Harley and Lethal stood facing each other on the tanker as it rocked back and forth. Moving forward again, Harley vaulted through the air, slamming into Lethal with her two feet. Lethal stumbled back, nearly falling off from the tanker, but he kept his balance. Harley ran forward, swinging a kick up to Lethal's head, but Lethal grabbed her leg and shoved her backwards. Harley fell back, but dropped her hands down into a flip, bringing her other foot up and catching Lethal under his jaw. Lethal tumbled backwards, landing on his back.
The truck suddenly rumbled violently as the Joker smashed through the gate of the dockyard, moving the truck out onto the busy streets. Joker laughed as he plowed into the back of a minivan causing it to pitch to the side then roll over. Pulling on the horn chain, Joker leaned out from the driver's side window as the truck's horn blared out.
"Crazy drivers!!! Get out of the way!!!"
Leaning back into the cab the Joker smiled.
"Road rage is fun..."
The passenger's side window suddenly exploded inward, Batman sliding through it and crashing into the Joker. Joker quickly pushed him back and slammed his elbow into Batman's side. Batman let off a grunt of pain, his broken ribs severely hurting. Joker quickly reacted, grabbing Batman's head and slamming it into the dashboard of the truck.
"How are you still alive?!? Looks like I'll just have to finish this the old fashioned way!!!"
Batman blocked another face plant, bringing his fist back and smashing Joker in the face. Joker and Batman brawled back and forth in the small space of the truck cab as it rumbled down through the street, crashing through a number of cars.
Harley swung around, trying for another kick at Lethal, but he ducked down under it, swinging his own kick around and knocking her other leg out. Lethal stood up, but Harley suddenly reached her legs up from the ground, wrapping her ankles around Lethal's neck. Rolling over, Harley spun her legs, spinning Lethal in the air before he slammed onto the top of the tanker again. Quickly jumping on him, Harley slammed her fist into his face. She went for another shot, but Lethal kicked his leg up, knocking her forward and off of him. Both stood up and faced each other, preparing to start fighting again.
"You fight pretty good…for a good guy."
Lethal just stood still. Harley grinned and jumped forward again.
Joker reached into his coveralls and tried to pull a pistol out, but Batman grabbed his arm, and then slammed his elbow into Joker's face. Joker suddenly slammed on the brakes, jamming himself against his seatbelt. Batman flew forward, crashing through the windshield and rolling out onto the hood of the truck before he was able to get his grip. Joker laughed, pushing the gas pedal down again.
"Should have worn that seatbelt, Bats!"
Lethal and Harley both tumbled onto the top of the tanker and slid towards the front as the truck suddenly slammed on its brakes. Both stood up quickly and Harley ran forward, leaping through the air, trying to kick Lethal. Lethal reacted quickly stepping to the side and grabbing Harley in mid-air. Holding her up, Lethal spun and threw her off the tanker. Harley screamed as she flew off the tanker before crash-landing in a dumpster. Harley slowly stood up in the dumpster, pulling trash off of her body.
"I'll get you for that one!!"
She shook her fist in the air, but failed to notice as the lid of the dumpster shook forward, falling down and nailing Harley in the head, knocking her out.
Joker pulled the revolver from his coveralls and fired at Batman as he tried to hold his grip tight onto the hood of the truck. Batman slid to the side, hanging off the side of the truck as bullets impacted on the hood near his hands. Joker dropped the empty revolver to the passenger's seat, and then laughed as he guided the truck over, riding it up onto the sidewalk. Plowing through a newsstand, the Joker pulled the truck closer to the buildings as they sped past. Batman released one of his hands, grabbing for his grapple gun on his belt. Joker yelled out from the cab of the truck.
"I'm going to squash you like a little itty-bitty bug!"
Batman finally reached the gun and lifted it up, firing the grapple out and pulling himself away from the truck just as it smashed into a wall, grinding the side and showering sparks out. Joker laughed as he pulled the truck back over onto the street, driving off. Batman dropped back down to the sidewalk, hitting a small button on his belt to call the batmobile to him and watched as Lethal slowly stood up on the top of the tanker, moving towards the truck that it was being pulled by.
The Gotham Reservoir was on the other side of the bay, so Joker quickly pulled the truck hard to the right, smashing a number of cars out of the way, turning onto Gotham Bridge. Joker quietly laughed to himself as he shifted the truck into high gear, roaring it forward through any car that didn't pull out of the way.
Lethal had to drop to his stomach, gripping on to the steel grate walkway over the tanker to keep from slipping off as it swung hard to the right, heading onto Gotham Bridge. Standing up as the tanker righted itself, Lethal ran up the tanker, leaping off and gripping onto the roof of the truck, swinging himself around and through the broken windshield of the truck.
The Joker had no time to react as a boot swung down, slamming into his face, followed by Lethal, who slid into the cab of the truck, grabbing Joker and slamming his face repeatedly into the steering wheel of the truck. With no one steering the truck, it carelessly swung left and right, crashing into and grinding on the cement barrier of the bridge. Pulling the Joker back, Lethal stared into his bleeding face.
