PsykoReaper: Hey, I'm back, here is the second chapter of Batman: Day and Night!
In a school in Gotham City, called "Gotham City High School", in a Biology classroom, was where a girl, wearing a school uniform and glasses, with long red hair and green eyes, was sitting in a desk, bored.
She was Barbara Gordon, daughter of police commissioner Jim Gordon. She was bored because she was greatly intelligent and she has learned all she can from school, but stays for the sake of her father, and to go through college and get a decent job.
Yet, she wished for a thrilling life as well, a life full of excitement, but she knew that her father would not allow her to be a member of the police, even though she took self-defense classes and has a black belt.
She bit on her pencil; she then solved six questions in fifteen seconds. The bell rang; she put her things in her binder and made her way outside.
A man, who wore a black suit and had slick black hair, looked outside of his building, looking at his home. "You wanted to see me, Bruce?" asked a voice behind him.
Bruce Wayne looked behind him to see an elderly African-American man, his second-in-command, Lucius Fox, standing just behind the door to Bruce's office.
"Oh, yes, Lucius, come," said Bruce.
"So, how's the cycle?" asked Lucius with a smile, walking towards Bruce.
"Better than I expected Lucius, but you think I could have a car too?" asked Bruce with a smile as Lucius stood next to him.
"We will see, a motorcycle was hard enough, I am working alone, you know," said Lucius with a laugh.
Bruce smirked and looked out the window, with his smile fading away. "Listen, Bruce, I know you have to keep on fighting, but you can't do it alone," said Lucius.
"I am the only one capable of bringing justice to this city," said Bruce.
"Who knows, Batman, you might find someone that will be able to help you in your fight, you'll see," said Lucius.
"Also, can you take care of the business as I go out for a while?" asked Bruce.
"Yes, yes, Bruce, whatever you say," said Lucius with a chuckle; he then left Wayne's office.
Jim Gordon sat at his desk, just finished talking to Renee, his cell phone goes off, he looks to see his daughter calling. He sighs and answers it. "Yes, Barbara?" asked Gordon.
"You don't seem happy for me to be calling," said Barbara.
"It's not that Barbara, it's just that I don't like it when you call me at work, besides, isn't phones against the rule to have in school?" asked Gordon.
"Dad, it's only if you are in school premises that you are not suppose to have phones, I'm at lunch right now," said Barbara with a laugh.
"Please don't tell me you are outside of the school," groaned Gordon.
"Every kid does it dad," said Barbara in an annoyed tone.
"I know, but their father isn't a hated enemy of most of the criminals of Gotham, you could get hurt or worse," said Gordon.
"Dad, I'll be alright, this isn't the first time I have gone out for lunch, ok?" said Barbara.
"Alright, just be safe, ok?" asked Barbara.
"I will, I love you, dad," said Barbara.
"I love you too, Starshine," said Gordon with a smile.
"Dad, I'm not seven, you know," groaned Barbara.
"I know, goodbye," said Gordon with a smile, he then ended the call.
As Barbara got out of a fast food restaurant, two men, dressed in black, where just ten feet from her.
She walked down the street, the two men then went into an alley. As Barbara walked, the people became less common.
Then, one of the men grabbed her, covering her mouth, and pulled her in a nearby alley. When she got into the alley, with the other man, she hit her elbow in the gut of the man, sending him backwards.
The other man came at her and she kicked him in the groin. He groaned in pain and fell on his knees. She then kicked him right in front of his face, breaking his sunglasses and nose and knocking him unconscious. The man that grabbed her attempted to attack her, but he was punched it the face, pushing him backwards and hitting his head.
He fell on the ground, also unconscious. She sighed, and then smiled. "See, what were you worried about, dad?" gloated Barbara.
Then, she felt something grab the back of her head. She was silent, scared as the hand raised her a few inches from the ground. She was then thrown back in the alley, she then saw him, Killer Croc.
He had green scaly skin, sharp claws, red eyes, a large chin, no hair, sharp teeth, and wore black rain boots and blue overalls. He growled as he stomped towards her, Barbara too scared to move.
"Now, now, Croccers, let's not get vicious, we need her alive," said the Joker as he walked to him from behind Barbara.
"The...Joker," stammered Barbara. "Bingo, lassy, give her a prize, Tally!" laughed the Joker.
She then was hit in the head by a crowbar, she then fell unconscious. The Tally Man was the one who hit Barbara on the head.
"So, what do we do now?" asked the Tally Man.
