Jackalope89, I know who Jon and Damian are. I've been aware of their existence for nearly as long as they existed. However, like I said before, I refuse to say which characters will show up next, or else I would be revealing any spoiler.
Also, I haven't seen The Batman nor DC League of Super-Pets yet, so once again, don't spoil anything that happens in these movies to me and don't share your opinion on it to me if you have seen either of them. I don't want to be influenced by anyone's opinion before seeing them. With that said, I did finally watch Joker months ago. I'll be honest, I was quite reluctant to see this movie given that it seemed like a movie that would be too dark and pretentious for my tastes… and it is part of the reasons why I did not fall in love with it. I can kinda see why others fell in love with it, but it did not resonate with me. As such, don't expect me to make a reference to that movie in this fanfic. When it comes to DC Comics and Looney Tunes-related stuff, I prefer to make references to stuff that I personally like.
And now, why not do a recap of the previous chapter done in the style of the 1960's Batman TV series? Well, here we go!
Last time, we saw trouble happening in Blackgate! The Penguin has taken over the prison! Batman was on the case, but so were Daffy and a few other Looney Tunes! They joined forces to take him down! But what's this? A damsel in distress? Luckily, the Scarlet Pumpernickel was there to save her! But hold on! It was a trap set up by Harley Quinn, the fake damsel! And now, Daffy is at the mercy of the Joker!
But wait! The looniest has yet to come!
Chapter 14: The Brave and the Bird
In the Joker's hideout, the clown was laughing evilly as the laser was getting closer to hurting the duck who was strapped to a table. Daffy struggled to get himself free, panicking over what the criminal had in mind to give him a fate worse than death. However, his bonds were too tight to allow the Looney Tune to get out of this situation.
"Hahahahahaha!" The Joker exclaimed, laughing in a sinister manner. "Hahahahaha—huh!?"
Suddenly, the supervillain stopped laughing upon seeing the laser being turned off. While Daffy sighed in relief, both the Joker and Harley were confused. The two of them turned around and noticed that the switch on the device not only had been turned off, but also had the tip of a whip attached to it.
They looked at the other end of the whip and noticed it was held by someone who was standing on a nearby pile of crates. The individual was someone the two criminals were familiar with, causing the latter two to be angry at this unexpected presence. It was a gorgeous woman, wearing a skin-tight black leather catsuit whose cowl had cat ears on top of it. She also had black gloves, black high-heeled boots, magenta goggles covering her eyes, and a black bag hanging from her left shoulder. She is known as Catwoman, the most infamous thief in all of Gotham City.
"Sorry to interrupt your little party, Krusty, but I think you had enough fun for the night." Catwoman said, smirking.
"That's what YOU think, Kitty!" the clown angrily exclaimed while grabbing his gun from the pocket inside his vest.
Before he could aim his firearm at the leather-wearing lady, the latter used her whip to grab the gun and snatch it away, much to his annoyance. Catwoman then jumped in the air and managed to kick the Joker right in the face, making him fall on his back. Harley tried to punch the thief, but the latter dodged it by ducking and elbowed the red-wearing henchwoman right in the nose, making her trip and land face-first on the floor. This was followed by the leather-wearing lady running up to the table where Daffy was and examining his bonds.
"Give me a minute and I'll get you out of here without any problem." Catwoman said to the duck while grabbing a hairpin from her bag and using it to unlock the bonds.
Suddenly, Daffy's eyes widened as he noticed Harley appearing behind the thief and carrying a huge mallet, ready to knock said thief out.
"BEHIND YOU!" the duck yelled at Catwoman.
The latter, without even turning her head around, grabbed the henchwoman's waist with her whip, much to Harley's surprise. The thief quickly pulled her closer to her, making the crazy woman yelp at that and drop her mallet in shock. Catwoman grabbed Harley by her collar before lifting her up in the air. The Joker's second-in-command was kicking in the air and panicking upon seeing the thief glaring at her.
"This time, YOU'LL be the one who gets turned into cat food." The leather-wearing lady angrily said, recalling a past event where Harley knocked her out, tied her up, and put her on a conveyor belt in a cat food factory before being rescued by Batman.
"Ah, geez! Ya tried to murder someone and they keep a grudge over it forever!" the henchwoman said in annoyance.
In response to this, Catwoman punched Harley in the face, making the latter land a few feet away on her back. The thief then turned her attention back to Daffy and continued unlocking his bonds. After freeing his feet, she managed to do the same to his hands.
"Thanks, Felicia." The duck said.
"That's not my name." Catwoman said, unamused.
