...And Injustice For All
Chapter 2: Caught In The Middle
Metropolis, present day. A young man is just enjoying his day riding around. He saw a Batmobile rolling by. He thought, "What the hell is the Batmobile doing here?"
His car phone rang, "Hello?
Woman: Chris, it's Sonya. Anything happening?
Chris: Not yet. I did see a Batmobile rolling past me.
Sonya: Follow it. That's Batman from Gotham City. He might be heading to the same destination as you are.
Chris: Copy that. Chris out.
Chris, working with Sonya Blade of the special forces, was sent to investigate Metropolis. There were reports of a nuke somewhere that is set to destroy the city. His mission is to disarm the bomb. But with Batman heading in the same direction, he'll be able to get info of the bomb's location.
Meanwhile, a battle was taking place in the air overlooking the city. Superman (Clark Kent) is fighting some kind of Athenian warrior. We see Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) battling his nemesis/former mentor Sinestro. Shazam (Billy Batson) is fighting a villain named Black Adam. Soon Superman defeats Ares and sent him towards a woman with wings, a mask and a mace, Hawkgirl (Sheira Hall) who baseball swings Ares to a rooftop of the building where Aquaman (Arthur Curry) and Wonder Woman (Diana Prince) tied him up.
Superman: Aquaman, Wonder Woman, let's wrap this up. I gotta get to the Watchtower before Luthor throws something else at us...
Superman spoke too soon when the trio turned around to see a creature made of stone or something.
Superman: Doomsday.
Thank you, Captain Obvious!
Superman tried to attack, but Doomsday just swipes him away like "Fuck you, Superman!"
Wonder Woman: Shouldn't this be a combined assault?
Aquaman: Clark sometimes forgets that he can't do everything himself.
At the Watchtower, another battle was taking place. We see Lex Luthor, Solomon Grundy (Cyrus Gold), Bane and Catwoman (Selina Kyle) battling three members of the Teen Titans: Nightwing (Dick Grayson/Formerly Robin) Cyborg (Victor Stone) and Raven (Rachel Roth).
Luthor: You are interrupting tonight's entertainment, Raven.
Raven: I detest violence, Luthor, but I'm even less fond of you.
Catwoman tied her whip around Nightwing's neck before breaking free, Cyborg was getting tossed around like a rag doll by Grundy.
Nightwing: Thought you have his mess cleaned up by now.
Cyborg: Name's Cyborg, not Miracle Worker.
Nightwing: Nightwing to Batman, you there? We could use your help.
Batman: After I check Arkham. Have to make sure Luther didn't bust him out.
Nightwing: He'll keep. We're getting our butts handed to us.
Batman: Be there soon, Dick.
At Arkham Asylum, Batman (Bruce Wayne) followed a guard to cell 44. When they got there, he stopped the guard spotting a tripwire. He uses a freeze spray and breaks it, opens the door to find a Joker doll that seemed to be connected to the tripwire.
Guard: How did the Joker do this?
Batman: He didn't. The real trap...
He quickly uses his cape to protect the guard.
Batman: ...is behind us
Man: You're so clever.
Batman recognized the attacker, Deathstroke (Slade Wilson)
Deathstroke tried to use his sword, but Batman disarms him. They engage in hand-to-hand combat.
Batman: You're Luthor's pet now, Deathstroke?
Deathstroke: His money is green, and as a bonus... I get to kill Batman.
The first fight begins. Batman is a expert martial artist relying on gadgets, batarangs and other equipment that saw him through so many times over the years. Deathstroke relies on military weapons in conjunction with his martial artistry as well. He uses two Beretta 92FS semi-automatic pistols, an AR-15 rifle of some kind with a grenade launcher and his sword in battle. Perhaps Deathstroke should be thinking about retirement after being floored by Batman.
Batman: Sorry, Deathstroke. No bonus for you.
