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Here's the third chapter. Read, enjoy, review. ;P

Long in the night, Batman worked to try and find out why the teens had been invited to Gotham. He could find no clues in the invitations and no fingerprints, aside from the teens'. Frustrated, and at a dead end, he mailed the invitations back to the teens. Something wasn't right, he could feel it. Chad wasn't one of the State's greatest actors, nor was Tawni fit to handle the mayhem of the fashion show. Nor did he feel Nico, Grady, and Sonny stood a chance with the Gotham Laughs deal...he should know, he'd entered in a few years ago to foil another Joker plot.

Needless to say...none of this was making any sense.

"Well, I didn't hear or see anything," Grady said as all the Randoms and Chad ate breakfast.

"That's because you were snoring like a pig," Sonny grumbled.

"Wow, someone's in a bad mood," Chad said, scooting a little farther from Sonny.

"I'm not a morning person," Sonny said, "Anyway, so tonight we all have our convention/competitions."

"So?" Nico asked.

"I feel like something bad's going to happen," Sonny said.

"Why are you so paranoid?" Tawni asked.

"I'm not, I'm just... careful... this is a new town... I don't know why I feel like this... I just...do," Sonny explained.

"Well, I for one, think we should at least acknowledge what Sonny's saying. This is new territory for us," Zora said.

"Thank you, Zora," Sonny said and they left their conversation at that.

As afternoon rolled around, Tawni was swept away to meet the other models she'd be modeling with and to find out what she'd be wearing during the show, and what to do, and all that good stuff.

Several of the other comics who'd be performing at the Gotham City's Laugh Competition invited Sonny, Nico, and Grady to come hang out with them before the show.

And Zora was offered to take her tour of the museum early.

They all agreed, so Chad was left alone. He decided he'd just walk around Gotham a bit more and left the hotel.

As evening came around, it was time for Chad to get a ride over to where the awards ceremony was to take place.

He had called a cab to take him there and was soon on his way there.

The place was packed full of rich people, both spectators and actors.

Chad was overwhelmed by how many people there were there. He was expecting people of course, just not this many.

He looked around for maybe someone around his age he could talk to. He felt nervous and shy for some reason. Totally out of his character. He cleared his throat, straightened his posture and walked around.

There weren't any people his age, but there were people who kept watching him.

Lucky for Chad, at least, there was someone he knew there: Bruce Wayne.

Chad didn't really make eye contact with anyone there who looked at him, just swallowed nervously and walked over to the area where Bruce was... he didn't go directly to Bruce, just tried to make himself noticed by Bruce.

Bruce was busy talking with some people, but he spotted Chad out of the corner of his eye and finally managed to excuse himself.

"Chad," he said, coming over, "I was wondering where you were at." He almost sounded relieved to see Chad.

"Yeah, hi... I was looking around Gotham for a bit... since everyone already left," he couldn't keep his eyes in one place, but kept looking around. He felt his voice sounded odd, so he cleared his throat and said, "Some turn out."

"It certainly is," Bruce said. "Why don't I show you to your seat? All you actor's get front row seats."

"Sure," Chad said.

Bruce showed Chad to his seat and shortly after it was time for everything to start.

At the fashion show, across the city from where the awards ceremony was being held, Dick was sitting in the front row to cheer Tawni on.

Tawni was loving everything to do with the fashion show at the moment. Getting her hair done, make up, and pretty clothes. She felt in fashion heaven.

And the other, older, models, were, for the most part, quite enjoying Tawni's company. It was like they were her older sisters, with Tawni being their younger sister taking her first steps into the modeling world.

"So have you been to a lot of fashion shows?" Tawni asked one of the older models.

"Of course," the woman laughed, "it's our career. Actually, you're the only first-timer here."

"I couldn't believe I was invited here!" Tawni said excitedly, "And you do this all the time? Must be fun! I'm an actress."

"Well, I wouldn't say we do it all the time…" the model Tawni was talking to said.
"Are you kidding?" another said as she walked by. "We do too do this all the time." She sounded utterly bored. "It's not all that it's cracked up to be."

"So I'm guessing it gets old after awhile?" Tawni asked, noting the tone of voice from that one model.

"Of course it does, sweet cakes," the bored model said, letting out a trail of smoke from the cigarette she held.

