Batman :Under The Red Hood Chapter 2, a batman: under the red hood fanfic

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Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman

Ruby Rose as Kate Kane/Batwoman

Firass Dirani as Jason Todd / Red Hood

Bill Skarsgård as Pennywise

Heath Ledger as Joker

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She was drifting in a river of memories. She could clearly remember how she went to boot camp for the two years, simply to get kicked out because of letting her feelings get the best of her in kicking some pricks ass who were picking on her friend (who despite having respiration difficulties , he was giving his best in aiming to become a soldier ) and also trying to be Batwoman with the equipment she snatched from the boot camp. For the six months, she gave her best in trying to fight crime, but it was not enough as Batman overshadowed everything she did. Facing Alice and saving her ex - girlfriend did drawed Batman attention as he confronted her on the roof after fighting Alice.

" That was an adequate job you did there ! But this is not a game, Kate ! That mask and symbol don't makes you like me ! It makes you a target ! " Batman growled in a modified digital voice, which surprised Kate as she was not aware that he actually knew about her, thought she did not let her reaction show on her face thanks to her military training.

" I am aware of what i do when i put this costume ! I put this costume to give the people of Gotham hope, something which i did not had when my sister and my mother died ! Not that you would know what bringing hope is anymore since you enjoy spread fear at the cost of everyone, including Gordon, see you on the same level as the criminals that you now kill ! " Kate said in a firm tone which only seemed to amuse Batman.

" You seem to have gotten the wrong ideea of why i become Batman in the first place ! I am not Superman, which brings hope to the people from Metropolis ! I became Batman to bring fear in the hearts of criminals and to make sure that no child would share the same thing i did when i was 10 years old , cousin ! " Batman growled in his deep voice with a smirk on his face, which surprised Kate hearing that.

" Cousin ? Dont tell me that you are ...

But Kate did not get to finish what she had to say as Batman took out his mask revealing the face of Bruce Wayne.

" Hello, Kate ! I am Batman ! How would you like to work with me in making a peaceful city out of Gotham ? " Bruce asked still having a grin on his face, only for him to be surprised as Kate wrapped her arms around his body in a hug, which earned a soft look as he returned the hug.

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Year 2008/ June 6 /

( At the Bat - Cave )

" So explain to me once again, Bruce. Why did you bring this rookie here?" Jason said with his arms crossed narrowing his eyes at Kate who was glaring at him.

"She shows great potential, Jason!" Bruce said while typing on the computer. "Especially considering she is going to be your partner!" said Bruce with a small grin on his face waiting for the explosion of rage from Jason.

" What? But, Bruce, she barely had 6 months on her! Even with all the potential, you say she has, it's not enough to face the criminals and the Crows, who her father is part of! As far as I am concerned, she should simply retire and stay in a library since she is reckless and could die if she continues on this path as a vigilante!" Jason said with contempt in his voice, which caused Bruce to turn over and look at Jason with a frown.

"Jason, while I realize you don't recognize Kate's potential because she's only started, you should be the last person to speak about being reckless! Or have you already forgotten what happened last time when you were reckless?" Bruce asked with an accusing tone in his voice making Jason wince since he knew he was implying his stupidity in thinking that he could take on Ra's on his own.

" Sorry! I just don't wish for her to get hurt since we have both the police and the Crows on our trail! And considering that we have the bad luck of almost dying in this line of duty, it would be safe to leave out of this while she still can ! " said Jason looking down at his feet. A hand touched his shoulder who was revealed to be Kate.

" Listen! I comprehend the amount of this is all over my head, but I had 6 months to start from scratch to prove that no matter what hardships you face down the road, no matter how you get backed down to the wall, you go ahead and confront everything that is thrown at you! I should know because my best friend did the precise same thing despite having asthma and health problems! So while I acknowledge your concern, it would not stop me going forward and kicking some ass ! " said Kate with a determined look on her face stunning Jason while Bruce had a look of pride and a big wide grin.

" Speaking of which, Bruce, what did you do with the ring? " Jason asked trying to distract himself from being impressed with Kate.

" I gave it to Nyssa, but with the condition, she checks out islands for survivors that landed through boat accidents, train them, but also lets them go home if they wish so! She is more reasonable than her father was! By the way, I found out who Alice is, Kate, but you are not going to believe this! " Bruce told Kate with a sympathetic look on his face.

" Who is it, Bruce? " Kate asked her cousin with an uneasy feeling in her gut.

" It is your twin sister, Elizabeth Kane! " Bruce said with a sympathetic look on his face shocking Kate while Jason looked thoughtful.

" Hey , Bruce, can i hook up with her sister ? Since she is not into girls like Kate is, i should have a chance, right ? "Jason said with an excited voice, but in his mind thinking about how he hopes this will take Kate and Bruce thoughts about Beth, only to receive a punch to his head from Kate.

Bruce just chuckled at the scene and got up which Jason and Kate took as a sign to follow him.

She then saw the Bat-suit in a display case, but it looked different because of the size that she suspected to fit her. It made her think at how everything went wrong on the day her sister was separated from her.

