All was quiet. A little to quiet. Dick Grayson opened his eyes, hoping it was all just a bad dream. But the bat was still there. The tip of her nose twitched again. It was just…staring at him with those blind eyes. For what seemed like hours of staring, it finally grunted, turned, and left the bathroom.

Once out the door it gave a few short chirps. There were more thumps and crashes.

Dick carefully climbed out of the bathtub and followed it out the door. It turned its head to look at him and grunted again. It headed down the hallway, opening doors and lifting up tables, constantly sniffing for something.

"Come one, big fella. I got to take you to see Bruce." He took the bat by the wing. It shrieked and pushed him away.

He headed towards the living room, looking back often to see the thing was following him. He went to the old clock that hid the entrance to the Batcave.

It chirped happily, as if it knew what was behind the clock.

It followed him down the steps like an exited puppy.

I was starting to get worried about Alfred; he had been gone a long time. I was about to go after him when I heard someone moving inside the cave.

I turned to see two shadows in the darkness, one was human, and the other was shaped like a giant bat.

"What's she doing here?" I asked, not really bothering to know the answer.

"I found 'her' draining Alfred's blood." said a voice.

For a moment it seemed the bat almost grinned.

"And what are you doing here, Nightwing?"

"Shouldn't you be more worried that you have a giant white bloodsucking bat that broke into your house and attacked your butler?"

"The bat? Oh don't worry about her, she's harmless."

"Harmless? Bruce have you fallen on your head?"

"She's a friend of mine. She was hungry."

"Bruce…What's gotten into you?"

I looked back at Nightwing. He was right, this wasn't like me at all. I looked at the bat. She was controlling me! Putting thoughts in my head! This time she really did smile at me, I was sure of it.

"That bat is smiling at me." I said to quickly change the subject.

Dick looked behind him to see the white bat. "Bats don't smile. You of all people should know that."

She moved closer to me and lowered her head. I reached out and gently rubbed her forehead.

"What is she like your pet now?"

"Kind of."

"What's with the bandages?"

The bandages? What bandages? Crap! I forgot about those! Those should have been changed weeks ago!

"Joker's fault." I said as I undid the bandages. "Now I see why you hate him so much." I said softly so that only she could hear. "What the…"

Gone.

"She's a fast healer. No hint of a scar." I said.

"You said this happened weeks ago?"

"Luna…"

"What?"

"You asked if she was my pet. She needs a name."

"What kind of name is Luna?"

Joker was dragged through the hallway and into a large room. The two guards on either side of him shoved him in front of a group of tall people wearing dark purple cloaks.

"The Joker has arrived." said one of the cloaked figures.

"We welcome him to our sanctum." said another.

The middle and tallest one extended his hand to The Joker. "It was the least that we could do after saving him from the bats."

"What's going on here? A costume party?" Joker stood and brushed himself off. "I love costume parties. Entrance was a little painful though."

"Joker, do you know why we have bought you here?" The tallest one said.

Joker didn't say anything. The people standing around him didn't move and don't seem to even breathe. It sent a cold chill down his spine. He could not see their eyes, but he felt them staring at him. Joker gulped.

"You have some connection to the Black and White Bats of Gotham." said the purple robed one standing to the left of the tallest one.

"Batman and WhiteBat? Yes I know them." Joker giggled.

"This is no laughing matter, Joker." The tallest one said. "They must be destroyed."

"No Problem!"

"No problem he says…" said the one to the right of the tallest one.

"Yet he constantly fails at destroying the Black Bat." said the one to the left.

"We still need his help." said the tallest.

"You people talk funny. I think I will go now." Joker said as he quickly turned to face the guards in front of him.

"You will not leave until we give the order." said the tallest. "You have not passed initiation yet."

"Initiation?"

"To be a part of our clan, firstly, you must have some relation to us, secondly, you must pass the initiation process. You are already related to us…

"You're my family?"

"Yes. You ancestors were part of the Jokadra clan."

A grin passed over Jokers face. "Tell me more about this 'clan'."

"Our clan has been around for centuries. We were bought together to fight against the great Batt clan. A clan of humans who connected themselves to bats."

"Sounds familiar. Where have I heard of this before?"

"Your arch rival…Batman is it? The Black bat of Gotham is one of the descendants of that clan."

"So we are fighting against him are we?"

"Watch for the White bat." said the one to the right.

"Although, she has not connected her soul to the Black one." said the one on the left

"She is still a dangerous rival" said the tallest one in the center. He tapped the spear he had in his hand and they all disappeared.

Joker found himself standing alone in an alleyway on the street. The gigantic room was gone.