Dark Knight Sunset

by madhat886

Rating: teen
Tags: Alternate Universe, Human, Adventure, Equestria Girls, Batman, Sunset Shimmer, Violence, Slice of Life, Crossover
Length: 8783

Sunset ends up in the DC universe.

Sunset ends up in the DC universe as a baby and taken in by Bruce Wayne as his daughter. She still retains her mind and hides that fact from her new family as she does what she can to help out her new daddy with his lonely life.

Published 2021-06-26 14:10:00 UTC
Last updated 2024-02-15 02:31:56 UTC

Chapter 1

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Catwoman peered into the window of the bedroom of the heiress of the Wayne fortune. She like everyone else had been surprised of the news of Bruce Wayne, the playboy of Gotham suddenly having a daughter. The news is all a buzzed in who the mother is but Wayne has been tight lip about it.

She has always been wanting to have a go in stealing from Wayne, even if she is friendly with Bruce. His daughter is also sweet on her and likes Iris when she brought her over during her visit to the manor a couple of days ago. Which is how she's planning on getting into the manor.

Tapping on the glass door of the balcony, she got the attention of the little girl inside, sleeping in her bed in the master bedroom where her father sleeps. The bed is one of those old handmade baby beds which Wayne had found in storage and used for his own daughter. The bed is a wooden rocker set low on the floor and would allow the baby girl inside to get out of it easily enough.

Crawling out of the bed came little Sunset Wayne, an odd name but with her flaming red hair it fits. Catwoman waves to Sunset and presented Iris to the young girl who's eyes lit up and crawled over to the glass door but stops seeing the knob is very high up. She crawled over to a chair and pushed it to the door so she could open it. Catwoman smiles seeing how smart the 1 year old is.

"Mitty!" Sunset said who is still learning to talk.

"Yes Mitty," Catwoman said as showing her Iris and letting her into the room, into Sunset's arms.

"Nummy," Sunset giggles as Catwoman slips into the room.

"So you figured it out," Catwoman smiles at Sunset taking her up into her arms who hugs her.

"Meow," Iris said who is still in Sunset's arms.

"I know shouldn't have brought you with me," Catwoman said walking out into the hallway.

Catwoman walks down the hallway wondering where she should start.

"Sunset do you know where your daddy keeps all the valuable stuff?" Catwoman asked Sunset who is in her arms still.

"Bave!" Sunset giggles wiggling in her arms and which she was going to place her on the floor but thought better of it.

Looking back into the bedroom she spotted a baby walker, pulling it into the hallway she places Sunset into it. Sunset giggles as she walks down the hallway with Catwoman following her. She did had to carry the walking and Sunset down the stairs, being careful so that she won’t hurt herself. Sunset walks to the living room of the manor, all awhile keeping Iris in her arms. She stops in front of a bookcase looking up as she's expected it to do something.

"Ohh secret door," Catwoman said figuring that Sunset must had seen her daddy opening it up in front of her. She began pulling on the books till she saw the hidden button hidden behind one of the books. Pressing it caused the bookcase to swing open, with her quickly pushing Sunset away from the opening bookcase.

"Bave!" Sunset said trying to walk to the staircase only to be stop by Catwoman's foot. (1)

"Yes bave," Catwoman said picking up Sunset and going down the staircase.

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Later -

Having been alerted by the laser trip alarm, Batman cut his patrol short and headed home. Reaching the cave Batman got out of the car ready for anything. What he didn't expect to find was Sunset sitting on the floor playing with a cat.

"Sunset how did you get down here?" Batman asked looking down at his daughter who giggled seeing him.

"Maddy!" Sunset said reaching out for him.

"You shouldn't be...," Batman said picking up Sunset and looking down at the black cat that she's been playing with and noticing that it's Iris, Selena's cat. "Iris?"

"Welcome home," the voice of Catwoman said as she spun around on the chair in front of the Bat computer and faced Batman. "Or should, I say Bruce."

"Nummy!" Sunset said reaching out for her.

"Selena," Batman said as Sunset called Selena, Nummy whenever she sees her.

"Sunset you gave it away," Selena said getting up and pulling back her cowl showing her face.

"So how did you get in?" Bruce asked pulling back his own cowl showing his face.

"Your security system only works as long as no one opens a window from the inside and lets me in, just so she could play with Mitty," Selena said walking up to him.

"And she lead you to the cave," Bruce said.

"She's much smarter than she should be for her age. She remembers you opening up the bookcase," Selena said smiling at Sunset.

"What now?" Bruce asked her.

"I really don't know. I discovered you the billionaire playboy being Batman and you knowing who, I am. I really have no idea what to do next," Selena said.

"Mmmmm," Sunset began to speak looking at Selena.

"Yes Sunset?" Selena asked looking at her.

"Mummy!" Sunset said reaching out to her.

"Aww she thinks, I'm her mummy," Selena said taking Sunset into her arms.

"Mummy!" Sunset said rubbing her face into Selena's chest.

"So Bruce want to try to make this work?" Selena asked looking at Bruce.

"It's...," Bruce began to say.

"Mummy," Sunset said again.

"Sunset does want me to be her mommy," Selena said.

"Are you going to give up crime?" Bruce ask.

"Maybe," Selena said as she strokes Sunset's hair.

'It's working,' Sunset thought to herself as while she's stuck as a baby she still has her mind.

