Voice:"All it takes is just one bad day. Just one day to reduce the SANEST MAN ALIVE! To lunacy. That's how far I am from the rest of the world Bats. Just one. Bad. Day."
Batman:"You're insane"
Voice:"As if I didn't already know. You must have had a bad day too Bats. I mean, why else would you dress up as a flying rat?"
THE ROOFTOPS OF GOTHAM CITY
BATMAN is running across the roofs, talking to ALFRED.
Alfred: "Master Bruce, have you caught Carlo yet?"
Batman: "Yes, I have. After a 5 month pursuit. He's on his way to the asylum now."
ClayFace:"Or IS he?"
Batman:"Basil? I thought you were-"
ClayFace: "On my way to the asylum? Sorry to disappoint you Batman, but I have other things to do. Now do me a favor, and DIE!"
He rushed at Batman, and almost hit him, but he dodged, and ClayFace ran off the rooftop. His body splattered across the ground as Commissioner Gordon pulled up with several other cops.
Gordon: "Thanks Batman!"
Batman: "You don't need to thank me."
He grappled away.
THE BAT-CAVE
Batman is talking to SELINA KYLE, about HARVEY DENT.
Selina: "Look, Bruce. Harvey has been acting strange. Ever since he was scarred, he's been looking for his coin. And sometimes he talks normally. Other times, he talks in a raspy voice. When he talks in that voice, it's like he's another person altogether!"
Bruce Wayne: "Selina, I don't want to hear it. I know about it, I just don't want to hear it. Harvey was my best friend, and I let this happen to him. I'm still trying to find the Red Hood."
Selina: "Bruce, he's dead. Just accept that you let someone die. And he wanted to die, remember?"
Bruce: "He isn't dead. He's too good. He's out in Gotham, and I'm going to find him."
Alfred: "Master Bruce, I know you've been through much tonight, but it seems that the Ace Chemicals building is having unusually large amount of toxic chemicals being shipped. I think it would be best if you looked into it."
He went to the Bat-computer, and hacked into the surveillance footage.
Bruce: "Okay, there's no one there, and... wait! Is that, me? And the Red Hood? The cameras have been looped! Okay Alfred, get- wait!"
Selina: "What Bruce? The Hood?"
Bruce: "I knew it. The Red Hood isn't dead."
The only thing on the screen, was the picture of the Red Hood's hand coming out of a vat of chemicals.
HARVEY DENT'S HOUSE
Harvey is asleep with CATHERINE, his wife.
Harvey is mumbling in his sleep when he wakes up.
Harvey: "Huh? Oh, I-"
Two-Face: "Hi Harv, how you doing?"
Harvey: "Oh no, it's you. I can control you. You are just a part of my mind."
Two-Face: "Oh, don't think that. I mean, we share a body! Just take off the bandages. You'll see."
Harvey: "NO! I WON'T LISTEN!"
Catherine: "Huh? Harvey?"
Two-Face: "I'm sorry, but Harvey isn't here right now. And lady, where's the coin?"
Catherine: "No, I can't give you the coin. I'm sorry but I can't Harvey. You know what it does to you."
Two-Face: "Give me the-"
Harvey: "Dont do it!"
Two-Face: "I WANT MY COIN!!!"
Harvey's son, MATTHEW comes in.
Matthew: "Daddy, what''s going on?"
Two-Face: "Shut up kid!"
Harvey: "Matthew, RUN! NOW!"
Two-Face: "Where's the coin!?! I WANT IT!!! Not talking, huh? Fine."
He got up and took a suitcase from the closet. He opened it, and pulled out a gun.
Two-Face: "WHERE IS IT!!?!!?"
Catherine: "In a compartment behind the microwave! Please don't kill me!"
Two-Face: Thanks-"
Harvey: "Catherine, he wouldn't have. I wouldn't have let him. We need the coin to decide."
Two-Face took control and walked to the microwave. He tossed it out of the way and found the compartment. He opened it, and took the coin. It was cut on one end, but clean on the other. Catherine ran out, and was at gunpoint.
Two-Face: " Now then. Just a flip of the coin will decide if you're free to go, or if we blow you're brains out here and now."
He tossed the coin, and it landed clean side up.
Harvey: "Oh thank God. Get Matthew out. NOW!"
They ran outside.
THE ACE CHEMICALS BUILDING
Batman is racing towards the building in the Bat-mobile. As he nears, a strange laughing sound is picked up on the Bat-mobile's scanners.
