A ROOFTOP OVERLOOKING LYNN'S PYROTECHNICS
Batman and Dick, in his costume, are watching the building, waiting for something to happen.
Dick: "Why are we here?"
Batman: "God, I already told you. I want this to go smoothly. A lot of bad things can happen, I don't want them TO happen."
Dick: "So, um, when do we beat people up?"
Batman: "Not tonight. Wait. Something's happening. Oh my God. You want to be a hero? Now's your chance."
He jumped off the rooftop and glided onto the roof of the pyrotechnics building. Batman crashed through a window just in time to see Lynns push Fries into the vat. Fries pulled himself out, and lay on the floor. His blue skin was turning red. Batman checked his pulse as Dick came in.
Dick: "What the hell?"
Batman: "Get this man to a hospital. I'm questioning Lynns. Go!"
Dick: "Oh my God. Okay, okay! Come on!"
Dick supported Fries, walking out of the room.
Batman: "Lynns, what the hell did you do!?! ANSWER ME!!!"
Lynns: "I've lost everything. My legs. An arm. My skin. And now, my sanity. Get me the suit...and we can discuss...this."
Batman: "We'll discuss it NOW!"
He picked Lynns up and pinned him against the wall. Lynns started screaming.
Lynns: "NO! NO! PUT ME DOWN! DO IT NOW!"
Batman: "TALK!"
Lynns: "GIVE ME THE SUIT!"
Batman threw Lynns into the vat of chemicals.
Lynns: "NO! HELP ME! HELP! YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO KILL PEOPLE!"
Batman: "Maybe I was never in the mood. Now TALK!"
Lynns: "FINE! GAH!"
Batman reached out and grabbed his hand. Batman pulled Lynns up and left him on the floor. He kicked his face.
Batman: "NOW TELL ME EVERYTHING!"
Lynns: "FINE! Fries, he said he could slow the damage! Give me more time! It didn't work! I had lost everything, Batman! I had nothing to lose!"
Batman: "I'm getting you to a hospital. Then we'll discuss what happens to you."
He picked Lynns up by the neck and carried him off of the platform. He walked past the doctors, still recovering from the shock. Except one. Dr. Langstorm rushed Batman, tackling him, and allowing Lynns to crawl to a wall. He pressed a button and a more advanced version of the suit appeared. Dr. Tetch got the suit and helped Lynns into it. The suit was metallic, grey, and had what appeared to be wings, connected to a metallic tube, which had another tube running towards a large gun.. Lynns was inside the suit, and ready to go.
Lynns: "Thanks for the assistance. Here's your reward. You get to find out if Hell is real or not. He pulled the trigger on the gun and a ball of fire burst out. It burnt one of Tetch's legs, and caught on his clothes. Within seconds, the doctor was dead. He flew out of the building just as Batman had knocked Langstorm unconscious. He walked to the last doctor.
Batman: "What did you have to do with this!?!"
Dr. Baker: "NOTHING! I didn't know any of this would happen! I swear!"
Batman: "I believe you. Tell everyone what's happened."
Baker: "What're you gonna do?"
Batman: "Find the bastard who did this."
THE BATCAVE
Bruce is with Alfred, Selina, and Dick.
Selina: "So you didn't find him?"
Bruce: "No. And Dick didn't have Fries for long either."
Dick: "Look, I was driving the Batmobile-"
Alfred: "WHAT!?! You could have been killed! Master Bruce, surely you could not allowed this."
Bruce: "I didn't know until now either. But cut him some slack. He made it a mile away from the hospital."
Dick: "Fries was in the passenger seat, burning up. He was unconscious, but we left the industrial district and it got colder. Fries woke up. He was a little bit better. And then he... he..."
Bruce: "What?"
Dick: "Look, don't pressure me just because some lousy scientist beat me up, got away, and I wrecked your car! Shit!"
Selina: "He beat you up? Interesting. Not bad for your first night."
