James said raising his massive pistol, "If you think you're going to stop me this time, I'll become something far worse then you could ever imagine."

"And what would that be?"

"Fuel for a Fire." James answered, "That girl in there has more power within her then Haley, Me, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman or anyone you can think of. I felt that power and I know that if she lets go, nothing you've ever seen can compare to her."

"Well I guess I will find out." Slade remarked.

"Not on my watch." James answered putting his guns away and raising his fists.

James ran at him and threw a punch, Slade reacted by grabbing James' arm and snapping it. He countered with a head butt sending Slade reeling. James came around and back handed Slade with this good arm. Slade reached out and grabbed James' hair and smashed his fist into his Face. James' head crunched into the wall but he stood up again. His broken arm made a snap and he quickly threw a punch with it to Slade's abs. Slade was lifted off his feet by the force when another, meaner left hook came and busted the side of his head. He was reeling backwards down the hall way exchanging blows with James, landing more hits but gaining no headway because of James' immortality.

He sent another punch into James' head and James went down to one knee. Slade sent a straight kick to James' jaw. James looked up from the floor and started to get up when the sound of a click echoed through the hallway. Slade and James both look. Alice stood in the hallway, both hands on the revolver, her am pointed straight at Slade's chest.

"You took away my life, now it's time me to repay this..." Alice said in a dark tone.

Slade sucked in a breath as the bullet crashed into his armor. The force sent him back. James seeing his moment of opportunity sent a kick to the only place that could make a difference, Slade's balls. Slade hunched over making a clicking sound as the next .44 round drove itself into him and sent him stumbling back. His back hit the window.

"NOW GO TO HELL SLADE WILSON!" Alice shouted.

The revolver belched out the round and it came with slow motion whizzing past James' head and pounding into Slade's chest. The window burst and he plummeted out. Alice kept the gun level, she was panting, tired and upset. James got up from the floor and went to the window. On the ground there was nothing, no body, just glass from the window. The smell of burned gun powder made James smile, he did miss this.

"This is Janice Ellwood and here is your News at Nine. It seems that the Vigilante Fugitive Haley Brown, also know as Hoody Boy has been declared dead by the Gotham City Police. Reports say he was killed early this morning on the Gotham Bridge. The suspect, whom the Police have not found yet, is still at large. We here at WQES would like to hold a moment of silence for this child."

"HAHAHAHAHA!" The Joker cackled, "Oh this is rich!"

"Yeah, maybe now I can sleep safer knowing the Bat's the only one I have to worry about." Two Face muttered.

"Hah! Come on Harv, lighten up! Ha! Lighten up!" Joker said and broke out in laughter again.

"One things for sure, he certainly was an odd fellow." The Mad Hatter answered.

The door opened up and a mob of people filled the room of Arkham Asylum. Cameras, Journalists, and those sound guys who do nothing but stand there and twiddle there thumbs.

"Oh great..." The Joker said, his grin fading, "The Press."

A Security guard walked over, "What the hell do you think you people are doing here?"

"We've talked with Arkham, we want to Interview the Criminals to get their take on Haley Brown and his actions." The Newswoman answered.

The Joker sprang to his feet and rushed over and grabbed the Woman's hand, "Me first!"

"No, me!" The Mad Hatter said, "I actually met him you whack job!" He said tugging at the Joker's sleeve.

The Joker's demeanor shifted violently and he looked down at Jervis, "Listen you little fairy tell bumpkin, you touch me like that again and I'll stick a knife in your face."

The Mad Hatter backed off as the Press started setting up a chair and lights and such.

"So what was your thoughts on Haley Brown's methods?" She asked.

"Well, I've always wanted to meet the lunatic who could drive Batsy as batty as I did, hehe!" Joker answered.

"Answer the question." She said looking at him.

"It's Tuesday, I don't have to do anything." The Joker replied crossing his arms.

"You wanted to be the first interviewed, you threatened a man for it and now you don't want to talk!"

"Those are the breaks of show business babe." Joker smiled.

"Agh!" The Newswoman cried out in frustration, "Next!"

"So, Scarecrow, what are your thoughts on Haley Brown?"

A slow but thick line of drool rolled down the side of Jonathan Crane's mouth. The newswoman tapped his head and he slumped out of his chair and hit the floor.

"Excuse me? What's wrong with this man?" She asked.

"Oh him? He started going on and on about being the master of fear so we drugged him. He oughta be like that for the next couple of hours." The guard replied thumbing at him.

"Mr. Nygma, what do you have to say about Haley Brown?"

"AH! Where! Did you see him! Where is he!" The Riddler cried out in panic.

A wet spot began to form underneath him and it dripped to the floor, "AHH! God why!"

"Oh for Christ's sake..." The Woman said rubbing her head.

"Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin laid an Egg!" The Joker shouted in tune, "The Batmoblie lost a wheel and I laughed all day!"

"YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAZY!" The Woman shouted throwing the microphone down.

"Hey Babe... you might want to look at where you are..." Two Face said wrapping his arm around her shoulder.

Later that evening, after the disastrous interviews, the Newswoman, who's name was unimportant after this lost her mind and was later committed to none other then Arkham Asylum.

A/N: Careful that song can be very annoying if sung properly. By the way, I really do find it sort of a downer that no one replied to the Death of Haley Brown, goes to show some really thanks for the hard work, but eh, Comic Writing is a hard and very unprofitable business. So I guess as the Joker said, thems the breaks.