Okay, sorry for taking so long guys I have been so busy and got stuck in some stuff. Here is the 20th chapter and I hope everyone is looking forward to this chapter. I want to thank everyone for the last review and hope you all liked how it went. Yep, the Joker has been caught and it seems the day has been saved…or has it?

Well, if you saw the game then you know what is going to happen. However, it won't be the same as the game. Not all of it at least. So, I hope everyone will like this.

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I don't own anything from the DC or Star Wars universe just my OCs. Also: Bold- means thoughts & Italic- will mean what an alien is saying in their native language. And now let's continue with the story.

Chapter XX

Coruscant

Anakin made his way towards the room where the senators are being kept and checked on. Only one senator was killed, while the rest were okay. He was glad to hear his wife is alive and went to check on her. Obi Wan and Mace Windu went to go check on the Chancellor to see if he is all right, while waiting to get word on the Jedi Temple.

It turns out during the fighting, the temple was attacked, and there were some casualties. They haven't confirmed how many or how damaged the place got from the attack. Anakin did hear the base where the Clones were stationed got hit hard. There were a lot of casualties and only a few survivors were found.

He still couldn't believe how one insane clown and a group of assassins could have done this much damage. They don't even know if the clown is working for Dooku or not. All he knows is once he is done seeing his wife, he's going to pay the clown a visit.

He spots her talking to Senator Mon Mothma and giving her some water. She sees Anakin walking towards her and finishes speaking to the senator. "Anakin, I'm so glad you're here. Are you all right?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing," he said relief that his wife is okay. "Do you remember what happened?"

Padme shook her head in response. "I'm fine, but…" she looks over where two of the Twi'lek women, crying over the death of the Senator Taa. She lets out a small sigh and turns back to Anakin. "I heard you caught the Joker."

"Well, we did but only after the Batman caught him," said Anakin who didn't want to tell his wife about the Batman, but feels she'll find out sooner or later about his involvement. "We also got word that he wasn't working alone. That he had some associates help fight the assassins at the Jedi Temple."

Padme was shocked to hear the temple got attacked as well, but was happy to hear the Batman helped them. "So, I guess this means the Jedi don't consider him an enemy?"

Anakin sighed knowing this is what Padme was going to say. "Obi Wan thinks we should let him help, but I still think we need to bring him in for questioning."

"Anakin, he helped save our lives and the temple. We should try getting him to work with us and find the remaining assassins," said Padme who felt after what happened, they need all the help they can get.

Anakin looked around and leads Padme to another room, where they can talk privately. "Padme, I know you think this guy might help us, but how do we know he is on our side? I mean, for all we know this Batman is working with the Joker to cause trouble to make him look good."

"Anakin, that doesn't make sense," Padme replied upset that he is not seeing what everyone else is seeing. "If he is working for the Joker, he would have let us die in that room. He didn't though. He saved us and his friends saved the temple. We shouldn't be seeing him as our enemy, but our friend."

Anakin wanted to believe that and agree with his wife. However, after everything that has happened and from what the Chancellor told him he isn't sure what to believe. "I just think…if we bring him in then we'll find out whose side he is on."

Padme sighed knowing this is getting them nowhere as they hear some commotion going on outside of the room. They look out to see many of the senators gasping, talking loudly, and some looking concerned.

Padme sees Lux Bonteri nearby and speaks with him. "Lux, what happened?"

Lux turns around to see Padme and Anakin as he tells them what they were just told by some of the Clones. "Master Kenobi and Windu found the Chancellor. The Joker he…he killed him."

Padme gasped hearing this, while Anakin's expression turned to shock. The Chancellor, is dead. His friend and someone he turned to speak to is gone. The Joker, he killed him.

His expression soon turned dark as his hand forms into a fist. "Excuse me. I'll be back."

Padme noticed Anakin's expression and tries to stop him. "Anakin, wait."

But it was too late. Anakin took off and began heading to the exit. He wanted to find the Joker and make him pay for what he did. For killing his friend and the leader of the Republic.

Before he could leave though, he sees Obi Wan walking towards him. "Obi Wan, is it true? Is the Chancellor…" Obi Wan nods in response giving him his answer. "Where's the Joker?"

"He's in prison right now. We'll speak to him about what he did after we speak with the Council," said Obi Wan, as he sensed something is wrong with his friend.

"You go. I'm going to go keep an eye on that clown," said Anakin, but was stopped when Obi Wan grabbed him by his arm.

"The Council wants to speak with all of us. While we were looking around for any evidence of anything the clown left we found this," Obi Wan shows Anakin two lightsabers.

"Where did you get those?" Anakin asked as he grabs one and begins examining it.

"We found them with the Chancellor," Obi Wan replied as Anakin activates the lightsaber as a red glowing blade appeared. "And it appears what Count Dooku told me years ago was not a lie."

