Blue Hawk: Serpent Society

***Blue Hawk: Serpent Society***

## Plot

### Part 1

Blue Hawk is fighting against a new criminal that wears a biker outfit and a red helmet that covers his entire head. The criminal is highly skilled and has already caused Batman several injuries and wounds. The man cuts through the Utility Belt and the Batsuit using a special blade and he also talks to distract his opponent. Batman grabs the man and tosses him off the edge of the building and after the man stops his fall by stabbing the blade into the building's wall, Batman smashes him with some flying kicks from above. Both of them fall to the ground and Batman lands on top of the criminal, stating that the battle is over. The criminal replies that the battle is far away from being over and he cuts the cowl of the batsuit, taking it off and leaving Bruce unmasked. The criminal mocks at him and decides to remove his helmet in order to be even and when he does, Bruce can't believe what he sees.

**Five weeks earlier**

Alfred walks around Wayne Manor, remembering the past events that ended up with the destruction of several ties in the Batman Family and the death of Stephanie Brown. Alfred then goes to the Batcave, where Bruce is using the Batcomputer doing some important research. Alfred tells Bruce that Lucius Fox is looking for him and Bruce tries to make Alfred get rid of Fox, but Alfred tells him that after persisting for a very long time, Lucius Fox has decided to come all the way to Wayne Manor and that he is not leaving until he talks to Bruce.

Bruce meets Lucius and the latter tells Bruce that Wayne Industries' Reseach and Development Division was the target of a hostile takeover by some German corporation that bought the majority of the stockholders from various American companies and that Bruce Wayne has been removed from the board of directors. Afterwards, Bruce goes back to the batcave and explains the situation to Afred, who thinks that there would't be much damage to Bruce's activities as Batman since he already have plenty of gadgets and high-tech equipment. However, Bruce's concern isn't on the lack of future equipment, but on the selling and distribution of his previously designed weapons and technology to psychotics, terrorists or immoral governments. After this, Batman goes out to work.

Meanwhile, a criminal meeting is taking place on an abandoned warehouse. There are eight criminal leaders on the meeting and all of them are drug dealers in Gotham. However, once they are all gathered, nobody knows who arranged the meeting and things start to get heated until they are stopped by one man from a catwalk above them. The criminal, who wears the red helmet, shoots at the table the drug dealers are sitting by and then he explains that they were summoned by him. He explains that he wants them to give him 40% of their profit in exchange for protection against Batman and the new crime lord in Gotham, Black Mask. The only condition of the deal is that they will never, under any circumstances will sell drugs near schools or directly to kids. The criminals start to rebel against the proposal and the man in the red helmet throws a bag on the table; with the heads of all the liutenants from their respective gangs. He explains that it only took him two hours to do it and he tells them to imagine what he could do with a whole evening. After that, he tells the criminals that he is not giving them a choice, but instead they have to do as he says or pay the consequences. With a final shootout, the man in the red helmet disappears and the drug dealers seem to be fine with the proposal.

Template:ImageAt that moment, Black Mask is going to Gotham's Meat Packing District and his assistant, tells him that someone has made a move on the drug trade. Black Mask disregards the activity as something small and not important enough for him to take action. Instead, he is willing to allow the new player to make his move and if he ever proves to be a challenge, he will quickly take care of him by joining him to his gang or eliminating him. Black Mask stops on an abandoned building and goes inside with his assistant following him. The assistant asks why are they in that place and Black Mask replies that they are going to recruit someone. They walk inside and Black Mask opens a door that leads to a cold room and he talks to the man waiting inside. Black Mask makes him an offer to join him and be able to kill several people in exchange of money, and Mister Freeze agrees to join, but he demands to be given need something to wear, referring to his Cryo-Suit.

### Part 2

Batman patrols Gotham City and he stops a criminal making illicit deals. Batman hungs the man upside-down and leaves him there, thinking about how easy things were before, when he and all his team could rely on Oracle, but now that she's gone and her headquarters were destroyed, things have become a bit more complicated.

Blue Hawk is standing on the top of a building and he is soon joined by Felidae. She joins Blue Hawk on a mission as they start moving across the city.

