Chapter 33

Back at the Human Village....
Batman/Johnny has located and disarmed two more of the Joker's bombs and taken more of Joker thugs into police custody. Meanwhile, Gordon and his police officers has also located and disarmed the last two of the Joker's bombs and arrested more of Joker's goons. They also managed to save some hostages that the Joker's men has taken.


"That's all five bombs. Hope that's the last of them." Gordon sighed in relief and then turns to Batman/Johnny. "So how are you going to find the Joker with those things?"


Batman/Johnny was using his Cryptographic Sequencer gadget. He focused on the locations where the five bombs were planted and their radio frequency traced the signal to Henry Claridge's abandoned chemical plant.


"The radio frequency is pointing to the abandoned chemical plant. That's where Joker's hiding." Batman/Johnny said to Gordon as he puts back his gadget inside his utility belt.


"Dispatch, this is Captain James Gordon. We need all available police officers ASAP. We have a positive lead on the Joker's location." Gordon said through his police radio in the police car.


"Affirmative, Captain. Dispatch out." The police dispatch said.


"It's just me and you, Joker. Time we finish this once and for all!" Batman/Johnny said preparing for his final battle with the Joker.


Meanwhile back at the Hotel....
Mavis, Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte are inside the basketball court wearing their jersey uniforms. Before they could start the game, they did a quick few stretches and exercises to get themselves ready.


"So who's gonna be on who's team?" Sophie asked.


"Hmph... I think I'll chose Wendy and Sophie in my team." Mavis answered.


"Yeah! I'm on Mavis' team!" Wendy exclaimed bouncing up and down in victory.


"Great. Now this just leaves me with Hank and Pedro." Charlotte said a little annoyed.


"This is going to be fun! Especially without Klaus showing off his victory dance." Hank said while this made Mavis giggled at making fun at her cousin.


The teams held their respective positions. Mavis, Wendy, and Sophie were standing on their side of the court while Hank, Pedro, and Charlotte stayed on their's.


"You guys ready to lose?" Pedro asked teasingly.


"Yeah right, like we're going to lose." Mavis scoffed while rolling her eyes. She really thought that her team will win due to her incredible Basketball skills and vampire powers.


The basketball game began shortly with Sophie dribbling the ball while Mavis and Wendy tried to block Hank, Pedro, and Charlotte.


"Sophie! I'm open!" Mavis exclaimed while extending her arms waving at Sophie.


Sophie threw the ball as Mavis grabbed it and began dribbling it to the ring until Pedro swoops in and stole the ball.


"Hey! Pedro!" Mavis said annoyingly.


Pedro kept running while dribbling the ball and making a jump on the ring as he shoots the ball straight down the spider-net.


"Boom! You just got Pedro'd!" Pedro laughed while giving high fives to Hank and Charlotte.


Later on, It was now Charlotte who was dribbling the ball while Hank and Pedro tired block Mavis, Wendy, and Sophie away from the ball.


"Hank! You're up!" Charlotte said as she passed the ball to Hank.


"Thanks, Charlotte! I got this!" Hank said as he grabs the ball with his hands.


"Wait! Hank don't throw the ball!" Pedro shouted trying to stop Hank but it was too late.


Hank threw the ball straight at the ring but it hit the board instead as the ball ricocheted the shot back to Hank hitting him on the head as it detached himself from his body. Hank's head and the ball dropped on the floor at the same time.


Sophie picked up the ball and shot it right down at the spider-net. Mavis and Wendy cheered in victory that their team managed to score while Pedro and Charlotte sighed in annoyance.


"Score! Better luck next time, Hank." Sophie said teasingly at Hank's head.


"Nice shot, Sophie." Mavis said to her teammate. Both Mavis, Wendy, and Sophie gave high fives to each other.


"Can someone put my head back to my body please?" Hank asked in embarrassment. Pedro was always to put Hank's head back to his body.


