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ALFRED Dr. Meridian... BRUCE (pained) She's the first woman in a long time that's... No. She's the first woman ever. And she loves Batman. Not Bruce Wayne. If I let go of Batman I'll lose her.

ALFRED Perhaps. Perhaps not. Why not ask the lady? BRUCE How? As Batman, knowing she wants me? Or as Bruce Wayne and hope...?

PHONE (CHASE) Hello?..Hello?..Who is this? BRUCE Who am I Alfred? I don't think I know anymore.

CHASE I'm sorry. (sorry) I can't believe it. I've imagined this moment since I first saw you. (touching his glove) Your hands. (touching his mask) Your face. (touching his chest) Your body. CHASE And now I have you and.... (shaking her head) Guess a girl has to grow up sometime. CHASE I've met someone. He's not...you. But... I hope you can understand. TWO-FACE You know, Ed, we woke up this morning, we just knew we were gonna kill something. The Bat got away. Looks like it's gonna be you. TWO-FACE Why do we need you? You only come between us. We can be the smartest person in Gotham City. We want the empire for ourselves. Time's up, laughing boy. RIDDLER Kill me? Well, alright. Go ahead. Take the empire. All yours. (grabbing his own head) Hell, Harv, old pals. I'll kill me for you. RIDDLER Too...bad...about...Batman. TWO-FACE What about Batman? RIDDLER What if you could know a man's mind? Would you not then own that man? RIDDLER A few dozen extra IQ points and my little invention learned a new trick. It does more than drain your brain. It makes a map of your mind. RIDDLER Would you like to see what my old friend Bruce has in his head. RIDDLER Riddle me this, what kind of man has bats on the brain? RIDDLER Go ahead. You can say it. TWO-FACE You're a genius. KIDS Happy Halloween. BRUCE Happy Halloween. ...Tonight it ends.

DICK (OVER) What the hell do you mean, it ends? BRUCE From this day on, Batman is no more.

DICK You can't-. BRUCE Dick, let go. Revenge will eat you alive. Trust me. I know.

DICK But what about all the good we can do? There are monsters out there. Gotham needs us. BRUCE And when you finally get Two-Face? Exactly. And once you'd killed him you'd be lost. Like me. (off the cave) All this has to be a choice. Otherwise...it's a curse.

DICK Bruce, you can't. BRUCE Chase is coming for dinner. Why don't you join us.

RIDDLER And today not even my birthday. TWO-FACE Bruce, Batman. Bruce, Batman. BRUCE There's something I want to talk with you about. It's...Well, we.. I...

CHASE Okay, tiger, take it slow. You going to give me your pin or something? CHASE Let me go first, okay? I think I've found something. About your dreams. I pulled the files on your parents' murders. There was a missing diary, Bruce. Alfred told the police your father always kept it on his desk. But the day after the murders, it was gone. Maybe that's the book you're- CHASE What is it? What's wrong? BRUCE Flashes. Images. Of that night.

CHASE Your memories are repressed. They're trying to break through. Relax. Try to remember-. BRUCE I don't want to remember!

CHASE Stop fighting. BRUCE My parents are laid out in the library. Their skin smells like talcum powder. I'm so small. My father's diary is on his desk like always. I'm opening the book. Reading. I'm running out into the storm. The book is in my hands. I can't hear my screams over the rain. I'm falling...

CHASE What does it say? What hurts so much, Bruce? What does the book say? BRUCE I don't-.

CHASE You do know. Try. BRUCE The last entry read, Bruce insists on seeing a movie tonight. (a beat) Bruce insists. I made them go out. I made them take me to the movie. To that theater... (finally) It was my fault. I killed them.

CHASE Oh God, Bruce, you were a child. You weren't responsible. BRUCE (to himself) ...Not the bat?

CHASE What? BRUCE I always thought it was the bat that scared me that night that changed my life. But it wasn't. The real fear was hiding underneath: what I read in the journal, that my parents' deaths were my fault. That's what I couldn't remember. That's the crime I've been paying for all these years.

CHASE What are you talking about? BRUCE Chase. There's something I need to tell you--

LITTLE VOICE Trick or Treat? RIDDLER Trick. TWO-FACE (to his thugs) Get the girl. BRUCE What the hell?

