"I'm starting to get tired of visiting museums..." Red X sighed as she leapt from roof to roof. "I always end up wrecking shit or stealing some old expensive object.... usually both."

As she arrived at the history museum she noticed that the skyline window had a hole in it. 'Perfect. She's here.' Red X thought to herself as she smiled under her mask.

Dropping down through the hole, she carefully placed several Xs along the walls as she made her way down the hallway, occasionally coming across a dead night guard. "Okay.that's just sloppy. Like seriously doing that adds MORE jail time for you." Red X said to herself with a growl. "Plus there's zero reason to kill them..." However as she reached artifacts exhibit, she noticed a few bodies that were obviously not guards, most of them were still alive, but badly cut up and bleeding out.

"....oh duh. I'm dealing with HIS girl. No way in hell she'd be that fucking sloppy." Red X said to herself as she stepped over the broken and cut up thieves. She got close to one and leaned in. "You're lucky she even spared you asshole." Suddenly several shurikens were thrown at her, she quickly darted back and drew her own blades to deflect them.

"Adorable, another wannabe assassin..." A voice whispered behind her. The second after that she teleported other side of the room, narrowly avoiding getting skewered.

"Okay first off? WOW that was awesome!" Red X said with a near-giddy voice. "Secondly? I'm NO assassin lady trust me. I'm just a thief who's here for the... same thing I think? What are you after?"

"None of your business." Her voice echoed as she threw down several smoke bombs, engulfing the entire area with a thick cloud. Not wasting a second she darted through the smoke and snatched one of the thieves bags before taking off.

"Oh come on." Red X grumbled as she started after her. "Listen believe it or not I'm NOT trying to fight against you but the people you're with? Yeah they're gonna probably kill you without blinking an eye!"

"Annoyingly persistent, aren't you?" She scoffed before throwing several more shurikens, only for her opponent to easily teleport past them. "Well that's new..." She grumbled as she drew her blade... only to notice several Xs on the walls.

"Oh sh-GAAAAAH!!!" She screamed as bolts of red electricity struck her from all angles, immobilizing her.

"Should've just stopped." Red X said as she got close. "Now then can we just TALK like normal thieves for a moment?"

Her opponent wore dark gray armor with black greaves and gauntlets, a mask obscuring most of her head save for her red and yellow hair, the left half of her mask was completely black, while the right side was dark orange with a single eyehole. She also wore a utility belt with several pouches, and twin-swords on her back. The mare glared at her opponent, despite the mask it was clear there was nothing but malice in her eye. "What do you want?"

"I'm here for the helmet too. Your old man was the one who hired me." Red X said as she held her hands up... and suddenly realized two seconds too late that saying that was a bad idea.

In a fit of rage, her bound opponent's horn glowed, ripping through the electricity as she drew both katanas. "If you work for him, then you DIE!!" She screamed in unrivaled fury.

"Oh come on seriously?!" Red shouted as she dodged each katana swipe. "You and your dad seriously can't be on these bad of terms! It's just-WOAH!”

"...and the twist is: both of their mothers have the same name!!" Pinkie explained in a dramatic tone as she drove her Killing Joke through the streets of Gothamsville.

"....uh huh." Batmare said as she drank her synthetic plasma in the backseat. "Neat story Harley. Any point why you told me that?"

"Well since you skipped out on movie night, I simply wanted to let you know what you missed!" Pinkie smiled as she turned a corner. "Besides, after th-" She was cut off as the alarms on Batmare’s comm started going off. “What the-”

"Robbery at the Museum. Gotta go. Take the car back to the Watchtower and stay out of trouble." Batmare said as she activated the ejector seat, sending her flying out of the cockpit and into the night sky, leaving Harley alone.

"It was a stupid twist anyway..."

"Shut up Pinkamena." Harley grumbled as she drove across the bridge. "I thought it was a great movie-OW!" She yelped upon feeling a sharp pain in the back of her neck.

"....ooooooh. FUCK." Pinkamena said as Harley felt a bit of panic."T-that.... that only happens w-when... w-w-w-when.... OH NO." Harley immedeatly stopped the car and nervously glanced out the cockpit. "We might need to make a detour..."