A couple of minutes later, Hank was yet again dribbling the ball until he lost balance and slipped on top of Wendy as her gooey body bounced him up the ceiling where the screaming Hank was left hanging upside down at the ceiling.


It was Mavis who had the ball on her hands. She turned into a bat and shot the ball straight down to the spider-net.


"And that's how you play Basketball! Boom-Drac-alacka!" Mavis laughed in victory before turning back into her human form.


"Alright! Go, Mavis!" Both Sophie and Charlotte cheered for the young vampiress.


As Mavis and friends prepared for another game of Basketball, Dracula entered the court to check on where the cheering noises are coming from.


"What are you kids doing here?" Dracula asked.


"Oh hey, dad. We were just playing a little game of Basketball." Mavis replied by spinning the ball with her finger.


"Uh... a little help over here... Uncle Drac?" Hank said in embarrassment still hanging upside down on the ceiling.


"Hank? Who did you end up there? Hang on." Dracula said with a little wave of his fingers, he used his telekinesis powers to levitate Hank safely back on the ground.


"Thanks, Uncle Drac." Hank said now standing on the floor. Dracula just nodded and smiled at the young Frankenstein.


"Are you gonna join us, Uncle Drac?" Wendy asked.


"I'd love to kids but I have important hotel business to attend to." Dracula replied while the kids frowned.


"Oh come, dad. It'll be fun! Unless if you're a.... scaredy-bat." Mavis teased while smirking and raising an eyebrow.


"Oooooh!" Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte said.


Dracula chuckled at her daughter's challenge. With a simple snap of his finger, Dracula changed into his jersey uniform in a mist.


"You're on." Dracula smirked.


Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte all sat on the audience seats watching Dracula and Mavis to play the game of trick shot.


"You sure you want to get your little fangs beat again up?" Dracula asked dribbling the ball while Mavis was stretching her arms.


"I beat you when I still have my training wings." Mavis chuckled while crossing her arms.


"Because I let you. Now let's start with something easy." Dracula started when he shot the ball at the gargoyle on top and ricocheted the ball on the basketball ring.


It was Mavis' turn. Mavis threw the ball at the gargoyle ricocheted at a zombie employee's head off as the ball shoots through the spider-net.


"Alright! Go, Mavis!" Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte cheered all together for Mavis while clapping their hands.


"Oh it's on now!" Dracula smirked.


Dracula and Mavis began to perform trick shots to top each other's score.


"Oh yeah!" Dracula shouted in victory after performing his trick shot.


"Boom-Drac-alacka!" Mavis exclaimed after doing her trick shot.


"Nothing but web! Boo-ya! There's no way you can top that shot!" Dracula cheered for himself as he tossed Mavis the ball.


Taking a deep breath, Mavis performed her trick shot. The ball hits the gargoyle, the zombie's head, the sundae bar at the dining restaurant, the hotel chimney, the front desk in the lobby, the hearse, the tombstone in the cemetery, the tail of a giant three-headed dog, Quasimodo's head which was spilled by a bowl of soup, and the ball shot through the basketball ring.


"Nothing but web! In your spooky face!" Mavis cheered in victory while doing her little victory dance.


Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte, cheered for Mavis' victory while Dracula just smiled seeing her daughter having fun.


Just then, Dracula gasped in horror when he saw an angry Quasimodo with green soup all over his head entered the court to find out who threw the ball at his head.


"Mavy, you win. Now let's get you kids out of here!" Dracula said in a hurry while getting himself and kids out of the court quickly before Quasimodo finds them.


Quasimodo spotted a zombie employee kicking the ball and thought that he was responsible for the mess on his face. In anger, Quasimodo took off the zombie employee's head and dunks it at the basketball ring as a payback.


Dracula, Mavis, Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte quickly left the basketball court to escape Quasimodo. The changed back into their usual clothes and headed down to the lobby.


"Man, Mavis plays better than the old man." Pedro commented.


