This is just my spin on the LEGO Dimensions video game storyline. I posted a story relating to that game before, but I deleted it because it was going nowhere. Before you read this story, I would like to point out one thing:

- The Batman in this story is based on Ben Affleck's Batman. So, expect a dark, gritty LEGO Batman in this story. Try imagining Ben Affleck's voice coming out his mouth when you read his lines.

Feel free to leave a review after reading each chapter... or not if you don't want to.

Somewhere in the far depths of the LEGO multiverse lies a dimension that appears to be nothing more than a sea of LEGO bricks randomly forming shapes, like a bridge, a rabbit, a display of an electron, etc. Suddenly, LEGO bricks rise from the sea and form a circular object in the air. A portal opens in the middle. Coming out of the portal is a mysterious entity. This entity wears a bronze helmet, wields a staff, and his body seems to have the colors of the cosmos.

He lands on the sea and walks on it as if it was solid ground. An artificial intelligence (or A.I.) in the form of a drone with two arms, codenamed "X-PO", comes out of the portal and started scanning the seas of the dimension. His red scanning light turns green when he located something.

"Hey, I found a thing," he said. Realizing that he sounds like an organic life form, he corrects himself and speaks like how a robot would. "Uh, I mean... anomaly located, master."

The mysterious entity, who goes by the name Lord Vortech, approaches the area that X-PO. He started laughing maniacally. "I found it."

"Uh, you found it?" questioned X-PO, confused as to why his master would take credit for locating what he found.

"After all these years of searching, it really exists. Foundation Prime." Vortech uses his staff to reveal what is hidden beneath the seas. There were images of certain objects. "This depicts the Foundation Elements, artifacts from the start of time, scattered across the dimensions, and only I can gather them in one place."

X-PO interrupts his master's monologue. "Just so you know, the Foundation Elements are the cornerstones of time and space. So, they're kind of important to that, um, entire universe."

"Your services are no longer required," said Vortech, dismissing his A.I.'s lecture.

"But the elements can't be safely harnessed. It's too dangerous," warned X-PO.

However, Vortech continues to ignore him and opens a portal behind X-PO, sucking him in.

"And what about the peg leg you promised me...?" X-PO's answer was never given as the portal sucked him to another dimension.

As soon as X-PO was out of sight, Vortech started laughing evilly again.

"I will have them all. I will control their power. I will make the universes collide."

As he continued to laugh, however, he was interrupted when something in him started to act up. All of a sudden, he uncontrollably transforms into a much larger version of himself.

"No!" he cried out in his even deeper voice. "I will not be... denied perfection!"

Vortech manages to transform himself back to normal, but lies down on all fours, weak. As he picks himself up, he continues to speak to himself. "My dedication to this work has... taken its toll. Not for much longer can I freely pass between dimensions." He growls with anger, frustrated. Suddenly, a thought pops in his mind. "But there is another way."

With his power, Vortech started to create a temple, where he plans to harness all the Foundation Elements. As his temple rises from the seas, he laughs maniacally.

DC Comics

It seemed oddly quiet in the streets of Gotham City. There was little to no criminal activity occurring on this very evening. However, on the streets outside Ace Chemicals, a chase was in progress. The muscular mercenary known as Bane is currently riding in his Drill Tank with a large supply of Kryptonite loaded. He was being pursued by the Dynamic Duo, Batman (in his Batmobile) and Robin (on his Robin Cycle).

Bane's bumpy ride causes about half of his Kryptonite supply to fall overboard. After all, his tank doesn't come with a roof. The Kryptonite threatened to knock Robin off his cycle, but he dodges every sample heading his way. He managed to catch one, fortunately.

"Hey! No literring!" yelled Robin, scolding Bane like a police office to a delinquent.

Batman's Batmobile finally catches up to Robin's cycle, allowing the Boy Wonder to speak to his mentor.

"What does Bane want with all this Kryptonite, Batman?" asked Robin.

"What everyone wants with Kryptonite. To kill Superman," answered Batman. "But that won't be happening, not today."

Batman looks at his built-in computer in the Batmobile. They were heading towards a bridge. Batman figured out a way they can catch Bane at that point.

"Cut him off at the bridge," ordered Batman. "We'll have him cornered."

"Okay, Batman," replied Robin, saluting.

Batman speeds up, catching up with Bane. Before Robin can go faster, something causes his cycle to stop. Before he knew it, he and his cycle began floating in the air.

Batman notices this and stops at the bridge, allowing Bane to get away.

"Oh, and we were having such a nice chase," said Bane, pretending to weep like a child when he was really glad he's getting away.

Batman glares at the escaping drill tank for a second before turning his attention to his young ward. The bricks of the wall at a building close to Robin started breaking down. They were sucked into a portal, which was located behind the wall. It sucks Robin, the Kryptonite, and his cycle in as well.

Batman steps on the accelerator and races towards the portal. He manages to enter it before it closed.

