Batman and Robin were atop a train that was going through the woods of Musutafu, not far from the water facility where the dynamic duo was headed to in order to stop Scarecrow once and for all.
"So what is the plan?" The boy wonder asked as he felt the strong wind hitting his face because of the speed of the train, but he did not mind it. In fact, he liked the feeling of wind in his face.
"We stop Scarecrow's plan of poisoning the city, then we need to get our hands on the device which can transport him back to Gotham." Batman stated as they were getting near the point where the two would jump off the train.
The boy wonder just nodded at the response. "He could not have done this alone, this kind of operation would require a lot of manpower, meaning there will be a lot of armed henchmen in the area." Damian said.
Batman was already aware of this, and because of the layout, they could easily take down all the armed thugs one by one in the shadows, then get to Scarecrow.
After a few minutes, the dynamic duo jumped off of the train to the side, managing to get ahold of some thick branches to stand on. "The facility should not be far from here, we need to hurry." Batman stated as he started using his grappling hook to move from tree to tree at a fast pace, with Robin following behind.
It did not take long for the dynamic duo to arrive at the water facility. The two were standing atop a cliff, watching the facility from below. They noticed the obvious dead guards on the ground, as well as sniper lasters scouting the area.
"They have already broken into the facility. In order to advance we need to take out the snipers, fortunately, their positions are not hard to spot." Batman said as he turned on his detective vision, managing to clearly see the snipers in some bushes, atop trees or nearby hills.
The dynamic duo quickly split up to take down the snipers so they could enter the water facility. Robin chose a sniper atop a cliff, while Batman had his eyes on one atop a tree.
Batman was underneath the tree where the henchman was, he fired his batclaw towards the branch the henchman was standing on. "Huh?" he henchman said as he looked down between his feet, noticing some weird hook on the part of the branch underneath his legs.
Before he could react, Batman quickly used the grapnel boost to forward himself atop with incredible speed. He took ahold on the back neck of the henchmen, as the two were then falling down the opposite end.
Batman smashed the face of the henchman hard against the ground as they came close, knocking him out instantly. The Dark Knight let go of his neck, as he then stood up straight. He looked around to see that there were a few more snipers left, but they should be done with them relatively soon.
Around the same time, Robin was approaching a sniper atop a hill from behind. When he got close enough, he put his hand around the throat of the henchman, before delivering a hard blow to the back of the head using his elbow.
As the henchman fell to the ground, Robin noticed that the henchman started...Melting? The henchman melted into some grey substance right in front of his eyes, which really confused the boy wonder.
"Something strange just happened, as I took out one of the snipers, he melted into some grey substance." The boy wonder said through the intercom, holding a finger against his ear.
"Melted?" Batman replied as he looked back at the thug he took out, but he did not melt at all. "Nothing is changing about the one I took out, something strange is going on." Batman replied as he turned off his intercom. The one he took out was most definitely human, could it be that Scarecrow is getting assistance from someone with a quirk?
The dynamic duo then proceeded to knock out the rest of the snipers around the facility. There were not many of them left, and they were all in vulnerable locations, so it was not hard.
Meanwhile, inside of the facility, Scarecrow was in the control room, observing everything that was going on through the security cameras. He observed as the henchmen already started pouring in the toxin into the water tanks, but the toxin infested water still had to go through a process before it would be let into the main pipe to the city.
Scarecrow turned on the comm system in his ear "Status Report, Sniper Squad." The villain said, but there was no answer on the other side. Scarecrow just chuckled, turning off the comm system. "They are here." The villain stated with a smirk.
Scarecrow turned on the comm system once more, but this time to send a message to every one of his men and accomplices. "It would seem like some two heroes uncovered our plan. Take the hostages and lock them up, if any of you see something suspicious going on, kill them." Scarecrow said.
"Wait what?! But we shut down their communication systems, how the pros uncover us?!" Twice said in a bit of a shocked tone. Their plant went smoothly, and there was no way a guard sounded the alarm and contacted the pros.