"Hey! Who you calling old man?" Dracula glared at the young mummy while Mavis and her friends laughed.


"Too bad Johnny missed all of the fun." Wendy said.


"Where is he?" Dracula asked.


"He's with Alfred helping him out with something." Mavis answered.


Sooner or later they noticed that there was a crowd of monsters, including Frank, Eunice, Wayne, Wanda, Murray, and Griffin, were watching news at the flat screen TV.


"What are you guys watching there?" Dracula asked.


"Something's happening back at the human village." Frank answered his old friend.


Just then Dracula, Mavis, Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte joined the crowd to know what they were watching. The TV was showing a female reporter in a crime-scene with the police at the human village.


"Breaking News: early tonight, several of the Joker's armed thugs were spotted planting bombs all over town and has taken numerous hostages with them. Civilians were advised by Police Captain James Gordon to stay inside their homes for their safety until the police handles the situation. It's also confirmed that the vigilante known as 'The Batman' has taken down the thugs and rescued the hostages but still no sign of the Joker. Police officers have also disarmed the bombs in what it appears to be one of the Joker's plots. Later on, I have seen the Batman on the scene talking to Captain James Gordon earlier tonight. Could the Batman and the police force be working together in order to stop 'the Joker'? We'll learn the answer later tonight, people." The female reporter said on the television.


After what they have learned from the news, the monsters were worried about what's happening tonight, especially Dracula. He couldn't risk any of his guest leaving the hotel while there's a mad clown on the loose.


"Captain!" Dracula called out the armored knight.


"Yes, sir!" The Armored Knight saluted at the vampire.


"I want you to increase the security within the hotel! Make sure that no leaves! Understood?" Dracula exclaimed.


"Affirmative, sir! I'll have the other knights to guard the hotel! We won't let anything bad happen to everyone here!" The Armored Knight replied as he assembled his guards to do their given task.


"Could this be a new leaf for the mysterious vigilante? Is he about to become a public figure? We've also seen the Bat putting down other criminals behind bars before. Criminals such as the arms dealer 'The Penguin', the serial arsonist 'Firefly', the former cryobiologist 'Mr. Freeze', and many more. Hopefully,  the Batman could also take down the Joker later tonight? After what I've seen him do tonight, he's on his way to become a household name." The female reporter said on the television.


"Man, I didn't know Bat-dude has made a lot of enemies that fast!" Pedro said in disbelief.


"Batman taking down the Joker!? There's no way I'm gonna miss that!" Hank exclaimed in excitement.


Hank, Pedro, Wendy, Sophie, and Charlotte were eagerly waiting for the moment where Batman/Johnny fights the Joker like they were watching a superhero movie while Mavis was somehow worried. She knew that Batman/Johnny only priority was to protect innocent lives including the time when he saved Dracula from the Joker at the night of that carnival. Mavis hopes that Batman/Johnny would be careful on taking down the Joker.


Back at the Human Village....
Batman/Johnny arrived at the abandoned chemical plant with Gordon and the police not so far behind him. He hasn't been at the chemical plant ever since the night the Joker hired his men to steal those chemicals from Henry Claridge.


Batman/Johnny heard someone screaming for help just outside the building. It was a hostage begging to be rescued from the Joker's thugs.


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"Joker's thugs has taken that man hostage. I should take them out first before moving on." Batman/Johnny thought.


Batman/Johnny grappled up to a vantage point to have a clear view at the thugs. Five armed thugs were keeping the man hostage, this was going to be easy for Batman/Johnny.


Batman/Johnny glides down to a lonely armed thug and performed a glide kick at him. While the thug was on the floor, Batman/Johnny performed a ground takedown at the thug knocking him down loudly that it caught the other thugs' attentions. Batman/Johnny quickly grappled up to another vantage point before the other armed thugs arrive.


"Oh god! Everyone, get your asses over here NOW!" One of the thugs yelled.


The remaining four armed thugs came up to their unconscious friend trying to wake him up but he wasn't responding back.