"We take her back to our place, of course, Tally, and we will have Gordon on his knees!" hissed the Joker, he then pulled back his head and laughed insanely.
Gordon, along with a few police officers, arrived a few hours after her daughter disappeared. He was followed into the building, with Renee.
They entered the principal's office, where they found a short, balding man wearing a black suit and large glasses, talking to a tall, large man with black hair and a five o'clock shadow wearing a tan coat, a tan hat, a white shirt with a black tie, black pants, and black shoes.
"Do you know where she is, are you sure she isn't playing hooky?" asked the man asking the principal.
"She wouldn't do that, Detective Bullock, I know her," said Gordon.
"We...did get this in the mail," said the principal as he got out a purple and green box with a crank on the side.
The detective, Harvey Bullock, was about to open it, but Gordon grabbed his hand. "It's the Joker, Harvey, we don't want to do something we might regret," said Gordon.
"What if it tells us where she is?" asked Renee.
"Get a few Hazmat suits, and then we open this thing," said Gordon.
"Alright, let's get everyone out of here, Harvey," said Renee. Harvey nodded and got outside with Renee.
A few minutes later, a few men in hazmat suits came in and started turning the crank. It was playing a pop-goes-the-weasel tune, finally, a clown doll came out, but nothing happened, it had a note on it.
Gordon, Renee, and Harvey came in and Gordon grabbed the note. He read it silently to himself.
Hello, Commissioner!
You probably have guessed I have your daughter, well, I DO! HAHA! Anyway, I want you to feel a years worth of pain you have given to my arse for these many years! Commissioner, I want you to come to me and allow yourself to die, for your daughter's life! Just follow the directions below and they will tell you where I am at, and if you bring any help, including Batsy, I will kill your daughter! !!!!!!! - The Joker
Gordon put down the note. Renee looked at the note. "It's a trap, I know it," said Renee. "I don't care, I have to get back my daughter," said Gordon.
"Maybe, I can help," said a voice behind them. They looked to see Batman.
"You! Hold it, your under arrest!" growled Harvey as he pulled out his gun.
"Calm down, Harvey, why did you come here, Batman?" asked Gordon.
"I have come here to help you find your daughter," said Batman.
"That's kind of you, but if you haven't read the note, he will kill her if anyone interferes," said Gordon.
"She will be killed anyway, you think the Joker will spare her when you are dead?" asked Batman.
"What do you suggest we do!?" yelled Gordon.
"I will be able to get in there without anybody noticing me, just trust me," said Batman. Gordon was silent.
"Very well," said Gordon.
"You don't think you can trust him, can you?" asked Renee.
"I have no choice, we have no choice, Batman, can you do it?" asked Gordon.
"I'll call you when I need you," said Batman.
"Just bring her back safely," said Gordon.
Barbara found herself in a room; she was on a bed connected to the floor. She then sat up. Then, the door opened.
The person who walked in was Killer Croc, pulling in a cart with a tray of a weird red meat. "Why did you bring me here?" asked Barbara
"We are going to kill your father," growled Killer Croc. He then walked out.
"What!?" yelled out Barbara, Croc then closed the door on her.
Batman jumped from building to building and finally got to his destination, an abandoned whoopee cushion factory. "Figures," Batman said to himself.
He then jumped down and landed near a back door, he pushed a button on his cowl and his lenses became a heat vision.
He looked to see a heat residue on the top floor, two male figures and a female figure were there. He looked to see another female figure down on level, sitting. He then turned off his heat vision and carefully opened the door.
The Joker was in the top floor, looking out the window. Behind him were the Tally Man, and a female wearing a red skirt, a black shirt with no sleaves that revealed her belly, a red jester's hat, short black hair, blue eyes, and white clown makeup with a red drawn-on smile. "Where is he? He should be here by now," hissed the Joker.
"Don't worry, Mr. J, he'll come, no man would dare leave their daughter in the hands of a cruel, yet suave killer," said the woman.
"You might be right, Harley Quinn, he might be runnin' late," said the Joker.
"He might be settin' us up," said the Tally Man.
"You might be right too, Tally," growled the Joker.
Harley Quinn then stood up and walked to the Joker. "Don't worry, Mr. J, we are plannin' on killin' her anyway, why the glum face, I always liked you with a face of insane happiness, like when we first met…"
The Joker then started to laugh. "Oh, you are right, sugar buns, I shouldn't be so glum, I'm the Joker, not the Frowner, what would I do without ya!?"
They then hugged, a few seconds later, the Joker pushed her to the floor. "Alright, enough, you are makin' me look like a panty-waist…"
"Oh, sorry Mr. J!" said Harley with a nervous laugh.