Meanwhile at the Hanover Tower, a technician is making a new Cryo-Suit for Mister Freeze and he tries to lecture the villain on modern technology and equipment. Outside of the room is Roman, waiting for Freeze's suit to be complete. Sionis' assitant, David, suggests that recruiting Freeze was a bad idea and Black Mask replies that it wasn't. David also informs his employer about the new criminal in town and that he is going by the name of Red Hood; however, Black Mask already knows as he is looking a picture of the man on his computer. At that moment, a lab assistant comes out of the cold room and informs Black Mask that Freeze has killed yet another technician. Freeze's new cryo-suit is complete and Black Mask is more than happy to count with Freeze on his side.

Moments later at the Gotham Docks, a big shipment is unloading and the operation is heavily guarded by several hired mercenaries, armed with big guns. Batman arrives and quickly takes one of them out with no effort and soon all the other mercenaries start shooting at him. Nightwing arrives just in time to help Batman with all of them and soon, the original dynamic duo get the situation under control. Batman and Nightwing get inside the ship and open one of the packages only to find a stash full of weapons from notorious criminals like Joker, Captain Boomerang, Mr. Freeze and more. When Nightwing opens a second stash, a bomb is activated and they have enough time just to jump out of the ship into the water outside. The bomb blows the ship almost entirely and the duo reach the shore with some difficulty.

Template:ImageBatman spots a man standing on a nearby rooftop and they start chasing him, just as the man starts running. Red Hood keeps the distance between Batman and Nightwing and his agiity helps him on the hot rooftoop chase. As Batman is chasing Red Hood, he notices that the man moves in a familiar way and when he tries to stop him with a Batrope, Red Hood cuts the rope even before it was taught. Red Hood then jumps into the skylight of a warehouse and Nightwing is impressed by the feat. Batman replies that it isn't something they haven't seen or done before and they reach the warehouse in the same fashion. The whole place is completely dark and Batman tells Nightwing to stay sharp. When the lights are turned on, they are faced by Amazo, the android that possesses the capabilities of some members of the Justice League. Amazo stares at them and prepares to eliminate them both, while Batman keeps repeating the words. *"Stay sharp"*.

### Part 3

At the Hanover Tower, Black Mask talks to Mister Freeze and explains him that he is not exactly working for him, but instead they are partners in crime. Freeze's cold attitude is reproached by one of Black Mask's thugs and he is instantly killed by Freeze. Black Mask then starts telling Freeze about and important shipment that was supposed to arrive soon and he needs Freeze to make sure that the shipment comes to him. However, David Li informs Black Mask that one of the shipments should have arrived by now and that it seems that there is trouble since their men haven't contacted him yet. Black Mask tells Freeze that there is one special package in that shipment that he wants as it contains the most powerful weapon he could desire; the android called Amazo.

Template:ImageAt that moment, Batman and Nightwing are fighting Amazo, despite being in an evident handicap. Batman uses some flash grenades to distract Amazo and then he uses an explosive Batarang to weaken one of Amazo's legs, preventing him from using Flash's super speed. Batman and Nightwing run out of the warehouse and try to get as far away as possible, but Amazo's strength and speed allows him to catch Nightwing as he goes flying away. Batman uses the Batrope to lash it to Amazo's injured leg and he is dragged by the flying android, who was Nightwing on his grip. Batman tells Nightwing that Amazo has the same weak points as a human being and Nightwing uses a couple of batarangs to stab Amazo inside the ears, causing the android to loose the grip on Nightwing and fall down to the pavement. Batman and Nightwing jump to a fire escape ladder, thinking that they have a break from the fight, but instead, Amazo grabs the ladder and pulls it out of the building. Batman and Nightwing reach the ground and start fighting Amazo. Nightwing dodges a well aimed heat vision while creating a distraction. Amazo keeps trying to fry Nightwing with the heat vision without success, until Batman places some putty on Amazo's eyes. Amazo tells Batman that it won't stop his heat vision and as he tries to burn the putty and it explodes, damaging his eyesight. Batman tells that it was plastique and with the damage done to the android, the duo are able to fight him in an almost fair fight. Batman plays his last card by remotely calling the Batmobile using the Utility Belt commands and when the vehicle arrives, Batman and Nightwing clear the path and allow the Batmobile to shoot a missile that hits Amazo and sends him flying into the waters of Gotham Harbor. A big explosion inside the water takes place and Nightwing wonders if Amazo survived the attack, but Batman tells him that if he did, he'd be swimming towards them with Aquaman's abilities. Batman and Nightwing get in the Batboat and start searching for the remains of the android in the deep waters. Nightwing wonders if Batman knows who is behind the illegal shippings and Amazo, but the dark knight doesn't really care at the moment.

