the Batman: Crimson Clown

Rise: part 3

a woman in a sleek black jumpsuit, with cat ears and yellow goggles carefully opened a glass case containing a huge diamond.

"Perfect." she whispered, "biggest achievement since I stole ole' Batsy's utility belt. Now time to pack up and-"

braaiing!" the alarms went off jarring Catwoman so much that she nearly dropped the 'Gotham's eye jewel'. almost. she whipped around looking for something that could've tripped the alarms. none of her body was touching any security lasers. nor was anything in the room except-

"Sorry." a masked kid in a red pinstriped suit said cockily, "was that not according to plan?"

Catwoman looked the kid up and down, seeing that one of his shiny loafers were in the direct path of a security laser. as the lasers shut down, Catwoman and the Crimson Clown approached each other sizing the other up. from Catwoman's perspective she was facing a little kid maybe in the fifth grade, who was in way over his head. from the Crimson's Clown perspective, this cat burglar was underestimating him.

Catwoman unleashed the first strike, thrashing her whip around. the Buffoon of Bravery sidestepped every attack, his hands in his pockets. Catwoman being extremely infuriated at this point goes into slash at the Crimson Clown with her new claws. the kid blocks every strike and is about to use his new toy when all of a sudden something black and sharp whizzes past his face. the Bat family has arrived.

"Neither of you are getting the diamond!" Batgirl says readying another batarang to throw.

"What she said!" Robin yells.

the three vigilantes leap down readying themselves for a three-way fight. technically they were right. but not in the way they expected. Batman took on Catwoman while Robin and Batgirl attempt to fight the Crimson Clown. but he doesn't want to hurt any fellow heroes. even if they were pretty jerky.

"Come on fight back!" Batgirl teases him "are you the type of clown who's afraid of his own shadow?"

"he's not even funny!" Robin jeers "just sad!"

the Crimson Clown was in fact just tumbling around. rolling, slipping, and just basically avoiding any harm. but he got pretty pissed after Robin knocked him in the jaw a couple times. looks like he would get to play with his new toy.

He grabs a small ring from his pocket and secretly slaps it on. Robin goes in for another punch and this time the Crimson Clown blocks it placing his hand on the boy wonder's wrist. Robin spasmed before falling down.

"Why you-" Batgirl snarls "you're dead."

Batgirl hurls batarangs all of which are disintegrated by the acid water squirting from the flower pinned to the Crimson Clown's suit. Batgirl hurls all of her batarangs most missing, but one nails him right in the shoulder. she approaches the jester only to get smacked in the face by an extendable boxing glove.

"EASY!" the Crimson Clown exclaims "now madammoiselle where were we- poo"

the Batman looms over him, menacingly. with one strike to the neck the Crimson Clown is out cold.