"Oh, sorry. I must be mistaking you for someone else." The cartoon character sheepishly said.
This conversation was interrupted when Harley jumped towards the thief and kicked her on the side. The leather-wearing lady fell on her back and groaned in pain, only for her red-wearing opponent to pin her to the ground by sitting on Catwoman's belly and grabbing her wrists. The thief struggled to get herself free from the other woman, who certainly wasn't willing to let her go.
"Give up, ya bitch!" Harley exclaimed with a crazy smile on her face.
"Don't count on it, bimbo!" Catwoman angrily exclaimed.
She kneed Harley in the chest, making the latter yelp from the pain. Meanwhile, Daffy was looking at their fight, pondering what to do.
"Frankly, I don't know if I should help her or just enjoy the beautiful sight of two ladies fighting each other." He said to the readers before smirking and summoning a bag of popcorn. "But you can already guess what my choice is."
The duck looked back at the fight and was about to eat some popcorn until he heard a gunshot and felt a bullet on his bill, making the latter spin around before ending up on the top of his head. Annoyed by that, Daffy put his bill back on his face and looked to his left, noticing the Joker holding a gun with some smoke coming from its canon.
"I'm not done with you yet, Mr. Duck." The clown said, grinning evilly.
"You know what? For a clown, you really are a killjoy!" the Looney Tune snapped in annoyance.
"Well, 'joy' isn't the only thing I'm willing to 'kill' every day." The criminal said while aiming his gun at the duck's head.
The Joker repeatedly shot at the cartoon character, with the latter dodging each bullet by stretching his body in various ways. After wasting all of his bullets, the clown threw his gun at Daffy's face, knocking him off the table. The criminal ran towards the table, only to stop in his tracks upon seeing the Looney Tune appearing from the other side of the table while holding a basket filled with a pile of tomatoes.
"Here's a comedian's worst nightmare: an audience armed with tomatoes!" the duck exclaimed before rapidly throwing each tomato at the Joker.
The latter tried his best to dodge them all, but he ultimately didn't avoid most of them.
'SPLIT!' 'SPLAT!' 'SPLUT!' 'SPLOUCH!'
The clown had a large amount of crushed tomatoes on his body, including on both eyes. Annoyed by what just happened, he removed the red fruits, only to be interrupted when Daffy grabbed him by the face and planted a big kiss on his mouth, much to the Joker's surprise and irritation. After the Looney Tune stopped kissing him, the criminal rubbed his mouth in disgust.
"You're a good kisser, but you should do something about your bad breath." The cartoon character said, smirking before bouncing around the room. "Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh!"
Daffy kept bouncing until he reached the exit, with the clown angrily running after him. While the criminal exited the room, Harley was having some problem of her own. Catwoman managed to handcuff the henchwoman's left hand to a nearby steel pipe at the end of their fight, resulting in the thief being the winner.
"Oh come on, Catwoman! Free my hand, please!" Harley exclaimed, distressed by this situation.
"Oh, sure." The leather-wearing woman said, smirking while grabbing the key from her bag.
Harley smiled at the sight of the key, only for the smile to turn into a frown when Catwoman put the key on the floor and a few feet away from the crazy woman.
"Good luck, Harley." The thief said, doing a mocking wink at her enemy before running towards the exit.
The henchwoman groaned in annoyance before trying to reach the key with her right foot.
Outside the room, Daffy ran through a corridor until he reached a ladder leading to a trapdoor. He climbed up the ladder and opened the trapdoor. Once he was on the other side, the duck realized he was at some abandoned theme park, with all the usual rides you could find in there. He then looked around, trying to find the exit.
"Okay, with any luck, the exit should be— Are these bumper cars!?" Daffy excitedly exclaimed, interrupting his train of thoughts upon noticing bumper cars next to him.
Gleefully, the Looney Tune entered the bumper cars area and sat inside one of them. For a long moment, he kept bumping into the empty cars, much to his amusement.
"WHEEEEE!" he joyfully exclaimed.
Suddenly, Daffy felt something bumping into his car from behind. Annoyed, he looked behind him, only to widen his eyes in panic upon seeing the Joker in another bumper car.
"The fun's over for you!" the criminal exclaimed, grinning evilly.
All of sudden, the clown felt someone tapping on his shoulder. Arching an eyebrow, he turned around and was shocked to see Daffy standing next to him while dressed like a cop. The Joker looked back at the bumper car in front of him, which no longer had the duck inside of it, before looking back at the Looney Tune standing next to him.