A few moments later, Black Mask talks to someone on the phone and lears about the activation and destruction of Amazo at the hands of Batman. He demands an explanation from the person on the other side and David Sutabi comes to him with a call from Red Hood. Black Mask asks if Red Hood was the responsible for the explosion that destroyed his shipment and Red Hood admits that it was him and that he also activated Amazo. Black Mask then asks Red Hood for the last missing package and Red Hood tells him that indeed he took that as well. Red Hood is impressed with the box with more than one hundred pounds of Kryptonite and Black Mask tells him that he is really wants it back.

### Part 4

Batman explains Nightwing the usefulness and importance of the Kryptonite compared to the various other elements like gold and diamonds and points that Kryptonite is just as unique and important to Earth as is Superman. The duo are searching the warehouse where Amazo was storaged and using a Bat-Particle Detector, Batman learns that there was a large amount of Kryptonite storaged in that same place.

Meanwhile, Red Hood talks to Black Mask, who tries to convince Red Hood to work for him. Red Hood refuses and instead asks for fifty million dollars in exchange for the Kryptonite shipment he stole from Black Mask. David Li tries to talk Black Mask out of the deal, but the crime lord shuts him up and offers Red Hood fourteen million for the kryptonite and they make a deal. Red Hood tells Black Mask that he would call back with a location for the money exchange. After they finish their conversation, Black Mask talks to Mr. Freeze and tells him to kill Red Hood and recover the kryptonite.

Batman and Nightwing ride on the Batmobile following the trail of the radiation and Nightwing tries to suggest getting help from Oracle, but he stopped when he recalls that she is no longer available and Batman just tells him that they must learn to work without her. The computer on the Batmobile picks up the radiation trail from the kryptonite and they follow the signal.

At that moment, Mr. Freeze and some of Black Mask henchmen arrive at the warehouse where they are supposed to deliver the money to Red Hood, who is suspicious about Freeze's presence in the place. The thugs open the suitcase with the money to put away any suspicion, but Red Hood wonders if the suitcase is just a bait full of newspaper under the first layer of dollars. Freeze confirms Red Hood's theory and attacks him with his cold gun, but Red Hood starts shooting at them and avoids the freezing beam with his agility. The thugs start shooting as well and Red Hood rolls over the floor and activates several turret guns that come out of some crates and he starts shooting back, killing all of the thugs except for Freeze, whose new Cryo-Suit protects him from the bullets. After seeing this, Red Hood approaches Freeze and places an explosive on the villain's glass helmet, hoping that the explosion eliminates him once and for all, but after the device explodes, Freeze's armor comes out intact. Freeze then aims his gun at Red Hood again and is ready to attack when he is suddenly stopped by Batman, who has arrived at the place after following the Kryptonite's radiation trail. Batman uses a Batrope to get a hold of Freeze's arm while Nightwing fights Red Hood on the other end of the warehouse. Nightwing tries to take Red Hood down, but he is forced to stop his attacks when Red Hood activates the turrets against him. Meanwhile, Freeze cuts the Batrope and as he watches Batman approaching towards him, he uses his gun to create an ice column and escape the place. Nightwing joins Batman shortly and informs him that Red Hood has also escaped. They realize that Freeze's armor and weapons are more powerful than before and that Red Hood is very good.Template:Image

Some time later, Red Hood walks through an abandoned carnival and enters the Fun House, where Joker was sitting on the floor. Joker can't see Red Hood and demands to know the man's identity. Red Hood doesn't reply and keeps walking closer towards Joker. The Clown Prince of Crime threatens the man to kill him if he doesn't tell who he is, but Red Hood grabs Joker and starts beating him, brutally and unrelentlessly with a crowbar. Leaving the Joker unconscious and in a pool of his own blood, Red Hood takes off his helmet and reveals himself as Jason Todd, the former Robin who was killed by Joker.

### Part 5

A couple of thugs are transporting some special cargo across Gotham City and one of them is concerned about the possibilities of being attacked by Red Hood. As soon as he expresses his fear, the van they are driving is blown in a big explosion and the whole scene is witnessed by Red Hood from the distance, while he holds a remote detonator on his hand.

David Li tells Black Mask about the recent incident and they recall that Red Hood has been targetting Black Mask's operations starting with the drug dealing racket and then stealing the Kryptonite. Now, Red Hood has started to destroy their goods and Black Mask starts to realize that Red Hood is a big threat to him, but he expects that someone else gets rid of Red Hood.

