[b]10:42 PM, Midtown in Gotham...[/b]

"Who is [i]the Jester[/i]?" Lee asked himself climbing and leaping down from a nearby fire escape in midtown sporting his fedora and mask.

"It's only been a couple days since Batman supposedly disappeared, and my underworld contacts say the Joker is [i]dead[/i]. Now these Jokerz clowns are trying to pick up the pieces, but their actions seem more random. Makes sense with all of the masks in this town..." the Crimson Avenger continued to think as he touched down on the ground in an alley just around the corner from where a few criminals in clown make-up were gathered, "These stooges barely look house trained. Even with the dumb clothes, neither one of them could be the gang's leader. Okay, there's three of them. One could only weigh a buck fifty soaking wet, the averaged size guy's got a baseball bat, and the meathead looks pretty slow. Should be easy enough, just gotta remember to not knock one of them out so I can question him..."

"Evenin' boys. I'm looking for the top man on the totem pole..." Lee asked pulling one of his pistols. 

"You're looking for an ass-beating, ain't nobody around here knows anything about totem poles..." said the guy with the bat charging at 'Avenger and taking a swing.

Lee managed to dodge the swing and caught the clown with his elbow striking him to the ground. The big guy came next and Lee simply shot him with gas pellets that quickly knocked him out. The little skinny guy took off down the alley.

"I want you to tell your boss about me..." Lee said grabbing the clown punk he smashed with his elbow up by his shirt.

"Who are you man... who are you..?" the clown asked.

"I'm the Crimson Avenger. Also known as your worst nightmare..." Lee responded with all the confidence he could muster. 

The big dumb clown recovered a little quicker than expected and charged at the hero. Lee Travis dropped the clown in his grasp and pulled his pistol once more changing the clip. The first round in the non-lethal clip is a standard bullet. This round would find itself shot into the right kneecap of 'Meathead' and take him down. The gun fire had attracted the attention of the GCPD, and the Crimson Avenger ran up the alley and darted quickly up a fire escape. Lee pulled out a red burner phone that matched his wardrobe and called a wheelman, James Wing. Soon after, 'Avenger leaped and ran over rooftops in midtown eventually coming down in an alley where a familiar cab was parked. A young Asian American was behind the wheel and not as shocked as the average guy would be who's cab was taken by a vigilante hero. 

"I appreciate you helping me get across town, James." Lee said removing his hat, mask, and coat in the backseat of the cab, "If my dad ever found out I was one of the masks in Gotham I'd never hear the end of it..."

"You saved my sister, so I kind of owe you. Just don't ever ask me to go Kato on somebody..." the young man replied.

~KL~