Whoa I have not updated in awhile XD my bad guys sorry! Been busy with stuff I suppose. Chapter 21, only like two more chapters to go T_T it will be so weird not to write this anymore….anyway hope u enjoy the chapter folks! :D
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Chapter 21
Batman looked at the Joker, still clutching the hammer and grinning a maniacal grin. In his left arm was a struggling Nicole, whose was held across the chest with his arm. Batman glared at his enemy; he needed to get the girl away from him before he hurts her and so he could arrest the psycho. Batman stood up, still a little woozy from the hit but his stern face didn't falter.
"Honestly Bats, why did you have to crash my party, me and the kiddies were playing some fun games. Isn't that right Nicky girl?" The Joker giggled and used his arm to squeeze Nicole's already hurting chest from being weakened by the shocks, making her gasp in pain.
"Let her go Joker!" Batman said trying to keep his anger in control. He hated that monster for hurting the teen. He knew he only hurt her to make him mad, and the dark knight hated that it worked.
"Why should I? You already took the one brat away, I get to keep this twerp and make her pay!" the mad man smiled psychotically.
"Let her go. I'm the one you're after Joker. I'll surrender if you let the girl go."
The Joker looked upwards and pursed his lips as if in a thinking motion. "Tempting….VERY tempting Batsy, but I have to decline your offer." The Clown Prince of Crime then lunged at Batman with his huge hammer aiming for his head, but he dodges the hammer with his quick reflexes.
The Joker kept trying to hit him in the head and stomach and shoulders, but the Caped Crusader dodges with ease at his every attempt. The insane clown then faked a hit and slammed the hammer right into the dark hero's shoulder, making him yell out in pain and bend over towards the ground, clutching his shoulder.
The Joker raised his hammer above Batman's head, laughing madly. "You're going out with a huge smash Batman! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAA!" Before he brought the hammer down on the vigilante's head, Nicole maneuvered her leg and kicked the Joker where the sun don't shine.
"Agghhhhhh!" The Joker yelled out in pain, dropping Nicole and the hammer and fell to his knees, his arm straddling where it hurt. Nicole used this time to try and crawl away from the psychopath. The Joker became aware of what was going on again and reached out for the 14 year old's ankle when a black clad fist smashed into his cheek making him fall backwards.
Batman stood up with his stern face and glare at its usual level. "You're not going anywhere near her anymore, clown."
The Joker rubbed the spot where Batman had hit him and smirked. "If it's a fight ya want Batsy, I'll be happy to oblige." He jumped and tackled into Batman, making them both roll on the floor fighting. Nicole stood not too far away and stared in awe at the two nemesises in their own battle.
The Joker eventually pinned down Batman and was about to punch him, when Batman kicked him in the gut and sent him flying forwards. The Joker rolled yet landed on his knees turning back to face the caped hero. Batman flipped forward to sit up and faced the mad clown in his fighting pose. The clown prince of crime smiled evilly and threw his trademark razor sharp joker cards at Batman. Batman dodged left and right and flipped backwards to escape the sharp cards. The Joker then brought out his gun and immediately started shooting at him. Batman got out of the way of the shooting, but one grazed his arm.
"Ughhh!" He yelped instinctively to the pain. Nicole looked worriedly at the hero, but untensed when she saw him fighting like nothing happened. Batman punched Joker in the face, causing blood to spurt out of his mouth, and the Joker returned his punch, making the side of Batman's cheek bleed. To a gazing Nicole, this fight between them was like a bloodbath. Both Batman and the Joker were scratched up and bleeding in at least one location on their face and arms.
The Joker stumbled forwards into a bunch of crates after the last sucker punch Batman delivered. He wiped the blood from his mouth on his sleeve and pulled put a small control and pressed the huge blue button on it.
A bunch of comical looking tiny clown cars came from down the hall and surrounded Batman. They didn't appear to be dangerous; they looked like cheesy toys you could pick up at a dollar store. Nicole stared at the clown cars with disbelief.
"He's got to be kidding." No way could those cars pose a threat to someone like Batman. Heck she could take them the fourteen year old figured.
All of a sudden one of the cars drove around faster than the others and headed straight for Batman. The Dark Knight knew never to underestimate the Joker, so as soon as the speeding clown car came close he jumped out of the way. The clown car came in contact with a wall it exploded. It was not very huge but big enough to freak the teenage girl out a bit.
"Or maybe he's not kidding." She cringed at the sound of the explosion from the tiny car.
