Season 2 Episode 23: Heart of Hush (The Season Finale)
My name is Bruce Wayne. When I was 8 years old, my parents were killed by a mugger. And so I swore vengeance on the crime of Gotham. I waited for 18 years before becoming a vigilante. I brought others into my crusade. Selina Kyle, Catwoman. Dick Grayson, Nightwing. Barbara Gordon, Batgirl. And others like Commissioner Gordon and Alfred and Lucius Fox.
But then a childhood friend came into my life. Thomas Elliot. I didn't know it, but he wanted revenge. He hated and attempted to murder his parents, but hated my Father for saving his Mother. He's now taking out his anger on me, and wants to ruin my life. He stole the heart of Selina Kyle, and forced me to surrender. He blamed the thievery on me and I was taken to Arkham Asylum.
Tommy has now escaped, and Gotham City is now protected by my allies, while I watch from inside the Asylum. I need to get out. I need to be vengeance. I need to be the night. I need to be Batman.
Selina rolls out a large piece of paper on a table in the Batcave. It's a map of Arkham Asylum. Nightwing and Barbara stand around the table, all looking down.
"From what I heard from my Dad, Bruce is being kept in the Intensive Treatment building. On the bottom floor." Barbara states.
"So we get on the island, make it inside the building, and make it to the bottom floor." Selina says.
"There's a problem with that though. Only way to the bottom floor is in the elevator. That's not very discreet." Barbara warns.
"Dammit. Are you sure there's no other way to the bottom?"
"Positive."
"...then what if you get in the elevator and take it to the top floor, or hack into it or something, and I climb to the bottom through the elevator shaft."
"But then how do you get back up?"
"You're making this too complicated. There are catacombs all under the island. They connect to the sewer system. If we move through them, we can make our way under Intensive Treatment and break in to the bottom floor." Nightwing explains.
"How do you know about this?" Selina asks.
"One of me and Bruce's missions included going through there." Nightwing answers.
"So we get inside through the sewers, break Bruce out, and escape through the tunnels." Barbara states.
"What about the the security cameras?" Nightwing asks.
"Dick, you can take care of those." Barbara answers.
"And how will you get through the cell door?"
"We'll need a security card." Selina says.
"What if Dick gets in by disguising as a guard, and makes sure no one sees us on the cameras. The guard's outfit he steals will have the card which he gives to us, and then we'll use that to break Bruce out." Barbara explains. "I'll bring the Batboat and we'll get away in that."
"That can work. We can do this." Nightwing states.
"Together, we can break Bruce out." Selina says.
The Batman
Barbara comes back to her apartment and looks into the kitchen. A nearly empty bottle of alcohol is on the table. She turns to the living room and sees Gordon leaning back on the couch. Barbara walks up to him and sits down next to him.
"Dad..." She starts.
She hugs him and lets him lean his head on her shoulder.
"I...I don't care anymore. I just don't want to see you suffer. Do whatever makes you happy. Please." Barbara pleads.
Selina suits up in her Catwoman suit inside the Batcave. Dick suits up as Nightwing. They're ready. Nightwing grabs his utility belt and gets his gadgets. Alfred walks into the Batcave and sees them.
"Just make sure he makes it back safe." Alfred asks.
"Don't worry, Al. We'll get him." Nightwing consoles.
Barbara returns and grabs her belt. She suits up as Batgirl, and soon, the 3 of them are ready. At Arkham, a guard walks out of the building when Nightwing swoops down and grabs him He knocks him out and steals his uniform. He walks to the edge of the island and sees Batgirl and Catwoman inside the Batboat. He gives the security card to Catwoman.
"You can use this to free Bruce." Dick explains.
"Thanks, Dick." Selina says.
The Batboat drives off towards the catacombs. Dick returns to the Intensive Treatment building. He makes it to the security office and sees a guard already there.
"Hey buddy. I got it from here." Dick calls.
"Thanks." Says the guard and leaves.
