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-{How the Bat met the Widow Part 4}-

LOCATION: Wayne Industries Tower

"Hello Gothamites!" greets a maddening voice through the static television screen,

The image on the screen suddenly stabilizes, it was a man he had a pure bleached white face, grass green hair and a very big haunting smile,

It was the Joker.

The Joker was communicating on every TV screen in Gotham the billboards outside also displayed the happy face,

We both glare at the computer screen, I could feel Bruce tense up next to me as if every muscle in his body had transformed itself into titanium  

"Things have been quite boring around here recently so I've decided to shake things up, literally therefore in the next hour I will activate my new toy so kindly donated by the government to throw quite the party, trust me folks it's going to be a real blast that is unless the Dark Knight finds me first Gotham is going to become a wasteland ha, ha, ha, ha" and with that last laugh the TV abruptly turned off as quickly as it turned on.

It felt like you could cut the tension in the room with a knife we look at each other in anticipation

"Have you got your equipment on you?" he asks me,

<Does the earth still revolve around the sun?>

I open my bag revealing my outfit and equipment

"Never leave home without it. What about you?" I ask him 

Wayne pushes a hidden switch under his desk and the large book case at the far end of his office turns around to reveal the Batman costume and gadgets neatly displayed.

I pick up one of the sharp bat-shaped objects I feel my brow raise in amusement and my lips twinge in to an amused smirk

"I meant to ask, what on earth is this?" I hold up the unusual object

"Um they're called batarangs" he appears uncomfortable and looks at the floor,

Dose he name everything bat something?

<I would later find out that he does name everything Bat something>

I smirk at him again as I duck into the cupboard to get into my gear.

I come out of the closet now in a sleek black cat suit, two golden stingers clipped onto my slender wrists and my utility belt hung perfectly on my hips whilst my red hair was finally allowed to fall freely down my back

I look at Bruce and he is now in his Batman ensemble armed with his utility belt, grappling device and a dozen Batarangs

"Ready?" he asks

"I was born ready" I reply with a sly grin

He opens up a back exit that was hidden behind another book case which leads down to the garage there are two bikes down there

I mount one of them and wonder how much money he must have had to secretly put aside to set all of this up,

I'm guessing a lot, It must be lonely not having many friends to share his life with and in a way I feel like I can relate to that 

"I think I know where he may be. He will need a great deal of height and coverage if he wants to destroy the whole city we need to go to the tallest building in Gotham"

Batman mounts the other bike "I know where he is lets go" and with that we both ride off in to a system of dark tunnels that eventually lead to a secret opening in the old subway system.

I follow the Batman's lead throughout the dark tunnels, It felt good to be doing this again I've been out of action for too long 

<I think it's time that the Black Widow makes a comeback> 

The people in Gotham were panicking, people ran out into the streets trying to get to their cars to leave town,

It made navigating around them difficult,

A young man jumps in front of my bike, I narrowly avoid him.

I spot a very tall building in the financial District that has to be the place not only would the weapon do its maximum damage but it gave time for the Joker to bask in the chaos that was going on in the streets.

As we reach the base of the tall building the Batman pulls a device out of his utility belt which shoots a grappling hook to a high up ledge

I shot out my grappling hook out of my Stingers to the same ledge he looks over at me I give him a little shrug and a smirk

"You know that he is expecting you" I tell him because it was blatantly obviously a trap meant for him

"It always makes it more interesting Black Widow, but he's not expecting you we have the advantage". 

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We begin to climb the tall building, 

I take a quick look down because it was a certain death drop but with the suction on my suit even if I let go I wouldn't fall. 

We stick close to the building as we scale up it so there is very little chance of anyone seeing our incoming approach.

As we get closer to the top I can hear the Joker talking to his henchmen

"Any of you so much as see anything Bat shaped coming our way do me a favour and fill it with holes" he reloads a machine gun with some ammunition.

We climb over the railing and before any of them could react,

Batman throws a Batarang directly at the Joker he drops to the floor with a thud and cradles his injured face.

The clown henchmen charge directly at the Batman 

<huh talk about feeling left out>

I take a few of them out with a Widows Bite, the clown goons turn towards me some of them come to the decision that it would be easier to take me out,

<Boy aren't they stupid but they'll learn>

As we both begin fighting hand to hand with the rest of the guards, one of them tries to shoot at me

I throw a metal throwing star from my utility belt it catches one of them in the hand the clown masked henchman quickly drops the gun with a yell of pain.