"You're illegally parked, sir! That's gonna cost you a lot!" the cartoon character exclaimed while writing a fine before slapping it on the Joker's forehead, much to the latter's annoyance.
"You're starting to get on my nerves, asshole!" the criminal exclaimed.
"Insulting a cop, eh? That's gonna cost you at least the double." Daffy said, smirking while writing another fine.
However, before he could give it to the Joker, the latter grabbed the duck by the throat and started to choke him.
"Not so funny anymore to you, is it?!" the clown rhetorically asked, smirking evilly.
Suddenly, Daffy's head fell off his body, revealing it to be a dummy with a lit dynamite stick where the head was. This resulted in the Joker's eyes widening in panic before he tried to throw the dynamite stick away.
"You son of a…!"
BOOM!
A cloud of smoke covered the area before disappearing several seconds later, showing the clown covered in ashes.
"Hey, Joker!"
Upon hearing those words, the criminal turned his attention towards the actual Daffy, who was standing next to a funhouse whose entrance was shaped like a clown's face.
"It looks like I managed to BLOW UP your expectations!" Daffy exclaimed, smirking before bouncing his way into the funhouse. "Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh! Woo-ooh!"
Snarling, the Joker left his bumper car and ran into the funhouse, chasing after the Looney Tune. Inside of it, the latter had fun looking at himself in all the distorting mirrors. They made him look thinner, smaller, bigger, weirder, etc.
"Frankly, all these other Daffys in those mirrors are quite good-looking, but not as good-looking as I am." Daffy said, smirking to the readers.
Soon after, he came across one mirror that, strangely enough, made him look exactly like the Joker.
"Hmm… I'm impressed. I have no idea how that mirror is able to do that." The cartoon character said, confused.
However, he realized too late that he was actually standing in front of the actual Joker instead of a mirror when the clown grabbed him by his shirt's collar and lifted him up. The duck smiled nervously at that realization.
"You seem a little too stressed, my dear old Daffy. Perhaps you will feel better upon smelling my little flower." The criminal said, smirking evilly before pressing on the green flower on his shirt, which resulted in acid coming out of it.
The acid landed on Daffy's bill, making him yell in pain and causing the bill to be disintegrated. The Joker laughed evilly at that until the Looney Tune kneed his stomach.
'BAM!'
The clown yelled in pain and let go of the duck. The latter landed on the floor and grabbed another bill from his pocket before putting it on his face.
"Good thing I have a lot of spare bills at my disposal." Daffy said to the readers before running towards the funhouse's exit.
Outside of the funhouse, the cartoon character caught his breath before looking around, trying to find the exit.
"Okay, Daffy." He said to himself. "You need to stay focus and try to find the exit before— Oh, my gosh! There's a rollercoaster!" he excitedly exclaimed upon seeing a nearby rollercoaster, interrupting his train of thoughts once again.
Quickly, the Looney Tune made his way towards the ride. He sat at the front of the red train, which had about a dozen cars, and extended his arm to reach the lever and pull it down, activating the ride. Daffy was about to enjoy the ride until a bullet was shot at the lever, pulling it up and stopping the ride. He looked to his right and saw the Joker, with a gun in his right hand, running towards him.
"You ain't going anywhere, you not-so-funny duck!" the criminal angrily exclaimed.
"Oh, I'm not funny, huh?" Daffy rhetorically asked, offended by that remark. "Well, listen to that joke: Say, what's the difference between you and a shark? One is an animal ready to eat any man alive, and the other was the subject of a Spielberg movie!" he exclaimed with a big grin on his face and a rimshot being heard.
The Joker jumped into the train and grabbed the duck by his shoulders, making the cartoon character yelp as the clown restrained him in place.
"If you thought your joke was supposed to insult me, I saw it more as a compliment!" the clown joyfully exclaimed while grinning sadistically. "In fact, I'll make you wish you were facing a shark rather than me!"
Suddenly, Daffy spat some saliva onto the Joker's face. The criminal yelped in annoyance from that and threw the duck beneath the seat of the car they were in before rubbing the saliva off his face. While the clown was busy doing that, the Looney Tune discreetly extended his arm again and pulled down the lever, activating the ride once more. The Joker was taken aback by the train moving fast and glared at the cartoon character. However, much to his surprise, the latter was gone. The criminal looked behind him and noticed Daffy sitting at the last car of the train.
"Oh, hey! I can see your ugly face from here!" the duck joyfully exclaimed.
Glaring at his opponent, the clown grabbed his gun and shot at the bird. The latter dodged it by ducking (no pun intended) and reappeared inside of another car.
"Missed me!" the cartoon character exclaimed.