Dick overlooks the cameras.
"I'm in." He states.
The Batboat drives through the sewers underneath Arkham and stops at a platform. Catwoman gets the card and hops out.
"You've got this. I'll be here waiting for you." Batgirl says.
"Thanks."
Catwoman walks through the sewers and then into the tunnels. She finally finds the spot in the middle of a tunnel. She pulls out an explosive from her bag and places it on the wall, before contacting Nightwing.
"I'm at the spot." She states.
"Good. Is the explosive in place?" Dick asks.
"Yes."
"Okay. Remember, the Asylum will notice that the wall is destroyed, so you got roughly 70 seconds to get in, free Bruce, and get out again."
"That's more than enough time."
"Good luck."
Selina activates the bomb and gets out of the way before it explodes, creating a hole in the wall. She hops through and finds herself in a hallway.
"Oh no...Dick, I'm in the wrong place." She whispers.
"What? Oh no...the schematics were wrong. It's okay. Bruce is just down the hall, you can still make it. Go!" Dick yells.
Alarms start sounding through the Asylum. Catwoman encounters two guards standing in the halls. She punches one and holds him hostage. She uses his gun to shoot the other guard in the foot. She throws the guard she's holding to the ground and tackles the other one, headbutting him. She continues running until she makes it to the holding cells. The prisoners start yelling.
She looks around and finds Bruce in one of the cells. She runs up to him.
"Selina?" He asks.
"Bruce, I'm here to get you out." She explains and opens up the cell using the card. "Come on, let's go."
"Selina, I can't."
"Why not?"
"I just can't, okay? It's too complicated. I'll be on the run forever."
"So you'd rather spend the rest of your life in here and let Hush win? Gotham needs you."
"I will get out. Trust me. But you need to leave. You cannot get caught here. Seriously. Go."
"Bruce..."
Bruce kisses her, and then leans back.
"Go...just trust me on this...please..." Bruce whispers.
Catwoman takes a few steps back, before running back down the hall, leaving Bruce there. She tries to make it back to the hole in the wall, and contacts Nightwing while she's running.
"Where's Bruce?" Dick asks.
"Bruce isn't coming." Selina replies.
"What?"
"He just isn't. Now I need to make it back and fast."
She turns a corner and sees a few guards and Gordon. She punches Gordon twice across the face and throws him to the ground. She kicks a guard to the ground and punches another. She takes down the last two before seeing the hole in the wall. She gets up but then gets hit with a taser in the back by Gordon. The guards get back up and place her in handcuffs. Guards start moving into the tunnels now.
"Barbara, you've got to get out of there. There are guards moving your way." Dick warns.
"What about Selina?" She asks.
"Selina got caught. Now you need to go before you get caught too." Dick explains.
"Dammit." She curses and drives out of the catacombs.
The guards make it to the platform and see the Batboat driving away. Dick turns to outside of the office and sees an army of guards running throughout the halls. He joins the rush and is able to make it outside through all the commotion. He runs to the edge of the island and jumps off, landing in the Batboat as it sails by. The Batboat zips away from Arkham Island, leaving Bruce and Selina behind.
There was a break in at Arkham Island tonight, with reports coming out stating that the criminals behind this act were Catwoman and Batman. Catwoman was caught and thrown into a cell, where she'll be staying the night. Police do not know why they broke in, and are still looking for clues and answers.
Tommy watches the news from the boat he's on.
"Goddammit, Bruce. You couldn't just let me enjoy this week." Tommy mutters to himself.
He remembers when he and Peyton entered Elliot Manor.
"Just stay here for the moment. I'm gonna go upstairs and talk with Mom." Tommy said.
"No problem." Peyton replied.
He walked up the stairs and into his Mother's room. He saw her there, standing by her bed.
"Mom, you called?" He asked.
"Yes, I did. I have some news for you, Tommy." She started. "I decided that I'm cutting you off."
"Wait, what?" Tommy yelled.
