Why Start With the Small fish mini Prolouge: (James Gordon)

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"You heard it here folks." a reporter on the TV almost with amused grin on her face.

"you know those flying saucer images with grainy pictures that you don't even know if they are real? Well forget those baby our photographers have crystal clear proof  of what appears to be a flying motorcycle hovering the skies of Gotham."

The policeman at the front desk shook his head.

"Where are all these freaks coming from?"

"Excuse me!"

"The man looked up. a towering alien figure stood before him. piercing red eyes with black hair.

"I'm looking for a guy called commissioner Gordon. You know the guy?"

the policeman silently  pointed to the back office with a look of fear on his face. face sweating and body shaking. truth be told Lobo found that amusing. He always seemed to have that effect on people. When he went to the front desk, all he saw was a newspaper barrier. Lobo started to bang loudly on the desk.

"Excuse me!!"  

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A police sergeant that had the duty of being receptionist that day looked up from some paper work. "You want to see the commissioner? You got an appointment buddy?" The man asked. He wasn't surprised to see someone like Lobo in the police station. This world had its fair share of odd looking people or even aliens. The world was much different than it used to be. He wasn't able to get an answer before the commissioner himself peered out from behind his door. The noise must have alerted him. 

"Yes? Do you need to speak to me?" Gordon asked. He had seen this man before. Not in person of course but he had heard of him. Gordon tried to keep up with people like this. There were more 'unique' people in the world rather than just Batman or other members of the Batfamily in Gotham. Metropolis had Superman. Star City had the Greenarrow. Central city had a guy that could run very fast. So anymore none of it was very surprising. 

Not to a man that has been around as much as Commissioner Gordon anyway.

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Lobo marched into the office with a bit of swagger ready to make a deal the commissioner wouldn't refuse

"Look dude. I ain't going to beat around the bush. What  if I I told you I could make all of your crime in Gotham just go away? Trust me considering how long I've been doing my line of work, thes sissies you have here in Gotham ain't nothing compared to some of the big bads I faced. you give me a small fee, I clear out the streets and everyone is happy.  I'll even deliver them like you want them. you want Live bait I'll give you live bait. you want dead meat I'll give you dead meat. What do you say huh?"

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This was an odd offer, even for the commissioner. He thought about it for a minute. The law would restrict how much he could use a man like this. He wouldn't be able to kill anyone. That itself was apparent since he would be working for the police. Perhaps he could round up a few minor criminals and collect a bounty. There was such a system in place in other major cities around the world. And it has been used in Gotham, just not as much as other cities around the United States. 

"I feel like this 'fee' might be a bit higher than the GCPD budget could pay for. Not to mention you couldn't kill. Are you sure you want to work for the police department, as a 'bounty hunter' more or less?"

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"Hey I'm mainly in this to make a rep for myself. I don't care who I make mad to do it. and as far as the fee's concerned, we're talking maybe a million bucks."

Lobo saw wanted poster from the corner of his eye. He ripped it from the wall. it read the following.

"Wanted. The Joker. Armed and dangerous to the upmost degree. This man is armed and dangerous."


Lobo heard on the street about this Joker, he was a genocidal maniac and he was dangerous. it was just the kind of challenge Lobo was looking for. besides it wasn't like he had to worry about dying.


"this guy...I'll take on this guy." 

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The commissioner was extremely surprised at the number Lobo had mentioned. One million dollars? Does he know how much good that could do overall for the police force? The answer to that question was probably not. It still was a rather interesting offer. Maybe if he would work for a little less. 

"One million? That much is out of the question. That is why too much for the kind of budget that the Mayor put us on. The Joker himself isn't even worth that much. You want to go out there and prove to me you can get the most dangerous villain in all of Gotham, alive? Go for it. I won't stop you. In fact I implore you to do this. I can pay you what the city council will allow me. Not a penny more." 

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ok let's face it, money wasin't that much of concern for Lobo. He as what they called shoot to thrill.

"Alright I get it, but you kinda gotta tell me what your paying."

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"I can't do that. I have to look at the budget. I have to see what the budget has to spare. Then I have to figure out really how much the services you're offering are worth. I do appreciate you doing this. Or even inquiring with me in the first place. You do not have to start your services until I do find out how much I can pay you. That is up to you. However I'm thinking in the range of a few thousand dollars at the most. Even that is pushing it."

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Lobo nodded his head.

"this is going to seem like a weird question. HOW do you want them alive, because technical I can bring them alive in sveral ways, but if you want to put him out of commission for a while, I can freeze him, I can put him threw sleeper venom, I can Lobotomize him, or if you want me to do it the boring way, I can just taser him"  

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"You can't use excessive force. You can't cause bodily harm. It doesn't matter that this man happens to be the Joker. Word will get out that the Police condone brutality. Go after him just as any other Police Officer would." He paused for a moment. He still wasn't entirely sure as to why he was letting an alien bounty hunter go after the joker. But Gordon supposed that alien bounty hunters needed to make a living too. 

"I'll make some calls and I'll call you back here once I have a number in mind for your compensation. Does that work for you?"

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The bounty hunter shrugged

"You kinda limiting my options here doc, but yeah sure, I could use the extra time to cook up a plan."

In his mind the bounty hunter couldn't help but smirk. He wanted to make the comment of "If you're way worked why haven't you gotten him yet?"

but in his experience he learned the rule of don't talk back to your employer,. besides if nothing else, he could tag a stun dart on the clown, bag him and send him to the commissioner just as he woke up. didn't do any bodily harm, and it was one of  the few weapons he had that wasn't excessive.


"actually doc if it's alright with you, I'm going to go ahead and tag the clown," just pay me when I get back.

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"I can't stop you, Go ahead." Gordon said with a slight smile. 

"If there is nothing else, Mr.. Uh , Lobo?"