Chapter 11: Where To Look

Authors Note: Alright thank you again everyone I love all the reviews. Okay, I know some people want me to do Riddler. Truth is I am not smart seriously if it were a battle of wits between me and him I would be screwed. I will try my best to get his character right but all I can get is his cocky superiority. Okay let's get this started.

Disclaimer: I do not own Batman.

Sam, Blaze and Thomas were waiting in the halls of their school waiting for Sam's girlfriend Kris to show up. Sam and Blaze were currently pacing back and forth while Thomas was leaning against the lockers constantly tapping his foot on the ground.

"Where the hell is your girlfriend?" Thomas grunted.

"I don't know she might have slept in," Sam grumbled. "Why the hell do you care, in fact why the hell are you even here?"

"When Ally read the files about Dr. Gibson she mentioned a name 'Hoenhiem'." Thomas explained. "I don't know why but the research lab I came from I remember hearing the name Hoenhiem. He has a daughter who goes here I was wondering if she could introduce me to him."

"Why don't you introduce yourself to the girl and forget the father." Blaze snickered.

"Yeah, my girl doesn't have a father but if one thing I've learned from dating is never piss off the old man." Sam said.

"Doesn't she have a step father?" Thomas said as Sam went silent.

"Dammit." He whispered.

"Anyways, the girl won't help me find out who I am, but her father might." Thomas said.

"What the hell is your story anyways?" Sam asked.

"Not a long one from my point of view," Thomas snorted. "I awoke in a lab which was destroyed and surrounded by dead bodies. One of those bodies was a Dr. Gree Nexro. I saw him holding a file with what I assumed was my name Thomas Nexro. I ran out of the lab somehow ended up in Gotham, killed a bunch of criminals with my suit and I've been trying to figure out who I am ever since."

"How's that been going?" Sam asked.

"I meditate and so far all I've found out is small bits and pieces, but it's not enough. I need to know who I am." He said with anxiety in his voice.

"Relax man we'll help you." Blaze said as he patted his shoulder.

"Thanks." Thomas muttered.

After waiting for a few more minutes Kris appeared and the three warriors approached her. She looked at the three of them with a confused look as she asked.

"Um…Sam who are these guys?" Kris asked.

"Oh um, Kris these are my friends Blaze and Thomas. Guys this is my longtime friend Kris." Sam quickly introduced. "We're looking for your friend Sarina have you seen her?"

"No, have you heard her mother has been taken hostage by Joker." Kris gasped.

"I know we need to know if she told you anything." Sam asked.

"She didn't tell me anything I was hoping you knew something?" Kris asked.

"All we know is that she left the police precinct with an envelope." Sam said.

"You want to check her locker, lately she has been a little on edge even before this whole mess happened." Kris said as she led them to Sarina's locker. She unlocked the combination and opened it for the crew to investigate.

They went through anything they could find, note books, flash cards anything that looked like it could be written on. They didn't find anything except lab notes and rough drafts for English assignments, just the typical contents of a normal teenage girl.

"Dammit," Blaze grunted as he kicked the lockers. "What now?"

Sam and Thomas stood there pondering over what to do as they paced back and forth. Thomas looked at the locker again and started to wonder if there was something he was missing. A light bulb went off in his head as he reached into his coat and pulled out a pair of sunglasses. He put them on and activated the scanner on them as he examined the locker closely. He saw a hazel color pheromone as he held up his watch and analyzed it.

"What is it Tommy?" Sam asked as Thomas activated the holographic computer.

"Sarina's locker has a light pheromone in it," Thomas said. "I'm analyzing the chemical mixture to see if it matches any of the records in chemical weapons."

"Any luck?" Blaze asked.

"Yes, it matches the chemical compound matches the same fear chemicals Scarecrow uses." Thomas said.

"Crane." Blaze and Sam said in union.

Later that night Shadow went to Sarina's house to see if there was anything else they might of missed. He had checked the rest of the house only to come up empty with only her room left to check. He went in and examined her things slowly and carefully. Most of it was just typical teenage girl stuff but something caught his eye. A book that looked like a photo album out of curiosity he opened it and went through it.

