After one hour, Jane woke up feeling dazed. She looked around the Batcave and she caught sight of Tim Drake. She stepped off of the surgical bed and walked over to Tim "How long was I out for?" she asked.
Tim looked at Jane "About an hour".
Jane nodded "The antidote worked then? What happened when I was under the toxin?"
Barbra looked at Tim "You... you were talking to Jason."
Jane bit her lip and she ran her fingers through her hair.
"Then you started to scream Jason's name and you were shouting at the Joker" Tim explained.
The tears in Jane's eyes threatened to burst out of her pure blue eyes. But instead of showing her emotions she shook her head and she looked at Tim "Don't tell Bruce that I used the toxin on myself. He can't know about it".
"Agreed" Barbra nodded.
"Barbra, can you in handed the antidote so that it's more affective and that it works faster?" Jane asked.
"I'm on it" Barbra asked before she turned around and got to work on improving the antidote.
Jane then over to a computer and she started up a tracking program. Once se had found who she was looking for she stood up and she walked over to her motorbike. Once she had arrived to the location she walked over to the entrance, but then she heard a helicopter and she quickly drew her gun and pointed it at the landing helicopter.
Jim Gordon stepped out of the helicopter and he walked over to Jane "You okay, Hexgirl?"
Jane put her gun away "I will be once we've got the city back under control. What are you doing here?"
"My guys and I have been watching this place for a while, I thought that I should check the place out" Jim answered.
"I've been watching this place for some time too. There's something that you need to see" Jane said before she walked over to the door. "Permission to enter!"
"Access granted. Welcome, Hexgirl" the computer said and the gate lifted.
Jane opened the door and she walked into the building with Jim next to her. They found an elevator and they stepped into it, they descended down to what was the basement.
"What is this place?" Jim asked.
"After the Joker's death his infected blood was sent out around the city" Jane answered.
"And we tracked them all down. They were destroyed" Jim said.
Jane looked at Jim "We missed some".
Jim looked at Hexgirl "Jesus.".
Once they reached the basement, Jane and Jim stepped out of the elevator and they walked up to up where some containment cells were.
"Miss me, Batman? Oh it's you. I'll cut a smile on your face ear to ear if you keep us apart!" One of the people infected by Joker's blood shouted.
Jane looked at one of the people in the containment cells "Five people were affected by the infection. It's a form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, if no medical treatment's provided it changes the victim. They're becoming..."
"The Joker. My god" Jim said.
"Th disease is mutated beyond any medical records. I've been trying to find a cure since we contained all five of them. From what I have seen... there is none" Jane looked at Jim.
"What about the guy over there? He doesn't look like the others" Jim pointed at a cell across the room.
Jane and Jim walked over to the containment cell and they looked at the man sat inside of it.
"Henry Adam's. He's the longest that's been infected out of all of them. But he shows no symptoms of altering into the Joker. He appears to be immune to Joker's blood. Batman's got Robin running tests to determine why. But we know one thing... Henry's the key to all of this" Jane said as she watched the man in the containment cell.
Henry stood up "I've complied with everything. You said that this would only take a few days!" he shouted.
"You can't hold him here against his will." Jim stated.
Jane looked at Jim "We're close to finding a cure. We can't let him go until we've cured the others. They all altered at different times. Until we find out why Henry hasn't changed into the Joker, we can't determine whether or not he won't show symptoms at a later point in time."
"Wait a moment, you said that there's five of them. But I only saw four. One of them is missing" Jim said as he walked over to an empty cell.
Jane walked over and she stood next to Jim. She looked into the empty containment cell, and she saw that a single chair was in the middle of the vacant cell.
"He's never far away" Jane said as she stared into the cell.
"Hexgirl, do you read me?" a voice in Jane's ear piece asked.
"What is it, Batman?" Jane asked.
"I managed the reduce the blast radius, and the city's not been affected by the toxin. Crane got away, I was exposed to his toxin" Batman explained.
"Are you okay? Remember what happened at the asylum?" Jane became concerned for Bruce.