"NO SHIT!" Mena scoffed as Harley quickly turned the car around.The pain in the back of Harley’s neck started to increase as she tore through the city streets, memories of her past slowly coming back...

Their first mission...

The loss of a friend...

A powerful electric pulse...

Her freedom at the cost of her sanity…

"You ever run out of those things?!" Ravager scowled as she sliced through another shuriken, quickly leaping through her opponent's near-endless barrage

"Well not really to be perfectly honest!" Red X retorted. "Look CLEARLY I worded things badly but I'm seriously just here to get that helm! Whoever you're giving it to they're NOT good news!"

"You think I care?!" She snapped back, throwing down several smoke pellets. "As long as my debt is repaid, nothing else matters!"

"WAIT WAIT WAIT!" Red X shouted as the smoke slowly surrounded her. "I have something your dad said you'd get or something!"

"If I care enough, I'll pry it from your corpse!" She whispered as she appeared behind her, her katana raised and ready to strike....

Only for her to recoil in pain as she felt something slash her hand, knocking away the blade. What the hell-"

"Well well... two meals for me tonight..." A sinister voice echoed throughout the room.
".... oh shit.... we're in Gothamville.... I JUST now remembered that." Red X whispered as she then realized who just attacked them.

"Indeed, and just like everyone else, you will perish here... your spilled blood nothing more than a means to satisfy my hunger..." She continued to whisper, her voice seemingly coming from multiple places at once…

"Oh come on." Red X groaned. "This wasn't even-"

"EVERYTHING is a big deal in my city." Batmare growls. "You robbed this museum... and even betrayed your own crew-"

"Woah, woah, woah! We're NOT with th-GAAAH!" Red X screamed in pain as she was struck from behind. Ravager quickly ran towards her sword, only to be kicked in the gut and sent flying into Red X.

"Tch. You really are fast." Ravager said as she picked herself up. She cracked her neck and smiled under her mask. "You might actually be worth beating then if that's the case then." She said as she pulled out two of her guns.

"Cute..." She said, giving her a fanged smirk as her eyes glowed blood red and she spread her wings. "This will be fun..." She whispered before vanishing into the shadows again…

"Oh yeah... for me anyways." Ravager smirked as she activated her x-ray lense. "Now come on.... quit being a coward."

"Can you NOT taunt the bloodthirsty vampire?!" Red X scowled as she whipped out two more shuriken and flared her wings. "I'd rather not end up her Bloody Mary for the night!"

"Oh trust me this is a fight I've been waiting to be a part of." Ravager said as she looked up and saw her. She then quickly aimed where she was and fired several times at her.

Her eyes widened as she darted out of the way, narrowly avoiding the gunfire. "Ok, guess we're doing this differently!" She scowled as she quickly wrapped her wings around herself, the armored fabric deflecting several shots.

"Not bad. Armored fabric for your thin wings is a good move." Ravager taunted. "But see that only works when someone's not expecting it." She snarked before pulling out a Flash Bang

Realizing what she was about to do, Red X smirked under her mask as she quickly teleported behind Batmare and let loose a strong pulse of Xenothium energy.

Batmare winced as she was sent flying back a few feet. "That was a big mistake!"

"Yeah and ganging up on two super mercs was a brilliant tactic on your end." Red X said with a chuckle. "Think we can take her on?" She asked Ravager

Ravager scoffed under her mask. "This mare went toe-to-toe against my father more than once a not only lived, but beat him... so, not really..."

"Oh that's encouraging." Red X grumbled. "I meant more as a tag team match moron."

"Oh, so NOW you want to play nice?" She asked in an aggravated tone right before Batmare pulled something out of her utility belt and quickly darted into the shadows again…

"And you're such a saint?" Red X shot back. "So come on. We keep arguing and it gives her more time to prepare!"

"And you just ran out of time." Batmare said with a menacing undertone. The vampire flipped the switch and immediately a powerful pulsewave of electricity was released throughout the area, while it didn't harm her opponents, it did short out their scanners. "Now then, let's see how well you do fighting blind."

"Oh that's cheating. You can see in the dark but we can't!" Red X retorted as she tried to find the source of her voice. "I mean seriously we can barely see jack all here!"

"I'm not here to fight fairly. I'm here to stop two thieves from leaving with that helmet." Batmare growled.