"I am."
"But Mom...medical school! What about the damn medical school?! That was the entire plan!"
"Not anymore."
"But this is my dream!"
"You should've thought of that before you hit me the other day."
Peyton heard the yelling come from upstairs.
"Honestly Tommy, I don't know why you decided to hang around all the time. You could've left anytime, just like Bruce, turn yourself into your own man instead of always staying with me." His Mother said.
"I stayed because you WANTED me to stay, Mom! I would've left fucking YEARS ago, Mom! But you wouldn't let me! And I'm so sick and tired of you always comparing me to Wayne! Bruce is a spoiled bastard! Why do you care about Wayne more than you care about you own damn son?!" Tommy yelled with rage.
"I just know that Bruce was able to become a great man with his parent's fortune. You wouldn't. I'm putting the fortune to better use."
"Yes...Bruce was always lucky, wasn't he? When his parents died..."
"That's not something to be proud of, Tommy."
"But he got his fortune, didn't he? I tried to get my fortune once. The fortune I deserved. I tried when I killed Father."
"Tommy, don't say things like that."
"But I did. You think that Father crashed the car, but he didn't. I did. I cut the brake line because I hated you. I hated you so much I wanted you both to die. At least then I could get the fortune."
"Tommy!"
"I killed Father, Mom. And my biggest regret is that you didn't die with him! Damn Thomas Wayne is responsible for that. And for years I've been stuck with you, and I'm so sick of this! It's time to get what I deserve..."
Tommy started to walk towards his Mother.
"What are you doing, Tommy?" She asked.
"Getting what I deserve." Tommy stated.
"NO! Get away from me...MURDERER!" She screamed.
Tommy pushed her onto the bed and grabbed a pillow. He put it over her face and started to smother her.
"Mmph!"
"Hush, Mother..."
He kept the pillow there until she was completely motionless, and even so, he kept it there.
"Hush."
Selina is thrown into the same cell as Bruce. There's so much commotion going on throughout the Asylum, they don't have time to find a new cell for her. It's just for tonight. She looks up and sees Bruce there.
"Hi." She starts.
"Selina, what did you do?" Bruce asks.
"We tried to rescue you."
"I didn't need rescuing. I didn't ask for rescuing."
"We wanted you free. We didn't want you to be trapped in here forever."
"Just leave me be."
"Too late for that."
"Where are they now?"
"Investigating how we broke in. They're moving me in the morning."
"How did Tommy get to you?"
"He ambushed me and stabbed me. That's the last thing I remember."
"Where's Holly?"
"...he killed her."
"Selina...I'm so sorry..."
He hugs her.
"What are we going to do?" She asks.
"We'll get out of this. I promise you."
"Thank you..."
She leans in and kisses him. Bruce kisses her back. She puts her hands on his shoulders and hops up, wrapping her legs around him. Bruce turns and they fall onto the bed. Bruce pulls away and pulls down her zipper of her costume. He moves his hands to her belt and returns a kiss. Meanwhile, Tommy is suited up as Hush. He watches more of the news about Bruce Wayne being in Arkham. He flips up his mask.
"No more games, Bruce. You're dead." Tommy states and flips down his mask.
He walks over to his calendar. He sees the date approaching. The anniversary of his Father's death. Selina sits on the top bunk inside the cell as Bruce lies on the bottom. Several guards walk into the cell and grab Selina.
"Come on."
Bruce sits up and sees Selina moved to another cell. Selina looks back at him before being moved away.
Alfred, Dick, and Barbara sit around the Batcomputer.
"This is dreadful." Alfred states.
"We have to get them out." Barbara says.
"How?" Alfred asks.
"...I don't know." Barbara says.
"We'll find a way. We always do." Dick says. "How hard can it be?"
Two guards walk down the hall of the Intensive Treatment building when Hush drops down from the ceiling.
"Hey stop!" The guard says.
