Chapter 67: Stakes in Arkham City
The group leave the museum and begin to follow the blood trail to follow the assassin that escaped from the museum while avoiding thugs and inmates and they climb up the roofs to keep following the blood trail but there's nothing left.
"The blood trail has run out. The only way we're going to find that assassin is to locate more evidence." Batman said.
"Whoopdie-freakin'-doo." Ken said.
"There's no other option." Tails said.
"Pika." Storm said finding what looks like bandages on the ground.
Batman starts to scan only for someone to attack him.
"Bats!" Sora said.
"What the hell?" Ky asked as he sees a ninja moving from roof to roof.
"The only way to find Ra's is to get a tracker on that ninja." Batman said.
"We'll have to do it close, though." Bentley said.
The group begin to chase after the ninja from the rooftops but the ninja is fast but the group try to keep up until the ninja stops at a rooftop and tries to attack Batman who counters and then places a small tracking device on the ninja who pins Batman to the ground.
"You only continue to live because the Great Ra's al Ghul allows it." The assassin said but Ky sneaks behind and tries to throw his Keyblade at the assassin who dodges it.
"You really don't wanna be fightin' ALL of us." Ky said.
"Ky, don't." Batman said.
"Do not follow us." The assassin as she leaves.
"C'mon, we gotta follow her before..." Elena was cut off.
"What's the hurry? Why don't you just slow down a bit?" A voice asked.
"Now what?" Shadow asked and they see a dark corridor appearing in front of them revealing a hooded Brotherhood figure.
"Oh, great, the Brotherhood." Kiyo said.
"Them again?" Batman asked as the the figure removes his hood revealing Laz.
"Long time, right?" Laz said.
"Don't you have somewhere to be sleeping at?" T.J. asked.
"Oh, trust me, I would KILL to get some sleep, but Narasix and Lord Malus ordered me to come here and I never question or argue with them." Laz said.
"And lemme guess what they ordered you to do; cause as much chaos here as possible." Sly said.
"We got a winner." Laz said.
"The last thing Arkham City needs is more chaos by you and your monsters." Batman said.
"Oh, I know you've got your hands full with Strange and that clown's blood in you and I know you're running out of time. Do you really think you have enough time to handle me?" Laz asked.
"Bats, you should go after that ninja." Max said.
"It's us he really wants." Noel said.
"Besides, he's right. You don't have much time." Donald said.
"Okay. I'm going to continue finding Ra's. I trust you'll handle it." Batman said as he uses a smoke bomb and leaves.
"Yeah, that's fine with me. Batman can keep going. I really don't care as long as I see what I came here to see." Laz said.
"You mean see this Protocal Ten thing happen?" Zatch asked.
"Protocal Ten, huh? Sounds like a very chaotic plan. I think I might stay here and watch it happen. Besides that, since I'm here on a mission and I obviously hate doing things myself, why don't you have something to deal with?" Laz said as Lacker Haviks appear and surround the group.
"Here we go again." Lucas said.
"Let's crush 'em!" Murray said.
(Battle Theme: Tension Rising)
(Information: Defeat all the Haviks!)
The Lacker Haviks attack with their spiked shells but they dodge and Ky delivers four slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by Blizzard Somersault and then casts Thunder while Noel casts Sleep to make the Haviks sleep and then vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by Thunder Raid and then uses Mystic Surge while Sora uses Blitz followed by casting Triple Fire but the Lacker Haviks hide in their shells and try to slow down time to slow down the group but Shadow uses Chaos Control to slow down time for the Haviks and unleashes Chaos orbs and throws them while Sly uses Cane Spin while Kiyo has Zatch use Zaker but the Lacker Haviks roll in their shells to attack but Donald casts Telekinesis to send them into the air and then slams them while T.J. multi slashes with his knife while Storm uses Volt Tackle but the Lacker Haviks attack with their spiked shells but Lucas uses PK Flash while Ken unleashes magic music fists and sends them to strike while Max uses Shield Boomerang but the Lacker Haviks hide in their spiked shells and bounce around in their spiked shells but Murray gets into his ball form and delivers a rolling strike while Blaze uses Fire Drill while Grace uses Dark Pulse but the Lacker Haviks try to slow down time on the group but Goofy uses Goofy Turbo while Elena unleashes magic concussive blasts followed by casting Water while Lucky uses Egg Roll but the Lacker Haviks roll in their spiked shells but Tails uses Magic Hand and it delivers a punch while Bentley uses his RC Chopper and it fires missiles abnd they defeat all the Haviks.
"Where'd Laz go?" Kiyo asked.
"Don't tell me he's gone again." Bentley said but they hear a slow clap and they see Laz.
"Nice going, 'heroes'. You took down my Haviks. Nothing new." Laz said.
"Hmph, says the stupid asshole, who stood on the sidelines and making his flunkies do the fighting." Elena said.
"Wow, you got me there. Hey, want to do something?" Laz asked.
"I'm not liking what you're suggesting." Sora said.
