Chapter 20 my friends! Wow never thought I would have that many chapters…any who I want to say thanks to all my loyal fans out there, you r all epic! :3 ON WITH THE CHAPTER!

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Chapter 20

Batman threw the thug into a pile of crates. When the henchmen had caught him lurking in the building searching for Nicole, he had run to get away from them. He wasn't scared; he just didn't have the time to fight with the Joker's lackeys when he had to find the 14 year old. There were more than he expected; about ten or eleven of them, all wanting to fight the Dark Knight. Another thug came at him and gave Batman a punch in the stomach, but it didn't affect him really, he was used to that. Batman returned the attack with a punch in the henchman's face and a sweep of the legs. More swings of fists came at the vigilante and he quickly dodged and returned the punches to the thugs. These guys kept getting back up and trying to beat the Caped Crusader.

I don't have time for this! Batman threw his hardest punches at the henchmen, every time these guys went down, they finally stayed down. Before long, all the crooks were beaten and unconscious. Batman was still conscious and barely even injured; a few bruises here or there but not enough to take him down. On the other hand fighting all these men had made the shadowed hero somewhat exhausted, but he couldn't give up now. He straightened his posture and ran out of the room and into the halls. He had to find the teenage girl and get her safely out of here.

And then take down the Joker. Batman said in his thoughts.

He ran and turned every corner, trying to look for the young teen. He looked into every room he passed but no sign of Nicole. Little did Batman know that she was in the clutches of the Clown Prince of Crime.

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The Joker carried Nicole with one arm, his other covering her mouth so she didn't scream for help and bring Batman to where they were. He had an evil and more insane smile than he ever had, and a crazed look in his eyes that did not bode well for the girl he was taking. He was walking quickly in the halls, looking for the dock that led out of there. He had a boat that could take him and his hostage away from there so he could finish what he had started. He may not have both the girls in his possession, but he had at least one, and that was good enough for now.

He could feel her kicking and trying to scream through his gloved hand, but this made the Joker chuckle darkly. He wasn't going to let the brat escape this time, and he was going to make sure that she paid severely for bringing the Dark Knight to his hide out and ruining everything. He finally found the correct hallway in where he wanted to go and quickly went down it.

"Quit squirming brat!" He hissed at the struggling girl, getting annoyed at her kicking. "You might as well accept that you aren't going anywhere!"

He stepped quickly through the hallway, unaware of the Batman being on their trail.

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Nicole kicked and struggled against her captor, and screamed at the top of her lungs. Unfortunately the Joker's hand muffled her yells for help pretty good. He was carrying her through many hallways, not exactly sure of where they were going. But wherever it was, she was sure she didn't want to go. She tried to resist as hard as she could, but she could only hear the Harlequin of Hate chuckle at her attempts. They had passed the room in where she and Mara were held in and saw that it was empty. She smiled inwardly; Bruce must have gotten her out of here already, which she was very thankful for. But now she had to figure a way out of the mad clown's possession and get to Batman.

She struggled as hard as she could and started to kick his legs with more force. She could hear the Joker growl lowly. "Quit squirming brat!" he heard him hiss at her. "You might as well accept that you aren't going anywhere!" She wouldn't believe that, never. She knew Bruce would come and get her away from this psycho. But as long as he couldn't hear her because of the Joker's hand on her mouth, the chances he would find them around here were slim.

The Joker stopped walking again and scolded her on her kicking. "For the last time you little brat…." Before he had a chance to finish, Nicole had decided she needed to get Bruce to hear her now. She bit the Joker' hand as hard as she could, making him yelp in pain and release her mouth. Now was her chance. She screamed.

"BATMAN HELP! THE JOKER'S GOT ME OVER HERE! HELP BAT.." the Joker quickly covered her mouth again before she could scream anymore.

Not too far away from where the clown and girl were, the Batman was looking at rooms to see if Nicole was in there. He heard a scream down a couple hallways. He immediately recognized the voice as Nicole's, seeing as it was a young girl's voice. He understood what she had been screaming…the Joker has her. His slits for eyes widened; that psychopath has her, and is most likely trying to get away. He will NOT let that happen. He instantly started running towards the location of the screams.

The Joker was about to let go of the kid and slap her silly, but he heard running footsteps coming that way. He knew it had to be Batman and his face turned fierce. He then ran inside of a room that had an entry way to the outside, like a huge patio in the backyard of a suburban house. He ran with his hostage and picked up his huge comical but dangerous purple hammer he had stored in there and hid behind a huge pillar. He let the 14 year old down to the ground and held her by her mouth in one hand and the other held the hammer, waiting for the arrival for his enemy with a demented smile.

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The Dark Knight ran through the halls to the location of where he heard Nicole yelling for help. He found himself in front of a large room with an opening at the other side, probably for throwing discarded fish or where the fish boats came through Batman guessed. He put his cape around him, making him appear as a shadow and walked into the room. He suspected the Joker was hiding in here somewhere, the question was where. As he got further into the room and next to a giant pillar, he felt the impact of something collide to his front, making him fall to the ground and yell in pain. When his vision became less fuzzy, he saw the Joker holding a hammer, the one that was probably used to hit Batman in one hand, and in the other arm was Nicole, struggling against the hold the clown had on her, being held across the chest with his arm and her feet not even touching the ground.

The Joker smiled his trademark smile with an evil look in his eyes. "So glad you could make it to the party, Batsy! Because it will be your last!"

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Man I am getting good at these cliffhangers XDD at last Batman and the Joker meet after what, 9 chapters? X3 well I hope u guys like this chapter, and more will be coming soon. Please review if u would be so kind, thankies! Oh and I also want to thank all the ppl who have favorited my story this week, u ppl r great, thanks!

-Luna