Batcave

Daniel begins returning home, while also thinking about what happened. He could hear the Joker laughing, while shooting down his own men. As he exits he begins remembering what he said. Why did he do it?

Why did he save the Joker? Why did he risk his life to save someone who killed people? He could have left him to die and that would have been the end of it. So, why did he do it?

He then begins remembering what happened that night. The night his parents were…they were walking down an alley as a shortcut to get to their vehicle. A man appeared out of nowhere aiming his weapon at them. He wanted money, which Daniel's father applied to do.

However, the man saw his the pearl necklace around his mother's neck and tries to grab them. His father, fought the man and tried to stop him, but then…*Bang!* he got shot. His mother screamed and he hid behind her as the man aims his gun at her. He fired and shot her down too.

He then turns to him as he looks on shocked and knowing what was going to happen. However, nothing happened. The man didn't pull the trigger and didn't shoot him. Instead, he left.

He left him alone, while Daniel looked down at the bodies of his parents as he begins to cry and scream. "Master Daniel?" he snapped out of his thoughts when he hears Alfred calling out to him.

He turns around and sees him placing his hand on his shoulder. "Master Daniel. Are you all right?"

Daniel takes off his mask and placed it on the computer panel before he replies. "I'm fine. Just got a lot on my mind."

"I see," said Alfred wondering if he is having those flashbacks again.

After his parents death, he began having flashbacks of what happened and how he felt guilty for their deaths. It took time, but he was able to get passed those flashbacks. Though they do come back from time to time. From the looks of things, this is one of those times.

"Where's Abigail?" Daniel asked as begins trying to track down Bane.

"She went to Coruscant to see Padme and the others," said Alfred as he gets the first aid kit. "But first, we need to check your injuries."

"I'm fine," Daniel lied knowing he did have some bruises here and there.

"Sir, please. I know you want to try tracking Bane down, but we need to take care of your injuries first," said Alfred not wanting him to get hurt even more than he is now.

Daniel was about to protest, but he felt his injuries getting worse. "Fine, but let's make it quick," he takes off his suit and let's Alfred check on him. "Give me an update on what happened at the Temple."

Alfred tells him everything. How the Chancellor is dead, the senators are alive, the Jedi Temple suffered some damage, a few were killed, and how Ahsoka captured Deadshot. Daniel wasn't happy to hear that the Chancellor and some of the Jedi were killed. He thought they could have stopped the assassins without anyone being killed.

"Where's Ahsoka?"

"She went with Tatsu to go keep an eye on Abigail," said Alfred as he finishes cleaning up his injuries. "Abigail also analyzed the substance that came from Bane's suit. It's some sort of serum that was been mixed with a strange compound."

Alfred shows the analysis and Daniel gets an idea of what this is. It's some sort of superhuman serum that has the ability to give the user super strength, durability, and invulnerable to any attacks. This serum has been labeled as…Venom. He heard about this substance from a case months ago.

In the Outer Rim, there were slaves that took this substance in order to survive in their fights and handle the dangers they are put in. However, many died due to how strong the Venom is and many die before the fight even starts. If Bane has this and can control it, then he must have found a way to adjust to the dangers from it. If this is true then it's going to be a problem for him.

Daniel knew though there is a weakness to this. If he can remove those tubes and damage the container with the Venom then he can weaken Bane. Enough to beat him and bring him in. But first, he'll need an upgrade.

Daniel goes to another room and took out a special armor suit that he had been working on. One that can increase his strength, speed, and it looks more intimidating than the other suit.

"Sir, you're going to use the prototype against Bane? But you haven't tested it yet," said Alfred concerned about him going out to fight again.

"Then I'll test it," said Daniel as he puts the suit on. "Tell Abigail I'm going to go find Bane."

As he begins to head to the ship, Alfred not wanting to see him get hurt runs ahead and stops him. "Sir, wait!"

"What are you doing?" Daniel asked wondering what's going on.

"I will not in good conscience allow you to go alone. You're out-matched by this monster and you can't stop him on your own," said Alfred wanting him to get hurt. "You're a young man with so many years ahead of him and I don't want this to be your end."

Daniel listened to what Alfred said and what he was telling him. "Alfred, I know you care about me. But I have to do this. This whole thing began because I wanted to fight and protect the people. Protect them so that they don't lose someone they care about just like…"

"Like you?" Alfred asked knowing there was another reason why he is doing this. "I know you think if you did something you could have saved your parents. But, I think it's time for you to understand there was nothing you could have done. Your parents loved you so much and if that man had shot you then…"

He hesitated to continue not wanting to say what was on his mind. "I know this is yours, your sister, Ahsoka, and Tatsu's choice. But I don't want to lose any more of my family."

Daniel stared at Alfred and thought about what he said. It was true. They always considered Alfred as family. Even when he lost his parents he was glad they still had Alfred and that he was there for them for everything.

