Season 2 Episode 2: Venom
A group of men walk inside an old elevator that lifts them up to the top building of an old abandoned building still in construction. They walk several other men in the building of the floor.
"Where is it?" One of the criminals asks.
"Straight to the point. I like it. Bring it out." The other criminal says.
Another criminal walks out with a bag and inside are some drugs. Pills. It's Venom. He holds it up.
"I want to see the money." The criminal holding the drugs says.
The other criminal brings out a briefcase, which then gets caught by a grapple hook and zipped away from them. Batman and Robin appear.
"It's Batman and Birdman!" One of the criminals shouts.
"Really?" Robin says and they charge towards the group.
Batman and Robin fight the group until most of them are down. One criminal grabs the drugs and runs. He throws a grenade at them and Batman grapples up and out of the way with Robin. They drop back down after the explosion, and the building has set aflame.
"Robin, you get the criminals out of here. That criminal is mine." Batman orders.
"Got it." Robin says.
They split up. The thug hops into his truck on the bottom floor and drives down the street. Batman jumps off and glides towards the truck. He lands on the roof of the vehicle when the thug pulls out a pistol and shoots through the roof. Batman dodges the bullets, and even blocks one with his bulletproof gauntlet.
Batman drops down and hangs off the side. He goes around to the back and opens up the back doors. He hangs off one of the doors before crawling around and jumping into the back. The thug aims to the back of the truck and fires. The bullet grazes Batman's shoulder, and he takes a few steps back. The criminal keeps firing.
Batman dodges a few shots but then gets hit in his chest, knocking him out of the truck and he tumbles along the road. He gets on his knee and sees the truck drive away. Batman then pulls out a few Batarangs and throw them. Each one hits a tire, cutting it, and the truck slows down.
"Goddammit!" The thug says and leaves his truck.
He goes to run before getting tackled by Robin.
"Where do you think you're going?"
The thug groans.
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Batman drives his Batmobile into the Batcave and walks over to the computer analysis station with the Venom. He pulls it out of the bag and starts scanning it with the machine. Robin walks into the Batcave.
"Hey, you know, I would really love like, a ca-" Robin starts.
"Sure, when you have enough money to buy it yourself." Batman says. "Now just help me analyze the Venom."
Dick takes off his mask and walks over to the maskless Bruce.
"Alright. I've got a sample of the Venom. I think we could use my satellite to scan the city fro any traces of Venom."
"Is that even possible? I mean, it's not like there's any LARGE doses of it."
"It's worth a try. Plus we'll find the biggest amount of Venom in the city and destroy it. I'll go start."
Bruce walks over to his computer. Meanwhile, in Gotham, a house gets broken into by a group of thugs as they run throughout the halls with their guns. They fire up into the air, and hit a man with their guns. They steal his daughter who's about 7 years old and drag her out of the house.
"Daddy! Daddy!" She yells before her mouth is covered by a hand.
"No! Samantha!" The man yells before being kicked to the ground, and the thugs leave and escape.
The Batmobile drives towards a warehouse in the middle of Gotham.
"So this is where the biggest amount of Venom in Gotham is?" Robin asks.
"Let's go find out." Batman replies.
The Batmobile stops and they eject out of the car and break through the window and on top of some crates.
"That's awesome." Robin comments.
Batman runs and jumps off the crate, throwing down a smoke pellet, blinding the thugs. He drops down into the cloud, and his vision in his lens turn on, showing heat signatures of the thugs. Robin drops down and lands on one thug. He dodges a punch and kicks a thug down. He punches a couple more as Batman punches one and throws him across the room.
Batman and Robin grapple two thugs together and zip them towards each other. Batman and Robin dodge out of the way as the two thugs crash together. Batman punches a thug across the face and Robin drags a thug to the ground. He grabs a gun from the hand of a thug and kicks him in the gut.
The smoke clears and a thug attempts to run but Batman swipes his cape across the thug's face, stunning him, and Batman grabs the back off his head and brings his nose down on his knee, and then kicks him across the face.