"Just shut up and listen. While you were busy fighting my Haviks, I sent more to plant some bombs around Arkham City." Laz said.
"Bombs?" T.J. asked.
"This sounds just like when you tried to put Gotham in an eternal sleep." Ky said.
"You're very clever, Prince. Call it a for old time's sake kind of thing. See if you can find my bombs and get rid of them before Arkham City will be asleep...forever. Considering Strange's Protocal Ten business, this city will be leveled sooner or later. Think you can find them all?" Laz asked he disappears in his dark corridor.
"Now we have to find and get rid of the bombs and fast!" Blaze said.
"Oracle, this is Ky. We have bad news." Ky said.
"What's the matter? Is Bruce okay?" Oracle asked.
"Huh?" Ky asked.
"Oh, sorry, I mean Batman?" Oracle asked.
"Oh, he's fine. He went off to find the League of Assassins on his own. We're after bombs that're planted all over Arkham City." Ky said.
"If we don't stop them soon, this city will be sleeping forever, followed by Strange's Protocal Ten." Tails said.
"What? We can't let that happen. Let me try and locate the bombs for you. Give me a minute. Okay, there are five bombs planted all over the city. There should be one closer to to you. See if you find that first." Oracle said.
"Thanks, Oracle. You're a lifesaver." Elena said.
The group begin searching for the first bomb and they later find a dark grey bomb on the street of the city guarded by the Lacker Haviks.
"There's the first bomb." Lucas said.
"Perfect. Come on." Noel said.
The group go for the first bomb but the Lacker Haviks attack with their shells but Ky, Noel, and Sora attack with their Keyblades while Elena, Ken, and Donald use their magic while Goofy and Max attack with their shields while Tails throws ring bombs while Blaze shoots fireballs while Shadow attacks with Chaos attacks while Storm calls down lightning while Grace uses Tackle while Lucky uses Ground Pound while Kiyo has Zatch shoot several lightning bolts while T.J. slashes with his knife while Lucas unleashesPSI while Sly attacks with his cane while Bentley throws bombs while Murray double punches and they defeat the Haviks and Tails and Bentley go for the first bomb and begin disarming it until the bomb is off.
"That's the first bomb done." Bentley said.
"Only four more and thanks to Oracle, we know they're locations." Sly said and they nod.
"No time to waste. Let's go." Elena said as they start moving.
The group begin finding the second bomb and use the rooftops to help locate it and later they find the next bomb and so the group fight off more Lacker Haviks and quickly defeat them while Tails and Bentley begin disarming the second bomb and successfully disable it and they go find the third bomb around the city and later find another bomb and so the group take down the Lacker Haviks again while Tails and Bentley work to disable the third bomb and begin finding the fourth bomb around the city and later they find the fourth bomb and defeat the Lacker Haviks and Tails and Bentley disarm the fourth bomb.
"Four bombs taken care of. Now we gotta handle the last one." Tails said.
"According to Oracle's pinpointing, the last one should be close to Joker's hideout." Bentley said.
"Well, at least we won't have to go back to Joker yet." Sora said.
"Let's hurry before it's lights out for good." T.J. said and they nod and start moving.
Meanwhile Batman arrives at an underground while still following the assassin and after going through the underground's tunnels Batman finds a door leading to a place known as Wonder City where ninjas appear and attack him but he fights them off and keeps going and later arrives at an underground hideout and finds a secret entrance taking him to a chamber but Batman is feeling weak as he can barely walk and then kneels to the ground but then two assassins appear behind him.
"You shsould have listened to my warning. There are no friends to save you down here." The first assassin said.
"Stop!" A voice ordered and they see a dirty blonde woman wearing a dark grey outfit walking to Batman and then slaps him.
"Hello, Talia." Batman said.
"How did you find us?" Talia asked.
"I recognized your personal guard. It was just a matter of...following her." Batman said as the tracker on the first assassin starts beeping.
"Mistress, he tricked me." The assassin said.
"Leave now. I will deal with you later." Talia said and the assassins leave. "You didn't need to get yourself arrested to see me, Bruce. After Metropolis, you could have just called." Talia said.
"I'm not here for you. Where's Ra's? If he's dead again, you'll have to wake him up." Batman said.
"Only a true successor may stand before the Great Ra's al Ghul. My father always intended us to be together, to command his army. Imagine it, you... Me... A better world." Talia said as she takes off Batman's mask but sees his face. "Your face! What happened?" Talia asked.
"I'm here to take my place at your side." Batman said.
"You wish to be an assassin? Why should I trust this change of heart?" Talia asked.
"You saw my face. I don't have a choice." Batman said.
"Are you prepared to take on the Demon Trials? You must show you are willing to take a life to save the world." Talia said.
"I'm ready." Batman said.
"Then let the trials commence." Talia said as she makes the ground open revealing stairs and the two go down the stairs and stop at a door. "Your trials start at this door." Talia said.
"Let's get started." Batman said.
"Are you sure, Bruce? Only one man has passed this ordeal." Talia said.
"Are youb trying to talk me out of this?" Batman asked.
