I was TAKING him to ARKHAM, where INSANE criminal SCUM like him can be REHABILITATED. As if that EVER happens.
I didn't LIKE it. I don't like ANYTHING, because I'm BATMAN. But I ESPECIALLY didn't like THIS. The JOKER let me CATCH him too EASILY. Which means he's SET a TRAP. I decided go WITH him to his CELL.
There he IS, the SMUG little CLOWN. It's so TEMPTING to just KILL him and get it OVER with, but I won't let HIM turn me into a KILLER.
And this is Warden Quincy SHARP. A CORRUPT little MAN if I ever SAW one. Unfortunately he has so many CONNECTIONS it seems like even my ALTER-EGO Bruce WAYNE can't do anything ABOUT him.
We MADE our WAY to INTENSIVE TREATMENT, where I saw another OLD FRIEND.
Killer CROC. Born more BEAST than MAN, with a SOUL to MATCH. He SAW me, said he'd EAT my BONES. UNLIKELY.
We MADE our WAY further into the FACILITY. JOKER played his USUAL tricks, but I was WISE to him.
And then I MET up with one of my most TRUSTED allies. COMMISIONER Jim GORDON.
He SHARED my apprehensiveness about the Joker's CAPTURE. I told him I'd make SURE nothing HAPPENED.
Unfortunately that wasn't a PROMISE I could KEEP.
Joker got FREE. With the help of some of his GOONS shipped over from BLACKGATE, he'd taken CONTROL of Arkham.
And now he was DARING me to come AFTER him. An obvious TRAP, but one I had no CHOICE but to step INTO.
He sent some of his GOONS after me. I dispatched them like the SCUM they ARE.
I used the SCANNER in my COWL to analyze the SITUATION.
Unfortunately there didn't SEEM to be any CLUES to the SITUATION here. I had no CHOICE but to head DEEPER into Arkham.
It wasn't LONG before I found another of my ENEMIES taking ADVANTAGE of the CHAOS.
Mr. Zsasz. The TALLYMAN. Small time. It's a little DISTURBING that a SERIAL KILLER is considered SMALL time in Gotham, but that is the state of AFFAIRS.
He threatened to electrocute a guard if he SAW me.
He DIDN'T.
Unfortunately, one of Joker's ASSOCIATES used the DISTRACTION to seal the ROOM.
Harley Quinn. Once a PSYCHIATRIST here at Arkham, the Joker SEDUCED her and TWISTED her mind. Now she's his number one PARTNER in CRIME.
She had a HOSTAGE. Warden SHARP.
As much as I DESPISED the little man, I couldn't let them KILL him. So I found a VENT and escaped the ROOM.
And then I found ANOTHER little trinket from one of my "FRIENDS".
Edward Nigma. The RIDDLER. No doubt wanting me to play some GAME of his. I don't have TIME.
I made my way to Decontamination. The room is SEALED and filling with JOKER GAS. Fortunately there was a VENT in the CEILING I used to get in.
I was above the GAS, and rescued a couple of guards who were in DANGER of FALLING.
I took a moment to savor the IRONY, and then saved this SCUM as well.
I didn't give him TIME to THANK me.
The IMMEDIATE danger passed, I used a batarang to get the ventilation WORKING.
Then I found HIM. The JOKER.
He was STANDING on some sort of CAGE. He OPENED it.
It was some sort of HORRIBLY mutated creature. It was STRONG. I avoided its blows, formulating a PLAN, when suddenly it KEELED over.
Joker said something about needing stronger TEST subjects. Is he EXPERIMENTING on the INMATES? For what PURPOSE?
He DARED me to knock him from the CAGE into the deep SHAFT below. I was TEMPTED. But BATMAN doesn't KILL.
Joker COUNTS on it.
He TAUNTED me and headed FURTHER into the facility. I took a moment to UPGRADE my armor, in case I had to DEAL with more of those MUTANTS.
It' wasn't LONG before Joker had another SURPRISE for me. He'd kidnapped the COMISSIONER.
If he saw me FOLLOWING him, he'd KILL Jim. He'd gotten to him with the HELP of a corrupt GUARD, Frank Boles. I decided to head back to the CELLS to see if I could find Boles, or any CLUES to where he might BE.
He'd left his FLASK behind. I set my visor to SCAN for traces of ALCOHOL in the AIR.
I'd made it to an ELEVATOR when HARLEY showed up.
She DISABLED the elevator, leaving me GROUNDED. Or so she THOUGHT.
I climbed the SHAFT using my GRAPPLE. When I got to the TOP I found that some of Joker's THUGS had gotten their hands on GUNS. I HATE GUNS. Since I couldn't approach them DIRECTLY, I used STEALTH to get BEHIND them and take them DOWN.
I made my way to a LARGE room with a few THUGS in it. They were EASILY handled. So the JOKER sent in MORE, with GUNS.
I took a little FIRE, but nothing I can't HANDLE. I took them out and made my way FORWARD.
They found out I was trailing BOLES and KILLED him. The cost of working with a MADMAN. I had other things to WORRY about. I'd made my way OUTSIDE.
The Joker had sent some THUGS to disable my BATMOBILE. Normally it has security measures to DEAL with tampering, but I DISABLED them in case they had Jim along. So I had to take care of it MYSELF.
Unfortunately I was too LATE to keep the car from being TRASHED. But I did get a supply of explosive gel from the TRUNK.
I also discovered that JIM was leaving a TRAIL for me to follow with his pipe tobacco.
It was leading me towards the MEDICAL facility. I'll check in there TOMORROW.
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