Ravager quickly tackled Red X to the ground just as Batmare lunged at her from behind. "Cover your eyes!" She whispered as she threw down the flash bang.

Batmare's goggles then shut close as the the flash bang went off. "You know I have DAMN good hearing so... your whispering didn't do much to help you." Batmare snarked with a smile.

"Oh yeah?" Let's see you dodge THIS!" Red X shouted as she got up and threw three shuriken at the vampire mare.

Batmare quickly rushed towards them, skillfully dodging each shuriken, but as she ducked under the third one, she noticed it was crackling with electricity... and there was a kunai hurling right towards it...

"OH SHI-GAAAAAHHH!!!" She screamed as the kunai hit the charged shuriken, detonating it and sending a powerful shockwave through her entire body.

"Heh. Not bad." Ravager said as she got out her sword. "Alright then... how about we end this Bat?" She said as she twirled her blade around.

Red X however, was slowly backing away from the mare as smoke wafted of her body. "Or, we can get out of here and NOT push our luck..."

For a split second Ravager considered ignoring her, but a bestial roar immediately got her attention. Looking back at Batmare, she saw that her goggles had been cracked, giving her a clear view of her eyes, her pupils had shrunken down to tiny dots that were surrounded by a crimson glow, and her fangs had extended, now looking like mini daggers.

She had succumbed to pure bloodlust.

".... that is not a bad idea kid." Ravager said as she put her sword away and started running off. Batmare just roared as she charged after the duo.

"I WILL FEAST UPON YOUR CORPSES!!" Batmare screamed as gave chase.

The two thieves jumped out of the rooftop window and ran as fast as they could. The bloodthirsty vampire bursting out after them.

"DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?! I AM THE MARE WHO TOOK DEATHSTROKE'S EYE!! YOU TWO STAND NO CHANCE AGAINST ME!!"

"She's not wrong!" Red X shouted as she tried throwing down a smoke grenade but it did little to help them. "This chick beat Deathstroke to damn near death! The eye was her letting him off!"

Ravager nearly felt her heart stop as she continued to run, the very idea of someone taking her father's eye and nearly killing him!?

"GET BACK HERE RIGHT FUCKING NOW YOU PIECES OF SHIT!" Batmare yelled as she chased after them. However Ravager soon tripped over herself and Batmare grabbed her.

“I WILL DRAIN YOU UNTIL YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A SHRIVELED UP PRUNE OF A CORPSE!” The vampire screamed as she extended her fangs, ready to rip her throat off…

However her face soon morphed into the face of a stallion with a turquoise coat and blond mane.... his horrified expression.... the fang marks on his neck gushing with blood. "S-Sis... why?" He gasped in pain, blood pouring out of his mouth as he stared at her in shock and betrayal. "...why....?"

Batmare recoiled in horror as she got off of him. "No, no this isn't right! This can't be happening again!"

Red X, however, just stared in confusion as Batmare slowly backed away from Ravager. "Uh..... what the actual fuck?"

As Ravager backed away, Batmare let out a pained scream as she fell to her knees and started whispering. "I'm sorry brother, I'm so so sorry..."

Ravager looked at her strangely.... before smirking and pulled out one of her swords. "One quick slash.... one quick slash and it's over."

“Yeah, or, OR, and hear me out on this… we get the hell out here!” Red X suggested, grabbing her by the arm. “I only have enough xenothium for two teleports!”

"I kill her and not only do I show that I'm better then my father but that I also killed the Batmare! The amount of money I'm going to get from that is too much to count!" Ravager said as she kicked Red X away from her. "So you can leave like a little pansy. I'm making a rep for myself."

Unfortunately, as Batmare looked up at them, she didn't see her enemies, but her brother being kicked down by a familiar figure… a hulking figure that resembled a humanoid crocodile.

In seconds her eyes went blood red as she spread her wings and let out a beastial roar. “YOU. WILL. DIE!!!!”

Ravager barely had time before Batmare began savagely attacking her at blinding speeds. "I WON'T LET YOU HURT ANYONE ANYMORE YOU MONSTER! I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!"

