Here we are with chapter 12 for the sequel of this story, despite it yes being chapter 40. Hope everyone is ready for more of this story and will like what I have in store. Thanks to everyone for the reviews from the last chapter. I appreciate it and the support for the story.

Last time we saw Batman and Batgirl aka Cassandra working together to find Dr. Young. We also got a background on Cassandra on how she met Batman? Will we get more information about her? Well, it would be nice if we did, but we'll see how things play out.

Also again trying to make sure what I do fits in this universe since the DC Universe is on a whole other level. Both DC and Marvel. Both sides do not have any limits on what they can do, especially when it comes to bringing their characters back to life. Anyways, time for the disclaimer.

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. Now let's continue with the story and enjoy the chapter everyone.

Story II: Chapter XII

Arkham

Batman and Batgirl arrived to the east part of the island after encountering several of Joker's snipers. They found out through Abigail that the Joker's men got into the armory of the guards. Giving them access to more advance weaponry. Curtesy of Boles after he told them where they were at.

They found some of the dead guards and Clones that tried to protect this part of the island. It looks like they were outnumbered. Batman though found some of the men appeared to have been killed by a lightsaber. No doubt Maul has his weapon now and is working with the Joker.

This means they will need to deal with him as well as the two secure the knocked out criminals. Batgirl goes to open the door, but stopped when Batman reminded her of the security system inside. The entrance has a ray shield that would prevent them from going inside. They would need to go through the vent up on the balcony to get through.

Batgirl nods as she goes up to get them inside. As she left Oracle begins contacting Batman. "Hey. How's it going?"

"As you would expect," said Batman as he sees Batgirl go through the vent. "Hold on a minute," he said as he walked inside.

He walk sin the entrance hall to find a not a ray shield, but an electric shield that has been activated and two of Joker's men are on the other side. Shields like this are used more to incapacitate the inmates without killing them.

"Well, look who it is!" said one of the Joker's men.

"Yeah," said the other henchman. "Big bad Batman. C'mon, tough guy! Come and get us!"

"Oh. Look at him, stuck out there. Ain't ya got a cat to recue from a tree or something?" the first henchman said mocking the Batman.

All unaware that Batgirl came out through the vent on the other side and began gliding down behind the two men. Taking out the third one with the armed weapon without the other two noticing.

"That's right. Go on. Get lost. We're in control," said the second henchman. "Joker'll finish you off."

Batgirl jumps up and kicks both men in the back sending them into the electric shield as it begins shocking them. Both men fell down and passed out as Batgirl smashed the control panel shutting down the shield.

Once Batman walked through he continued his conversation with his sister. "Sorry about that. You found something?"

"We found Dr. Young's family. They are all alive, but they did receive a package just as the Clones arrived. They evacuated the family and used a droid to open the package. It released Joker toxin into the room with a note attached inside," said Oracle as she looks at the note. "It's from Joker and said the package was a gift to the Young family. Curtesy of their daughter."

"Do they know what is going on?" Batman asked as Batgirl goes to the door to the next room and finds the main hall has Joker's men inside.

"No. They are just told their daughter is safe though and everything will be okay," said Oracle who knew it isn't over until they find her. "How's it going on both your end?"

Batgirl begins doing hand-signs to Batman. Telling him she will go take care of the Joker's men inside and will report back to him.

"It's going as usual. Maul is in the mansion though," said Batman as the two heroes head up to the balcony on top and use the room there to go to the other side. "He has his lightsaber, but it looks like Joker hasn't let him off his leash."

"You gonna be okay fighting him?" Oracle asked wondering if her brother is ready for Maul again.

"We'll be fine," said Batman as he used his cowl vision to find ten of Joker's men in the room just they hear the Joker talking through the intercom.

"Joker here with a little update for you all," said the Joker as he speaks to his men. "First the good news. We have Dr. Young. Bad news is she's not talking. She's hidden a document somewhere in the mansion. I want it found!"