She seen how dad likes Selena and she already knows them being a costume hero and villainess, who flirt with each other all the time. And seeing how she's stuck like this for at least 18 years before she's ready to go back to Equestria. She might as well make the most of things and getting her new dad with her new mom would be a good thing in the long run. She'll be able to learn from both of them.

"Bruce who is her mother?" Selena asks.

"I have no idea. I just found her crying in front of the horse statue in the garden last year. She was glowing when I found her and when, I touched her the glow disappeared. I did a blood test on her and somehow she absorbed my DNA making her my daughter," Bruce said.

"So she's magical?" Selena ask.

"She has a talent for magic, I had Doctor Fate check her and she is human but is magical," Bruce said.

"Well aren't you full of surprises," Selena said looking down at the smiling child in her arms.

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Author's Note

1 - Never let a baby in a walker near stairs.

Chapter 2

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Sunset sat in her highchair as she is fed baby food by Selena who has moved into the manor. Selena hasn’t worn her costume since that night several weeks ago. She and Bruce are taking things slow before they take things further. Selena has been spending time with Sunset and learning to be a mother to her.

“Morning,” Bruce said having gotten up.

“It’s past noon,” Selena said spoon feeding Sunset and trying to teach her how to use it. “I been trying to teach Sunset how to use a spoon but she just prefers to use her hands.”

“You really gotten into being a parent,” Bruce said.

“What can I say,” Selena said wiping Sunset’s face. “Why did you name her Sunset anyways?”

“That’s the name on the journal I found with the bag that I found her with,” Bruce said.

“Anything else in it?” Selena asked.

“3 books on magic in a language I never seen before, gems and gold and silver coins,” Bruce said.

“No idea who’s bag it is?” Selena asked.

“No the journal is written in Latin and none of the magic user I have talked to can understand what’s written but from the drawing can tell they’re spell casting,” Bruce said. (1)

“Have they check around where you found her?” Selena asked.

“They did and it seems that the horse statue is magical. It looks like Sunset was either sent or came here from wherever she came from. The magic also destabilize her body, if I hadn’t found her and touch her. She would had died as her body needed a DNA sample to stabilize her which is how she’s my daughter now,” Bruce said.

“The magic caused her body to rewrite itself so that she’s your daughter biologically?” Selena asked looking at Sunset.

“I don’t understand it myself but that’s what Fate told me what happen,” Bruce said. A glop of baby food is thrown on him.

“She’s getting better,” Selena smiles at Sunset who is giggling after she toss her food at Bruce.

“Yes she is,” Bruce said going to the sink to wash off the food.

“Mummy,” Sunset giggles as she reaches out to Selena.

“Oh you want to be hold,” Selena said pulling Sunset out of the high chair and bringing her over to the sink to wash up.

Selena used the spray nozzle of the sink to wash Sunset’s hands and wipe her face with a wet towel.

“So what you up to for today?” Selena ask Bruce.

“Going to some meetings,” Bruce said.

“Nice to see you not going I did notice that Nightwing, Batgirl and Robin have been taking over for you more lately. Been letting them handle things," Selena said.

"Yes," Bruce said.

"You know that neither one of us can keep on doing this and well Sunset does need both of us to be her parents. Bruce seeing how there are all of your fellow heroes in the JL you can call them for help," Selena said holding the signal button that would summon Superman once he hears it.

"Stop going through my stuff," Bruce said to Selena taking the button and placing it on the counter.

"I didn't. But if Sunset happens to be playing around with your belongings and I happen to find it...," Selena trails off.

"You're using Sunset to get into my things," Bruce said.

"Yes," Selena smiles and press herself against him. "I'll make it up to you later."

"I'm here," Superman said appearing in the kitchen.

"Clark what are...," Bruce said as he looks at the button which Sunset is playing with.

"Su su," Sunset shouts out seeing Superman.

"You really shouldn't let her play with this," Superman said as he takes the button from Sunset.

"Wawaaaa!" Sunset cries out.

"Come here sweetie," Selena said holding Sunset to her calming her down.

"So you two been doing well?" Superman asked.

"Still working on it," Bruce said as he's still getting use to Selena around and that even after a year he's still getting use to the fact he's a father.

"Superman while you're here when there's trouble here and you're not busy or anyone else. Feel free to help out in Gotham," Selena said. (2)

"Selena," Bruce glares at her only for her to shove Sunset into his arms.

"Bruce you're a dad now and risking your life when you should be raising, Sunset so that she won't turn out like you is your most important mission now. Or you can deal with a moody teenage girl who no longer wants anything to do with you as you spent more time fighting crime then with her when she wanted to spend time with you," Selena said.

"She's right Bruce you lost your parents at an early age. Don't you want to be the father yours was to you?" Clark ask.

Bruce was about to say something when...

"Daddy!" Sunset said suddenly.

Bruce said nothing as he stared at Sunset who is looking up at him and smiling. He knows what he needs to do. Be the father to his daughter as his was to him.

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Author's Note

1 - I’m going with the written current language of Equestria is Latin. And books on magic is written in an older tongue.

2 - The main reason why other heroes don't help out in Gotham. Is that in real life most writers only want to do a Batman center story.

Chapter 3

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Alfred came into the living room where Selena is going through a trunk of old baby items that have been gathering dust in the attic for years. Selena is currently dressing Sunset in old fashion baby clothes to see how she looks. While Sunset is playing with the old baby toys, wooden blocks, old stuff dolls, one of those phones with faces that are on wheels, a pull along toy, a wobble bear toy, a Jack in a box, and Sunset is currently playing with an old busy box.

