Batman and Joker

DCEU Universe.

Northeastern Africa, north of Egypt, the Kingdom of Kahndaq.

A group of people traveled through the howling sandstorm.

Thick yellow sand had accumulated over their bodies, and their weary footsteps left marks of varying depths in the sand.

After they had walked a few meters, those marks were buried by the windblown sand once more.

There was no conversation among the group of seven or eight.

Everyone moved forward in silence, their eyes fixed on the ground, exhaustion written from head to toe.

The leader wore a long black cape, its hem already torn into ragged strips.

He wore a pitch-black cowl that covered half his face.

Two sharp false ears stood atop the cowl, while beneath it protruded a chin covered in graying stubble.

After pulling his right foot from the sand again, the leader suddenly stopped.

He had heard something.

He suddenly shouted, "Take cover!"

Everyone in this group was elite.

The moment the leader stopped, the exhaustion vanished from their faces, and their weary eyes became sharp once more.

Upon hearing the order to take cover.

Everyone dropped to the ground at once.

One of them lifted the linen cloak wrapped around his entire body, revealing a body and arms made entirely of machinery.

Amid a crisp series of mechanical clicks, his arm transformed into a cannon barrel.

The barrel suddenly vented a massive amount of gas, kicking up vast clouds of yellow sand and covering everyone.

In just a few seconds.

The group of weary travelers suddenly vanished into the depths of the desert.

Less than half a minute after they disappeared.

A swarm of locust-like creatures suddenly flew overhead.

They had humanoid builds, four dragonfly-like wings on their backs, firearms in their hands, and scarlet eyes that swept across the desert below.

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