He chuckled lightly at the newspaper articles of Batman and Robin taking down criminals. She was a big fan of Batman but raised an eyebrow as he stumbled across some familiar articles.

His articles.

He chuckled as he remembered when he first started out. He had been caught on camera a few times but that was when he was just a punk with a katana and a black ski mask. He laughed at memories as he stared over at her computer.

It was a laptop on a small desk in the corner but it was plugged in and still on. He walked over and turned it on when he saw a flash drive stuck in the port. He started things up when he felt a familiar presence lingering in the darkness. He let out a heavy sigh as he looked over his shoulder.

"You can come out I felt you come in five minutes ago." Shadow said as Batman came out.

"You know me well." Batman said. "What have you found?"

"Nothing, just crap about boys and bitches you know teenage crap." Shadow muttered. "So…yeah dead end you can go now."

"What did you really find?" Batman grumbled.

"I'm about to find out in a few seconds." Shadow said as he started clicking on the contents of the flash drive. After a few minutes a video came on and the two leaned in to see Joker and his crew surrounding Dr. Gibson who was tied to a chair.

"Helloooo…Sarina." Joker said in a sing song voice. "As you can see I am no longer admitted to Arkham. Having connections pays off." He chuckled as he grabbed Dr. Gibson and held her closer. "Now, as you can see you're dear mother is currently tied up, no pun intended…okay some pun intended. Anyways, if you want to save her come to the Gotham Funland amusement park. Tomorrow night at ten, take the flash drive and the gun with you from the envelope Harley gave you." He said as he put the flash drive from before and a small derringer with some bullets into the envelope. "And Sarina…don't be late."

The video ended as Shadow and Batman immediately left Sarina's home and to Batman's Bat Jet.

"You know she planned on you finding the drive right?" Shadow said.

"Yes, especially since she wrote 'B-Man' on it." He said.

"She's smarter than I thought. My guess your number one fan knew you would come looking here." Shadow said.

"I know I saw the photo album, she seems to taken a liking to you as well. Almost as if she sees you as my equal." Batman said.

"Yeah…anyways, what does Joker want from her?" Shadow asked changing the subject from that equal comment. "Adopted when she was a baby, grew up with a single mom, went to school, straight A's did ballet when she was a kid ditched that for martial arts when she turned thirteen. Been living a normal life ever since." He explained only just realizing he answered his own question. "The kind of normal life The Joker despises."

"Exactly, he gave her the gun so she would go to the amusement park and put her in a position to kill him." Batman said as he started to jog up to his jet. "We can't let her do it."

Batman got into his jet while Shadow got on his bike. The jets beneath his bike started up as he hovered a short distance above ground as the wings on his bike collapsed out of the sides. He looked over at Batman and grinned under his mask as he got higher and higher.

"Don't drag your ass old man!" Shadow laughed as he flew out into the night.

After five minutes the two made their way to the outskirts of the amusement park. They landed their vehicles five miles outside and proceeded on foot. When they got there the amusement park was completely ruined with broken floorboards sticking out of the ground, destroyed rides and trash littering all over the place. Shadow was about to slowly make his way in when Batman placed an arm in front of him blocking his path.

"What gives?" Shadow snapped.

"Stay here I'll handle this." Batman ordered.

"No." Shadow said plainly as he shoved Batman out of his way and started walking towards the park. Before he could get any closer two figures blocked his path. "Nightwing and Robin…?" He snorted sarcastically.

"Batman called ahead to let us know you were coming." Robin grunted. "We're not letting you get in the way."

"What he means is that we need to handle this calmly, without death threats and killing people." Nightwing said.

"Hmm, if only I had a team or elite warriors to help me." Shadow said in false horror.

Just then Nightwing and Robin were knocked down as Ronin turned off his cloaking device and stood over the two. Batman was about to make a move when Thanatos grabbed him from behind. He locked his arms around him locking him in a tight grip as the rest of the Shadow Warriors appeared.

"Oh wait I do have a team of elite warriors to help me." Shadow grinned.

They had tied Batman and his team up with one of Thanatos's special cables and left them in the forest.

"Listen, even though you guys had to make a big deal out of this I want you to know that this hurts you and doesn't hurt me at all." Shadow said as he and most of his team laughed.

