The Last Bat

JASON'S POV

I was standing on top of a hill looking around for any source of water or food or any signs of civilization. I have been traveling for three days now, only stopping at night to save fuel in the Batmobile, but all I can find is fucking sand!

"God fucking DAMN IT!" I screamed as I kicked some sand, I groaned as I leaned against the hood of the Batmobile.

"Sooo, are you just gonna throw a tantrum or are you gonna have an actual plan, Todd?" Damian asked while sitting on the hood of the Batmobile

"Will you shut the hell up, you little shit? Just gotta find some bearing of civilization. Maybe a road or or or hell, a fucking shack!" I said, soon groaning as my stomach growled, I haven't eaten anything since waking up from that pod and it is starting to take its toll on my body. I turned and took another look around and in the corner of my eye, I saw a flash. I turned and saw the same flash once more, I reached into the Batmobile pulled out my sniper rifle, and used the scope to get a closer look, I could make the outline of... A building! Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a town of some kind.

"Find something?" Batgirl asked

"Hopefully a town." I said as I put away my sniper rifle and got in the Batmobile, driving off towards the town.

"Remember to try and keep a low profile, there's no telling how people will react." Nightwing told me.

"Or if there even is anyone here." Robin said

"Yeah yeah, low, whatever." I said as I sped up and I saw the town in sight. I then stopped just outside of town and got out "Activate defense protocol."

"Defense Protocol Activated."

I nodded and walked into town. And what I saw shocked me beyond belief. I saw people, but they weren't... Human. They were animal-like people. I saw a giant walking fish-looking guy, a walking talking bird lady, a fat talking dog, and other strange people all walking and talking

"Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Red Robin asked out loud as he looked around.

"That this town is filled with walking talking animals? I'm seeing, but I ain't believing." I said as I walked on, drawing some attention to myself. Guest even in God knows how long my Red helmet and armor will always be the center of attention, especially now with the other weapons strapped on me. I soon found myself in some sort of market as dozens of merchants tried selling me all sorts of knickknacks, goods, valuables, and is that a horn?

"Unicorn horns! Get your unicorn horns, here!" A merchant was shouting to lure some customers.

"Unicorns? Really?" Robin scoffed

"Obviously a scam." I shook my head and kept on walking. As I walked I saw some drunks walking out of what I can assume is a bar, they stumbled and laughed their asses off. I walked by them and "accidentally" bumped into them

"Oh, my apologies." I said as I put some small pouches in my jacket. Guy needed a quick buck. I walked into the bar and immediately everyone stopped and looked at me. I stepped inside, and my boots thumping on the wooden floors was the only sound that could be heard as I made my way to the bar and sat down. Taking out one of the pouches I stole and set it down

"Get me as much booze and food as this can get me." I said, the bartender, a large bull, Minotaur I think it was called, stood there for a few seconds before pouring me a shot glass.

"Get this guy some grub." The Bartender told his workers in the back. I lifted my helmet a bit and drank my shot, it tasted sweet. Like it was just spiked apple juice at best

"Come on, get me something stronger." I told the bartender as he gave me another drink. I downed it in one go "Do all you fucking have is juice? Get me something that will have me pass out in the middle of the street in my own vomit!" I demanded. The bartender scoffed and slammed down a large bottle of some type of blue liquid

"Dragon's breath. Now drink and shut up." He said as I grabbed the bottle and popped it open. Taking a swing of it. It was a lot better than the shit they were giving me before.

"Oh great, now you're getting drunk. Why am I not surprised." Robin mocked as he sat down next to me.

"Shut it, you little shit." I said

"The fuck you say?" A small rodent thing asked while looking at me from a table

"Not you!" I shouted at him as I took another swing of my drink

"Jason, you need to keep low. Don't draw too much attention to yourself." Batgirl told me as she looked around

"Blah blah blah." I said as my food came, The bartender set down some fried chicken and... Bugs? Ah, fuck it. I haven't eaten in days and I ain't picky. I started eating my food and enjoying the feeling of having something in my stomach again.

