Chapter 36: Arkham Asylum

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Robin's POV

We make to Arkham Asylum, we sneak in. We see the Children of Arkham walking around the place.

Batman: The Children of Arkham have taken over.

Lucius: You two are well prepared for a fight. And Gordon and the GCPD are on their way. If you two can find Alfred, maybe you can get him outta there before all hell breaks loose.

Robin: Got it.

The Children of Arkham splits up, me and Batman sneak to one of the guys. The man turns around. I quickly get out my staff and activate the shield, I shield bash him into an hang out room. Lady Arkham was also in it.

Lady Arkham: Batman and Robin.

Batman: This ends now, Vicki.

Robin: Tell is where Alfred Pennyworth is.

Lady Arkham: The butler? Bruce Wayne has a bat and a bird on his payroll.

Robin: Answer the question!

Lady Arkham: Where he is doesn't matter. He'll be dead soon.

Batman: No one's dying tonight.

Lady Arkham: You really think you're in control here?

She laughs.

Lady Arkham: Your confidence is impressive. But that won't save the butler. Or the rest of Gotham. A lesson needs to be taught. They won't look the other way -- not again!

Batman: When did Gotham look away from you, Vicki?

Lady Arkham: Don't try to psychoanalyze me, Batman. You have no idea what I've done to come this far!

Batman: I know you've suffered. You were tortured, held captive by the people who were supposed to love you. I don't know how you survived.

Lady Arkham: You want to know how I survived? I survived... Because every night, I dreamed of the revenge I'd take on them... and this forsaken city! Your time's run out...

Batman tries to throw a Batarang at her. But she uses her concussion blast to send Batman back, I used the shield on my staff to keep my ground. Lady Arkham starts to run away, we chase her. We chase her to the hallway of inmates.

Robin: Vicki!

Lady Arkham: There's nothing you can do, Batman and Robin! You underestimate the true children of Arkham. These souls kept behind bars.

Lady Arkham gets a walkie out.

Lady Arkham: Open the doors!

The doors of the cells start opening.

Lady Arkham: Arkham! Liston to me!

The inmates start getting out of their cells.

Lady Arkham: Freedom is yours! The only ones standing in your way... Is Batman and Robin.

Lady Arkham runs away again. The inmates charges at us. Batman throws a Bat-Stunner on the floor, shocking every inmate and knocking them out. We run through the rooms, we go through the inmates, we see some of the inmates attacking the Arkham staff. I kick one of them in the face. Batman grabs one and throws them into the others inmates. We help the staff up.

Robin: We need to find Lady Arkham. Where did she go?

Staff: Cafeteria.

We run to the cafeteria. We see everyone fighting, we see Lady Arkham walking through al the chaos.

Batman: You're not getting away, Vicki.

I run and grab the lights on the ceiling, I kick one of the inmates in the face. Batman throws another across a few tables. I use my staff to hit another. I then throw one of the chairs at another. Batman grabs a table and throws it at Lady Arkham. She uses her staff to break the table in half. I jump in the air and punch Lady Arkham in the face, breaking her mask. I'm about to attack her again, but I see someone grab Batman.

???: Batman!

Lady Arkham: Take your time, Zsasz.

Zsasz: That's the plan.

Zsasz tries to stab Batman, but Batman moves his head. When Zsasz tries again, someone shoots him in the hand. It's Gordon.

Zsasz: You're going to die!

I get out my staff and hit him in the leg. Batman then puts him in a full Nelson lock and slams him into a table. We then hear clapping. We look to see an inmate with white colored skin and green hair sitting in a table clapping.

???: Truly inspiring!

He gets off the table and extends his hand to us.

???: Such a pleasure to see your work in person!

I assume this is the inmate who told Bruce about Vicki.

Gordon: Oh, Jesus!

We see more inmates walking towards us. Then the GCPD shows up, they start taking down all the inmates. We see Montoya.

Montoya: Gordon's here!

Gordon: We'll round up the rest of the inmates. You two stop Lady Arkham!

We nod and run off. We find Vicki alone in a cell.

Batman: There's no way out, now.

Vicki: There's always another way here, Batman. All the people that Thomas Wayne condemned to this place, unwillingly... They speak through the walls! Their ghosts walk. They know the way.

Batman: We can't help those people now. But we can help Alfred Pennyworth.

Robin: Take us to him!

Vicki: My pleasure.

Vicki uses her concussion blast to break the floor. Me and Batman both fall down.

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