Himiko Toga just chuckled as the female was standing next to the male. "Don't be such a scaredy-cat, Twice. There are only two of them, meaning they will be no match for us." Toga said pulling out her knife "I always wanted to finally cut open some pros!" The female said with a smirk.
Now that all of the snipers were put down, it was time to finally enter the facility. But the two could not go through the main entrance, they had to sneak in.
Batman fired his batclaw at a vent cover to the side of the facility, pulling it down with one swift pull. The two of them entered the ventilation system and started traveling through it to gain a foothold inside.
As they were traveling through the vent system, they looked to the side, peeking through the small openings on the vents to the boiler room. Batman observed as the henchmen were pouring in the fear toxin, he also noticed several empty barrels to their side, meaning they started way before they got here.
"Dammit..." Batman thought to himself. The toxin infested water was already in the process of configuration before it would be released through the main pipe into the city. There was no time left to stop it, but Batman already had an idea of what they could do.
They eventually reached the end, as Batman silently ripped off the vent cover from the inside, as the two dropped down in a small room. There were two armed henchmen in the room, looking out a window, not noticing who just entered.
Batman swiftly took ahold of both of their heads, smashing them into each other, knocking the two henchmen out. "So what now? We are too late, the toxin infested water is already in the containers." The boy wonder said as the two were knocked out.
"There is one more way we can prevent it from reaching the city." Batman said as he pulled out the communication device from his utility bell, already knowing who to call.
Tsukauchi had been working the night shift at the police department, preparing certain villains to be transferred to Tartarus tomorrow. But some form of beeping caught his attention.
He looked over towards one of his locked wardrobes, and he remembered what he had put in there. He got up from his chair, taking out the keys and opening up the drawer, only to be met with the communication system Batman gave him some time ago, beeping.
At first, he did not know what to do. They had told each other not to communicate anymore since the President ordered him to keep a low profile. But whatever Batman needed, it seemed to be extremely important.
He took the device in his hands and answered the call, pressing it against his ear "What do you want, Batman?" The detective asked.
"I found Scarecrow, and uncovered his plan. He is at the main water facility in the area, dumping his toxin in the water supply for it to spread to every living apartment and house." Batman responded
"What?!" Tsukauchi said in a shocked tone. This was huge, if Scarecrow succeeded then chaos would dominate every street. "I will contact some hero agencies and get my men over there right now!" Tsukauchi said.
"Listen to me closely. The toxin is already in the water, and it won't be long until it reaches the main export pipe. What I need you to do is assemble some heroes and disconnect the main pipe by any means, so it would not reach the city." Batman explained to him.
Tsukauchi listened closely. Batman was right, this was the only option left if they already started pouring it in. "What about you? You can't take them on all by yourself. The detective stated.
"Don't worry about me, I will get Scarecrow. And I will make sure he will be brought to justice." Batman said before hanging up. He had faith that the detective will get there in time and disconnect the pipes before it was too late.
But now they had to take care of the hostages before they could get to Scarecrow, as well as securing the are from any henchmen. But then they heard a voice coming from a walkie talkie from one of the two henchmen they knocked out when entering the room.
Batman took the walkie talkie into his hands and started listening. "The toxin has now been poured into the water supply, it will not take long before it will enter the main pipe and start traveling towards the city, you all have done an excellent job, but we still have some intruders. Be on your guard and kill the heroes!" Scarecrow said.
Batman quickly took out a chip from the walkie talkie, inserting it into his sequencer. He located the right frequency, hacking into it. Now he was able to listen to their conversations. "The hostages have been locked up at the west wing, sir." One of the henchmen stated.
"Good, and keep an eye out for them, the heroes will most definitely try and free them." Scarecrow replied to the henchman, disconnecting from the comm system.
"Robin, we need to get to the west wing." Batman said to the boy wonder, who was keeping an eye out for any henchmen outside of the room, but it seemed clear. It seems like the majority of the henchmen were looking out for the hostages.
The dynamic duo exited the room and grappled themselves above to the steel structures on the roof. They started making their way towards the west wing easily because there were no walls that went up to the ceilings to block their way.