Ravager screamed in pain as she was struck in the back, stomach, and face. Red X quickly threw another a shuriken but Batmare managed to catch it. Smirking, she immediately detonated in her face and quickly dived towards Ravager in an attempt to teleport them away. However the last possible second Batmare grabbed her by the leg just as they teleported…

The trio reappeared in Gothamsville cemetery, Batmare hurling Red X into a nearby tree, completely unfazed by the change of location.

"Ow........ that hurt like hell." Red X groaned as she tried standing up on her own. "Okay.... a graveyard.... less ironic ways to die but alright then."

Ravager groaned as she got up, only for Batmare to slam her foot into her side, sending her flying into Red X and straight into a statue.

“I WILL USE YOUR CAPE AS A DINNER NAPKIN AFTER I DRAIN YOUR BLOOD!!”

"Wow I think she's mad." Red X groaned as they got out of the tree. "Okay... plan of running away like cowardly but smart bitches starting to sound good?"

“As much as I hate to admit it, running seems like the smarter option at this moment.” Ravager groaned before throwing down another flash bang.

The feral batpony hissed in pain as she was temporarily blinded. The moment like that down she looked around for her pray… only to catch the scent of blood...

".... fucking idiots." Batmare growled as she spread her wings and flew towards where the scent of blood was at.

The duo rushed into a church, quickly closing the doors behind them. “Ok, I might have a way out of here for both of us… but we need to work together. You in?” Red X asked.

"I don't have a choice so unfortunately yes." Ravager groaned as she lifted up her mask to breathe a little better and to relax for a bit after the hectic fight.

“Okay then, listen up. There's a tunnel leading from this church into the northern sector of the cemetery.” Red X explained in a hushed tone. “If you can distract her long enough while leading her there I can set up a trap that’ll incapacitate her long enough for us to get out of here.”

"Think it might actually hold her still long enough?" Ravager asked as she pulled her mask back down.

“Long enough for us to get out of here-”

*KRSSSHHH*

The sound of glass shattering got their attention as they turned to see Batmare fly straight through the window and land in front of them. “Nowhere to hide, nowhere to run…” She whispered as she slowly walked towards them, her fangs glistening in the moonlight and her piercing red eyes staring into their very souls. “You both will die, this should be fun…”

"Okay. Whatever your plan was? It's fucked. Teleport us out or we're fucking dead!" Ravager yelled as she grabbed Red X and slapped the X button on her teleporter belt.

“NO YOU IDIOT!” Red X screamed as the feral batpony charged towards them again, slamming her fist into Ravagers stomach just as they began to teleport.

The trio reappeared in a large cavern, Batmare spreading her wings to take flight while the other two hit the ground.

“I was trying to tell you that it takes up a lot more energy for me to teleport multiple ponies at once!” Red X groaned as she picked herself up. “And even more when I don't get a chance to focus on exactly where I want to teleport to!”

"You could've said that BEFORE the plan took place!" Ravager groaned as the Batmare dived-bombed towards them. Red X quickly dived into the shadows as Ravager drew her sword.

Batmare then summoned three wrist guard blades and stopped the sword before it could slash her. "I learned from when your father attacked me. Nice try however."

“You may know some of my father's moves, but you don't know a thing about me!” Ravager retorted as pushed back and pulled out a shorter blade, attempting to strike her ribcage and just missing by a hair as her opponent darted back a few feet.

"Wrong. I know everything about you Sunset Shimmer." Batmare smirked, knowing just from the one eye exposed she'd struck a sore spot.

For the second time that night, Ravager felt her heart stop as she took a step back. "H-How do you know that name!?" She asked hesitantly.

"You really think I didn't consider looking into Deathstroke's history after he attacked me? Bitch please. I know who you are." Batmare smirked. "So I know how you left.... where you live.... and that you typically attack like a wild animal."

Her eye twitched behind her mask as she gripped her sword tightly. "I will not be looked down upon by likes of you!!" She screamed before rushing towards her throwing several daggers at her opponent. "I will surpass both my father and you! And no one will stand in my way!!"

However Batmare threw her own daggers, or as Pinkie called them; Batarangs against her wishes, and knocked them out of the way before grabbing her arm and snapping it like a twig. "Your father gave me more of a challenge. You're just..... PATHETIC."

