The Right Side of Wrong

Batman Begins Forever: Part 2

3rd Person POV:

King Shark: "How'd it go?"

Clayface: "I must call James Gunn immediately."

Ivy: "Harley? Ronnie? Why aren't they waking up? We need to go back in, we need to save them right now!"

Psycho attempts to go back in, but is mentally blocked by Bruce.

Psycho: "Nope, it's not gonna happen. Bruce's brain is on lockdown. But his subconscious must still want them for something. The only way out now is from the inside. The Quinzels are on their own."

Ivy: "But Ronnie needs your help, your power."

Psycho: "Does she? You always say she's strong, tough, and capable of anything. Let's see if this can regenerate her powers' strength."

Ivy: "Fine."

King Shark: "Now, I'm just spitballing here, but has anyone considered what might happen if Riddler-"

Suddenly, Riddler bursts into the house.

Riddler: "Ronnie, listen, I understand you need to help your sister with whatever, but the caterer called and said-"

Then, he notices Veronica's current state, looks to Ivy, then Psycho, then Ivy-Wait!

Psycho: "Uh, Riddler, my man! What, uh, what did the caterer say?"

Riddler immediately turns back to Psycho with a glare, thinking the worst as he stalks toward him and yanks him off the ground.

Riddler: "What. Did. You. Do?!"

Ok, this will take a while for Ivy to explain, but Psycho might be right. Ronnie's the strongest person they know. Of course, she can handle this herself. Right?

Veronica's POV:

We rush Bruce out of the alley as the muggers chase after and shoot at us. We duck behind the limo as we try to distract Bruce from what's happening using the techniques Harley taught me when we did our one-on-one sessions.

Harley: "Hey, how about you focus yourself and you try and think of a different memory. Preferably, a happy one with, like, no murders. Uh, maybe mini-golf, or how about a merry-go-round?"

Young Bruce: *crying* "All I see is darkness."

Harley: "All right, time to improvise."

I grab Bruce's hand as Harley leads us into an alleyway, only for the three of us to fall through a hole in the ground into a cave.

Harley: "Where are we?"

Young Bruce: "The darkness."

Harley: "Yeah, so if this is gonna work, I need you to not go all creepy-kid-in-a-horror-movie on us, ok?"

Then, a swarm of bats flies past us.

Young Bruce: "Bats are scary."

Me: "You're telling me. Look, kid, we know you're going through a lot right now. But we need you to be our little soldier, ok?"

Harley: "See, we got this friend named Frank that's missing, and we wanna make sure he's ok. Maybe you've seen him?"

Young Bruce: *looks away* "I don't know."