He even thought about that night and how it is true. He did wish he could have done more to save them. He wished he could have helped his father and stop the criminal. If he did then…they would still be here and maybe he wouldn't be doing what he is doing.

Daniel walks past Alfred, but then stops to tell him what he is thinking. "I know you don't want us to do this and you want us to be happy. But how can we? How can we knowing there are innocent who are suffering? Criminals like Bane who are out there harming innocent people, hurting them, and taking away their loved ones while we do nothing?"

Daniel sighed as he looks at the mask he has in his hand. "I am doing this so those same innocents don't lose anymore loved ones. So criminals will be afraid and will think twice before they try hurting anyone. I know this isn't the path my parents wanted me to take. But it's my choice and I choose this path."

He puts on his mask and turns towards Alfred. "I will stop these assassins and I will make sure no more lives lost tonight," he goes into his vehicle and begins taking off while Alfred looks on as he goes back to Coruscant.

Republic Prison

Inside the prison, the Joker is seen being taken in by armed Clone Commandoes. They didn't want to take any risk with the clown or risk him breaking out. They spend almost an hour removing any weapons he had, including the smallest kind that he had hidden away. Once they were sure he was clean and after replacing his clothing, they took him to get processed.

The Jedi asked them to get any information they can get from the Joker. DNA, fingerprints, and facial recognition. Anything that they can use to get what they need. However, they found nothing.

No fingerprints, no DNA, and they couldn't get a facial recognition. His white skin, hair, and lips seems to have been altered by a strange chemical substance. One they can't seem to recognize.

Without any information they couldn't get anything useful out of him. So, they decided to have him get checked by the Republic's psychiatrist, while they wait for the Jedi to interrogate him.

The Joker lies on the table he was placed in, waiting for the shrink to arrive. The Clones had him strapped down to keep him from causing any trouble.

While he waits he couldn't help but think back about what happened. How he finally confronted the Batman, how he was falling and yet the Batman tried to save him, and how they both survived. After what happened it left him with a question that continues lingering in his mind. Why?

He hears someone opening the door and coming into the room. It was a woman, wearing a white lab coat, glasses, and had her hair tied in a bund.

"Welcome," she greeted as she walked in with her holopad for notes. "We're just going to do a quick psychiatric evaluation."

One of the Clones brought her a seat to use as she asked him to leave the room. The Clone protested seeing how dangerous the Joker is. However, the psychiatrist reassured him she'll be fine and nothing will happen. The Clone decided to leave her, but told her he would be outside if she needs anything and how they will be watched.

She sees the security cameras and nods to the Clone before the door closed. She walks over to sit down near the Joker. "Bad day, huh?"

The Joker after hearing this made him turn his head to her. "Tell me something, dear. Have 'you' ever had a really bad day?" he asked as memories began flashing through his eyes.

"And what do you mean by that?" the psychiatrist asked as the Joker begins seeing visions of his past and the Batman while they spoke.

"You of all people should know…" he began to chuckle. "…there's nothing so CRUEL as MEMORY."

He began seeing himself on stage in front shadow people, who he couldn't see. Behind him a graffiti of his smile, with two mannequin figures with TV sets on their heads, and the lights being dimmed.

"The pointy, bitey little THUNDERBOLTS. Unwanted party crashers, SCREAMERS through your synapses," the lights turned dark blue as the people threw things at him and laughed. "Inescapable, unrelenting…not at all friendly."

He fell on his knees as the items around him froze in time. "You can't even escape into MADNESS!"

He runs off stage and begins attacking the people. "And then you meet someone who changes your life. And you feel that you don't know who you are anymore. Isnt it funny how one little encounter can CLEAVE off little pieces of your past," he continued fighting the people, while getting hit himself. "DEFORM your memories and persona until you rethink your whole identity and as you realize how foolish it all is – you're LAUGHTER reverberates off the walls of your own emptiness."

The psychiatrist continues listening to what happened, while writing down the information. Despite how she doesn't seem to understand what he is saying. "ohhkaayyy…I'm going to need more specifics. How about we try word association?"

"That sounds…delightful," said the Joker finding the idea boring, but went along with it.

"Acceptance," she began with the first word.

"Now that's a little trite, isn't it?" he asked not going along with this.

The psychiatrist sighed as she tries again. "Look…I'm only doing this to help you. Let's try this again. Acceptance."

The Joker decided to try it and chuckled as he finished beating up the last figure. "My favorite stage."

Suddenly a dark growling figure came towards him and caused everything to go dark. Until he found himself in someplace familiar. He then found himself wearing a red helmet, cape, and a suit. While three large men ordered him to go walking down a platform, surrounded by large machinery.