Flashback- ( Comic Book Version )

Kate, her mother, Gabby, and her sister, Beth, were at a restaurant getting chocolate waffles in Brussels when gunmen came storming in. They were of the terrorist organization, Many Arms of Death." Their bodyguard was immediately shot dead. All three of them were held hostage and thrown into a van to a warehouse.

Several hours later, Col Jacob Kane and his men stormed the warehouse and engaged in a shootout with the terrorists. Gabby was quickly executed as the battle began, shot to the head. When the battle was over, Kate's blindfold was taken off. She then saw a girl's body with a blanket over her indicating she was dead. Kate screamed and cried as her father took her away from the scene believing the body to be that of her sister.

( End Flashback )

" I had a friend fix this suit for you. Do you like it? "

"People are afraid and I may scare everyone in Gotham but this will bring hope once again in Gotham. " Kate said looking at the suit before giving Bruce a hug.

"Yeah, sure you will." Jason scoffed which got Kate flip him off.

" You sure fixed this suit," Jason said boldly with a jealous tone in his voice.

"The suit is literal perfection," Bruce replied.

"It will...when it fits a woman," Kate smirked glancing at Jason who realized she was referring to him and flipped her off making Bruce laugh.

" But, Bruce, it's ridiculous that people want to see heroes kill villains. However by doing that, the heroes would not be heroes anymore, but something even worse than the villains. The real quality of heroes is to not act like the bad guys and to preserve values so that everyone can be much better people. It almost sounds like people want all heroes to be like the Punisher, which is so much stupid because actually, the Punisher is a not very moral antihero. " Kate said calmly while looking into her cousin's eyes

" I can see your reasoning here. But some people, you have to put down to protect everyone else. Everyone deserves one chance, but very few use their second chance to do better and feel genuine remorse for their sins. " Bruce calmly told her before kissing her on the forehead.

"Like Batman, you do everything that can be done for Gotham, not to prove anything to anyone, but to help everyone that you can. And as far as I've heard, you never left your pride to get in the way of saving lives. You did let paranoia get the better of yourself, but that's a flaw that's both worked for and against you. I love you as Batman because no matter how many times you're beaten down, you try to get right back up again, that even if it's the harder decision to choose it because it's the right thing to do, you're brutal but still compassionate towards his villains, putting your heart and soul into Gotham and it's people, would let yourself be thrown into the abyss rather than someone else take the pain, and so much more. And yeah, after talking just a few minutes about this, I felt like I needed to remind myself that there are good things in the world, and the reason I am fighting for them. " Kate said with a determination in her eyes.

" In certain extreme situations, the law is inadequate. To shame its inadequacy, it is necessary to act outside the law to pursue…natural justice. This is not vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it's an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment. " Jason Todd said with a determined tone.

Bruce heard footsteps coming from behind him, but he didn't turn around. Years of training had taught him how to recognize the pattern of an individual's footsteps, and even without training, he had heard those shoes against the floor for so many years that he could have recognized their owner anywhere.

"Hello, Alfred."

"You got me again, Bruce."

"You tried leading with your left foot again," Batman smirked. "It's been a while since you tried to fool me."

" Then I guess telling you that Superman was looking for you is out of the question, Bruce? "

Bruce looked annoyed at Alfred at hearing that.

" And why did you not start with that, Alfred? "

" Because I was happy that you would remember what I told you all those years ago during the Blackgate Christmas Crisis for no man is an island, only you seem to suffer massive emotional amnesia. Also, it seems that Superman is waiting for you at the tower with the bat signal being on. "

Bruce could only rub his temple annoyed that Alfred would see fit to tell him now about Superman being there while Jason and Kate were snickering at how witty was Alfred with Bruce. He put his mask back, opened the Batwing, and entered it. He looked at Alfred and Kate with a small smile.

" I will think about it, Kate. But I am not making promises that it is going to work. "

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( 1 Year and a Half later January 12 / 2010 )

" Kate, Jason, I will be away from Gotham City for a few days. I would like for you to cover for me ." Bruce said looking at Kate and Jason who looked surprised at hearing Bruce was leaving.

" No problem, Bruce. But where exactly are you going? " Kate asked with a smile on her face at the level of trust Bruce was putting on her and Jason.

" I am going to Bludhaven to face off against Deathstroke. He recently lost his son, so he is taking his anger on the Titans. I have to go right away, otherwise, they will be all dead by the time I reach there. " Bruce said while putting his cowl on his face.

" Kick his ass, Bruce. " Jason said with a confident look on his face.

" Wake up, Kate. I am waiting for you to meet Pennywise. "

A voice said as they suddenly woke up. Only for Kate to see a clown with fangs and large claws, a baggy silk suit of silver with orange pom-poms, and a collar ruff. He has a white face and a bald head, with red hair on either side. His mouth has a red clown smile. He wears large white gloves and is usually carrying a bunch of balloons.

