Batman Beyond: Two-Face II
Chapter 3: The New Crimes of Two-Face
By ShadowHawk
Author's Notes: to the Readers who read this fanfic, just to let you know this fic takes places after my friend Demoness Space Pirate's fanfics Same Ol'' Game, Just New Players & Gray Shadows of the Past.
Disclaimer: We don't own the characters used
Terry McGinnis, no longer a mere student of the dismal halls of Hamilton High school, sat comfortably on the foot of his dorm bed scanning through the recent events in the news.
Gotham University was a good college to go to if you couldn't afford to go out of state or if you actually wished to stay in Gotham. Terry was fortunate that his boss, Bruce Wayne, acted as his benefactor and helped to pay his tuition, which at times Terry regretted.
A knock at his door tore Terry away from the paper. "Hey Terry I got a letter from Dana." Maxine Gibson said walking into the room. Max was lucky too; her academic achievements rewarded her with many scholarships that would get her through.
"So how's she liking California?" He asked.
Max looked over the letter. "Very much it seems, she have new lingo in here I don't even know about. She says she's met some schway guy. I think she's tryin' to prove she's over you." Max said to Terry.
Terry sighed. "She's the one who didn't want the 'strain' of a long distance relationship."
Max laughed at her friend. "Come Ter let's go get something to eat. Pizza my treat." Max offered as Terry's cell phone rung.
"Hold that thought." Terry said as he moved to answer. "McGinnis here." He said.
"Terry, Two-Face is robbing the museum." A rough aged voice said from the other end then hung up without another word.
"Duty calls?" Max asked smiling lightly.
"Yeah. You would think the museums would get better security." Terry sighed standing up.
"Why would they when they have Gotham's greatest protector to take care of things? If you need patching up later you know where to find me." Max said leaving.
Not much later...Batman stalked the dark shadows of the night in his trademark stealth. "Wayne, you still alive?" He asked making his way towards the back entrance of the museum.
The aging man on the other end of the line scowled for a moment at the screen before answering. "Do you see anything?" He asked.
"You're seeing everything I see. What would Two-Face want at a museum?" Batman mumbled aloud.
"There's something you must know about Two-Face, he had a weakness for things in pairs, things that deals with two and coins." Bruce said.
"Coins?" Batman echoed the last word.
"Yes coins, and if this guy is anything like the Two-Face I knew his weaknesses won't be any different."
Batman stopped in his tracks as he saw an unconscious bloody guard sprawled about the ground. "Hmm this can't be right." He said going into camo-mode just as a moving van backed into the museum's loading dock.
As he got closer he observed two large identical muscular men towing a statue into the van. "A statue? What does he want with a statue?" He asked no one in particular as he slipped beyond the men.
Inside he saw yet another pair of muscular twins moving another statue similar to the one before. "Hey the boss says to hurry." A female said from somewhere on one of the upper floors.
Batman looked up to see a woman standing to her side, from what little he could see of her he could see that she wore a bodysuit that covered her from head to tell in a pure color of snow white except for her black lips and eyes. She hoisted a dark duffle bag onto her shoulders then vanished.
"Hey let's see you do better!" Grunted on of the twins.
"Shut your yap and get moving! The cops will be here soon enough and I'm not in the mood to fight those pushovers." Said a female walking onto the ground floor towards the men, unlike before she wore a head to toe bodysuit completely in black except for the white lips and eyes.
"Ten?" He asked. "Why would she be here?"
"Arrest first, ask questions later." Bruce directed.
Terry stood dropping his camouflage. "You're the boss." He said jumping into the air and landing down on the statue. His extra weight slamming down on the heavy stone object caused the two men to drop it. With a strong kick he sent one sailing through the air into the near wall.
The other twin swung a great fist towards Batman only to have it swing at air before striking the statue. Batman strung up from his crouch ramming his elbow into the chest of the man. The mighty twin staggered as a fiery pain rushed about his chest. This was enough of a hesitation for Batman to grab the man by the shoulders and bring the twin's head into a collision with the statue knocking him out of the fight like his twin.