Batman and Batgirl knew this is bad. With Dr. Young captured it won't be long before Joker tries to break her. With Maul by his side that won't be long. So, they will need to find her and the document first.

"I've got a plan or six to loosen her tongue, but in the meantime, search every book and granny. There's a prize for whoever finds them," said Joker who is offering his men a reward for the formula.

Batman and Batgirl threw a smoke pellet bellow the men causing a commission around. Batman glides down to grab one of the men for interrogation, while Batgirl glides down taking two of the men out as she knock both of them out. Three of the men see her in the smoke and charge at her, while swinging their weapons. She used her grappling gun to get out of the way as the men hit one of their own knocking him out.

Batgirl grabs one of the three men and repelled up the line before leaving him upside down on the gargoyle. The two men look up wondering what just happened as Batgirl lands down in front of them. She slides in and attached two hooks on their legs. She pressed a button as both men are propelled up to the gargoyle where their friend is at.

She pressed a button and the cables electrocute the men knocking them out. The other three men appeared from the smoke. Aiming their guns at Batgirl who turned around to see them. She pressed the button again as the cable released the three unconscious men as they fell on top of their friends.

The cable is still attached to them as Batgirl pressed the button from before and shocked all six men before knocking them out. She climbs up to the platform where Batman finished interrogating the man he grabbed.

"Anything?" Batgirl asked.

Batman nods as he ties up the unconscious man. "Maul has Dr. Young. I need to find her and get her free before Maul can break her. In the meantime, find her notes and once you analyze the formula destroy them."

Batgirl nods in response. "Will you…be all right….alone?"

"It's me, remember?" Batman replied as he took off to find Dr. Young.

Coruscant

Ahsoka and Lux returned to his apartment where they are seen getting a little breather. The two had finished checking the city again to make sure Joker didn't leave an extra bomb lying around. So far, everything else seems calm. However, they didn't undress from their clothing.

They plan to go back to Naboo and see if there is a way to bypass the laser defenses that is keeping the Republic from getting their ships to the planet.

Ahsoka walk into the living room after speaking to a friend of hers in the Jedi Temple. "The Council has convinced the chancellor not to send any more of our fighters to the planet. They are also trying to gain the kill-code to self-destruct the laser shields."

"I take it Luthor is not helping?" Lux asked wondering if Abigail will end up hacking into Luthor's company again.

"Turns out the Warden is the only one that knows about it. They did manage to get in touch with Obi Wan," said Ahsoka as she walks over to the sofa where Lux is sitting at. "He's fine and he is coordinating with some of the Clones on getting the hostages out. They know they can't fly off the planet, but can at least fly the ship far away from the prison."

Lux knew that is better than keeping the hostages on the island. "They'll need to take out the turrets before they can do that. Otherwise they'll get shot down."

"Batman will get to that, but needs to find the formula," said Ahsoka as she grabs some tea that Lux had made. "I wish we were there though. I want to help Daniel and Cassandra. I want to help get the people to safety. Even get my hands on the Joker for what he has done."

Lux sighed as he nods in agreement. "I wish the same thing, but Daniel didn't set up a teleporter in the Batcave on Arkham. So, we can't get to him. We'll need to be patient and trust that they will be okay. That's all we can do."

"I guess so," said Ahsoka as she feels Lux's hand move on to her hand. This got her to smile as she turns to him. "I wonder if by the end of this we should tell Batman what we are going to do."

"Which one? How we plan to retire? Marry? Or have kids together?" Lux asked.

Ahsoka giggles softly. "All of the above," she lets out a small sigh as her expression changed to one of concern. "I love helping people and kicking some butts. But, after what happened to Anakin I realized that we can't keep doing this forever. At some point we need to try moving away from all of this and have a life of our own. Hopefully Daniel will do the same one day and raise Cassandra as a normal parent."

Lux knew what Ahsoka is feeling. He is glad that Daniel trained him and let him join him as Robin. He was able to help stop dangerous criminals that tried to harm innocent people. Something he is sure his mother would be proud that he is doing, but would also want him to have a normal life in the end.

