Batman Beyond: Sons Of Batman

Confronted

Chapter 6

Confronted

ACE Chemicals

Bruce drove to ACE Chemicals in his Batmobile, he wore the armored Batsuit he once used against Superman and Aquaman. Bruce only wore the Batsuit just incase Joker planted any bombs at ACE Chemicals. Bruce could barely fight in the suit, he was too old and weak. If he was able to fight in the suit as well as he used to he might be Batman as of today. But that was unsure because Bruce gave up the mantle when he seemingly "killed" Joker and when he used a gun to defend himself, not because he grew old.

When Bruce got to ACE Chemicals he saw ashes everywhere from when he, Nightwing, and Joker burned and down the building while fighting. That was the night Joker died, Nightwing lost an eye, and in that same week, Bruce gave up the mantle of Batman.

Bruce had bad memories of that day. He may have more bad memories today. He just saw Azrael die and he may have to kill the Joker again.

When Bruce walked in the room, he smelled ashes and dust everywhere until he saw Joker, without his Red Hood mask, holding up Azrael's dead body. Bruce scanned Joker, his body matched his old one, he scanned his voice already, that also matched. Bruce hadn't scanned his DNA yet though or his fingerprints.

"Oh, hey Batass. How's it goin'? Haven't seen your face in a while, well, I have barely seen it, wait, have I? I mean, you're Bruce Wayne, and I've seen pictures of you on the Internet and stuff, but I've never seen you in that Batsuit without a mask." Joker laughed.

"What do you want clown? I thought I killed you." Bruce said under his mask.

"Oh you did, and how I came back to life will be revealed. On another note, the note I have been wanting to discuss for decades, are you proud of what you became that night, when you killed me? It seems like you are, I'm surprised, killing wasn't you moral code." Joker stated. "Oh, and I'm never surprised as you already should know."

"It seems like I didn't kill you, you're standing right here in front of me right now." Bruce stated.

"For the last damn time, you did kill me Batass. Now answer my question were you proud of what you became? I think you are, but at the same time, I don't think you are because we all know that you'd probably still be Batman today if you were proud. Now you have that fake running around in superhero tights. What his name, Terry? Maybe I should kill him next." Joker asked.

"You will not touch him, monster." Bruce threw a Batarang at Joker's arm. Blood got on the blades of it as it passed him. The Batarang didn't come back though. Joker caught it when it came around.

"Here, take this DNA sample, you find what you'll need on there Batass." Joker said, "There's more than meets the eye on that sample, now that was the present I wanted to give you but I gotta go, I might blow up a plane or destroy a grave or somethin'. Should I destroy Azrael's grave when you bury him, or even if you bury him? Or should I destroy the Commish's grave? Oooh, I got a great one, I'll destroy the first person who I killed who was close to you, Jason Todd."

"You will not touch anyone's grave, or take another life, I won't let that happen." Bruce said.

"It'll happen. Oh and the tracking device in my blood you put in me when you threw that Batarang at my arm, it's been destroyed, I stuck a needle in my leg full of acids and crap that'll screw with your toys." Joker said, he looked at the time, "I really, really gotta get going, I have a meeting or some shit somewhere, bye bye Batass, I'm sure I'll see you tomorrow or something, maybe this week." Joker threw a smoke grenade on the floor and vanished.

Bruce looked at the Batarang, he scanned it with his scanner in his mask. The DNA matched Joker's, Bruce wasn't surprised but there was another DNA sample too, it was unidentifiable, Bruce had to figure out what this DNA sample was now and find out what was going on with the Joker and stop him before he caused anymore damage to Gotham.