Batman turned in the direction of the woman who looked as if she were ready to flee.
"Hold it!" Batman shouted.
The female stopped turning on her heels revealing her suit to be completely black. She smiled as she recognized the intruder. "Now here is the challenge we've been looking for."
A body dropped down from the ceiling. The female dressed in white stood straight next to her twin. "I hope you weren't about to hog him to yourself Dee-Dee." She said.
"Dee-Dee?" Batman asked recalling his troubles with the twin girls from his encounter with the Joker.
They both nodded in union then in the same unison kicked out their legs in a crisscross manner catching Batman in the chest. Batman rolled backwards from the impact. The white Dee-Dee flipped into the air while the other ran towards Batman ready to bestow her assault on the man who had sent her sister and herself to jail.
Batman quickly stood onto his feet ready for their advances.
"Hold it girls!" Commanded a velvety voice. The twins' balled fists came to a halt as they looked above them. Two-Face stood half-bent over the rail of the second floor of the museum. "The Bat is mine. Tell the others to hurry up and finish the job."
The Dee-Dees withdrew, "Yes boss." The one in black said. "Aw that's no fun!" Stated the white to her sister as they ran off to do as they were commanded.
Batman looked up towards Two-Face. "Who are you?" He asked.
"Two-Face who else?" Two-Face asked. "We're one of the very few criminals you will meet who doesn't wear a mask."
Batman stood a bit confused by the man's statement.
"What no Tommy gun?" Batman asked preparing himself for any tricks, he had very little conviction for someone named Two-Face to hold an honest fight.
"Please Batman, you ridicule me with such assumptions. Like you we have brought the name of Two-Face to a whole new level." He reached behind him grabbing hold of a weapon that looked somewhat like a Tommy gun. He fired once letting loose a laser into the open air.
Batman flinched as he noticed the museum had very little solid places to duck behind, if his adversary were to shoot down on him.
"Now the question is should we just kill you off with a searing laser through your head or should we fight you man to man? This must be done the correct way." Two-Face asked he reached into his inner coat pocket removing a coin. "Heads we fight fist to fist like civilized monkeys. Tails we blow your damn head off!" He said tossing the coin into the air then catching it. "Ah luck smiles upon you." He said holding up the good side of his coin. "You get to die with your brains intact."
Two-Face launched himself over the edge of the second floor falling and landing gracefully on the first. He stood before Batman in a prepared fighting stance.
Two-Face was the first to swing. Batman blocked the advance. A twisted smile spread over Two-Face's deformed face seconds before he delivered a series of blows each aimed at various places on Batman's upper body. Try as he might Batman could only block but so many of the punches.
Batman leapt into the air delivering a blade kick onto the sturdy body of Two-Face; the kick knocked him backward a mere foot.
Two-Face rolled on his back in a windmill spin, kicking Batman back. He jumped onto his with returning to the fight none the lacking. Batman slowly moved towards him planning his next move and readying to block at the same time. As Batman was moving to strike Two-Face gave a front snap kick to Batman's shin. If Batman had been any normal person that attack should have broke skin if not his leg taking him out of the fight. But of course this was Batman and nothing that simple would put him out.
As Batman and Two-Face's battle ensued Batman leapt into the air dodging a bone breaking blow that Two-Face had aimed at his shoulder. In midair he flung two batarangs towards his two-faced foe. Two-Face saw the critical assault coming towards him quickly reached into his coat and threw two knives in the direction of Batman.
The daggers flew through the air towards the oncoming bat shaped weapons; they reflected the batarangs with little trouble.
Two-Face quickly threw another pair at the shocked Batman. Batman dodged in time allowing the knives to pass him by only to be embedding into the wall behind him.