"Let's wait until everything settles down. I wouldn't want to leave him alone without making sure Cassandra is ready or without some more help," said Lux who didn't want to leave Batman without backup.

"We will," said Ahsoka as she begins receiving a message. "It's Abby," she checks the message and after a minute stands up. "Looks like we're needed to help escort Dr. Young's family to a safe place."

Lux grabs his mask and puts it on. "Let's get going then."

Arkham

Batman heads off to the Arkham Library where he found out that is where Dr. Young was last seen at. If she is not there he can crack a few heads to make them tell him where she is at. He took out two of Joker's men from outside of the room that didn't know where she is taken. However, he'll get some answers from the ones in the library.

He walks in to find some of Joker's men inside. Batman sees one with a gun and used his Batarang to knock the weapon out of his hand as the weapon began electrocuting him. Knocking him out as Batman rushes over to attack the men as Joker appeared on the television screen. Talking about the Arkham Library and making fun of it.

Batman dodges one of the men who has a knife in his hand. Batman grabs his arm and drives his elbow into his mouth breaking some teeth. Two of the men grabs him as a third grabs the knife and charges at him. Batman jumps up then activates his rocket boots, burning the man's hands that got caught in the flames.

The force of the rockets caused him to push his body back against the two men as they crashed into the bookshelf. He punches both men in the face and then drove their heads into the shelf knocking them out. He rushes over to the man that had the knife and kicks him in the face knocking him out as well.

The last man grabs a pipe and goes to attack Batman, but saw what happened to his friends and drops the weapon. "Uncle?" he said hoping Batman will go easy on him.

Batman grabs him by the collar and shoves him into the monitors. "Where is Dr. Young?"

"I-I don't know," the man replied afraid of what the Batman will do to him.

Batman lifts him even higher and tightens his grip. "I won't ask again."

"I swear I don't know," the man replied afraid for his life. "That Maul guy took the doctor somewhere else. I just don't know where."

Batman held the man up and used his suit to check the man's pulse. To see if he is lying or telling the truth.

"I believe you," he said as he headbutts the man and knocks him out.

Just as soon as he did that the Joker appeared on screen. "Congratulations! Now all you have to do is take a stroll downstairs and save the helpless hostages. Right?"

Batman looks down to find two hostages that is tied up to a chair. Near him is a large box that contains something inside. Batman didn't have time for games so he used his suit to create a strong sonic frequency. He placed his hand on the glass causing it to shake and shake until it finally broke.

Allowing him to get to the hostages and cut him loose from the chair. He grabs them and then gets him out of the room. He goes back down to try disarming the bomb. Only to find it spring open and reveals it was just a giant boxing glove as the Joker can be heard laughing.

Batman shuts off the electric shield and allows the men to come back downstairs. "Thank you, Batman. Are they all gone?" a doctor asked.

"Yes, you're safe. What happened?" Batman asked hoping to get some information about Dr. Young.

"It…it all happened so fast. Some patients broke in. Began tearing up the place. Like they were looking for something," said the doctor explaining what he remembers. "Billy here fought back, but there were too many! They took Dr. Young. She rushed in here and they followed."

The security guard that was with the doctor, now known as Billy spoke up next. "I'm sorry. When I came to, we were all tied up. Doc Young was gone."

"You did all you could. Stay here and stay safe," said Batman as he heads up the second floor. "Batgirl, can you hear me?"

"Hear you…did you find the doctor?" Batgirl asked as she made her way around the facility.

"No. Maul took her somewhere else," said Batman as he looks around the library. "The hostages said she came rushing in here with Joker's men behind her. I'm going to have a look around. In the meantime see if you can find Cash and any other hostages. Once you are done bring them here."

"What about…the formula?" Batgirl asked wondering why he won't let her go to the office to find them.

