#yeah with the rando civvie out of the way bats is free to kick that guys ass

[nerdpoe]

Batman has to choose between his kid and a civilian.

It's a Joker trap, and whoever he chooses will get released. Whoever gets left behind gets dissolved in acid.

Batman is stalling, trying to give Nightwing and Red Robin the time they desperately need to dismantle the complicated wiring that controls the acid vat hovering over the hostages.

When the civilian does something absolutely horrifying.

"Do it, no balls. You fuckin won't."

Joker turns towards the kid.

The kid gives him a feral smile that looks more like a snarl.

"Kiddo, do you have any idea-"

"Everyone from Illinois knows Joker's just a bitch, anyways."

"...Last chance, brat."

Batman shouts at Joker, tries to get his attention, but what gets said next drowns it out even though the kid never raises his voice.

"You also don't know how to tell a joke, or how to take one."

The vat of acid gets released over the civilians container, and Batman is forced to watch a child die in a sacrifice that wasn't needed at all.

Meanwhile, Danny fucking Fenton, after going intangible and invisible, decides that maybe he will stop at a gas station for some taquitos.