Batman twisted the thief’s arm and the knife dropped out of the mugger’s hand
Batman threw the crook over his shoulder and he hit the alley pavement with a THU DDDDDD One mugger was down for the count and the Dark Knight still hadn’t even needed to take his eyes off the first two muggers I did that without looking Batman said to the criminals Imagine what I can do with my eyes on you two The two muggers shot each other glances Immediately they dropped their weapons Without a word they placed their hands on their heads sank to their knees and stared down at the ground They’d been arrested before They knew the drill Don’t move Batman said The muggers nodded A few moments later they looked up to see only darkness There was no sign the Dark Knight had ever been there A moment later Robin the Boy Wonder lightly touched the shoulder of the old lady the muggers had been trying to rob Are you okay ma’am he said The police are on their way Is there anyone you’d like me to call for you The woman shook her head Thank you young man but I’ll be fine Thanks to She looked around intending to thank Batman but he was nowhere to be seen He doesn’t waste much time does he Robin shrugged He’s a pretty busy guy he said The friendly old lady smiled back Well I appreciate you taking the time to check on me she said Robin smiled No problem ma’am he said Just doing my job A pair of police cars screeched to a halt at the entrance to the alley Looks like you’re all set Robin said pointing the lady toward the cops Have a nice night A moment later the police arrived at the scene of the attempted crime There was no sign that Batman or Robin had been there Except of course for the three would-be muggers lying very still and very frightened on the cold concrete Is he gone one mugger asked nervously The lead officer chuckled and slapped a pair of cuffs on the crook CLICK C
LICK Just another Tuesday night in Gotham the other officer said with a smile Ah Gotham the Joker said laughing You never cease to amuse me The Clown Prince of Crime glanced around the art museum Everywhere he looked he saw paintings of Pagliacci the famous clown Surrounding him were countless people all of them staring at the floor Well that’s not right the Joker said All their eyes should be on me He walked over to a short muscular man dressed in a tuxedo You there the Joker said Slowly the man looked up Yes you Why is everyone staring at the floor Is this some new modern way of appreciating art No the man mumbled We’re trying to avoid making eye contact with you Ah the Joker said And why might that be Because we’re terrified of you the man said quietly I see the Joker said Well that’s certainly not unreasonable In fact it’s quite logical If you weren’t terrified of me well you’d simply have to be crazy The Joker burst into a maniacal laugh A sadistic grin crawled across his face And I’m afraid I’ve got the market on crazy cornered CLAP CLAP The Joker clapped his hands suddenly But I’m afraid this simply won’t do he said I like an audience Everyone look at me Look at me The Clown Prince of Crime went up on his toes and spun around like an agile ballerina His shrill voice rang out To see the Joker up close and personal like this he called out It’s a once in a lifetime chance if you’re lucky He peered around the room Every person in the museum now had their eyes trained on him Not a single pair of eyes blinked It was obvious he had their full attention
Excellent he cackled That’s more like it Now then I BEEP BEEP BEEP The Joker froze He tilted his head trying to figure out where the sounds had come from BEEP BEEP BEEP The Clown Prince whirled around He slowly moved across the gallery’s enormous floor On the tips of his toes he went first this way and then that way BEEP BEEP BEEP Suddenly he squatted down Behind a row of legs he saw a girl and a boy sitting on the floor away from the group They were playing with a pair of handheld video games And what do we have here the Joker purred Neither child looked up Games the girl answered The Joker smiled I love games he cried out with childlike glee What kind of game are you playing A video game the boy said in an annoyed tone Well obviously the Joker cooed Does this oh-so-captivating video game have a name The girl sighed Ninja Nemesis she said Her voice made it very clear that she thought the question was foolish The Joker tapped his chin And is this Ninja Nemesis game fun Neither child answered The Joker cleared his throat Finally the boy grunted out a Yeah More fun the Joker said standing up and throwing his arms out triumphantly than the Joker The Joker paused waiting for a response But when he looked down he discovered