"I'm fine, I had a bad reaction but it's gone now" Batman answered but the line went silent.
"Batman? Batman!" Jane raised her voice and her concern for Bruce was evident in her voice.
"I'm here. Find Jim Gordon and meet me outside GCPD Prisoner Detention. I'm heading there now" Batman said.
"We're on our way" Jane said before she turned to Jim "Batman said to meet us at The GCPD Prisoner Detention. Let's go".
Jim and Jane walked out of the building and Jane locked the doors and she sealed up the gate. Jim climbed back into the police helicopter, whilst Jane got onto her motorbike and they travelled to Prisoner Detention. After a few minutes Batman arrived and he walked over to Jane.
"Hexgirl, be on your guard. Scarecrow's taken Barbra" Batman explained.
"What? Christ, we need to get her back. Jim's not gonna rest until she's safe" Jane stated.
"I know. But if Barbra could be taken that means that he could easily take you." Batman stated.
"I'll be careful. Don't worry about me" Jane said before she walked over to Jim.
"I'll gotta go. Batman's here" Jim said into the police car's radio. He then put it back into the car before he turned to Hexgirl and Batman "What's wrong?"
"Jim..." Batman started.
Jane dreaded the words that no doubt were about to come out of Batman's mouth. One of her dearest friends had been taken and she feared that like Jason they would lose Barbra too.
"C'mon just tell me. What could be worse than what's already happening?" Jim tried to be sarcastic.
"I'm sorry, Jim. Barbra's been taken." Batman said.
Jim's eyes became full of emotions at the words that he had just heard. "No that can't be true. She told me that she got out hours ago" he tried to convince himself that the truth was a lie.
"We'll get her back, Jim" Jane reassured.
"Which one? Who's got my little girl?" Jim demanded.
"Scarecrow. They took her from the Clocktower " Batman answered.
"We've gotta go. There could be a clue that leads us to her!" Jim insisted.
"I'll follow you both. Stay in contact" Jane said before she ran over to her motorbike, she climbed on and she put her helmet on as Batman got into the Batmobile. Jim sped off to the Clocktower with Batman driving behind him, Jane caught up to Jim and she used the earpiece to speak to him.
"Jim, I need you to slow down. Let Batman and I deal with any trouble" Jane said, her eyes fixed in the road as she sped through the city.
"How could I let this happen?" Jim said.
"You couldn't have predicted this, Jim" Jane stated.
"It's my job to predict this stuff as a cop and as a father. All of this has gone down on my watch!" Jim shouted.
"We'll get her back, Jim" Jane reassured.
Not long after they had been speeding to the Clocktower, two cars began chase and the goons driving them started to shoot at the police car that Jim was in.
"Batman, I can hear the Arkham Knight over my earpiece. He's giving orders to get Jim. I can't hold them off on my own!" Jane yelled.
"Stay with Jim. I'll handle this" Batman answered before he rammed into on of the cars that were chasing Jim.
"Jim, I need you to stay with me! Don't speed up!" Jane said with great urgency.
"Alright. Just watch your back!" Jim yelled.
"Will do" Jane said as she continued to drive next to the police car.
Batman rammed into the last remaining chaser car, and then he continued to follow after Jim and Jane.
"That's both of them." Jane said as she drove.
"We're clear" Jim stated.
"It's too dangerous, Jim. Get into the Batmobile and I'll take you to the Clocktower . Hexgirl, go on ahead and deal with any trouble" Batman ordered.
"On it" Jane said before she increased her speed and she sped on ahead to the Clocktower .
"Miss Gonzales, we have complained the analysis of the Arkham Knight's forces. I've set the Batcomputer and the Hexcomputer to analyse militia presence across the three islands. I have also provided you with a real-time representation of the occupation of each zone." Alfred said through Jane's ear piece.
"Thanks, Alfred" Jane said as she drove.
"Miagani island is heavily occupied and a ground force is controlling the roads. Founders' island is the strong point, it is being protected by long range radars and missile launchers. I'd recommend staying clear of there for the time being. The remaining drone forces on Bleake island have been redeployed in order to protect the Clocktower. So expect significant resistance." Alfred informed.