“I see that you two are up enjoying yourselves,” Alfred said.

“Some of these old baby clothes fit Sunset,” Selena said putting a baby bonnet on Sunset who pulled on it till Selena took it off. “Well the ones that she wants to wear.”

“Sunset is very fussy in what she wears,” Alfred said as he remembers how often Sunset would just take off the clothes she didn’t like and crawl around naked.

"She just needed a woman's touch," Selena said.

"And it looks like she prefers the box," Alfred said seeing Sunset crawling into the cardboard box the old clothes were kept in.

"So has Bruce passed the rite of passage for parents? Buy a expensive gift and Sunset ends up wanting to play with the box instead?" Selena asked.

“He has, he brought her one of those new talking stuff toys and she ended up still wanting to play with her old one,” Alfred said. (1)

"Waaaa," Sunset started crying as she pokes out of the box she was hiding in.

"What's the matter?" Selena said as she picks her up and check her diaper but found nothing. "I guess you're hungry."

"I'll get her food then," Alfred said.

“I can handle it,” Selena said carrying Sunset to the kitchen who was still fussing in Selena’s arms.

Once in the kitchen Selena place Sunset in her high chair and went to look for some baby food in the fridge. Looking around the fridge Selena pick out a jar of peas purée for Sunset and grabbing a small spoon went back to Sunset. Who isn’t alone as her cats have jump into the table. Isis the leader of the pack, Slinky a grey cat with a pink bow, Julio a black cat, Otto a siamese, Miss Kitty another black cat, and Hecate another black cat.

“Down,” Selena said to her cats who think she’s feeding them. “This if for Sunset.”

Selena then spots Sunset sucking on Otto’s tail.

“Sunset!” Selena shouted as she lanks Otto’s tail out of Sunset’s mouth.

“Waaaa,” Sunset cry’s out loosing her toy.

“Shoo, shoo,” Selena said getting her cats off the table.

“Ms. Kyle what’s the matter?” Alfred asked entering the kitchen.

“Sunset was sucking on Otto’s tail,” Selena said.

“Children are always a handful,” Alfred said.

“And Sunset is still in her cute phase,” Selena said as she begins feeding Sunset. “Have you noticed that she seems to be smarter than normal for someone her age?”

“Yes I have noticed that,” Alfred said.

“It’s like that old cartoon show Rugrats. Where the babies are smart and are only limited to their knowledge of the world,” Selena said staring at Sunset.

“That would explain how she is able to get around the manor and escape her playpen,” Alfred said. “Master Dick and master Tim had their hands full when she got out while they were watching her and had to search the entire manor for her,” Alfred said.

“So how did they find her?” Selena asked.

“They got Ace to find her,” Alfred said.

“Where is he anyways?” Selena asked.

“Outside,” Alfred said.

“So when did Bruce get him?” Selena asked.

“Master Bruce brought Sunset to a party downtown and Sunset wandered into the lobby of the hotel where the party was taking place. There Bruce found her with Ace still a puppy in her arms, which she refused to let go of and why we now have a dog now. seeing how Sunset kept on crying when Ace was taken away from her,” Alfred said.

“Nice job sweetie,” Selena said.

“Sunset been getting Master Bruce to do things he wouldn’t had done otherwise,” Alfred said.

“That’s parenthood for you, it changes people,” Selena said.

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Author's Note

1 - Seeing how common this happens new parents are better off just giving your kid a cheap toy.

Chapter 4

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“You really think this is a good idea?” Selena ask Bruce as they got out of the car.

“Yes,” Bruce said getting the baby stroller out while Selena got Sunset out of her baby seat.

Both of the walk to the party that Veronica "Ronnie" Vreeland a member of the Gotham City elite is throwing at the natural history museum. It’s a fund raiser for the public schools of Gotham, which that’s been low and money for years. Seeing how the wealthy send their kids to private schools that are gated and have guards. The rich families don’t have to worry about the issues that the public schools go through. (1)

“Hi Bruce, Selena,” Veronica greeted them as they walked in and kneeled down to look at Sunset in the stroller. “And how are you Sunset?”

“Baaa, baaa,” Sunset babbles.

“So are you going to get your daddy to get another pet?” Veronica asked. She was there when Sunset found Ace and remembers well how Bruce tried to get her to let go of the puppy. With Sunset making a scene as she refused to let go and cried and cried whenever her daddy tried to take the puppy away. Till Bruce finally just let her keep the dog.

“She has a bunch of cats now,” Bruce grumbles as that story has been following him around.

“It’s not like you don’t like Ace,” Selena said as she seen Bruce training Ace.

“So Selena how did you managed to get your claws into Bruce?” Veronica asked. The rumors of the romantic between Selena and Bruce are in all the news of Gotham.

“Simple, I got Sunset on my side,” Selena said as she kneels down and takes Sunset out of the stroller.

“Mummy,” Sunset said once in her mom’s arms.

“Oh she thinks you’re her mummy,” Veronica said as Bruce is tight lip about who is Sunset’s birth mother.

“Yes, Bruce isn’t looking for a wife now, he was looking for a mother for Sunset and she pick me,” Selena said.

“We’ll enjoy the party,” Veronica said as the family went off to enjoy the party.

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Later -

Selena having been away at one of the food tables came back to see that there’s a crowd around the table she left Bruce and Sunset at. When she got close she found Bruce pulling out jewelry and other items from Sunset’s baby bag and laying them on the table. Where the owners of said items are reclaiming them and Sunset who was when she left was wandering around is now in a high chair where Veronica is playing with her.