"What's next? Go to the nearest bar and get even more drunk?"

"I said shut the hell up, you little snot-nosed bastard."

"You got a problem, buddy?" The rodent guy from earlier asked as he stood on the bar and walked over to me along with two other bigger idiots.

"This doesn't look good." Red Robin said

"No shit, Sherlock. The fuck does it look like to you?" I asked him

"You got two choices. Either hand over everything you got and live or we can kill you and take everything off your corpse." The rodent said as he pulled out a knife. The two goons behind me also pulled out their own knives as well. The other patrons in the bar all started getting up and grabbing anything they could use as a weapon. I looked at the rodent with drink in hand

"Don't do it."

"Calm down, Jay-bird."

"There is no need for this."

"I give him five seconds."

"What's wrong? Cat got your tongue?" The rodent cackled. I didn't say anything as I then slammed the bottle over his head and pushed back against the bar and into the two goons behind me. Knocking them back as I then jumped over them and pulled out Nightwing's batons. The two goons then lunged at me but I used the batons to block their knives and then pushed them back against the counter, I then electrocuted both of them and they dropped to the floor twitching.

"Freak!" A large bird man threw a chair at me but I caught it and threw it back at him.

"Alright, that's it!" The bartender wrapped his arms around me and lifted me up "Your ass is getting thrown out!" I rammed the back of my head in his face over and over until he let go, I then turned around and whacked the baton across his face, dropping him. I was then tackled by a large dog guy, dropping my batons I was now getting punched in the face.

"Very impressive, Todd. Bravo. Bravo indeed." Robin said sarcastically while slowly clapping

"Fuck! You! Mother! Fucker!" I moved my head to the side to avoid a devastating punch and then grabbed his arm, pushing him off me I jumped to my feet and then roundhouse a kicked another dog in the face. Knocking him into a table. Another small rodent held out two knives and started twirling them in his hands, pulling off some great skill with them that could only be achieved through countless hours of training. I quickly kicked him and sent him flying out a window

"Ugly rat." I scoffed, the rest of the bar patrons charged at me and I took out Red Robin's bo-staff and started using it to keep many of them at bay with my new long reach on them. I rammed the tip at one guy's throat and pushed him down and then jumped over him and brought down the bo-staff on another guy's head. I brought the bo-staff back to hit a man in the gut and then smacked another one across the jaw. I then twirled it around to knock out a group of them that surrounded me.

"Is that all you got?" I scoffed as I looked around to see all of them lying on the floor groaning in pain. I put Red's bo-staff away and picked up Nightwing's batons as I grabbed another bottle of Dragon's breath and chugged it down. Walking out of the bar I stumbled a little bit but was still fine. But before I could get far I turned and drew one of my pistols and aimed at a... Cat man? It was an anthropomorphic cat man with dirty blonde fur, blue... Hair. And wore a dirty red jacket.

"Whoa whoa, easy there, buddy. Didn't mean to sneak up on ya." The cat man said.

"You didn't. I saw you at the far end of the bar watching the entire time. So tell me what the hell is it you want or just walk away." I told the cat as he gently nudged my pistol away from his face.

"No need for such hostility, my good sir. I saw what happened in there and I do not want to get on the wrong side of you. Capper's the name. Charming's mine game." The cat, now named Capper, introduced himself. I eyed him carefully and looked for body language.

"Red Hood." I told him, refusing to give my real name. This guy had the looks, charm, and charisma of a con man. He seemed to rely on his words and quick feet rather than muscle. I could take him down easily.

"You can definitely handle yourself, that much I can tell, but you won't get very far if everyone in town is wanting your head." Capper said as he came to my side and put a hand on my shoulder. I was a head taller than him and looked down at him, he chuckled nervously and let go before clearing his throat "However, I can make sure you are able to navigate your way around here without the trouble of finding, well, trouble. At least, not too much."

