Disclaimer: I do not own Batman or anything else you recognize. I only own Liam Stark and any other OC's.

Welcome everyone, to Part 5 of the 'We Are Heroes' series.

So with this, we continue going through the 'We Are Heroes' series. With Genderbent MCU done, it is time to do Team Batman vs the Jokers and their allies.

This story is going to be based on the Batman Arkham games as well as some Arrow episodes, but I will also be doing some of my own stuff.

Now to differentiate between the 3 Jokers in this story; Joaquin Phoenix will be called Joker, Heath Ledger will be called Anarchist (because he is an anarchist), and Mark Hamill will be called Clown.

This story is a direct continuation of Chapters 41-43 in 'Whatever It Takes', but its not necessary to read those chapters before this to be honest. I will explain everything gradually as we go along.

Hope all enjoy.


Chapter 1- Evacuation of Gotham City.

Earth-1, Gotham City.

Liam calmly hummed to himself as he went over some documents in his office.

Since the Dusting a few months ago, things had quieted down in Gotham City. Or least least, as quiet as Gotham could get.

There had been no sign of the 3 Joker's since before the Dusting, and that worried Liam. It wasn't like them to just vanish for months on end.

As Liam walked out of his office, he saw the television screen start playing, and Joker's face appeared on it.

"Greetings, citizens of Gotham!" Joker said with a crazed expression on his face. "Just wanted to tell you- I have a lot of fear toxin ready to be unleashed on this city!"

Everyone in the office gasped in horror while the blood drained from Liam's face.

"So let the games begin!" Joker laughed hysterically before his image vanished.

"Goddamn it." Liam muttered before rushing out of the building at full speed.

He ran across the city, before entering the Wayne Enterprises building. Rushing past the surprised security guard, he entered the elevator, pushing the button for the basement floor repeatedly.

Liam took a deep breath as the elevator opened and he walked into the Batcave to see Selina Kyle, Kate Kane and Terry McGinnis standing there with worried looks on their faces.

"Tell me everything", Liam commanded, stalking forward.

"Gotham has been ordered to be evacuated as we speak", Selina said.

"Good", Liam nodded. "Where are Bruce and Dinah?"

Right then, the elevator dinged again and Bruce Wayne and Dinah Lance of Earth-2013 exited.

"How far are we with tracking Joker down?" Bruce asked.

"Working on it. Their pattern is completely random, so it's gonna take a while." Terry replied.

"Do we at least know where the fear toxin is coming from, so that we can neutralize it?" Dinah asked.

"Working on it", Terry said. "I've narrowed it down to a 3 mile radius near the docks. I think it might be where the Jokers are operating from."

"We can investigate it", Kate agreed.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Terry asked. "Let's find them and take them down."

"Whoa man, cool it", Liam raised his hand. "It could be a trap, to lure us in and kill us.'

"My thoughts exactly", Bruce agreed. "We need to be careful about this. I think I might know where Joker is. Once he is taken down, we will then neutralize the fear toxin."

"Sounds like a plan", Liam smirked.

"But not all of us will go", Bruce interrupted. "Selina, Liam and I will go. The rest of you stay here for backup."

"You got it", Kate nodded.

Liam walked towards the Nightwing suit and gave it a steely look.

"Let's do it", he said firmly.


Later.

Liam, Bruce and Selina stood on a rooftop, facing an old warehouse.

"Terry tracked the signal down, it came from this place." Liam informed the other two.

"Let's investigate", Bruce said. "And stay alert. We don't know who could be in there."

With that, he jumped off the roof, using his cape to glide down.

Liam and Selina followed suit, jumping off the roof, with Selina stabbing her claws into the wall and using them to slide down.

Liam flipped and landed, before quickly joining Selina in walking into the warehouse. Liam drew his escrima sticks from his back as they walked in.

"I've detected heat signatures coming from the end of the room", Bruce said, appearing right next to Liam.

"Can you stop doing that please?" Liam gave an annoyed sigh as they continued on their way.

Bruce ignored him and looked around the warehouse.

"We're not alone", Selina stopped in her tracks as her senses picked up some.

Almost as if on cue, a small army of thugs emerged from the corners of the room.

"Oh boy!" Liam said, looking around. "Seems that some folks never learn."

"Nope", Selina agreed.

