Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 15
Page 15
A grappling line shoots up out of the well and wraps around the branch above the well. Batman comes flying out of the well.
Clayface: Let me out!
Batman calls out.
Batman: Alfred!
Alfred comes outside.
Alfred: Yes, Master Bruce?
Batman: Call Gordon and have him pick Clayface up.
Alfred: Yes sir.
Alfred watches Batman leave.
Alfred turns to the well and talks down to Clayface.
Clayface: I’m going to kill you too, old man!
Alfred: I think it’s about time you and I had a talk.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 14
Page 14
Location: Wayne Manor – Outside
Scene: Batman runs outside, slamming the front doors behind him, and then he runs past the limo. Clayface comes through the doors like a freight train, and slams through the limo, brushing it to the side like a shopping cart.
Clayface: You can’t run, Bruce!
Batman runs through the yard towards a decorative well and jumps inside of it.
Clayface: Running to your batcave, Bruce!
Clayface jumps inside the well.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 13
Page 13
Batman leaves bedroom and escapes down the hall, utility belt in hand, with Clayface chasing after. Clayface is just fucking shit up as he chases Batman.
Clayface: You held me down in the rain till you thought I was dead!
Batman turns a corner while putting on utility belt. Clayface is still following.
Batman leaps over railing on the second floor into entrance hall, landing a story below in front of the main doors. Clayface just explodes through the railing to the floor below.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 12
Page 12
An arm comes lashing out of Catwoman’s neck and grabs Batman’s throat. Catwoman is revealed as Clayface.
Clayface: No. I’m not.
The clay from the horrible Clayface arm creeps up to envelope Batman’s face.
Batman grabs his utility belt off the back of the chair, wraps it around Clayface’s arm, and squeezes the arm apart, like squeezing a space in a tube of toothpaste. This is while Clayface is trying to immobilize and smother Batman.
Batman wrenches free. Clayface continues to lash out at Batman. Batman dodges.
Clayface: You tried to kill me, Bruce!
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 11
Page 11
Catwoman starts to walk towards Batman.
Catwoman: Listen to me!
Catwoman collects herself.
Catwoman: You’re right. I have been holding back, but I’m not now.
By this point she has come close enough to Batman to kiss him and appears to have reached up to do so.
Catwoman: I love you.
Batman (starts laughing): I know who Catwoman is. You’re not Catwoman.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 10
Page 10
Batman: I can’t say I’m surprised you’re here.
Catwoman (teasingly): Now that I know who you are, I couldn’t stay away.
Batman (tersely): What do you want?
Catwoman slumps her shoulders and is saddened that she wasn’t greeted happily.
Catwoman: Bruce, don’t you realize that if you had told me who you were, we could have had a life together?
Batman: What do you mean?
Catwoman (hurt shouting and getting up from the bed): You were always holding back!
Batman (angry): The same could be said of you!
Catwoman (now angry but still hurt): The difference is that I wouldn’t have hauled you off to jail!
Batman (seething): I don’t break the law.
Catwoman: Yes you do! Yes you God damn do! You’re a fucking vigilante and you break the law every night you go out!
Batman (calmly): Get out.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 9
Page 9
Location: Wayne Manor
Scene: Batman is walking down the hall to his bedroom. He’s a had a long night, a long morning, and he is looking forward to getting some sleep. He opens door, there is a utility belt on the back of the chair by his desk near the door. Sitting on his bed is Catwoman.
Catwoman: Hello, Bruce.
Batman is surprised, but quickly collects himself.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 8
Page 8
Batman: Thanks, Alfred. You’re a help.
Alfred: You misunderstand me, sir.
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Alfred: You are able to make your choices you did because of your station. The people of Gotham face the same tragedies you do, but they aren’t able to make the choice you did. Now, for good or ill, they can now. All you are doing is providing the means to make that choice, sir.
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Pulling into Wayne Manor, there is a decorative well in the front yard. There is an oak tree next to the well with a large branch that extends over the well.
Batman: Perhaps you’re right, Alfred.
Alfred: Of course I am, sir.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 6-7
Page 6 – 7 The limo manages to break free of the crowd and Alfred drives away. As the limo drives through Gotham, people are managing to anticipate the limo’s route. People are lining the streets. Some hold signs supporting Batman, some hold signs damning, while a couple support the Joker. Fights may break out between all three. You decide. Batman: Alfred. Am I doing the right thing? Alfred: I don’t know, Master Bruce.
Batman Vox Humana Issue #3 Page 4-5
Page 4 – 5
Batman leaves the podium and heads towards the limo. The press corps is going nuts and are shouting questions and trying, desperately, to get Batman’s attention. The crowd is mesmerized.
Batman gets into the limo. Alfred is driving. The reporters follow. The crowd slowly circles around the limo, intermingling with the reporters.
The crowd presses itself against the limo and push their faces to the glass. Some are crying, some are shouting, some are thanking Batman, some are cursing him. Alfred slowly pushes the limo through the crowd.