"Trouble and I have a special thing going on, we'll find a way to each other sooner or later." I said as I started to walk away but Capper appeared in front of me, he seemed pretty quick.

"That may be. But maybe I can introduce you to Lady Fortune. I need someone with your... Expertise to help me with something." Capper confessed. And there it is.

"Sorry, buddy, but I don't kill for money." I said as I shoved him away

"Kill? Oh no no no no! You got it all wrong! I just need someone who can... Be persuasive to others and have the perfect look of it." Capper told me while giving me a look over.

"You want me to scare someone, or at the very least beat someone. So what is it? Debt collection? Breaking and entering? Fixed fight?" I questioned him "Or do you owe someone something?" I saw Capper flinch a bit, gotcha.

"Well, now that you mention it, I do owe some... Money to an acquaintance of mine, and this does include a... Fight. But I'm sure an individual such as yourself can handle himself, and if you win-"

"When I win."

"When you win you'll get a hefty amount of bits for your time. So, what do you say?" Capper held out his paw to me.

"... Show me. Oh, and if you do try to stab me in the back, I'll skin you alive." I warned him, he gulped and chuckled before leading me off somewhere. The others weren't so very keen on this guy, well, except Nightwing.

"I like this guy, he seems nice." Nightwing said

"You're an idiot and your opinion matters to me as much as my love for others." I said

"A lot?"

"Non-existent." Capper turned back to me with a strange look in his eyes "Take me to whoever I need to beat the shit out of and don't ask any questions." I told him. He nodded and turned back as we walked down some steps in an alleyway. Using my helmet I was able to see dozens and dozens of people, or animal people, inside. Capper knocked on the door and a small window opened

"Password." The man behind the door said

"The Nighthawk soars tonight." Capper said. Soon the door opened and we walked inside. I could already hear the chants and cheers and groans inside as the crowd watched two fighters beat each other. Capper led me down and up towards a board of some kind, which seemed to be where they place bets with all the names and amount of cash they're betting.

"I'd like to sign up my friend here. Twenty thousand says he wins five fights and wins all of them." Capper said, I turned and grabbed him by his tail and yanked him towards me

"That wasn't part of the deal."

"H-Hey now! You'll be fine! Don't tell me you aren't strong enough to handle a few guys in a fight?" Capper smirked at me, but I could see the fear in his eyes. I narrowed my eyes at him and let go of his tail.

"After this, you get supplies, food, water, and a map of this entire place." I told him. Capper nodded and the man behind the counter was taking bets

"Name?" The man asked

"Red Hood." I told him

"Oookay. No weapons or armor." The man said "You can put your stuff in the lockers." Capper started leading me to the lockers. Once there I started taking off my jacket and gear.

"I remember everything here. Anything turns up missing, I'm killing you and everyone else here." I warned Capper as I was now only wearing my red helmet, gloves, and skin-tight shirt and pants. I was barefoot. I started walking out and heard the crowd cheer as I made my way into the ring that was surrounded by a steel cage. I stepped into the ring, I could see dry blood on the ground and even some fresh blood dripping down from the cage

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome back to another fabulous night of blood and glory! Today we have a new challenger with us, and he has agreed to challenge five, I say FIVE, opponents and win all of them! Can he survive or will we have to dump his body in the back?" The announcer said as the crowd both cheered and booed me.

"Our first challenger is a pony, but don't let his size fool you! He is quick as lightning and strikes just as fast! Give it up for Flash Step!" A... Pony? He had yellow skin, a yellow mane in a mohawk, and a crazy look in his red eyes as he walked up to the cage and started cheering for himself, pumping himself up and the crowd. He turned to face me, damn he was small. He reached about just my stomach at best.

"I'm gonna use your helmet to eat cereal out of it!" Flash Step taunted as he circled me. I just stood there no batting an eye at his taunt. Suddenly he lunged at me from behind but I quickly roundhouse kicked him, he flew to the other side of the cage and slammed hard against it. The crowd went silent as they saw just how quickly Flash Step was taken down. Until it erupted in cheers and groans.

