Talia's Leviathan

This is a DC Comics fan-fic about the alluring terrorist Talia al Gul devising a scheme to kidnap the famous killer-whale Shamu from the Gotham Aquarium and holding it for a pricey ransom.

Talia al Ghul was no longer living under the ominous shadow of her cunning terrorist father Ra's al Ghul in Gotham City(!). She was now her own woman and a rather smart terrorist in her own right! Talia was the official head of the expansive Gotham underground terrorist organization known as Leviathan. Talia wanted to frustrate and aggravate the heroic Gotham masked vigilante Batman who had rejected her courtly offer to join Leviathan and become her husband(!). Now, she swore to destroy Gotham's heart (and everything Batman championed!). Talia's Leviathan was plotting a strange eco-terrorist scheme.

The Wayne Indistries CEO Bruce Wayne (whom Talia suspected was actually/secretly Batman!) was funding a new exhibition area for the world famous killer-whale Shamu, a real national treasure. Wayne's magnanimous company was to transport Shamu to the new Gotham Aquarium. That's where Talia's Leviathan plotted to strike(!). Talia would send her minions to sneak into the Aquarium and kidnap Shamu and bring the poor creature back to her fortress (an underground lair), where she'd hold the aquatic animal for a terribly pricey ransom!

After the grand-opening of the new Shamu exhibition arena at the Gotham Aquarium, Bruce Wayne congratulated all the people involved with what was a rather handsome (and televised!) social event. Afterwards, everyone was invited back to Wayne Mansion for cider and sandwiches and vodka-watermelons. However, while Gothamites were partying at Wayne's awesome mansion, Talia's Leviathan minions broke into the Aquarium and stole Shamu and brought the poor creature back to Talia's underground lair(!). The next day, Gotham journalists were in a frenzy...

Bruce Wayne was indeed Batman, and he blamed Talia's Leviathan for the kidnap of Shamu, correctly concluding that only Leviathan could be responsible for such an amoral act of eco-terrorism(!). Bruce put on his vigilante mask and hopped into his jet-stream powered batmobile and zoomed put of the batcave (which was some distance away from Wayne Mansion underground and connected by tunnel to the Mansion basement!). He used his detective skills to ascertain the exact location of the Leviathan lair, an underground basement beneath the old abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city. Batman crawled into Talia's lair, knocked out her guards with tranquilizer-darts and tied up Talia and Shamu. Batman transported Shamu back to the Aquarium and Talia to Arkham Asylum for a special televised interview!

TALIA: You can't make me squeal in front of cameras, Batman!
BATMAN: You're a terrorist because of your father --- Ra's al Ghul.
TALIA: No; I'm my own person, with my own agendas, Batman!
BATMAN: You ordered Leviathan to kidnap Shamu to create hysteria.
TALIA: Gothamites care little about Shamu or our ocean life.
BATMAN: You believe eco-terrorism will 'cure' apathy?
TALIA: I believe you're actually the socialite-businessman --- Bruce Wayne!
BATMAN: If I am, what reason would I have to disclose that to you on TV?
TALIA: You can open up to me, the way you want me to open up to you.
BATMAN: Do you believe openness on TV can inspire optimism?
TALIA: I believe radical thinking is challenging, Batman.
BATMAN: Perhaps we can agree that terrorism is mind-altering!
TALIA: You know, if you and I met under different circumstances, we might bond.
BATMAN: I'm a creature of the night; you still belong to the night...
TALIA: Sometimes, Batman, sometimes everything changes.