The Batman:MADNESS

A Story by Mr.TrippS

batman fanfic.IT IS IN NO WAY RELATED TO BATMAN BEGINS OR THE DARK KNIGHT!!!its actually the first draft(story version) of a script im writing for a graphic novel.its a continuation(sp) of frank millers batman:year one.f**k nolan. the joker was bad in tdk

THE BATMAN

GETTING STARTED WAS EASY NOW COMES THE WORK...AND THE...

MADNESS

CHAPTER 1: Who is this guy?

1The Batman

Stupid fools. When will they learn? This is MY city and in my city no crime goes unpunished...

I stand there and breath in deeply the air smells sweet of gunpowder and sweat. My muscles are tense the adrenaline's pumping through my veins like speeding bullets. i clench my jaw shut hard. the pain feels good...i look around as if it was all in slow motion. Six men lay unconscious some bleeding internally all with broken bones. The one in the corner may walk again hes young he'll bounce back. only 4 left. The first of the last runs at me I can see the rage in his eyes but is minuscule to the fear. I grab his arm pulling him into a swift kick to the chest. On contact I hear a rib break with a CRACK! The sound sends chills down my spine. its a good chill it excites me I go for the two by the door grabbing them by the shoulders and launch there heads into one another. I can hear sirens getting closer gotta work fast. Gordon might be a friend but he is a good cop, and I do have a warrant. I grab a batarang attached with a line and aim for the last one. It of coarse stops him binding around his legs. I grab him before he can fall over. With one fluid motion his head goes through the glass window. I can smell the blood as the gash in his scalp begins to bleed profusely.

“who are you working?” I ask calmly with a hint of anger. just to rile him up a little more.

“F**K YOU.”he yells in anger and pain.

“wrong answer.”i say throwing the rest of his body through the broken window adding more cuts. I have a firm grip on his legs he's not going anywhere I don't want him to go.

“ Th th the Joker hes in charge, hes got big plans for you and for the city it'll be a gas. AHAHAHAHA!” he begins to laugh uncontrollably.

I pull him in and throw his across the room. He hits the wall and lands still laughing.

The sirens have made there way here. I aim the grapple at the building across the street.

I'm two blocks away when Gordon enters the room.

2Gordon

The room smells of gunpowder and sweat, it makes me sick to my stomach. this is HIS calling card. not as subtle as some. this being the eleventh time walking into a room filled with injured criminals. I light a cigar to block out the smell. The smoke burns in my mouth, I like it. It reminds me how human I really am.

“Lieutenant. HE left you something.” an officer says.

“what is it?” I snap. Still a bit grumpy at being called out of bed so damn early. If I ever do get the Batman maybe ill be able to get a full nights sleep again... sadly I doubt it. This city seems to be a magnet for the unwanted and the criminally minded. I hate the fact that I have to raise a child in this hell hole and I always worry about Barb I don't know what I would do without her. Thats why I let him get away every time. Because deep down despite his methods I believe he will clean this city up in a way police never can. With him and Dent working on this city somethings gonna give eventually if you apply enough pressure to anything eventually it moves. Mostly in part of the fact that the law in this city is mostly paid to let evil pretend to be business men. Harvey takes legal action and the Batman does the dirty work. Either way I bet they both have large bounties on their heads. Thats the gamble though here in Gotham. i bet there are even a couple people that would put a price on my head in a heart beat if they had the chance. I smirk and think of EX commissioner Loeb sitting in his cell.

The officer hands me a manila envelope, it has pictures of warehouses containing what looks to be thousands of barrels and boxes all with toxic or flammable stamped on them. And a note

“The usual place one hour.”

I sigh. I cant arrest him if I did I would have to turn myself in as well, for aiding a vigilante.

3The Batman

I watch him pace back and forth across the GCPD rooftop. He looks tired. I still don't fully trust him but he always comes alone and locks the rooftop entrance to the building when we meet. Jump from my perch next to a gargoyle free falling till my cape catches a gust of wind and goes rigid I glide to he rooftop.

“you got balls man REAL balls,” he says. He has a slight grin on his face, “how do you know I don't have swat surrounding us and air support waiting for my call?”

“you wouldn't have locked the door if you did” I reply smiling a little myself.” Those men were working for the Joker. This guy has got his own little army scattered throughout the city-”

“Army?”Gordon interrupts.”how many could he possibly have?”

“at least a hundred and forty. I think the water supply threat was just a game to him. I think he planned on me stopping it.” I say. I pull a card from my belt and hand it to him.”I have found three warehouses full of explosives and chemicals”

he crumbles the card in his hand and drops it.” I'm scared no ones even seen this guy and now he has his own little army. Who the f**k is this guy?”

“ get a warrant for those warehouses A.S.A.P.” I say.” I've got another lead I need to check out.”

“I'm tired of walking into rooms full of assault victims...”he says to me grabbing my arm.

“ crime hurts Jim. and it doesn't pay.” I say to him shaking his grip from my arm. I walk to the edge of the building.

4Gordon

He dives from the edge. I'm working with a lunatic in a cheesy costume that jumps from 13 story buildings. What has this city driven me to? And yet I am hopeful. This Batman has already affected the crime rate by ten percent. Some are actually to scared to go out and cause trouble. Then again since he appeared a few crazies have come out of the woodwork wearing costumes...And we have 3 reports of a woman dressed up like a cat stealing valuables from all the major crime family members. I don't know what to think any more, I need a damn VACATION...

CHAPTER 2: Kill The Batman

“The Falcone murder trial was dismissed today after key witness Jonas Barly was found up in a tree this morning throwing his own feces at unsuspecting pedestrians outside his apartment building. This dismissal is just another failed attempt of Gotham's newest DA Harvey dent. He was not willing to make a statement about latest failed attempt to clean up Gotham's underworld. And now back to you Brian.”

“Thank you Laurie. Its eight thirty two in the morning and your tuned in to Good Morning Gotham. as more and more sitings of Gotham's costume clad crime fighter it only leaves us to wonder what exactly are his motives for doing what he does. Later this morning we have an interview with Harley Quinzell a psychologist from Arkham asylum well be talking about what kind of madman would put on a pointy eared costume and beat up bad guys every---Oh GOD! This just in an explosion has just leveled the Gotham museum of natural history... so far the police have no leads. Why would some one do something like this---i'm being told there is a large number of casualties. We have to go to our sponsors now but don't go anywhere more on this breaking news when we come back.”

*CLICK*

“AHA...AHAHAHA...OOAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA,AHOO AHEE AHAHA...”

2Bruce