Batman: "Alfred, Hood's inside. I'm sure of it. But I'm hearing a laugh on the scanners."
Alfred: "Well, that isn't good. Be careful in there."
Selina: "See Bruce, this is why you need a partner. To make situations like this less dangerous."
Batman: "I'll think about it Selina. Alfred, I'm here. Bye."
He walked into the building. As he came in, he saw clown heads on the walls, and miniature carnival rides.
Batman: "What the Hell happened here?"
Voice: "WELCOME! You are now entering JOKER ENTERPRISES!!! Here at Joker Enterprises., we make sure no one leaves alive! I, Joker, founder and only employee at Joker Enterprises, am now talking to you from the managers office. Yes, that's right! The manager's office! This isn't a trick! Not a joke! Although it could be a trap! So hurry up Batman. I'm right here."
He raced to the manager's office. Batman stepped on something as he was running. He looked down, and saw the skeleton of the Ventriloquist, still clutching Scarface. He ran on. He saw the manager's office when a gas came out of the air ducts. He breathed some in. He tried to go on. He couldn't. He passed out.
THE BAT-CAVE
Selina: "Alfred, we haven't heard from Bruce in hours. Track him."
Alfred: "Miss Kyle, I am sure Master Bruce is fine. But I will track him."
Alfred went on the Bat-computer. He typed in a code, and an image of Earth came up on the screen. It zoomed in on North America. Then the U.S.A. Then Gotham. Park Row. The Ace Chemicals building. The manager's office.
Alfred: "Oh No. He's been kidnapped. Bound, gagged. Held over a vat of chemicals.
THE MANAGER'S OFFICE OF THE ACE CHEMICALS BUILDING
Joker: "One bad day, blah blah blah! They heard that already."
Batman: "You're insane!"
Joker: Yeah, yeah. I forgot you don't know. Now then. I'm not going to drop you in there. No, no, no. I'm going to wait for you to escape! I know you can. So just do it. Stop me. Defeat the man who will destroy Gotham before the fun even begins. Get out and punch me until I bleed. And then punch me some more."
Batman: "Who are you?"
Joker: "Oh, you don't know? World's Greatest Detective indeed. Ha Ha Ha! I'm Joker!"
Batman: "I don't care about you. I'm just after the Red Hood. Where is he!?!"
Joker: "I'm hurt Bats. Oh, and if you're looking for Hood, you should care about me. Although I'm not sure. I seem to only to remember a red mask, a toothpick poking my eye out, and giving myself surgery with a rusty nail. Aren't you going to ask me my master plan?"
Batman: "What's you're plan?"
Joker: "TO SPREAD HAPPY GAS ACROSS ALL OF GOTHAM!!! EVERYONE WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE!!! HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! What? No gasp?"
Batman: "That's it? I expected more Hood."
Joker: "Who's this Hood guy? I'd LOVE to meet him.
THE COURTHOUSE. THE NEXT DAY
Harvey Dent is arguing with Two-Face. The bandages have come off.
Two-Face: "Come on Harv. Screw justice. He's killed men. Shipped illegal drugs. He's a mob boss. Falcone deserves to die."
Harvey: "No. The law is the only thing keeping Gotham from ripping apart."
Two-Face: "You think the law is helping here? 5,000 of the 6,000 men and women get mugged each week here. Half the children are there when it happens. Just flip the coin Harv."
He flipped the coin, and it landed cut side up. He took the gun off his desk.
Carmine Falcone was being put on trial.
Falcone: "Hi Harv. You look fantastic."
Two-Face: "Shut up! NOW!"
Falcone: "Look Harv, it was-"
BANG!!!
Falcone dropped dead. All Hell broke loose in the courtroom. Three quarters of the jury were Falcone's men. They shot at Harvey. The judge was shot down. Harvey ran out of the courtroom.
WAYNE ENTERPRISES
Bruce Wayne is giving a demonstration on combat armor with the board and HUGO STRANGE.
Bruce: Now, when we improve this prototype armor and put it into commission, it will improve military combat, construction safety, and protection against crime. All perfect for Gotham."
Hugo Strange: "And we will make sure they don't cost 500 grand when they are put out."
Bruce: Yes Mr. Strange, that is a goal. Now-"
Selina enters the room.
Selina: "Bruce, someone wants to see you."
Bruce: " Who?"
Selina: "Bruce, it's HIM."
Bruce: "Oh. Him. And that concludes our demonstration good night!"
He ran out and got in his car. He drove to the Bat-cave.
Part 2 coming soon! Until next time! Excelsior!