Elsewhere, Batman has taken Zatanna to the location of one of Ra's al Ghul's Lazarus Pit and he questions her about her knowledge on the subject of Lazarus Pits being capable of raising the dead. However, Zatanna doesn't have a definitive answer and Batman decides to look for someone with more experience on raising the dead.

Batman goes to Jason Blood, the human alter-ego of the demon Etrigan and ask him about the ways of bringing back the dead. Blood explains that the most common way to do that is to bring the people as zombies and that any other way of doing it requires practice, knowledge and access to the dead person during the first moments after passing away. Blood gives Batman the example of Green Arrow, who was dead but eventually returned to life.

Back in Gotham, a drug exchange is taking place on an abandoned warehouse and Onyx arrives at the place, takes out most of the thugs and asks the leader who are they all working for. The thug refuses to answer but after Onyx inflicts pain to him, he tells her that they are working for Red Hood.

Batman goes to Star City and meets with Green Arrow to ask him about the time when he came back from death. Green Arrow tells Batman exactly what he already knows and that there is no mystery around his death and revival. However, Green Arrow's tone is a bit harsh and Batman knows that Green Arrow is holding a grudge against him because of something he did to Batman. As Batman leaves the place, Green Arrow looks at him and silently speaks the words *"I'm sorry"*.Template:Image

Batman is on his way back to Gotham on the Batplane when the emergency line starts ringing and after answering it, Onyx speaks to Batman and tries to tell him about the new criminal in Gotham, but Batman is already aware of Red Hood's presence and he tells Onyx to only use the emergency line when she has a location or if there is an actual emergency. Onyx feels rejected and soon she starts spying on a meeting of drug dealers. She learns then that most of them don't want to stick with Black Mask because he takes too much from their money, but they also don't want to stick with Red Hood because he is known to have brutal methods against his own men. As Onyx listens the conversation, someone talks behind her and when she turns around she sees Red Hood too close to her. He explains that some of the drug dealers had to be killed because they were selling drugs to kids and then he introduces himself.

### Part 6

The reign of Black Mask over Gotham City's underworld is still strong enough, but the situation has started to change.

Batman is traveling on the Batplane and at that same moment, Onyx comes face-to-face with Gotham's newest criminal, Red Hood. Onyx was spying on a meeting of drug dealers and Red Hood joins her with no intentions of hurting her. Red Hood starts explaining to her who are all the people on the meeting and what business they are involved with, but Onyx doesn't trust him.

A robbery takes place on a building and three thugs start destroying the office to eliminate all evidence. Batman appears and starts taking them out one by one. He disarms the first guy and knocks hin out and then he drags the second one with his Batrope and puts him down with an elbow to his face. The last thug standing aims his weapon to Batman and before he could even finish his sentence he is taken down by Superman. Batman doesn't like being saved by Superman and the man of steel wonders what is Batman doing in Metropolis. He tries to convince Bruce to hang out in the night, but Batman has reached the place to talk to him about a very serious matter.

After Red Hood finishes his explanation of the members of the meeting to Onyx, he offers her to join him while he takes the criminals down. Red Hood throws a smoke grenade on top of the criminals and leaps to start his attack. Onyx joins him and together they know out all the members of the meeting. However, they are soon surrounded by the bodyguards of the unconscious thugs and they are clearly outnumbered and outgunned.

Batman wants to know all the details about the time when Superman was dead and how he came back to life, but there isn't much more to say that he doesn't know already. However, Batman seems to be really troubled about something, but even he can't tell what is it all about.

Template:ImageOnyx and Red Hood make their way across the warehouse by using their excellent acrobatic skills and soon they reach the door leading to the exit as the enemies keep shooting at them. Onyx knows that they have no option but to escape the place, but Red Hood disagrees. He opens a crate on the outside and picks up a gatling machine gun, which he uses to kill all of the thugs in one strike. Onyx is horrified at the sight of several men dying in front of her and she decides that he must not let Red Hood escape after what he did. Red Hood aims the gun at her and explains that he wasn't there to attack the thugs and "give them a lesson", but instead, killing them was his idea all along. Red Hood approaches Onyx and speaks really close to her, telling that the vigilante's method is not the answer to stop crime in Gotham. Onyx replies defiantly, but Red Hood feels very confident about himself. He explains that she can't do much against him because he stabbed her in the shoulder while he was talking to her. Onyx didn't even noticed until he pointed it out and Red Hood aims the gun at her again.

