Katt Girl, Robin, & The Harley-Kidd: Chapter 34: Two Sides of the Coin by Chad Sheefel 12/14/19
Harvey Dent sat in his psychiatrist's office. His psychiatrist, Jervis Tetch was supposed to be an expert in helping people with bipolar disorder. Harvey had been getting major headaches and mood swings ever since the blast from the missile that scarred nearly half of Harvey's face and body, He thought that maybe the race for District Attorney was causing it, but Harvey won in a landslide, yet the headaches were still there. Jervis told him that he could help Harvey through hypnosis. Harvey wasn't sure if hypnosis was a real thing, but he was willing to try anything since his diagnosis kept getting worse. Harvey sat there flipping his silver dollar coin. The coin was a misprint from the Gotham Mint, and it had heads on both sides. One side of the coin was scratched up from the missile blast. Jervis noticed a twitch in Harvey. Every time the coin would land on the shiny side, Harvey would talk out of his mouth that wasn't scarred, and anytime it landed on the scratched up side, he would talk out of his mouth from the side that was scarred. That was when Jervis realized that Harvey had a split personality problem, along with his bipolar disorder. Jervis thought he could find a cure. He sat Harvey back, then began trying to hypnotize him. He made Harvey count backwards from one-hundred. Before Harvey could count down to 75, he was already asleep. Jervis thought it was strange as Harvey fell asleep because the eye on the scarred side of his face never closed. It was almost as if only one side of Harvey was hypnotized and unconscious. Jervis began talking to Harvey while he slept. He told him to think back to a happier time in his life … before the scars. Harvey started dreaming about a time when he was little, maybe four years old. He remembered spending time with his mother and father. They were all playing around at a park. Suddenly, a meteor came from the sky and exploded right in front of them. His parents were lying dead on the ground.
Suddenly, Harvey jerked awake. "What the hell kind of hypnosis was that?" Harvey asked. "I thought you were going to help me with my problems, not make them worse."
Jervis wasn't quite sure what Harvey was talking about. "What did you see while you were under my hypnosis?" Jervis asked.
Harvey grabbed Jervis by his collar, then he picked Jervis up off of the ground. Jervis only stood about five foot tall. Harvey stuck his fist in the air as if he was about to punch Jervis. Suddenly, he couldn't punch him. His bipolar/split personality wouldn't let him. It was as if he couldn't make any decisions because he had two brains trying to think at the same time. Finally, he pulled the two-sided coin out of his pocket.
"Hmm … perhaps we will let chance decide whether I punch your lights out or not." Harvey stated.
Jervis looked up in fear as Harvey flipped the coin. Luckily for Jervis, the coin landed on the shiny side. He was relieved after Harvey sat him back down.
"I can help you … both." Jervis declared. "I can help you control your other personality."
Harvey laughed out of the scarred side of his face. "Ha! I don't need your help! I can leave it to fate. My decisions now ly in my coin. A pure fifty/fifty chance. I don't know how it could be more fair than that." Harvey stated as he walked out of Jervis' office while slamming the door behind him.
Meanwhile, in Metropolis, Bruce went to visit Selina while she was at work. After he made it to LexCorp, Bruce noticed Selina and Lex escorting the photographer, Jimmy Olsen out of the building. Apparently, Jimmy had been taking pictures of a few projects that Lex was working on. Bruce tried to put his head down because he didn't want Lex to know he was there to talk to Selina.
Lex spotted Bruce, then yelled out to him. "Brucey boy! What brings you back to good ol' LexCorp? Was there something wrong with our last shipment? Hopefully it wasn't as bad as that debacle from Janice Cosmetics." Lex stated.
"Well … you know … I have stock in the company … so … I figured I should come to see how everything is going, and make sure everything is safe." Bruce stuttered while trying to refrain from letting on as to why he was actually there. "Like you said … we don't want another Janice Cosmetic incident on our hands." He nervously chuckled.
Lex had a serious face, and wasn't laughing. Some of the stock Lex agreed to purchase from Janice Cosmetics caused Lex to lose ten percent of his overall bank account. There were two things Lex loved, money and power.