Tawni said nothing else.

The night's events were going quite well when things went downhill…

The Actor's Reward Ceremony was about half-way through when Bruce announced Chad.

"Now, give it up for the newest actor to join the ranks," Bruce announced, "he's considered the greatest actor of our generation, give it up for Chad Dylan Cooper!"
As the crowd applauded, perhaps a little hesitantly, the sound of machine gun fire joined in.
"Everybody stay in your seats!" a voice exploded, coming out from behind the curtains as Chad came out onto the stage.

A gun in one hand, the other hand in a pocket, a man walked out onto the stage. His clothes were two-toned, one side was a nice looking suit, while the other side was an old, ugly suit. However, that wasn't the worst of it. Half of the man's face was handsome and normal, the kind of guy you could trust, but the other half of his face was hideously scarred and ruined. His eye was entirely visible, there were no eyelids to conceal part of the eye, and you could see into half of his mouth as the flesh was nearly completely burned off. "If everyone just stays in their seats," the man growled, "no one will get hurt."

While at the same exact time, while Tawni was on the run-way for the second time, a huge shadow appeared on the display boards behind Tawni and the sound of a whip cracking was heard followed by the sound of startled screams from the crowds. Out onto the walkway, coming up behind Tawni, sauntered a woman dressed from head to toe in black leather. On the leather mask/hood covering her face were two pointed cat ears. There was even a tail protruding from behind the woman as she sauntered up. In her clawed gloved hand was a bullwhip. "Everybody stay seated," the woman hissed, "I'm only here for one of you."

"Hey, Dude?" Chad asked the guy who came onto the stage, "This is my stage now! You can wait your turn." His confidence had increased significantly…maybe that wasn't a good thing.

Tawni was too scared to say anything as the strange woman came onto the run-way.

"'Hey, dude?'" the two-faced man snarled. "That's all you can say when you're life's being threatened?"
"What do you want, Harvey?" Bruce asked the two-faced man.
"That's not our name!" the man exploded. "And we'd appreciate it if you wouldn't call us that anymore. Now," he said, grabbing Chad, "stay put, don't call the cops, and everyone can leave with their lives."

At the fashion show…

The strange cat woman cracked her whip and it wrapped around Tawni, holding Tawni's arms to her sides as the bullwhip wrapped around her. The woman at the end of the whip pulled it so that Tawni was forced closer to her. "That's it, everyone stay right where you are," the woman purred.
"Hey, Catwoman!" a voice called from off stage.
"Mrrow?" the woman said just before a pair of legs hit her in the side of the head. She went flying off the stage, letting of the bullwhip that still held Tawni.

"Someone call the police!" the young man who'd dared to stand up to the crazy woman said. He jumped off stage, his yellow cape billowing behind him, as he leapt at the cat-woman to make sure she stayed in the building until the police could arrive.

"Did she just meow?" Tawni asked no one in particular.
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"What are you doing?" Chad asked, trying to break free from the man's hold.

"Don't struggle," the two-faced man said as he began to back out with Chad. "No one follow or my men will let you taste lead!"
"No one's going to follow you, Two-Face," Bruce said, "just…just don't hurt the boy."
"Oh don't worry, his fate's already been decided," Two-Face said, "yours however…" Still holding Chad, he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a coin. He flipped the coin, caught it, took a look at it, and then raised his hand holding the gun, and shot Bruce.
Bruce went sprawling on the floor, blood beginning to soak his chest. There were gasps from the crowd, but no one moved until Two-Face and his men had left, with Chad as their hostage.

In the fashion show, Robin was busy beating the litter out of Catwoman, at least for a little bit. Shortly after they started their brawl, Catwoman raked her claw gloved hand across Robin's face and leapt over him as he let go of her and doubled over. She jumped onto the stage and grabbed Tawni. "Come on, sweets, you're coming with me." Her voice sounded familiar…"No one follow me!" she screeched as she hurried Tawni out of there.

"What do you want with me, cat lady?" Tawni demanded.

Chad didn't say anything else as he was abducted.

"Oh, it's not me, darling, it's him," she said as she hurried away from the building.

Okay, sorry if the erratic changes between where Tawni and Chad were got confusing. DX

Anyway, I hope you liked this chapter! *pokes review button*