The psychiatrist chuckles softly, but tried to get serious. "O.K. One more time. And I need you to be serious for this one. Fate"

He thought about the word she said to him and began laughing softly. "You want to know something funny? I used to think of Fate as EVIL – predetermined – not by some higher power, but by the rules of human NATURE. But tonight, that's all changed."

As he walked down the platforms, the lights above him begin to turn on and illuminate his path. All the while memories of this place began coming back as he remembered where he is and what he is wearing.

"What's changed?" the psychiatrist asked forgetting about what they were just doing.

"Have you ever had the feeling your entire life has been building up towards this one moment?" he asked as he sees at the end of his path is some sort of bat monster, before it disappeared.

"Is that how you feel?" she asked wondering if he is talking about her.

He snickered before he continued. "Well now, yes. Now I realize that all these BATTLES, the BAD DAYS, the BRUTALITIES – it was all the hand of Fate at work."

"So, you now see your fate differently?" she asked becoming intrigue with what he is saying.

The Joker stopped in front of a red container that lets out a large Jack-in-the-box. "Absolutely. Now I understand. There are no chance encounters. It was all meant to be," he said as he is realizing why things went the way they did tonight. "Everything leading up to who I've met tonight.

The lights go out just as the floor beneath him broke, and he appeared in a factory. A strange factory with robotic clowns laughing, while fire is spewing out.

"So you've met someone special?" she asked now thinking he is referring to her…was it possible?

"Yes," he begins climbing a platform and stops when he sees in front of him is the bat monster he saw earlier. "And you might say it's changed EVERYTHING."

"Everything?" she asked.

"Absolutely. I mean, do you realize what a vile world we live in?" he asked as the bat monster disappeared and a green light that says "Joker's Fun Land" nearby. "How lonely it is to wade through all the wretch and filth on your own?

"It is kind of lonely, isn't it?" she asked as she begins sympathizing with her patient.

"Of course. Of course! You understand!" he said as he continues walking the platform into the darkness. "Even in a crowd of other screwballs, you're so alone that you can kick claw, yell, scream at the top of your lungs – and no one cares. It's like you don't even exist. I feel…"

He stopped as he his memories leads him to the end of the platform where a giant whirlpool of green substance appeared below.

"And how does it make you feel?" she asked wanting to know what he is thinking.

The bat monster soon appeared behind him, picked him up, and tossed him into the whirlpool. He falls into the substance, while trying to find a way out, but couldn't get to the surface.

"I feel adrift – floating – like someone's pulled the stopper on my reality and I'm SUCKED down the drain into something new. It's all very exciting really," just as he said that he was indeed being sucked down a drain and appeared in the streets outside the factory.

He began laughing as he sees himself crawling out of the substance. "You wouldn't know what that feels. I'm sure," he said as he sees in his reflection off the water the bat monster that caused him to jump back.

"I - might…actually," she said hoping to get more out of him. "Can you tell me more about how this person makes you feel?"

The Joker feels himself removing the helmet as he looks himself in the reflection of the water to see what happened. Again, there it is. The bat monster, but as he moves around he sees he is the monster himself. Every time he moves his head, hands, and body the reflection did the same

"It's like meeting someone I can actually relate to…which, believe me, dear. I've NEVER felt before."

He could hear the psychiatrist softly chuckling, while the bat monster jumped out of the water and it turns into the Batman.

"You understand. You're someone who's not afraid to let go and fall," he then recalls to earlier in the night where Batman saved him from falling.

The psychiatrist laughs softly again just thinking about how he is talking about her. Not knowing the real truth.

"Free falling. And I didn't pack a chute," he said as they fall through the window and land on the ground alive. "Do you know what I mean?"

"Yes. Yes I do," she said now convinced he is talking about her.

"I figured you would," he said as he picked up his gun and shot both his men.

"So…may I ask – who is this person?" she asked hoping it is who she thinks it is.

"Someone very, very special, but whose real name I don't even know yet," he said as he now turns the gun to his head, before the Batman stopped him as he snapped out of his memories when a bright light appeared before him.

"My name's Harleen. Harleen Quinzel," she said giving him her name.

"What a pretty name. Do your friends call you Harley?" the Joker asked.

The mention of friends made her feel embarrassed. "Oh, I don't have a lot of friends."

"Well, Harley, you got one now," said the Joker as he feels her hand moving along his arm to his hand. This made him smile knowing the night has only just begun.

There we go folks. We now have Harley Quinn in the story or at least Harleen Quinzel before she becomes the Joker's sidekick. How are things going to go now that he is here and what is going to happen when the Jedi go over what they found? Well, check out the next chapter to find out.

Again, remember the story is like from Arkham Origins. There are some differences, but I hope you all like it. While also glad no one is spoiling what happened in the game. I appreciate it guys.

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I appreciate it guys and glad you all liked how the story is going. Also thanks to my friends for their help on the story and I appreciate the assistance. Take care everyone, be safe, and see you all next time.