Chapter 11: Naughty list - Bat-warehouse - Gotham City Sewers/Beach

November 21st, 12:00 a.m

Batman was en route of the Bat-warehouse to meet Lucius, to see what Mister Fox had in store for him. In no time, Batman arrived at the Bat-warehouse, parking the Batwing on the roof. Jumping out onto the jet pad, Batman headed towards the stairs, which Lucius was already arriving from.

"Mister Wayne," Lucius greeted loudly out-stretching his arms.

"Lucius, keep your voice down. Your behavior has become out of control. Something makes me think you've lost the perseverance of protecting the city."

"Oh come on now, Batman. I just like giving you a hard time."

"Well, then. Get in line, Lucius: behind all of the crooks, rapists, and the killers."

"Okay, Batman... I-I understand."

"It's good to know you're back on the home team."

"Yeah, yeah, Batman. Just get inside, will ya?"

Batman and Lucius walked through the warehouse, with Mister Fox taking the lead.

"Okay, Batman. Keep your hands and feet inside of the cart at all times, and welcome to your new Bat-armory," Lucius said, while punching a button on a dangling remote, releasing a square-shaped platform, which was once the floor, descending them into the earth. Batman and Lucius arrived at the armory, which was a bright, white room with plain walls and various Bat-equipment, ranging from weapons, vehicles, to armor.

"I like the new renovations. "

"You haven't seen nothing yet," Lucius said, approaching the wall, pressing a small square button invisible to the eye. The button activated a hatch in the floor, slowly ascending a small shaft pulling a large metal sphere, locking at the floor's surface.

"What is this?" Batman questioned.

"Isn't it obvious, Batman? It's a nuke."

"A nuke?!" Batman shrieked, in thought of effortlessly wasted time, "Lucius, I'm trying to save the city, not turn it to dust."

"Oh, Batman... must I explain everything? Long story short: it's harmless. It's meant to neutralize the toxins released by Poison Ivy and Scarecrow. Now, all you need to do is release this bomb at the epicenter of theirs, to successfully neutralize all of the gas."

"The city can't wait. Let's hook this up, so I can get it released," Batman hurried.

"Right," Lucius replied.

12:45 a.m

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2:30 a.m.

"Sssssssss!" Croc's hiss echoed throughout the sewer, as he followed closely behind his two new accomplices.

"Well what do you know, looks like gator boy reacted to our compound," Ivy joked.

"Yes. It's all a bit technical, really, Croc; however, we have just the thing for you," Scarecrow offered, as he opened an old rusty sewer door, leading into their underground lab.

"Now come with me you big, drooling, hunk," Ivy teased, as she drug her finger down Croc's long, reptilian torso, and started down the laboratory catwalk with Scarecrow closely behind them.

"You know?!" Scarecrow announced from behind, "We aught to kill you now - now that you're where we want you..."

"But where would the fun be in that?" Ivy reassured Croc, as she and Scarecrow giggled manically. "Right through here," Ivy said as she opened a door for their guest herself.

"So what exactly am I looking at here?" Croc impatiently questioned, as he gazed upon a large incubation tank by itself in an empty room.

"Why, Croc, baby... that's your key... to salvation!" Scarecrow shouted, as he pressed a button on a small control panel mounted on the entries door way, causing the incubator to open its glass chamber. Simultaneously, corresponding with Scarecrow's action, Ivy jumped in the air as Croc turned towards them, planting both feet into his chest forcing him to stumble back toward the tank.

"Sssssss!" Croc hissed in anger as he fell into the incubator.

**BING** Scarecrow pressed another button causing the incubator to shut, and fill rapidly with hyper-compost goo.

"I SAID IF YOU TRIED ANYTHING I'D KILL YOU!" Croc screamed as the goo rose.

"This... for the sake of you two... Better kill me..." Croc calmly stated as the goo submerged him in his entirety.

"You wanna know somethin'?" Ivy asked as she witnessed Croc being engulfed in their sinister snare.

"What is it Ivy?" Scarecrow questioned in return, with pleasure in his tone.

"I hope it does." Ivy said with panic, due to Croc's sincerity and gaze of blood lust before his submersion.

-

**Vroooooooossshhhh** Batman sped to the epicenter of the pending cataclysmic gas bomb via Batwing.

"This must be it," Batman said, as he entered a large cylinder of clear air tunneling into the sky, as if it were an eye of a hurricane.

Vertically ascending, Batman shot skyward through the tunnel, exiting over the city wide mass of smoke.

"I hope you two are enjoying y'all's night on the beach, because it's the last time you'll ever see one. Batman expressed, as he slapped a key on his dash, releasing the bomb to free fall toward the city.

5:30 a.m

Batman began his approach on the beach while racing the fleeing smoke that's being neutralized at a city wide scale.

**Vvvccchhhh** The Batwing opened it's hatch firing batman from the cockpit. **Flooooooppp** Batman opened his cape before landing softly on the beach. Batman approached his adversaries last whereabouts.

"So, they got away, did they? I was almost certain that the last blast would have rendered them unconscious for quiet some time. Something doesn't quiet add up, I should investigate," Batman stated.

"This crater wasn't here before. What could this mean?" Batman questioned himself.

Batman activated his Batsuit's Detective Vision, **Blllluuuuuummmmm**

"Hmph. Looks like some sort of reptilian scale. Looks like we have a new guest on the naughty list..."