Here we are with chapter 26 and we are almost to the end. I won't say how long to go, but trust me I am getting close. I want to thank everyone for the support of the last chapter and the reviews. Yeah, I know I said that already, but I still like saying it.
Last time we saw Batgirl and Robin help Batman in the prison. With Batgirl helping Master Plo and Robin helping save the hostages. We also found out where the Joker is at and Batman will go off to find him. Will he stop him or will things end badly for the dark knight?
Well, read on to find out and thanks to those who didn't spoil it for the people who haven't played the game. I appreciate it guys and 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 so enjoy everyone.
Chapter XXVI
Coruscant
Batman continued making his way through the prison as he heads to the Panopticon. He was told by Robin where the Joker is at and how he is waiting for him. He figured it might be a trap, but if it is he still needs to go. If he has a hostage with him he'll need to save them.
He ran into some of Bane's men earlier, but took them down before they can do anything. He knew Bane is here and if he is he'll need to be ready. His suit will be able to help him in this fight, but he still needs to look out. If Bane uses that TN-1 serum he made then it will be bad for him.
He was also informed by Batgirl that she got Nygma, but he damaged the computers. It wouldn't take them long to fix them so his sister can restore order in the prison. Of course, he first needs to catch the Joker. Otherwise he'll try to escape.
"Batman, I got word that Obi Wan and his Clones are getting into the prison. Be careful not to run into them," said Oracle informing her brother of what is going on.
"Got it and I'll be careful. Any new updates on getting into the cameras?" he asked as he finds more bodies of Clones.
"It's still a working progress since I need to connect to the system first. When I do I'll let you know," said Oracle as she continued working on trying to help her brother.
"Understood," Batman turned the corner and finds many cells have been opened. However, from the looks of things these cells are from the Separatist leaders that were captured.
He just hope the cells where the other assassins have not been unlocked. If they did then he'll need to deal with them too. As he continued walking he hears some noises coming nearby. He looks over and finds Deathstroke aka Slade Wilson in his cell doing pushups.
It looks like his cell hasn't been opened or unlock. He wonders why the Joker didn't free him since he would be useful to help cause some chaos around the prison. Maybe he feels him failing to kill him is the reason for him being locked up. If that's the case then that is fine with him.
Slade Wilson knew who was walking towards his cell and didn't bother to stop his pushups. "Apparently the Joker's afraid of me. Wouldn't let me out – and for good reason. I don't like having my time wasted."
"You should have known – trying to kill me was a waste of your time," Batman replied to the one-eyed assassin.
"Heh…Well you won't have to worry about that anymore – not unless someone else puts up $50 million credits," said Slade looking forward to the next time he does come across the Batman.
"I wasn't worried," said Batman who would be ready if he encounters Slade. "Where are the other assassins?"
"Locked up in other parts of the prison. Well, except for Croc, but the clown never saw him as one of us since he was just used to send a message," Slade replied as he finishes his pushups. "Though if I were you I would be more worried about Bane. He came by telling me how much he is looking forward to breaking you."
"I think he's got it the other way around. He should be more worried about me breaking him," Batman replied as he began walking away and went to find the Joker.
Slade simply chuckled softly hoping the Batman does survive this fight. So that way he can have his revenge and kill him himself.
Meanwhile
Abigail is outside the prison working on getting her brother some help, while the Jedi took off to go to the sewers to get into the prison. It wouldn't take her long to get control back, but she knew they had to get the hostages out. Thankfully she got word from Robin that he saved the hostages who are being protected by the Clones. She also found out the two Jedi inside are alive, which was good at least for Padme to hear.
Padme came by to lend any support she could, which wasn't needed, but she couldn't tell her friend to go away while she helps her brother who is secretly Batman. So, she had her stick around at least until she is called away for something.
"So, do we know how many were hurt or killed?" Padme asked as she paces in front of her friend.
"From what I found out, many Clones inside were killed, and possibly some of the civilian employees. However, they seem to be okay and the two Jedi who were trapped inside are all right," Abigail replied as she managed to get the cameras up, but only in certain areas a few minutes ago.
After she spoke to her brother, which was around the time her friend came in. "Padme, you need to relax. If you're going to be the chancellor you need to take it easy."
"Well, if I plan to take over as chancellor I need to also know if everyone is all right. I don't want more bloodshed to be spilled," Padme replied not wanting to hear more lives have been taken.
Abigail couldn't help but nod in agreement with her friend. "Everything will be fine. Master Kenobi and his men are getting close to the prison. Once they are inside they will regain control and we will arrest the criminals," Abigail lets out a small sigh as she stops typing for a second to relax her fingers. "Hopefully we'll also work on the security system to make sure this doesn't happen again."