"Go to the office, but I suspect they aren't there anymore," said Batman as he looks around the room. "If they got here before Joker's men then she must have gotten to her notes and hid them somewhere," he said suspecting that is why she came in here. "Just keep your guard up and be careful."

"I…know," Batgirl replied as she made her way through the west wing of the facility after saving two hostages from the Joker's men.

They revealed that some of Joker's men are using a special collar around them to monitor their heartbeats. If it goes down the collar goes off and a crash team is send in to save them. She figures Joker is using this to alert him if any of his men are knocked out. This will make silencing Joker's men difficult if the collar goes off to alert the others.

She heads to the Arkham Records Room where she used her cowl vision to show her six hostiles. All wearing the collar and also showed her several hostages. She could hear the men beating up Aaron Cash. He is alive, but not for long if she doesn't save him and carefully.

She sees one of Joker's men nearby on a platform. His attention not at the entrance so she used this to her advantage. She climbs up the platform and gets behind him. She grabs him in a sleeper hold and knocks him out.

The moment she did she used one of the gargoyles to escape. She then used her camouflage device to hide herself so she won't be spotted. The alarm begins going off as four of the five head to the location of where it is going off. Batgirl spots the fifth on another platform on the other side of the room and glides over.

Kicking him right in the face and knocking him down. She falls down and gets on top of him. She punches him across the jaw and knocked him out. She makes her escape as the alarm begins going off again.

The second alarm went off alerting the other men. They begin heading to the location of the second alarm, while Batgirl glides over to their location. She spots them climbing the ladder and waited as the fourth one goes next to climb. Batgirl leaps over and wraps her legs around his neck as she puts him in a sleeper hold.

The man tried to scream, but he soon began passing out as Batgirl knocked out another. The men hear the alarm going off again as they rush over to the source. They each began climbing down the ladder, but the third one was grabbed before he could get down and without his comrades seeing him. The two last remaining men hear the alarm again and begin to panic.

The two men soon turn on one another as one tries to go off on his own. The other tries to make his way to the door to escape. However, Batgirl grabs him and tosses him into one of the cabinets. Knocking him out and scaring the last man as he rushes over to one of the hostages. He aims his weapon at Cash's head and prepares to shoot him.

"Batman! If you hear me. Come on out or this one gets it," said the henchman.

Cash though didn't look worried as he knew Batman would take care of this idiot. On cue the man's gun is cut in half by a Batarang, which scared the criminal. Batgirl appears out of her camouflage and kicks him in the face. Sending him flying into the wall and knocking him out.

"I thought you were Batman," said Cash as he feels the ropes being removed by Batgirl. "Still, thanks for the help."

Batgirl replied with her sign language to Cash. True, Ahsoka and the others helped her learn to speak, despite not talking a lot. But, whenever she is with other people she prefers sign language. It just feels better that way.

She then asks Cash where Dr. Young went to. She explains she needed to find the notes she hid before Joker finds them.

"I told her to run. These guys came in looking for her," Cash explained. "I told her to go to her office and hide. She looked pretty desperate to get in there. Her office is over there," Cash points to the direction where the office is at.

Batgirl though knew this couldn't have been too long if they had just captured her. She needed to find those notes and destroy them before Joker gets to them.

She hears a weapon cocking behind her as she turns around to see the man she knocked into the cabinets was knocked out. He is still up and looks pissed. However, before he can shoot at her he is shot from behind. Batgirl and the hostages look behind the dead man to see a Twi'lek girl who appeared to be a young teenager and her Astromech droid.

"S-sorry. I thought you needed some help," said the Twi'lek girl as she handed her weapon to Batgirl.

Batgirl didn't appreciate this girl who couldn't be a year older than her kill this criminal. But, she knew it was unavoidable. Judging from her outfit though she looks like one of the Republic's pilots. Pretty young though to be a pilot.

She tries using sign language, but it appears the pilot didn't know much about it. So, Cash stepped in to explain.

