You are the City of Gotham. You're choices will determine the very fate of your existence. Will you fall into chaos, or will justice reign supreme in your streets?
It is night in Gotham. A storm engulfs the skyline. In an abandoned sewer, the Joker waits, cruelly laughing. He knows that he will face opposition tonight. In fact, he's counting on it. Suddenly from the shadows, the Dark Knight emerges. The sigil on his chest glints in the dim sewer lighting. Althoguh the stench from all of Gotham City passes through this tunnel, Batman stands unphased.
What fate will befall the two archenemies?
[[Robin arrives]]
[[Killer Croc emerges from the sewer waters]]
[[A surge of storm water rushes through the rusted pipelines]]
Batman's masked sidekick slides through a grate and lands in the dingy water. He stands tall and stares defiantly at the clown prince of crime. Grinning madly, the Joker leaps out of the water, ready to strike his newest opponent. Robin, deflty dodges his attack, but the Joker quickly recovers. He cackles at the duo and there is no fear in his eyes.
Batman rushes the Joker, but a squeeze from the flower on his lapel sends a jet of acid flying towards the apraochign hero. At the last second Batman sidesteps the foul liquid. With a giggle, the Joker runs towards Batman's trusty sidekick.
What fate befalls them next, Gotham?
[[The Joker has an ace up his sleeve]].
[[Batman and Robin attack the Joker in a coordinated assault]].
The sewer waters ripple as the monstrous form of Killer Croc leaps from the sewage to attack the Batman. The Dark Knight blocks the half man half crocodile's blows as the Joker laughs and laughs. Struggling against the sheer brute force of his opponent, Batman is backed into the sewer wall. The Joker cackles a gleeful and horrible laugh, but at this, Killer Croc turns his attention toward the Joker.
What, Gotham City, does the Killer Croc do?
[[He asks the Joker to fight Batman]]
[[He rages at the presence of both the hero and the villain]]Caught in the torrent, both the Batman and the Joker are tossed into the turgid waters and washed down to the deepest depths of Gotham's sewage infrastructure. Rising from the pungent waters for air, both the hero and the villain stare at each other. Batman frowns. The Joker smiles. With no ladders in sight, and no way out of the deep hole they have been cast into, the duo takes in thier situation in silence.
What do these archenemies decide to do?
[[Batman and the Joker decide to work together]]
[[Against the odds, Batman fights the storm to try and brimg the Joker to Justice]]The Joker pulls a razor sharp playing card from under his sleeve. He flings the card at Robin, who catches the card in the air. The Joker laughs as he runs straight towards the caped crusader. Holding the playing card as a knife, Robin awaits the attack. He japs the card at the face of the Joker, who gives the card a gentle blow. A dusting of white powder puffs off of the card into Robins face.
The Joker abruplty stops. He turns to face the Batman as Robin collapses. With a wink and a chortle, the Joker flees into the sewers to be lost to the night. Robin chokes, his face now swollen and purple. He sinks into the murkey waters of Gotham's sewers only to be cradled by Batman. As Robin dies in Batman's arms, Batman cries over the Joker's first victory.Batman hits the Joker with a right hook, while Robin smacks him with a left. Shocked, the Joker's laughter ceases and he growls. Running away through the sewers, the Joker attempts to evade the crime fighting duo. Entering a large canal, the Joker pauses before the lapping waters of the ocean.
Right behind him, Batman and Robin race through the maze of sewer tunnels, hot on his heels. Leaping into the water, the Joker starts a mad backstroke towards the open night. However, having chased many a villian through these sewers before, Batman and Robin take a shortcut to where the Batboat is docked and ready. Hopping in the boat, Batman races around to cut the Joker off, while Robin snags him with the bat-net. Caught at last, the Joker's reign of terror has finally ended and Gotham City is safe for one more night.Swinging his fists in all directions, Killer Croc punches Batman and the Joker indescriminately. He roars a mighty roar that mixes with the Joker's terrible laugh. As Killer Croc beats on the Batman and the Joker, made stronger by the power of the sewer, he screams, but then suddenly stops. Batman stands bruised in the sewer, holding his baterang to Killer Croc's throat. "I'll deal with you later," he says to the Joker, who giggles as he slips off into the depths of the sewers, leaving Batman to fight his own battle, fearful that he may lose this fight.
"You won't kill me," Killer Croc hisses. Batman replies, "No I won't. even a killer like you Croc. But mark my words I will exact my vengeance on you for what you've done to this city. For the murders you've commited... and for allowing for the Joker to escape me." Killer Croc lets out a snarl. "I guess I'll never be the biggest fish, Batman."
"No," Batman says. "While he's alive, you never will."
"Then I've got some work to do," the crocodile growls.Batman, upset at his situation, punches the sewer wall. "That won't solve anything my friend," the Joker coos. "We're not friends you monster," Batman replies as he looks up from the depths. "But we may not have to be enemies today. What say you? If we both die in here-"
"Then there's no point to either of our existences is there, hahaha," replies the Joker. Gleeful at Batmans proposition, the Joker squeezes his lapel flower. A jet of acrid acid spews out and melts a notch in the wall. Using it as a handhold, Batman gains just enough height to reach the top of the sewer with his grappling hook. As he swings his way up, the Joker grabs onto Batman's legs and is pulled along with him.
"Were you going to leave me to die?" the Joker says with a playful frown. As the pair lands, the Joker pushes away from Batman and makes his escape through the winding maze of the sewer. Batman retrieves his grappling hook, and starts what will surely be one of the longest nights in Gotham City."Get in here and help me!" the crocodile yells at the Joker. The Joker gleefully agrees. As the pair combine their efforts to subdue the Batman, and the blows continue to land on his head, face and raised arms, Batman remembers what Alfred had told him years ago. "If vengenace be your way in life, then be vengeful young master Bruce." With the vigor of a second wind, Batman catches Killer Croc's arm, twists him around and throws him at the Joker. The pair land in a splash in the mucky water.
Whipping out the bat-phone, Batman quickly calls in the aid of Commissioner Gordon. "You've made a grave error Joker, Croc," Batman says. "We're right below the police station." From high above a swat team bursts through the sewer grates and surrounds the evil duo. As they are cuffed and carried away the Joker smiles at the masked crusader. "Until next time, Batman!" and the Joker laughs.Batman struggles against the waves of sewer water that thrash at his cape and cowl. He grits his teeth and catches the Joker who has been swept away by the torrents of water. "I'll never let you slip away from me!" Batman yells over the sound of the storm. But the sound of the storm is drowned out by the Joker's laughter. "How sweet! You just can't live without me, Batman!"
Batman's hand loosens its grip. The Joker shows a shocked expression. But Batman retightens his grip on the clown prince of crime. As he accepts that truth, the storm surges around him, but all he can see is the Joker.