All the tiny cars then started to come at Batman, and the Caped Crusader dodged and jumped and tried to avoid all of the exploding cars. The Joker laughed hysterically as he controlled the dangerous toys, the insane glint in his eyes showing.
The toy cars all exploded when the missed Batman and ran into walls. One of them rammed right into a wall near Nicole. She jumped out of the way right before it exploded and landed in her back.
"Okay…that's going to hurt in the morning." The teen said while getting to a sitting position. She looked at the caped hero dodge and jump away from the toy clown cars. But one came early as soon as he dodged another one and exploded right next to him, making him fly right into the wall and on the ground.
"Batman!" Nicole exclaimed while running to him. She kneeled towards him and saw that he was still alive, but the cloth on his arm that was near the explosion was ripped up. She helped him get up and Batman staggered to his feet. He felt weak from the impact on the wall, but he would not show it and walked towards the Joker with his glare in full mode. The Clown Prince was used to all his glares and sent three more exploding cars after the shadowed vigilante. He dodged one that hit the wall soon afterwards and dodged the second, but right about when the third was going to catch him off guard, a large purple and green hammer smashed it, making it somewhat explode but was muffled under the largeness of the hammer. Holding the hammer was a smiling Nicole.
"Now I couldn't let a little ole car get to you, now could I?" she grinned at the Dark Knight, making Batman smile as much as Batman could smile and faced a nervous looking Joker. He strode towards the madman, making the Joker look around for any weapons he had forgotten. The Joker then grinned as he saw his bazooka he had placed in here before he had captured the girls. He grabbed it and shot it at Batman. Batman dodged and flipped out of the way of the oncoming missiles, and ducking behind a metal rafter.
The insane clown kept shooting his bazooka at the vigilante wildly, aiming anywhere where his bazooka would blow his enemy up and hopefully kill him. Batman was trying to get as far away from the oncoming missiles while still having cover behind the rafter. Nicole could only watch as the Joker was laughing madly as he fired his huge weapon at her savior. The Joker then grinned wider, if it was even possible, as he fired directly at the rafter. The huge impact of the missile hitting the huge piece of metal made Batman fly and crash into the ground, struggling to get up and groaning from the pain it took to even stay conscious.
"NO!" Nicole screamed. The Joker's head went back in full evil psychotic laughter aiming his bazooka at the fallen vigilante to finish him off. What he didn't see was the young girl running towards him with his hammer. Nicole swung it at the insane villain, making him yell out in pain and fall to the ground, dropping the bazooka. Nicole kicked it aside and glared at the clown.
"Leave him alone!" Nicole raised the hammer to hit the madman. He had entered her life unwantedly, he caused her to not even be allowed to be with her family, kidnapped her and Mara, and then almost killed her and especially her best friend. She was absolutely NOT going to let this psycho kill her hero and friend. As she lowered her hammer about to hit the clown the Joker grabbed it as he got back up. After a bit of a tug of war with the teenager he managed to grab the hammer out of hand and threw it to the side, and grabbed Nicole by her throat and raised her off the ground. Nicole struggled and kicked her feet hopelessly in the air, the Joker growling at her.
"You little interfering brat! You are going to pay dearly for that, and I am going to enjoy every second of it." He started squeezing her neck with his hand, choking her. Nicole gasped for air that could not enter her throat and tried desperately to get out of his grip. The Joker chuckled darkly at her attempts to breathe, gripping her throat harder so it would be harder to breathe. A slow grueling punishment for getting in his way, and while she was suffering lack of air, the Joker stared at her with a maniacally grin, amused by her torture. Before the choking knocked Nicole out or otherwise, someone poked the Joker's shoulder, making him turn around in confusion, coming face to face with a scratched up Batman.
"Peek-a-boo." The Dark Knight said while colliding his fist with the Clown Prince of Crime's face, sending him into the wall. Batman caught Nicole before she fell on the ground as she coughed and rubbed her throat, breathing heavily.
"Thanks….for that." She said while trying to catch her breath, happy that she could now get air back into her throat. Batman smiled assuringly at her and strode towards the Joker, who was holding a bleeding nose. The Batman grinded his teeth and grabbed the Joker by the front of his shirt, glaring.
"It's over Joker."
The Joker winced at the sudden movement, but laughed and grinned insanely. "Not quite Batsy. You see, I rigged this place with explosives when I figured out you came to crash my little party. In about…oh two minutes or so this whole warehouse is going to be up in flames and be like a whole bunch of fireworks! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!" The Joker laughed madly. Batman grimaced; he knew the Joker was telling the truth, it's exactly what he would do. But he had to get Nicole out of here before it does explode.