Batman made his way to the bottom level, he saw that to henchmen were guarding Barbara's cell, and he then pulled out a batarang and threw it at the guards.
It knocked them both out across the face, knocking them unconscious. He then rushed to the door with a great speed, hoping she was alive.
He then opened the door, revealing she was alright and safe. Barbara looked at him, seeing who it was, before realizing it was the Dark Knight. "Are you...Batman?" asked Barbara.
"Who else?" he asked.
Barbara got up and followed Batman out the room and up the stairs, they then got outside.
"Listen, take this," said Batman, handing her a small device with a button.
"What is it?" asked Barbara.
"It is a beacon, you press it when you are in a safe distance away, and the police will be here shortly," said Batman, she took the beacon, and Batman turned around, heading towards the door.
"Where are you going?" asked Barbara. "I'm going to end this," growled Batman, he then went inside.
When Batman got in, he was grabbed by Killer Croc and thrown across the hall.
Batman got up and threw a batarang at him, only to deflect it with his hand.
Croc then rushed at Batman, who then jumped over Killer Croc, he then hit his head, trying to ram Batman.
Killer Croc turned around, hardly dizzy.
He then swatted at Batman with his clawed hands, sending him at the wall. He then grabbed Batman by the collar, raising him to the ceiling. Killer Croc roared at him with a roar that could chill the bones.
Batman grabbed something from his belt; it was a black egg-shaped device. Batman crushed it in his hands and threw it at Killer Croc's face, which was a cloud of crushed glass.
Croc let go of Batman and tried to brush off the crushed glass.
Batman grabbed a crowbar and hit Killer Croc on the head with it. Killer Croc didn't go down; he just glared at Batman with red irritated eyes, and growled at him.
Batman hit Croc again with the crowbar, but it did nothing again.
He began to walk towards Batman.
He then grabbed another black egg, but he threw it at Killer Croc's face, releasing a gas. Killer Croc then started to get woozy.
He then fell on the ground, unconscious. Batman then walked past the defeated Killer Croc.
The Joker opened the door of Barbara's room, he entered with Harley and the Tally Man, and they found it to be empty. "Batman," growled the Joker.
"What do we do, Mr. J?" asked Harley
"You get to the sewers, me, Tally, Crocs, and the men will look for the bat," growled the Joker.
"Alright, let's go," growled the Tally Man, loading bullets into a strange looking gun with three bullet holes and a nozzle.
The Tally Man, followed by some thugs entered a large room with the front doors in the end of it. "Where are you, Bat? We're gonna find you, so don't think you can hide from us!" yelled the Tally Man.
Then a ball fell from out of nowhere and covered the whole room with smoke. "Don't let this confuse ya, boys, he is around here somewhere!!!" yelled the Tally Man.
And, like the Black Mask's men before, Batman took out the thugs, one by one. When he was about to take down the Tally Man, he turned around and shot a bullet, but he missed, and Batman punched him across the face, making the Tally Man fall down and lose his gun. He quickly got the gun, switched a four-way switch, and he pulled the trigger, making flames come out of the nozzle.
Batman jumped past the flames and got behind the Tally Man, he then put his arm around the Tally Man's throat. The Tally Man attempted to shoot Batman from behind him, but Batman grabbed the gun and threw it across the room. "Where is he!?" growled Batman.
The smoke cleared, then, balloons came out of nowhere, falling from the ceiling. The Tally Man broke free, got his gun, and ran out of the room.
Batman looked around as he saw the balloons fly around, he then saw the Joker, humming and twirling around with his arms extended, he then turned to look at Batman. "Batsy, so glad you came!" laughed the Joker.
"Joker, unpleasant to see YOU again," growled Batman.
"Anyway, you should get away from my balloons, they might...pop!" laughed the Joker as he made his way to a clearing.
Batman ran as the balloons exploded around him. He got to another clearing, and as soon as the balloons were gone, the Joker pulled out a gun.
Batman then moved out of the way, but was soon found with his face in front of the gun. The Joker shot it, and a pole with a flag on it that said, "BANG!" came out of it.
Batman didn't let down his guard.
"Oh, Batman, I know you know this old trick too many times, but I always like to repeat a joke so they can HEAR ME BETTER!!!" yelled the Joker, shooting the pole, which was a spear, at Batman, he missed.
The Joker kept on firing flag-spears at Batman, but missing as Batman got closer and farther. Batman attempted to punch the Joker, but he dodged it and punched him in the sides, making Batman lose his guard.