Padme turns to her friend and sensed why she said that. "You know this isn't your fault right? Yes, your company did provide us with the security we needed to make sure the prison is more secured, but this wasn't your fault."
"And yet it is my very own invention being used to keep the innocent inside with those maniacs," said Abigail as she felt like she should take part of the blame for not making sure her inventions are not used to help criminals. "This is what I was afraid of if we helped the Republic with the war. That's why I thought making inventions for security would be a much better and safer route. Now, I am working to hack my way inside my own programming and take back control. That's why I need to make the changes to make sure it is safe."
Padme walks over to her friend and kneels down in front of her. "Abigail. We all make mistakes and that's okay. You don't need to blame yourself for what happened. I don't and neither do the Jedi."
"Don't focus so much on being in fault or trying to think of ways to keep us safe. We need to work on making sure we stay safe ourselves. So, please don't worry so much about this. Focus on saving the people inside and we'll worry about the rest later."
Abigail listened to what her friend said and couldn't help but smile a little. "You know, you remind me of my mother. Always telling me not to worry. I can't help but feel worried though. After losing my parents I want to make sure I can work on keeping the people safe and invent things to do that."
Padme knew the feeling all too well, especially when she became queen years ago. All the things she had to learn, how to rule, and making decisions that will determine the fate of her people.
"When I was queen I thought I could keep my people safe and I worked hard to keep peace on my world. However, we both know how that turned out and I regret not acting sooner. Still, we all learned from our mistakes and we can help each other to make sure we don't make the same mistakes again. I'm going to need your help Abigail when I am chancellor, but I need to know you'll be able to help without worrying about failing to protect everyone."
Abigail smiles at her friend and couldn't help but nod towards her. She knew she was right and did need to focus on not making the same mistakes again. To move forward and find better ways to protect the others. Even help her so she can end this war without more lives being lost.
She sees her programming has finished and she is getting more security cameras up. "All right. I'm in. It looks like the Joker is in the Panopticon and he's got a hostage with him. It also looks like someone is heading his way."
Padme looks through the screen and sees who it is that is heading to the Joker. "We need to let Obi Wan know about this."
"Good idea. Go tell him and I'll keep an eye on things here," said Abigail as her friend nods in response and leaves the room. Allowing Abigail to be alone and try contacting her brother. "Daniel, you better hurry before Skywalker gets himself killed."
Panopticon
Batman arrives into the room where he looks around for the Joker. Looking up he sees the Joker with a knife and has it placed against Tarkin's neck, while his men are around the room. He gives a thumbs up and then a thumbs down with his men cheering on loudly. The Joker sees the Batman, as two of his men stood by his side.
"Let him go!" said Batman knowing he needs to stop the Joker.
"I. I understand you," said Joker as he removes the knife from Tarkin's neck. "You had a chance to let me die and you didn't take it – I bet right now you're wishing you had. I've killed – a LOT of people, I've brought the Republic to its knees. Crippled the Jedi Order and it's not even time for tea."
The Joker's men begin cheering and agreeing with him. "Zip it!" he ordered as Bane came walking in behind him.
"Let's do this," he replied as he removed his mask."
"Ok. Ok," Joker agreed recalling their agreement. "So. What our friend Bane holds in his hand is – a heart monitor. Once he clamps it on, every beat of his vacant little heart will charge the batter…" he sits down on a chair, while holding the battery. "…on this electric chair. And when it's fully charged…." He places the headgear on his head and pretends to be electrocuted. "So either you kill Bane -…"
"No, I won't kill him," said Batman refusing to take the life of another.
"But you will. You will fight me with all your resolve. Or you will die. Someone is going to die: You, me, or the clown. The question is which one of us it is – is in your hands," said Bane giving Batman no choice.
Batman looks over to see Bane's men strapping the Joker in, while one keeps an eye on Tarkin. He knew he had no choice. Sure, he could let the Joker die, but he knew that wouldn't be the right thing to do. Despite all the terrible things he did.
Bane places the heart monitor on his vest as the screens behind them activates. He jumps down and activates the Venom as it flows through his body. Batman seeing no other choice agrees to do this. He activates the electric gauntlets knowing he'll need them in this fight.
Bane charges at him, but Batman uses his jet boots to fly out of the way. He would try getting to the Joker, but with Tarkin as a hostage he couldn't take the risk of him getting hurt. He tosses a Batarang at Bane who catches it and crushes the weapon. However, it turns out the Batarang released a glue substance that keeps him from opening is hand.
He flies down to him and kicks him in the chest knocking him back, but not far enough. Bane uses his free hand to try grabbing him, while using his glued hand as a fist to punch him. Batman dodges them and grabs one of the arms. Using his suit's extra strength he uses it to flip Bane over. As Bane tries to recover, Batman grabs one of the tubes and breaks it off the pack causing the Venom to pour out.