"She's asking you who you are," Cash explains a he turns to Batgirl. "Sorry. Forgot to mention to you that this girl came here to warn us of Joker's men. Once they got in here though I had her stay hidden until backup arrives."

Batgirl turns to the Twi'lek and recognized the outfit. She turns to Cash and asks him if she is one of the pilots for the Republic.

"She is," said Cash as he introduces the girl. "This is Hera Syndulla. She came here with her droid, Chopper to help us against the Joker. Only she got through the laser shield. The others didn't make it."

Batgirl remembers hearing from Abigail about Cham Syndulla and how he has a daughter. She didn't expect someone so young to join the Republic, much less her father letting her join them. She turns to Cash and tells him to keep her here. All while she goes to Dr. Young's office to get the notes.

Cash replies to Hera what he is told and she replies to Batgirl. "Please let me help. The notes you are looking for aren't in Dr. Young's office anymore. She hid them in the library after she got them out of her safe. I went with her to the office to get them and we locked the door making it seem like they were still in there."

"If that's true how did you two get out without being seen?" Cash asked wondering how they got out after locking the office.

"Through the vents. I tried luring the men away from her, but it didn't seem to work," Hera then turns to Chopper. "We locked ourselves in one of the offices when we heard the commotion and saw what you did. Please let us help you. We know where they took the doctor. She's in the warden's office."

Batgirl knew that isn't good. She passed by the door that lead to the office and saw it was locked in a ray shield. No way for her or Batman to get in unless…she turns to Cash and has him translate for her about the droid.

"She's asking if your droid is good at hacking into anything? Say the security system to the ray shield?"

Hera smiled as she nods. "How else do you think we kept the Joker's men from getting to us?"

Batgirl knew she could use the droid to help her out. She also knew if this girl is as good as she heard she is as a pilot then she can help them get the hostages out. She knew they needed a pilot to fly the ship. One as experienced as this girl could help them out.

She tells Cash to keep her here until she can clear a path for them to take her to Batman. Meanwhile, she goes to leave the room to tell Batman what she discovered.

"Notes not in…office," she explains what happened to them and where they are at. "Found Dr. Young…in Warden's office…with Maul."

"I know," said Batman as back in the library he found the notes hidden in a book after using his cowl vision. "I found them."

He had Abigail send him the information to Dr. Young's fingerprints and was able to find out of the thousands of books in the room where only one book had her fingerprints on them. He begins analyzing it and sends the formula to his sister to see if she can make something to counter the formula.

Once he got what he needed he destroys the notes. Burning them to ashes so the Joker can't get to them.

"Get the hostages to safety. I'll go after Maul," said Batman knowing the formula is still in Dr. Young's mind and Maul will get to them no matter what.

"Found a droid that can help…hack into security systems…to get to the office," said Batgirl as she begins looking around to make sure the coast is cleared. "Bring them to you?"

"Do it, but once I get in get them out," said Batman as she sees Joker appeared on the screen.

"What' that you've got there, Bats? No! Not the formula," said the Joker acting distraught. "What am I going to do? Who can help me now?"

The Joker took a moment to think and then figured out what he needed to do. "What's that? How about our good friend, Maul? Hmmm. Yes, he could get what we need from the good doctor," the Joker soon began to laugh.

Batman knew he needed to get to the office now before Maul can. He begins heading to the door when all of a sudden he begins smelling a familiar scent. One that got him coughing as he goes to open the door. Once he opened it he soon realized he has fallen into another one of Crane's traps.

That's the end of the chapter and it looks like the Batman is going to have another go at Scarecrow. Will he get through it? Will Batgirl wait for him to show up? Or will she end up having to go fight Maul?

Will the Joker get what he is looking for? Will the Jedi get through the laser defenses? Will Hera play more of a role in the story and sequels? And will we see other Rebel characters?

Check out the next chapter to find out and thanks to my friend for his help on the story. I appreciate it and thanks to everyone for the reviews. I appreciate it and if you liked how this chapter went then leave some reviews. Just nothing negative please.

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