He pulls out a gun but Hush charges and kills both of them with a knife. He presses a button on his belt, shutting off the cameras, making them go static. Gordon sees the cameras go static from the office. He knows Hush is here.
"Here we go." He whispers, and presses a button on the console.
Hush walks into the holding cells and sees a group of guards who turn in his direction. Hush pulls out a pistol and shoots them all dead. He walks up to Bruce's cell. Bruce stares at him.
"Tommy..." He mutters.
Hush rips off his mask, revealing his face.
"It's the anniversary, Bruce." Tommy explains. "The anniversary of my Father's death. And soon, it'll be the anniversary of yours. And the happiest day of my life. The day I finally found peace."
"Go to hell." Bruce states.
"I'm going to open this cell. Then I'm going to push you to the ground. And then I'm going to release every single prisoner in this building. And as you watch chaos consume Arkham Asylum, and soon Gotham City...I'm going to shoot you in the face."
Tommy pushes a button on his belt causing all the cell doors to open and inmates to run free throughout the Asylum. Two-Face, Zsasz, Freeze, Riddler, Davis, everyone. Free.
"I'm not the only one going free tonight!" Tommy yells.
Bruce's cell doors open. Bruce charges Tommy, but Tommy pushes him to the ground. Tommy pulls out a pistol.
"These prisoners will kill everyone you love. Arkham will be consumed by madness, and so will Gotham. Because you failed. YOU...FAILED. Goodbye Bruce. It's been fun. Just know that I'm the only one who could ruin your life and end it." Tommy states.
Tommy points his pistol at Bruce's head.
"You know, Tommy...I took what you said to heart." Bruce states.
"What are you talking about?"
"What you said...about how everything I did was so predictable...I took it to heart. And so I called for help."
"I know, Nightwing, Catwoman, and Batgirl. I predicted that too. And I'll kill them after this."
"No. That wasn't planned. I called for help. I did something you would NEVER predict. You made a mistake. And I exploited it. And that's why you will lose."
"How? How?!"
"Because I asked someone for help. Someone you didn't account for."
"What?"
Tommy turns behind him and sees a grenade thrown into the room. A huge explosion erupts, knocking Tommy against the wall of the cell. Bruce crawls out of the cell but smoke consumes the room. Tommy coughs and opens his eyes. He tries looking through the smoke and sees a figure walking through it. He's firing a machine gun into the air. He's the ally Bruce was talking about.
"Oh, you son of a bitch." Tommy curses.
The figure keeps firing the gun and announces his presence.
"Looks like the joke's on you, bitch! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
"You son of a bitch!" Tommy yells.
The Joker stands there laughing. He remembers the plan. That night when Joker lit up the Bat Signal in the sky, Joker told him about the plan. Everything. That Tommy planned on forcing Bruce to surrender to Arkham using some kind of leverage, that he would come back to murder him on his Father's anniversary. When Bruce found out that the leverage was Selina, Batman went on a rampage, even after Joker told him he didn't know where the heart was.
When Bruce knew he was going to surrender, he, Gordon and Joker all talked about the plan. The Mayor Heist was to get Joker into the Asylum. Everything was all apart of the plan. Meanwhile, Bruce runs throughout the halls of Arkham before finding a secret compartment in the floor that Gordon planted there. He rips it open and sees his Batsuit. Batgirl and Nightwing drive towards Arkham Asylum in the Batmobile.
"Faster!" Nightwing orders.
"I am!" Batgirl yells.
Tommy sneaks through the smoke and into the halls. He turns and sees Joker aiming the gun at him when a Batarang swoops in and knocks the gun out of his hands. Batman glides into the room.
"No killing." Batman states.
"Sorry, got carried away there." Joker replies.
"I swear to God, I am going to fucking kill you!" Tommy yells.
An army of inmates rush down the hall towards the holding cells.
"Ugh, there's a lot more inmates than I thought." Joker says.
"Stand by my side." Batman suggests.