The Joker regains his composure after the Batarang to the face which looked like it hurt a lot, he directly looks at me

"Well hello beautiful! Battsy when did you begin hiring supermodels as crime fighters and can I get her number"

I look at the smiling clown and give him a solid left hook to the smiley face,

"The names Black Widow Joker not Beautiful, Princess, Baby or anything else you can come up with"

Batman looks in my direction

I help him take down one of the biggest henchman using my grappling hook to go round his feet and trip him up he lands on the floor when Batman punches him directly in the jaw

"Thanks Widow" he says

"Anytime Partner" I thought I saw him smile just a little bit.

I was unaware that the Joker had got back up after my punch 

He hits the button on the machine the start-up sequence had begun we had around two minutes before Gotham became a war zone.

Batman turns at the Joker unaware he is hiding something under his Jacket

"You'll die too Joker when that machine starts up this building will crumble" Batman yells at the Joker

"As long as you're not far behind me I don't really care!" the Joker laughs manically 

That was when I saw the truth of the Joker he was no ordinary mad man or criminal he was far beyond insane, he lacked remorse or compassion he was truly evil.

The Joker quickly pulls a hand gun out of his jacket and pulls the trigger,

Batman wouldn't have had much time to react and in a millisecond, I decide to take a calculated risk because given the height and trajectory of the bullet it could kill Batman

But will only be a flesh wound on me, so I quickly pull myself in front of Batman.

I feel the bullet painfully land in my shoulder.

"NO!" I hear Batman yell

I had been shot before,

Many times I may add and yes it really hurt,

But adrenalin would keep me going and my healing factor will kick in very quick also the bullet had missed anything too serious

<I should be fine.> 

The Joker laughed manically but I stay on my feet

"I'm Fine" I say through gritted teeth and clenched fists 

Batman throws a very hard punch at the Joker and it knocks him over the roof but Batman throws out his grappling hook and catches him before the Joker hits the ground and becomes a giant smiling pancake.

Ignoring the bullet in my shoulder I run over to the machine.

The ground begins to shake,

I rapidly type in the codes that I had memorized, the machine powers down and the shaking stops

I take out the power core just to be safe.

The Batman ties up the Joker and comes to my side, but I refuse to lean on him

I won't let anyone see any weakness

"You saved my life Black Widow" he says in disbelief 

"Any time Partner" I smile through the pain,

Batman inspects the wound on my shoulder as a bunch of cops enter the roof,

Helicopters are suddenly everywhere, they are led by a middle aged man with white hair and a white moustache in a Brown Trench coat.

"Thanks Batman we will take it from here" Batman nods at the Man, he looks at me

"Who's your new friend?" he asks referring to me

"Commissioner Gordon this is Black Widow she was the one who save the city not me" the commissioner holds out his hand which I shake

"Please Commissioner call me Romanoff it was nothing really" he looked surprised that I gave him a name but seemed to trust me.

I had never felt like this, I had done well, I had saved thousands of lives for once in my life, I had used my very unique skill set to do good.

I am too deep in thoughts when I suddenly begin to shake, I had been electrocuted from behind with a lot of force the world went black and the floor rushed at me before unconsciousness set in. 

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Bruce Wayne's POV

"What the hell are you doing?" Gordon Yells angrily at a group of men who had just attacked the Black Widow,

They wore ARGUS uniforms they quickly restrained her with some over the top looking handcuffs.

I grab one of them before they can react 

<Oh no you don't>

"Don't touch her!" I yell at them they all take a step back

"Come now Batman we're on the same side we are just taking this criminal away" a man all dressed in Black steps forward

I immediately don't like him

 Gordon decides to speak up first "Criminal? This woman just saved thousands of lives" he crosses his arms and steps forward to intimidate the largely smaller man

But I had come to a decision 

I wasn't going to let Natasha go because I was wrong in my first impression of her,

She was a good woman who had just saved my life and was capable of doing great things and she had just taken a bullet meant for me, I owed her

"Let her stay in Gotham I can keep an eye on her, keep her on the straight and narrow" I suggest

The ARGUS Agent looks at me with a smug look in his eye "No can do Batman but Ms Romanoff has a permanent date with a high security prison cell"

I grab the man by his suit jacket he was terrified now

The other Agent grabbed for their weapons but they wouldn't dare

"Let me put it this way you will give Black Widow her deal and release her to live in Gotham otherwise I will come after you and I will take ARGUS down"

I remain calm and let him go but this just seems to scare him more

"Ok, ok Batman I will see what I can do" and from his fear I hope he keeps his word

I sure as would keep mine.

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=[A:> You've reached the end of chapter 4 I found the fight scene really fun to write and I hope to continue with the joker as it is really great to write him in (big fan of Mark Hamills portrayal of the character) please let me know what you think and thank you for reading. xxxx]=

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#Songs for Chapter 4#

-"Highway to Hell" by AC/DC

-"Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas

-"Funhouse" by P!NK

-"Who's that Chick?" By David Guetta and Rihanna

-"Wreak Havoc" by Skylar Grey

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