Ravager screamed in pain as felt her bones break, she fell to the ground desperately clinging to her sword with her left arm, only to be grabbed by the neck by Batmare. 'This can't be how it ends! I can't die like this! I have to save-’

It was at that point however, that loud beeping noise echoed throughout the cave, Batmare looked behind herself to see a red X symbol on the wall that detonated, sending her flying back and dropping Ravager.

'So Red X left me a little parting gift… thanks.’ She thought as she fought through the pain and quickly dashed through the hole in the wall.

Batmare groaned as she dug herself out of the hole and growled. ‘Ok, his little game has OFFICIALLY stopped being fun.’

Biting her lip to hold back another grunt of pain, Ravager quickly ran through the caves. Desperate to put as much distance between herself and the vampire. However as she entered a much larger section of the cavern she noticed something disturbingly odd.

Below the cliff she was standing on was and odd looking coffin, it was crimson red with several thorny vines having grown over its structure, and was suspended in the air by several chain-links from several angles, forming an x pattern.

"....what the hell?" Ravager whispered as she looked over the coffin. "I don't think this was supposed to be here."

Before she could contemplate the matter any further, she immediately dodged to the left as several more Batarangs were thrown at her, while she deflected two with her sword woman managed to strike her right side, earning a scream of pain from her as blood started dripping from her wound.

Batmare lunged at her before she could react slugged her across the face, sending her flying over the edge and landing right on top of the coffin.

Batmare then leaped on her and started pressing down as she tried to bite down on her, causing the blood to seep out and onto the coffin. "You've caught me on a REALLY bad day you two bit Deathstroke hack."

Ravager tried to push back, however the pain in her side both from her stab wound and her broken arm put her at a huge disadvantage. Thinking fast, she quickly reached for the Batarang and ripped it out, causing more blood to seep out of her wound as she attempted to slash Batmare across her face. While she missed by a hair's breath, the blood coating it managed to splash across her eyes, temporarily blinding her.

Batmare snarled in rage as she attempted to strike her with her claws, only for Ravager to just barely push herself off of the coffin and down towards the cave floor. Right before she fell however she managed to stab Batmare's hand with the Batarang before her claws crashed through the coffin, letting her blood coat the corpse inside...

Ravager braced herself for the inevitable impact as she fell towards the cold hard floor… only to feel a rush of wind as she was caught mid-drop by Red X as she made a mad dash for the cave exit.

“We're almost home free! Just don't bleed out on me!”

"Y-yeah that's going to be a bit harder to try and do to be honest." Ravager groaned as Red X smirked.

"Don't worry. I'm going to cover our exit!” As she rushed towards the opening she could here Batmare growl in rage behind her, prompting her to speed up.

Batmare was just about to leave the catacombs and give chase when she saw something golden catch her eye, scoffing, she grabbed the bag holding the helmet and quickly flew after them.

As the duo exited the crypt on the northern side of the cemetery, Red X tapped the icon on her belt before teleporting away. A few seconds afterwards Batmare herself exited the crypt and was greeted by the site of several tombstones, each with their own cross… however before she could continue pursuing the two they all started to glow, or rather, the sideways X's on each one began to glow.

Batmare was soon assaulted from all angles by powerful bolts of crimson lightning, forcing the batpony to her knees as she screamed in agony. Mustering up all the strength she had she pulled out several explosive Batarangs and threw them at each tombstone, destroying them and the trap that had been set for her. "I! WILL! RIP! HER! APART!" Batmare roared as the red lightning dissipated…

Ravager groaned as she slowly came to, taking in her surroundings she realized that she was in a room on a ship of some sort. As she attempted to get up she winced as she felt a stabbing pain in her right side, looking down she noticed her arm was in a sling and her wounds had been patched up.

"I wouldn't move if I were you..." Red X said as she entered the room. "You got thrown around like a ragdoll and look like a used-up chew-toy."

"Ugh..... what are you doing here?" Ravager groaned. "You're not expected anywhere else?"

"Not until I finish my delivery..." She said as she pulled out small circular object and placing it into her lap. "My secondary mission was to get this to you, your dad said you'd know what it means..."

"....." Ravager took the object and opened it up. ".....what does he want?"

"Huh?"

"My father. What the hell does that bastard want?"