A big tough inmate runs up to the both of them and the both of them make fists and punch him in the gut. Batman knees him in the forehead. Batman roundhouses an inmate across the face. The Joker punches an inmate across the face and headbutts him. Batman kicks a prisoner to the ground. Joker uppercuts someone. Two-Face runs towards Batman and tries to strangle him. Batman grabs him by the throat and throws him across the room.
Joker dodges a punch from an inmate and then kicks him in the crotch. Batman stuns someone with his cape and then slams them into a wall. Joker punches Davis in the face, and then headbutts him. Batman kicks an inmate across the room. Joker punches Riddler in the face breaking his glasses and his nose. Batman headbutts an inmate and pushes him back so Joker hops onto his back and starts punching hims repeatedly in the head. Batman sweeps out someone's feet and Joker hops over Batman, kicking the inmate to the ground.
"Hush is getting away. Let's go!"
Batman and Joker run down the hallway. Inmates pop out from corners only to get punched, kicked, and thrown by Batman and Joker. Joker laughs as he does it. They turn a corner and see Tommy standing in another holding cells room. They rush towards him but a group of inmates ambush them. They knock them back when Nightwing and Batgirl drop down and help them out in the fight. Batgirl kicks an inmates to the ground and then punches Joker across the face. Batman holds her by her wrist.
"Joker's helping us. Leave him alone."
"What?"
Nightwing kicks an inmate in the face. Batman headbutts and knocks one to the ground. Batgirl uses her grapple to pull one towards her and slams them to the ground. And Joker continuously punches one across the face.
"We've got these guys handled! Just go!" Nightwing yells.
Batman and Joker push their way through the crowd and after Tommy. More inmates crowd around them. They continue fighting when an inmate is round housed to the ground in the crowd by Selina. Batman looks at her.
"I was released too." She states.
They fight together, taking down half the inmates in the crowd before both Batman and Catwoman charge Tommy. Tommy pulls out his pistol and fires a bullet. It hits Selina in the shoulder, causing her to fall. She's bleeding out when Batman attends her.
"I'm going to be fine. Just make sure he doesn't get away this time." She whispers. "Go!"
Batman gets up and chases after Tommy down another hall. Batman uses his grapple to trip his legs and he falls forward. Tommy turns and looks up at Batman jumping on him. He kicks away his pistol and throws a punch. Tommy blocks it and kicks Batman off of him. He swings his leg towards Batman, but Batman ducks and he misses. Tommy kicks him back, and Batman throws several Batarangs at Tommy. Tommy swipes all of them away.
Batman throws a smoke pellet and charges, giving Tommy a good upper cut, stunning him. Tommy wipes the blood away from his face. Batman throws another punch but Tommy dodges and kicks Batman across the face and runs. Batman chases after him.
"You're a coward, Tommy!"
Tommy runs down a hall and towards a big open room. Once he enters, Joker pops out from behind a corner and hits Tommy in the face with a Tommy gun. Tommy falls on his back and Joker takes aim. Batman stops running.
"Now THAT is one hell of a punchline! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" Joker laughs.
"I thought you hated plans, Joker." Tommy spits.
"I do. But I hate yours more."
"It was worth working with us if it meant stopping you. It's over Tommy."
Tommy slowly gets up.
"You've lost."
Tommy starts backing up against the wall as Batman and Joker stand in front of him.
"I...hate...you..." Tommy grunts and drops a grenade.
"Get out of the way!" Batman yells and grabs Joker.
They grapple out of the room as the grenade explodes. Batman and Joker climb out of the Intensive Treatment building and onto the roof, both tired and exhausted.
"Welp, that was one hell of a night, wasn't it Bats?" Joker asks.
"That grenade was more powerful than most. Gave off a bigger explosion. He would rather die with his hate than live with defeat."
Nightwing grapples up to the roof and sees them.
"So what the hell is going on?" Nightwing asks.
"I'll explain when we get back to the cave." Batman says.
"Okay."
Nightwing attaches cuffs to keep him and the Joker together.
