Katt Girl, Robin, & The Harley-Kidd: Chapter 27: Emancipation Proclamation by Chad Sheefel 12/02/19
Harvey Dent had a way with words. He was very good at motivating his fellow soldiers. They were planning an attack on Bane's army. Dent knew his men would need all the motivation they could get. Especially, since many of them wouldn't be coming back … alive. Harvey and Gordon managed to get nearly three thousand people to join the resistance. Plus, the Red Hood had about a thousand men also ready to fight Bane. Unfortunately for them, Bane knew their plan of attack and was preparing. Alfred and Chad were also preparing. There was only about one hundred of Bane's men patrolling the Narrows. With the weapons that Alfred had received from Mr. Fox, Alfred felt he and Chad would be able to subdue them. They put on extra body armor that could stop most bullets. Gabby, Dick, and Lola were upset because they wanted to help. But, Alfred made them stay home to wait for Bruce and future Selina to get back.
It was getting close to dusk. Harvey Dent stood on top of a pickup truck, then began speaking to his men. "Tonight, we go into battle! We will no longer allow this madman to control Gotham City! Many of you won't make it back to your homes! But, many of you will allow this to be a home for your fellow Gothamites once again! I know you are nervous, and I know many are scared! But, we are also brave! We CANNOT lose this fight tonight! We must win! It is up to each and every one of you to carry this burden as we fight to take back our freedom! We can make Gotham City a decent town to live in again! We will no longer go quietly into the night! We will not give up without a fight! We are the future of Gotham City! AND WE WILL WIN!"
His men started cheering. They were ready. They loaded up as much ammo as they could carry, then got in their trucks to head into battle. Jim Gordon got on his walkie talkie, then let Alfred know they were about to strike. Chad and Alfred had already made it to their first stop. Something seemed wrong.
"Jim, come in Jim. Something doesn't seem right. None of Bane's men are out here." Alfred said over the radio. Alfred didn't get a response.
The Red Hood was awaiting command from their leader Jimmy Snipes. (As we already know, Jimmy was out of commission.) Jack Napier decided to don the Red Hood leader mask, then enter their base.
"Boss, what is up with your clothes? And, have you lost weight?" one of the Red Hood asked.
"Never mind the clothes! I have a new idea. We are going to wait until the resistance army has already gone in, then see what we have left to clean up!" Jack stated.
"Are you joking? There is no way the resistance army can win without us! They will be wiped off the face of Gotham City. I don't get you boss, why suddenly the new plan?"
"Let's just say, I'm turning over a new leaf. Besides, you know the resistance army will surely try to put us away once the war is over. You can't trust anyone now-a-days. Let me tell you a little story about a couple guys that broke out of prison. As they are getting away from the prison guards, they see a rooftop, they realize if they make it across that rooftop, they are home free. One prisoner jumped through the air and barely made it across to the other side. The other prisoner said, I can't do this man. It is too dark, and I don't want to fall to my death. The prisoner that made it across said, I will put this plank across and shine the flashlight on the board while you cross. The other prisoner said, no … you will turn off the flashlight once I'm half way across. Hehehe … you get it?" Jack asked.
The Red Hood member stood there scratching his head. "No, I'm not sure I do."
"Oh forget it! It's almost as if I am in control of a bunch of nincompoops." Jack proclaimed.
"What is wrong with your voice?" The Red Hood member asked.
Jack took out a gun. It had a long barrel nearly two feet long. Then he held it up to the Red Hood member's head, then said, "I don't like all the questions, and when I don't like something, I blow it's brains out! Now, do you have any other questions, or do you want to do as I say!"
"Alright boss! I hope you know what you are doing. I will tell my men that we are calling off the attack."
Jack was pleased. He put the long barrel of the gun back into his pants, then walked away.
Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon drove into battle. After they made it to their first point of attack, they noticed none of Bane's army was anywhere to be found.
"I think we've been ratted out here boys! … Watch it!" Harvey exclaimed.
Jim Gordon said, "Let me make it further ahead to check out what's going on."
"You have a wife and daughter, I will go. Somebody will need to lead this army if I fall." Harvey said.
Jim was persistent and refused to accept Harvey's offer.
Then, Harvey pulled out a coin and said, "I will flip you for it. Heads I win, tails you lose." It landed on heads. "You lose Jim. I'm going in!" he said as he ran towards the unknown.
Jim yelled out, "What? Wait!"
Suddenly, bullets came flying in from all directions. The resistance army started dropping like flies. Gordon managed to keep his head down. He ducked down into a sewer drain. Harvey also managed to get low. He noticed Gordon waving him down in the tunnel. He tried making his way to the tunnel, but managed to get himself shot in the leg. Gordon wanted to go out after him, but he knew it meant sure death. He felt like less of a man while watching his comrades fall one by one. After the shooting stopped, a tank rolled in, smashing as many bodies as it could in its path. The tank stopped in front of Harvey. Bane was at the helm. He stepped off the tank and picked Harvey up from the ground.
