We Are Not Insane!

Chapter Sixteen:

The batmobile came to a screeching halt right in front of the gates to the amusement park, almost crashing into a red and black jeep, but missing by mere centimetres.

Batman pressed a button and all of a sudden, Alfred's face came up on a screen on the dashboard of the vehicle.

"Goodevening, Master Bruce," Alfred greeted in his usual polite manner. "Goodevening, Alfred," Batman said back. "How many life forms in the park?"

"I ran a scan a moment ago and from what I can see there's only six," he informed, showing a scan of the amusement park. "Does that include henchmen?" Batman asked.

"Unfortunately no. Should I send someone to help? Perhaps young Master Grayson?" Alfred suggested, the screen returning to him. "No, I can handle it," he said.

"Of course, Master Bruce," agreed Alfred with a curt nod. "While I'm in there, can you do some research on Dr Drakken and Shego?" Batman requested. He'd already told Alfred about the pair when he first sent them to Arkham, but now it seemed the two were a lot more capable than he'd previously thought. "Certainly. Anything else?"

"Try Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, too," Batman said after a quick thought. "Of course," Alfred said.

"I think that's all," Batman told Alfred.

"Good luck in there," Alfred said, knowing he'd need it. "Thanks," Batman nodded and turned off the screen.

With another button press, the batmobile opened up, allowing him to swiftly hop out of the vehicle.

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"This place is creepy," Drakken muttered to himself, looking at the piercing eyes of animatronics and painted clowns on rides. A nearby ride sprung to life, causing him to squeal and hide behind Catwoman who rolled her eyes and stepped away from him.

"Where did you get him, again?" Catwoman asked Harley and Ivy, somehow managing to make her question sound sensual, rather than curious. "Arkham. He played a key part in our escape," Harley told Catwoman with a smile.

"What did he do? Distract the guards?" Catwoman rose an eyebrow, taking in Drakken's on-edge expression. "No, he opened up the dyers," Harley laughed. Ivy smirked and Catwoman joined in on the laughter, though hers was a lot less maniacal.

The four continued on their journey through the amusement park, keeping an eye out for Joker or Shego on the way.

Inwardly Drakken just wanted to find Shego and get out of there. Now that he thought about it, he couldn't quite recall how he'd gotten caught up in the mess in the first place. All he remembered was Shego escaping Arkham without him. Obviously that was the main issue.

He didn't really know who the Joker was, but the three women he was with clearly had a vendetta against him. Catwoman had gotten caught up in the mess like him, but she seemed more than happy to accompany them on their way find the Joker. He honestly pitied the Joker guy- he knew what it was like to have a woman coming after him. He spent almost 24/7 with Shego, after all. Of course, Shego didn't try to kill him, but she was always hurting him when he said or did something wrong. Despite the fact that she was always putting him down with her snide comments and insults, he really did miss her, and wanted to find her so they could get out of there.

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The Joker and Shego stood at the top of the roller coaster track, peering down at the four people down below. The Joker was crouched down and laughing quietly to himself, whilst Shego leaned carelessly against the only barrier keeping her from falling to her death.

"Who's the blue guy?" The Joker asked Shego, hoping she would know. "That's my boss," Shego reluctantly admitted.

"And what's his name?"

"Dr Drakken, but trust me- if he's a doctor of anything, it's of stupidity," Shego scoffed, pulling away from the barrier. The Joker stood up so he was now standing a head taller than Shego. "And why is he here?"

"I dunno. Why are any of them here? How did they escape from Arkham so soon after us?"

"I think I can answer that. In the meantime, let's get to work, we have a bat to kill," Joker said, spotting the caped cruisader on the other side of the park.

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Batman made his way through the park, keeping an eye out for any of the six villains he had come to get. To him, it was the oddest alliance- but then again, he'd seen weirder things. According to a quick update from Alfred, four of the six were only a few metres ahead of him, and the other two were near the rollercoaster at the other end of the park. He asked Alfred to figure out who exactly he would be going up against.

As Batman turned a corner and looked around, loud, insane laughter came through the many speakers at the amusement park. Batman quickly spun in circles, trying to find the Joker, or any of the other villains, but didn't find anyone.

He was about to start running towards the main area of the park, when something grabbed his cape and pulled him backwards, making him to a backwards roll before he could get to his feet. He was plunged into darkness with he sound of doors slamming shut behind him.

When he could finally get to his feet, he was met with only several pairs of glowing eyes staring at him through the darkness. He quickly turned on nightvision mode, allowing him to see what, or who, was looking at him.

As soon as he could see, he was attacked by one owner of the glowing eyes- an animatronic. The other animatronics soon joined in and started attacking him.

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"Where's that laughter coming from?" Drakken asked desperately, looking around and trying to find the source. "It's the speakers," Ivy sighed, getting fed up with his paranoia. "No doubt it's live feedback, though," she muttered, keeping an eye out.

"Guys?" Catwoman called, grabbing their attention. The other three turned to her, and saw not just Catwoman, but a multitude of clown animatronics gathering in front of them.

Harley swung her large mallet and rested it on her shoulder, ready to destroy them should they attack, whilst Catwoman held her whip in her hands. Drakken looked confilcted on what to do. He'd always gotten Shego to fight for him in past and she'd never complained too much. What was he supposed to do now?

Before he could come to a decision, they animatronics ran forward with the manic laughter coming through the speakers on their chests.