Hey, The Jonny T Factor here, and I've decided to take a break from some of my other stories and work on a story I've had in mind after playing a little game starring everyone's favorite bat. I hope you enjoy.

I do not own Batman, Arkham City, or any of the characters from the Batman franchise.

"Come on, what's takin' so long?" a thug yells at three other. A group of thugs wearing black hoodies, black jeans, tan ski masks, and black boots, search a small, ran down, apartment building in Arkham City.

"Give us a second." one thug replies, "The boss didn't exactly tell us where to find this junk."

"Just hurry it up!' the other thug orders, "This is Two-Face's territory, and I don't like being here!"

"Stop worrying so much." another thug says, "We got in undetected, we'll get out undetected." Just then, lightning flashes, lighting up the room for a second. The other thug turns around with his gun ready, terrified.

"What was that?" the thug yells.

"Lightning, idiot." one thug answers.

"Right… I knew that!" the other thug replies, calming down.

"Just keep your mouth shut!" another thug orders, "We'll never find the stuff if you keep distracting us!" The other thug sighs, as another flash of lightning occurs. His eyes widen when he sees a shadow of a figure with pointy ears cast on the wall next to him. He quickly turns to the direction the shadow was cast, finding no one there.

"G-guys…" the thug stutters, in complete fear.

"I said shut it!" the other thug replies. The thugs keep their backs turned as they search shelves and boxes.

"AAAHHH!" they hear the other thug scream.

"What now, you big baby?" a thug questions, as him and the others turn, only to find a dark figure standing over the unconscious thug. A flash of lightning reveals the figure to be Batman. "It's the Bat!" the thug yells, shocked. Two thugs point their guns at Batman, only for Batman to throw a Batarang, disarming the two. Another thug runs up to Batman with a pipe and tries to hit him, only for Batman to block with his gauntlet and punch the thug, knocking him out. The other two thugs run over and try to punch him, but he ducks and grabs the two by their heads, then slams them to the ground. Another thug points a gun at him, but Batman pulls out his Batclaw and launches it and hooks onto the thug, then pulls him over into a clothesline. The last remaining thug runs over and tries to pick up one of the grounded guns, only for Batman to kick it away and force him to the wall. The thug looks at Batman with pure terror in his eyes. "P-please, don't hurt me!' the thug begs.

"No promises." Batman says, "What were you looking for?"

"I don't know, man!" the thug answers. Batman punches the wall next to his head, scaring the thug a bit.

"Liar!" Batman growls.

"I swear!" the thug replies, "The boss just told us to pick some stuff up here! He didn't tell us where or what they are! He told us we would know when we found them!"

"Who hired you?" Batman questions.

"K-Kane!" the thug answers, "Kane of Abel." Batman is a bit surprised by this information, but doesn't let the thug notice.

"Where is he?" Batman demands.

"I have no idea." The thug informs. Batman's grip on him tighten.

"It'll be a lot harder to answer the question with broken ribs." Batman states. The thug's shakes a bit in fear.

"I'm tellin' the truth!" the thug says, "I don't know where he hangs out! We've been hiding out in Penguin's territory! He told us to get the stuff and meet him at the GCPD Building! And that's all I know, I swear!" Batman studies his eyes for a moment.

"You've been very helpful." Batman says, then headbutts the thug, knocking him out. Batman presses a button on his cowl. "Oracle, do you read me?" Batman questions.

"Loud a clear." Oracle's voice answers in his ear.

"I'm in Arkham City." Batman informs.

"What?" Oracle replies, "What are you doing there?"

"Three days ago, I hacked into Tyger Command's files and found a distress call from Harley Quinn." Batman explains, as he presses a few buttons on one of his gauntlets, "I'm playing it now."

"This is Tyger Command, what's your emergency." a male voice questions.

"You gotta help us!" Harley Quinn yells on the other line, "They're takin' over the Steel Mill! They're gonna kill me! Please, hel-"

"The call ends there." Batman informs, "And no actions have been taken to search the Steel Mill."

"It must be Penguin or Two-Face." Oracle replies, "Probably moving in on the territory now that the Joker's gone."

"That's not all." Batman says, "I just encountered a couple of thugs in an apartment building in Park Row. They're working for Kane of Abel."

"What?" Oracle questions, sounding shocked.

"He sent his men to retreive some things from the building." Batman explains.

"But why is he in Arkham City?" Oracle replies, "There's no record of his imprisonment."

"I have a theory, but I'll need to find whatever these thugs were looking for and search the old GCPD Building." Batman states, as he presses a button on his cowl, "I have an old set of finger prints in the cowl's data base. I'll find out whatever Kane's hidden and update you after."

"Understood." Oracle says, as the transmission ends. Batman's cowl goes into detective mode, as he searches the room. He then notices that a plank of the floor board was lit up with blue fingerprints. He walks over to the the plank and tears it and some more planks up. His eyes catch the sight of a box of audio tapes that are labeled 'Arkham Asylum' underneath the floor. He kneels down and reaches in and lifts the box up and studies one of the tapes.

"So, that's it." Batman thinks to himself. He presses a button on his cowl. "Oracle, I found what Kane's thugs were looking for." he says.

"That didn't take long." Oracle replies.

"They're patient interview tapes from Arkham Asylum." Batman informs, "Clearly, Kane wanted to keep someone from hearing something he didn't want them to hear."

"Perhaps a confession." Oracle says.

"It's never that simple." Batman states, openings a hatch on his gauntlet, "I'll scan the film and send it to the Batcomputer." He takes one of the tapes and pulls a length of its film out and places it in a slot on the gauntlet, then presses a button. The film then retracts into the gaunlet. "It will take a few minutes to scan each tape." he informs, "I'll contact you when I've finished."

"Understood." Oracle replies.

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