The Joker pulled out a knife and was about to stab Batman, but Batman punched the Joker from the bottom of his chin, which made the Joker fall on the ground.
The Joker then kicked Batman's legs, making him fall on the ground. The Joker was about to stomp on Batman, but he quickly rolled out of the way and threw a few batarangs at Joker.
The Joker deflected most of them with his knife as he got closer, but the last one knocked the knife out of his hand.
The Joker then pulled out a rubber chicken and swung it at Batman, but Batman jumped out of the way, with the Joker created a small crater from the whack.
Batman elbowed the Joker from the back sending him on the ground. The Joker then got on his back and kicked Batman in the chin.
The Joker leapt at Batman with an extra knife but was sent to the ground by Batman via punching him to the ground.
The Joker quickly got up and laughed. "Put her there, Batsy!" laughed the Joker as he grabbed Batman's hand, using a joy buzzer full of high-voltage electricity to shock Batman.
He then quickly hit the Joker across the face, letting him let go of Batman.
"Too old of a joke?" asked the Joker with a laugh as Batman was getting woozy from the electrical volt.
"AHAHAHAAAA! How about we end this, Batsy!?" laughed the Joker, he was about to shoot Batman with an extra gun, but the police sirens were hearable, "Damn, why do the pigs have to ruin a good moment?"
He then looked at Batman and laughed as Batman glared at him.
"I gots ta go, Batboy, but we will see each other again REAL soon!" said the Joker, who then ran out of there, laughing the whole way until his laughter was gone. Batman quickly left from the backdoor and got on the Batcycle, driving out of there.
Gordon waited outside as some of his men looked inside. Renee came out of the building with a look of disappointment. "Well?" asked Gordon.
"Well, no sign of Barbara, but we got a few Joker members and Killer Croc," said Renee.
Gordon sighed and put his hand on his head, he then heard something behind him.
"Daddy?" asked a voice behind Gordon.
He looked behind him and saw Barbara; she then ran to him and hugged him. "It's ok, Starshine, everything is all right," said Gordon, with a voice of relief.
Then, a black car came by, along with an ambulance.
Out of the car came a thin man with brown hair, a black business suit, a young figure, and oval glasses came out of the car.
Barbara let go of Gordon, he then walked towards the man. "Well, hello, Jonathan," said Gordon.
"I see you have caused quite a ruckus," said the man known as Dr. Jonathan Crane.
"It can't be as bad as your place, Arkham, Doctor," growled Gordon.
"Yes, well, have you captured the Joker?" asked Crane.
"No, but we HAVE captured Killer Croc," said Gordon.
"Well, as you know, he is still considered as a patient of Arkham Asylum until cured," said Crane.
"So, you are going to take him back, even though he will be set free as easily as the other times?" asked Renee.
"Detective, calm down," said Gordon.
"Yes, detective, calm down," said Crane in a mocking tone.
"Listen, just take him and leave, Crane," growled Gordon.
"Very well," said Crane as a bunch of men in white clothing went into the building with a stretcher. He then left and entered his car and drove away.
"What a creep," said Barbara.
"I know he is, and he is the head of Arkham Asylum, the biggest, and the worse, nuthouse in the world," said Gordon. Then, the two men were pulling the stretcher with Killer Croc in it into the ambulance, the crocodile man groaning as he was being driven to his new home…for a while.
Batman looked into his computer, looking at the files of the Joker. "Master Wayne, up late again?" asked Alfred.
"Yes, the Joker got away, and he attempted to kill Barbara Gordon," said Batman
"He's a menace, what can I say?" asked Alfred.
"Yes, but I need to find his main headquarters," said Batman.
"Couldn't find it at the factory?" asked Alfred.
"I'll be going there tomorrow, if I have time, I couldn't investigate because I was suffering from electrical damage and the police came," said Batman.
"And what about Jervis and the Scarecrow?" asked Alfred.
"I'm trying to find them, but I have no luck tracking them down," said Batman.
"Maybe if you-" said Alfred.
"No, I have told you before, I can't drag anymore people into this job, only I can fight the fight for Gotham's soul," said Batman.
Alfred sighed. "It will be a matter of time before you break, Master Wayne, you have to know your limits," said Alfred.
"It's out of the question," said Batman.
"Very well, if you insist," said Alfred as he walked out of the Batcave. Batman pondered of what his mighty adversary is planning as we speak...
PsykoReaper: If you have not noticed, I am trying to make my chapters shorter, hard process if you are me, but I try my best...