"No, I just want you to be certain... When the Blood of the Demon takes hold, you will be on your own." Talia said.
"Like always." Batman said.
"Then may the spirits be kind." Talia said as Batman goes for the door.
Batman is now in a different room and finds a chalice.
"Welcome, Detective. I am the Great Ra's al Ghul. Before you lies your first Demon Trial. Drink from the chalice." Ra's al Ghul said and Batman takes the chalice and drinks it. "Good. Feel the Blood of the Demon course through your veins, restoring your health and twisting your will." Ra's al Ghul said taking Batman to what looks like a different place full of sand and ruins.
Meanwhile the group continue through Arkham City to the entrance to Joker's hideout to find the fifth and final bomb and they later find the final dark grey bomb.
"Finally." Ky said.
"Let's get rid of it and put an end to Laz's nonsense." Kiyo said.
Tails and Bentley go for the fifth bomb only for something to knock them back.
"What?" Bentley asked and they see Laz appearing.
"Well, look who disarmed my four bombs, but found my last one." Laz said.
"The hell are you doin'?" Ken asked.
"Stopping you, of course. You think I'd just let you move around disarming my bombs and then take on my final one?" Laz asked.
"Knowing you, yes." Max said.
"How utterly pathetic. I may be lazy, but I'm not stupid." Laz said.
"Yeah, but we kicked your sorry ass before back at Noble Palace AND sealed you in this world!" Elena said.
"Don't think this will be different." Blaze said.
"You seriously think I'm fighting you? Please, not my style. I don't do that unless I have to, which will be during Armageddon of Light and Darkness. So, how about I send in a more active play date for you." Laz said as darkness appears all over and emerging from the darkness is a Black Xeti that looks like a combination of a wolf and a bat with having the head of the wolf with crimson eyes, crimson fangs, its body is black with red stripes, crimson claws, black tail with red marks, black and crimson wings of the bat with red claws, and the Black Xeti symbol on its chest.
"You do know we can defeat this Black Xeti, right?" Sora asked.
"I don't care. I just need it to distract you. Oh, by the way, you have five minutes to stop this Black Xeti before Arkham City sleeps...forever. I'll be going for Gotham too. Have fun." Laz said as he disappears in his dark corridor.
"FIVE minutes?!" Murray asked.
"To defeat this Black Xeti?" Max asked.
"We gotta do it fast." Shadow said.
"Bentley, let's see if we can try and disarm it." Tails said.
"Good idea. I need you guys to keep that Black Xeti off our backs." Bentley said.
"No problem." Ky said.
"Be careful." Noel said.
"You too." Tails said as he and Bentley go for the bomb but the Black Xeti tries to stop them but the group get in the way.
"Uh-uh! You're dealing with US!" Zatch said.
"Let's hurry and settle this." Lucas said as they get into their fighting stances.
Meanwhile Batman completes the trials and meets with Talia.
"You did it." Talia said.
"You sound surprised." Batman said.
"Of course not. I always had faith." Talia said.
"Where's Ra's? I need to see him now. I'm running out of time." Batman said.
"Your final challenge awaits you through this door. I pray the spirits will be kind." Talia said.
Batman and Talia arrive at a chamber where they find a middle-aged man.
"Ra's al Ghul." Batman said.
"Father." Talia said.
"Welcome, Detective. It is time for your final challenge. Kill me. Replace me as the Head of the Demon. It is your destiny." Ra's al Ghul said.
"I will never kill. Not even you." Batman said.
"What? You lied to me!" Talia said.
"I need a sample of your father's blood. This was the only way." Batman said.
"Then allow me to help you. Use my sword and take it all you want." Ra's al Ghul said.
"No." Batman said.
"Is that your final answer?" Ra's al Ghul asked as he falls into what looks like a green pool of liquid causing lightning to occur and Ra's al Ghul emerges appearing younger. "Now, only one of us will leave this chamber alive." Ra's al Ghul said.
"We'll see about that." Batman said as the chamber transforms into a sandy looking area.
(Boss Theme: Sinister Shadows)
(Information: Defeat LupeBat before time runs out and while defending Tails and Bentley!)
The Black Xeti known as LupeBat flies around while unleashing crimson sonic waves to attack the group who dodge and Ky aerial slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by casting Thunder and then uses Fire Raid while Noel aerial slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by Mystic Surge and then casts Thunder Shot while Sora locks onto the Black Xeti and uses Ragnarok but LupeBat continues to fly around and tries to attack Tails and Bentley but Sly uses Cane Jump while Shadow teleports above the Black Xeti and then shoots four Chaos Spears bringing it to the ground allowing Kiyo to have Zatch use Zakeruga but LupeBat slashes at the group with its claws followed by delivering a big bite with its fangs but Grace uses Quick Attack and then uses Bite while Max uses Cyclone while Lucas uses PK Fire but LupeBat unleashes its sonic screams to send the group back and then moves at great speed and attacks with its tail but Ken casts Triple Blizzard followed by casting Gravity while T.J. throws many knives while Goofy uses Goofy Tornado but LupeBat flies at great speed and tries to attack Tails and Bentley but Murray uses Turbo Charge to stop it while Blaze uses Fire Drill while Donald casts Duck Flare followed by casting Diamond Dust but LupeBat attacks with its claws followed by a tail whip but Storm uses Volt Tackle while Lucky uses Ground Pound while Elena unleashes magic pillars and then casts Earth but LupeBat unleashes a howl and flies into the air while unleashing a giant black and crimson orb on its claws.