Eventually, they arrived at the west wing of the facility and below spotted a good number of henchmen who were protecting the doors to a room, most likely where the hostages were kept at.
Batman turned on his detective vision, counting them all up. "Twelve armed men. We need to be strategic about this one" Batman said quietly to Robin beside him, as the two observed the henchmen below them.
Robin looked up at some of the light that was still remaining after the generator was shut down, and he got an idea. "We need to make it pitch black so they will not be able to see us, and then we move in and take them all out before they can even comprehend what hit them." The boy wonder suggested.
Batman looked up at the lights and thought it was a good idea. They cannot shoot what they cannot see, but they still had to be extremely careful. "When the lights go out, drop a smoke pellet down there, then we will move in. Batman said.
Damian nodded and pulled out a smoke pellet from his utility belt, looking down at the henchmen who seemed pretty relaxed, sadly they will not be able to see what will come for them now.
Batman pulled out three batarangs from his utility belt, and with one swift move, all three batarangs hit the three different lightbulbs, as the area became pitch black.
The two activated their detective visions. And before the henchmen could even react, Robin dropped a smoke pellet down towards them, as the smoke started spreading in impressive speed.
The dynamic duo quickly dropped down onto some of the thugs, knocking them out in the process. Batman and Robin quickly started moving onto the other thugs while they had the advantage in the darkness.
The henchmen started firing their rifles all around them, the flashes of the bullets not being enough for them to comprehend what was happening, and who exactly was attacking.
Batman and Robin were too swift with their movements, each strike dealing critical damage at incredible speed, and it was not long before all the henchmen were defeated, their bodies laying down on the floor.
The bodies then started melting into the grey substance, just like how Robin explained. Batman got on one knee down, touching the mysterious substance wit his index finger. It did not look nor feel like any substance he had seen before, but this was not important currently.
"We have no time to lose." Batman said as he walked up towards the doors of the room where the hostages were being kept at. He tried opening it but it was locked. But this was obviously not going to stop Batman, as he quickly kicked the doors open with all his might.
"Please, do not hurt us!" One of the workers said, looking at this mysterious figure who forcefully opened the doors.
"You are safe now, you have nothing to fear." Batman said as he entered the room, now being fully visible under the light of the room.
All of the workers looked at this mysterious individual. Some were happy that they were safe, while others were wondering who this hero in black armor was, they had never seen them before.
"Does anyone here know where Scarecrow is?" Batman asked. He had a feeling that at least one of these workers knows where the villain was hiding at in this facility.
"I-I do! I can lead you to the room where he is hiding in." One of the workers volunteered.
Batman just gave the worker a slight nod and looked at the other ones. "Stay here, the police should be on their way." Batman said, as the worker who volunteered stepped forwards.
The dynamic duo was following the worker from behind, as he led them through some fo the halls of the facility. But Robin, did not have a good feeling about this, that this worker knows exactly where he was and just volunteered like that? "I have a bad feeling about this." Robin said quietly to Batman next to him.
Batman also was not entirely comfortable with how this worker so eagerly wanted to lead them to where Scarecrow was, something was not right here. "Stay on your guard, just in case." The dark knight responded.
Eventually, the three of them were standing in front of a door at the end of one of the hallways. "He is in here, or at least from what I hard from the guards." The worker said.
Batman stepped forward towards the door, opening it with one hand. As he looked inside from the doorway, Scarecrow was nowhere to be seen. In fact, this was the Janitor's closet.
As the Batman opened up the door, the worker suddenly pulled out a knife, lifting it up, and was about to stab Robin, but the boy wonder was quick to react as he saw that this was just a closet, catching the hand of the worker in his arms.
But the worker lifted both of his legs, pressing them against his chest, and launching himself back, breaking free from his grasp and landing a few feet away from them. "I had a feeling that it was not going to go this easy..." The worker said, as his face started melting and revealing the face of a female. It was Himiko Toga.