"Well, that was certainly uneventful." Nightwing said as he poked at Flash Step.

"They did say he was quick. Not something you wanna be known for for some things." Batgirl giggled.

"Pathetic." Robin said.

"Unbelievable! One hit! All it took was one hit! I saw it but I can't believe it!" Two guys then carried Flash Step out and the announcer announced the next challenger "Hopefully this one will put up a bit of a fight! One of our best heavy hitters! Iron Will!" I turned and saw a large Minotaur make his way to the cage

"Iron Will is gonna bring the hurt on ya, little man! You're gonna be wishing you were never born to never face me in your life!" Iron Will said while flexing.

"Aim for the kidneys and back legs." Batman told me

"Shut up, old man." I said while cracking my knuckles

"Old man?! Bring it on!" Iron Will then charged at me and reeled his massive fist back, I ducked under his swing and hit him in his kidney, Iron Will gasped in shock and pain. Taking this opportunity I then swung my fist and hit him in his jaw. A tooth flew out his mouth and some blood splattered the floor. I grabbed Iron Will by his horns and slammed my knee into his face over and over and over again. Iron Will grabbed me lifted me up and ran towards the wall, but I quickly used my feet to bounce off the wall and slam his head into the ground. I then stomped on his head over and over again until he was left in a puddle of his own blood. The crowd cheered once more as Iron Will was dragged out.

"Did you have to go so far?" Batman asked while standing over Iron Will's blood.

"Don't give me none of that bullshit!" I shouted, The crowd mistook it for me boasting about myself in the fight

"Oh ho! Looks like our challenger isn't satisfied! Maybe this one will change his mind! Show him what you're made of, boys! Give it up for the twins! Crash and Thrash!" Soon two large dog men came into the cage. One was fat but I could tell right away that it was muscle instead of just flabby fat, the other was a little smaller by a head and had a more athletic lean build.

"Let me guess. You're the small cocky fast one and you're the big tough stupid one." I said while pointing at them.

"You take that back or I'll kill you!" The big guy demanded

"Alright, alright, you're not tough."

"That's better!"

"How long do you think until he figures it out?" Red Robin asked

"Give it a minute." I told him

"Hey!" The big guy finally figured it out

"Don't let him get to ya, Crash. Let's teach this guy a lesson." The other dog, I'm assuming is Thrash, said as he then dashed towards me and closed the distance in just a few seconds. He was pretty fast. He bared his fangs and tried taking a bite out of my neck, I quickly stepped back to avoid his bites until I felt my back hit the cage.

"Watch out!" Batgirl warned me as Thrash snapped his jaw at me. I grabbed his mouth and held it open to avoid having my throat ripped out. I saw Crash charging at me with his fists balled together and raised up high. I let go of Thrash's mouth and quickly ducked, rolling away just as Crash slammed his fists down on Thrash.

"Ow! Fucking, watch it!" Thrash shouted as he held his head while groaning on the ground. I saw my chance and ran up behind Crash and kicked him behind his knee, making him buckle over. I then caught him in a chokehold as Crash started running around to try and get me off.

"Get! Off! Me!" Crash shouted as he slammed me back against the cage, I groaned in pain but held out and tightened my hold around him.

"Just fucking go down!" I said as I felt him slow down and get sluggish with his movement until he finally dropped to the floor. I let him go and rolled off him

"Thrash! I'll kill you!" Crash cried as he tackled me and punched me in the face, I gritted my teeth and kicked him off me. I jumped to my feet and ran towards him. I then jumped up and axe-kicked him, Crash tried blocking it with his arm but I could hear something crack "AAGH!" He cried out in pain. I then grabbed him and wrapped my hand around his throat, I lifted up high and slammed him down on the ground.

"Let's see you get up after this!" I got on top of him and started punching him across his face. Blood and teethes flew as I punched him

"Jason, that's enough!"

"It's over!"