"If that Black Xeti unleashes that orb on us, it will be over for us!" Tails said.
"Just leave it to me!" Ky said.
Ky rushes over and confronts the Black Xeti and unleashes a giant orb of light to counter LupeBat's orb and after a massive clash a light explosion occurs making LupeBat fall to the ground causing damage while Ky also falls but Elena catches him.
"Thanks." Ky said.
"Don't mention it." Elena said.
"How are you two doing?" Ky asked.
"We're still working on disarming the bomb. It'll take us a little longer." Bentley said.
"How much longer do we have?" Zatch asked.
"Three minutes left. We're making progress." Tails said but LupeBat recovers itself.
"We still got your backs. We'll keep this Black Xeti off you." Sora said.
LupeBat flies into the air and unleashes black and crimson orbs to attack the groupn but Elena casts Reflect to make the orbs go right back striking the Black Xeti and then casts Triple Plasma while Goofy uses Goofy Rocket while Murray uses Uppercut but LupeBat tries to unleash its sonic scream to attack Tails and Bentley but Storm calls down lightning to attack while Lucas uses PK Freeze while Max uses Shield Boomerang but LupeBat delivers a diving attack with its fangs and then attacks with its claws but Kiyo has Zatch use Bao Zakeruga while Ken unleashes magic music arrows and sends them raining down dealing damage while Blaze shoots fireballs but LupeBat attacks with its tail followed by biting with its fangs and then delivers a wing attack but Donald casts Water followed by casting Thunderstruck while Grace uses Dark Pulse while T.J. multi slashes with his knife but LupeBat tries to fly for Tails and Bentley but Sly throws a smoke bomb and then uses Stealth Cane while Shadow multi punches with Chaos infused energy while Lucky uses Egg Throw but LupeBat unleashes a massive howl and then flies into the air to fire more black and crimson orbs but Sora aerial slashes with Kingdom Key followed by casting Faith and unleashes a powerful light attack while Noel vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by casting Starstorm followed by casting Spark while Ky unleashes light chains to trap LupeBat and then delivers five slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by casting Holy and they finish off LupeBat who struggles to fly in the air but starts crashing down while disappearing in dark mist.
"There. Over." T.J. said.
"Tails? Bentley?" Sly asked.
"Good news, guys! The bomb's disarmed." Tails said.
"Thank God." Elena said.
"Hopefully, Laz hasn't made a secret bomb to try and throw us off." Lucas said but then they see a massive lightning flash.
"What the hell was that?" Ken asked.
"It came from that building." Blaze said pointing at a building.
"Should we check it out?" Goofy asked.
"I think we should investigate it." Sora said as they start moving.
Meanwhile Batman and Ra's al Ghul are having their fight and Ra's al Ghul delivers attacks with his sword but Batman counters every sword attack and they lock the sword.
"Give...in!" Ra's al Ghul said.
"Never!" Batman said.
"We are fated to rule this earth. To wipe it clean of the scum of humanity. Only we can do this. My father is old. His time is over. Ours is just the beginning. Take his blade and kill him. Accept your destiny. Accept our destiny." Talia said.
"You know I can't do that, Talia." Batman said.
"Then, beloved, you will die." Talia said.
Meanwhile the group make their way to the building only to find an underground passage and go through the passage and they later arrive somewhere else.
(Arkham City-Wonder City)
The group arrive at a place called Wonder City but then the same female assassins appear and try to attack the group but Ky, Noel, and Sora attack with their Keyblades while Elena, Ken, and Donald cast magic while Goofy and Max bash with their shields while Tails shoots lasers from his blaster while Blaze unleashes flame waves while Shadow shoots Chaos Arrows while Storm unleashes electricity while Grace unleashes darkness while Lucky throws eggs while Kiyo has Zatch shoot several lightning bolts while T.J. slashes with his knife while Lucas uses PSI while Sly attacks with his cane while Bentley throws bombs while Murray delivers punches and they defeat the assassins.
"According to my techno map, it turns out Batman's here too, but in some sort of chamber." Tails said.
"Then we'd better find him and now." Noel said.
The group continue to move through Wonder City and find a door only to find more assassins but they fight off the assassins and keep searching for Batman but then they hear a fight going on.
"Sounds like fighting." Murray said.
"Batman might be in trouble. Let's hurry." Max said as they keep moving.
Meanwhile Batman and Ra's al Ghul continue their fight and Ra's keeps attacking with his sword but Batman keeps countering and then delivers many strikes at Ra's and knocks him down but as Talia goes to help her father Ra's al Ghul holds her hostage while carrying a knife next to Talia's throat.
