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Anti-Venom was still talking with Gordon and Harley when Batman showed up, walking over to them, he eyed Harley and approached her first.
"Where's Joker, Quinn?" He asked Harley.
"How should I know, B-Man, he's moving around the island and he doesn't tell me where, but you already know what he's planning, I'm sure my new puddin has told you already." She said.
"She's telling you the truth, Batnut, and don't even think about giving me any of your self righteous crap." Anti-Venom told him.
Batman was about to say something when Gordon spoke to them, "Look you two, there's no time for argument right now, if Quinn really is telling the truth then you have to stop Joker before it's too late." Gordon said.
Anti-Venom and Batman looked at him, then back to each other, glaring.
"Fine, did you get the Explosive Gel from the Batmobile?" Batman asked Anti-Venom.
"Yeah, I got it." Anti-Venom said, giving the Explosive Gel to him, he then turned to Gordon and Harley, "Me and Batnut are going after Clown face, you two get to the docks, get on the speedboat and get off the island, we don't know what other tricks he has, but wherever they are, they can't be good. He told them, wanting the old man and his princess safe.
"But, puddin, what about you? I don't want you to get hurt or worse, especially after I've finally found my true love." Harley said, worried for her new boyfriend's safety.
The Symbiote unabsorbed his head again, he walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders, "Don't worry about me, princess, I'll be more than fine, and with Batnut helping me out, we'll stop Clown face," he leaned in closer to her so only she could hear him, "And once I get my hands on him, I will make sure he suffers for everything he's done to you and everyone else, and then, I will kill him." Vincent assured her.
Harley leaned in his ear so only he could hear her, "Make sure you kill him for me, puddin." She said.
"I will, and if Bat for brains gets in the way, I won't hesitate to hurt him." He promised, pulling her into a kiss.
When they separated Harley and Gordon started making their way to the docks, leaving Batman and Anti-Venom alone, the Symbiote having reabsorbed his head again.
"This time, we stay together." Batman told Anti-Venom.
"Fine, but if and when I see Clown again, I will kill him, and if you get in my way, I will not hesitate to hurt you, Bat for brains. Anti-Venom said.
"Then you had better hope you see him before I do, Anti-Venom." He told him.
They grappled and webbed up to the roof of the Medical center and found another entrance, a broken part of the roof, Batman used his Explosive Gel to clear the wall and they both got inside and went through the door that was in the room that led to the Maintenance access.
They then heard Joker's voice again, "I want all the doctors rounded up, search every inch of the medical building." Joker said, "I mean it, search every room, every office, and every trash can, if another doctor tries to run and gets out of the building, then you won't, I'll just fill the room with happy gas and leave you to die, hell, I may do that anyway, sounds fun." He said.
There were no doors for Anti-Venom to go through, so the Symbiote had to unabsorb his whole body becoming once again, he then followed Batman through the vent until the got to the Sanatorium.
"Why does he need the doctors, we've got to save them." Batman said, they got to an area that was large enough for the Symbiote to reabsorb Vincent, becoming Anti-Venom once more.
Switching to Detective mode, Batman saw 5 thugs with weapons in the room, with hostages, Batman swinged from gargoyle to gargoyle and set some Explosive Gel where he thought it would be needed, when the thugs walked to where the Explosive Gel was he detonated them, knocking out three of the thugs, Anti-Venom jumped to the ceiling and fired web lines from his left wrist yanking the remaining thugs weapons from their hands, he then fired web lines from each wrists and yanked them towards each other, knocking them out too.
They walked over to one of the doctors, "I don't know what happened, one minute we were making our evening rounds then the next, armed thugs burst into the room and took us hostage." She said.
"Did they have anyone with them?" Batman asked.
"They took someone into the elevator, I couldn't tell who it was." She answered.
"They obviously didn't want anyone to follow them, the elevator appears to be powered down, you're going to be okay here. Batman said.
"We'll be fine." She said.
"What about the others, we heard gunfire, they could be dead, we should go and help." The other doctor said.
"Oh no, I forgot, Dr Kellorman was in the Patient Observation Room, and Dr Chan went to Surgery." The female doctor told them.
"And Dr Young went to X ray." The male doctor said.
"Ok, stay here, we'll find the other doctors ." Batman said.
They went to the Upper Corridor and on the way they saw two thugs guarding the other door, Anti-Venom shot web lines from each wrists and yanked them towards each other knocking them both out, they then entered the patient observation room and saw two more thugs in the room looking into a window, behind it was Aaron Cash, Anti-Venom did the same thing with the thugs as the last two, when they were knocked out, Cash spoke to them.
"There was an alarm in Medical, I heard someone shouting and found the doc lying on the floor, when I went in to help him the room was flooded with gas, the doors locked down, we can't get out, I don't know how long we can last." Cash said.
Suddenly they heard Joker's voice again, "How brave, let's give Mr Cash a great big hand, he could really use one." He said.
"You'll be laughing through your butt when I get outta here." He told Joker.
"Chill out homes, I'm just messing with you." Joker said.