“Ok what happen?” Selena asked.

“Seems while Sunset was wandering around she’s been grabbing things and putting them in her baby bag. And Veronica spotted Sunset going through Sally’s bag taking her cellphone,” Bruce said finally finish emptying the baby bag.

“We followed her to see what she’s going to do with my phone and we found she’s been stealing things all night and putting them in her baby bag,” Sally one of Veronica’s friends said. Who is more amused at the sight of a toddler stealing her phone from her bag than mad at being robbed, along with the other people that Sunset stole from thanks to the fact that she's a baby.

“Wow Sunset’s is good,” Selena said causing Bruce to stare at her. “I mean bad.”

“The same thing happens whenever the grandkids are around,” Mr. Ande said who was a friend of Bruce’s mother. “Don’t worry they grow out of it. At least she’s not teething yet. Then she’ll be chewing on just about everything.”

“You’re going to be a real handful aren’t you,” Veronica said to Sunset as she tickles her chin getting a giggle from her.

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Author's Note

1 - The museum is the one in Arkham City that the Penguin uses as his base. Which also doesn’t make sense as how can the Penguin’s men move around when the main room is flooded and has a shark in it. And I don’t remember seeing any doors that can explain how Penguin and his men can move around the shark tank room.

I really don’t like rooms that the hero has a hard time getting through but the villains are just there with no logical way they could had gotten there. If there’s a door that can’t be open at least that would explain how they got there. Which the Arkham games have tons of rooms like that. Where the room is sealed but somehow people are able to use it and are inside.

Chapter 5

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Selena dress in a some sexy underwear got ready to surprise Bruce who is in the bathroom. She’s been putting it off as she has Sunset to look after but tonight, she and Bruce are going to have some fun. They moved Sunset to her own room so that…

“Waaaa,” the baby radio cried out alerting Selena that Sunset wants something.

“Coming Sunset,” Selena said as she got out of bed and went to Sunset’s room on the other side of the hallway from their room.

Entering the small baby room, Selena looks down into the crib of Sunset seeing her crying about something again. Selena smiles down at Sunset as she picks her up and sees that she needs a changing. Placing Sunset on the changing table, Selena changed her diaper, but not before putting on the apron and face guard plastic visor. She learned the hard way that just because Sunset has already went, it doesn’t mean she won’t do it again. (1)

“There you go,” Selena said to Sunset who giggles as she was held close to her mom.

Selena place Sunset back into her crib but Sunset began crying and reach out for her.

“Since you’re up you can help me with something, I have been meaning to do,” Selena said seeing that Sunset doesn’t want to go back to sleep.

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Later -

Bruce came out of the bathroom to find Selena laying on the bed with Sunset, going over the jewelry that belonged to his mother.

“What are you doing with my mothers jewelry?” Bruce asked.

“Seeing which ones that Sunset can pull off,” Selena said as she puts a jeweled hair clip on Sunset’s hair.

“Sunset could choke on them,” Bruce said.

“Don’t worry, I have been watching her and keeping the jewelry away from her,” Selena said as the box of jewelry is on one side of her body and Sunset on the other.

“She does look nice,” Bruce said looking down at Sunset who is fussing around with the hair clip trying to pull it off. “But she doesn’t like it.”

“She is sure picky,” Selena said as she takes the hair clip off and places it back in the box.

“She is,” Bruce said and wondering if he was anything like how Sunset is to his parents. “Also why are you dressed like that?”

“Oh this,” Selena smiles as she’s still dress in nothing but some sexy underwear. “I was planning on getting you into the mood to give Sunset a brother or a sister. But she decided to put a halt on that plan.”

Selena began tickling Sunset causing her to giggle.

“She does have a way in getting me to do other things,” Bruce said sitting down on the bed.

“And it’s a good thing. Without her you wouldn’t be letting the others helping out around the city. It was funny seeing Riddler lose it when Wonder Woman went and made him tell her how to disarm his puzzle without solving his riddle with that lasso of hers,” Selena said.

“They’re too use to dealing with me,” Batman said as many of his villains who are use to fighting him had to face the other heroes.

“Like how Croc stop in his tracks when he was charging at Batgirl, only to see Supergirl appearing in front of him and her slapping him into a wall,” Selena said.

“It has given me more time in dealing with the crime families,” Bruce said.

“Also there is another matter. It’s time for you to get over your parents, Bruce so that it won’t effect Sunset,” Selena said.

“What?” Bruce asked.

“Bruce you need to deal with your lost so that you can be the father that Sunset needs. What would your parents be more proud of? You being Batman? Or you being a father to Sunset?” Selena asks. (2)

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Author's Note

1 - Anyone who has taken care of a baby has learned about how they can still pee even when they just went.

2 - No comic has ever had Batman get over the deaths of his parents. Which is why in Batman Beyond, Bruce is all alone and mirsable with his only companion being his dog Ace before the series started.

Chapter 6

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While walking around the grounds of the Wayne estate, Selena found an old wood maintenance shed that is overgrown with plants. Selena figures it was used to store tools for the gardeners when there use to be more workers around the manor. There are gardeners and other workers who show up time to time to maintain the grounds but they are hired help and only show up once a month and when they’re is a party at the manor. She found the door padlocked and walk back to the manor to tell Bruce what she found. Inside she found Bruce on the couch watching Barney with Sunset. (1)

"I didn't know you like Barney," Selena said.