"Well, if security is what you are concerned with, I will allow Selina to show you around. She has been a very good hire. She might even make up for what you lost me from Janis Cosmetics." Lex noted with a high brow.
While Selina and Bruce started walking off in another direction, Lex looked back at them with concern. He noticed Bruce was acting a bit strange. Normally, Bruce was on point and crystal clear about business. It wasn't like him to show up unannounced. He quickly rushed up to his office. There, he had a security system of his own. One that Selina didn't know about. He pulled up a camera view of Bruce and Selina talking. He couldn't hear what they were saying, but he was fairly decent at reading lips. It looked like Bruce was talking about Gotham's Batman, and it also looked like he was talking about the new Superman.
Down below, Selina was trying to make Bruce stop talking. "Shh … Lex has cameras all over this place. He could be listening in right now." She insisted.
Bruce slightly tilted his head, then noticed a camera only fifteen feet away. "Everything looks great here Selina!" Bruce exclaimed to make it seem like they were only talking business. "Tell Lex I will see him next time." Bruce stated as he started walking towards the exit.
As Bruce was about to walk through the door, Lex stopped him. Bruce could tell instantly that Lex was concerned about something.
"Bruce, you should let me show you some of the projects we are working on, which you are helping us to fund." Lex said in hopes of getting more information pertaining to Superman.
Bruce was about to decline Lex's offer, but then he noticed a glowing green rock in Lex's shirt pocket. "Sure Lex! Give me a tour of the place." Bruce replied.
As Lex was showing Bruce some of the projects he was working on at LexCorp, Bruce finally mentioned the glowing object in Lex's shirt pocket. Lex could tell Bruce was dying to know.
"I'm sure you've heard of our new hero in Metropolis called Superman?" Lex stated. "Well, I think this is from his planet. I have been doing tests on the substance of the rock. It seems like our Sun gives it this incredible glowing energy. Although, it loses its energy after coming into contact with other fragments of its original planet."
Lex could see the calculations going off in Bruce's mind.
"Are you saying that rock could take away Superman's powers? Plus, weren't these rocks stolen from the Metropolis museum just a few days ago? Am I in business with a criminal?" Bruce asked.
"Brucey boy! You wouldn't want these rocks to get into the wrong hands would you? I am simply storing them away for safekeeping. I mean, what if this Superman character ever got out of hand. We would need a way to stop him, wouldn't we?" Lex asked in his reply.
"I suppose." Bruce stated. "Would you mind if I kept a sample of that rock for myself? I mean, we are business partners and all."
Lex took the small glowing rock out of his pocket, then tossed it at Bruce. "Here you go!"
Bruce snatched it out of the air. "Thanks! I will keep in touch if I find anything else out about this stuff." Bruce stated.
As Bruce walked away, his face grew concerned. "What were Lex's true intentions for stealing the Kryptonite?" He thought to himself.
Later that night, Gabby and Lola were getting prepared after they heard the rumors that Bruno and Boss Moxi were going to be doing a shady business deal close to their neighborhood. Many of the bigger crime syndicates were scared of the new flying superhero in Metropolis. They were trying to make deals in different places than usual. Boss Moxi was very good at organizing his gangs, but it seemed like Superman had super-hearing, and super-eyesight. Superman had already taken out one-third of Boss Moxis men, which only took a week. Boss Moxi quickly came up with a plan to dodge the flying buzzard. He found out that Superman couldn't see through lead. He began building lead meeting rooms, but Superman hadn't figured that out yet. Little did Boss Moxi know, Katt Girl & The Harley-Kidd also had good hearing and good eyesight. They knew what was going on in every building in a one mile radius. Bruno and Moxi had heard of Katt Girl & The Harley-Kidd, but he wasn't very worried about them.