Bruce: "Yeah, not bad."
Dick: "Not bad? NOT BAD! This is coming from the guy who beat up Rupert Thorne, and was shot at by a god. Damn. Fighter. JET! Not to mention the lady who beat up Oswald Cobblepot, his men, and TWO-FACE!"
Bruce: "Don't. Call. Him. That."
Dick: "Why not? Because you were friends once? How goddamn TOUCHING! Good night!"
He left the Batcave.
Selina: "Well he's nice."
Bruce: "We're going after Fries. He needs help. Y'know, what should his name be? Batboy? Nightwing? It needs to be intimidating."
Alfred: "May I make a suggestion? How about, The Robin?"
Bruce: "Really?"
Alfred: "Don't tell me his first costume didn't look like a robin."
Bruce: "I'll ask him. And Alfred, I'm sorry."
Alfred: "Mmm, yes. I'm sorry too Master Bruce. I realize now why you were so mad. You can't go after Zucco now."
Bruce: "What?"
Alfred: "You didn't think of this? Dick will be out for blood. Zucco's. He'll realize your going after him and will want to come. And kill."
Selina: "He's right. Do you have any leads on where Fries is?"
Bruce: "His house and at Wayne Industries will be too easy. Fries owns a small lab in the Bowery. He's there for sure. We'll go tomorrow. Dick is going to sit this one out. So are you. You're going to watch for the thief."
Selina: "You just ruined my chances of annoying you by saying, 'It's a date!'."
Bruce: "Good. I would have been annoyed."
AN UNNAMED PART OF GOTHAM
Lynns is in his suit, in a dark room, pacing back and forth, and talking to himself.
Lynns: "Need a name, I need a name! What is it, Fireball, Torch, Flameman, Mr. Flame, Scorcher, Burner, Fire...Firefly! Firefly's good. I like it. I have the robotic limbs I needed, now Fries will pay. He'll pay for what he has done and nothing will stop me. Batman won't stop me. Catwoman can't stop me. His little brat can't stop me. Gordon can't stop me, nothing. Can stop me. I'll upgrade the suit, just to take the necessary precautions. Yes, yes. I'll make some new designs, some new weapons, increased armor protection. Oh, revenge is sweet. Nothing can stop me from hurting Fries. Nothing at all. Not Batman, not Catwoman, not the brat, not Gordon, not the rest of the police. Nothing can stop the Firefly."
The Next Day
FRIES' LAB
Batman is walking towards the entrance to the lab. He's contacting Alfred.
Batman: "Alfred, the temperature just dropped by about twenty degrees. the building is covered in ice. I don't know what's on the other side of that door. If you lose my signal, contact Selina and Dick. Tell them, but don't let them come."
Alfred: "As you wish. Goodbye for now Master Bruce."
Batman: "Goodbye."
He opened the door. Nothing could have prepared him for what he saw next.
Fries was there. That was definite. But he was crying. Over a block of ice. But that wasn't the strange part. The strange part was that someone was inside the block of ice. Batman walked in and grabbed Fries by the neck. He held him against a wall and started interrogating him.
Batman: "WHY!?! WHY DID YOU SABOTAGE THE CHEMICAL!?!"
Fries: "I didn't. It was supposed to work. Now put me down, and let's be civilized."
Batman: "Why should I trust you?"
Fries: "Because you and I have a common goal."
Batman: "And that would be..."
Fries: "Stopping Garfield Lynns. Another one you have not discovered, but will soon be added to the list."
Batman threw Fries onto the floor.
Batman: "And what would that be?"
Fries: "Curing my wife. I put her in the ice. This block of ice."
Batman: "What the hell is wrong with you?"
Fries: "Nothing. My wife was stricken with a disease this world had yet to see. That was two years ago. I couldn't help her myself, so I turned to crime. I stole diamonds, so I could sell them and get more supplies. I took tools to create a more advanced storage container for the device that holds Nora. I also took medical supplies from the hospital. Then I stopped. It was because another case had shown up."
