Spinning through a dimension of swirling temporal energy, a blue box journeyed with purpose. Its lamp, flashing as it spun, was pointed forward like the prow of a ship. It looked like a London Police Box of the 1960\u2019s but inside was a technological marvel of dimensional engineering! When one steps into the box, the first room they enter is the main control room, the first clue that the box is actually bigger on the inside! The control room, as it stood now, was a red room with gold trim. A hexagonal console with a cylinder going up and down as the machine went through the Time Vortex was placed in the center of the room. Underneath one of the panels, a woman with long, platinum blonde hair was fiddling with something and singing a tune in her native language. Oddly enough, this wasn\u2019t the owner of the machine, but their current companion, Tysar, a Thal from New Davius. \u201c\u2026There we go!\u201d she said. She then closed the panel. \u201cThat should do it!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUm, Tysar,\u201d came another woman\u2019s voice, \u201cwhat are you doing?\u201d A woman with African features and a burgundy skirt with roses hemming it and a gold headband with a large rose on its left side had entered the room. This was the owner of the machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRunning repairs,\u201d replied Tysar. The owner of the machine, the Time Lord known as the Doctor, flinched at that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cErm, Tysar,\u201d said the Doctor, \u201cI don\u2019t want you to take umbrage, but might I suggest that you leave repairs of the TARDIS console to me? I know you Thals are brilliant technicians-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s very patronizing of you, Doctor!\u201d protested Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, the TARDIS is dimensionally temperamental, and temporal engineering isn\u2019t exactly something Thals are studying in your native time zone, is it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, but-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right then. Well, I\u2019m glad we got that settled.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no need to panic!\u201d chuckled Tysar. \u201cI was only improving the efficiency of the components that are currently helping the TARDIS track chronal surges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe wha-?\u201d The Doctor arched an eyebrow. \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo that we can get ahead of them and fix the problem as quickly as possible, given that the Grouping\u2019s getting worse,\u201d explained Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Ah, yes,\u201d realized the Doctor. \u201cGallifrey DID say that, didn\u2019t they? Erm, well done, Tysar.\u201d Just then, the console beeped. \u201cAll right, yes, there\u2019s no need to test those components.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not,\u201d replied Tysar. \u201cThe TARDIS has detected multiple chronal surges. And we have a reading on where their victims came from and where they\u2019re going.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cExcellent!\u201d praised the Doctor. \u201cLet\u2019s see. \u2026There\u2019s three! Two of them are from 2027 and one\u2019s from\u2026well, how about that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d asked Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe last one\u2019s from 2167,\u201d explained the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c2167?\u201d asked Tysar. \u201cIsn\u2019t that when the Daleks were occupying Earth?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, the last year of their occupation, and all three of our victims are from Earth,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cIt looks like they\u2019re heading to\u20262029, Earth, United States Eastern Seaboard\u2026Gotham!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh no!\u201d complained Tysar, remembering when a chronal surge plucked her from New Davius and plopped her into Gotham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, well, you don\u2019t have to step outside, you know,\u201d remarked the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, no,\u201d dismissed Tysar. \u201cWe have a job to do. Let\u2019s get to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRight!\u201d declared the Doctor as she set the coordinates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gotham, a hellhole of a city in the USA, where criminals were as talked about as any public figure like an actor or a politician. Even politics weren\u2019t safe from the crime bosses\u2019 grasp. But the criminal underworld was NOT unopposed there. While there were police officers\u2026there were also those of the vigilante persuasion. Right now, two criminals with clown makeup on them were outside a warehouse, guarding their boss\u2019s newest acquisition. \u201c\u2026So, the boss\u2019s partner,\u201d said one, \u201cyou sure he\u2019s a god?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was there when the guy attacked New York,\u201d replied the other. \u201cHe\u2019s got the right stuff to be a god. Especially the Norse God he says he is. Although, I thought he was blonde\u2026and supposed to still be bound with J\u00f6rmungandr\u2019s fangs dripping venom into his eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow do you know so much about gods?\u201d asked the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDude, when I was a kid, it wasn\u2019t just the Greek myths that were my hyperfixation,\u201d answered the other. The first simply nodded, then looked around. \u201c\u2026What\u2019s the matter with you?\u201d asked the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDude, we\u2019re guarding a rock!\u201d protested the first. \u201cNo way will the Bat wanna waste time over a rock!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, but it\u2019s the boss that has that rock,\u201d said the other, \u201cand ain\u2019t no way the Bat\u2019s gonna leave him alone. There\u2019s too much history for that. So keep watch.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYeah, well, my ma always said that idle hands were the devil\u2019s workshop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey, I resent that! We worked damn hard on this and so did the boss!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTrue, very true!\u201d came a cackling voice, startling the two men. \u201cBut his mother is right in this particular instance. We\u2019ve been idle for too long!