Bruno pulled into the lead building at about midnight. His father Boss Moxi was with him, along with a couple other armed henchmen. They were trying to move some major weight. Usually, Boss Moxi wouldn't ride along, but he wanted to make sure everything would go as planned. After all the vehicles showed up, they began making their trades. Boss Moxi was trading a large amount of drugs in exchange for a weapon. The weapon was specially designed to kill Superman. Suddenly, As soon as the trade was done, A ton of bright white lights illuminate the entire area. The criminals could barely see because of the brightness. Then, they could hear the doors on the small building getting locked. They were completely trapped. Each of the groups thought they were being double-crossed by the other. A nervous gunshot went off, then suddenly everyone was shooting. Bullets were bouncing off of the lead ceiling and walls. Moxi grabbed the weapon, then ordered Bruno to crash through the wall with the limo they were driving. All you could hear was the sound of screeching tires, as burnt rubber smoke filled the air. CRASH! The limo hit the wall as hard as it could, but the vehicle got stuck halfway through. Bruno shot out the glass from the windshield allowing Bruno and Boss Moxi a way out of the bright, smoke filled building. Waiting for them, once they made it out of the limo, were Katt Girl & The Harley-Kidd. Harley-Kidd knocked the weapon out of Boss Moxis hand, while Katt Girl disarmed Bruno. Then, they shot a new weapon they had thought up by themselves. It was a giant sticky net, which could grapple to any surface for up to an hour. Bruno and Moxi couldn't move. They were trapped like a fly in a spiderweb. Police sirens began pulling in a few seconds later. Three police cars pulled up on the scene. They spotted Katt Girl & The Harley-Kidd, then demanded that they stop. The girls already had a perfect escape plan, but Moxi was one step ahead. Ten thugs stopped the girls before they could make it out of sight. After that, the thugs brought the girls back into the area. The girls struggled to get away, but the thugs were too strong.
The girls noticed that the police officers were cutting Bruno and Boss Moxi loose. "What are you doing?" Lola yelled out. "They are the bad guys!" She exclaimed.
Boss Moxi walked up to Lola, grabbed the weapon from her hands, then said, "Bad … Good … I can buy them all. You thought you were going to catch Boss Moxi. Bwahahahahaha … Nobody messes with Boss Moxi!" He proclaimed. "I guess you two are going to have to learn the hard way." He said as he raised his hand in the air.
Suddenly, THUD! Someone landed on top of Moxi, sending him to the ground. Unfortunately for Boss Moxi, he didn't know that Batman was in town. Batman threw a smoke bomb at the ground, grabbed Katt Girl & The Harley-Kidd, shot out a grappling hook, then ascended with them to higher ground. He dropped them off on the rooftop of the lead building. After that, he jumped back down into the smoke. All you could hear was gunshots and bodies hitting the ground.
Finally, Batman made his way back to Boss Moxi, picked him up off the ground, then said, "You are finished in this town!" After that, POW! Batman punched him, causing him to fly through the air. Moxi was unconscious before he hit the ground.
Suddenly, the smoke began to rapidly clear out of the area as if it was getting sucked out. Then, Batman looked up into the air, and finally saw Superman for the first time as he hovered above the buildings. Superman did a quick look around, then realized that Batman had everything under control. Katt Girl & The Harley-Kidd also saw him for the first time. They just stared at Superman in amazement. Siren's began heading in their direction. The real police were finally on their way. Superman flew out of sight. Batman grabbed the weapon as he made his way back up to the top of the building.
"Are you girls okay?" Batman asked. "Don't you think you are a little bit out of your league trying to take on big crime bosses like this?"
"We got the drop on these guys! You was just a little too late!" Gabby replied.
"Right! A little later and you two would be swimming with the fish!" Batman exclaimed. "Do you want your mom to get a call at 1am saying her daughters are dead? You need to be more prepared!" He demanded.
Suddenly, they could hear police officers heading towards the roof. Batman and the girls scattered off in different directions.
Chapter Recap: (Harvey Dent was hypnotized by his psychiatrist named Jervis Tetch a.k.a. Mad Hatter. Harvey didn't do well during hypnosis, in fact, it only seemed to make his situation worse. Bruce Wayne found out that Lex Luthor stole the Kryptonite from the Metropolis Museum. Later that night, Katt Girl & The Harley-Kidd fought Bruno and Boss Moxi. The girls got caught up by Boss Moxis henchmen. Batman managed to save the day. Batman saw Superman for the first time.)