Batman was skeptical, but at the same time grateful. "Thank you...but I have to ask...what's the catch?" Batman said, only to find Sebastian was gone. "Hmph, might as well use it." he grumbled as he drove off to Lacey Towers.<br/><br/>Once he arrived, he entered the crime scene quietly, no GCPD or Mask's thugs in sight. "I must be early...." Batman murmured as he spotted that the balcony entrance at the back of the room was open.<br/><br/>Scanning the room with his cowl, Batman spotted the body of Sionis aka Black Mask's lover in the bed. As he approached, his white-slits widened. "My god...."<br/><br/>She had a gruesome smile carved into her cheeks, an old fashioned Scottish execution method popular among street gangs called the Cheshire Grin. Batman spotted what appeared to be the murder weapon, a straight razor soaked in blood down to the handle, which was purple and had a green ornate 'J'.<br/><br/>"S-sir...above you." Alfred's voice came through the cowl. Batman looked up and saw written messily in blood upon the wallpaper:<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"PUT ON A HAPPY FACE :)"</span><br/><br/>Upon tilting his head back further, Batman saw Black Mask's guards hanging from handcuffs on the chandelier with the same carved grin on their faces.<br/><br/>A crash alarmed Batman, as he saw that a man had fallen out of the nearby cupboard and had duct tape over his mouth and his hands bound behind him. Ripping the tape off of the prisoner, it was revealed to be Roman Sionis himself.<br/><br/>"What's going on!?" Batman demanded. "How the hell should I know!? Some nutjob kills my men and my girl and throws me in here! Sayin' something about.....bait..." It dawned on Batman and Sionis at the same time.<br/><br/>They'd been set up, Batman was MEANT to come here!<br/><br/>"We have to get out of here!!" Batman grabbed Sionis and hauled him to his feet.<br/><br/>=Elsewhere=<br/><br/>"B-but boss, I thought the assassins were s'posed to take out the Bat?" A masked thug asked. "Don't read too much into it! This is merely my way of livening things up a little! Plus...I've gotta entertain myself somehow! If he dies then I'll compensate our lovely contestants!"<br/><br/>Joker pushed the detonator and the explosives wired to each floor of Lacey Towers went off.