"This isn't good! He won't wake up." The first thug said nervously.


"The Bat's here! Don't let reach to the Joker!" The second thug said.


"That's it! We're screwed! We're gonna die out here and there's nothing we can do about it!" The third thug shouted while his body was shivering in fear.


"Shut up! We need to keep looking or we're all dead!" The forth thug snapped at his friend getting scared as well.


The three thugs spread out to haunt down Batman/Johnny while the forth thug kept an eye on the hostage. Batman/Johnny silently sneaked behind one of the thugs and performed a silent takedown. Unknown to Batman/Johnny, one of the three remaining thugs spotted him taking his buddy down.


"On me! I've got him! He's over here!" The thug shouted calling out his friends' attentions.


The thug tried to shoot Batman/Johnny with his gun but Batman/Johnny was fast enough to throw a Batarang at the thug's face as he tripped down to the floor.


With the other two thugs incoming, Batman/Johnny dropped smoke pellets to cover his movements and finished off the thug on the floor by performing another ground takedown before grappling up at a vantage point.


As the smoke began to wear off, the last two thugs found another of their friend incapacitated and Batman/Johnny got away.


"He used some kind of smoke to get away." The first thug said.


"He's making us look like idiots! How's he doing it?" The second thug yelled.


"Leave him. We've got more important things to be looking out for!" The second said after he tried waking up his friend.


As the last two thugs spread out, Batman/Johnny dropped kick at one of the thugs on top and performed a ground takedown knocking him out unconscious. Hearing his friend getting knocked down, the last thug run to the hostage and grabbed him by the collar and pointing his gun at his head.


"Welcome to club hostage! You hear me Batman?! If you show yourself, I'll put a bullet between this guy's eyes!" The thug shouted warning Batman/Johnny as he kept pointing his gun at the hostage's head ready for Batman/Johnny to show up.


"One of Joker's men has taken that man hostage. The only way to save him is to make sure his captors won't see me coming." Batman/Johnny said carefully.


Without watching his back, Batman/Johnny performed a silent takedown behind the thug making him let go of the hostage safely. Batman/Johnny knockout smashed the thug's head on the ground.


"Man... I heard the rumors but... I didn't believe you were real! Unbelievable!" The hostage exclaimed.


"You're safe now. The police are on their way to pick you up." Batman/Johnny said.


"Thank you, Batman. There were more of us, hopefully if there still are. That evil clown took them all inside the chemical facility." The hostage said.


"Don't worry. I'll find them. I need you to hide somewhere safe until Captain Gordon arrives." Batman/Johnny reassured the hostage.


With the hostage hiding somewhere safe waiting for the police to come, Batman/Johnny went inside the Chemical Plant to stop the Joker.


Meanwhile inside the Chemical Plant.....
"Please... let us go... we don't want to die!" A hostage begged.


"You don't need to kill us." The second hostage pleaded.


"What? Oh no no no... I'm not going to kill you... not yet anyway. I need you all with me until your precious Caped Crusader arrives. He'll be surprised from what I've got on my sleeves... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" The Joker laughed while aiming his gun directly at one of the hostages' heads.


"SOMEONE... HELP US!" A third hostage cried out loud.


Batman/Johnny entered the room as he kicked the door so hard that it crashed on the ground. He saw the Joker on the high ground with the three hostages and his thugs backing him up.


"Well look who discovered our secret hideout! Was it hard to find it, Batsy? I mean after all.... this place really means special for the both of us." The Joker squealed in excitement while looking down at Batman/Johnny.


"You need to stop this now. Before it goes to far!" Batman/Johnny warned.


"Stop? But everyone's drying to see what I've planned next!" The Joker said.


"The police are on their way. It's over for you, Joker." Batman/Johnny said.


"Over? Why my dear Batman, no need to spoil the surprise. The party hasn't even began." The Joker said.


