Chapter 5: The Battle of Crest Hill

The Joker wasted no time at all raising his own army. His army of ruffians and thugs marched towards the Gotham District known as Crest Hill.

As they approached, a group of people in "batsuits" formed. They looked like very poor imitations, though. They were mostly made of sports gear that was repainted to have a "bat" theme. They were mostly unarmed, though you had the odd guy with a Billy club. Inside the capital was Robin, who was manning the "Batapult" on the roof of the building.

The Jokerz came armed mostly with switchblades and clubs. However, there was a battering ram team as well as two catapults.

The Bat-Team attacked the Jokerz. Though they did a respectable job of fighting, they ultimately lost the fight. Perhaps going in mostly unarmed was, indeed, not a very good solution when faced with a horde of criminals.

However, the Batapult was fairly effective at defending the city. It rained sandbags down on the opponent-heavy enough to KO them but not heavy enough to be lethal…at least not most of the time.

However, the battering ram managed to get to the capitol. Robin gave control of the Batapult to a lackey and ran downstairs.

Him and a bunch of Bat-Fighters waited for the inevitable. The only thing that broke the silence was the occasional "thud" that came from the ram.

And, when it finally broke, The Jokerz suddenly found a lot of sandbags dropping on their heads, KOing them. However, the door was still broken down. A bunch more thugs broke in, and started fighting the Bat-fighters.

At first, the Bat Fighters were winning, particularly thanks to Robin. They were, however, starting to get a little tuckered out when suddenly one of the Jokerz (this one armed with a crowbar) took off his mask to reveal that he was the Joker. Using the backside of his crowbar, he smacked Robin on the head, KOing him.

The Jokerz managed to take Crest Hill, for a short time.

And that's when the Federation arrived. A man by the name of Abraham Tower rode in on a horse, carrying a cavalry saber. He was followed by police officers wearing white motorcycle helments and carrying spears. It was an odd anachronism.

The Jokerz that didn't drop their weapons and retreat found that they were no match for spearmen or horse-bound cavalry…especially the latter. Though they occasionally got behind the spearman's spear and stabbed them, they really never proved a threat to the horsemen.

What was a threat was the Batapult, now being operated by the Joker. And the Joker was arming it with bricks and other such lethal things. Many GUN soldiers were injured by the falling rocks.

A GUN Catapult and archers began to make their way to the capitol, and flung projectiles, hoping to hit the Joker. However, between the Joker's armies and the Batapult, it was hard for anyone to get a good shot.

A raft carrying Batman himself came around the shore. A catapult noticed it…and then it noticed a canoe carrying Joker thugs. It quickly changed aim and hit the canoe. In the amount of time it took to do this, the Joker noticed the catapult and hit it with a volley of boulders, killing its operators.

However, a Joker thug ran up to the Joker and said "Hey, Joker! The Bat's here!"

The Joker sighed and got onto the catapult, doing some mental math in his head. He said "Fire me away. Now".

The lackey said "Um…that's your escape plan? What should I do when the Bat gets here?"

The Joker said "I don't care. Launch…NOW".

The Lackey fired him away before running downstairs to surrender. He landed on one of the Federation's horses, and stabbed the rider, before taking off with the horse and fleeing. Everyone, on all sides of the war, stopped for a moment, utterly dumbfounded by the incredible feat the Joker just pulled off.

However, it wasn't long before someone noticed the old Bat Flag rise again above the capitol.

Crest Hill was saved, and with the sheer number of enemy casualties, the Joker Army's back was utterly broken.

Though there weren't a lot of deaths on the Federation side, there were many injuries. Abraham Tower gave an order "Rest and recover. In a week, we finish the job at Arkham".