### Part 6

[[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]] is piloting the [[Batplane]] towards [[Gotham City]] remembering the horrible past of his allies like Barbara Gordon, Stephanie Brown and Jason Todd. After searching for [[Onyx Adams (New Earth)|Onyx's]] radio signal without success, Batman contacts [[Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)|Alfred]] and asks him to locate Onyx as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Onyx is being attacked by [[Jason Todd (New Earth)|Red Hood]], who stabbed her in the shoulder and gave her a bad injury. Red Hood explains that he can kill her with a single move or he can take the dagger from her shoulder and allow her to run away. He mentions a third option which gives Onyx the chance to join him in his battle, but he was just teasing her. Red Hood removes the dagger from her shoulder and gives Onyx a special garment that stops the bleeding. Then he tries to get Onyx to attack him, but instead, Batman arrives at the scene and confronts Red Hood.

Red Hood starts shooting at Batman, but the dark knight moves fast to the back of a trash container and places a couple of propulsors to make the container move against Red Hood. Red Hood jumps to dodge the container and Batman uses his [[Batrope]] to bring him down to the ground. Red Hood cuts the rope with his blade and he uses an electric clipper in the batrope, giving Batman a small jolt of electricity. Batman's gauntlet is burned and he uses some small grenades againts Red Hood, who is pushed by the explosion towards the fire escape ladder of a building.{{Image|Jason Todd 0015.jpg|Jason Todd, back from the dead|right}}

Red Hood climbs the building to the rooftop and soon Batman catches up with him. They start fighting again and the rain starts pouring on them. Each of them give the best they have and soon they fall down to the street level. Red Hood manages to remove the cowl from Batman, revealing Bruce Wayne under the mask. Red Hood decides to keep it even and he takes off his helmet, revealing his true identity as Jason Todd. Bruce can't believe his eyes and Jason picks up a [[Batarang]] from the ground, cuts himself and gives it to Bruce, so he can examine it for fingerprints and DNA to prove that he is the real Jason Todd. Bruce wants to know why is Jason doing all the past deeds and Jason reveals that he has come to cleanse Gotham in the way that Bruce never did. Bruce replies that he will stop Jason no matter what and Jason uses a detonator that causes his Red Hood helmet to explode. Batman is pushed back by the explosion and when he recovers, Jason is gone.

Bruce returs to the [[Batcave]] and examines the evidence on the [[Batcomputer]], learning that in fact everything indicates that Jason Todd is in fact Red Hood. Alfred is concerned for Bruce as he walks through the Batcave and stares at Jason's Robin suit inside the display case. Alfred asks if Bruce wants that piece of memorabilia removed from the Batcave, but Bruce refuses and replies that the recent events don't change anything at all.

### Part 7

Alfred starts remembering the time when Bruce met Jason for the first time:<br />

''Batman returned to the [[Batmobile]] after a night of work and he dicovers that someone has taken the left front tire from the vehicle. Soon, a young kid approaches the car with an L wrench on his hand and Batman deduces that he is responsible for stealing the tire. Batman went home to the [[Batcave]] and told Alfred what happened, but instead of being angry, Batman was somehow pleased by the kid's feat.''

''Soon, Batman took the kid under his protection and made him the second Robin. They worked together against criminals like [[George Harkness (New Earth)|Captain Boomerang]] and always ended up victorious, thanks to Batman's expertise and Jason's determination.''

A couple of days later on the Batcave, Bruce starts examining the coffin where Jason was buried several years ago. Alfred is concerned for Bruce's well-being as he spent ten hours at the gravesite and now he has not slept in eighty hours, obsessing over that single piece of evidence that might hold the answers to know what happened to Jason after his death. Bruce recalls the fact that the coffin that he is examining was made by the same person who made the coffins for his parents. However, the artist had help from his own son, who did a much better work that his father ever could. Alfred realizes the connotation of the story and he assures Bruce that no matter what happened to Jason, he has not surpassed Bruce in any way. Bruce takes a few seconds to think before starting over again to examine the coffin, while Alfred watches Jason's outfit on the Batcave and recalls more past events related to the youngster.

''Time passed and Jason's determination became a threat to Batman's work as he would not only stop crime but hurt and cripple criminals without mercy. After working with Jason for a while, Batman began to realize that Jason was nothing like Dick Grayson and that Jason was in fact dangerous. After trying to reason with the kid, Batman felt at a loss as to how to proceed.''