"I don't. But if, I try to change the channel Sunset will start crying," Bruce said.

"Sure," Selena smirks.

"Watch," Bruce said changing the channel.

The moment he changed the channel, Sunset started crying, only stopping when Bruce changed it back.

"Well she already decides when we get to sleep," Selena said.

"Tell me about it," Bruce said having been kept awake by Sunset crying at all times during the night.

"Just be glad you didn't had to deal with her during her first month," Alfred said coming into the room with some cookies and a glass of milk for Sunset. “When master Bruce was born he spent the first week crying after he came home from the hospital.”

“I found an old maintenance shed with a padlock while I was walking around,” Selena said.

“Is it near the old fountain?” Alfred ask.

“Yes,” Selena said.

“If I remember right that shed belonged to Kenneth Wayne. It was lock up even before I came to work here by his wife Laura,” Alfred said.

“So no one has been in there since the early 1900’s?” Selena ask.

“Grandfather Kenneth died in 1914,” Bruce said.

“Well then let’s open it up and see what’s inside. Besides it’s old and wooden, it might be full of termites or mold. If so we should just get rid of it,” Selena said.

“We should check it out,” Bruce said having more free time as other heroes have been helping in keeping the city safe.

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Outside -

Alfred opened the padlock and pulled the door open. Inside was mostly dirt and debris. There was a broken shovel, rusted hoe, an ancient rake, and a wheelbarrow. But what caught everyone’s eyes is the old stagecoach inside. It looks like one of the stagecoaches only seen in western movies and shows now, besides museums and displays.

“What is this doing here?” Selena ask, standing far from the shed so Sunset wouldn’t have to breath in the dust as she’s held her in her arms.

“Grandfather must have gotten this when people were still using horses to get around. And when cars started to pop up he must had stored it and everyone just forgot about it,” Bruce said looking over the coach that is old and dirty.

“Maybe you can do something with it,” Alfred said.

“Maybe,” Bruce say not interested in fixing it up.

“It would make a nice display in the museum,” Selena says thinking out loud.

“Alfred, call up the museum and see if they’re interested in an old stagecoach,” Bruce said.

“Will do, sir,” Alfred said looking inside and found a guitar case underneath the seat.

“An old guitar,” Bruce said taking the case out and opening it. Inside is a guitar but what is surprising is that it’s been reinforced, the entire instrument is made out of hard oak and has metal plating. Inside the case he saw a name of Hank "Harmony" Hayes, curved inside the case.

“What is it?” Selena ask.

“A old guitar that has been reinforced and belonged to someone name Hank "Harmony" Hayes,” Bruce said trying to remember if he heard that name before.

“Well let’s just get inside and see if we can’t donate the stagecoach for a nice write off. And Sunset wants to get back inside,” Selena said taking Sunset who is wiggling in her arms making a fuss.

Bruce closes the guitar case and takes it inside as Alfred closes the shed. He knows he heard that name before and it has something to do with the guitar. (2)

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Author's Note

1 - I would think that the vast estate would hirer workers to maintain the grounds and clean the massive manor now and then.

2 - Hank "Harmony" Hayes wandered the Old West singing songs and righting wrongs under the name Minstrel Maverick. Astride his horse, Dusty, he earned a living as a guitar-strumming balladeer, fighting trouble whenever it came his way. His friends included Blacksmith Bill. Hank worked with other crime fighters of the frontier, including the heroine Moon Rider. His signature weapon is his own (reinforced) guitar, which he often cracked against his enemies' skulls with a distinctive "boinggg!" of quivering strings.

Chapter 7

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At the Bat computer, Bruce finally found who the guitar belonged to, a western hero from the 1800’s. Hank "Harmony" Hayes wandered the Old West singing songs and righting wrongs under the name Minstrel Maverick. Somehow he knew his grandfather and his guitar ended up here in a forgotten shed. Where it would had been forgotten if it wasn’t for Selena finding the old shed.

“There you are,” Selena said as she walks up to him and planted herself on him, sitting on his lap sideways.

“Finally learn who the owner of the guitar is,” Bruce said.

“A western hero somehow knew your grandfather and gave his guitar to him,” Selena said looking at the computer.

“Yes but how is lost with time,” Bruce said.

“Well at least that gift helped out. And it also explains why the guitar is so reinforced and has metal plating,” Selena said not moving from Bruce’s lap as she brings up what happen at the museum earlier.

On the screen shows security footage of the museum where Bruce is donating the guitar to the museum along with the stagecoach. Selena was there as well with Sunset, showing her the displays. That’s when the supervillain Duplicate Man, came running into the museum stealing the valuables. The Duplicate Man wears a helmet that allows him to make duplicates of himself, making him a one man army. (1)

“I haven’t seen him in years,” Bruce said.

“It seems that with so many villains in custody, the other villains are stepping up to fill the power vacuum. Nightwing and Robin ran into some of Egghead’s crew. And Batgirl saw Doctor Death at the docks,” Selena said.

“What about your brother?” Bruce ask.

“He hasn’t return to crime if you’re thinking he’s coming back as King of Cats,” Selena said huffing not liking how her brother stole her theme. (2)

On the screen shows Duplicate Man ordering Selena to give him her purse as his copies are ransacking the museum. Bruce came up from behind him and brought down the guitar that has been reinforced, on the villain’s head. The blow busted Duplicate Man’s helmet causing all of his copies to disappear.