"You won! Get off him!" I heard them speak and finally stopped. I looked down and saw that Thrash's face was beaten to a bloody pulp and was covered in bruises. I stood up and panted as the two brothers were taken away from the ring.

"Amazing! Even when up against two he still beat them! Incredible! Outstanding! So bloody good! Hahaha! It's the final round! It's against the champion this time! Place your final bets now! Give a warm welcome to our champion! The skull crusher! The King of Fighters! Bane!" My eyes widened in shock as I heard this, It couldn't be, right? I looked over as I saw "Bane" make his way towards the arena. He was a large griffin with black and white feathers, what really caught my attention was that he was fucking HUGE and that he had a mask that was an exact replica of Bane's mask.

"No way... I-It can't be possible...." Nightwing said as all of us stared at him. "Bane" then roared so loud that me and many of the crowd had to cover our ears.

"I'm gonna use your bones as a toothpick!" Bane taunted as he stepped into the ring. I balled my fists as I wasted no time in charging at him. He charged at me as well, I slid under him to hit him from behind but he grabbed me and slammed me down into the ground. He didn't stop there as Bane lifted me up and held me in a bear hug, I cried out in pain as I could feel my body getting crushed.

"Gah! Fuuuck!" I groaned. I heard Bane laugh as my pain. I gritted my teeth and started headbutting him in his face, it took a few hits until he finally let me go. I balled my fists and threw quick jabs at his stomach but they barely even fazed him. Bane swung at me but I quickly ducked and sidestepped away from him.

"Hold still!" Bane kept swinging at me but I kept my distance from him and threw quick punches whenever I could. He may be bigger and stronger, but no matter how strong he gets the damage will accumulate over time. I aimed for his sides, liver, and his face with each hit. It took a bit of time but I could see that the damage was taking its toll on his body, he got slower and was losing energy. Bane then roared as he charged at me but I quickly rolled out of the way, Bane crashed through the cage and fell down, Bane tried getting up but his claws were caught between the cages. I got on top of him and started beating him

"Jason, you need to get information. This body isn't normal, even if he is a Griffin!" Batman told me but I didn't listen. I just kept hitting him and hitting him and hitting him. I had to make sure he stayed down. That he doesn't get up. That he doesn't hurt anyone else! That he can't bring any more harm! To end him! To finish him!

"Jason! Stop it, that's enough!"

"Stop it! Jason, get off him!"

"You're gonna kill him!"

Their words were just muffled as I kept hitting him. Yelling and bashing his head in. I didn't stop until God knows how long, I panted heavily and looked down. His head... Was practically mush at this point. My hands were covered in blood and shaking. I looked up and saw the crowd was both horrified and amazed, but I couldn't hear anything except for a ringing in my ear. I stumbled out of the arena and back into the locker room, quickly putting on my armor and gear. I groaned and punched the locker, putting a dent in it.

"W-Well, that was, um, something." Capper chuckled nervously as he came into the locker room "B-But we won the prize money, thanks to you."

"Get me a map, food, and water." I told him. Capper gulped and nodded

"J-Just one second!" Capper said as he ran out to get me what I ordered him. I sat down and looked down at my hands, they were covered in blood. I sighed and looked over to see a bucket of water, getting up I started to wash my hands, after a few minutes I was able to wash some of it off, but they were still soaked in blood. I clenched my fists and kicked the bucket away.

After some time of waiting Capper came back with a backpack.

"Everything you need. A-And some bits as a token of my thanks." Capper said while setting down the backpack. I stood up and grabbed the backpack and left without saying a word. I headed out of the underground fight club and made my way back to the Batmobile. I saw some thugs trying to steal it but the second they touched it they were electrocuted and sent flying back. I chuckled and hopped into the Batmobile, after setting down my backpack in the back I started driving off. I couldn't help but think back to that Griffin, There was no way he could be that big normally, he had to have taken something. And I fear that I'm right about what it is. Damn it! I shouldn't have killed him. I groaned and kept driving as if things couldn't get any more complicated.