" Hiya, Kate. "

" Well, shit. I must have drunk a lot because I am seeing a creepy-ass clown that would make little kids have nightmares. Including me. "

" Oh no. You are not drunk. You are here because I knocked you out, brought you here, and looked through your memories. Very impressive, Kate, of you to get where you are now through hard work. "

" Because that is not an invasion of privacy at all. You are lucky that I am tied up, otherwise I would make you regret it. "

" Oh. So scary. Do you want a

balloon, Kate? Oh well, I'm Pennywise,

a dancing clown. Pennywise yes meet Kate.

Kate meets Pennywise.

Now we are not strangers,

are we? "

" Let me go so I can show you how much I appreciate you. "

Suddenly, Pennywise was in Kate's face. He had a hungry, predatory look in his eyes. He opened his mouth his jaw extending to that of a shark. But Kate simply stood looking bored at Pennywise. This surprised him at seeing her not being afraid of him.

" You are not afraid of me. Why? "

" Compared to what Batman does when he throws his no-kill rule away to unredeemable criminals, you are nothing more than a party clown. Go use your party tricks on someone that works on. "

" Well, that was mean. You did not have to say such hurtful words. "

" She is not wrong though. Now that Batman abandoned his killing code, he is a force to reckon with. One thing I feel sorry for is not killing the bird boy myself to make him break his code. "

Kate looked at the person who talked only to gasp in horror. It was not the type of psychopath that Batman has dealt with during his 6 months of letting his restraint for not killing go. No, it was the worst of the worst of humanity.

"You. How are you alive? Or most important, how are you not dead ?" Kate's voice trembling in fear as she spoke with the Joker himself.

" Oh, don't mind me. I just went to try something new. Like for example, against Nazi leftovers called Hydra. I might be crazy, but I am not a traitor to my American roots. I am a patriot. "

It was a tall man, lean, wearing a handmade purple suit with a green vest. Purple gloves adorned his hands as they fiddled with a knife grinning darkly at Kate, which made it the most terrifying feature of his face.

The Joker was a quite tall young man who was dressed in a custom-tailored purple suit that consisted of an elegant, purple coat and matching pin-stripe pants that were kept up by suspenders rather than a belt. Underneath it, Joker wore a light grey jacket, a green vest, and a light grey patterned shirt. Joker was almost always seen wearing chalk-white makeup on his face, which consisted of dark face-paint that blackened the spaces around his leering brown eyes, green hair-dye that was spread all over unkempt greasy brown hair, and a red slash of lipstick that was smeared all over a thin mouth with two gruesome scars that were lined at the corners that resembled a Glasgow Smile, which further implied his unstable psyche.

"Now here's a bad joke. Wanna hear it ?"

" What are you talking about, Joker? " Kate whispered out in fear. The monster walked to her left side, leaning on the table.

" I just told you I went against Nazi. Because you did not listen, I will have to do this."

The Joker grabbed her head and smashed it against the table. Kate groaned; eyes shut in pain while the mad clown scrutinized her.

"Head feeling fuzzy? I did tell him never to start with the head, but it felt so satisfying to do it to you. I can see why he did it so much."

"What do you want? And how did you come back to the town undetected?" Kate grunted, trying not to shudder as those black eyes roamed over her.

Pulling the chair opposite her out, Joker turned it around and straddled it, arms crossed on the table with his head tilted like a child. The way he settled himself sent terror through her body like she never felt when she was 10 years old.

"I want to know, where is Batman?"

" He went to Bludhaven to deal with Deathstroke since he is targeting the Titans and his first Robin. "
" Oh, Deathstroke huh? That sucks. I was hoping for a reunion between me and Batman and all I got is you! " Joker shouted as he slammed his fists on the table making Kate flinch and Pennywise growl at him in a menacing way.
" Anyway, do you want to know how I got these scars? "
All he got was silence so he started playing with his knife.
" You see, I had a best friend called Johnny. Johnny was a great guy, but his father was a drunk who always used to beat him One day, his father was drunk as hell, but did not have enough. So he asked Johnny for more. He refused. His father took a razor and started to cut into his mouth scarring him for life. When he was done, he blamed him for forcing him to do this. Johnny having enough, ran to the store with his blood dripping from his mouth. The owners seeing like this called the ambulance who took him to the hospital. But the damage was done. Do you want to know what damage I am talking about? He was blaming himself for what happened to him. "
" What? How was it his fault? Did the cops at least put him in jail for what he did to his son? " Kate shouted in an angry voice at the injustice that happened to Johnny. Joker looked at her with an unreadable look before continuing his story.

" What you must realize is that back then justice was blind and still is. If you wanted results, you had to take the matter into your hand. So I bought 3 bottles of wine and 3 bottles of beer to get him drunk. Then I went to the kitchen and used the razor on myself to look like my friend. When he saw how I looked, he was shocked and asked me what was wrong with me. But I just laughed and I still laughed as I used the razor on him to carve in his mouth. His screams were like music to me because it just made me laugh harder at getting to know the pain, my friend, through and the pain I gave to his father. But it was not enough. I smashed all the empty bottles in his face until he was nothing but a bloody mess. "

" Pennywise loved the story. But I would rather have him feel fear before I feast on his fear. It's more delicious this way."