"Hehehe...Hehe! HahaHahahaha!" Joker started to laugh as he clenched his stomach while leaning on the bank manager. He would laugh for what seemed like forever before letting out a sigh.
"Ah, Harley. You've always been a jokester." He said, wiping away an imaginary tear.
"And you've always been a slimy fat nose creep that needs his face to be bashed in." Harley grinned. "Was that funny too?"
As if it was planned, the hyenas started to make their laughing noise as they stood on each side of Harley. One of them, however, came close to Ethan and it immediately started to shrink back before eventually walking to the other side of Harley.
Ethan raised an eyebrow at this but figured it had to do with him being part dragon.
'We got what we came for, but if you're dead set on this....I'll back you up.' He replied mentally to Harley
'I love you so much!' She replied back, grinning as she dashed towards the Joker without hesitation.
"I'm going to enjoy this!"
"Wait!" Bruce said as he tried to stop her, but Ethan stepped in front of him to block his path.
"Shoot her, but try not to kill her. I've got a bone to pick with her." Joker said as his henchmen dropped the bags of money and aimed their guns at the villainess and started to rapidly fire.
In the back of Harley's mind, she knew that Ethan would save her if she was in real trouble and so she started to be a bit more reckless.
The blonde somehow felt stronger than she usually was, running a bit faster than normal while staying out of the line of fire as it tore through the floor.
Once she was close enough, she'd start to do cartwheels that eventually turned into a high frontal flip, landing on the shoulders of one of the henchmen.
"You guys are worse at shooting than those soldiers in Star Wars." She grinned, tightening her feet around the man's neck and falling backwards, taking him down with her before tightening again.
*Snap!* It was only a simple task for Harley to twist the man's neck after that, becoming motionless instantly, dropping the gun on the floor.
"Eeesh." Joker stepped back even further with Robert.
"What are you doing?!" Batman said.
"Letting Harley fight the bad guys," Ethan replied as he became a blur after he spotted the other henchmen about to fire on Harley.
"Huh?-Guuh!' The man was surprised to see Ethan in front of him before he was picked up by the neck like a measly animal and tossed in Harley's direction.
Harley notices this, and leaps up from the floor with her baseball ready," Good Night!" She said, slamming the wooden bat into the man's head, cracking his head open and sending him flying into one of the work stations!
*Crash!*
"Heroes don't kill people!" Batman shouted grabbing his batarangs and throwing them towards Ethan.
"Well, maybe I'm not a hero." Ethan hears the noise of the throwing weapons and simply turned to catch all of them.
*BeepBeepBOOM!!*The weapons explode in Ethan's face, engulfing him in fire and smoke.
But a dragon afraid of fire?
Absolutely not!
"You should quit while you're ahead Batman. I got too much respect for you and honestly, I look up to you a bit." Ethan said, blowing away the smoke with one swipe of his hand.
Harley ignored what was going on and glared at Joker, "Was that all the henchmen you had? What happened to the rest of them?" Harley asked with a laugh as she twirled her bat.
"Whose fault you think that is?" Joker scowled, yanking Robert in front of him.
"We're best pals right Robby? Be my shield!!" He said, kicking the man towards Harley before tossing a clown-themed grenade onto the ground.
*Boom!* The grenade instantly explodes, expelling large amounts of green gas that threaten to cover the entire lobby.
"Joker gas!" Harley shouted, tossing the bank manager out of the way as she covered her face.
Ethan simply looked at and took a deep breath to use a wind breathe attack, blowing it away from everyone.
However, once it was gone, they could hear laughing from downstairs.
"Trying to get away? Bud! Lou!" Harley said, calling the two hyenas to follow as she picks up a gun and dashes downstairs.
Ethan would turn to follow her, but suddenly Bruce pulled out his grappling gun and shot it at Ethan to immobilize him.
"You're still trying to fight?" He said, turning back around to snatch the hook out of the air.
"I need to stop you," Bruce said, turning on the switch for the shocking function of the tool.
"Hmph..." Ethan simply ignored the electricity and yanked on the wire, pulling Batman along with it.
Batman reacted quickly, letting go of the gun midway and uses the momentum to kick Ethan in the face.
*Bam* A solid kick applied with the added momentum slams into his face, but even then Ethan didn't budge and responded with grabbing Bruce by the neck, lifting him up.
"I just want you to know I appreciate the offer you gave me, but I respectfully decline."
"You-"
*BAM!* Ethan slams his head against Bruce's head, knocking him out. He then attempts to throw him but stops when two familiar people arrived on the scene.
"Batman!" Barbara and Dick said as they dashed into the lobby with their respective suits hero disguises. Dick had wanted to check in on Bruce and Barbara tagged along.
"That's him! That's the guy!" Dick said, pulling up his virtual hologram computer from his glove to look at his picture.