Batman heads to the Watchtower to aid the Teen Titans. Back in Metropolis, he battle continues as Doomsday was able to take Hawkgirl's mace, but Green Lantern formed a collar around his neck and tosses him aside, straight to Wonder Woman who knocks him to the ground. Shazam grabbed Black Adam and yells SHAZAM. A lightning bolt struck as he also falls with Doomsday. On the street, Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) shoots an arrow which opened up a airbag to land safely on. Doomsday, well, hit the ground hard. Ouch!
Meanwhile, Chris was on the left side. Seeing Doomsday on the ground made his heart race fast.
Green Arrow and The Flash (Barry Allen) sees Doomsday on the ground.
Flash: What was that?
Green Arrow: Thunder of the Gods, Flash. Thunder of the Gods.
Flash: What does that make us?
Doomsday gets up like he's saying "Where's mine, you fuck?"
Superman came out of nowhere and tackles Doomsday all the way somewhere else.
Green Arrow: The poor saps who clean up the mess.
Chris got out of his car to assess the damage.
Chris: What the hell happened?
He returned to his car and continued to search for the bomb.
Back to the Watchtower, the battle continued
Luthor: Now, if there are no further interruptions...
Batman arrives on the scene.
Batman: Took me 2 minutes to break your encryption. Nice work.
Luther: Bane.
Bane approaches.
Bane: He esperado mucho tiempo para esto (I've been waiting a long time for this). Now I break your back.
Batman fights Bane. Bane is like a wrestler type character who uses Lucho Libre? I'm sorry but a guy like Bane would be like Brock Lesnar of the WWE (and UFC for that matter). If I recall, Bane did break Batman's back in a comic I read a while back. But even though Bane is a bit too muscular in a literal sense, he still gets brought down by Batman. Seriously, this guys really needs to lay off the steroids. If he wanted to be muscular, he could've went to the gym, but no! This guy would make the Hodgetwins look like pussies! I even seen a piece of artwork and his head is so goddamn small while the rest of him look like it's about to blow up. My lord!
Sorry about the rambling, but yeah, that's what I think of Bane.
Batman: Bane, Catwoman, Grundy and now you. All alone.
Luthor: Geniuses often are.
Batman: Psychopaths like you...
Luthor: You hero types are all alike, even less imposing close up.
Batman: You're testing my patience.
Batman throws a batarang at Luthor.
Luthor: Resigning to throwing toys?
Batman threw mutiple batarangs at Luthor as he was getting closer.
Luthor: DAMN YOU!
Now Luthor is approaching him faster. Batman continued throwing batarangs. He stopped to get serious.
Batman: Time to teach you humility.
They fight. Batman threw those batarangs in order to find the weak point in Luthor's armor. He seemed to have found it. And he used those weak points to shut Luthor down.
Batman: Try this on, genius.
He places an EMP (Electromagnetic Pulse) device on Luthor's armor and calls Superman.
Batman: Superman, report.
Superman: It's done. The others are mopping. I'm taking Doomsday to deep space.
Batman: Make sure it's VERY deep space.
The other villains were entering the portal created by Raven. Before Catwoman entered, an alarm sounded.
Catwoman: What's that?
Cyborg: It's the "None of your damn business" alarm.
Cyborg opens up a screen for Batman to view.
Batman: Radiological. Metropolis.
The screen shows Joker and Harley Quinn (Harleen Quinzel) and their location in Metropolis. They also see another individual heading there as well.
Cyborg: Who's that?
Batman: Whoever that person is is heading toward that location.
Luthor: I can see the headlines, "Justice Leagues Fails, Clown Kills Millions."
Batman: You gave him a nuke?
Luthor: Most of the League dies... and Superman's beloved city is vaporized. I console the masses of rebuilding it in the image of...
(Smack) Shut the fuck up.
Nightwing: He was done.
Batman: This is Batman. Code Red! Everyone to the coordinates now!
Chris got the location of the bomb at a park with a Statue of Superman. When he got there, he sees The Joker and Harley Quinn setting up the bomb.