"What are you doing?" Talia asked.
"Listen to me, Detective and listen well. You will kill me and you will lead the League of Assassins. Because if you do not join us, I will kill the only person you have ever loved." Ra's al Ghul said.
Batman drops the sword and takes out his batarang and throws it behind Ra's only for it to hit him from behind allowing Batman to deliver a strike knocking down Ra' al Ghul and as Batman picks him up the group arrive at the chamber to find Batman taking some of Ra's al Ghul's blood.
"Batman." Ky said.
"You should have killed me, Detective." Ra's al Ghul said.
"Yes, he should have. What man sacrifices his own daughter?" Talia asked and then turns to Batman." And you, you lied to me. I thought you loved me, Bruce. I thought you were ready to join our crusade." Talia said.
"Talia..." Batman was cut off.
"You two deserve each other." Talia said and then turns to the group but walks off.
"You're looking old, Ra's. What's really going on?" Batman asked.
"I have used the Lazarus Pit too many times. I have lived 600 years. My mind and body cannot take much more. Each time I enter the pit, I am frightened what will come out." Ra's al Ghul said.
"The Lazarus Pit has corrupted your mind. Think about it. If your pit falls into the wrong hands, you will be powerless to stop centuries of destruction. This is your only chance for redemption. Call off your crusade or I'll come back for you." Batman said and turns to the group. "You got here sooner than I thought." Batman said.
"So, did you get what you came for?" Noel asked.
"Yes, I have his blood." Batman said.
"Freakin' finally. Let's go back that Freeze freak so he can make that damn cure." Ken said.
The group make their way out of Wonder City and return to the surface of Arkham City and make their way to the GCPD building but they find a group of Joker's inmates but they fight off the inmates and continue heading for the GCPD building and later they find the building but it's surounded by Joker's thugs.
"Why're Joker's idiots here?" Shadow asked.
"They're probably trying to steal the cure before us." Batman said.
"Well, they don't have what have to make the cure." Elena said.
The group go for the building and confront the thugs.
"Hey, it's the Bat and his freaks!" One of the thugs said.
"They're tryin' to screw over the boss! Let's teach 'em!" The other thug said.
The thugs try to attack the group but Ky, Noel, and Sora attack with their Keyblades while Elena, Ken, and Donald use their magic while Goofy and Max use their shield attacks while Tails throws rings bombs while Blaze unleashes flames while Shadow unleashes Chaos powers while Storm unleashes electricity while Grace tail whips while Lucky attacks with eggs while Kiyo has Zatch unleash lightning while T.J. slashes with his knife while Lucas unleashes PSI while Sly attacks with his cane while Bentley shoots darts while Murray delivers punches while Batman delivers punches and kicks and they defeat the thugs and they go into the GCPD building.
The group are back in the GCPD building to find Freeze and they later find Freeze who is working on something and he turns to the group.
"Impressie, Batman. I doubted you would actually return." Freeze said.
"I'm a man of my word, Victor. You should know that by now." Batman said giving Freeze the blood sample.
Freeze begins to use the blood sample to work on the cure and later vials of blue liquid appear from his machine and Freeze puts the vials into a vault but takes one of the vials.
"The formula is complete. The bondage process appears to have been successful." Freeze said.
"Finally." Donald said.
"Guess you did pull through." Murray said.
"How are you feeling, Batman?" Freeze asked.
"Just hand that damn cure to Batman!" Ken yelled.
"I'm afraid I can't do that. You have given me your last order." Freeze said destroying the first vial.
"You have got to be kidding!" T.J. yelled.
"This is not a time for a negotiation." Batman said.
"I think it is. The clown has my wife. Bring her back to me." Freeze said.
"Okay, we can do that, but we gotta Bats too." Ky said but Freeze takes out a freeze gun and shoots at the group who dodge but the blast creates an ice wall blocking Elena, Ken, Donald, Goofy, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Grace, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, Murray, and Lucas.
"Guys!" Lucas cried.
"We're trapped!" Zatch said.
"C'mon, you don't wanna do this." Sora said.
"Oh, I think I do. Bring me Nora or your friends will DIE!" Freeze ordered as he activates his helmet while his eyes turn red and fires another ice blast at the Keyblade trio and Batman who dodge.
(Boss Theme: No Surrender)
"Dammit, we gotta help the others, but Freeze won't let us." Ky said.
"Batman, you've dealt with him before. How can we stop him?" Noel asked.
"Oracle, Freeze is attacking us. Give us the telemetry feed from his suit." Batman said.
"No problem. Bruce, remember what happened last time. Don't try to take him on in a straight fight. He's too powerful. Data's ready." Oracle said.
"Okay, so we can't fight him head on. We'll have to try different approaches." Ky said.
(Information: Subdue Mr. Freeze!)