"Thanks, Alfred. I'm heading to the Clocktower now, get Tim to finish working on the antidote and I'll be back at the Batcave when it's done" Jane explained.
"Alright, Miss Gonzales. Please be careful" Alfred pleaded.
"I'm always careful, Alfred" Jane reassured and Alfred ended the call. "Batman, the analysis of the forces patrolling the three islands are being displayed on the Batmobile's computer. The Clocktower's heavily guarded so stay alert".
"Thanks, Hexgirl." Batman said.
They made it to the Clocktower and Jane went through the entrance on the roof, whilst Batman went through a separate secret entrance with Jim. Jane walked around the room, until she found Barbra's wheelchair toppled over on the floor. Jane bent down and she lifted it upright just as Jim and Batman walked in.
"Oh god. No" Jim said when he saw that only his daughter's wheelchair was there. He walked over and he heard a cracking, he lifted his foot and he saw the picture of himself and Barbra on the floor. He bent down and he picked up the framed picture.
"This isn't your fault, Jim" Jane said softly.
"Crane's done this to get to me, of course it's my fault. I should've been here" Jim said as he stared at the picture of his daughter.
"There's something that I need to tell you, Jim" Batman then walked over to a wall and his eye was scanned to confirm his identity.
"Identity confirmed" A computer said.
The windows closed and the room went completely pitch black, before some holograms appeared around the room. Jim looked at what the computer was showing and a realisation hit him.
"She works for you?" Jim asked but it was more of a statement.
"I will find her, Jim" Batman stated.
Jim punched Batman in the face "She's my daughter! She's all I've got!"
Jane stood up and she walked over to Jim "We'll find her, Jim".
"I never should've trusted you!" Jim shouted at Batman. "I'll find her on my own and I'll get her back on my own! The last time a girl was taken by Scarecrow she died and her body was never found! Her name was Jane Gonzales and Barbra lectured me for weeks, because I didn't find that kid!"
Jane looked at Batman and he saw the sadness in her eyes. "We won't let what happened to that girl happen to Barbra".
Jim walked over to the elevator "I swear to god! If she dies then I'll finish you!" he pointed at Batman. The lift descended and Jim sped away to find Barbra.
"We need to find Barbra. They disabled the security cameras, I can hack into the CCTV footage and I can monitor all of the access points to the Clocktower" Jane said as he started to type into the computer.
"Why did you disappear after you got away from Scarecrow?" Batman asked.
"I was a child. But I was smart enough to know that Scarecrow wanted me for a reason. I had to disappear to protect myself" Jane answered. She looked at the different cameras and she rewinded them back until she saw a man carrying Barbra out of the Clocktower "I've got her". She then analysed the vehicle that they took Barbra away in "The tyres on the vehicle are AmerTek D60s, I can program the Hexmotorbike to track the vehicle's unique tred pattern. It'll lead us right to her".
"Grab on" Batman said as he got his grabberhook out.
Jane walked over to Batman and she held onto him, he pointed the grabberhook up and soon enough they were on the roof of the Clocktower. Jane looked over the edge of the roof and she saw a gang of militias.
"The Clocktower's surrounded by The Arkham Knight's forces. You track the vehicle that Barbra was taken in, I can handle this" Jane said as before she started to climb down the side of the Clocktower. She jumped from ledge to ledge and she made quick work of the unsuspecting goons.
"Get her!" One of the militias shouted as he ran at Jane.
Jane quickly turned around and she blocked the opponent's attack, she then strike at the groin and when he went to counter strike she circled and strike at the militia's ear. She then made a hook kick a the militia fell to the floor unconscious. She spun around just as two more militias ran at her, she did a double front snap kick before she grabbed the man's neck and she flipped him onto his back. Instantly knocking him out cold. The second militia striked at Jane face, so to deflect the attack she used her arm to block before she wrapped her arm around his, this prevented him from using his arm to strike. She punched his shoulder, before she did a circle and striked at the back of his neck.