“It’s a meme now,” Selena said.

“What?” Bruce ask.

Selena brings up an edited video of Bruce hitting Duplicate Man with the guitar but this time with the soundtrack of an old cartoon and the sound effects from that old cartoon show of the cartoon horse lawman. Followed by another video with a voice over of that old cartoon. (3)

“Now, I have this image in my head where instead of Zorro, you followed his example. Swinging around and kabonging the other villains with a guitar,” Selena laughs as Bruce can only groans knowing that this is going to be following him for years to come.

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Author's Note

1 - The Duplicate Man was a criminal who used a special machine in order to split his body in two separate beings at will.

2 - Yes Catwoman does have a brother in one of the old comics.

3 - That’s right, I brought back Quick Draw McGraw mask hero identity of the Spanish masked vigilante, El Kabong (a spoof of Zorro). Seeing how the old cartoons of Hanna-Barbera are published under the DC label, makes the old shows apart of the DC universe.

Chapter 8

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On the Bat computer screen are the pictures and names of all the C-list villains who have been reappearing since Batman allowed other heroes to help keep Gotham safe. With most of the A-list villains in jail the other villains are stepping up. With some of the villains haven't been seen for years or been keeping their crimes low level while other villains with more flashy crimes take all the attention.

In the cave are the Bat family, who have been working together with the latest case.

Hawkfire, Betty Kane.

Batgirl, Barbara Gordon.

Cassandra Cain, Black Bat.

Batwing, Luke Fox.

Are at the computer looking over all the data and information on the villains and what their M.O. are. Many of them haven't operated in Gotham in years or been flying under the radar. Easy thanks to how the other villains are very flashy in what they do.

Batwoman, Katherine Rebecca.

Red Hood, Jason Todd.

Nightwing, Dick Grayson.

Tim Drake, Red Robin.

Are all exchanging what they heard from their usual sources on the street. From what they have managed to hear, the villains are planning on replacing the empty spots that they use to hold before the other villains showed up. Especially Doctor Death, the first villain Batman had to deal with, he and his henchmen are planning on something big.

Robin, Damian Wayne, and Spoiler, Stephanie Brown, are keeping busy as they watch over Sunset who is in a highchair. Robin has given Sunset a ruler to use as a sword, trying to teach her, as she's crewing on the wooden ruler. Spoiler is making sure that Robin doesn't give her anything that could hurt her. Like the wooden sword he was trying to give her, before Spoiler gave Sunset the ruler to use instead.

"She's too young," Spoiler said watching as Robin tried and failed to get Sunset to use the ruler as a sword.

"I was younger when my training began," Robin said.

"Yes but she's going to be taking after me," Catwoman said as she walks into the cave with Batman.

"Any update?" Batman ask.

"We figure out the villains who are making their moves to fill the power vacuum," Batgirl said bringing up the screen of the recent pictures of said villains.

Egghead and Olga, Queen of the Cossacks.

Shame & Calamity Jan, with Jan's mother Frontier Fanny, western theme villains.

Louie the Lilac, a gangster who loves flowers and grows mutant flowers.

The Minstrel, knows everything there is to know about music - including the exact frequency needed to vibrate a city into dust.

The Sandman, can put just about anyone down for forty winks with one pinch of his chemically-treated sand - and in the process, turn them into sleepwalking slaves.

Lorelei Circe / The Siren, her voice can hypnotize people, but it only works on men.

Dr. Cassandra Spellcraft & Cabala, a evil alchemist and her soppy husband.

The Monarch of Menace, is on the very short list of villains who've actually gotten the best of Batman.

Gagsworth A. Gagsworthy, known as Gaggy for short, was a dwarf who was the first sidekick of the Joker.

Quakemaster Robert Coleman, was a Gotham City architect whose reputation was ruined when an apartment complex that he designed and built was destroyed by the hurricane. Uses a super powered jackhammer to cause small scale earthquakes.

The Spinner, Swami Ymar, wears a metallic suit of green armor covered in spinning discs and carried a buzz-saw gun to commit crimes.

"Wow, Gaggy? I haven't heard from him in years," Catwoman said.

"Some of them just left Gotham after they got out of prison," Batman said.

"The most problematic is Egghead and Monarch of Menace. Egghead is a mastermind and Monarch would have improved on his gadgets since he got out of prison," Nightwing said.

"Monarch did run rings around you and it was only because of his son that you were able to take him down, instead of him remaining wherever he was hiding," Catwoman said.

"Ouch!" Robin cried out as he was struck by the ruler that Sunset flung into the air and struck his face while he was staring at the screen.

"What you know she, got you," Spoiler said smirking.

"She has some promise," Robin said glaring at his little sister.

"Anyways we all need to keep alert. Just because they're not some of the worst villains, they still have their moments," Batman said.

"Like the Star Trek Lower Deck show. It deconstructed rather ominously with the Pakleds who are seen as a joke in universe, showing that even if a threat seems completely incompetent and harmless, it can still become a very serious problem if ignored for long enough. They kept on stealing other alien races technology and became not so harmless once they had enough to build warships," Batwing said who is a big fan of Star Trek. (2)

"Which is why we can't underestimate them," Batman said.

"Well you can use this new tool," Red Hood said as he pulls out a reinforced guitar made out of solid oak.

"Really?" Batman ask.

"Why not, you took out Duplicate Man with one," Batgirl teased.