Batman looked back to see how close he came to literally having his ears lowered when he saw that they were no ordinary knives, these particular knives had two very sharp blades on both sides "What the...?" Batman asked his white eyes widening in surprise.
Back in the Batcave... Bruce was surprised as well to see the new Two-Face reflected the newly designed batarangs so easily. 'Who is this man?' He wondered as he mindlessly petted Ace.
Back at the museum... Two-Face held up two more of his twin-bladed weapons showing off their double edges to Batman and said, "My own version of the literary reference mark known as a Diesis, more commonly know as Double Dagger! My next pair shall strike the heart of the matter!" With that he threw his daggers towards the Bat.
Batman quickly jumped to the side with a graceless flip avoiding the blade of one double dagger but the other sunk into his side. "Rah!" Batman cried falling onto his back from the pain of his wound.
Two-Face slowly walked towards Batman flipping his coin up and down, up and down. He stopped to hover above the wounded Batman. "Ah so the Bat isn't immortal after all." He said flipping the coin still. "My father was obsessed with trying to figure out whom the original was, that was his only mistake." He said pressing his foot down on Batman's wounded side.
Batman held his cry of pain back only releasing a small hiss. Two-Face's half disfigured face lifted into a malevolent grin as he removed another double dagger. Just as Two-Face was ready to kill flashes of red and blue filled the night sky and the mournful wail of a siren filled the night air. The police had finally shown. The Dee-Dees ran into the museum. "Boss the cops are almost here!" Shouted Deirdre.
Two-Face sighed taking a quick flip of his coin. 'Heads I stay, tails I go.' He thought as he opened his hand and looked down on his coin. Tails. "The irony of luck, Batman. Like love she can be a cruel mistress." He said pocketing his coin. "Well you get to live another day of wine and roses, or in your case beer and pizza little man." With that Two-Face ran off in the direction of the Dee-Dees beckoning him to leave.
Defeated Batman stood onto his feet hearing the sounds of the moving van speeding quickly away. He looked down on his bleeding side; Max would patch him up when he got back to the dorm.
To be continued.
Chapter 3: The New Crimes of Two-Face
By ShadowHawk
Author's Notes: to the Readers who read this fanfic, just to let you know this fic takes places after my friend Demoness Space Pirate's fanfics Same Ol'' Game, Just New Players & Gray Shadows of the Past.
Disclaimer: We don't own the characters used
Terry McGinnis, no longer a mere student of the dismal halls of Hamilton High school, sat comfortably on the foot of his dorm bed scanning through the recent events in the news.
Gotham University was a good college to go to if you couldn't afford to go out of state or if you actually wished to stay in Gotham. Terry was fortunate that his boss, Bruce Wayne, acted as his benefactor and helped to pay his tuition, which at times Terry regretted.
A knock at his door tore Terry away from the paper. "Hey Terry I got a letter from Dana." Maxine Gibson said walking into the room. Max was lucky too; her academic achievements rewarded her with many scholarships that would get her through.
"So how's she liking California?" He asked.
Max looked over the letter. "Very much it seems, she have new lingo in here I don't even know about. She says she's met some schway guy. I think she's tryin' to prove she's over you." Max said to Terry.
Terry sighed. "She's the one who didn't want the 'strain' of a long distance relationship."
Max laughed at her friend. "Come Ter let's go get something to eat. Pizza my treat." Max offered as Terry's cell phone rung.
"Hold that thought." Terry said as he moved to answer. "McGinnis here." He said.
"Terry, Two-Face is robbing the museum." A rough aged voice said from the other end then hung up without another word.
"Duty calls?" Max asked smiling lightly.
"Yeah. You would think the museums would get better security." Terry sighed standing up.
"Why would they when they have Gotham's greatest protector to take care of things? If you need patching up later you know where to find me." Max said leaving.
Not much later...Batman stalked the dark shadows of the night in his trademark stealth. "Wayne, you still alive?" He asked making his way towards the back entrance of the museum.
