Tale of Two Gothams

Ch. 2: A Bit Confused

Batman froze in fear. He couldn't move. He just stood there, eyes wide, listening to Robin's screams. Watching as the beam from the gun hit Robin, making his face twist in pain as he screamed.

The two goons that were holding him let go so they weren't hit by the beam or effected by whatever would happen to Robin. Robin fell to his knees. It felt like hours before the beam finally stopped, but in reality it was only a few seconds.

Black Mask finally turned the gun off, and Robin fell the rest of the way to the floor. Black Mask lauged and turned to a still frozen Batman, whose eyes were wide in fear. "Well, I guess that's the end of him. Now it's your turn, Batman."

Batman continued to stare at robin, who was panting on the ground after all the screaming, but relaxed when he saw Robin look up at him, nodding telling him that he was ok. "Give up, Black Mask," Batman said narrowing his eyes at Black Mask.

Black Mask laughed again. "I just got rid of your partner, Batman, I have the upper hand."

Batman just smiled, which made Black Mask a little worried. Black Mask felt a tap on his shoulder and turned around to see Robin standing behind him. "Sorry, but your little toy didn't work," Robin said then punched Black Mask as hard as he could.

Black Mask staggered back into batman, who then grabbed Black Mask, turned him around, and punched him so hard, he was surprised he didn't break Black Mask's mask.

Robin turned around to face the goons behind him and the two that grabbed him looked at each other then ran, the others following. Robin smiled then looked back to Batman.

"You ok?" Batman asked as he cuffed Black Mask then walked over to Robin.

"Yeah, it hurt like crazy, but I feel perfectly fine now," Robin replied as he and Batman walked over to Batgirl and Commissioner Gordon.

Batgirl woke up after Robin started screaming, and stood there in shock. She was frozen just like Batman was, but when the gun was turned off and she saw Robin was ok, she sighed and went over to untie her dad.

About the time Batman and Robin got over to them, the police barged in yelling, "Freeze!" but the goons were already gone.

Gordon turned to the officers. "Boys, take him away," he said pointing to Black Mask. He then turned back to Batman, Robin, and Batgirl. "Thanks for your help." He walked over and picked up the Portal Gun. "I'll make sure this thing gets back to the owner."

Batman nodded then he, Robin, and Batgirl went outside and disappeared. Gordon just walked outside, got in one of the squad cars, and went back to the police headquarters to file the paperwork.

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The Batmobile came to a stop in the Batcave, and Batman and Robin jumped out and headed to the computer. "Are you sure you're alright?" Batman asked as they came up to the computer and looked at Robin.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Like I said, it hurt when the gun was shooting me, but the pain stopped as soon as the gun did," Robin replied as he jumped up and sat on the edge of the computer.

"Even so, I think we should check you out just to be sure," Batman said as he walked over to the medical area of the cave.

Robin sighed and rolled his eyes annoyed then jumped down and followed Batman. "I don't know what you're so worried about. I don't feel dizzy, I can see and walk straight, and nothing hurts," he said pulling his mask off and jumped up on the table.

Batman pushed his cowl off and smiled. "That may be, but that gun was suppose to make dimensional portals. I just want to be sure you're not going to turn into a giant swirling portal," he said giving Robin a sly smirk.