Thirty of the Joker's thugs dropped down to beat the vigilante up while Batman/Johnny wasn't showing any signs of fear at all.


"Batman's here and the boss wants him dead! LET'S KILL HIM!" One of the thugs yelled.


"No problem!" A second thug answered.


"Just you guys? Pity." Batman/Johnny taunted while rotating his shoulder and tilting his neck making some snapping sounds.


The thugs began to attack but Batman/Johnny countered their attacks and began to strike the the thugs forming his free flow combat. He would also perform Combo Takedowns at the thug's by breaking their bones to knock them down and would use his Batarangs, REC gun, Batclaw against his enemies and use Explosive Gel on the floor to blow up the thugs knocking them down unconscious. Three or five minutes later, all thirty thugs were knocked out without Batman/Johnny breaking a sweat. After watching the whole fight, the Joker just clapped his hands.


"Nicely done, Bats! You deserve a price: you'll get to sit at the front row seat as I, The Joker!, release my Venom as it covers the entire town!" The Joker said as he grabbed the detonator from his suit presenting it to Batman/Johnny.


"JOKER! DON'T!" Batman/Johnny yelled trying to stop the Joker.


The Joker pressed the button of his detonator but after a few seconds, he didn't hear an explosion occur. He kept pressing the button multiple times but nothing seems to work.


"What? Why is this not working? I could've sworn I had this fix!" The Joker said annoyingly as he kept pressing the button. "What have you done, Bats?"


"The police and I disarmed all your bombs that you've planted. The radio frequency traced the signal back here at the chemical plant. How else did you think I'd find you here?" Batman/Johnny answered back.


"You just ruined everything!" The Joker yelled in frustration throwing his detonator away and aimed his gun at Batman/Johnny.


"Freeze, Joker! You're surrounded!" Gordon and the police breached in the room arresting the thugs.


The Joker prepared to fire his gun at one of the hostages but Batman/Johnny was quick enough to throw a Batarang right at the Joker's hand making him drop his weapon. The Joker ran away to another room for him to escape.


"Gordon, get the hostages out of here now! I'll deal with the Joker." Batman/Johnny said while Gordon nodded.


While the police arrested the thugs and rescued the hostages, Batman/Johnny grabbed his grappling gun from his leg hostler and grappled up to the high ground to chase the Joker.


Batman/Johnny ended up in a room filled with vat of experimental chemicals just directly below them. The Joker was just a few meters away in front of Batman/Johnny. It was just the two of them.


"Does it brings you back memories, Bats? Here we are again at the exact same place. The fight between life and death... just above the chemical vats. The first time I laid my eyes on you... hahahahaha.... Sometimes, I wonder if all this will end with one of us looking down at the other's corpse, trying to work out what to do next. The only question is... whose body will it be? I know who I'm rooting for. What about you?" The Joker giggled referring to the night when he met Batman/Johnny for the very first time at the chemical plant.


"No more escape, Joker! This sick game ends now!" Batman/Johnny shouted while clenching his fist.


Both Batman/Johnny and the Joker charged to each other in incredible speed. The Joker was the first one to lay a punch on his opponent but Batman/Johnny was fast enough to block the attack and slammed the Joker's face right on the railings and kicked him right on the midsection.


Blood was coming out from the Joker's nose but all he did was to laugh every time he feels pain. Batman/Johnny grabbed the Joker by the shoulder but the Joker quickly turns around to face Batman/Johnny and managed to punch Batman/Johnny right the jaw.


Batman/Johnny groaned in pain as he knelt down with his one hand holding his jaw while behind him was the Joker slides out a knife from the sleeve of his purple suit.


"Why so shy, Batsy? Come on! Pucker up!" The Joker taunted running towards Batman/Johnny to stab him with his knife.


Fully recovered, Batman/Johnny blocked the knife attack with his gauntlet on his arm and used his free hand to uppercut the Joker below the jaw. The attack was so strong that Joker stepped back uncontrollably.


