batman made it to the gates of the steel mill, he scans the area and found some of the joker's men guarding the entrance, that was his ticket in but first, he needed to deal with the armed goons by the doorway. Bruce took them out before Catlin got on the coms " Bruce, I have isolated the electromagnetic signal on electrocutioner's gloves, you can track him with your scanner now" Bruce nods and says " a bit late, Catlin. I'm about to get my hands on black mask and maybe, the joker too" Catlin sighs before leaning her elbow on the table, " alright, it's ready to go, if you need to".
Bruce walks into the mill and found himself in the loading docks, it was dark, gloomy and looks like it was abandoned for years. he finds a computer on a desk in the side of the hall, he walks up and starts updating data that could be useful, when he found something interesting. " Catlin, I'm uploading data from one of black mask's serves. I need codes to bypass a security door in the loading docks." she starts typing on her computer looking for the codes batman needs for the security door, " receiving it now" but as she was looking Bruce was going through the computer data and found some good information that could help him " interesting . sionis had a pacemaker implanted. it says here he had prolonged Q-T syndrome, anything that raises his heart rat could trigger cardiac arrest." then the screen was showing photos of joker and his crew carrying explosives. " sionis was having the joker followed. these photos show him obtaining used in making explosives. if I find sionis - he'll know what the joker's planning".
Bruce turns off the computer before Catlin gave him some good news, " Bruce, I found those security codes, you have access to the building now" Bruce goes to the loading bay door and hacks it, he hears the doors unlock before he opens, but then Catlin said " Bruce" " yeah?" " I was looking through sionis files, I found reference to a chemical similar to the compound you need for you glue grenade. I'll get Alfrid to synthesize it in our lab. if it works, he'll have a prototype for you as soon as the resin cures."
Bruce smiles as he was about to open the door, " good. I'll need it. the more I learn about the joker - the more I realize - there's something very different about him" Bruce goes into the next room but as he was about to go up the stairs, he heard something behind him and saw a shadow go past them, he turns and saw nothing, he knew someone was watching him but he needs to remain calm. he goes up the stairs and not the next room which was some kind of tank room full of tanks and pipes, he grappled up to a gargoyle and saw there was an office which held roman sionis, how does he know he could hear him yelling from the office where he was being held. Bruce sighs and starts to take out the goons that were guarding the room, after he dealt with them he goes into the office and found black mask chained to the ceiling.
" get me out's this thing" roman said, as batman releases roman from the chain making him land on the ground with a thud, Bruce gabs him but his jacket making roman face him " where's the joker?" " go to hell" " wrong answer" Bruce starts to kick and punch roman, " by my count, there are still nine more ribs I can break" Bruce then started kicking roman in the ribs, but what he didn't know was that the shadow figure he heard earlier was watching him from the shadows above ready to strike. Bruce grabs roman by his jacket again ready to ask him again about the joker but roman wasn't having it, " you think that'll make me talk - after what he's put me through? the torture.....turned my men on me, stole from me. murdered my women. he's my kill, not yours" Bruce punches him before getting his screen on from his devices on his wrist, showing Romans heart rate, " I can control your pacemaker remotely, want to see what two hundred and fifty beats per minute feels like?" " you wouldn't ......"
then out of nowhere someone came out of the shadows, the person grabs batman by the shoulder and throw him to the other side of the room, batman rolls on the ground as he lands and turns to face the person who attacked him to see it was copper head. " copper head" batman said in anger as he got ready to fight, copperhead yells in as she runs and starts fighting Bruce, she grabs batman buy the neck with her leg and holds hi down as roman was making his way to the door, " kill him and I'll pay you want. make him suffer and I'll double it" copper head faced roman " hmph, an empty promise from a fallen king. I know about the joker" she kicks Bruce in the face and kept fighting as Bruce kept trying to hit her. " couple a 'freaks', you two deserve each other" Bruce hits copper head and throws her to the wall, and turns to sionis who was about to walk thought the door, " thanks sionis but I'm already married" then copperhead the jumps on his and cuts his neck, Bruce started to feel strange, he then fell to the ground in pain " what did you do to me?".
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BATMAN : ARKHAM ORIGIN
RandomBruce Wayne is married and is soon to be a farther but as soon as he begins his journey to farther hood things take a dark turn for Gothem and himself as batman. Book # 1 of the Arkham Series