The Joker shot once more, but the Looney Tune reappeared from yet another car.
"Missed me again!"
The criminal angrily groaned and shot three more times, with Daffy dodging the bullets in the same way as before.
"Man, you have such a lousy aim!" the duck exclaimed, having fun at the expense of his enemy.
The Joker snarled once he realized he ran out of bullets. However, he suddenly grinned evilly when he realized he had one more item in his pocket that could be rather useful to him.
"Hey, Daffy! I feel like it was rather shameful for me to treat a comedy legend like you this way. As such, let me make it up to you by giving you a gift." The Joker said, planning on exploiting the duck's greed.
"A gift!? For me!? Oh boy! I'm so eager to get it!" Daffy eagerly exclaimed.
"Here's your gift!" the clown exclaimed after grabbing a wrapped gift, complete with several ribbons on it, from his pocket and throwing it at the cartoon character.
The latter caught it and eagerly unwrapped it. However, his irises became incredibly small once he realized that it contained a bomb with a timer of 10 seconds. 9… 8…
"AAAAAH!" the duck screamed in panic as he threw the bomb away.
Said bomb landed on the rollercoaster lever and…
BOOM!
Unfortunately, not only did it destroy the lever, but it also resulted in the ride having a short circuit, causing the train to be out of control and go at an incredible speed. Both Daffy and the Joker were holding onto the top of the seats they were sitting on, feeling so much wind going inside their throat. They were grimacing from this experience.
"Make… it… stop!" the Joker exclaimed in annoyance.
"I… was… going… to… ask… you… that… too!" Daffy exclaimed in response.
Meanwhile, Catwoman was running and arrived next to the rollercoaster. While watching the duck and the clown being stuck in that out-of-control ride, she turned to her right and noticed the lever being destroyed.
"Of course it was destroyed." The thief said to herself in annoyance.
The leather-wearing woman noticed a cabin from a certain distance, with a door that had the words 'For Emergency Only'. Something told her it might be the solution to the problem. Catwoman made her way into the cabin after forcing the locked door to open by slamming into it. Inside of it, she saw several levers and noticed one whose description written nearby said it had to be used in case the rollercoaster was out of control. Without wasting any time, the thief pulled down the emergency lever, leading to the rollercoaster stopping immediately. This resulted in both Daffy and the Joker being literally thrown off the ride.
Fortunately for both of them, they landed in some bushes. The clown was the first to stand up. However, he was so dizzy that he had to rest against a nearby fence to come back to his senses. As for the duck, he sat up while having several tiny stars flying in a circle above his head. Soon enough, both of them were no longer dizzy.
"I almost threw up back there… Let's do it again!" Daffy eagerly exclaimed.
The Joker's response to this was to grab several razor-sharped cards from his sleeves and throw them to the Looney Tune. The latter yelped before dodging them all by stretching his body, except for one of them managing to cut off his right hand, which landed on the ground.
"Ow." The duck said, wincing in pain before grabbing his cut off hand and putting it back on his arm. "I hope you weren't going to ask me to join you so that we could rule over the galaxy together after you cut off my hand." He said to the criminal.
"Why would I ask you that?" the Joker asked, confused. "I'm not even some kind of galactic conqueror!"
"Well, certainly not with THAT attitude!" Daffy snapped, crossing his arms.
Further annoyed by the cartoon character, the clown lunged at the duck, ready to rip the latter apart, only for Catwoman to lunge at the criminal and kick him on the side. The Joker landed a few feet away on his back, wincing in pain before noticing the thief arriving next to him.
"I wanna kill you nine times in a row just for that!" the clown angrily exclaimed to the cat burglar, who was smirking.
"Just be thankful I won't do the same thing to you!" Catwoman exclaimed before kneeling down and punching him in the face, knocking him out.
She stood up and walked up to Daffy, who was dusting himself off.
"If you wanna reach the exit, follow me." The thief said to the duck.
She then walked away, which was followed by the cartoon character, confused by her behavior, shrugging to the readers before running towards her.
About one minute later, Daffy and Catwoman were standing in front of the entrance to the theme park.
"Alright, lady. I've got a few things to say." The duck said to her. "First of all, why did you help me back there?"
"Frankly, I didn't come here for you, but for a personal reason. However, knowing your personality, I have little desire to tell you what it is." The thief firmly said.
"Does it have something to do with what's in your bag?" the cartoon character asked while holding up the woman's bag.
Catwoman was shocked to see him holding her bag and looked at her own body to confirm she was no longer carrying it. Angry, she looked back at the Looney Tune, who managed to pull a shiny cat statue from the bag.