He still needs to take out two more as he backs away from Bane's large arm that is swung at him. Bane jumps up and brings both feet down causing the ground to shake. This causes Batman as he lands to lose his balance. This allows Bane to charge at him and tackle him to the wall.
He goes to punch him, but Batman dodges the punch as it goes through wall. He tries grabbing him, but he uses both hands to stop him. He then sends electricity through his body causing him to get shocked. He slides under the criminal and uses his wrist gauntlet blades to cut the second tube.
Bane gets upset and punches him knocking him away. Batman looks up to see the battery getting more charged and it won't be long before it is used on the Joker. He needed to end this quickly. Bane charges at him again, but Batman jumps over and wraps his arms around his neck. He tries to put him in a sleeper hold, but Bane was too strong.
He tries grabbing him with his free hand, but Batman held on tight. He grabs the third tube, but Bane manages to finally grab him by the head. He tosses him over to the ground and brings his foot down on his chest. Batman however, caught the foot and tries to keep him from crushing him.
As this goes on Anakin arrived using the Force to knock one of Bane's men over the railing, while the other holds the knife close to Tarkin's neck. "Let him go!"
"Maybe you should lower your weapon, Jedi or else he'll die," said the thug as he kept the knife near Tarkin's neck.
Anakin though uses the Force to lift the thug by the neck and tosses him over the railing. This caused the Joker to laugh when he saw this.
"Well, that wasn't very Jedi like huh?"
"Shut up," Anakin replied as he punches him in the face. "Tarkin, you all right?"
"Yes. I'm fine," said Tarkin as he fixed his shirt collar and took one of the weapons from the thugs.
Anakin looks down to see Bane trying to crush, the Batman. "Hold it, right there! You're both under arrest."
Before anything could be done though, the Joker broke free of his restraints. Anakin tries to stop him, but Joker kicks him away. He elbows Tarkin in the face, and grabs Skywalker's weapon. Activating it, he moves the blade near Skywalker's neck.
"You must be Skywalker. I heard so much about you," said the Joker as he places the headgear on Tarkin's head and grabs him. "I'll tell you what. I know you have a lot of questions to ask me, but how about we just sit back and watch the show."
Batman knew he had to stop the Joker before it was too late. While he keeping the foot off his chest he begins recalling what happened in the cave. How he saved Alfred by jumpstarting his heart. It was then he came up with an idea of how to stop Bane and do it without killing him.
"May you find the peace in death that you did not find in life," said Bane as he tries moving his foot near his face to crush it.
Batman uses his suit's strength and pushes off Bane's foot. Long enough for him to activate his electric gauntlet giving it more charge. Bane tries to crush him again, but he uses his electric gauntlet to punch the foot away. "I'm not looking for peace."
Bane charges at him again, but Batman dodges his attacks and brings both his hands into his chest. He then sends electricity through his body causing the criminal to begin weakening. His heart monitor shows it getting critical as Batman punches him to the ground. He continues his attack using the electricity more and more until he brought both hands on his chest again.
The electricity begins taking a toll on the heart as the monitor shows it going flat. The Joker began to laugh, surprised that he actually got the Batman to kill Bane.
"He did it!" the Joker tosses Tarkin into Skywalker.
Batman remove the last of the tube and looks up at the Joker. "The game's over, Joker. Let them go!"
"I suggest you do it. Put the weapon down, freak," said Tarkin.
"How 'bout I put you down?" said Joker as he throws the lightsaber away and pulls out a blaster. Anakin pushes Tarkin out of the way and takes the shot in the shoulder. "Well that's the spirit. Well, I'd love to stay and celebrate your victory, but I've got stuff to do and about fifteen skyscrapers to blow up before sunrise. Ciao."
Anakin gets up slowly as he uses the Force to get is lightsaber. "You're lucky that shot didn't kill you," said Tarkin.
"Yeah, very lucky," said Anakin as he tries ignoring the pain.
"Skywalker. I need your help to stop the Joker," said Batman as he begins reducing the power of the electric gauntlet.
"Our help? You're the so-called vigilante. Or is one kill enough for you tonight?" said Anakin upset with what Batman just did. "Not to mention you're a wanted criminal. So, why should we help you?"
Bane's in cardiopulmonary arrest. I have only minutes to resuscitate him before it's too late," Batman explained.
"What is he talking about?" Tarkin asked.
"It means he's going to try jumpstarting his…heart," Anakin soon realized that Batman knew this and never planned to kill Bane. "You mean you didn't-…"
"That's not how I do things. Now go!" said Batman as he begins trying to save Bane.
Anakin wanted to stay and arrest Batman, but he knew the Joker had to be stopped. Before he hurts more innocent lives and that was something he couldn't let him do.
