THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE SCORPION AND THE BAT!

Chapter 23

Returning Home

Batman, Plastic Man, and Superman stand together. Joker still sat at Batman's feet, out cold.

"You have proven yourselves to be great warriors." Raiden says, "Unlike the first time our universes merged, I now show you great respect."

"And we respect you as well." Batman replies.

"But now it is time for you to return to your universe." Raiden informs. He creates a portal next to the heroes. Joker starts to wake up.

"What'd I miss?" Joker questions.

"Perhaps our paths will cross again." Raiden says, "But on better terms."

"Let's hope so." Superman replies. Then walks through the portal.

"Yo, Kitana, you ever wanna hook up, you know where my universe is, just call for Eel." Plastic Man says, winking at Kitana. Kitana just shakes her head, then force Mileena to her feet. Batman does the same with the Joker. As Kitana and Mileena pass by Batman and Joker, Joker quickly plants a kiss on Mileena's cheek.

"I'll call you, baby, ha, ha, haaa!" Joker chuckles. Mileena's large mouth curves into a smile.

"Eeewww, that's just wrong!" Plastic Man states. He then walks through the portal.

"What about the others in Outworld?" Batman questions.

"They will return shortly." Raiden answers.

"Oh, I am going to miss this universe." Joker states, "The beautiful screams of thousands of totured souls. The fresh smell of burning flesh. And let's not forget the long hot nights of walking on the shores of the lava pits. Ah, good times. HAAAAAA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HAAAA!" Batman then knocks Joker out with a punch before walking through the portal, dragging the unconscious Joker behind him. The portal then disappears.

"Goodbye, my love." Mileena whispers.

"I hope we never see that clown again." Jax says. Raiden then creates another portal.

"Come." Raiden orders, then walks through the portal. Kitana, Mileena, and Jax soon follow.

In Outworld, Rorschach, the Question, and Kabal continue to make their way through the dry desert like plains. Just then, a portal appears before them. Out steps Raiden, Jax, Kitana, and Mileena.

"Quan Chi and the Joker's plans have failed." Raiden informs, "And the universes are safe. It is time for you to return with the others." Raiden creates yet another portal.

"Good." Question replies, "I have more important cases to work on now." He then looks over to Rorschach. "Perhaps we should work together sometime." he says.

"Hurm." Rorschach grunts, then makes his way towards the portal.

"Was that a yes or a no?" Question asks, a little confused. Rorschach keeps walking before stopping and looking at Question.

"Maybe." Rorschah mutters. He then simply walks through the portal.

"Okay... Rorschach doesn't suck." Question states, then follows into the portal.

"I will never work with those men again!" Kabal states, "They spoke of nothing but conspiracies!"

"Fear not, Kabal." Raiden replies, "With Quan Chi dead, and Shao Kahn still locked away, our universes will not be merging again."

"Then my task is complete." Kabal informs, "Farewell." Kabal then takes off running, soon he was completely out of sight.

"Now, it is time for us to return." Raiden says, looking at Jax. Another portal appears. "Are you sure you can handle her, Kitana?" Raiden questions.

"Yes." Kitana answers. Raiden nods, then him and Jax walk through the portal. "Let's go!" Kitana orders, pulling Mileena.

"Oh, be gentle, please... sister." Mileena giggles. A figure appears on a cliff, looking down at the two women.

"Well, it looks like Mileena got 'erself into a lil' trouble, heh, heh, heeeh." the figure chuckles.

Joker sits in a dark cell in Arkham Asylum, wearing a straight jacket.

"I can't believe it!" Joker whines, "We were so close! Total control could have been mine! It was Quan Chi's fault! He focused more on betraying me than he did on the actually mission! Oh well, guess I'll have to return to my old life. Spreading chaos all over Gotham, giving the world smiles, fun times! Let's see, how am I going to break out this time?"

"Shut up in there!" a guard orders.

"I'll make as much noise as I please, Steve!" Joker yells, "Man, guards these days. No respect, they think they all can act so brave around me. And everyone of them are never that brave when I finally get out. HAAAA, HA, HA, HA, HA!"

"Joker, you have visitors!" a guard informs.

"Visitors?" Joker questions, "For me? Who in the living hell would ever visit me, Steve?" All of a sudden, the door of the cell swings open, revealing six hooded figures. The one in front held Steve by the neck. The six enter the cell, then the one in front thrusts his hand through Steve's back and out his chest, still beating heart in its bloody hand. Then it throws him to the ground and looks at Joker, heart being thrown on the ground.

"'Ello, Joka." greets the hooded figure, "We've been lookin for ya."

"Well, who hasn't?" Joker replies, smiling before a confused face formed on his face, "Wait, you sound familar..."

"We have a... little proposal for ya." the figure informs. The figures remove their hoods, revealing themselves to be Kano, Noob Saibot, Smoke, Baraka, Frost, and the Riddler. The last one confusing Joker more.

"I fell into a dark abyss, but i didn't die." Riddler says. Joker smile becomes even wider at the sight of Kano, who now wore a whitish face paint on his face, and a big red smile, helped out by the slits on his cheeks and the piercings holding them up.

"We want ya to join us." Kano informs.

"With our combined forces, the Ministry of Darkness will conquer everything in existence." Noob states.

"A ministry you say?" Joker questions, "Please, tell me more. Like who would be the leader?"

"There is no leader in the Ministry." Nood answers, "We are all equal. You and Quan Chi failed because of leadership."

"Interesting, got a point there." Joker replies. He then turns his attention back to Kano. He studies the face paint and the scars he wore. "So, I assume the paint job and scars are a little twisted tribute to me?" he questions.

"Not at all." Kano states, "Let's just say that I see the funny side of things now. And I LOVE it!" Joker starts to giggle.

"Don't we all?" Joker replies.

"HAAAAAAAA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HAAAAAAA, HA, HA, HAAAAAAA!" Joker and Kano laugh together.

The End...?

The Jonny T Factor: Well... this was a very interesting experience.

Another Dead Hero: Indeed, seems as though a new evil is rising, what does this mean, Jonny T, tell em'...

The Jonny T Factor: Well, It's quite simple, my good friend. It appears that there might be a sequeal that might continue this great tale that we have created.

Another Dead Hero: Damn skippy there is gonna be one and it'd be more crazy than the last.

The Jonny T Factor: Quite. You see, we plan to have more action, more heroes, more villains, more nudity... scratch that, and more gore... that we can write down on paper... or in this case, a computer.

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The Jonny T Factor: Thank you all for supporting us. We both promise that we will try and make the follow up even greater. That is, if we both survive...

*Pulls out knife*

*Another Dead Hero shoots The Jonny T Factor in the shoulder with a handgun*

Another Dead Hero: No, bad Jonny T.

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