The Adventures of Batman

 The Adventures of Batman 

The Shrunk Bat.

It began like all other Batman adventures, somewhere in Gotham City, a supervillain is hatching their latest caper to get rich, gain power or just because it is a Monday and are a bit bored.

Sitting on the Arkham Asylum committee is a figure we recognise under the heavy disguise of a tweed jacket, yellow trousers and what looks like a glint of green in his hair, yes it's Batman's worst foe, his almost evil alter ego of either the dark knight was to plutonium dark the master of mirth himself The Joker.

He suggests to his guests that the city of Arkham annexes land that is not far from Wayne Manor as it would be a great place to build a new minimum security wing for the reformed lunatics who were reformed and ready to give back to society.

The vote is cast is a resounding yes as the governor of the city is being blackmailed by the Joker, news of this development reaches Wayne Manor where Bruce Wayne, the true mask of Batman, in this disguise can freely move about act the fool and no one would think of him as the dark knight dealing out his form of vigilante justice to the criminals.

At first, Wayne is concerned but then he thinks about it and decides to check on the city plans on the bat computer, you soon realise that everything owned or used by Batman has the word Bat before it.

Batman for once Wayne slides down his fireman pole he becomes Batman decides to use the BatTunneller to make a secret tunnel straight to Arkham Asylum where without the knowledge of the guards or Head of The Asylum he can pick cell doors using his Bat Skeleton Keys and get information for any case he is working on by using a little bit of persuasion from his fists.

But the unknown is known to Batman this was all part of The Joker ann evil Master plan, to lull Batman into a state of false bravado for like a magician he is using this sleight of hand to entrap Batman.

Batman walks towards the cell of his arch-nemesis, and goes over to the door which to his surprise is open and not locked and secure as it should be for someone as dangerous and demented as the Green haired fiend, The Joker.

A familiar voice calls out from the plutonium darkness,

(Come in Bats, I have not seen you in a while, I do miss our games).

Batman replies.

(I know this is a trap of some kind Joker, but I am unsure what)

Joker

(You are far too clever for me old friend if you come in all will be revealed)

Batman walks with a sense of a coiled-up cat ready to leap away at any danger, he has even put on his gas mask just in case.

As he enters the cell he is shocked by what he sees, for in front of him is not the Joker at all, but a new villain on the scene, The Shrinker.

The Shrinker is dressed as a bizarre zombie-like scientist holding a gun which looks like it came out of a 50s Science Fiction B Movie.

The Shrinker is pointing this gun straight at Batman.

Batman

(What have you done with the Joker?)

The Shrinker 

(Oh he is around just a little on the small side at the moment)

Batman is confused, and suddenly a beam of intense light hits him at full force.

Batman gradually shrinks in size until he disappears from the naked eye.

As he stops shrinking he sees the Joker standing in front of him, laughing with his manic laugh.

Joker

(Even I thought you never fall for the same trick as me)

Batman scowls, he is about to walk towards the Joker when in the corner of his eye he soon realises they are not alone.

They are both surrounded by a menagerie of insects all about to pounce on the next food source.

Batman looks at the Joker he looks back as if bound by some sort of telepathic understanding both now in this very moment, for the first time in the battle between good vs evil, would need to use their combined strength to defeat their new foes.

Meanwhile, the Shrinker is too curious to leave the cell to carry out his devious plan to shrink all in Gotham City so he could build his model city with his new toys to play God over.

Using a magnifying glass he watches with glee the battle, he is not very pleased that Batman and the Joker are working together.

He is even less pleased to see his plan falling apart, so he thinks he will interact by using his gun via the magnifying glass to make them down to the atomic level, just as he is about to do this, he is spotted by the Batman.

Batman then jumps on the Joker and rolls him into the corner, out of the normal hearing of human beings we hear the following discussion.

Batman

(Do you wish to finish me off yourself or do wish for this clown to take the credit).

Joker

(I am the only Clown around these parts, you are mine to destroy, no upstart is going to deny me of that).

Batman

(Here is the plan, see that old silver milk top on the floor, we both grab and reflect the shrinking ray at the Shrinker, and with a calculated risk we should both be back to normal, the shrinker will be the size we are now, then we can fight man against man)

The Joker nods in agreement, of at the first chance at the full height he suckers punches his arch-nemesis.

They both roll back in the direction of the magnifying glass, the beam hits the milk silver top which in turn makes the beam go in two directions, up and down, the up beam causes the shrinker to get shrunk, and Batman and Joker to get back to their regular size.

Upon this event occurring two things happen, Batman manages to put some handcuffs on the Joker before he can do anything to Batman, and the second being as the Joker recoils in being handcuffed he steps on the Shrinker crushing him like a bug.

The day ends with the Joker being put in the super guarded part of Arkham Asylum, Batman back in the bat cave recording the events on the BatComputer.

 Another adventure ends but it is not long before we see the shadow of the bat signal in the night sky.

No rest for the Dark Knight.

The end?