Batman quickly turned around and got into his usual fighting pose alongside Robin. "Where is Scarecrow? It would end better for you if you talked." Batman said in an aggressive tone.
"Oh, wouldn't you like to know! Say, I never saw you before. Are you one of those so-called vigilantes? Either way, it was the biggest mistake of your lives coming in here." Toga said, waving her knife around.
"It is two against one, you would not stand a chance against us!" Robin said, prepared for any sudden attacks this female could make.
"Who said I was alone?" Toga said with a chuckle, as another person in a black and grey suit appeared from around the corner, standing next to Toga as he extended some measuring tape from his hand.
Twice then turned his head to Toga next to him "I thought your surprise attack would have worked!" Twice said in a bit of an annoyed tone.
"They have fast reflexes, something I did not quite expect. Enough talking. I will take the kid and you will take the one dressed as a Bat." Toga said, pointing her knife at Robin with a smirk.
"Fine with me..." Twice said in a calm tone as the two villains started charging at the dynamic duo to attack.
Meanwhile
Tsukauchi had assembled his men and called up a few hero agencies for the urgent operation. He did not explain to them how he got the information, he would explain that later.
He had called up Power Loader who would dig out the pipe from the ground, and disconnect it so it would not reach the city.
Tsukauchi arrived first at the location. It was just outside the city in the woods, and right under him was the water supply pipe.
Power Loader arrived shortly after in his mechanical suit. "Where do I need to dig?" He asked, looking up at the detective. It was a good thing his home was not far from here the location.
"Right under here, and as soon as you see the pipe, disconnect it. But hurry up!" Tsukauchi said in a determined tone. He was unsure how much time they still had left before the water would cross this point. Once it crossed, it would be game over.
Power Loader just gave him a slight nod before he started digging into the ground as fast as he could. He was also aware of the limited time they had, the entire region was now depending on him to save them from the fear toxin.
Eventually, the hero felt metal below as he stopped digging, he had finally reached the pipe. The hero started removing the dirt around it since the area had to be clean in order for the pipe to be disconnected.
The pipe was around the same height as him, and even thicker. But he had a feeling that he could handle it with his power suit.
The hero took ahold of the pipe as he started pulling it towards himself with all his force. The hero groaned loudly as he was pulling the pipe with all his force.
Eventually, the screw started coming off with every passing second, and the pipe was pulled upwards, completely disconnecting itself from the other half which was going towards the city.
Water was coming out of the pipe like wildfire, but Power Loader managed to aim it upwards, so it was hitting the dirt above.
Tsukauchi let out a sigh of relief as he saw the pipe getting disconnected. The city was safe. And now they had the location of Scarecrow, and his men and some of the other pros were prepared to head towards the water facility, and put an end to this.
"Thank you for your service, without you the area would have been doomed." Tsukauchi said as he observed the water still gushing out of the pipe. "Looks like Musutafu will not have water for a few days." He commented.
"Don't mention it, now, go and teach that villain a lesson. He must pay for all the crimes he had committed!" Power Loader stated.
Tsukauchi nodded and started running off to his police car to assemble his men and the heroes to head towards the facility. And he sincerely hoped that Batman was fine.
As the two went their own ways, the water gushing out of the pipe suddenly had an orange color, but the two did not notice it. Little did they know, that they had just barely disconnected the pipe before the toxin infested water managed to enter the other side.
Back at the Facility
Toga and Twice rushed at the two heroes, as Toga was heading towards Robin and Twice towards Batman, with his measuring tape out, ready to slash at the Dark Knight.
Toga attempted to slash the boy wonder numerous times with his knife, even using some quick pacing tricks she had learned by herself. But he kept dodging so smoothly, evading every attack, and the female started to get annoyed.
"If all you can do is swing that thing around, then do not think about getting the upper hand! I have sparred with deadlier weapons than that!" Robin said as he took ahold of Toga's Hand as she attempted to slash him one more time, then taking ahold of her arm with his other hand, slinging Toga across his shoulder and slamming the female onto the ground.