"It would appear that you failed your mission. You will now have to be tried for your sins against Bane."
Suddenly, more tanks arrived, but they were pointing their missile launchers at Bane. Then Jack popped up like a jack-in-the-box from out of the tank. He even did the wobble to try to get laughs. Nobody was laughing. "Why so serious?" He asked.
"Oh Bany baby! You can forget about our deal.
Bane's face became irate. "You dare double cross Bane!"
"Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? I ask that of all my prey. I just like the sound of it!" Jack said in a crazy voice, and then fired his weapon. The missile hit right in front of Bane's feet. Bane's body managed to cover half of Harvey's body as the missile exploded. Both Bane and Harvey flew several feet backwards. Bane laid diminished on the ground. Jack walked up to Bane. Bane was still conscious. He tried to reach for the button that would give him a burst of strength, but Jack managed to cut the air hoses before the venom could make it to Bane's lungs. After that, Jack took out a canister of his own liquid, poured it into Bane's oxygen mask, then made Bane breathe it in. Bane's face began turning white. He started to laugh uncontrollably, then passed out from the pain.
"Listen up! There's a new sheriff in town! And the name is … JOKER!" Jack said while shooting a machine gun in the air.
Bane's men wanted no part of it. They were ready to attack the Joker, when suddenly, a large cloud of green smoke began to fill the air. The Joker just stood there breathing it in while all the other men started to feel sick to their stomachs. They all started laughing uncontrollably as they fell to the ground.
"Four Weeks, and seven days ago ... Hehe Hoohoo ... Gotham City created the craziest son of a bitch you will ever meet!" The Joker stated as if he was trying to give a speech to all the dead people. "Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But, as my plastic surgeon always says ... If you gotta go ... GO WITH A SMILE! ... Ha Ha Hahaha ... woohoohoohoo!"
Jim Gordon covered his face, then went out to get Harvey while the smoke was too thick to see him. He managed to pull Harvey into the sewer pipe, then carried him as far as he could make it away from the green toxic smoke. Once he stopped, he took a look at Harvey's wounds. Half of Harvey's face and body was badly burnt from the blast of the tank missile.
Harvey was half conscious at the time and said, "Jim, how bad is it?"
"It's not bad." Gordon said, trying to fib as much as he could. "You'll be a little rough around the edges for a while, but you'll get better. I don't think us being in this sewer water is helping matters." Gordon stated.
Gordon tried lifting Harvey up, but Harvey stopped him. "Leave me in the water. It is soothing to my body." Then, he submerged his whole face down in it.
Gordon stood there for a second, but then he realized that Harvey wasn't trying to come back up for air.
Gordon pulled him up, then yelled, "Harvey! What are you doing?"
"Just let me die Jim. I don't want to live like this." Harvey spoke from one side of his mouth.
"I'm not going to let you kill yourself. My name isn't Dr. Kevorkian." Gordon replied.
All of a sudden, Gordon was pulled under the water, and began getting pulled away by Killer Croc. Gordon managed to grab onto the edge of a pipe, then held on as long as he could. He was about to give up, when suddenly, Harvey jumped on Killer Croc.
"Go Jim! Get out of here! I can't hold him much longer!" Harvey yelled while trying to pin down Killer Croc.
Jim could tell that Killer Croc was a monster. As much as he wanted to stay and fight, he knew it would be suicide. He fled around the corner, then made his way to an opening in the sewer. After he stopped, all he could hear was the sound of Harvey screaming in pain. Then there was nothing but silence. Jim made his way towards Wayne Manor. That was the only place he knew he could go now.
Bruce and Selina could see the green clouds drifting in the air from Gotham, then instantly knew there must be something big happening. They finally made it to the river, only to notice that it looked very contaminated. They could also see that the bridges were down. There were pieces of boat fragments floating on top of the water as if they had been blown up.
"Come on! I know a place where the river is more narrow and the water isn't as deep. We can use some of these bigger pieces of boat to get across." Bruce stated.
After getting across the water, Bruce wanted to check on Alfred. Plus, Selina couldn't wait to see if Gabby and Lola were okay.
"It's about a ten mile trip to get to my place. Let's take the riverside, we shouldn't be spotted going that direction." Bruce insisted.
"Actually, Wayne Enterprise isn't too far from here. We should stop real quick and see Lucius Fox." Selina said.
"Great idea!" Bruce replied.
Chapter Recap: (Harvey Dent and Jim Gordon tried to attack Bane's army, but they were ambushed. Harvey Dent was hit on the right-half of his body with a blast from a tank missile explosion. The Joker tricked Bane, then let off green toxic gas into the air to take out a lot of Bane's army. Gordon managed to get Harvey away from the scene, as they headed into the sewer. Killer Croc attacked Gordon, but Harvey saved him. Gordon got away, but Harvey didn't. Bruce and Selina made it back into Gotham City.)