The four start moving to get away from Freeze and they find an electromagnetic device and so Ky casts Thunder on it as Freeze gets close making the device pull Freeze to the device trapping him and Ky delivers three slashes with Dawn of Hope while Noel horizontal slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by two graceful spin slashes while Sora delivers four slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Blitz while Batman delivers punches followed by roundhouse kicks.
"Magnets? They will not help you." Freeze said as he freeze the magnets.
"Guess we can't use those again." Noel said.
"There are other different attacks we can do." Batman said.
The four find a fragile wall and so Batman places explosive gel on the wall and wait for Freeze to get close to the wall and as Freeze gets close to the wall Batman activates the explosive gel causing the wall to break and the blast to distract Freeze allowing Sora to use Strike Raid while Noel delivers two vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by casting Fire while Ky uses Fire Strike followed by Fire Somersault while Batman delivers a flurry of punches but after enough attacks Freeze recovers.
"Your use of walls will not work on me this time." Freeze said.
The four keep moving through the building to avoid Freeze who is searching for the four and Noel sneaks behind Freeze and delivers a sneak attack from behind knocking down Freeze and then delivers five slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by casts Spark while Ky delivers diagonal slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by a slide kick and horizontal slash while Sora delivers two cross slashes with Kingdom Key followed by unleashing three light orbs around him while Batman delivers a flurry of punches but after enough attacks Freeze recovers again.
"That sneak attack will never work again." Freeze said.
Sora finds an upper part of the building and uses airstep to get up and finds Freeze trying to find the others and so Sora jumps off and delivers a dive attack on Freeze knocking him down and then Sora delivers four horizontal slashes with Kingdom Key followed by Fire Windmill while Noel delivers vertical slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by Thunder Cartwheel while Ky delivers three roundhouse slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by Light Raid while Batman delivers punches and kicks but after enough attacks Freeze recovers.
"Attacking me from above will not work this time." Freeze said freezing the upper ledges of the building.
The four keep moving from Freeze and they find a switch on the wall and so Batman takes out his batarang waiting for Freez to get close and as he is nearing the four Batman throws his batarang at the switch activating the ground magnet trapping Freeze allowing Ky to deliver five slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by a somersault slash while Noel delivers four slashes with Radiant Salvation followed by a flipping slash while Sora delivers three slashes with Kingdom Key followed by speed slashes and unleashes a small light attack while Batman delivers a flurry of punches followed by roundhouse kicks and after enough attacks they finish off Freeze and knock him down.
Batman starts punching Freeze's face over and over until he sees an image of the Joker making him stop.
Ky, Noel, and Sora destroy the ice wall freeing their friends while Batman uses Freeze's suit to unlock the vault and Batman opens the vault but they find the cure empty leaving a note saying "Get well, Mister J" and a Joker card.
"You're freakin' jokin'!" Ken said.
"It's over. It's all I could manufacture." Freeze said.
"That bitch Harley took it and now she's taking it to Joker." Elena said.
"There's no time to waste! We need to get back to Joker's hideout." Shadow said.
"The clown must pay for what he has done to us." Freeze said.
"It's not that simple. Joker's got the Steel Mill locked down. Getting in won't be easy." Batman said.
"Perhaps I can help. I've been working on a projectile system." Freeze said giving Batman a freeze blaster.
"I promise, Freeze. We'll find your wife for you." Noel said.
"We better hurry and get back to Joker's hideout." Sly said and they nod and begin moving.
The group leave the GCPD building and return outside but they find someone flying and it's Bowser Jr. in his Koopa Klown Car.
"Well, well, it's just what Egghead said. You losers are here too!" Bowser Jr. said.
"Screw off, brat! We're not here to play!" Ky said.
"Oh, trust me. As much as I would LOVE kto kill you, I'm busy, but..." Bowser Jr. stops talking as he takes out his Bullet Bill Blaster and fires a Bullet Bill at the group who dodge. "This'll teach you for gettin' in my way!" Bowser Jr. yelled firing another Bullet Bill at the group.
"God, this is getting annoying! Let me handle the brat!" Ky said as he casts Thunder on Bowser Jr. making him move around out of control.
"You stupid annoying prince! I hate you! You're lucky you're not my main target, Ky, but when I find that box, YOU'LL ALL BE SORRY!" Bowser Jr. yelled.
"Shut the hell up, you damn brat!" Elena said.
"We're wasting time. We have to hurry to Joker's hideout and now." Ky said.
"Got it." Sora said.
"Now, was that really necessary to attack a kid like that, Ky?" Joker asked through Batman's transmitter.
"What do you want, Joker?" Batman asked.
"Your stupid assholes blocked our way to get the cure and your bitch of a girlfriend stole the cure Freeze was making!" Elena yelled.
"You should be ashamed!" Donald yelled.
"Oh, dear! I just couldn't wait to get my cure and Harley was more than a dear to bring it to me. If you're a good boy, Bats, I'll save some for you. It's unlikely, but I'm your last hope now." Joker said.
"What an annoying enemy." Shadow said.
"There's no way Joker's gonna hand it over and it's obvious he's set a trap for us." Tails said.