"Well...it's been fun. See you on our next adventure, Batman! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" The Joker howls into the night.
In New York City, a taxi cab walks up to the NYPD precinct. Gordon steps out and runs into the building. He runs up to a cop.
"Excuse me, is Detective Essen anywhere here?" He asks.
"Uh yeah, she should be coming back now." The cop says.
Gordon runs out of the building and down the steps to see Sarah walking towards the building. Gordon runs up to her and hugs her.
"Jim?" She greets. "What are you doing here?"
"Barbara...my wife...I told her about what happened. Between us. About everything. She left me. It's been hard with just me and my daughter, until she walked up to me, and told me that she doesn't care what it is, she just wants to see me happy again. And you...Detective Essen...you make me happy."
"So you traveled all the way to New York just to see me?"
"Yes. How about moving back to Gotham? Just...Sarah...I love you."
Gordon goes in and kisses her. He pulls back and they both smile.
Batman, Nightwing, and Batgirl all walk back into the Batcave to greet Alfred. Him and Bruce hug.
"I've missed you, Bruce." Alfred says.
"I've missed you too, Al." Bruce says.
"So...what was up with the alliance with the Joker?" Barbara asks.
"Well, Hush recruited the Joker to his cause to help out with ruining my life. But after learning about his final plan, he got bored and left. What Hush didn't count on, was Joker coming to me and warning me about his plan. That night I got the idea to form a partnership. The Joker told me everything he knew about Tommy's plan. I already knew that Tommy would use some kind of leverage to make me surrender, that I would end up in Arkham, and he would come to kill me on the anniversary of his Father's death." Bruce explains.
"You knew all of this would happen?" Dick asks.
"Yes, that's what I just said. Now when I found out that that leverage was Selina's heart, I got worried. I lost my temper and tried to find out where it was. Even Joker didn't know. So eventually, me, Joker, and Gordon met up and all came up with a plan. That Bruce Wayne would surrender to Hush, and when Hush came to kill him, Batman would form a fragile alliance with the Joker to stop him." Bruce explains.
"So Dad was in on it too." Barbara mutters.
"Gordon knew I didn't actually do anything wrong. He just knew that Bruce Wayne was an ally of the Batman, going undercover in Arkham to help catch Tommy Elliot. And it worked. But to get Joker into Arkham, we had to catch him."
"So that Mayor Heist, it was so easy to catch him because he wanted to be caught." Barbara says.
"All part of the plan." Bruce says.
"One hell of a plan." Alfred states.
"It was. But I should've told you guys. I told you not to rescue or worry about me, but I should have told you about the full plan. I just didn't trust you enough. I'm sorry."
"I forgive you, Bruce." Dick states.
"So do I." Alfred replies.
"Yup." Barbara says.
"Bottom line: The Batman is back. And Hush is gone." Bruce states.
"Well, speaking of returning, I should get back to Bludhaven. It was good being back here." Dick announces.
"It was good to have you back, Dick."
"I'll see you around."
Dick grabs his bag and pecks Barbara on the lips. He hugs Bruce and high fives Alfred on his way out.
"Where's Selina?" Bruce asks.
"In the hospital, being treated for her gunshot wound." Barbara answers.
"That's the second time this month."
"The cost of war."
Bruce leaves the cave. He walks into Gotham General and past Leslie Thompkins.
"Is she okay?" Bruce asks.
"Yes. We had to put her into surgery for the bullet. She'll be waking up any minute now." Leslie explains.
"Alright. Thanks you Dr. Thompkins."
Bruce walks into the hospital room and sees Selina lying there, asleep.
"Selina..."
He sits down next to her bed and looks at her. He tries to think of something to say.
My name is Bruce Wayne. When I was 8 years old, my parents were shot and killed by a mugger. After that, I grew cold, distant, and emotionless. Or at least I'd like to think I did. I still felt emotions. I was still a human being. But I never admitted any of that. Only a serious event would get me to actually admit to feeling something. Whether that would be sadness for losing Dent, or fear for whenever I fought Crane, I still did have emotions.