"This is it, Joker!"
Reaching down and grabbing lever on the dashboard, Lethal pulled it hard. The tanker attached to the truck suddenly broke free, falling to the asphalt and sliding to a stop in ashower of sparks. The truck suddenly lurched forward now free from its heavy weight. Joker screamed as the tanker broke free.
"No!!!"
Gripping the steering wheel of the truck, Lethal spun it hard to the side. The Joker's eyes widened as the truck swerved hard, coming up off of its left wheels and flipping over, rolling to a stop on the bridge. The world was suddenly quiet, the bridge now abandoned of cars. The tanker was dozens of feet away from where the truck had rolled to a stop, a path of wreckage leading all the way to the accident. The truck lay on its side, its wheels slowly spinning to a stop.
The distant howl of sirens slowly started to fill the air, but a roar suddenly drowned them all out as the batmobile slid onto the bridge, cutting around the freed tanker and racing towards the truck. A number of police cars pulled onto the opposite end of the bridge, both police and Batman slowly drawing closer to the wreck that was in the center.
Laughter slowly started to come from the truck. A purple-gloved hand suddenly reached out from the shattered windshield and the Joker pulled himself out of the wreck. Blood dripped from his nose and mouth and a large gash was on his forehead, but the Joker started to laugh harder.
"Can't keep a good clown down."
Joker crawled on his hands and knees away from the wreck chuckling to himself, but a hand suddenly grabbed him, pulling him to his knees.
"Oh...crap..."
Batman slid the batmobile to a stop, jumping out of it. He started to move forward but stopped as he saw a number of Lethal's small black bombs all over the section of the bridge the wreck was on. Looking up he saw Lethal holding a kneeling Joker by the neck. The police cars all also slid to a stop on the opposite side, keeping their distance as the officers jumped out, all aiming their guns at the two men who stood next to the crashed truck. A police helicopter suddenly elevated up over the bridge, its spotlight shinning down on Lethal and the Joker. Commissioner Gordon's voice came out from the chopper's speaker.
"Attention Lethal! Give it up, son, you've got no way out of this!"
Joker smiled up at Lethal.
"Yeah, Lethal...let's both go and say high to the nice policemen over there...or how about the pointy headed fellow over there"
Joker nodded his head over towards Batman.
"Look around you, clown..."
Joker slowly looked around and saw a number of little hockey puck looking things all over the bridge. Lethal pulled the detonator from his pocket.
"No, Lethal!!! Don't do it!!!"
Lethal looked over at Batman.
"I told you he was mine."
Quickly reaching up, Lethal pulled the mask from his head, revealing the scarred face underneath. Looking back down at the Joker, Lethal held the detonator up.
"You killed my family, you freak. I've spent every minute since then thinking of this single moment. And now, you're going to die the same way my family did."
The Joker suddenly started to laugh.
"Well...this is a bummer..."
The Joker let off a long, cackling laugh as Lethal pressed the detonator.
The bombs across the bridge section ignited into one massive explosion. Batman ducked down behind the batmobile as the flames shot out and the bridge rocked hard. The police all ducked behind the cover of their cars as the bombs exploded, the shockwave from the blast cracking then shattering the glass of the police cars. The police helicopter spun backwards caught in the shockwave before catching lift again and leveling out. The severely damaged bridge section finally gave way from the rest of the bridge, flaming debris falling and crashing down into Gotham Bay.
Standing up, Batman looked. The bridge now had a good fifteen-foot gap in it, the explosion ripping the center of the bridge out. The police chopper dropped down to the bay, it's searchlight scanning the flaming debris that it could see for any signs of life.
Batman stared sullenly down through the collapsed section of the bridge, and then quickly moved to the batmobile, jumping in and driving off.
Alfred met Batman as he climbed out from the batmobile back at the batcave. Sliding his cowl back, Batman slowly started to pull his gear off, placing the gadgets and weapons on a table.
"Do you think he's still alive, Master Bruce?"
"I've thought the Joker has been dead before. I never know if we've seen the last of him."
Alfred stared momentarily.
"I meant Mr. Shaw, sir."
Bruce stopped, looking over at his old friend.
"I don't know if we've seen the last of him, either."
In local news, a plot to poison Gotham's water supply by the Joker was foiled late last night on Gotham Bridge by a combined effort of the police and the Batman. When reached for comment about the situation, a police spokesman said 'The Harbor Patrol was searching for bodies, but none have yet been found, most likely having been washed out to sea in the strong currents.'
In a related note, 'Gotham Bridge will be shut down for repairs for at least a month' says a city official. Until further notice all commuters are suggested to take Wayne Tunnel or use public transportation. This is Blake Powers for GCN Channel 5. Goodnight.
And that's it, ladies and gentlemen. I've left it opn in case I decide to write another story about Lethal, but as for this story...it is complete. I hope you enjoyed and please, be a good reader and review.