"Plus, Sunset enjoys watching the videos of you kabonging the bad man," Catwoman laughs at Batman with the others.

And Batman knows that this is going to be following him for a very long time.

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Elsewhere -

In Egghead's hideout a meeting is taking place with the villains that the Bat Family have spotted. All of them are seated at a long table as they enjoy chocolate eggs with fillings inside of them. As the hideout is a candy factory that is a subsidiary of the main company that makes the snack food.

"A candy factory that makes chocolate eggs?" The Siren ask Egghead.

"I like to have a hideout that actually pays for itself and gives me a nice place to laundry money away," Egghead said.

"Beats having to deal with Penguin and his cuts," Minstrel said.

"So what's the plan you have that needs all of us?" Shame ask.

"Oh, I'm not the one who came up with this meeting," Egghead said.

"It's me," Baby Doll said who has been sitting quietly.

"You?" Monarch of Menace ask.

"Yes me. I called you all here so I can lay out a plan to get us some money. No fancy or flashy stuff, just a plain old bank job. And like all heist films all of your different talents as the crew so we can pull off the greatest heist where we get away with it. By following this movie," Baby Doll said as she puts down an old DVD of Die Hard 3 on the table.

"You want us to copy the plan in a movie?" The Sandman ask.

"Robbing the Federal Reserve of Gotham of all of the gold inside? Does anyone think that robbing that is a silly idea?" Baby Doll ask.

"She has a point," Spinner said.

“Here’s the plan, Quakemaster, you’re to dig your way into the vault. Louie the Lilac and Sandman both of you use your talents to put the staff near the vault into a daze. Spellcraft you make sure that the sand and pollen work won’t make like a poison that will kill anyone who breaths it. Also to distract Batman and the others we use sleeping gas and sand to make it look like we’re hitting someplace else. Minstrel and Siren you two use your talents together to make anyone to not care what’s happening to the vault. Shame you handle transport, the rest of you will be providing the muscles to get the gold into the transports. Then once we get away, we split the loot and be rich,” Baby Doll explains her plan to the other villains who are interested in her plan.

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Author's Note

1 - With how much of a mess and headache it is to keep up with the confusing lore of DC comics, I'm just cherry picking what, I want.

2 - Star Trek Lower Deck, does make a good point in how the show series just visit a planet and never check up on how things are going for said planet if it’s not apart of the Federation. Which allowed the Pakleds to become much more dangerous because there wasn’t anyone to stop them.

Chapter 9

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Throughout the city of Gotham, banks and high class stores were hit by sleeping gas, causing people inside and around the buildings to fall asleep. Which several supervillains took advantage of, being informed that something was happening today and they should be ready around places with money. Causing a city wide chaos as the supervillains and their people took advantage of the chaos and that everyone was asleep.

With many of the other villains already in jail, the D rank villains have been coming out.

Signalman, Phil Cobb was a gangster with big ideas. He came to Gotham City intent on hiring a gang of his own and making it big, only to be laughed at when he tried to recruit the gang because he had no reputation. Steaming with anger, he vowed to prove himself to Gotham's mobsters, and when he noticed how modern society was regulated by signs, signals, and symbols, he found the inspiration for his criminal career. Becoming the Signalman, he went on a spectacular crime spree using those signs and symbols as his motif before being stopped by Batman.

Abominable Snowman, Klaus Kristin is the son of a male yeti and a human woman. Being forced to live in cold climates, Klaus must travel eight months out of the year, which eats all his money. So, because he has no real wealth of his own, Snowman must use his powers to acquire it by robbing.

The Spook, Val Kaliban is one of the world's greatest escape-artists and uses his extraordinary abilities together with special effects to commit spectacular crimes and make people believe he was a real ghost.

Steeljacket, Gunther Nash was a bio-engineer who altered his genes by mixing them with bird DNA to gain flight. However, this greatly deteriorated his bone structure which forced him to wear special armor to support and protect himself.

Ten-Eyed Man, Philip Reardon was a Special Forces soldier in Vietnam who was honorably discharged after he was hit in the skull by a grenade fragment. Becoming a night watchman in a warehouse, he was knocked unconscious by thieves who planted a bomb. Blinded by the explosion, a brilliant doctor named Engstrom reconnected his optic nerves to his fingertips, enabling him to see through them. Wrongly blaming Batman for his blindness, Reardon adopted the identity of the Ten-Eyed Man and tried to take revenge on him.

Ventriloquist, Shauna a new female ventriloquist who is seemingly able to control her dummy, Ferdie who has drills in his hands, without being in physical contact with him. She is introduced auditioning in a talent show, but was harshly rejected and responded violently. She has telekinesis which she uses to animate her dummy, Fredie.

Zebra Man, the inventor Jake Baker, who created a device which empowered him with an aura of black and white energy lines which could repel matter using a form of magnetism that also affected non-conductive materials (known in the real world as diamagnetism). He could not turn the field off, and controlled his powers using a belt which neutralized this repulsive force.

Killer Moth, when sophisticated and urbane playboy Cameron van Cleer introduced himself to the elite of Gotham's social scene, nobody realized he was secretly a former prison inmate using his stolen earnings to finance a career as "Killer Moth", a Batman-like costumed figure who aided criminals instead of the police. For a price, would-be ne'er-do-wells could hire Cleer's services, and he in turn would help them evade capture and cover their tracks. After several encounters with Batman, the Dark Knight managed to permanently dismantle Moth's organization, and his secret identity and fortune were lost forever. Killer Moth (now revealed to be small-time criminal Drury Walker) continued to endure, however, committing smaller-scale robberies and picking up jobs as hired muscle.

