Chapter 4: Out of the Hospital
Max Payne was finally out of the hospital, after receiving a shocking treatment from the notorious Joker he was up and ready to get revenge upon those whom placed him in the hospital. It certainly didn't take Max that long either, to immediately get in the squad car of Jim Bravura, to which Jim himself was shocked to see Max already up and ready.
"Max, get the heck out of the shotgun seat" said Jim Bravura who was concerned of Max's lack of experience with the trio of villains he faced off, "I'm afraid you don't have any experience in facing down the Joker."
"He's right" added Commissioner Gordon, "you don't have the experience, only the Batman can hunt down these trio now."
"But that Joker got me good, I have every right to go after him!" protested Max as he got out of the squad car.
"Well, I don't like this, but it seems like you'll be now working with Commissioner Gordon for the time being" replied Jim Bravura.
"Just great, I have to work with someone who takes advise from someone like the Batman" sighed Max as he got out of the car.
"Come on, I'm sure you two will have more in common than you're letting on" said Commissioner Gordon as Max then began to follow him in his squad car.
Meanwhile, in the abandon underground parts of Gotham City, the trio of villains-the Joker, Two-Face and Poison Ivy, along with also now Maxie Zeus were able to head toward their temporary secret hideout.
"Hermes, I like what you've done with the place" said Maxie, "good location too."
"Do we have to take it up with this guy not even fearing to our names?" asked Two-Face who whispered to the Joker and Poison Ivy.
"Just play along with him" replied the Joker, "oh yeah, I did get a good location."
"So what are we suppose to do about this Valkyr drug here?" asked Poison Ivy.
"I'm glad you've asked that question Demeter" replied Maxie, "you three are going to be watching over my followers deliver the substance to recruit more followers."
"So, you want us to protect the drugs from the Batman?" asked Two-Face.
"Precisely Janus, Hades has been most troublesome in squashing my attempt to recruit my message to the masses" replied Maxie, "I need your help to stop him before he succeeds."
"Oh don't you worry, we'll handle him" laughed the Joker.
After Maxie got well acquainted, representatives of the Russian mafia came into the scene to gather the tubes of the Valkyr drug and began to load it on trucks. While that was going on, Max Payne was quite reluctant to go with Commissioner Gordon to meet up with the Batman, the very same person whom disrupted one of Max's operations while trying to track down on how the Valkyr drug has been getting back on the streets.
"You think the Batman can help stop the Valkyr drug from being sent out on the streets like this?" asked Max to Commissioner Gordon who was sitting in the shotgun seat next to the Commissioner himself.
"The Dark Knight himself can do just that, you'll see soon enough that he does some fine work" replied Commissioner Gordon.
The squad car driven by the Commissioner stopped in a dark alleyway, to which the two got out of the car.
"I see you have brought someone here with you" said a familiar voice to Commissioner Gordon, to which the shadowy figure revealed to be the Batman himself.
"What can you tell us about how the Valkyr drug is getting back on the streets?" asked Commissioner Gordon.
"Seems like someone who has a lot of money can be able to re-produce the drug" replied Batman, "but the question is where would the drug be re-produced? Our friend here took out the company that was responsible for creating the drug in the first place."
"That's indeed true" added Max, "what about Maxie Zeus, a crazy who literally believes he's the actual Zeus?"
"Hmm, sounds like a lead to me" replied Batman, "Maxie Zeus wanted to portray himself to the public that he's been reformed. But I do not think he's been reformed at all. He disappeared strangely, when there were reports of the Joker, Two-Face and Poison Ivy were out on the loose."
"Well then Mr. Payne" said Commissioner Gordon as he headed back to the squad car, "I'm going to leave it to you on this case with the Batman, hope you two can find some common ground."
"Think you might know who could be distributing the Valkyr drug?" asked the Batman to Max.
"There might be a few Russian mafia outfits that could likely still be re-producing the drug itself" replied Max, "I infiltrated these mafia outfits when I was back on the force."
"Then I think I know a few Russian mafia outfits we should investigate" replied Batman as he got out a remote and pressed a button pulling out the Batmobile, "come on, hop in."
"You sure about this?" asked Max.
"Just get in" replied the Batman.
As the Batmobile took off with Max finding himself in the shotgun seat again. Meanwhile, in one of the local Russian mafia controlled safe houses, the delivery truck was arriving right on the scene with Two-Face watching over the operation.
"That's it boys, just keep on moving it along" said Two-Face, as Russian mobsters then began to unload the amount of Valkyr drugs.
"Here's the money for your boss" said the Russian mafia leader as he handed over Two-Face some cash, "and here's at least a few good chuck of cash for yourself."
"Why, thanks" said Two-Face who put the money in his suit for later use, "let's get the heck out of here before someone shows up."
"Oh come on" said the driver, "who's going to show up here?"
"Maybe you should take a good guess who" replied Two-Face as he noticed a familiar Batmobile coming right into the scene.
The Batmobile then crashes right into some empty boxes, and shines its bright lights on the Russian mobsters unloading the crates of Valkyr drugs. A smoke grenade is then thrown from the Batmobile onto the scene, causing the Russian mobsters to not be able to see who was coming out of the vehicle. The Dark Knight managed to easily take down each one of the mobsters, knocking each one of them out cold.
"I'll handle this" said Two-Face as he got out of the truck and began to fire the machine gun.
The Batmobile was of course, bullet proof as it was quite a scene from Max Payne who found himself to be powerless a second time in not being able to do anything.
"Alright Batman, I know you're out here, you mind as well come right out" said Two-Face as he and some remaining Russian mobsters moved forward to the vehicle.
"Let's have one of you check the vehicle out" suggested one of the Russian mobsters to one of his partners.
"You got it boss" replied the mobster who then cautiously headed toward the Batmobile.