"Shadow, if you go in there you'll only make the Joker mad." Batman warned. "He doesn't want you here."

"Don't worry I'll take care of Joker." Shadow said in a dark tone.

"No, I know what you're gonna do you're just gonna convince Sarina to kill Joker and make her one of your own." Batman yelled.

"No, no, no I want Joker for myself." Shadow them placed his right hand over his chest and his left hand in the air. "I swear I'll have the kid sent home. Scouts honor."

"Jayden…" Batman growled.

"Bye…" Shadow said in a sing song voice.

The team soon followed as they finally entered the amusement park. They slowly walked in as they each carefully observed their surroundings. They tried to think of a place that would be best suited for a hideout. Hitgirl aimed her guns around as she saw an old haunted house.

"What about there?" She asked as the rest of the team looked over. They all nodded in agreement as they walked over to the haunted house.

"What the hell is Joker trying to accomplish?" Gauntlet asked.

"Nothing, Joker is just tormenting a poor, innocent family." Reaper deadpanned.

"Yeah, but why just one girl?" Phoenix asked. "The fake crimes, the kidnappings and this game with Sarina what is the goal?"

"Perhaps it is just revenge against the good doctor." Red Crosshairs said.

"Possibly." Dusk said.

"Stay sharp people, we'll find Joker and ask him ourselves." Shadow said.

They walked into the haunted house and stayed alert. The place was full of busted displays as they were careful to not trip over anything. In the distance they heard Joker laughing as they were all on alert.

"Well, well, well…The Shadow Warriors." Joker mused over the intercom. "And here I was expecting Batman."

"Sorry, he's all tied up no pun intended…okay some pun intended." Shadow mocked. "Where's the girl and her mother?"

"Hmm, how do you know they are here?" Joker asked in his false curiosity. "The only way you could know is if you watched the flash drive. Though I could have sworn I gave specific orders to Sarina to take the flash drive with her."

'Crap,' Shadow thought. 'Okay calm down, he would know that Batman would have taken the flash drive. Hell he expected it. Okay, there's no telling that he has Sarina yet maybe I can play for time.'

"I followed Batman here he isn't as sneaky as he thinks he is." Shadow said. "Now, where is the girl?"

"Hmm, couldn't say but I do know she has been progressing very well." He said. "She's already knocked out several of my guards oh she's just so much fun!"

"Knock it off you freak!" Phoenix yelled.

"You cause too much pain and misery it's time to atone for your sins." Red said.

"Oh you have a Russian body guard I have two." Joker said. "But enough about me let's talk about you. You guys claim to be fearless assassins but who are you really afraid of?"

"We aren't afraid of anything!" Ronin shouted.

"Oh stop everyone's afraid of something. Even you." Joker said in a dark tone before cutting off the line.

The warriors slowly moved forward down the dirty horrific halls as they continued their search. They moved cautiously as they noticed Shadow started to cough, then Gauntlet and the Ronin.

"Hey, 'cough' you guys notice that no clown thugs have been attacking us?" Shadow said in a scratchy voice.

"Yeah, you think Joker has some kind of plan?" Ronin asked as he thought he saw something move. "Did you see that?"

"Shh!" Shadow shushed as he covered Ronin's mouth through his mask. "You'll wake them." He said as he looked up at the thousands of bats hanging upside down. Ronin looked up confused as he saw nothing but the ceiling.

"There's nothing up there." Ronin said but then changed his tune when he saw someone in a ninja suit dash past him. His blood boiled as he chased after him "GET BACK HERE MURDERER!"

He took off running as everyone else started freaking out and running away. The bats Shadow saw woke up as their eyes glowed blood red and started screeching as they started flapping their wings. They flew around Shadow as he fell to his knees and covered his head.

Ronin

He chased after the assassin through the haunted house but soon lost the ninja assassin as he saw the bodies of his family hanging from their necks in an eerie forest. They were all pale as he slowly moved past them. Their eyes followed him as he heard them whispered to him.

"Max you failed to save me." His girlfriend said.

"It wasn't my fault Abigail I tried my best to save you." He shuddered.

"I trained you and you repay me by letting me die." His grandfather said.

