GOTHAM GENERAL
Gordon’s wife walks into the waiting room. A doctor greets her.
Doctor: “Right this way.”
They walk into a room, where Gordon is on a bed, with a breathing apparatus hooked onto him. The heart monitor is barely steady.
Doctor: “He was shot twice. We managed to remove both bullets before any permanent damage was done. The first just missed his spine. He would have been paralyzed, no doubt. I’m sorry Michelle.”
Michelle: “No. No...it’s okay. Just-”
She starts crying.
Doctor: “We can’t be certain, but he’s most likely going to live. Nothing permanent if he makes it through.”
GOTHCORP
Eddie walks into the building. He enters an elevator, and goes to Boyle’s office.
He sits in front of Boyle’s desk. Ferris walks in.
Boyle: “Eddie? What are you doing here?”
Eddie: “I made an appointment.”
Boyle: “No, you didn’t.”
Eddie: “Then you were misinformed. Take a seat.”
Boyle: “What do you want?”
Eddie: “Isn’t it obvious? I want my company back.”
Boyle: “It isn’t your company. Not anymore.”
Eddie: “Nelson tricked us. She simply said I resigned, sold Enigma Enterprises to you, put me out of business, and made your company grow too large. So it will fall.”
Boyle: “How can I believe you?”
Eddie: “Call her.”
Boyle: “Look, Eddie, I’m not going to sell back the company. I barely know you. How can I trust you?”
Eddie: “I was hoping I wouldn’t have to do this.”
Boyle: “Do what?”
Eddie pulled out the gun and pointed it at Boyle’s forehead.
Eddie: “This.”
Boyle: “What the hell? What the hell? Are you going to shoot me?”
Eddie: “Questions, questions. Give me back my company.”
Boyle: “What is wrong with you?”
Eddie: “Give it back to me!”
Boyle: “We can work together! I’ll put you in that division.”
Eddie: “Really? How about...no. Now give me back my company!”
Boyle: “Lets talk.”
Eddie: “Let’s talk about giving back my damn company!”
Boyle: “Amanda told me this would happen.”
Eddie: “What?”
Boyle: “Where’d you get that gun?”
Eddie: “Small shop. Nearly untraceable. Tall, bald man ran the place. Why?”
Boyle: “Shoot me.”
Eddie: “Then I couldn’t get-”
Boyle: “Just shoot me.”
Eddie put his finger on the trigger. He pulled back.
And the gun jammed.
Boyle tackled Eddie, and punched him. Eddie threw a pitiful swing at Boyle, who grabbed the gun, and whacked him with the butt. Eddie was knocked unconscious.
THE BATCAVE
Batman walks towards the Batmobile.
Robin: “So, who’s ready for a night full of beating up useless thugs?”
Batman: “I’m keeping you out.”
Robin: “What?”
Batman: “I don’t want to risk it. Just in case.”
Robin: “You don’t trust me?”
Batman: “I don’t trust anyone.”
Robin: “Well...you can’t just...whatever.”
Batman: “Search the Batcomputer. Any news, you tell me. I’m going to check out the apartment building.”
Robin: “Where Gordon was shot? Stupid question.”
Batman: “It was.”
THE SIONIS STORAGE FACILITY
Black Mask stares at Joker.
Mask: “Hood, I knew something happened to you, but...what the hell happened to you?”
Joker: “Oh, nothing much. Batman, but still, it’s not like it did anything
to my head, right? Ha!”
Mask: “Okay, despite what this mask looks like, I am not happy.”
Joker: “And I don’t have a psychotic girlfriend who keeps calling me an afternoon snack! Where is she?”
Harley: “Right here puddin! I’m just sorting the guns I stored here!”
Joker: “See? Now then, Harley sorted out a huge gang. Those remaining from Penguin’s and Two-Face’s. They came to her when I showed up. Now, we’re going to siege Gotham, and no doubt, Bats will show up. Of course, we need more reinforcements and some more guns, and I instantly thought of you old buddy, old pal!”
Mask: “Forget it clown.”
Joker: “Look Sionis, I’m not exactly happy either. But listen, between you and me, if you help, you can have Harley when you’re done.”
Mask: “What?”
Joker: “I kid!”
He pulled out a gun, and shot Mask in the head. The lifeless body crumpled on the floor.
Joker: “Oopsee! Trigger-fingers! Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, now who’s going to lead those poor souls in your gang?”
BLACKGATE PRISON
Eddie wakes up in a cell. He looks around, and realizes where he is.
Eddie: “Get me out of here! You don’t know who I am!”
Guard: “Shut up. You’ve already been bailed. Oh look, there she is. You’re lucky.”
Amanda Nelson walks in front of Eddie’s cell.
Eddie: “You.”
Amanda: “Who else?”
GOTHAM CITY
Eddie is in the back sea of a limo, with a tall, strong, bald man driving.
Amanda: “I must say Eddie, I wasn’t expecting that. Neither was he.”
Eddie: “The driver?”
Amanda: “No. Look, I can help you...tell me, what was your childhood like?”
Eddie: “What?”
Amanda: “Just tell me.”
Eddie: “Fine. My father was abusive, and my mother died when I was two. I got such good grades, such high scores in school...that my father beat me. He thought I cheated. Later on, when I got scholarships in almost every subject, he said that if he still could, he would. He died soon after, I’m happy to say.”
Amanda: “Did you ever want to prove your intelligence?”
Eddie: “Let me out.”
Amanda: “No. Look, Mr. Nygma, brute force never works. Use your head.”
Eddie: “What are you talking about?”
Amanda: “You won’t get Enigma Enterprises back, and I want GothCorp gone.”
