Batman Beyond: Sons Of Batman

Jokerz

Chapter 10

Jokerz

Joker's Funhouse

The Red Hood brought Dick Grayson to the abandoned Joker's Funhouse and left him outside. Red Hood was there to meet the Jokerz, the Dee Dee sisters, Chucko, Ghoul, Woof, Bonk, and J-Man, the most superior Jokerz in Gotham. The Joker's Playhouse was wrecked, it was a burned and rusted.

"Why the hell are we here? Who the hell called us?" J-Man questioned his fellow Jokerz.

"I don't know J, but I bet it's gotta be good." Bonk said.

"You're right, it is good." Red Hood and Dick appeared out of the shadows. Red Hood stepped forward.

"Hey, Dee Dee, that's the guy who's been causing a lot of trouble at CADMUS Labs!" Dee Dee one said.

"I know Dee Dee! He's a babe." Dee Dee two said.

"Look, we admire your work, but why the hell do you want us here?" Bonk asked Red Hood.

"I want you to work for me." Red Hood stated.

"That's nice and all but why the hell would we do that?" J Man questioned. He pointed a gun at Red Hood.

"Why?" Red Hood asked. A gunshot came out of the shadows and hit J-Man in the head and killed him, the Heretic came out of where the gunshot was fired.

"You will listen." Heretic commanded the Jokerz.

"Ok." Ghoul stated, scared.

"Okay, now that, that's taken care off, you are my workers not my slaves, so you will get thirty percent of what you make off of robbing banks or dealing drugs. You will not murder women or children. Also, you won't deal to children." Red Hood said.

"Are you one of those guys in Central City? What are they called? The Rogues?" Bonk asked.

"No, I am not." Red Hood walked foward, and his mask opened up. He revealed himself as the Joker.

"No way." Chucko said, he was about to faint. Red Hood closed his mask.

"If your who we think you are, why won't you let us kill kids or women?" Ghoul asked.

"I knew you would ask that. The answer is, is that I have changed, a lot." Red Hood said.

"I'm starting to believe you're not the Joker, you a fraud, like J Man." Chucko said.

"Fine, believe me, don't, but you will listen to me." Red Hood said. He threw a black bag full of Jokerz heads in it. Chucko threw up as the others looked in the bag. "Those were heads of Jokerz, some of the most elite in Gotham. That took me two hours, I wonder how much I can possibly do in a day."

"We'll listen Mr. J." Dee Dee 1 said.

"Yeah Mr. J." Dee Dee 2 said.

"You're Harley's granddaughters aren't you?" Red Hood asked the sisters.

"Yes Mr. J." The two Dee Dee sisters said together.

"Don't bring up bad memories and don't call me Mr. J." Red Hood said, "Your Grandmother betrayed me, how old does she look? 29?"

"Yes." The Dee Dee sisters said together again.

"She stole a serum from me, and started working for the Batman, she'll pay for that but not yet." Red Hood said. "We have other things to do. Heretic got out a smoke bomb, "Remember, regulate inside my rules, or your head will be in a bag next." Heretic threw the bomb down, "Hahahaha!" The Heretic and Red Hood disappeared with J Man's body.

Outside

Dick Grayson was outside, waiting for the Red Hood. Red Hood and Heretic walked out the rusted gates with J Man's body. Dick Grayson was shocked to see J Man's body.

"You killed the Jokerz?" Dick asked.

"Only this one, he tried to kill us." Heretic said.

"Why? This isn't like you." Dick stated.

"You haven't seen me for decades Dick, you barely know me anymore." Red Hood said.

Dick frowned. "What did you do in there?" Dick asked.

"We made deals with them." Heretic stated.

"Made deals with criminals!? We're supposed to stop criminals, not alliance ourselves with them!" Dick yelled.

"You can't stop criminals! That's what you and Bruce never understood. You can't stop criminals or crime, you have to control it!" Red Hood countered. "Think about it Dick, I've only been out in the field for one day, and crime rates have already went down by five percent. I've done better than Terry McGinnis, the new Batman in one day that he could ever do in a year!"

"You're not doing the right thing, you're lowering yourself to the criminals' level." Dick said.

"This rule you and Bruce live by, no killing, where has that gotten you? Your friends are dead or crippled. And when Bruce finally decides to cross that line, he does it at the worse time possible and makes a horrible picture for Batman." Red Hood said.

"What about the gases you released? You think that's right?" Dick asked.

"No Dick I don't think that was right but I had to do it. It's was just an acceptation." Red Hood stated, "The Heretic and I need to go, will you come?"

"No. I can't go along with you." Dick said sadly, "I failed you, Bruce may think what happened to you was his fault but it's mine, I shouldn't have let you go out in the field that day."

"I know Dick, I forgive you, if you need to leave me, go ahead." Red Hood removed his mask, his face was revealed to be Jason Todd's, he was wearing no mask. "Just don't tell Bruce about what happened." Heretic removed his mask, his face was revealed to be Damian Wayne's. "If you do, just know, he can't stop us, he'll try, but will fail."

"I won't tell Bruce." Dick said. He walked away and got in the car he took to get to the Joker's Playhouse, then drove off.

Jason pressed a button that was on his neck, his skin turned white and his hair turned green, his face's shape changed dramatically into the Joker's face, "Hahahahaha!" The Joker laughed evilly. Damian and Joker put there masks back on and grappled out of the Joker's Playhouse.