Twice continued using his acrobatic fighting style against Batman, and using his strong measuring tape to try and cut him.
Batman kept dodging a few of his attacks but got slashed by the measuring tapes in some places of his ballistic armor, which left a few scratches.
As the villain kept attempting to slash him, Batman suddenly caught the tape in his hand, as the Dark Knight tugged on it with full force, as Twice started flying towards the Dark Knight.
When he got close enough, Batman would use the blades on his gauntlet to stun the villain, so he would have an opening.
Twice stumbled back a bit, feeling like he had a mild concussion. But Batman quickly jumped in, as the hero started delivering fast and concentrated blows across Twice's body, before finishing off his move with a strong kick to the stomach.
Twice was forced back because of the kick, as he groaned, barely even able to stand up. He felt every single punch Batman delivered, especially that kick to the stomach which hurt him the most.
Toga quickly stood up from the ground slam, still feeling a bit of pain in her back because of the attack. All she could do for now is attempt to slash Robin, but he just kept dodging her every move.
"And I thought you would be a formidable foe, but you are just a normal knife-wielding thug!" Robin said as he delivered a hard punch to Toga's face, followed up with a kick to the stomach.
The female was forced back against the wall, and before she could do anything, Robin charged at her at full speed, delivering a kick to the side of her face.
Toga fell on the ground and coughed up blood. She felt weak, this brat was too good for her knife combat style, but she still had to keep going. The female slowly started standing up, seeing how Twice was weak from the fight as well "Shit..." She thought to herself.
But Robin had one more move up his sleeve, he took the opportunity while she was distracted to take hold of her arm once more while using his other arm to take ahold of her throat. With one last move, Robin slung Toga over his shoulders once more, throwing her into a stacked number of metal barrels, as they all started coming down onto the female as she hit them.
"Toga!" Twice yelled out as he looked at the two of them with an angry look. "I don't know who you are, or what you are doing here...But I will make sure you will not get out of this place alive!" The villain said as he started charging at the two once more, this time side jumping wall to wall with his acrobatic techniques.
Twice was just about to use his measuring tapes again until he felt something piercing his shoulder, making him fall to the ground. There was some sort of shuriken shaped like a bat in his shoulder, as blood started slowly coming out.
Batman walked up to the villain on the ground, placing one foot on his head. Hard enough for him not to be able to stand up, but not too hard to inflict major damage. "Where is Scarecrow..." He said in his menacing tone.
"HA! You really think that I will just reveal something like that to you, after what you just did?!" Twice said as he struggled, he attempted to use his measuring tape to break free, but Batman uncovered his plan and placed his other foot on his hand, making it so Twice could not move it.
"Robin..." Batman muttered out as Robin approached the villain with a smirk on his face, the boy wonder knew exactly how to motivate him.
Robin placed his boot on the Batarang that was in Twice's shoulder, as he slowly started adding pressure to it, making the Batarang go deeper into his shoulder, as Twice just let out a scream with more blood gushing out.
"Alright Alright! Just please stop!" Twice said, completely giving up. "He spends his time on the roof of the facility, it is located in the east wing" Twice said. There was nothing he much he could do, if he stayed quiet he would have been tortured. And they would have found him anyway, so he had to spare himself from the pain.
Without a comment, Batman delivered one more hard punch to Twice's head, knocking him unconscious. "It is time to end this..." Batman commented as he started making his way through the hallways towards the east wing of the facility, with Robin following from behind.
The dynamic duo eventually found the staircase which led to the roof of the facility. As the two of them arrived on the top, they could see Scarecrow at the ledge, looking towards the city.
"I've been expecting you. I knew that those two stood no chance against you, but at least they were a nice distraction." Scarecrow commented.
"On your knees, Crane!" Batman ordered, stepping forward towards the villain.
"It is too late for that...My toxin is now in the water supply, and any minute now the screams and destruction would commence." The villain said, turning around to face the Dark Knight.
But Batman had faith in Tsukauchi, that he managed to disconnect the pipe until more damage was done "You are wrong...And it is time for you to go behind bars" He said, getting closer to the villain.