The Lord of the Rings

In the Mines of Moria, Frodo Baggins, Sam Gamgee, Merry Brandybuck, Pippin Took, Aragorn, Boromir, Gimli, and Legolas run across a bridge to the exit of the mines. Gandalf the Grey followed, but stopped midway and turns around, seeking to engage the creature that pursues them.

Coming out from the smoke is a Balrog. It growls loudly. Its foul breath was so powerful that Gandalf had to take a moment to fan away the smell from his face.

The Balrog raises its fiery whip. Gandalf decided to make his move.

"You shall not pass!" Gandalf's cry echoed through the mines as he slammed his magic staff on the bridge, casting a spell.

The Balrog takes ones step on the bridge. Suddenly, half of the bridge collapses. As that part of the bridge fell into the chasm, so did the Balrog. Gandalf sights with relief and turns around to rejoin the others. However, the Balrog hits him in the leg with his fiery whip, causing the elderly wizard to stumble backwards. Gandalf cries out in pain as he hangs on the edge of what's left of the bridge, dropping his staff and sword.

"Gandalf!" cried Frodo, afraid for Gandalf.

"Fly you fools!" said Gandalf.

Gandalf loses his grip and falls into the chasm.

"Nooo!" cried out Frodo.

Gandalf falls as he lays his eyes on the Balrog, who is also still falling. He grabs his sword and staff out of the air and lands on Balrog's back as he strikes it with his blade. A portal opens above the wizard and the creature. The Batmobile comes out of it and falls down past the Balrog.

The car crashes into the rocks several times. Batman is barely able to keep himself stable, seatbelt or not. His computer is pointing out the damages to the car. The damages were about to cause the Batmobile to self-destruct. Batman opens the roof of the car and propels himself out of the driver seat before the car explodes. The Dark Knight uses his Grapple Gun and latches onto the Balrog. The grappling hook penetrated the Balrog's neck, hurting it. Batman pulls himself towards the creature and lands on his back.

"What is this place?" asked Batman.

Before Gandalf can respond, the Balrog grabs Batman off its back. Gandalf thrusts its sword into the Balrog's shoulder, wounding it. Batman uses his brute strength to break free of the creature's grip. He grabs Gandalf and fires his Grapple Gun upwards, latching onto what remains of the bridge. He pulls himself and Gandalf off the Balrog and back up, leaving the flaming creature to plummet to its doom.

Batman lifts himself up to the bridge and gives Gandalf a hand.

"My thanks," said Gandalf, feeling grateful. "And what is your name, my fellow?"

"The kids back home call me 'Batman'," answered the Caped Crusader.

"Gandalf!" cried Frodo again, scared and happy at the same time.

The young Hobbit rushes towards his friend to give him a hug. However, a portal appears out of nowhere, attempting to suck Frodo in.

"Frodo!" cried Gandalf.

Frodo tried to hang onto the bridge, but it was no use. The portal sucks him in.

"The Ring! Frodo has the One Ring. It cannot fall into enemy hands," said Gandalf, worried. "Quickly, fly!"

Gandalf rushes to the portal. Batman stood still for a second, slightly offended that the wizard believed he could fly like a bat. He remains silent as he follows Gandalf. The two jump into the portal just as it disappeared.

The Fellowship were baffled and worried for their friends at the same time. Gimli gets on his knees and started weeping.

"I s'pose we'll just wait for them, then," said Sam.

The LEGO Movie

In the rebuilt Cloud Cuckoo Land, everyone witnesses the dance battle between Wyldstyle and Princess Unikitty. They were dancing to the song, "Everything Is Awesome". Unikitty impress with a quick spins, but Wyldstyle draws more attention by doing the "Worm" and caps off her performance with an amazing up-side down spin.

It was time for the judge, MetalBeard, to decide the winner.

"Arr! It be... Wyldstyle who jigged the best," declared MetalBeard.

MetalBeard throws down the golden trophy to the tomboy.

"This dance-off was... FIXED!" yelled Unikitty angrily, losing her temper as her face turned boiling red, jealous. After calming herself down, she says, "I mean, 'Well done, Wyldstyle.'"

Wyldstyle grabbed the trophy and smiled.

"Yes," she cheered and jumped in the air.

Catching herself doing something out of character, Wyldstyle stutters as she says, in her usual tone, "I mean, you know, whatever."

A portal opens above the party. It tried to suck in MetalBeard, his treasure chest, and the golden trophy. Wyldstyle tried to pull down her trophy, but it was no use. The force of the portal causes her to let go of the trophy.

"Arr! It be a kraken. I know it!" exclaimed MetalBeard as he grabbed his treasure chest out of the air.

MetalBeard and his treasure were sucked into the portal along with the trophy.

"What the- where'd MetalBeard go?" wondered a confused Emmet.

Another portal opens. It opens above Batman. It drops two individuals on top of the black-clad superhero. The two individuals were none other than Batman (from another dimension) and Gandalf.

"Batman? Gandalf?" Wyldstyle was a little baffled, until the Batman that was her ex-boyfriend stood up. "Batman?"

"Ow!" grunted LEGO Movie Batman in pain. He looks at the other Batman and says, "You landed on my back, man."