"Ooh, shiny!" Daffy exclaimed in delight.
"Give me that!" the leather-wearing woman exclaimed while taking back both the statue and the bag before putting the former into the latter.
"Oh, I get it! You came here to steal that statue which belongs to the Joker, right?"
"HE is the one who stole it in the first place." she said, frowning. "That statue is supposed to be auctioned for animal charities tomorrow. Joker stole it a while ago and replaced it with a cheap replica without anyone knowing until I figured it out through pure luck."
"Wait, why would he steal THAT thing?" the duck asked, confused. "It looks more like something YOU would steal."
"He knows I'm involved with animal charities and how much I care about the safety of animals. He hates me and did it just to annoy me. Sometimes he murders people, other times he's just a pain in the ass." Catwoman said, still frowning. "I came here to retrieve it. After that, once I saw what he and Harley were doing to you, I took the opportunity to be a pain in the ass for both of them." She added, smirking.
"I see. Well, I've got only one other thing to say to you." Daffy said
This was followed by the duck whistling at her and howling like a wolf. He then grabbed a mallet from out of nowhere and started hitting himself on the head multiple times. The cartoon character eventually threw the mallet away, while both his jaw and his tongue dropped and reached the ground. Catwoman smirked, amused by this, while pulling up her goggles and revealing Selina Kyle's green eyes.
"You're such a goofball." She said while pinching his right cheek, making the duck blush at this. "But it's time for us to go our separate ways. Farewell." She added before making her way towards her motorcycle, which was parked next to a nearby lamppost.
After the thief sat on her bike and put her helmet on, Daffy appeared right in front of her, waving his arms around.
"Wait! You gotta help me!" he exclaimed.
"I think I've helped you enough tonight." The leather-wearing woman said in annoyance.
"But I completely forgot where the Batcave is, and Batman must be worried that I'm gone! Surely you must know its location."
Catwoman just stared in disbelief at him after hearing what he said.
"For the love of God, don't tell me you're his latest sidekick." She said.
"Of course not!" the duck exclaimed, offended. "I'm the sidekick to no one, lady! But me and Bats just kicked the Penguin's butt in Blackgate when Harley managed to knock me out and bring me to her boss. I gotta find him and my fellow Looney Tunes."
"It's none of my business. Besides, you might wanna steal that statue again and I'm not willing to take that risk." The thief sternly said to him.
However, she was taken aback when the cartoon character jumped and landed on the bike's handlebars before making puppy dog eyes to her. Suddenly, she felt uncomfortable and tried to look away. Eventually, she couldn't resist taking a peek at the Looney Tune, still making those eyes. Her frustration was gradually increasing until she couldn't take it anymore.
"ALRIGHT, FINE!" Catwoman angrily yelled.
She took a deep breath before motioning Daffy to sit behind her on the bike, which he eagerly did.
"I can't believe I'm doing this." She angrily said to herself before noticing a nearby phone booth and suddenly having an idea. "Wait here. I'll be right back." She said to the duck.
The thief left the bike and made her way towards the phone booth.
"They still have phone booths in this town? That's the most unbelievable thing I've seen in this world so far." Daffy said to the readers, baffled while pointing at the phone booth with his left thumbd.
About one minute later, Catwoman came back and sat on her bike.
"Who did you call?" the duck asked her.
"The cops." She replied.
"Oh." He said before widening his eyes in surprise once he fully understood who she called. "Wait… You of all people called the cops? Isn't it like an ant calling an exterminator?"
"I simply called them to let them know where the Joker and Harley are. As you can see, being a pain in the ass for both of them is something I adore." The thief said, smirking once more. "Now, hang on." She said before turning on her bike and leaving alongside the bird.
Several minutes later, Catwoman and Daffy made their way across a bridge above a river before continuing on some highway surrounded by trees on both sides.
"Say, how many galoshes died for your outfit? Did you borrow it from Dusty Tails?" the duck asked her.
"I have no idea who that is." She replied.
Suddenly, they heard a really loud noise coming from their left. The noise in question sounded like a buzzsaw. Soon enough, a human-sized brown tornado appeared and destroyed a few trees. The sight of the tornado made Catwoman brake her bike. About ten seconds, the tornado arrived a few feet away from them and gradually stopped spinning revealing its true form.
"Wait a minute…" Daffy said as he recognized the tornado's true identity.
It was actually none other than a brown-furred Tasmanian devil with beige fur covering the front of his body and the inside of his ears. He had a black nose, black eyes, back eyebrows, and sharp teeth. This was, of course, the Looney Tunes' very own Tasmanian Devil, AKA Taz.
