Tommy was on the Batcomputer, finally booting it back up after his week away. As he did so, a notification popped up:
"Hey,
Check your messages.
-Barb"
Tommy furrowed his brow. 'What messages?' He thought. As he wondered, he noticed that in the bottom right corner of the screen there was a small mailbox. 'Had that been there the entire tie?' Tommy wondered. He clicked it and it opened up.
"YOU HAVE 547 MESSAGES"
"...Fuck," Tommy muttered to himself. Apparently Batman got a lot of e-mails. Tommy started to go through them.
"From: Wonder Woman
Subj: I am going to kill you"
Tommy ignored that one.
"From: Commissioner Gordon
Subj: Two-Face Believed To Be Targeting Gotham Central Bank
Subj: Two-Face Robbing Gotham Central Bank
Subj: Two-Face Has Robbed Gotham Central Bank"
"Whoops," Tommy muttered. He scrolled to the top of his e-mails and looked at the most recent.
"From: Aquaman
Subj: URGENT! I NEED YOUR HELP POSTHASTE!"
Tommy looked at the time stamp; the e-mail was sent just a few minutes before. Tommy clicked it and a recorded message began playing. A blonde man appeared on screen with a pompadour haircut and a thin goatee. Tommy recognized him instantly.
"Ahoy, Batman! I, Aquaman, humbly request your help in my time of need. A rapscallion has absconded with my beloved Mera! Please, Batman, I beseech you: assist in me in saving her! I await you at the coordinates below. We will get back my bride and then return to Atlantis, where I will throw you a banquet that would make Poseiden himself blush! I will see you soon, my dearest friend!"
The screen flickered black. Tommy was a little worried. Would Aquaman know that he wasn't actually Batman? Would he actually be able to help him? Tommy had no idea to fight underwater. The whole thing seemed odd.
But, I mean, he couldn't exactly NOT help. Aquaman was a member of the Justice League and Batman didn't seem like the type not to help a friend of his.
Plus... Tommy glanced at the Batboat that was hung high in the Batcave. Tommy had never taken it out for a spin...
"Worth a shot," Tommy thought.
***
Tommy was flying through the water, his boat roughly bouncing through the waves as he traveled at over 100 mph. Tommy's knuckles were white as he held tight to the sides of the boat. The thing was on autopilot and was probably fine but Tommy didn't have much experience on the water. And apparently he easily got seasick...
The boat mercifully began to slow and Tommy tried to suppress his lunch from coming up. He glanced out the side of his cockpit and was startled to see a familiar face riding along side of him. Aquaman was smiling and waving as he plodded alongside Tommy in his familiar orange suit. It was scaly with green bottoms. Tommy wondered how he was keeping pace with his ship. The Batboat slowed and stopped in the water and Tommy opened up the cockpit.
"Greetings, my friend!" Aquaman called out. Tommy stood up and realized that Aquaman was riding a small whale. 'The fuck,' He thought.
"Hey, uh, man. ...What's up?" Tommy stuttered out.
"Nothing much, Batman!" Aquaman responded. He had a hearty, deep voice. "Just anxious to win back my beautiful bride. Shall we get on with it?"
"Uh, sure?" Tommy said. "Where are we headed?"
Aquaman pointed ahead. "Up ahead there's an island. My hated foe Demon Gate is there. He has robbed me of my Queen Mera! We must get her back!"
Tommy nodded and tossed Aquaman a transponder so they could communicate. "Sure thing, buddy. How do you want to do this?"
Aquaman hopped onto the Batboat. He straddled the front of it as he spoke, making Tommy uncomfortable. "He's on land, where he knows I'm weaker. We shall each approach from a different side of the island and ensnare the fiend in our trap. With that we'll finally have revenge on the man who murdered my mother!"
Tommy was genuinely saddened to hear about Aquaman's mother's passing. "The guy murdered your mom? That sucks, man."
Aquaman nodded sadly. "I keep a picture of her near to my heart, to remember that she's always close by." Aquaman lifted a locket from around his neck and opened it, showing it to Tommy. Tommy looked at it, confused.
"Umm, this seems to be a picture of a dolphin," Tommy told Aquaman.
Aquaman's face suddenly turned hard. "That is my mother."
"No, but see... this is a dolphin," Tommy tried to explain, holding out the locket for Aquaman to see.
"My mother WAS a dolphin," Aquaman said through gritted teeth. Tommy looked at him, then at the picture, then at Aquaman again.
"...She was lovely," He said finally.
"Let's just get on with this," Aquaman said. He dove backwards off the bow of the Batboat towards the island.
***
Tommy jumped off the Batboat, landing on the sandy island beach. It was a small island, maybe 100 feet in diameter, and Tommy suspected that Demon Gate and Aquaman's wife would be near the center.
Making his way through the sand, Tommy cautiously entered thick foliage. Tommy tried to walk quietly but it was difficult. He struggled against the thick fronds and heavy underbrush. He slowly made his way towards light up ahead.
As Tommy neared, the light became brighter and Tommy was able to view a clearing. The clearing was maybe 20 feet wide and was sandy, with palm fronds strewn here and there.
In the center of the clearing, he could see a tall man covered in golden armor. He held a trident in his hand and had some sort of helmet that obscured half his face. He turned his back to Tommy towards a woman tied up against a palm tree to Tommy's left. Demon Gate leered over the woman, who paid him no attention in return. Tommy guessed the woman must be Aquaman's wife. And yet...
'That can't be Aquaman's wife,' Tommy thought. Aquaman was... kind of a doofus. This woman was smoking hot. She was tied to a palm tree, the ropes wrapping just underneath her wondrous bosom. She wore a tight green bodysuit that was cut low, exposing her extensive cleavage. Like Aquaman's, her suit had scales that made resembled a fish's. Her fiery red hair was held back by a golden three-pronged tiara. She held her head up high, like a queen, but her cleavage and red, full lips gave off a different impression all together. Tommy adjusted himself.
As Tommy did some leering of his own, Aquaman's voice clicked in over the transponder. "Batman, I regret to inform you that I am undone!"
Tommy whispered into his microphone. "What do you mean?"
"The foul villain has laid a trap for me: this side of the island is surrounded by six pack rings!"
"...Seriously? You can't get around them?" Tommy asked in disbelief.
"Oh, damn me I can't. Please, my brother, forge along without me! I will be there as soon as I can." Aquaman's voice clicked off.
In the clearing, Tommy heard the bad guy speaking lecherously to the Queen of Atlantis. "Where's your boy, Mera? I figured he loved you enough that he'd be here sooner than this."
Mera replied in a bored voice. "I'm sure he's trying his best," She said. If she was worried about her predicament she hid it well.
Tommy reached to his utility belt and grabbed something. He stepped out into the clearing.
Demon Gate heard the rustling and began to turn. "Well it took you long enough to show... Batman?" Demon Gate asked, confused.
"Batman!" Mera said at the same time. She straightened herself up against the tree.
"Yep," Tommy said.
"I thought Aquaman only control sea animals," Demon Gate said, trying unsuccessfully to hide his fear.
Tommy tried to sound menacing. "You crossed a line when you killed Aquaman's mother and you crossed a line when you-"