"No, sensei I did all I could please you have to understand I did my best." He whimpered as he fell to his knees.

"It's not my fault it's not my fault it's not my fault." He thought over and over again. "No, no my sensei, no my grandfather or my Abby would never have blamed me for what had happened. It was The Demon's head's fault for killing my grandfather and I will have my revenge."

He got to his feet and stared down the eerie trail walking down the road without fear.

Breeze

Breeze was running down the halls shaking the bugs from her hair as she felt them sink their teeth into her flesh. She screamed for Shadow to help her but no one came. She ran and ran until she tripped and fell through a door. She landed face first onto the ground as she heard something cackling.

She looked up to see that she wasn't in the ruins of the haunted house but in a study lounge. She laid before a fireplace dimly lighting the room making the room glow in an eerie glow. She saw a lone leather chair sitting in front of the fireplace with a glass of brandy in someone's hand which was resting on the arm rest.

"Um…hello?" She said as the person took a sip of brandy.

"An A-?" The voice asked. Breeze's eyes widened in horror as she recognized the tone of that voice.

"D-Dad?" She said her voice barely audible.

"An A-?" He said in a disappointed tone as he stood up and faced her. He wore a black suit and tie his hair was raven black and combed back. "I spend perfectly good money for you to go to the best school, a girl's school, to get you the best tutors and you repay me with an A-." He said bitterly.

He threw the report card he was looking at as it fell before Ally who was no longer Breeze but a little girl wearing a red sweater, a plaid skirt and black dress shoes. Her face was covered in freckles and her hair was tied in braids.

"B-But the teacher wrote that I was a great student," She shrieked. "They said I made a few misspells I got straight A's!"

"I DON'T CARE!" He yelled as he threw the glass of Brandy at her. "You get one minus and soon those straight A's turn to straight F's! You want that you want to spread your legs for pigs for the rest of your life like your mother!"

"B-But I-I," She was interrupted by a slap to the face as she was sent across the room.

"STOP STUTTERING!" He yelled. "If you don't get your act together you're gonna nothing but a cheap filthy slut who can't even afford rent!"

Ally tried to move or do something but she couldn't. Was he right was she just a failure who would grow up to be a slut.

"No." She whispered.

"What?" He snapped.

"I said no," She said with more confidence. "You're the failure not me!"

Just then her staff appeared in her hands and she charged at her father. She brought it down on him only for everything to shatter like glass. She appeared back in the haunted house as she was dressed in her normal clothes. She let out a whimper as she fell to her knees and cried.

Gauntlet

Gauntlet was currently running through the sewers as black hands kept snatching his friends by their legs and pulling them into the darkness. They kept grabbing at him as he fired his fire streams at them. They let out high pitched screams as they descended into the darkness.

"Sam." A voice said.

Sam looked around only to see his friends from his childhood being pulled away screaming at him to help. He pressed the palms of his hands against his ears as he shut his eyes and ran straight forward.

"Sam." The voice said again.

"V-Vulcan?" He said looking around as the hands started to appear around him.

"Sam, you are not well," Vulcan explained from the depths of his soul. "You have been infected and you are slowly killing yourself. If you keep firing and putting too much stress on yourself your heart will stop and you will die."

"What do I do?" Gauntlet pleaded.

"Just close your eyes and trust me." Vulcan said.

Sam slowly closed his eyes as the screams of his friends started to sound dimmer and dimmer.

"Open your eyes." Vulcan said.

Gauntlet slowly opened his eyes as he saw that he was back at the haunted house.

"How did you do that?" Gauntlet asked.

"I am apart of you I know what is real and what's not." Vulcan said. "You're friends are coming to help you soon." Just then Red and Thanatos appeared with Dusk, Phoenix and Hitgirl unconscious over Red's shoulders. "Hey what happened?"

"Crane flooded the halls with his fear toxin," Red explained. "Thanatos was immune to the toxin thanks to his air filtration helmet so he didn't breathe in poison. Boss told him to carry the antidote."

"Where's everyone else?" Gauntlet asked as Thanatos injected the cure in his arm.

"We just got a call from Breeze and Ronin they are fine," Thanatos said. "Reaper and Shadow are still a no go."