"We're going anyway." Kiyo said.
The group make their way back to the Steel Mill in Joker's hideout but they come across snipers and so they sneak around to get rid of some snipers and continue to make their way for the hideout.
"Protocol Ten will commence in one hour." Strange said.
"ONE hour?!" T.J. asked shocked.
"Now we REALLY have to get the cure back AND stop Strange!" Bentley said.
The group arrive at the Steel Mill but the security is completely tight and so they work to sneak their way into the hideout while dealing with more of Joker's thugs and after defeating them all they go into a different way into the hideout.
(Arkham City-Cooling Tunnel)
The group enter the cooling tunnel where they find more thugs and fight them off and they find rapid water and so Batman uses his new freeze blast to create a pad of ice while Ky, Noel, Sora, Elena, and Donald use their magic to create their own ice pads and they use the ice pads to move across the rapid water and reach the other side of the tunnel and they find a window and crash into it taking them into a room where they find more of Joker's thugs and fight them off and continue moving through but then a screen turns on revealing Joker who now looks better.
"Good evening, troops! This is General J with a quick update on what's going down here in Arkham City!" Joker said.
"Wow, he does look better." Goofy said.
"He looked like crap and now he's not." Ken said.
"As you can see, I'm looking much better! In fact, I think I'm looking better than ever! I can hear you all now: 'How did this happen?' 'Can I get me some of that crazy cure?!' 'I want answers dammit!' Well, here's the thing; Answers don't give you satisfaction. Sometimes you need to brace yourself for disappointment. Think about it. Imagine your favorite TV show. You've been through it all. The ups, the downs, the crazy plot twists and then BANG! They tell you what it's all about. Would you be happy? Does it make sense? How come it all ended in a church? You just need to know one thing; I'm back for good. Arm yourselves, boys, we got a prision break to plan. No hostages, no surrender. It sounds like suicide, but listen, whatever happens, I'll be right behind you." Joker said as the screen turns off.
"This just even more serious." Noel said.
"C'mon, we gotta get busy if we wanna stop 'em." Sly said.
The group keep moving through the cooling tunnels while fighting off more thugs in their way and find more rapid water and so they use the freeze blast and ice magic to get across and reach different land.
"Good evening, everyone. Protocol Ten will commence in thirty minutes. You all have specific orders; follow them." Strange announced.
"Now thirty! We're running out of time!" Kiyo said.
The group continue to keep moving through the tunnels and they find a switch and activate it oepning the way and use more freeze blast and ice magic on rapid water to get across still and they find more land and find a device which Batman uses to hack and later arrive at Joker's hideout and arrive at a room where they find thugs with mines around and so the group sneak around and take thugs one by one until every thug is defeated and they continue moving through the hideout and they later find Harley who is all tied up and gagged
"Harley?" Sora asked and Noel takes off the gag.
"Well, look who it is. What do you idiots want? Come to stick a knife in some more? Go on then, I don't care. I'm not tellin' ya nothin'! I'm not even gonna tell ya about the crap Joker stole from Freeze locked up in the boiler." Harley said.
"Wow, you really ARE stupid." Shadow said.
"Thanks for the info, Harley." Bentley said.
"Oh, crap..." Harley said.
"Ya know, just for the fun of it..." T.J. takes the gag and puts it back on Harley.
"Later, bitch." Ken said.
"See if you can locate Freeze's technology. I'll find Joker." Batman said as he leaves.
The group make their way for the hideout's boiler and they go deeper into the hideout and later arrive at a different area.
(Arkham City-Boiler)
The group arrive at the boiler where they find thugs guarding technology but the group sneak by and defeat every thug and examine the technology.
"This must be Freeze's tech." Tails said.
"Uh, guys, look." Max said pointing at a frozen figure.
"That must be Freeze's frozen wife." Kiyo said.
"When we find Freeze, we'll tell him where his stuff and his wife are." Ky said.
"Yeah." Sora said.
"Batman said he's finding Joker. Let's go meet him." Murray said.
The group leave the boiler and later go outside to find Batman but as they move through the Steel Mill a dark corridor appears blocking their way and it's Laz again.
"Bravo for stopping my bombs, but this is as far as you'll go." Laz said.
"Move it!" Blaze yelled.
"Can't. Bats is already set to meet with that stupid clown. It won't be long now." Laz said.
"Whaddya mean?" Sora asked.
"Protocol Ten will commence in ten minutes." Strange said.
"Oh, crap..." Ky said.
"See? No matter what you do, it's all going to hell soon and I look forward to it." Laz said.
"Not if we kick your stupid ass first!" Ken yelled.
"Yeah, we'll see about that." Laz said as Horror Haviks and Lacker Haviks appear and surround the group.
Meanwhile Batman confronts Joker in his hideout and Joker is putting on makeup.
"Where is it?" Batman asked.
"Manners cost nothing, Batman. A please wouldn't go amiss. I mean, if you want the cure so badly, you only had to ask." Joker said turning to Batman and he still looks better. "I'll have to teach you some respect." Joker said.