"Take her down! The Arkham Knight wants her finished!" A militia shouted.
Jane acted fast and she did a roundhouse kick at one of the goons. She aimed for his knee and once he was hunched over she striked at his neck, this blocked his airways and he passed out.
The last of the militias ran at Jane with a knife and he tried to slash at her abdomen, she dodged the attacked and she made a hook kick at the back of his right knee. As he went down she got his wrist in a lock and she twisted it, he dropped the knife and then she brought her elbow in his shoulder before she striked at his neck.
Jane straightened up and she turned on her ear piece "GCPD to the Clocktower. I've got eight of the Arkham Knight's forces here, they are unconscious so they'll give you no trouble when you take them back to GCPD Prisoner Detention." She said before she started to walk over to her motorbike "Alfred, I need the Arkham Knight's name, any details about his of his identity and criminal background".
"I'll get right to it, miss Gonzales. Any suggestions on where we should start?" Alfred asked.
Jane sat on her motorbike "He's chosen that name for a reason. Try Arkham City, go through the files of every inmate who's been released after the death of Hugo Strange."
"Miss..." Alfred started.
"They knew about Barbra, activate the Batcave's security and stay on your guard" Jane instructed.
"Alright, Miss Gonzales. Stay safe out there" Alfred then ended the call.
Jane put her helmet on and she started to speed through the city, suddenly a militia aircraft swooped down and dropped a device onto the road. Jane breaker hard and she put her foot down to stop the Hexmotorbike from falling over.
"Alfred, the militia have just dropped a device from one of their planes. It's burrowed into the ground" Jane said as she took her helmet off.
"Yes I can see. It appears that similar devices are be placed around the city" Alfred informed.
"I'm gonna check it out, get Tim to contact me if he finds out why Henry Adam's not altered into the Joker" Jane then ended the call before she got off of her motorbike, she walked over to the device and she knelt down to see what it was. She heard that it was beeping and she pressed on her ear piece "It's a bomb, Alfred. A heavily armoured one from what I can tell".
"In that case. Miss, I recommend not standing so close to it" Alfred said.
"I'm gonna link it up to the Hexcomputer, I can then use ever virus we've got to hack into it. Once i hacked into it I can expose the core and I can defuse it" Jane then pulled out her hand computer and she started to hack into the bomb's computer.
"Very good, Miss. But you should know that the militia has deployed a platoon of its unmanned tanks to stop you" Alfred informed.
"They won't" Jane ran to her motorbike, just as three militia tanks sped down the street and started to fire at her. By driving round and round all of them two of them were blown up by one of them, she threw a device onto the tank and it shut down it's engine. This gave her enough time to open the tank and to knock out it's driver.
Jane managed to upload the viruses to the bomb and she ran back over to her motorbike. She put her helmet off and she started to speed through the city. She then aimed a laser at the bomb and she knew that the explosion would have been reduced. The bomb went off after a few seconds and it only made a small noise.
"You think that's it, Hexgirl? I've got drones all over this city. Dismantle one and I'll plant another one to go off. I've wait for years and nobody's gonna stand in my way. They'll get charred if they try" The Arkham Knight said as his blame flew over.
Jane looked up and she watched the plane fly over her. 'We'll get you'. She then drove over to the bridge "Alfred, the Arkham Knight's trail leads over to Miagani island. Can you lower the Mercy bridge?"
"I can't, miss. We've been locked out" Alfred answered.
"Th militia must have hardwired the transport and control system. Try and find me another access point" Jane looked around.
"It seems to have all been rerouted to Great Avenue Station." Alfred said.
"Then that's where I'm going. I'll proceed on foot and I'll contact you when you're able to lower the bridge" Jane got off of her motorbike and she attached a harness to her belt, she then aimed her grabberhook up and she fired it. Once she was on top of the bridge she took off her harness and she started to jump from beam to beam. When she reached the last pole she hurried to climb down, and she started to run Through the streets. She reached the top of a building and she jumped from roof to roof as she ran .