\u201d The speaker stepped out of the shadows to reveal a man with chalk-white skin, ruby lips, green hair, and a purple suit with coattails and a rose boutonniere. This was the Clown Prince of Crime himself, the Joker! \u201cPack up, boys! Our divine friend is coming to Miagani Island!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat ain\u2019t far, Boss,\u201d remarked the first as he and his friend started packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey, Boss, do we want the Bat to know right now?\u201d asked the other. \u201cBecause if not, we\u2019re gonna have to take the long way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo be it,\u201d replied the Joker. \u201cBesides, it\u2019s good to build up anticipation!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Fair enough,\u201d agreed the other. Then\u2026a noise filled the air. \u201c\u2026Hey, anyone-?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI hear it too,\u201d remarked the first. \u201cWhat is that? A new toy from the Bat?\u201d The TARDIS then materialized. \u201c\u2026Never mind, too blue.\u201d The other gasped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the box those doctors appeared in during that mugging in 2027!\u201d he explained. \u201cThey\u2019re friends of the Bat! I say we ice them!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m not Mr. Freeze, but that sounds like a splendid idea!\u201d agreed the Joker as he pulled out a pistol. The Doctor and Tysar then stepped out and everyone froze for a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right toots, where are them doctors?!\u201d snarled the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Hang on, we met before,\u201d remarked the Doctor. \u201cI flipped you over after you wanted to have your way with that poor woman. That was before Batman knocked your leader out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Lady, you weren\u2019t there!\u201d snapped the other. \u201cHow could you-?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaybe she\u2019s heard about that from those other doctors,\u201d said the first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I just changed my face,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cNow, Doctor in the house here, and-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, it hurts when I do THIS!\u201d The Joker leveled his gun at the Doctor and fired, but the Doctor twirled out of the way and poked the Joker in the eyes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t do that,\u201d she replied as the Joker rubbed his eyes. He recovered his vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSHOOT HER! SHOOT HER!\u201d he shouted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou have unbelievably thin skin, Joker,\u201d chuckled the Doctor. She dashed to the other side of the warehouse and found a good stack of boxes. She then made it wobble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHEY! HEY! HEY!\u201d protested the Joker. \u201cBE CAREFUL WITH THAT!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, I\u2019m being very careful,\u201d assured the Doctor. \u201cSee, I\u2019m on this side and it\u2019s all going to fall\u2026THAT WAY!\u201d The Doctor pushed the stack so it toppled towards the Joker and his goons. As the three criminals ran, the Doctor grabbed Tysar\u2019s hand and fled the warehouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, the TARDIS-!\u201d argued Tysar. She then heard the TARDIS take off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd that\u2019s the HADS kicking in,\u201d said the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe wha-?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHostile Action Displacement System,\u201d explained the Doctor. \u201cThe TARDIS moves to a relatively safer location.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026And where is that?\u201d asked Tysar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Well, if I\u2026um\u2026\u201d The Doctor\u2019s eyes went wide. \u201c\u2026You know, there are moments where I loathe the HADS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYOU DON\u2019T KNOW WHERE THE TARDIS IS?!\u201d yelped Tysar. Her berating was interrupted by a vehicle approaching. A streak of black with a bat motif zoomed by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026There we go!\u201d said the Doctor. \u201cProblem solved! He\u2019s the world\u2019s greatest detective, he can find the TARDIS!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor, if the TARDIS vanished from this point in space-time-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, no, no, the HADS does not engage anything related to temporal navigation,\u201d soothed the Doctor. \u201cIt only changes its point in space, not time. And even then, it\u2019s a relatively short hop. It will still be in Gotham. And no one can get in without the key. So we\u2019ll just wait for him to finish up his business with the Joker and-.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoc?\u201d asked a rough man\u2019s voice. The Doctor could smell cigars and booze behind her and turned to see a short, muscular man with his hair and sideburns pulled into points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Logan?!\u201d she spluttered. \u201c\u2026I don\u2019t think I was conscious after I regenerated in the school, how did you know-?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cApparently your scent\u2019s still the same,\u201d remarked Logan, the mutant known as Wolverine. \u201cWhat\u2019s going on here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019d like to know that myself,\u201d said another voice. A metal suit then landed with gold and red colors and a blue light in its chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh god, Stark,\u201d groaned Wolverine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHey there, Skunk Bear,\u201d remarked the armored person, Tony Stark as Iron Man. He then saw the Doctor. \u201c\u2026William told me you changed into that, Doctor. Some natural cosmetic surgery?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRegeneration is NOT cosmetic surgery, Mr. Stark!\u201d hissed the Doctor. \u201c\u2026All right, that\u2019s two of you from 2027, now\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know what\u2019s going on?\u201d asked Wolverine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou two are in Gotham of 2029,\u201d explained Tysar. Iron Man stepped back in surprised and Wolverine looked\u2026well, bemused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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