The aging man on the other end of the line scowled for a moment at the screen before answering. "Do you see anything?" He asked.
"You're seeing everything I see. What would Two-Face want at a museum?" Batman mumbled aloud.
"There's something you must know about Two-Face, he had a weakness for things in pairs, things that deals with two and coins." Bruce said.
"Coins?" Batman echoed the last word.
"Yes coins, and if this guy is anything like the Two-Face I knew his weaknesses won't be any different."
Batman stopped in his tracks as he saw an unconscious bloody guard sprawled about the ground. "Hmm this can't be right." He said going into camo-mode just as a moving van backed into the museum's loading dock.
As he got closer he observed two large identical muscular men towing a statue into the van. "A statue? What does he want with a statue?" He asked no one in particular as he slipped beyond the men.
Inside he saw yet another pair of muscular twins moving another statue similar to the one before. "Hey the boss says to hurry." A female said from somewhere on one of the upper floors.
Batman looked up to see a woman standing to her side, from what little he could see of her he could see that she wore a bodysuit that covered her from head to tell in a pure color of snow white except for her black lips and eyes. She hoisted a dark duffle bag onto her shoulders then vanished.
"Hey let's see you do better!" Grunted on of the twins.
"Shut your yap and get moving! The cops will be here soon enough and I'm not in the mood to fight those pushovers." Said a female walking onto the ground floor towards the men, unlike before she wore a head to toe bodysuit completely in black except for the white lips and eyes.
"Ten?" He asked. "Why would she be here?"
"Arrest first, ask questions later." Bruce directed.
Terry stood dropping his camouflage. "You're the boss." He said jumping into the air and landing down on the statue. His extra weight slamming down on the heavy stone object caused the two men to drop it. With a strong kick he sent one sailing through the air into the near wall.
The other twin swung a great fist towards Batman only to have it swing at air before striking the statue. Batman strung up from his crouch ramming his elbow into the chest of the man. The mighty twin staggered as a fiery pain rushed about his chest. This was enough of a hesitation for Batman to grab the man by the shoulders and bring the twin's head into a collision with the statue knocking him out of the fight like his twin.
Batman turned in the direction of the woman who looked as if she were ready to flee.
"Hold it!" Batman shouted.
The female stopped turning on her heels revealing her suit to be completely black. She smiled as she recognized the intruder. "Now here is the challenge we've been looking for."
A body dropped down from the ceiling. The female dressed in white stood straight next to her twin. "I hope you weren't about to hog him to yourself Dee-Dee." She said.
"Dee-Dee?" Batman asked recalling his troubles with the twin girls from his encounter with the Joker.
They both nodded in union then in the same unison kicked out their legs in a crisscross manner catching Batman in the chest. Batman rolled backwards from the impact. The white Dee-Dee flipped into the air while the other ran towards Batman ready to bestow her assault on the man who had sent her sister and herself to jail.
Batman quickly stood onto his feet ready for their advances.
"Hold it girls!" Commanded a velvety voice. The twins' balled fists came to a halt as they looked above them. Two-Face stood half-bent over the rail of the second floor of the museum. "The Bat is mine. Tell the others to hurry up and finish the job."
The Dee-Dees withdrew, "Yes boss." The one in black said. "Aw that's no fun!" Stated the white to her sister as they ran off to do as they were commanded.
Batman looked up towards Two-Face. "Who are you?" He asked.
"Two-Face who else?" Two-Face asked. "We're one of the very few criminals you will meet who doesn't wear a mask."
Batman stood a bit confused by the man's statement.
"What no Tommy gun?" Batman asked preparing himself for any tricks, he had very little conviction for someone named Two-Face to hold an honest fight.
"Please Batman, you ridicule me with such assumptions. Like you we have brought the name of Two-Face to a whole new level." He reached behind him grabbing hold of a weapon that looked somewhat like a Tommy gun. He fired once letting loose a laser into the open air.
Batman flinched as he noticed the museum had very little solid places to duck behind, if his adversary were to shoot down on him.
