Batman Beyond: The Legacy Returns

Chapter 10 - Follow Those Clowns

Walking past the debris and beating down a few Jokerz that leapt up at him as he made his way over to the twin DeeDee girls, he finally came to the spot where both of them were laying on the ground and groaning in pain.

"Ok ladies..." Batman says in a more relaxed tone. "Now that the fun is over, how bout you start telling me where you have the commissioner. Just remember I'm in no mood to hear your twisted sense of humor so...please...be honest or be prepared for another dose of my kind of justice."

"Not at all as we quite remembered him from last time, huh DeeDee?"

"He's so serious all of a sudden...poor lil' guy lost his only friend and mentor and now he's taking it out on us."

The two girls gazed up at him as they tried to stand up and use the wall they were thrown on as a means of keeping balance.

"So now you've lost your Commissioner girly now too huh?" The first DeeDee smiled.

"Geez Terry...You just can't keep anyone safe can ya?" The other one giggled.

Batman's face froze; it was odd for him to hear the twin girls talk of his true identity and of his former friend, Bruce Wayne. Though they never really spoke the man's name out loud, he knew exactly of whom they were implying. He had forgotten that the two had once tracked him down with the help of the Joker, the mutated Tim Drake version, and almost destroyed his life before in the process. So they know who he is. But for whatever reason, they never exposed his secret to the rest of Gotham.

"Enough of your crap." Batman snarled. "Just tell me where she is...NOW!"

The twins frowned at him and then both squatted down as if they were going to pounce at him. The two smiled in an evil manner and spoke together in riddles.

"If you want to find the commish..."

"And don't know where to begin..."

"Then we suggest that you find a way quick..."

"Before we kill that stupid BITCH!"

The two leaped up and launched well beyond the dark knight's head. The doll-like shoes the girls were wearing had rocket propelled springs that vaulted them out of the building and past the security forces outside. Batman tried to snare them with his bat-a-rangs, but the women managed to dodge his devices with effortless skill. The police took aim at the girls and began shooting away at them, but every laser shot missed as the twins did amazing acrobatics in the air and landed on the ground only to be flung higher and further away from the scene. As they continued to bounce out of sight, their faint giggling could be heard echoing on the wind. The police were baffled by the sight and felt they had let the commissioner down. Batman stood at the edge of the building and also watched the twins leave in the Gotham city background. As he gave a disappointed sigh, he noticed the large hole on the opposite building that seemed to go right through to a small alleyway behind it.

"What the heck? Looks too big to be the result from a rocket...or even a laser blast for that matter...."

He spread his bat wings out and glided down to the awaiting policemen who all seemed eager to talk to him.

"Where the hell did you come from?" One officer said.

"Yeah! Where's the Commissioner Batman?" The others began to scream at him.

"Ok guys! Just back off!" The lead officer said as he came to get them all under control. "We've still got some suspects up there that need to be taken care of so all of ya just get up there and arrest them."