Batjokes You Complete Me

Chapter Ten

Batman POV

Night after night Batman was basically working full time to protect Gotham and then would meet up with the Justice League to work with them. He even had to worry about Wayne enterprises during the day so he barely found any time to sleep, eat, or spend time with his family. Obviously it devastated him but how could he not be Batman, Batman was always his whole life, his identity, just what came first to him. Whatever the matter, he was on his way to the Hall of Justice. It was about 5:00am and still slightly dark out. Everyone in the Justice League had their own private offices now. As Batman was walking to his he found Superman standing outside of his doorway.

"Why are you here so early?" Batman asked.

"I could ask you the same thing." Superman replied, "I'm usually here early, I go through to try and find any new evidence that others have found to compile them to make solving the crime faster."

"Have any of the others caught you snooping through their business too?" Batman crossed his arms.

"Martian Man Hunter did once but he thought what I was doing was a good idea. Also letting you know, Nightwing came by and recommended we add Cyborg to the team." Superman started walking down the corridor and Batman followed him.

"He also mentioned to me how Cyborg would be good to join and how much he wanted to. When Nightwing was still Robin, Cyborg worked with him in the Teen Titans so I could take his word for it if he'd be a valued teammate." Batman ended up walking to Superman's office space with him.

"Well if we can get all the others to agree to it then we can welcome him aboard." He smiled.

Batman began walking out to go back to his office but before he could leave Superman stopped him, "Hey, since you're here can I talk to you for a minute, just between us?"

"Clark, we work more together than the rest of the team combined. Anything you need to tell me you can tell me at any time."

"I know but this is more important than you think and I need to tell someone..." Superman sighed.

Batman could see whatever it was must be really bugging him, "What is it?.."

"Well... Lois passed away... You know she was the love of my life... but I didn't see this coming so soon..." A tear ran down his face as he spoke.

"I'm sorry... Do you know how it happened?" Genuinely concerned he opted for Superman to sit down and he sat beside of him.

"I think she was poisoned... I also see reports around Gotham where the Joker hasn't been around as much as before. Maybe instead of coming after you he's started to come after me..."

Batman never let anybody know of his secret relationship or his family with the Joker, but he was surprised his teammate was accusing him of such a thing when Joker has changed for so much better over the years, "You can't be sure Joker could do a thing like that to you unless you have some sort of proof. How would he make his way to Metropolis when stuck in Arkham?"

"That's the thing though, I checked the reports and nowhere to be found in the last decade has he been admitted back into the Asylum. But I could swear you always took him there, right?..."

"Yeah..." Batman keeps way too much secret but it's for the best, "Maybe you're just being paranoid.. Losing someone you love can do that to you."

"How would you know though? You know what Joker is capable of... I can't trust anything until I know for sure what happened to her."

"I'll help you figure it out. Maybe it's best to search her autopsy results to know what could have poisoned her. No need to jump to conclusions."

"Alright, I trust you."

After that Batman walked back to his office space giving Superman privacy. He knew he had to make an important phone call.