"Can't wait to return the favor." Cash told Joker.
"Leave it, Cash, can you control the ventilation system in there?" Batman asked him.
"Tried, it's a no go, he's disabled remote access." He told him.
"I'll find a way." Batman said.
"Stay here, Anti-Venom I'll handle this one." Batman told Anti-Venom.
"No, Batnut, I'm the only one who is immune to that toxin, I will handle this one, so you stay here, he said, pushing Batman out of the way.
Anti-Venom then entered the next room and Webbed up to the vent, the Symbiote unabsorbed his whole body, becoming Vincent again, crawling through the vent, he got out and the Symbiote reabsorbed his body, becoming Anti-Venom once more, he noticed a thug hanging onto something and found two of the ventilation system controls, he jumped down and activated them, sucking some the toxin out of the room, jumped back up and got an idea, creating a blade from his skin, he threw it at the line that the thug was holding onto, the thug fell and broke through the ceiling, the toxin killing him in minutes, Anti-Venom jumped down and activated the final control, sucking out the rest of the toxin.
Anti-Venom then headed back to Batman and they headed back to the Upper Corridor and found another entrance, they saw the last doctor and went to help him.
"Batman." The doctor said.
"Don't speak, you're safe now." Batman told him.
"But it's a trap." He said.
"I know, but not for us." Batman said.
Suddenly, the monitor turned on, revealing Joker, "It's true, you really are the world's greatest detective, how'd you do it, Bats? Joker asked, "Oh, what the heck, get down here boys, let's see if he can detect being punished in the face."
They looked up behind them and saw 5 of Joker's goons jump down to fight them, but Anti-Venom webbed them up.
"What are you waiting for, April fool's day, get down there now!" Joker said.
Then five more jumped down and went to fight them but Anti-Venom shot web lines from each wrists and yanked them all towards the wall, knocking them all out.
"Don't get to full of yourself, Ugly, I'm just softening you two up, think of this as a preview to the main event, you'll both see." Joker said, then the monitor went black.
Batman then freed the doctor, "I'm sorry, I tried to tell you, I couldn't speak." The doctor
said.
"Relax, you're safe now, we can more than handle these low life thugs." Anti-Venom said.
They started heading to the X-ray room when they heard Joker's voice again, " I'm not sure if I can keep it a secret any longer, I've got two old friends coming to the party, one is just terrified you two will leave without saying hello, the other, let's just say that he'll be surprised to see you as you'll be to see him." He said.
When they got to the door there were three thugs guarding the door, Anti-Venom shot three web lines, one from his left wrist and two from his right at the thugs, yanking them towards each other and knocking them out.
They entered the X-Ray room and Batman switched to Detective mode, and saw 5 of Joker's thugs, all armed, and the final doctor, Batman sprayed his Explosive Gel on the wall in front of them, then the wall on the left side, he then detonated it, blowing up the walls and knocking all 5 thugs out, they then approached the doctor.
"What's going on, they were talking like they were in control, it's it true that Joker escaped?" Dr Young asked.
"Unfortunately yes, but not for long." Batman said.
"I've been studying Joker's case for months when he broke out, the Warden was very specific he wanted Joker cured." She said.
"The only cure for that murderous bastard, is death, which I will give to him as soon as I get my hands on him." Anti-Venom said.
"Oh, I almost forgot, they said they were moving through the facility, hunting down the other doctors." She said.
"Not a problem, all staff are safe now, you'll be safer if you remain here." Batman told her.
They then returned to the other doctors, "Did you find them, are they okay?" The female doctor asked.
"Yes, they're safe now." Batman said.
Just then, Cash came in the room with Dr Young with him, "Batman, we've got another problem." He said.
"I need to get back to the Mansion, all my research notes are there, we can't risk Joker getting his hands on them." Dr Young said.
"It's not safe, Doctor, the island's a war zone, you won't stand a chance." Batman told her.
"It's my life's work, you don't have the authority to." She tried to say but Cash cut her off.
"I'll get her there, Batman, you ask me, I think it's time for a little payback." Cash said.
Suddenly the elevator alarm went off "Who called the elevator?" Batman asked.
"Wasn't us, it's coming from the lower floor." The other female doctor said.
"Cash, take Dr Young, get her notes and find some place to hold up, everyone else, go to the Observation Room, barricade yourselfs in." Batman told them, then they all went where he told them to go.
Batman then grappled up to a nearby gargoyle and Anti-Venom jumped to the ceiling as three thugs burst into the room, all armed, Anti-Venom shot web lines at the guns, yanking them out of their hands, he then shot web lines at them next, yanking them towards the wall and knocking them out.
They entered the elevator, when the doors shut the monitor in the elevator turned on, revealing Joker.
"Too easy, I've got the two of you trapped in a little metal box, hanging precariously over a deadly drop, what's say I just blow the emergency brakes and drop the two of you like a sack of puppies?" Joker asked, "Say goodnight, you two, boom, just kidding, got a few new surprises in store for you two, prepare to face your fears, all of them." Joker said as the monitor went black.
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