"When this is over I'm going to arrest you," said Anakin warning the Batman before he took off with Tarkin.
Batman continued shocking Bane to try bringing him back to life. After a few more tries he sees the monitor showing signs of life. Just then Bane's glued hand broke free and grabs him by the neck. The criminal begins to get up, but noticed his Venom is not pumping through his body.
Realizing Batman damaged his suit, he decides there is one other way to end this. "You leave me no choice, Mr. Wayne," he takes out a syringe and injects himself with the experimental Venom he was working on.
The serum begins flowing through his body as it begins to glow and transform him. Bane grew in size, his body muscles began to grow, and appeared more monstrous. Bane slams him to the ground and jumps up to crush him, but Batman uses his explosive gel to surround them in it. So as Bane came down, it would detonate and cause them to fall through a large hole into a section of the sewers.
Batman managed to get out of Bane's sight and find some cover as he tries contacting Alfred. "Alfred – what do we know about the TN-1? He compound I found in Bane's lab?"
"I'll start looking into it now, sir!" said Alfred as he begins working on finding a weakness to it. He soon finds something important and relays the information. "Master Daniel, if you can't defeat Bane within ten minutes, the TN-1 he just injected will reach its full potency and he'll take you out in one hit."
One hit? Now that is something Batman knew he had to find a way to beat him. He looks over to see a large electric generator against the wall. If he can get Bane to crash into them they will weaken him and allow him to take him out.
"Keep me updated on how long I have before time runs out," said Batman as he gets to the electric generators and calls out Bane. "Bane! I'm right here! Come and get me!" he figured with the serum going through his body that his intelligence level will have gotten down.
Bane turns the corner and sees Batman. He lets out a loud roar and charges at him. Batman waited as he pulls out a smoke pellet. Once he was close he uses it and jumps out of the way.
Bane was blind by the smoke that he didn't see where he was going. He crashes into the generator sending bolts of electricity through his body. As the electricity begins to die down, Batman gives more jolts into Bane's head electrocuting him some more. Once he was sure he was going down he punches him hard in the face and knocks him out.
Once he was sure this time he is down, he begins contacting Alfred. "It's over. I've defeated Bane," he begins tying him up in a strong metal cord that he knows he won't be able to break.
"The Bat Man. I will…I must find the Bat Man…" said a disoriented Bane.
"Good luck with that," said Batman as he begins walking away, while Bane kept repeating what he was saying. "Alfred, inform the Clones when they break through the prison where Bane is at. Also make sure they have something to knock him out and a cell to keep him locked up in until we can create an antidote to return him to his normal size."
"Understood, sir. But what about him knowing your identity?" Alfred asked worried Bane might tell someone the truth.
"Doubtful. The TN-1 he took damaged his memory – permanently," said Batman glad that they won't have to worry about anyone knowing their secret.
"Glad to hear it sir. And the Joker?" Alfred asked knowing they still have one more criminal to go.
"He's still on the loose – but not for long," said Batman as he begins contacting his sister. "Oracle, how goes regaining control of the system?"
"Well, good to hear from you too. When were you going to tell me Bane tried to kill Alfred?" Oracle asked, clearly upset with her brother for not knowing the truth.
"I'm sorry for not telling you about that, but we didn't have time," said Batman apologizing to his sister.
"I'm all right, Master Abigail. Don't blame your brother," said Alfred not wanting the siblings to fight.
"I was just worried about you, Alfred. Your family to us," said Oracle relief to hear her friend's voice.
"I was worried about you all too, but please help your brother so we can stop the Joker," said Alfred wanting her to help her brother out.
Oracle sighed before she turned her attention to her brother. "Batgirl is finishing getting the systems ready, but in the meantime I managed to hack into the prison's security systems. It looks like the Joker is in the chapel where the criminals who are on death row go to confess."
"Then that's where I'm going," said Batman as he took off to find the Joker.
Okay, here we are with the ending. I hope you all liked how the chapter went. I hope you all liked it and also liked the fight scenes. I tried to make it like from the game, but wanted to make some changes too.
Also, yeah with the big Bane fight I should have made it longer, but I was pressed for time. Still, there was not much to go on. Other than hide, have him bash into the wall, hide, and repeat. So, yeah I wanted to try getting it out of the way quickly.
Still, hope you all liked it and yes we are getting close to the end. How many more chapters left before the end? Well, keep on reading to find out. Though, if I don't get to 30 then that is fine.
If you like how this went then please leave some reviews. Just nothing negative please. If you don't like this then don't leave a review. Thanks also to everyone for the support and the reviews for the story. I appreciate it guys and glad to know how much you like the story. Also thanks to my friend for his help and assistance.
I appreciate it and I'll see you all next time. Take care and be safe.