"Hey, all he told me was to get that to you. If you want to know you're gonna have to ask him yourself." Red X sighed as she walked towards the door, but before she exited the room she glanced at her over her shoulder. "Just so you know, I lost that helmet just for the sake of getting you out of there alive, a "thank you" would be nice."

".... YOU LOST THE HELMET?! HOW COULD YOU LOSE THAT DAMN HELMET?!"

"Hey, it was either save you or catch the helmet." Red X scoffed. I really didn't have enough time for both!"

".... ugh." Ravager groans as she takes off her mask. "Well, H.I.V.E. is going to rip me a new one now."

"Pfft, those losers are still in business?" The thief smirked under her mask. "Well, guess this means you don't really have many options, do ya?

"....you think they're a fucking joke?" Ravager snapped. "They have GROWN in power. They are almost a nation all on their own."

"Well if they're that desperate for the helmet, chances are they might go after it instead of pursuing you for the time being. I'd suggest getting a head start after you heal up..."

"Head start into finding him you mean.... I won't let him down.... screw H.I.V.E. and whatever their plans were." Ravager growled as she tried standing up.

….only to wince in pain as she collapsed back onto the bed. “Yeah, you're not going anywhere for a bit. Or did you forget about that broken arm?” Red X chuckled.

"Up yours." Ravager growled. "... for what it's worth? Thank you."

“Awww…. You really do care, I'm almost getting teary-eyed!”

“OH SHUT UP-OW!”

Harshwhinny scowled as she replayed the footage of Supermare as she blasted through another robot's head, obliterating both it and the pilot inside.

"Of all the times to use lethal force." She grumbled to herself. "She should've spared him but instead like always she thinks with her fists first."

"A shame subject R-D45H went rouge an got itself killed..." Scoffed General Wind Rider as he watched the footage. "With the proper training and upgrades it could have taken that arrogant bastard down by now.... and instead it went and got itself killed..."

"And remind me whose bright idea it was to make it feel as though nothing else mattered BUT killing the Supermare?" Harshwhinny shot back. "Because last I checked you were the one who was supposed to be watching over her."

"She was created to kill that menace! What else should she have to think about?!" The Pegasus glared at his superior. "And for your information I was watching over her, it was the incompetence of those third-rate scientists that botched the project!"

"Right.... certainly not your guards who marched in and threatened to terminate her if she didn't comply." Harshwhinny replied. "You think I don't know what you've been up to Wind Rider?"

"I wasn't the one who gave the order.... all the papers and orders came from you Ms. 'President'." Wind Rider said with a smirk.

"You're dangerously close to overstepping your authority Wind Rider!" Harshwhinny stated as she got up and slammed her hands down on the table. "And I can just as easily have you replaced!"

Wind Rider growled as he left the room. "If you'll excuse me Ms President. I have a country to protect.” Wind Rider snarled as he slammed the door on his way out.

Harshwhinny sighed as she turned her attention back to the screen, it's image changing to show Batmare biting into a stallion's neck, and then changed to show Wondermare slicing through a few bank robbers with her sword.

"These freaks claim they only kill when they need to, but what happens if they decide that it'll always be necessary?" Wind Rider mumbled to himself as he stormed down the hall. "What'll happen if they decide that they can run the world better than us? Who will protect us from this trio of gods and monsters?"

He soon pulled out a cellphone and dialed a number. Waiting a bit as he reached his car a voice picked up. [Yes General Rider?]

"President Harshwhinny has requested that 'they' are to be ready soon.... so step up the recruitment process." Rider ordered.

[Understood sir.] The voice replied before asking. [And what about our search for ”Agent X”? Should we recall the drones?]

"No. Keep them searching. If we lose them then we'll be in deep trouble with the public." Wind Rider said but deep down he meant Harshwhinny.

[Understood.]

Wind Rider smirked as ended the call. "Desperate times call for desperate measures, and now that project Brainiac is moot, "they" will have to be our aces..."

Back in Gothamsville, deep in the caves under the cemetery. The damaged coffin was encased in an ominous red glow as the blood coating it was slowly sucked into the hole...

Soon two hollow empty holes glowed a bright blue as two clawed hands blew the top off the coffin. 'FREEDOM.... at long last.'

Author's Note

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