Annoyed by the murdering clown he punched him in the face sending him staggering to the right, falling into the dock end of the room near the water. Batman went into the room to get the clown, Nicole following. As Batman picked up the Joker by the back of his suit, the fourteen year old noticed how high up they were from the water. You wouldn't think the warehouse would be from this point, but it was clear as day they were at least 25 feet away from the bottom, and there were a few sharp rocks down there too.
Figures Gotham would have a warehouse with a view like this. Nicole mentally sighed. While she was looking at the water, the Joker slashed Batman across his chest, cutting through his bat symbol and laughed as Batman stumbled backwards. Nicole's head jerked to the side in shock as she saw what was going on. Batman clutched his chest, seeing it was bleeding more than he thought he would as the Joker held his knife high.
"Who knew your demise Batman would be such a slice!" the Harlequin of Hate then laughed darkly and crazily as he lunged his knife downward.
"Not today freak!" Nicole tackled the madman, her arm being gashed by the knife before the Joker let go as he and the teen rammed into the old railings, the metal giving way due to the pressure as they both fell off the dock.
"NOO!" Batman yelled with complete fear dripping from it. He ran to where he saw them fall and saw Nicole holding onto a metal bar on the side of the dock, the Joker holding on to her leg. Nicole struggled to hold on to the bar, the Clown Prince's extra weight making her start to lose her grip.
"Batman help!" Nicole said while struggling to hold on. The Joker laughed insanely as he tried to drag her down. "If I go down you go down with me girly!"
Batman knelt down and reached his arm down to her. "Grab my hand!" Nicole tried to reach but almost fell off as the Joker yanked on her leg, but luckily she was able to return her hand back on the bar.
"Heh heh what's the matter kiddo, having trouble hanging on there?" the psychopath chuckled and squeezed her ankle hard, making her yell out in pain.
"Stop it!" Nicole exclaimed trying to kick the demented villain. Batman grinded his teeth. "JOKER!"
This only made the Mogul of Mountebanks laugh harder as he crushed Nicole's ankle more with his hand, her leg already sore from his shock torture making her scream in agony. The Joker laughed sadistically.
"What you are feeling now is nothing compared to what I will put you through once I get back up there you miserable little brat!" He started to motion himself so that he was starting to climb up using her legs as a ladder, ignoring the fourteen year old's squirming.
"You aren't going to do anything to me or Mara anymore you sick son of a bitch!" Nicole then kicked the Joker in the face with the bottom of her shoe, making him reply with a yelp of pain and in the process, accidently letting go of the girl's legs.
"AAAAGHHHHH!" the Clown Prince screamed as he fell deep into the water with a hard splash, not coming back up.
Nicole looked away from the water and back at Batman, reaching her hand up for his. "Almost there, Nicole….just a little farther."
"I'm trying…." All of a sudden her grip suddenly loosened and she began to fall, but before she fell, Batman's gloved hand caught hers, helping her pull up to the top of the dock.
"We've got to get out of here before this warehouse explodes." Batman said.
"You read my mind." Batman suddenly picked up Nicole with one arm and ran back through the room and into the hallways. He maneuvered his way through many hallways as he saw all the now conscious henchmen run away and jump out of windows. The Caped Crusader finally found the main entry/exit and pushed them open running outside, just as a huge explosion came from inside the old warehouse. The fiery eruption blasted inside out throughout the warehouse, eventually burning it down t the ground.
Batman and Nicole watched as the building collapsed in flames. "Thanks…for saving me and Mara." Nicole looked at the caped hero with a smile.
Batman looked back down at her. "You don't have to thank me Nicole."
"Yeah I do. Trust me" With that the fourteen year old hugged the Dark Knight, being careful not to injure him because of his injuries. Batman was shocked to say the least, now exactly knowing how to respond. He wrapped his arms around her gently in an awkward form of a hug.
Nicole let go of the shadowed vigilante, with her familiar grin on her face. "You definitely got to work on those acts of emotion Bruce."
The disguised billionaire chuckled. Now this was the teenager he knew, if only for a short while but long enough. Pretty soon they heard fire trucks and police cars coming towards their direction, and the two figures waited as they arrived to the scene.
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Well there was the major climactic fight scene of the story, hope it didn't suck XD and for those who are wondering, no the Joker didn't die, he is just gone for the rest of the story, kind of like the Laughing Fish episode. Probably only going to be one or two more chapters to wrap it up. Again sorry for the long wait ^^;; please review this chapter for my self confidence, thanks!
-Luna