"You're right, but what's he doing here? Where's the Joker? Wasn't he robbing the place?" Barbara asked.
"He is...or was?" Dick replied, glancing at the bus sticking out in the wall.
"But we got bigger problems! Let Batman go!" He pulled out his staff, twirling it before pool vaulting himself towards Ethan.
"Tell Batman when he awakes. To not look for me!" Ethan growled, tossing the stunned Bruce into fast approaching Robin, knocking him out of the air.
"Batman! Robin!" Barbara shouted as she watched them fall onto the floor with a loud thud.
"Ugh...We're ok." Dick groaned, lifting Bruce off of him.
After confirming their condition, Barbara focused her attention back on Ethan.
But...
"He's gone.." She mumbled as she looked around. She barely had time to blink and the man was gone from the area.
As this was going a small shadow on the floor snuck by them without them noticing and traveled downstairs.
"He probably went downstairs! I'll get Batman out of here! You follow them!" Dick said, summoning all his strength to lift the unconscious hero on his back. Luckily, he knew which button called the Batmobile to the area.
"Right! I'll be careful." Barbara said, running towards the stairs.
Soon after, however, another shadow in the shape of a raven on the floor followed after Barbara.
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The long staircase lead down fairly large open space with tables and chairs thrown around with other stuff. It was fairly dark as it seemed Joker had shot out a few of the lights, and the main light source was coming from the massive vault in the back of the room that was sectioned off by steel bars.
"Why don't you show yourself!" She scowled, slowly approaching the vault with the firearm ready to shoot him right in the face. The woman held no love for the man whatsoever and the only left was fury, a fury that will only go away when he dies!
"I'm gonna give you to the count of ten to get your ugly, yellow, no-good keister off my property before I pump your guts full of lead!" Joker said, hopping out from the vault holding a machine gun with a drum magazine.
"1...10!" He pulls the trigger, unloading the bullets towards Harley who quickly ducked underneath a table for cover as her hyenas scattered into the darkness. The tables were wooden, but they were thick and well made so it manages to block the bullets. However, it won't hold for long.
"Hahahahahaha!" The villain laughed as he continues to unload the bullets in Harley's location. "How about I give you a chance to come back to me and I'll let you live!"
"Eat shit!" Harley said, firing back with her gun to hopefully injure him or distract him.
Soon a gunfight took place, the two took turns firing at each other for several minutes with Harley dodging, ducking underneath the sturdy work desks from time to time before firing back with her gun.
Until...
*Click Click* They had both run out of bullets.
"Aw just when I was having fun."
"It's over!" Harley said, leaping out of her current hiding place, brandishing her baseball bat.
"Naughty Naughty Harley," Joker said, pulling out his pistol. "You forgot this! I hope you know you're paying for your own knee surgery! Hahaha!
*Bang! Thud!*
Ethan arrived on the scene!
He'd take the bullet without hesitation.
Ethan had wanted to Harley handle this, but the longer they are here, the more attention they would receive and he didn't want that at the moment.
He'd then dashed faster than the Joker could see, crashing into the iron bars with such force that it gave in instantly under his immense strength.
Joker couldn't see it coming, and before he realized it, his neck was grabbed, robbing him of air.
Ethan then crushed the Joker's hand that held the pistol, causing him to groan in considerable pain as he tossed him on the floor.
" I could have handled this." Harley frowned as she walked over.
"And I could have lost you just then. I'm not letting anyone I care about die on me." Ethan said, kicking the Joker over on his back and stepping on him fo keep him still.
Joker placed his hand on top of Ethan's foot and tried to move it, but no matter how much strength he uses, he wouldn't budge, "Look I'm not to keen on being stepped on. Now Harley on the other ha-".
" Shut up!" Harley kicks the villain in his face, injuring him considerably, but he still managed to laugh.
"Ow! Hahahah! You're kicks really hurt! Have you been working out?"
*Bam!* She kicks him in the face again, but harder, causing him to spit out blood while continuing to laugh.
"I'm going to make you suffer for what you did to me.." Harley said as her blue eyes flashed red just as Ethan's does occasionally. As soon as she felt anger, she could feel the mark on her chest heating up which fueled her anger even more.
"Woah! Scaaary" He said, holding his hands up. "But hasn't this gone long enough? If you wanted me to take you back, you could have just said so-"
*Smash!* Harley slammed her baseball bat against the Joker's knee.
"Ow! Ow Ow!! Now Harley..."
*Bam! Crack!* Harley slams her foot on top that same knee, applying pressure until there was a snapping noise.
"OOOOOH!!!! You BITCH!!' Joker cried out as he tried to grip his now broken knee, but he was held down by Ethan's foot.
"Yeah..But I'm not yours anymore."