A few moments later, Bruce comes to the conclusion that he has been stupid and blind as he has examined the coffin thoroughly in order to find evidence of tampering or opening, but in doing so he overlooked the most important fact of all. Alfred wonders if Bruce already knows what happened to Jason's body, but Bruce replies that there was never a body in that coffin to begin with.

### Part 8

[[Jason Todd (New Earth)|Red Hood]] destroys a meth lab belonging to [[Roman Sionis (New Earth)|Black Mask]] before [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]] can prevent the destruction.

Over the next few days, Red Hood takes out other rackets belonging to Black Mask, taking most of the money from his rackets. Enraged, Black Mask wonders why Batman has not taken Hood down yet and comes to the conclusion that the Dark Knight has been unable to catch him, leaving Black Mask stuck in the crossfire.

As Black Mask stares out the window of his office, he spots Red Hood standing on the opposite building, armed with a rocket launcher. Black Mask runs as fast as he can and Red Hood shoots the rocket and destroys the upper part of Hannover Tower. As Black Mask leaves his destroyed building, he wants to get rid of Red Hood no matter the cost and he is approached by [[Slade Wilson (New Earth)|Deathstroke]], who tells him that a collective called the Society has formed and was wondering if Black Mask would like to join, much to Batman and Red Hood's dismay.

### Part 9

[[Alfred Pennyworth (New Earth)|Alfred]] finds [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]] standing right beside the [[Batmobile]], immobile for a long time, like if he is not able to decide what to do. Alfred is sure that the decision is related to [[Jason Todd (New Earth)|Jason Todd]] and whether to save him or not.

### Part 12

Elsewhere, [[Roman Sionis (New Earth)|Black Mask]] assassinates all of his “second-in-commands” with the understanding that the Red Hood would then fall in line with the Gotham crime lord. But when the Hood reneges on the arrangement, Black Mask attacks. After a prolonged confrontation, Batman arrives in time to see the Black Mask turn the Red Hood’s blade on its owner, and Batman believes that he is watching Jason Todd die for a second time.

### Part 11

As [[Bruce Wayne (New Earth)|Batman]] watches, [[Roman Sionis (New Earth)|Black Mask]] removes the mask of the Red Hood, who lies dead at the crime lord’s feet. But underneath the red hood is not the face of [[Jason Todd (New Earth)|Jason Todd]]. Sensing that Batman was expecting someone other than the face that greeted him, Black Mask realizes the Dark Knight knows who the Red Hood really is.

### Part 13

{{Image|Jason Todd ultimatum.jpg|Jason threatens to kill Joker}}Batman uses a couple of [[Batarang]]s to distract Jason and tries escape from the place, but Jason dodges one of the batarangs, while the second one hit his shoulder. Jason then uses a grappling hook to attach a small rocket to Batman's cape, causing Batman to be dragged back. The fight continues and Jason tries to cut Batman's [[Utility Belt]] and in return, Batman burns Jason's leather jacket. Jason jumps away from Batman and into an abandoned building. Batman follows Jason and beats him to a pulp before telling him that he tried to save him in the past, but that he wasn't able. Jason tells Batman that he forgives him for not saving him, but Jason opens a door nearby, revealing Joker in the next room and asks Batman why is the psychopath still alive. Batman replies that despite his deep desire to kill him, he wouldn't allow himself to cross that line. Jason desperately grabs Joker and points a gun to his head, telling Batman that he has no choice but to kill Joker or him, otherwise he would kill Joker. In a split second, Batman uses a batarang that ricochets behind Jason and hurts Jason's shoulder, leaving an open wound and Jason bleeds until he can't stand up anymore. Joker laughs harder than ever before and he takes a gun from the ground and aims it towards a box full of explosives. Joker pulls the trigger and the whole floor of the building explodes.

The place is destroyed and the building has collapsed, but a few moments later a mystical force covers the entire place and the whole [[Infinite Crisis|universe starts changing]].

## Characters

### Supporting Characters

* Detective Phillip Baxter
* Kylie Harrington/Felidae

### Villains

* Jason McDowell

* Serpent Society
	+ Malcom McDowell

* Roman Imperil
	+ Pierson Spiner/Roman

## Appearances

### Locations

* Earth
	+ North America
		- United States of America
			* New Jersey
				+ Trident City

### Items

* Hawksuit
	+ Utility Belt
		- Detective Phone
		- Grapple Gun

### Organizations

* Taylor Industrial
* Triden Industries
* Trident City Police Department
* Nexus
* Serpent Society