"SHIT Where is she?" Arkham asked as he scouted the entire city looking for the taken inspector. "Thsi Arkham Knight, I've got nothing again
"Alright head back to the facility" Akane said over radio
"Copy that" Arkham Knight said as he started up his motorcycle and zoomed off. It had been three days since Shimotsuki had been taken and they hadn't found a trail. All that was left at teh crime scene was numerous playing card, with each one being the joker card of a deck. The Arkham Knight knew he needed to be different. "Computer locate stasis item DKA-003A" he said
"Acknowledged" the bike said as it scanned for a bit
"If I'm lucky"
"Item found" the computer said
"Where?" Arkham Knight asked as he was shown a location on the map. "Plot a course"
"And for some reason Arkham's still in the field" Karanomori said
"He prefers the field work, most likely trying to find a lead before heading in" Deathstroke said
"Still, something's' off" Akane said
"I trust him, he's been trained under the greatest detective of the world" Deathstroke said
"Which is to our advantage" Akane said
"So what happens if we're too late?" Ginoza asked
"We won't be" Akane said
"So, are you awake?" Joker asked tilting up Shimotsuki's head before letting it flop, she was in a bad shape, her mind was deteriorating thanks to proximity to the Joker wasn't helping much with her psycho pass
"Let me" Shimotsuki said
"What, let you go?" Joker asked "I don't think so, in fact I've got something special planned for you; tell me how do you feel?" Joker asked
"Why?" Shimotsuki said
"Because I'm heading to the hospital and I thought that you could some medicine." he chuckled
"No" Shimotsuki whined as she struggled
"Don't worry I'll be back. And when I do we'll have some fun
"You'll kill me right?" Shimotsuki asked
"No I'm not, I'm just going to hurt you really, really bad" he said before laughing as he exited the hideout "Is everything set?" he asked over radio
"Yes sir" the thug on the other end said "We're ready"
"Good" Joker said
"So where would chuckles attack next?" Boomerang asked
"I have no clue" Harley said
"Maybe we should have someone on protective detail for Tsunermori" El Diablo said
"Probably, Katana you should do it" Deadshot said
"Very well" Katana said
"Attention people of Tokyo" the Joker's voice rang out over the speakers
"He's hijacked the communication system
"I have a joke" Joker said
"Uh Oh!" they all thought
"See, there were these two guys in a lunatic asylum... and one night, one night they decide they don't like living in an asylum any more. They decide they're going to escape! So, like, they get up onto the roof, and there, just across this narrow gap, they see the rooftops of the town, stretching away in the moon light... stretching away to freedom. Now, the first guy, he jumps right across with no problem. But his friend, his friend didn't dare make the leap. Y'see, he's afraid of falling. So then, the first guy has an idea... He says "Hey! I have my flashlight with me! I'll shine it across the gap between the buildings. You can walk along the beam and join me!" B-but the second guy just shakes his head. He says "What do you think I am? Crazy? You'd turn it off when I was half way across!" the Joker said
"No, no, no, no" Harley said
"Shit" Deadshot said "AKANE!"
"What is it?" Akane asked
"The Joker just told a joke" Deadshot said
"What's the problem?"
"It's that joke" Deadshot shouted
"That Joke?" Karanomori asked
"The Killing Joke, the one joke he tells when he starts his slaughtering rampage" Deadshot said
"Gentlemen, this is the first strike we have for driving the world mad." Joker said as he turned a key and went to press the button. Suddenly explosions sounds at the hospital but they stopped making the Joker hit the controller making them go off with the Joker's laugh in the background
"And now the fun start" he said walking off looking to a group with blue clown masks "Go to the next phase" he said
"YES SIR!" they said running off to take out their plans
"He...he..." Kunizuka said tearing up
"What did he do?" Karanomori asked
"The Joker, he just destroyed a hospital" Kunizuka said "the fatalities are triple digits. How can someone do that?" she asked
"I don't know" Karanomori said hugging Kunziuka as she saw the area stress level rocketed "He's driving up the area stress level nearly 20 levels, bordering 30"
"What are we going to do?" Kunizuka asked
"I have no idea" Karanomori said just holding Kunizuka.