When he got close enough, he lifted Scarecrow up by the throat, pulling off his mask and throwing it to the side.
"It...It is too late! Soon the screams will start, it does not matter what you do to me!" Scarecrow aid as he lifted up his arm which had his syringe gauntlet on, attempting to stab Batman with it and inject the fear toxin into his bloodstream.
But Batman was too quick for the villain, catching the gauntlet before it had a chance to strike him. But now he started pushing his hand with the syringes, towards Scarecrow's neck.
"What are you doing?!" Scarecrow said in a bit of a panicked tone as he attempted to struggle and stop the syringes from coming closer, but Batman's strength easily overpowered him.
When the syringes got close enough to his neck, Batman thrusted them in, as the fear toxin entered Scarecrow's bloodstream. Batman then let go of Scarecrow, pushing him back onto the roof, as the villain stumbled for a while.
Scarecrow's pupils turned orange as he started frantically looking around and screaming. The villain tried to run but was stopped by Robin with a punch to the face, knocking him out.
Batman approached Scarecrow's unconscious body, kneeling down and seeing a device strapped to his waist. He took it into his hands, and it was the device he was exactly looking for. The device which would allow him to travel back to Gotham. "We got it." Batman muttered out.
But their celebration was short-lived, as a police chopper suddenly appeared in the air, shining its strong light at the two. "Drop your weapons and surrender!" The voice on the megaphone said.
The dynamic duo pulled out a few smoke pellets from their utility belts, dropping them down on the ground, disappearing from the roof as police sirens were heard coming closer.
Back in the facility, Himiko Toga just woke up as she stood up, seeing the unconscious Twice with the Batarang still in his shoulder. The female did not know what to do now, until she heard a familiar voice next to her.
"Shigaraki had a feeling that something would go wrong, so he sent me just in case." Kurogiri said to the female, opening up a portal not far from the two.
Toga just nodded, as she took Twice by the hand, dragging his unconscious body with her towards the portal, eventually finding themselves in the hideout of the League of Villains.
Shigaraki was sitting on one of the bar stools, noticing how Toga and Twice did not have a pleasant time during the operation. "So...It looks like you got beat up." He said in his dry tone.
"By some heroes, we never even saw before! One was dressed up as a bat, and the other was a kid in a colorful costume." Toga said, letting go of Twice's hand as Kurogiri closed the portal.
Shigaraki's head perked up. "Is that so?" The villain said standing up, noticing the weird projectile stuck in Twice's shoulder. He walked up to his body, as he then tugged on it, ripping it out of his shoulder as more blood started coming out.
"Go and fix him up..." Shigaraki told Kurogiri as the mist villain instantly got to work to clean up Twice's injury. Shigaraki lifted the Batarang up, carefully observing it as blood was still dripping from the projectile.
Back at the Facility
The Police stormed the water facility, with a few pros by their side. They had arrested the unconscious henchmen, and securing the workers who were held as hostages.
Tsukauchi with a few of his men were inspecting the facility for any signs of Scarecrow, and at last, they checked the roof. They found the unconscious body of Scarecrow laying down o the ground. "Contain him!" Tsukauchi ordered his men as the police officer started attaching shackles on the villain.
The detective walked up to the ledge, noticing Scarecrow's mask on the ground. The detective picked it up in his hands, analyzing it. It looked a lot more terrifying in person.
The detective looked up at the sky again, then down below observing his men as they contained Scarecrow's men and confiscating their equipment.
"Batman..." The detective silently muttered out, feeling the wind in his face while holding onto Scarecrow's mask.
Nearby, Batman and Robin observed as the police surrounded the facility, taking the workers to safety and locking up the henchmen. Robin let out a sigh of relief "This could have ended in disaster, we were lucky." The boy said.
"What's important now is that Scarecrow will be put behind bars where he belonged, but what is also important is that we got ahold of the device that let Scarecrow travel back to Gotham." Batman said, looking at the device in his hands.
"It is time to return to Gotham City."