"Wargh! Blargh! Wadada!" Taz exclaimed.
"Oh, hey! Taz!" Daffy exclaimed in joy. "How's it going, buddy?"
The Tasmanian Devil took a closer look at the bird and the thief, before smirking and licking his mouth.
"Taz find duck and cat-lady to be delicious." The brown-furred beast said.
"If I had a dollar for every time someone called me delicious…" Catwoman said, smirking.
"Hum, I think he meant that word quite literally!" the duck exclaimed, gulping.
"Do you really think I'm afraid of this buffoon? I've dealt with worse threats than him." The thief said, still smirking.
This was immediately followed by Taz spinning around and making his way towards his preys.
"Then again, I don't want him to eat my bike, so…" the long-haired woman said before turning around with her bike and trying to drive as far away from the gluttonous cartoon character as possible.
The thief and the duck drove past a car, which was followed by the Tasmanian Devil eating the car's right half. Said vehicle's driver was forced to stop and look at its damaged state.
"Oh, man! I don't think my insurance covers for that!" the driver exclaimed, lamenting what just happened.
While still driving her bike, Catwoman looked at the mirror and noticed that Taz was getting closer.
"Does that beast have any weakness?" she asked Daffy.
"Well, he really hates water, but I don't know where we can find a pool in this town." He replied.
"Oh, I shouldn't worry about that if I were you." The thief said, smirking as she got an idea while increasing the speed of her bike to its limit.
Soon enough, they arrived next to the bridge above a river that they crossed earlier. Not too long afterwards, Taz arrived as well as he stopped spinning around. However, he scratched the top of his head in confusion as his preys were nowhere to be found.
"Yoo-ooh! Tazzy boy!" Daffy exclaimed.
The Tasmanian Devil looked at the bridge and saw the duck and Catwoman suddenly standing on the bridge. Eagerly, the beast resumed spinning and made his way towards his dinner. Taz eventually arrived less than a meter away from the bird and the thief. He stopped spinning and looked at his upcoming meal in delight.
"Taz hungry! Taz eating you two!" the Tasmanian Devil exclaimed.
"No. Taz going for a swim!" Daffy exclaimed.
"Huh?" the beast asked, confused.
The duck proceeded to push on a button on a remote control he was hiding behind his back. Doing so opened a hole right where Taz was standing. The latter looked down and noticed he was not only standing in midair, but also right above the river. The beast panicked and meekly waved at the readers before falling down and screaming all the way.
SPLASH!
"Taz hate water! TAZ HATE WATER!" the gluttonous Looney Tune yelled, unable to swim.
Daffy summoned a fishing rod and used it to pull Taz from the river, bringing him back on the bridge. The beast sighed in relief after what just happened before noticing Catwoman glaring at him.
"If you try to eat us one more time, we'll send you to the nearest body of water. Did I make myself clear?" she sternly asked Taz.
The latter meekly nodded.
"Taz be good now!" The Tasmanian Devil nervously exclaimed.
In the Batcave, Batman was sitting in front of the Batcomputer, with Porky and Foghorn standing on his left side and right side respectively. The pig had switched from his Sir Andrew Ffoulkes outfit to his regular outfit, as he felt he no longer had any reason to keep wearing the former. The Dark Knight clicked on a button on the keyboard, which made a window appear on the screen. Within said window, a young black-haired man appeared. He was wearing a black domino mask, as well as a black and blue outfit. This was Nightwing, a vigilante who used to be the original Robin and thus Batman's original sidekick.
"Hi, Batman. Why did you…?" Nightwing began to ask before arching an eyebrow at the sight of the Looney Tunes. "Huh. I've heard the news about those guys being in our world, but that's still surreal to me."
"Hi, I'm P-P-P-Porky. Nice to m-m-m-meet you." Porky said while waving at the screen.
"Nightwing, the reason I contacted you is to know if you've seen Daffy Duck tonight." Batman said.
"Well, I haven't seen any cartoon character here in Blüdhaven." The former sidekick said.
"Wait! Hold on, son! You're telling me, I say, you're telling me there is a place called 'Blüdhaven'?" Foghorn asked in disbelief. "Such a name, I say, such a name would not attract a ton of tourists! If you were to ask me, I'd say whoever came up with that name must have had a weird sense of humor!"
"You know what's really weird? The fact that having a conversation with a few farm animals isn't the strangest thing to ever happen to me." Nightwing said, smirking briefly before turning his attention back to his former mentor. "Why did you call me to talk about Daffy?"