King Kraken, was once a deep sea diver who became disfigured. Following his disfigurement, he turned pirate. He has had numerous run ins with the hero known as the Wingman, and is a member of the Club of Villains. His weapon of choice is an electric rifle.

Cavalier, Mortimer Drake was a man of exotic and idiosyncratic taste. When he found himself unable to purchase more exotic valuables for his collection legally, he resorted to theft. Donning a costume resembling that of a Musketeer, he called himself the Cavalier. His course of actions ultimately brought him into conflict with Batman and Robin. Drake matched wits against Batman and Robin several times, and escaped them in each encounter, but Batman was able to deduce the Cavalier's identity, leading to Drake's eventual imprisonment.

Kite Man, Charles Brown a man who can fly anything. He uses a giant kite to commit crimes.

Magpie, Margaret Pye is a jewel thief who specifically targets jewels named after birds and then replaces them with booby-trapped replicas. Her codename comes from the magpie, which, in folklore, is attracted to bright, shiny objects. Taking a job as a museum curator, she is slowly driven mad surrounded by the beautiful things she so loves but can never own.

The Orca, Dr. Grace Balin was a dedicated marine biologist and humanitarian until a tragic accident drove her down a path of self-destruction in the quest to heal herself. She managed to cure her affliction, but at the cost of becoming a monstrous anthropomorphic orca hybrid who resorted to a life of crime.

Mirage uses a gem that causes people to see elaborate illusions. He commits crimes while his victims are occupied fighting against these illusions.

Mime, Camilla Ortin is the daughter of a fireworks salesman who grew a disdain of loud noises after the death of her parents in a fireworks factory explosion.

Sweet Tooth, he commits crimes with a candy motif, and he appears to be addicted to eating candy and sweets. He wears a purple sweater and a yellow hat, and is clearly overweight. He uses children as henchmen who enjoy his gluttonous need for candy.

The Eraser, Lenny Fiasco was a college classmate of Bruce Wayne, who was known for constantly making mistakes on his assignments. The laughing stock of his class, he spent most his time erasing his mistakes. The final humiliation came when Bruce Wayne took the girl Lenny loved to the school’s Winter Carnival. Lenny dropped out of college and began a criminal career as the Eraser: offering to 'erase' the evidence of other criminals crimes in exchange for 20% of the take.

Which the Bat family are busy dealing with as they and other criminals took advantage of the chaos across the city. Spreading the heroes and the cops thin as they did their best to regain control. As the banks and stores are being robbed by the villains and people who saw easy money.

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Bank of Gotham -

With the people inside the building all out cold, and word having quickly spread around. One of the bigger gangs lead by Jervis Tetch the Mad Hatter, the Wonderland gang went to work in taking the banks money. And with there being so many break ins, the Bat family have their hands full.

Tweedledum & Tweedledee, Despite being cousins, Deever and Dumfree were so alike in both appearance and mannerisms that they could easily be mistaken for identical twins. Drawing inspiration from their shared love of Alice in Wonderland, the duo went on to commit multiple crimes in Gotham, dressed as the similarly-named twin brothers from, Through The Looking Glass. After the apparent death of Dumfree, his twin brother Dumson has since stepped in to take his place. Despite the shared Alice Allusion, much like the White Rabbit the Tweedles’ criminal operation rarely has anything to do with the Mad Hatter and they work with him only occasionally.

March Hare, Harriet Pratt was a British small-time con artist and occasional escort. She was eventually recruited into The Wonderland Gang by Tweedledee and Tweedledum.

The Carpenter, Jenna Duffy a small time thief and con artist, Duffy was originally from Keystone before moving to Gotham on the run from the cops. In Gotham she becomes a member of the Wonderland Gang. While not much of a criminal she has made a name for herself as a renovator for the hideouts of Gotham's extensive criminal element.

Walrus, Moe Blum uses a mask as his main weapon. The mask covers his mouth entirely and it has attached a pair of enormous metallic tusks to the front, giving him the aspect of a walrus.

The Lion, Lewis Yarnell a career thug and an enforcer.

The Unicorn, Skitch Benson a career thug and an enforcer.

White Rabbit, Jaina Hudson is the mastermind behind a toxin known to obliterate all fear from one's mind. Due to her involvement with Bane and the Scarecrow, she once managed to defeat Batman.

“Hold it right there,” Superman said standing in front of the main doors, shocking the Wonderland gang.

“Hey, what are you doing here?” The Carpenter asked.

“Batman called for some help,” Superman answers.

“He asked for help?” Mad Hatter asked completely shocked.

“I know, I’m as surprised as all of you,” Superman said. (1)

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New York City -

Inside a garbage truck, Egghead and Olga dressed as sanitation workers drove their truck full of gold out of the city, heading for the meeting spot. There the gold be unloaded and using their connections sell off the gold. With all the heroes busy at Gotham, the real target the gold exchange in New York was hit.

Everything went like as planned by Baby Doll, who had surprised everyone at the last minute about the real target so that no leaks would happen. Which worked just like in the film and with all the heroes busy they didn’t have to worry about them showing up. And now they have millions in gold and got the better of Batman who had expected them to hit a target in Gotham.

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Author's Note

1 - A whole lot of problems in the Batman comics would end a lot faster if he would just ask for help from the other heroes.