RIDDLER What's that I hear? RIDDLER Why it must be the fat lady getting ready to sing. RIDDLER (Jack's favorite line) Gonna have a hot time in the old town tonight. (a beat) Who used to say that? Somebody always used to say that. BRUCE Go!

TWO-FACE See ya. TWO-FACE Bruce, you sure know how to throw a party. RIDDLER (OVER) Sheath your weapon my impetuous cohort. TWO-FACE We want to dust him. We truly want to dust him bad. RIDDLER Oh yes, and certainly _WE_ will! RIDDLER My poor sweet hero. RIDDLER We'll kill him alright. But first... (calling) Boys. CHASE Bruce! RIDDLER ...We're going to make him suffer. DOCTOR The injuries are relatively minor. The shot did cause a concussion. Watch for headaches. Memory lapses. Odd behavior. I'll check back in a few days. ALFRED How are you feeling, young man? BRUCE Not that young. It's been a long time since you've called me that.

ALFRED Old habits die hard. Are you alright? BRUCE As well as can be expected, I guess. Give me the bad news.

ALFRED Dick has run away. They have taken Dr. Meridian. And I'm afraid they found the cave, sir. It's been destroyed. BRUCE The case? What cave?

GORDON Where is he? DEPUTY The Mayor's called again. (off the signal) He's not going to show. Maybe he's hurt sir. Maybe he's--. GORDON No! (not so sure) ...No. BRUCE (disbelieving) I'm Batman? I remember my life as Bruce Wayne. (looking around) But all this. It's like the life of a stranger.

ALFRED Perhaps the fall... BRUCE There's one other thing. I feel..

ALFRED What? BRUCE ...Afraid.

ALFRED Bruce. Son. Listen to me. You are a kind man. A strong man. But in truth you are not the most sane man. BRUCE ...A bat.

ALFRED What? BRUCE I remember a bat. A monster. A demon. Chasing me. (child's terror) Oh my God, Alfred.

ALFRED No demons, son. (touching his head) Your monsters are here. Until you fact that, I fear you will spend your life fleeing them. RIDDLER It's happy time Gotham. Have you hugged your little boxes today? (singing) I'm in heaven. I'm in heaven with a girl like you. CHASE Batman will come for me. RIDDLER (singing) Someday my bat will come. Some day my bat will come. (suddenly lethal) I'm counting on it. CHASE You're frying your brain. RIDDLER Nap time gorgeous. BRUCE (OVER) (dreaded confirmation) Bruce insists on seeing a movie tonight... (OVER) But Martha and I have our hearts set on Zorro, so Bruce's cartoon will have to wait until next week. ...Not my fault. It wasn't my fault.

ALFRED Master, Bruce? BRUCE ...Batman, Alfred. I'm Batman. All the answers are numbers.

ALFRED But 1, 3, 1, 8, & 5. What do they mean? BRUCE What do maniacs always want?

ALFRED Recognition, of course. BRUCE Precisely. So this number is probably some kind of calling card. Letters in the alphabet.

ALFRED Of course. 13 is M....MRE. BRUCE How about, MR. E.

ALFRED Mystery. BRUCE And another name for Mystery?

ALFRED Enigma. BRUCE Exactly. Mr. E. Mister Edward Nygma. Good thing Mr. E. didn't know about the cave under the cave.

ALFRED What now sir? BRUCE Claw Island. Nygma's headquarters. I'm sure that's where they're keeping Chase. (realizing) Are all the Batsuits destroyed?

ALFRED All except the prototype with the sonar modifications you so disapprove of. But it hasn't yet been tested. BRUCE Tonight's a good night. What do you suggest, Alfred. By see or by air?

DICK (OVER) Why not both? BATMAN Dick... Where did you get that suit?

ALFRED I...um..took the liberty, sir. DICK I thought you could use a friend. BATMAN Not a friend. A partner.

GORDON (finally) He's not coming. Shut it down. RIDDLER A-14. TWO-FACE Miss. TWO-FACE B-12. RIDDLER A miss. And my favorite vitamin, I might add. TWO-FACE A hit. RIDDLER You sunk my battleship. DICK Holy rusted metal, Batman. BATMAN What?