The Joker swings his knife multiple times right at Batman/Johnny but he dodged every attack until the Joker manages to only scratch the bat logo on Batman/Johnny's chest armor. Batman/Johnny grabs the Joker's hand and slams it on the railing making him drop the knife below the vat of chemicals.


Batman/Johnny strongly punched the Joker on the face as more blood came out from his mouth. The Joker held both of his hand on the railing for support while laughing. The Joker pulled out his joy buzzer from his other sleeve and directly held his palm on Batman/Johnny's head while the joy buzzer was electrifying him.


Batman/Johnny screamed in pain feeling the electric shock on his head while the Joker held both his hands on Batman/Johnny's head while laughing. The Joker lets go of Batman/Johnny and knelt down on the ground grunting in pain.


"Little Batsy's falling down!" The Joker sang as he kicked Batman/Johnny on the face and his back landed on floor. "Falling down, falling down, little Batsy's falling down!" The Joker continued singing while electrifying Batman/Johnny with his joy buzzer some more. "I'm so happy! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"


The Joker was about to use his joy buzzer on Batman/Johnny again but he quickly slammed the Joker's body against the railing and took away his joy buzzer form his palm and threw it below the chemical vat. Batman/Johnny punched the Joker on the stomach and slammed his face on the other side of the railing. The Joker continued to laugh while Batman/Johnny wiped the blood from his mouth or spitting it out.


The Joker grabbed his second gun from his suit and aimed at Batman/Johnny, who just stood there waiting for the right time to attack.


"Why can't you just admit it, Bats?! You need me! We make each other perfect and we couldn't exist without the other! I'm the Yin to your Yang! We're both the same, Batman! I'm the answer to all of your life's prayers! Without me, you're just a joke.... without a punch line!" The Joker said explaining how much Batman/Johnny really means to him still aiming his gun at him.


"You need to learn how to shut up!" Batman/Johnny talked back while clenching his teeth in anger.


"Well, I guess learning is a lot to ask from you, meat-for-brains." The Joker said as he pulled the trigger of his gun.


The gun didn't released a bullet right at Batman/Johnny but it released a flag that says 'BANG!' instead.


"Oops... HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" The Joker said in embarrassment but he even continued to laugh.


Batman/Johnny slammed the gun away from Joker's gun as it dropped below the chemical vat. Batman/Johnny stunned his cape at the Joker making him dizzy and focused on beating him down multiple times on his shoulder, chest, stomach and face. After a few good hits, Batman/Johnny kicked the Joker on the stomach sending him to do opposite direction and landed on the ground. The Joker weakly laughed and coughed while Batman/Johnny walked closer to him.


"Come on, baby. Beat me until your knuckles bleed. Why stop there? You know there's only one way to stop me." The Joker said.


Batman/Johnny began to strangle the Joker on the neck in anger. The Joker laughs while starring at Batman/Johnny's angry face. Batman/Johnny used his free hand to punch the Joker on the face. The punch was so hard that it knocked the Joker unconscious. Batman/Johnny kept breathing heavily knowing that it's all over. The Joker is defeated.


Gordon came in the room and saw the Joker unconscious body on the ground and Batman/Johnny just standing there and looking tired.


"Batman?" Gordon worriedly said.


"It's over, Gordon. We've got the Joker." Batman/Johnny said.


"Thank god it's all over. I'm just glad you didn't kill him, especially for what he's done tonight." Gordon chuckled.


"That's not how I do things, Captain. I don't kill anyone. Not even scums like the Joker." Batman/Johnny sternly said which silenced Gordon regretting to ask that kind of question.


Gordon turns around to see if more of the police officers are coming in the room to arrest the Joker.


"A lot of people are coming here anytime soon. You need to go before..." The moment Gordon turned his back, Batman/Johnny was already gone. "Where'd you go?" Gordon gasped in disbelief from Batman/Johnny's disappearing act.


To be continued....




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