Batman: "Garfield Lynns."
Fries: "Yes. I signed on to help him on Bruce Wayne's asking. The burns were there, and they were gruesome. But there was something far worse inside of him. I was the only one that knew. I recreated the chemical, but it was futile. I rushed. I was exited to have a second, less important test subject. If he died, then it would only be a lab accident. If Nora died, then I would have nothing left. The formula I used was incomplete. I didn't help Lynns, I only made things worse. He threw me in. The chemical had a different affect on me. It may have been Lynns burns on the inside or the virus inside him that changed the reaction, but change it did. Do you want to know what the virus does, Batman? It eats away at the flesh. It destroys it, until no skin is left and your organs spill onto the floor. Do pity me Batman? Don't. Pity Nora."
Batman: "Victor, I'm...I'm sorry. I want to help. But I need your help. Lynns wants revenge on you."
Fries: "We were colleagues once. Told each other everything. I told him about Nora. I know what he's going to do, and if he does, I'll kill him."
Batman: "No. We take him in. No killing. I won't let Nora die. We won't. I'll help you cure her."
Fries: "What help would you be?"
Batman: "Two people are better than one."
Fries: "A partner would just slow me down."
Batman: "A partner could help defend Nora."
Fries: "Fine! You want to help? HELP! Just leave me with my wife. Please."
Batman: "Fine. I'll be back tomorrow. Be ready."
Fries: "I'll try to tidy up."
Batman: "Funny."
He left the building, and contacted Alfred.
Batman: "Alfred, Selina and Dick can go. Fries was the thief, and he's going to help me find Lynns."
Alfred: "Okay Master Bruce. I'll be seeing you then."
Batman: "You will."
He climbed into the Batmobile.
LYNN'S PYROTECHNICS
The building is on fire. Firefly is flying above the building, laughing hysterically.
Firefly: "COME ON DANCE! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!! Oh, now I know how the Joker feels! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE doing this! Life is good!"
He flew around, doing loops and barrel rolls, until landing on the top of the building and falling down, making a snow angel in the ash.
THE BATCAVE
Dick: "I can't believe you saw Fries without me! I wanted to give that sucker a piece of my mind!"
Bruce: "Exactly why you didn't come."
Selina: "Look Dick. This job is give and take. Some nights you beat people up, other nights you see what their up to. Although I also prefer the thug-fest nights."
Dick: "See, why couldn't SHE have adopted me? We're basically a family anyways! Selina's the fun parent."
Alfred: "We could arrange that. Master Bruce and I would only have to deal with your stubbornness at night."
Dick: "Hilarious."
Bruce: "I wouldn't mind that. Selina, is it okay with you?"
Dick: "Seriously. I'm dying here."
Selina: "Oh, if it's fine with you it's fine with me!"
Dick: "Ha. Ha. Ha."
Bruce: "Fries' wife is dying. I promised to help him cure her and Lynns."
Selina: "Let me guess. He doesn't know about you curing our old friend."
Bruce: "You guessed correctly. Congratulations."
Selina: "What do I win?"
Dick: "Can it be me? No, wait. Forget it! I don't want to hear that stupid joke again!
Bruce: "Why would we say the same joke twice in the same two minutes. Obviously we follow it up with a dumb question and answer joke. Selina, What did Batman say to Robin before he got into the Batmobile?"
Selina: "I don't know, what DID he say?"
Bruce: "Robin, get in the Batmobile."
Selina: "Ba doom, shh."
And that was part three! Part four is coming this weekend, don't miss it! And remember, the vote is starting, which will you choose for my next work? Here are the choices, post your pick in the comments!
1: The Spider-Man Saga
2: The Superman Saga
3: A Marvel\DC Crossover, entitled The Final Beginning
4: A Lord of the Rings\Star Wars Crossover
and last but not least,
5: The X-Men Trilogy
Until next time!