DICK (off the rusted floor) The ground. It's metal and its full of holes. You know. Holey. BATMAN This place was a refueling station for subs during the war... Dick.

TWO-FACE (OVER) The Bat or the Bird. We couldn't decide who got to kill who. (a beat) Or is it whom? TWO-FACE We flipped for it. We got you. TWO-FACE What's wrong, circus-boy? No mommy and daddy to save you? DICK For my mother. DICK For my father. DICK For Chris. DICK For me. TWO-FACE The scales are tipped. The blindfold torn from the lady's eyes. Justice will be served. TWO-FACE You're a man after my own heart, son. TWO-FACE (grinning) See you in hell. DICK No. I'd rather see you in jail. TWO-FACE The Bat's taught you well. Noble. TWO-FACE A mistake. But definitely noble. RIDDLER Welcome to my parlor said the Riddler to the Bat. How's tricks? BATMAN No more tricks, Edward. Release Chase and Dick. This is between you and me.

TWO-FACE And me and me. BATMAN (off the antenna) ...Of course. The Box does more than enhance neural energy. You've been sucking Gotham's brainwaves.

RIDDLER And now it's new. Improved. Better than ever. BATMAN ...The jolt I felt in the beam at your party. (getting it) You've devised a way to map the human brain. To read men's minds.

RIDDLER Oh, Bruce, you are clever. How fitting that numbers lead you to me. For numbers will crown me king. My Box will sit on countless TV's around the globe, mapping brains, giving me credit card numbers. Bank codes. Safe combinations. Numbers of infidelities. Of crimes. Of lies told. No secret is safe from my watchful electronic eye. I will rule the planet. For if knowledge is power then tremble world, Edward Nygma has become a God. (to Harvey) Was that over the top? I can never tell... (to Batman) By the way, B-man, I got _your_ number. RIDDLER I've seen your mind. Yours is the greatest Riddle of all. Can Bruce Wayne and Batman ever truly coexist? Stop me if I'm wrong here. RIDDLER So let's help you decide, once and for all, who you really are. Behind Curtain #1... RIDDLER The captivating Dr. Chase Meridian. Love of Bruce Wayne's life. Behind curtain #2... RIDDLER Batman's one and only partner. (a beat) Below, my personal favorite... RIDDLER A watery grave! RIDDLER A simple touch and five seconds later these two day players are so much gull feed on the rocks below. Not enough time to save them both. So who will it be? Bruce's love? Batman's partner? You decide. Is this fun or what? BATMAN Edward, you've become a monster.

RIDDLER You flatter me. No monster. Just The Riddler, and here's yours. What is without taste or sound, all around, but can't be found? On your mark, get set... BATMAN Death. (louder) Death. Without taste, sound and all around us. (getting it) Because there is no way for me to save them or myself. This is one giant death trap.

RIDDLER Excellent. See. Who says a guy in a rubber suit can't be smart? Well, it's been grand. Sorry you all have to die now. BATMAN Wait. I have a riddle for you.

RIDDLER For _me_? Really? Tell me. BATMAN I see without seeing. To me, darkness is as clear as daylight. What am I?

RIDDLER Oh please. You're blind as a bat. BATMAN Exactly!

RIDDLER No! TWO-FACE All those heroics for nothing. No more riddles, no more curtains one and two. Just plain old curtains. BATMAN Haven't you forgotten something, Harvey? You're always of two minds about everything....

TWO-FACE Oh. Emotion is so often the enemy of justice. Thank you, Bruce. TWO-FACE No! BATMAN Help Chase. I'll be back.

CHASE (groggy) Did Two-Face call him Bruce? DICK Of course not. RIDDLER Why can't I kill you? Now there's a riddle? (more juice) Not smart enough. Find a way. (more juice) Too many questions. (more juice) Why you and not me? (more juice) Why me? (more juice) Why??!! BATMAN Poor, Edward. I had to save them both. You see, I am Bruce Wayne and Batman. Not because I have to be. Now because I choose to be.