Chapter 6: Tracking Down Zeus
Once Commissioner Gordon managed to track down the trace of Maxie Zeus' cell phone, the Dark Knight along with Max Payne were back in the Batmobile heading through the sewers underground of Gotham City.
"You sure about this?" asked Max to the Dark Knight.
"Sure" replied Batman, "GSP tracking system has pin pointed where my old foe seems to be."
The Dark Knight then readied the sensors on the Batmobile, to which then began to focus on the target being tracked which was the last known location of where Zeus' cell phone was used. After breaking down a few barriers of walls, the Batmobile eventually made its way into a large dark cavern of some sort. As the hatch opened up for the Batmobile, the Dark Knight and Max got out to search the area.
"Don't be fooled by someone like Maxie Zeus, the Joker or Poison Ivy" said Batman.
"You don't have to worry about me" said Max as he readied his gun.
While the two were trying to search for Maxie Zeus, Zeus was in a secret location within the underground complex. Zeus was watching the two in surveillance cameras that were scattered throughout the complex with the Joker and Poison Ivy at his side.
"Look at Hades and his servant down there trying to ruin my operations" sighed Maxie as he glared at the security monitor.
"Do you think my pets should feed upon them?" asked Poison Ivy.
"No Demeter, your pets will not be needed in this situation" replied Maxie, "I think I would fancy out that prototype mech which I personally paid out to our Russian friends to build."
Back down where Max and the Dark Knight were, things were going nowhere, that is until Max accidentally stepped upon something in the dark.
"What the heck did you just stepped on?" asked Batman to Max.
"Looks from it Maxie's cell phone" replied Max as he picked up the pieces of the cell phone that were easily scattered.
"Looks like this could be a possible trap" continued Batman.
"How can you tell?" asked Max.
Suddenly, the lights then began to go on to which case began to be quite similar to that of an ancient Roman coliseum which a gate was opening up right in front of them.
"I thought your own arrogance would get in the way being members of the Underworld trying to overthrow me" said Maxie's voice which echoed throughout the facility, "well, let's see if you can overthrow me now?"
A gate then suddenly opened to which revealed a large mech-like robot of some sort built with specifications on the part with the aid of Maxie's mass wealth. Both Max and the Dark Knight stood in awe at first with the giant size of the robotic mech which Maxie was at the controls of the mech.
"Time to ensure my kingdom would certainly be secured from you Hades" laughed Maxie.
Maxie while controlling the mech attempted to swing a claw at the Dark Knight. Yet the Dark Knight was able to leap away and dodge the attack. After that failure, Maxie then concentrated on Max Payne, by firing the lasers against Max to which he then had to dodge the oncoming attack.
"Yes, run, run demons!" laughed Maxie as he continued to fire at both of them, "Soon, I'll be able to spread my message as Zeus!"
While Maxie was having the time of his life, the Joker was at the console controlling the turrents of the complex.
"Let's see, maybe we should help our friend out while we still can" laughed the Joker as he then began to press the buttons on the console.
"Hey, who ordered this?!" cried Maxie as he suddenly had to use the shield on his new mech, "Hermes, why are you at the command console, it's only a job that should be fit for me!"
"I just thought you'd need a little help on the battlefield, that's all" laughed the Joker.
The Dark Knight, and also Max Payne soon found themselves pinned down behind some rubble. Maxie's mech was closing right in on the two, to which both of them were trying to find a way on how to defeat it.
"I think I got an idea" said Batman as he grabbed some smoke grenades he had in his inventory, "I throw these, and you can use your weapon to damage the mech."
"Sounds like a plan to me" replied Max as he loaded his gun.
After making the last minute plans, the Dark Knight raced right out and threw some smoke grenades to which Maxie Zeus couldn't even seem to see coming. The smoke made it quite difficult for Maxie to find the Dark Knight. It was then Max's turn to fire his gun at the mech to which the mech itself was finally getting some damage to it. One of the bullets from Max's weapon managed to penetrate the scanning system on the mech making it quite difficult for Maxie Zeus to search for the two, so long as the smoke was there.
"Ah, that demon!" cried Maxie.
But as Maxie was about to try to regain control, the Dark Knight leaped out of the smoke and gave him a good punch to which the mech itself then began to crash right to the ground with an extremely loud crash which could be heard throughout the complex. This even spooked the remaining Russian mobsters and a few Cleaners whom heard it.
"It's over Maxie" said Batman as he glared down at Maxie who was unable to get the mech back up on its feet.
"Listen pal" said Max as he then took Maxie Zeus right out of the cockpit of the mech, "we can do this the hard way, or the easy way, how are you reproducing the Valkyr drug?"
"I don't really produce the drug, I was hired by Russian mafia families to help spread the drug" replied Maxie who was all beaten up.
"You're lying, you got enough wealth to produce this kind of stuff, where is it being produced?" asked Max as he then threw Maxie Zeus right on the ground quite hard.
"It's just off a few miles away in the outskirts of Gotham!" cried Maxie, "It's being guarded by Russian mobsters!"
"That's all we need" replied Batman.
While the two were prepared to turn Maxie Zeus in, the Joker and Poison Ivy noticed the weakness of their former boss.
"Come on, let's high tail it out of here before those two decide to come after us" said the Joker.
"Sounds like a good idea" replied Poison Ivy.
"But first, maybe we should really take a load of the loot from our Russian buddies" laughed the Joker.