"There's nothing you can teach me, Joker." Batman said.
"Oh, c'mon, Bats. There's always something to learn. Let's start with Getting Your Ass Kicked 101." Joker said as the two prepare to fight.
(Battle Theme: The Corrupted)
(Information defeat all the Haviks!)
The Horror Haviks attack at the group with their claws while the Lacker Haviks roll around and attack with their spiked shells but Ky casts Zero Gravity to hold the Haviks still and then aerial slashes with Dawn of Hope followed by Thunder Surge followed by casting Crystal while Noel casts Curse on the Haviks causing Sleep, Poison, Stun, and Confuse and thenuses Ether Slash while Sora casts Tornado sending the Haviks in the air and then casts Salvation but the Lacker Haviks hide in their shells and attack with their spiked shells while the Horror Haviks jump and attack with their claws but Elena casts Stop freezing time and then shoots magic concussive blasts and then casts Meteor while Ken casts Explosion followed by unleashing magic music waves while Donald casts Comet followed by casting Fire Burst but the Horror Haviks savagely attack with their claws followed by biting while the Lacker Haviks bounce on their spiked shells and try to attack but Goofy uses Goofy Charge while Max uses Shield Skate but the Lacker Haviks roll around with their shells at the group while the Horror Haviks punce around and attack with their claws but Tails unleashes Magic Hand and it delivers a punch while Blaze flame kicks followed by slashing with flame blades while Shadow throws Chaos Grenades but the Horror Haviks spin attack with their claws while the Lacker Haviks slow down time to slow down the group but Storm uses Iron Tail while Grace uses Tackle but the Lacker Haviks bounce attack with their shells while the Horror Haviks try to bite at the group but Kiyo has Zatch use Zaker while Lucky uses Headbutt but the Lacker Haviks hide in their shells and try to attack but T.J. somersault slashes with his knife while Lucas uses PK Thunder but the Horror Haviks punce around and attack with their claws while the Lacker Haviks roll with their spiked shells but Sly uses Cane Spin while Bentley throws ice bombs while Murray uses Tornado Punch and they defeat all the Haviks.
The group confront Laz who slow claps.
"Oh, boy. You've outdone yourselves. Bravo." Laz said.
"Enough of this! You're next!" Ky said but then a quake occurs.
"What the...?" Zatch asked.
"Uh-oh, looks like this Protocol Ten's already started. I'd love to stay here and chat, but I've got myself a show to catch." Laz said as he disappears in his dark corridor.
"Damn..." Ky said.
"Batman!" Sora said.
The group reach to the Joker's hideout and they find a door and open it taking them to a room where they see Batman defeating Joker.
"Batman." Noel said.
"What're you waiting for?" Joker asked but then a quake occurs making the room start to fall apart as pieces of the room falls on Batman.
"No!" Tails cried but then pieces of the room fall on the group as well.
Joker takes out a knife and walks to the group.
"So, any last requests? How 'bout a joke?" Joker asked.
"How about a trade?" A voice asked and they see Talia. "Let them go. Take me in their place." Talia said.
"I'll handle the jokes around here!" Joker said.
"Talia, what are you doing?" Batman asked.
"I represent the Great Ra's al Ghul. Head of the Demon and Master of the League of Assassins." Talia said.
"Well, bully for you." Joker said.
"Let Batman and his friends go and we will grant you the secret of immortality." Talia said.
"Is this bitch crazy?!" Ken asked.
"Don't do it, Talia! He'll be unstoppable!" Batman said.
"So, she's telling the truth?" Joker asked.
Talia offers Ra's al Ghul's sword to Joker.
"The key to immortality..." Joker said and takes the sword.
"If he takes that, we're screwed..." Ky said.
"No!" Batman said.
"Oh, shut up!" Joker said.
"We offered you this chance, Batman. Now follow your heart." Talia said as she and Joker leave.
Well, there's the next chapter for you guys. What did you think of it? Hope you enjoyed it and are looking forward to what happens next. Okay, so to get this out of the way, I am a very busy person with real life stuff. That means I don't have time to be doing these chapters for this story so I won't be updating as often as I used to. That doesn't mean I'm done with this story. I just have A LOT to do and while I appreciate those of you, who have been very patient, it would be great if certain guest reviewers would stop asking for updates and let me do what I need to deal with. That would be GREAT! On a side note, I also have two new stories that I would also like to try to focus on, so it also be great if certain guest reviewets would allow me to deal with that as well! Anyway, hope this chapter was worth the wait. Next time, Ky, Noel, Sora, Elena, Ken, Max, Tails, Blaze, Shadow, Storm, Grace, Kiyo and Zatch, Lucky, T.J., Sly, Bentley, Murray, Lucas, Donald, Goofy, and Batman begin dealing with Protocol Ten and Hugo Strange himself, but unexpected turn of events ensue. I'll see you all in the next chapter and I hope you look forward to more stuff from this new story. Take care, and I'll see you later. Don't forget to favorite, follow, and PLEASE review! Goodbye for now.