"Now the question is should we just kill you off with a searing laser through your head or should we fight you man to man? This must be done the correct way." Two-Face asked he reached into his inner coat pocket removing a coin. "Heads we fight fist to fist like civilized monkeys. Tails we blow your damn head off!" He said tossing the coin into the air then catching it. "Ah luck smiles upon you." He said holding up the good side of his coin. "You get to die with your brains intact."
Two-Face launched himself over the edge of the second floor falling and landing gracefully on the first. He stood before Batman in a prepared fighting stance.
Two-Face was the first to swing. Batman blocked the advance. A twisted smile spread over Two-Face's deformed face seconds before he delivered a series of blows each aimed at various places on Batman's upper body. Try as he might Batman could only block but so many of the punches.
Batman leapt into the air delivering a blade kick onto the sturdy body of Two-Face; the kick knocked him backward a mere foot.
Two-Face rolled on his back in a windmill spin, kicking Batman back. He jumped onto his with returning to the fight none the lacking. Batman slowly moved towards him planning his next move and readying to block at the same time. As Batman was moving to strike Two-Face gave a front snap kick to Batman's shin. If Batman had been any normal person that attack should have broke skin if not his leg taking him out of the fight. But of course this was Batman and nothing that simple would put him out.
As Batman and Two-Face's battle ensued Batman leapt into the air dodging a bone breaking blow that Two-Face had aimed at his shoulder. In midair he flung two batarangs towards his two-faced foe. Two-Face saw the critical assault coming towards him quickly reached into his coat and threw two knives in the direction of Batman.
The daggers flew through the air towards the oncoming bat shaped weapons; they reflected the batarangs with little trouble.
Two-Face quickly threw another pair at the shocked Batman. Batman dodged in time allowing the knives to pass him by only to be embedding into the wall behind him.
Batman looked back to see how close he came to literally having his ears lowered when he saw that they were no ordinary knives, these particular knives had two very sharp blades on both sides "What the...?" Batman asked his white eyes widening in surprise.
Back in the Batcave... Bruce was surprised as well to see the new Two-Face reflected the newly designed batarangs so easily. 'Who is this man?' He wondered as he mindlessly petted Ace.
Back at the museum... Two-Face held up two more of his twin-bladed weapons showing off their double edges to Batman and said, "My own version of the literary reference mark known as a Diesis, more commonly know as Double Dagger! My next pair shall strike the heart of the matter!" With that he threw his daggers towards the Bat.
Batman quickly jumped to the side with a graceless flip avoiding the blade of one double dagger but the other sunk into his side. "Rah!" Batman cried falling onto his back from the pain of his wound.
Two-Face slowly walked towards Batman flipping his coin up and down, up and down. He stopped to hover above the wounded Batman. "Ah so the Bat isn't immortal after all." He said flipping the coin still. "My father was obsessed with trying to figure out whom the original was, that was his only mistake." He said pressing his foot down on Batman's wounded side.
Batman held his cry of pain back only releasing a small hiss. Two-Face's half disfigured face lifted into a malevolent grin as he removed another double dagger. Just as Two-Face was ready to kill flashes of red and blue filled the night sky and the mournful wail of a siren filled the night air. The police had finally shown. The Dee-Dees ran into the museum. "Boss the cops are almost here!" Shouted Deirdre.
Two-Face sighed taking a quick flip of his coin. 'Heads I stay, tails I go.' He thought as he opened his hand and looked down on his coin. Tails. "The irony of luck, Batman. Like love she can be a cruel mistress." He said pocketing his coin. "Well you get to live another day of wine and roses, or in your case beer and pizza little man." With that Two-Face ran off in the direction of the Dee-Dees beckoning him to leave.
Defeated Batman stood onto his feet hearing the sounds of the moving van speeding quickly away. He looked down on his bleeding side; Max would patch him up when he got back to the dorm.
To be continued.