Chris: Sonya, this is Chris. I found the bomb, but it's occupied by two people.
Sonya: Damn, you need to hurry. Time's running... Chris!
Chris: What is it?
Sonya: You got company coming from behind.
Chris sees the Justice League heading his way. He went into hiding.
Joker: Baldy said remember to... (Pressing numbers on the keypad of the detonator) There we are!
Harley: Mr. J, it worked!
Harley sees teleportation with a look of worry.
Joker: Back to the van, Harley. Bats and need to have a little talk.
Harley: But, puddin'...
Joker slaps Harley.
Joker: Go! No one likes a third wheel.
I don't give a shit how psychotic Harley Quinn is! You don't slap her like that. The fuck is with you, Joker? Don't you have any respect?
Chris sees Harley heading to the van. He saw Joker slap her senseless. He was about to approach her but has to stay unseen. He quickly and quietly moves toward the van. He sees Harley crying. He got in the van to confront her.
Harley: Mr. J...
Chris: Wrong.
Chris pointed his HK45 on her.
Harley: Who are you?
Chris: Never mind who I am. All you need to know is that you must leave here now. That bomb is set to detonate.
Harley looked at Chris and agreed and quickly ran with him to the bushes.
Chris: Sonya...
Sonya: Chris, you need to defuse that bomb!
Chris: Batman is already there. I can't risk detection. I do have someone here. Harley Quinn. She needs evac immediately.
Sonya: I'm sending in a chopper to pick her up. Hurry, Chris. Sonya out.
Chris: The chopper will be here shortly. Get as far away from here as you can.
Chris ran back to the bomb. Batman and Joker are conversing.
Joker: Batman! My coeur de coeurs. My pomme de frites! I knew that ape Deathstroke couldn't kill you.
Batman: Too bad for you.
Batman stopped when he sees the word 'armed." on the bomb.
Joker: Why so jumpy? I merely took it off standby. It's this button you gotta worry about.
Wonder Woman and Hawkgirl arrived while to reach them.
Wonder Woman: There they are! Keep him talking, Bruce.
Hawkgirl: Who's that with a gun?
Wonder Woman: I don't know, but he's the least of our worries.
The Flash is running at high speed while Green Lantern is in the air carrying Aquaman and Green Arrow.
Green Lantern: Don't wait for us, Barry. Go!
Batman: You push that button and 8 million people will die!
Joker: 8 million and 2! I was going to enjoy the fireworks from a safe distance, but now that you're here, let's have one last dance!
The whole scene moves in slow motion as Batman tried to stop the Joker from pressing that button. Chris needed to move, but he sees the Justice League following suit. Suddenly, electrical sparks started covering them, including Chris.
As Batman inches his way closer, bolts of lighting shock them both. Chris was running toward them and gets caught by the lightning.
Next, Batman and Joker find themselves in a different location. Batman looks around and sees a Superman statue and a screen on a futuristic looking building. Joker tried to press the button, unknowing of whether or not the bomb went off.
Joker: This is somehow your fault!
Batman: Metropolis... and yet...
Joker tried to attack Batman, but Batman grabbed his fist as if he predicted the attack.
Joker: Maybe I was too sentimental before. I'll be fine without you.
They fight, but Joker should know by now that fighting Batman is a bad idea. Unknown to them, their skirmish was so loud, the residents of this universe alerted the authorities.
Batman: Now stay down.
Joker made one last attempt before he got kneed in the stomach.
Batman: And keep quiet.
Batman soon finds himself in trouble as hordes of Regime soldiers arrive on the scene.
Batman and Joker were told to put their hands up. A helicopter flew over them.
Soldier: I said hands up, Bat Freak! Do it or you're dead!
He did what he was told. He pulls out a switch and activates a loud supersonic sound. He then uses a smoke bomb to escape. Joker escaped as well.
Look like Batman is in the wrong universe.
Batman: I'm in a nightmare.