Eddie: “So...revenge? Really?”
Amanda: “Destroy it from the inside.”
Eddie: “How would that work? Why would I do that?”
Amanda: “There is more going on here than you could possibly understand Eddie.”
Eddie: “Really? Look, Amanda, it’s been great seeing you again, but I have to go.”
Amanda: “What I’m saying is, if you can destroy the base, the structure will crumble.”
Eddie: “So I have to destroy the GothCorp building?”
Amanda: “If that’s what you think you need to do. We’re at the apartment building. Get out. Now.”
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
Batman enters the apartment where Gordon was shot through a window. It’s empty.
Dick: (via radio) “You’re in. Okay, I have some news. First, Edward Nygma went crazy and attacked Ferris Boyle. Don’t check it out, everything’s fine. Second, the apartment your in belonged to a Miss Harleen Quinzell. We can dumb down her name to Harley Quin. Harlequin. A joke or riddle.”
Batman: “Joker. Thanks Dick. I’ll look for any clues. Maybe Black Mask. Dick, find anything in relation to Black Mask. Recently.”
Dick: “Okay. Just make Alfred do this next time. Okay...done. Says here that Roman was recently headed to old buildings of his. A storage facility. You could check it out. I’ll mark it, you should check out the actual crime scene...later. There’s a robbery. Thief. At Gordon’s house. Corner of Redveiw and Ducard.”
Batman: “Fine. Thanks.”
He climbed out the window, and dropped into the Batmobile.
Eddie walks up the stairs to his apartment. He opens the door, and sees a purple shirt, green pants, green vest, purple tie and gloves, purple domino mask, and a cane with a question mark on his bed.
SIONIS STORAGE FACILITY
Joker walks into the main storage room, where about 50 thugs are looking at him. Some have pistols, others rifles, or machine guns, some wearing skull masks painted Black, others having their faces show. They all stare at the clown.
Joker: “So, who’s ready to have some fun?”
THE BATCAVE
Dick stares at a now blank screen.
Dick: “What have I done?”
GOTHAM CITY
Batman climbs into Gordon’s house through a window. He walks into a hallway. All the lights are off. He drops to a floor. A punch.
He gets up, and starts to calibrate the cowl to detect heat signatures. Everything appears according to heat. And then he’s punched again. He drops to the floor, throws a batarang, and kicks in the other direction. He gets up, throws another batarang, rolls onto the floor, and looks around the room. He finds a heat signal, and runs to it. And gets punched in the face. His vision reverts to normal, and is punched again. He grabs the thief’s arm mid-swing, twists it, and puts it behind the thief’s back. He’s kicked in the crotch, and let’s go of the arm. He’s kicked in the face, and throws another batarang. It hits a TV, and sparks fly out. He sees the thief.
Catwoman.
SIONIS STORAGE FACILITY
Joker walks towards Harley.
Joker: “Harley, do we have enough guns?”
Harley: “More!”
Joker: “Good. How many mindless goons are under my control?”
Harley: “About 150, Mr. J.”
Joker: “Good. When do we storm Gotham?”
Harley: “A few days? Get some more men, more guns, that sorta thing.”
Joker: “Fine. This is going to such a party. Like my year in collage. Ha!
THE BATCAVE
Dick runs to his costume.
Robin gets onto a motorcycle.
Robin: “Let’s hope I’m allowed to do this.”
GORDON’S HOUSE
Batman: “What the hell are you doing?”
Catwoman: “Oh, nothing.”
Batman: “What the hell? What is wrong with you?”
Catwoman: “Wow. Wait, where’s Dick?”
Batman: “Listen to me Selina. What is wrong with you?”
Catwoman: “It was Fries, okay? Happy?”
Batman: “What? Fries?”
Catwoman: “He implanted a thought, and it spread to this.”
Batman: “A thought...lead to being a petty thief?”
Catwoman: “I don’t know. He implanted doubt, I left, I came back, and I started doing this. Robin helped.”
Batman: “What? What?”
Catwoman: “He gave me locations, and then wiped them from the Batcomputer.”
Batman: “Damn it!”
Robin climbs in through a window.
Batman: “Look, Selina, stop.”
Catwoman: “What if I don’t want to?”
Batman: “You have to.”
Selina looks at him...and kisses him. Robin walk into the room, and looks at the pair in surprise. He takes a step back, then talks.
Robin: “Um...am I interrupting something?”
Bruce pulls away.
Batman: “What? What are you doing here? Forget that, why did you help her?”
Robin: “I...yes?”
Batman: “Oh god. We’re going. You go now. Selina-”
She’s gone.
Batman: “Crud. Okay, Dick go. I’ll catch up.”
THE BATCAVE
Robin looks at his costume. It’s on the floor, in a pile.
He lights a match.
Bruce: “What the hell are you doing?”
Dick: “I killed someone, I helped Selina, what am I supposed to do, screw up again?”
Bruce: “You need to...never mind. Look, I made mistakes.”
Dick: “Like?”
Bruce: “Um...Alfred!”
Dick: “Your in a cave. Alfred is chopping onions.”
Bruce: “Fine. I let Firefly die. I let the Ventriloquist die. I let Joker escape the Batcave. I would have killed Chill. I let Selina leave. And I brought you into this mess.”
Dick: “Touching.”
He puts out the flame.
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX
Eddie has put on the outfit.
Eddie: “Well, Boyle, can you tell me this? When I’m first said, I’m quite mysterious, but when explained, I’m nothing serious."
So that was Part 5! Hope you liked it, and don't forget to comment! And don't forget to vote on what I do next! Here's the choices again!
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