"ROLL OUT!" Akane shouted as she and Ginoza got into her car and drove onto the highway and started to scan for the Joker
"THERE!" Hinakawa said pointing out to the left, Soon Akane started to drive behind a meat truck and activated her car's holo
"That was too easy" Akane said as the back of the truck opened up to reveal the weapon of a military drone, and thousands upon thousands of rounds for it
"DOWN!" Ginoza said as the weapon started to spin before firing at Akane's car forcing them to back off. Ginoza pulled out a revolver and started blindly firing at them missing the shooters
"We can't beat them, we'll need a strong vehicle" Akane said as she stopped chasing the Joker's gang.
The Joker looked back and smirked as he saw that the gun truck had gotten rid of the police and kicked back as the driver he had driving just cruised on, only for soemthing to explode behind him, looking back The Joker saw a flaming wreck when something scary, sleek and heavily armoured drove through the fire
"WHAT IS THAT!" the driver shouted
"The Batman" Joke said
"But isn't he dead?" the driver asked
"There's always a bat" Joker said.
Batman shifted gears as his sleek Batmobile dodged the gunfire from the second truck and he selected a grenade and aimed at the second truck, which was behind the Joker's main vehicle. The gun suddenly jammed allowing Batman to destroy it and the truck creating another heap of burning metal and rubber. Once again the batmobile drove though it with no problem.
"So he's back again, The Boy Blunder has Ascended to Dark Knight" Joker said a she looked back to see nothing "Where did he go?" Joker asked rolling down the window and sticking his ear out while looking confused "Where is he?" he asked
"What now sir?" the driver said
"Back to base, and hope that the rodent doesn't follow us" The Joker said, unaware that Batman was using the Batmobile's stealth mode to follow Joker to his lair.
"Ah, there that wasn't so bad now was it?" Joker asked
"What did you do?" Shimotsuki asked
"Sorry dearie, but the medicine spoiled" Joker cackled "And that meant the Hospital had to go"
"No, you didn't" Shimotsuki whimpered
"It was a pretty fire" Joker said as he walked over to a machine and turned it on "You have to hand it to the crazies, they know electric shock" he said tapping to prongs together creating an arc of electricity as a thug walked over to the machine and lowered the voltage before applying the Shimotsuki's temple
"Please don't" Shimotsuki whimpered
"Like I said I'm not going to kill you, just hurt you really, really bad" Joker smirked as he nodded to the thug at the machine. Joker smirked before frowning and tapping Shimotsuki's head with the prongs "Power please" he said as nothing happened, he looked back to see the thug messing, this made him nervous.
"WHOA!" another said before two more went missing, walking over to a table he picked up a crowbar and removed his shirt to reveal his tattoos and grabbed his revolver. Shimotsuki looked nervously around as she felt her bindings loosen and she looked around to see nothing there. She was finally able to move after three days of being confined.
The Joker wasn't liking this at all. The Batman had returned and was not attacking him, he looked around panicked.
"Hello Joker" Batman said rising up from the darkness
"You're dead, and now way are you the Boy Blunder" Joker said
"No" Batman growled as he pulled the crowbar out of his foe's hand and threw it on the floor "I'm Not" he said before hitting Joker with his cape making the villain stumble enough for Batman to get above him and crept over to where the inspector was, he carefully descended and grabbed Shimotsuki as Joker fired wildly as Batman got out of there with Shimotsuki and drove off into the night once they were in the batman.
Once he stopped in a park he placed Shimotsuki on a park bench and gave her a mild sedative. Looking Skyward he fired a flare into the sky to signal who ever came looking for her and left a note in her robe's pocket. Once he got out of there Ginoza, Hinakawa and Akane got there and looked around
"How is she?" Akane asked
"Sedated" Ginoza said checking her pulse before pulling out the note in her robe "Inspector"
"That's a good idea, Harley could help her" Akane said reading the note
"Or make it worse" Hinakawa said
"Pray its the latter" Akane said
"Where am I?" Shimotsuki asked waking up[
"Division X's holding facility" Arkham Knight said
"Why?" she asked
"The Joker, he heightened your Psycho-pass, so rather than let you become an enforcer or try and seek help in a normal mental institute, whoever rescued you said to bring you here" Arkham said
"I see, how bad was it?" Shimotsuki asked
"You hit 134" Arkham Knight said
"That bad huh" Shimotsuki said
"Don't worry, the Joker does that, heck he increased the area stress level by 30" Arkham Knight said, "Now try and relax and the therapy will start tomorrow, Dr Quinzel is quite a good doctor, so she'll be able to help you"
"Thank you" Shimotsuki said "For saving me"
"That wasn't me" Arkham Knight said walking off
