Batman was there in a flash after Batgirl's warning, Spoiler, Batwoman, Question, Robin, Black Bat, Red Robin, Red Hood, and Nightwing arriving at the same time as the police riot squad pulled up. The Bat family looked down at the riot of clowns.
"Full dispersal," Batman said tersely. "Pound anything with facepaint or a non-standard hair color into the dirt. NO FATALITIES." He glared pointedly at Red Hood and Black Bat. Red Hood gave him an innocent look,snickering, while Black Bat just nodded. Batman shook his head. "Let's move. Leave Quinn conscious but tie her up. If you get to her before I do, be careful. She's a ditz, but she's smarter and deadlier than she seems. MOVE."
Wing-like capes flared at the Bat Legion descended into the crowd, several of the clowns fleeing in sheer panic, disappearing into the clouds of gas already fired by the police. The sound of screams of fear along with breaking bones began echoing as Batman and his team went to work. The Joker legions had the advantage numbers, but the Batman and his allies were far superior fighters. Red Hood whipped out his automatic weapons and began firing rubber bullets at the crowd, silently wishing that he hadn't decided to cooperate with Batman's 'no-kill' rule. He scattered a wide crowd of clowns all at once. Black Bat was breaking bones with each well-placed punch or kick, leaving clowns broken and begging to be arrested. Several clowns tried bringing out guns, but all they did was hit their allies and get batarangs tossed at their faces.
Finally, Batman cornered Harley and slammed her up against the side of the building. "Why are you here?!"
Harley coughed, smirking at the Batman. "Not tellin,'" she said.
Batman punched the wall beside her,his armored fist leaving a sizable crack. Harley just laughed. "Like you'd actually go that far!"
Batman stared at her a long moment.And then headbutted her, breaking her nose.
"GAH!" Harley yelped. "You... you broke my nose, you sonuva..."
Batman smiled. It was freaking creepy. "I was having a good night, earlier," Batman said. "See? I'm smiling. I like smiling. But this? This is making me not want to smile."
Harley gulped, staring at that unnatural grin. Batman's eyes narrowed. "I want to keep smiling. And if you don't tell me why, I'll have to stop smiling. Do you want to know what will happen to you then?"
Harley mentally reviewed her options and decided against it. She gave him the room number, taking Batgirl, Question, and Nightwing up into the hospital after knocking Harley out and handcuffing her. They went up to the room, chasing out the staff, opening the door to the room and finding Joker inside of it.
But not the Joker they expected.
Joker, for her part, groaned. “Should have figured that Harley would screw it up,” she muttered. She then stared directly at the assemblage, smirking. “But at least she got you to show up, my dear Batsy,” she said in a breathy voice. “Do I finally have your attention now?”
Question and Nightwing stared at the gorgeous young woman in confusion.
“Who in blazes is this?” Nightwing asked. “And why would Harley care so much about rescuing her?”
But Batgirl and Batman, upon staring into the eyes of the woman, knew her immediately.
“It's him...” Batgirl said softly. “Joker... It's the Joker.”
Batman just nodded numbly, in shock.
“Whu... you're serious?” Nightwing said, his eyes going wide. Question frowned underneath her facelessmask, stroking her chin thoughtfully.
“I'd recognize those horrible eyes anywhere...” Batgirl said, clenching her fists.
Joker smirked. “That's right, Babsy, I left you crippled for a while, didn't I?”
Everyone flinched, still furious that Joker had somehow known their identities all along. Joker held up a hand, smirking. “Relax. If I wanted to spill the beans on who you all are, I would have sold all your identities to the Penguin and made off with a profit a long time ago. No, I find teasing you lot MUCH more fun.”
“Speaking of teasing,” Nightwing said, visibly unnerved. “Why do you look like a cock teasing slut?”He normally wouldn't be so vulgar
“Naughty naughty,” Joker said,pouting cutely. Batman found himself strangely aroused by this, and was silently grateful his codpiece was armored enough to hide it. Joker giggled, turning to Batman and saying, “Your original bird boy has a dirty mouth. He needs to be taught respect.”
“It's still a legitimate question,”Question said, staring at her.
Joker glared at her. “Fine, fine,fine,” she said. “You came all this way to ask me, I suppose I should cooperate. Maybe you bozos can help me figure this out.” She then cast an intense stare at Batman. “But I'll only talk to Batman. Alone.”
“You can't seriously expect us to...” Batgirl started.
“ALONE,” Joker insisted. “Otherwise, you lot can just fuck off.”