Reaper

Reaper was trying his best to block out the screams of his family as he pursued after Scarecrow.

"Crane, you can't run from me!" Reaper yelled. "My family is gone but they are resting easy in the next life."

"You are foolish," Scarecrow said in a demonic voice. "My toxin will twist your mind and rip your soul asunder!"

He moved through the crumbling halls as he heard Scarecrows laugh in the distance. Reaper then felt Scarecrow appear from the ground and stab him in his chest with his hand that was covered in syringes but thanks to Crane's toxin they looked like a demonic hand.

Reaper let out a grunt of pain as he grabbed Crane by the collar of his noose and landed a head butt to his face. Scarecrow staggered back in pain as he looked up at Reaper with his glowing orange eyes.

"You will pay for that!" Scarecrow roared as he started growing bigger and taller.

"Scythe Remodel!" Reaper yelled.

Just then then his scythe started to remodel forming it's self into and energy cannon. The shaft of the scythe shortened as the blade curled into the shaft and the blunt end opened. At the other end a small handle with a trigger popped out. He aimed the barrel of his weapon at Scarecrow and opened fired. Small energy blast hit Scarecrow in his face he let out screams of pain. Scarecrow's eyes glowed brighter and brighter before a blinding light shined bright and stunted Reaper's vision.

When the light cleared Scarecrow was lying on his back as Reaper turned his gun back into his Scythe. He grabbed one of his syringes and stabbed it into Scarecrow's neck listening to the man whimper in fear.

"A taste of your own medicine doctor?" Reaper asked rhetorically.

When Crane opened his eyes he froze in horror as he saw the Grim Reaper standing over him. His black cloak flowed in the wind as his bony hands gripped his black scythe and his black hood covered his skull. His eyes glowed red as he leaned into Cranes face.

"Crane," Reaper growled. "Where is the girl?"

Crane started at him in horror as his eyes never left him.

"D-Down below…there's a secret elevator." Crane said as he started digging in his pockets and pulled out a card. "This will get you in."

"Where's Shadow!" Reaper yelled.

"He fell down through a trap door." Crane said. "Joker had plans for him when he heard the name Jason Todd."

Reaper raised an eyebrow. 'Jason Todd why does that sound so familiar?' Reaper thought.

He raised his fist and knocked Crane out as he moved over to the elevator. He swiped the card down the scanner. The gate unlocked and he had full access to the elevator he then placed his hand over his earpiece as he radioed the rest of the gang.

"Red, I'm setting up my beacon come find me." Reaper said.

"Okay, we'll be there soon." Red said.

Shadow

Shadow was currently running down the halls chasing after a young boy dressed like Robin. He didn't know why but he just seemed so familiar.

"C'mon slowpoke." Robin teased.

"Jason, c'mon wait up!" Shadow said. "Wait, why are you dressed like Robin?"

"Because I am Robin dork." He said in a teasing voice.

"Jerk, when I get my hands on you." He started but was interrupted when he heard Jason scream.

Shadow started to panic as he started to hear the sounds of a beating.

"Wow, that looked like it really hurt," A voice teased. Jayden recognized that voice it was the voice of the Joker. Just then he heard several more hits. "That looked like it hurt even more."

"What hurts more A?"

'Whack'

"Or B?"

'Whack'

"Forehand?"

'Whack'

"Or back hand?"

'Whack'

Jayden ran faster and faster only to find a bloody crowbar on the ground. He saw a blood trail on the ground and followed it into a morgue. He looked into the room to see a coffin sitting in front of a tombstone.

R.I.P Jason Todd

Jayden let out a heavy sigh as he slowly opened the coffin once opened his eyes widened as he saw a bomb lying in the center. It went off and he woke up with someone standing over him. He looked around to see three Joker thugs lying unconscious. He felt someone rocking him slowly as his vision started to clear. His vision finally became clear as he recognized the person in front of him.

"Sarina?" He exclaimed.

"Hey." She smiled.

Okay, long chapter. Let's see where to start I tried to add in some of the characters back stories in this chapter. Like with Thanatos in the beginning and Ronin freaking out I just tried to show you their troubles. Okay, another chapter down I hope to see you next chapter.