Batman proceeded to explain as quickly as he could what happened in Blackgate.
"I see. Well, if I ever run into him, I'll contact you immediately." The young superhero said.
"Thank you. Batman out." The Caped Crusader said before closing the window.
Suddenly, the Dark Knight and the two Looney Tunes heard some noise. They turned around and saw the secret entrance to the Batcave opening. Soon enough, Catwoman appeared with her bike, along with Daffy and Taz sitting behind her. She came to a halt right next to the Batmobile. The two cartoon characters then stood up and left the bike.
"Here are some guests for you, Batman." Catwoman said to the Caped Crusader.
The latter was surprised to see her alongside the duck and the Tasmanian Devil, but remained stoic over it.
"Daffy! Taz!" Porky and Foghorn joyfully exclaimed in unison.
"How did you manage to open the entrance?" The Dark Knight asked the leather-wearing lady.
"I was able to find the password by using some hacking skills." She replied.
"And surprisingly, the password wasn't 'Iron Man Sucks' like I initially assumed." Daffy commented.
Batman ignored the duck's comment while making a mental note to not only change the password, but also to improve the Batcave's security system against hacking.
"You know what? That's not what I had in mind when I told you to lighten up." The thief said to the Dark Knight while looking at the various Looney Tunes in the Batcave. "But it's a good start." She added while smirking before blowing a kiss towards him.
It didn't take too long before Catwoman turned her bike around and exited the Batcave by that same secret entrance.
"Ooh! Batman and Catwoman sitting in a tree!" Daffy exclaimed in a sing-song tone. "K-I-S-S-I…!"
He immediately stopped singing and gulped after the superhero glared at him. The latter made his way towards the duck and continued to glare at him.
"Where were you?" Batman asked, frowning.
"Well, if you expect me to tell you that I've been captured by Harley Quinn before she brought me to her puddin' so he can torture me, that ain't gonna happen!" Daffy snapped while crossing his arms, only for his eyes to widen in shock upon realizing what he said. "Oh, crud."
"Let me guess. She pretended to be in distress and you tried to save her."
"Geez, you're really good at guessing stuff." The duck said, impressed before putting his hands behind his back. "Now, try to guess how many fingers I'm holding."
"Listen, this has been a long night. We'll continue this discussion later. For now, you four should be sent to the Watchtower." The superhero said in a tired tone.
"Very well, then. Although if I were you, I would order some pizzas and hamburgers for Taz before he decides to eat your stuff." Daffy whispered to Batman.
"Taz wanna eat pretty car!" the Tasmanian Devil eagerly exclaimed while looking at the Batmobile, resulting in the Caped Crusader rubbing his forehead in annoyance.
Back at the amusement park, the Joker was pacing back and forth in the same room where he attempted to torture Daffy. The clown was angrily grumbling over what happened during that night. As for Harley, who managed to free herself from the handcuffs earlier on, she observed his reactions.
"Everything was all fine and good. I couldn't wait to make that bird suffer. But NOOOO! That bitch had to come in and ruin my fun!" he furiously exclaimed while kicking a nearby crate away.
"Aww, puddin'." Harley said, feeling bad for him before grinning. "Sounds like someone needs a little massage!" she exclaimed before walking up to him and arriving behind his back.
"Harley, I'm not in the mood for…!" the Joker angrily exclaimed before calming down upon having a massage on his back from his loyal henchwoman "Oh, this feels nice." He said, smiling as if like he just committed one of the most satisfying murders in his criminal career.
Suddenly, the door to the room burst open, with Commissioner Gordon, Bullock, and Montoya entering the room. The two criminals were startled upon seeing the cops, who were all aiming their guns at the two of them.
"Freeze!" Gordon exclaimed.
Both the Joker and Harley raised their hands in the air in response to the firearms aimed at them.
"Another game over for you guys." Bullock said, smirking to the criminals.
Suddenly, the clown quickly pushed his henchwoman forward. The latter yelped in surprise as she landed on Gordon, making the two of them trip and lie on the floor. This was enough to distract both Bullock and Montoya, which the Joker took as an opportunity to run towards the nearest exit.
"Hey!" Bullock angrily exclaimed to the clown as he ran towards the latter and started shooting at him.
The green-haired criminal and the cop soon left the room. Harley sat up and glared at the door her puddin' used to escape.
"Come back here, ya asshole!" she angrily yelled before standing up and getting ready to go after him. "I'll make ya eat yer rubber chickens, ya lousy- HEY!"