But I kept them buried. I never let them out for long enough. I liked to pretend I didn't feel any emotions at all. That I was just a stoic knight fighting crime. Because that's all Gotham needed me to be. But then I met you, Selina. And everything changed. Not at first. At first I saw you as just a criminal. But I saw potential. We were friends. Great friends. But when I saw you turn back to a life of crime...I saw you as just a criminal again.
I ignored your pleas or wants or cries. I tried to be the stoic warrior again. But that didn't work. That night in Arkham, it was the first time where I was brave enough to admit something to myself. That I felt something. Not just anything. Love. I'm brave enough to admit it now. I don't know how you'll feel...or what you'll do...or where you'll go when you wake up...
...and I know you can't even hear me right now...
...and I ignored you in the past, so if that's what you do to me, I can't blame you. But just know, acknowledge that you changed my life, Selina. And I love you.
Bruce stands up and lays a small kiss on her forehead, before turning and leaving the hospital room.
"I'm awake."
Meanwhile, on Arkham Island...
"Good afternoon, Mr. Nygma. It's time for another one of our chats." Hugo starts.
"Yawn. You know I know everything already. I know even more than you know. I am your intellectual superior. I am smarter than you, Hugo. You dumb neanderthal." Nygma states.
"Please Mr. Nygma, I'm here to help you. How about, just for today, we see each other as equals."
"Equals? Are you kidding me?! You must be kidding me. I, Edward Nygma, cannot be compared to...some doctor at Arkham Asylum. Probably here to write a book or something on me and try to get famous quick."
"No...I am unlike the other doctors. But please, what do you want most in life?"
Edward sighs.
"Fine. I'll play your games. What I want most in life is Batman. Batman dead. I can't wait for the day when I finally make a trap that he can't outsmart. A riddle he can't solve. A day he can't save! Finally he will be dead and humiliated, knowing in death that I, the Riddler, have outsmarted him. I'll be seen as better than him, and when I finally stand triumphantly over his dead corpse, I will rip off his mask and find out who he really is." Edward explains.
"Ah, I see. I finally understand it now, Edward. We are nowhere near equals." Hugo says.
"Well I'm glad to think that way, Strange."
"Yes. One is clearly smarter than the other."
"Finally! You're getting it!"
"But don't worry, Nygma, you'll work your way up to my level eventually."
"What?"
"That little insight you gave me told me a lot."
"And how could, possibly, be better than me?"
"Because we both want Batman dead...but you don't actually know who he is."
"Wait...you know who Batman is?"
"Oh, most certainly."
"Well, then...tell me who he is!"
"Oh no, Mr Nygma. You are my intellectual superior. I am a dumb neanderthal compared to you. I'm sure you'll figure it out quite easily if what you're saying is true."
"But-"
"Guards!"
Edward is taken away by Arkham guards as Hugo stands up and looks out the window. A simple Arkham Doctor, but one who wants the Batman dead, and figured out who he is. Lightning strikes just outside Arkham.
The Batman
A/N: Well, that's Season 2. It took a long time, but I'm glad I finally finished it. I am working on a Season 3. There will be a Season 4, and then a final Season 5, but after that the series should be over. I'm still working out the story for Season 3, but it shouldn't be too long until it's released. If you enjoyed Season 2, leave a review, and if you want to read something else, try reading The Adventures of Superman, another story I wrote. Maybe read my Guardian Angel series. The story's pretty solid, but there are a lot of typos and poor choice of words. But if you're able t get past that, you should be able to enjoy it.
Seriously though, that story hasn't gotten ONE view for the past month. So give my other stories a chance, and I'll get to work on not only a Batman Season 3, but other stories as well such as:
The Adventures of Superman Season 2
The Guardian Angel Season 2
Gypsy Season One
Manhunter Season One
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