PART 8
It started to rain outside the tower.
"I won't fall for those tricks anymore!" Joker said, "I will finish what Lex started!"
Joker slugged Batman in the ribs. Batman countered with a kick to the face of Joker.
The Clown Prince of Crime reached into Batman's belt and pulled out a Batarang.
He stabbed Batman in the arm with it. The Dark Knight fell to the ground.
Joker kicked the weakened Batman closer and closer to the vat of acid.
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"But we have to go back!" Vicky Vale yelled to the policeman knowing she just couldn't let some mad man kill her loved one.
"Sorry Miss. Nightwing is already going up to help Batman. Now if you will go into the car everything will be fine."
"Shut up!" she said as she slugged the police officer and made her way back into the tower.
"If you want something done right you should do it yourself!"
Vicky Vale started to climb up the many flights of stairs.
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Joker, with one final kick, kicked Batman into the acid.
Lucky for Batman, he was only covered from the neck down in the acid. His suit could survive in it for about ten minutes, then it would fail.
He was too weak to climb out. He could feel the warmth of the acid seeping through the suit.
It was only a matter of time.
Joker was laughing in amazement that he finally trapped the bat.
"I'm so sorry. This'll only hurt for a second!" Joker was about to push Batman's head into the acid, when he heard the door open.
It was Nightwing.
Joker threw the Batarang he took from Batman at Nightwing, but Nightwing deflected it with his fighting sticks.
Nightwing then took his taser and electrocuted Joker.
"AAUUGH !" Joker yelled as he fell backward.
Meanwhile, Nightwing pulled Batman out of the acid.
"Thanks."
"No problem."
Joker was behind them and hit Nightwing with a steel chair.
"While you're out of the way, Dick, let me kill the Bat!" Joker said as he went toward the helpless Batman.
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Vicky Vale was almost to the top of the tower. She was getting tired.
The only thing that kept her going was the hope that she'd see Bruce Wayne again.
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Nightwing got back up and started to fight Joker again.
They fought for a while, and finally Joker made a harsh move.
He grabbed onto Nightwing and jumped through the window carrying Nightwing along with him.
The two were falling many stories down.
Joker was laughing all the way.
Nightwing shot his grappling gun at the building.
It caught on the broken window frame, and he was now hanging for dear life.
Joker was still falling and Nightwing grabbed him, saving his life but was unaware of the electric buzzers on Joker's palms.
Joker electrocuted Nightwing.
He accidentally let go of Joker, and the villain fell to his doom.
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Vicky was at the door. She tried to open it, but it was locked.
"Oh, what now!" she asked herself as she tried to open it.
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Nightwing was once again holding on to the rope he sent to the room Batman was in.
If he let go, he would suffer the same doom Joker did.
He started to go up. Nightwing looked up, and saw Batman pulling up the rope he held onto.
He made it back to the room.
Batman and Nightwing were going to go back through the door, but saw Lex Luthor holding two pistols-both pointed at their faces.
"I've got you now! When I kill both of you I will take over the world and there will be no one to stop me!"
The door flung open behind Lex Luthor and Vicky Vale ran toward Batman.
"No! Vicky, don't-"
Lex shot her in the leg, and she fell to the ground.
Anger filled Batman's whole being.
He darted forward taking four bullets Lex shot at him.
The Dark Knight took hold of Lex's wrists, crushed them, and head-butted his bald head.
Lex dropped to the ground.
Batman and Nightwing went to see if Vicky was alright. Thankfully, the shot was not fatal.
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The police came into the room and took Harley Quinn and Lex Luthor to jail.
The ambulance took Vicky Vale to the hospital. Bruce went with her.
Nightwing was searching for Joker's body.
"I can't find it. Do you know where he is?" Nightwing asked Commissioner Gordon.
"We looked for hours. We couldn't find him. Either someone took him, or - no. That cant be. No one could survive a fall like that, or could they? Well, we'll keep searching. If Joker did survive that, he'll be in bad shape." Gordon said.
The police arrested all the thugs, cleaned up the wreckage, and left.
One day later
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Batcave
"So, I heard she'll be all right."
"Yeah. Thankfully. So did they find Joker's body?" Batman asked.
"No. but they'll keep looking." Nightwing said.
Batman saw the Bat-Signal on a video camera recorded on one of the monitors.
"They need you."
Batman rode the Batmobile to Commissioner Gordon.
"What's the problem?" Batman asked.
"Joker's back."
THE END?
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