The henchwoman was interrupted in her angry rant when Montoya grabbed her hands and handcuffed them behind her back. Harley struggled to get herself free, but the cop had a firm grip on her arms.
"You have the right to remain silent." Montoya told Harley while glaring at her before leaning closer towards her left ear and adding "And I insist on the word 'silent' here."
"Aw poop!" the henchwoman exclaimed in disappointment while kicking a nearby rock away.
"Good work, Montoya." Gordon said while standing up and rubbing the back of his head.
This was followed by the Latina woman pushing Harley to force her out of the room while the commissioner was heading towards where the Joker and Bullock went.
Meanwhile, the latter was chasing after the psychopath, who was laughing maniacally while escaping. Eventually, the clown reached the same ladder leading to a trapdoor that Daffy used earlier on. While near the trapdoor, the Joker noticed Bullock getting closer to the ladder. The criminal grabbed a lit bomb with his face on it from his pocket.
"Think fast, fatso!" The Joker exclaimed, smirking evilly while throwing the bomb at the cop.
The latter screamed in alarm before leaping out of the way.
BOOM!
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" the clown laughed evilly while going to the other side of the trapdoor before closing it.
The criminal ran towards the entrance to the theme park. After he reached the entrance, he was taken aback when a black limousine arrived right in front of him. The window at the backseats was lowered, revealing Lex Luthor behind said window.
"Get in the car or get arrested." Luthor sternly said to the Joker.
The latter barely hesitated before opening the door and entering the car, which then quickly drove away from the theme park. Not too long afterwards, Bullock appeared from the trapdoor and looked around. He sighed in annoyance once he saw no sign of the Joker.
"That son of a bitch…" he angrily said while clenching his fists.
Meanwhile, inside the limousine, Luthor was sitting on the left side of the backseat while the Joker was on the right side. The clown was quite surprised to meet this familiar face again.
"Lexie! I haven't seen you in a while!" the green-haired criminal joyfully exclaimed. "What have you been doing lately, ol' buddy ol' pal?"
"Oh, it's been business as usual: running LexCorp, buying companies left and right, trying to kill Superman…" the businessman replied.
"Of course." The Joker said while stroking his chin. "With that said, how did you find out I was in that theme park?"
"Well, Joker, like a magician, I never reveal my secrets." The bald man replied, smirking.
What Luthor wouldn't tell the clown is that he came to Gotham very recently and managed to get access to the GCPD's phone lines without the cops being aware of it. That way, he was able to listen to any phone call about any crime the Joker would commit sooner or later. As soon as the cops received an anonymous call telling them that the clown and Harley were in that theme park, Luthor immediately went there in the hopes of meeting the green-haired criminal before the cops could arrest the latter. Luckily for Lex, he was able to find his colleague before it was too late.
"Alright then. If you insist on keeping it a secret, then so be it." The Joker said before smirking. "But you could at least tell me why you came to see me. Do I owe you any bucks?"
"No, but I have a plan in mind, and I think you will enjoy it quite well. According to some sources, the other day, you met a certain Daffy Duck." The businessman replied.
The clown was surprised to learn that the bald man was aware of that information before realizing how he could have known that.
"Oh, I should have known my henchmen wouldn't keep their mouth shut!" the psychopath exclaimed in frustration.
"Don't be so angry over it, Joker. Your encounter with that duck will be quite beneficial to my plan."
"And what exactly is that plan of yours, Lexie?"
"Under different circumstances, I would tell you everything about it right now. However, I want a few more of our peers to be involved with it. And I would prefer to explain that plan to all of you at once rather than repeating it multiple times. Of course, once you will know what the plan is, you will be free to refuse it if it doesn't interest you." Luthor replied.
The Joker thought about it for half a minute before smirking evilly.
"Very well, Lex. I'll wait until then. Let's shake hands over it!" the clown exclaimed while extending his left hand to the businessman.
However, the latter frowned upon seeing the Joker's hand and loudly cleared his throat as if like he wanted to remind the clown of something in particular. The green-haired criminal then realized he had one of his trademark electrocuting joy buzzers on his left hand.
"Oops! Hehe!" the Joker sheepishly said before extending his right hand to Luthor, who proceeded to shake said hand.
End of chapter.
And here's another chapter done. What will happen next? Well, just wait and see.
I have no plans to give any major role to Nightwing in this fanfic, but I decided to give him at least a cameo given that he's among my favorite DC characters.
Also, I couldn't resist making a reference to The Lego Batman Movie with the "Iron Man Sucks" password, along with the Looney Tunes: Back in Action reference regarding Dusty Tails.