"These men are a part of the Mutant gang. The Mutant recently kidnapped Mr. George's daughter and have demanded a ransom."
Batman crouches down and places a tracker on all of the thugs.
"We can follow them back to the girl. Leave them here. We need to take the Venom." Batman orders.
Bruce sits at his desk in Wayne Manor looking at the pills. Alfred walks into the room and sees Bruce.
"Master Bruce?" He starts.
"Venom is reported to be like steroids. They cause increased strength, but has some side effects. It's easy to get addicted. And it can affect intelligence. Not completely, but brain damage has been seen in a couple of cases. It does affect the brain. Not a lot, but it does. Strange what people would be after." Bruce explains.
"You did say that addiction is common." Alfred says.
"Yes."
Bruce goes onto the Batcomputer and tracks down one of the thugs. He's in the sewers.
"The sewers. That's where they're hiding George's daughter. Call Gordon. Tell them not to turn in the ransom. I'm going to save her." Bruce tells Alfred.
Bruce walks over to the Batsuit and puts it on before getting into the Batmobile and drives towards the sewers in the middle of a rainy night. He drives to the sewer grate and drops down into the tunnel. Water pools at his feet as the rain starts slowly flooding the sewer tunnels.
He walks through the dark tunnels looking for the girl. He turns a corner and sees a group of Mutants. They charge at Batman but Batman is able to fight them all off.
A/N: Arrow 1x21 Undertaking Hallway Thug Fight style!
Batman walks down the hall and sees the girl chained to a chair. The water is up to his knees now, as a thug runs up the hall and throws a grenade. Batman throws a Batarang at the thug, knocking him back, as the grenade blows up, and several rocks fall down, blocking his path. Several pipes burst, and water starts rushing into the tunnel. Batman is trapped in the tunnels and both exits are blocked by rubble with water rushing in.
Behind the rocks, water is also rushing in with the girl trapped inside.
"It's okay! I will get you out of there! I promise!" Batman yells as he starts throwing the rocks blocking his path out of the way.
He throws them away until he gets to one huge boulder. Meanwhile, on the other side, the water is up to her neck now. Batman tries lifting the boulder but it's almost 600 pounds. He grunts, trying to lift it. The water rises to his chest, and he looks through a tiny gap on top of the boulder and sees her on the other side. She sticks her nose up above the water, and he holds his breath to go underwater and to try and lift the boulder. Bubbles pop out of his mouth before he rises to the surface again. He takes a breath before going back under and the water makes the boulder weightless after it rises high enough.
He lifts the boulder out of the way and all the water lowers. Batman walks down the tunnel and looks underwater. He sees the dead girl floating out of her chair. He's failed. Batman rises above water and takes a step back. He stares at the body.
Batman walks into Wayne Manor, ripping off his mask and throws it on the ground.
"Master Wayne, are you alright?" Alfred asks.
"I failed." Bruce states.
"What?"
"She's dead. She drowned. She's died...in terror and pain...alone..."
"Master Bruce, don't be hard on yourself."
"Think about it, Alfred. How many times has a criminal gotten away? How many times? How many times have I been beaten? All because I wasn't strong enough! I wasn't strong enough to stop Two-Face in time, not enough to just bring in the Mutant gang, not enough to save the girl...I made a promise to myself, years ago, that no one else would die on my watch. I promised that on the night my parents were killed...and now that promise is broken."
"Master Bruce, if you thought that you would never fail in this crusade, then you are wrong. You cannot allow arrogance to get in the way of Batman. Stop." Alfred says, but Bruce ignores him and leaves the room.
In the Batcave, Bruce turns and sees the Venom pills. He cringes at the thought, before getting up and walking over to the drug. He picks up the pills in the bag and looks at it for a long time. He stares, before dropping it into the trash and ignoring it.
Not today. Not ever.
The Batman
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Batman and Selina must team up to defeat a new series of murders in town.
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