As the thugs fired their guns, Bruce, Liam and Selina dived for cover, hiding behind several crates.

"Okay, anyone have a plan here?" Selina shouted.

"Yes", Bruce said. "Attack."

With that he sprung up, throwing out a Batarang that sent out an electric pulse which took down several thugs.

Liam leapt and smacked several thugs with his escrima sticks, before flipping to avoid gunshots and striking the man on the throat, making him gasp as he staggered back in pain.

Selina grabbed one thug with her whip and knocked him out with a flip-kick, before dodging another and knocking him out with a punch.

Bruce blocked several strikes and caught one punch, elbowing the thug on the face, taking him down.

Liam dodged some more strikes before kicking back and sweeping another's legs.

He blocked a strike with his escrima stick and elbowed the man out.

Liam dove to the side to avoid a knife strike and kicked the thug's legs out, sending him down before he kicked him out in a spin motion.

Bruce struck another out with his hand, taking one down before one thug tackled Bruce through a wall.

"Ha! Seems everyone's breaking walls and burning bridges these days." Liam quipped, making Selina groan.

"Shut up", she rolled her eyes.

Bruce managed to throw the thug off and kicked his face hard, staggering him before Liam kicked his head in a spin motion, finally taking him down.

"Help!" a voice called out from another room.

"That voice sounds familiar", Liam noted as the three looked around.

Bruce turned to see a woman huddled in a cage, and he immeadelty recognized her.

"Poison Ivy? Is that you?" he asked, making Liam's and Selina's eyes widen.

"Batman? Thank God! Get me out of here!" Poison Ivy gripped the bars.

"Why should we trust you?" Selina asked with narrowed eyes. "You tried to kill us more than once."

"Yes I have", Poison Ivy agreed. "But those Jokers are totally off their rocker."

"What do you mean?" Bruce demanded.

"They are using the fear toxin to lure you out", Poison Ivy revealed. "They also have Two-Face and Scarecrow with them."

"So that's how they have the fear toxin", Selina groaned in realization.

"Yes", Poison Ivy nodded. "And because I refused to join them in their totally insane plan, they imprisoned me here."

"Why would they imprison you in some warehouse in the ass-end of nowhere?" Liam asked.

"This used to be their hideout", Poison Ivy said. "But after they threatened to release the fear toxin, they abandoned their base and moved it elsewhere. He also placed the thugs here to prevent me from escaping."

"Do you know where the Jokers are?" Bruce asked her.

"No", Poison Ivy shook her head. "They didn't say anything to me about it. They just packed all their equipment and left."

"Listen guys, I don't want anything to do with those freaks", Poison Ivy said. "So please, let me out of here."

"Should we?" Selina asked.

"They could have left her here as a trap", Liam pointed out. "She might go tell them about our plans."

Poison Ivy gave him an offended look. "Hey! I saved Batsy over here more than once."

"You did, Ivy", Bruce said. "You also tried to kill me."

"Yeah, but the last time we worked together, we managed to save Gotham from Bane." She pointed out.

Bruce looked down, considering.

"I will let you go", Bruce said. "But know that if you betray us, I will not be so lenient on you. And know that I will be tracking you, so I will know every move you make."

Poison Ivy sighed in relief as Liam went and unlocked the cage and she stepped out.

"Thank you", she said gratefully to Bruce who gave her a curt nod.

"Also", she faced them. "You might find the Jokers at Ace Chemicals. Just a hunch, but you should try it out."

"Thank you", Liam said to her and she nodded before walking off.

"Well, we should get going", Bruce said. "Have Terry track down any recent power surges."

"Right", Liam nodded. "Let's do it."

With that, Bruce, Liam and Selina continued on their way.


And there we go! The first chapter is done.

In case you don't know, Earth-1 Bruce is played by Joe Manganiello while Selina is played by Rachel McAdams.

And this Dinah is from the Injustice games. Way back in 'Whatever It Takes', I had some heroes end up in that universe, and Dinah joined Team Batman in the end.

And hope all enjoyed the appearance by Poison Ivy, who in this series will be played by Olivia Wilde. She will return later on in this tale.

Next chapter will continue the story and another major player will get introduced.

Anyway, hope everyone enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter. Until the next update, enjoy and stay safe ya'll!