"Always mind your surroundings," replied Batman.

"Hey! Who are you to wear that costume?!" questioned LEGO Movie Batman accusingly. "I'm Batman."

"Nice costume," said Batman, being honest and sarcastic at the same time. "Never tried an all-black design myself. I'll consider it when I return."

"Alright, copycat, you wanna go?!" LEGO Movie Batman was challenging to supposed impostor to a fight.

In a span of two seconds, Batman takes down LEGO Movie Batman by elbowing him in the face and spin-kicking him towards a wall.

"Oh, twins," assumed Gandalf. "I wonder if one of them is evil."

"Where did you come from?" asked a confused Unikitty. "And why are there two Bat... mans? Bat... men? Bat... mens?"

"I am the one and only Batman," said the LEGO Movie Batman, standing up.

LEGO Movie Batman throws his Batarang at the other Batman, but the latter catches the projectile before it hits his face. Batman seems to be throwing the Batarang into the sky. However, it comes back around and hits LEGO Movie Batman in the back, knocking him down.

"Like I said. Always mind your surroundings," said Batman.

Gandalf eyes his surroundings. He smiled at the beauty of Cloud Cuckoo Land. "Well, this is all wonderful." He turns to the inhabitants of the place. "But I don't suppose you saw a young Halfling pass this way?"

"Uh, what's a Halfling?" asked a still-confused Emmet.

"The only thing we saw was our friend, MetalBeard, getting dragged into a strange vortex," said Wyldstyle, pointing to the direction where she last saw said vortex.

"I think it was some kind of dimensional rift," guessed Batman. "Where is it?"

"It disappeared after it took him," answered Emmet.

"So, you didn't cause all that?" Wyldstyle asked the two visitors.

"Might I suggest we set out on a quest to find this, uh, 'rift,' you say?" suggested Gandalf.

Unikitty was giving herself a bath (i.e. licking herself), but when she heard what Gandalf said, she stopped and put on an excited look on her face. "A quest?! Let me go pack some rainbow-colored LEGO bricks."

"And I'll get my wrench," said Emmet.

Emmet and Unikitty leave to fetch their belongings, leaving Wyldstyle with Batman and Gandalf.

Gandalf decided it was appropriate to give his new fellowship a name. "We shall be the fellowship of the..."

Gandalf was interrupted when a dimensional rift opens beneath their feet. Batman, Wyldstyle, and Gandalf fall into it. The tomboy and the wizard yelped.

The rift closes, leaving LEGO Movie Batman on his own.

"'Fellowship of the 'Aar'? That's a terrible name," said LEGO Movie Batman. He assumed the screams of his ex-girlfriend and the wizard, which sounded like "Aaaaarrrrrr", was part of the name of the fellowship.

Emmet and Unikitty return. Emmet had his wrench in hand while Unikitty was pulling a chest full of rainbow-colored LEGO bricks. They noticed that Wyldstyle, Gandalf, and the other Batman are gone.

"Aw!" Emmet whined. "They left without the whole gang?"

"Gang, shmang! They left without 'me'," said Unikitty, sad. She gets mad, turns red, and screams. "Rargh!" She then started to tear up.

"That guy wasn't anything special," said LEGO Movie Batman, referring to the other Batman.

LEGO Movie Batman tried to hit the nearby elephant head's trunk with a Batarang. He misses from point blank range over and over again. He slides underneath the elephant's trunk and tries to use his Grapple Gun to get out. However, he was so focused on making sure that Emmet and Unikitty were watching that he missed his mark. The hook of the Grapple Gun bounced off the elephant's truck and hits Batman in the head, causing him to stumble and fall backwards.

"Dang it!" cursed LEGO Movie Batman.

Emmet laughs at Batman.

Inside the rift, Batman, Wyldstyle, and Gandalf float are currently floating through space and time as they await for the end of the unexpected trip.

"We are at this strange beast's mercy and I do not trust where it is leading us," said Gandalf. "We must get out."

"Agreed," said Batman.

Wyldstyle takes out her Relic Scanner and tried scanning for the direction where the rift is leading them.

"What is that?" asked Batman.

"My Relic Scanner," answered Wyldstyle.

"And how is that supposed to help us?" asked Batman.

"It doesn't just scan for relics," said Wyldstyle. "It can find hidden objects, power signatures, and I can tune it to tap into a specific frequency."

"I think I can use it to our benefit," said Batman.

Wyldstyle tosses her Relic Scanner to Batman.

"If I can locate whatever's generating this rift, then I can disrupt it," said Batman.

Batman takes out a frequency-jamming disk and links it to the Relic Scanner. He turns the dial and disrupts the flow of the rift. He gives the scanner back to Wyldstyle.

"Does that mean it worked?" asked Gandalf.

Before the trio reached the bright light at the end of the rift, they are sucked into another passage, caused by Batman's disruption of the rift's generation. The end of the passage was another bright light. The trio can only wait until they finally exit the rift.

That's it for the first chapter. Hope this was well-written.