3rd pov
As the smoke cleared there stood several figures on the battlefield. Figures that were blooded and in need of medical attention all but a certain few. Batmare, Supermare, and Wondermare were the ones standing over the beaten body of Vandal Savage. Supermare was holding onto Batmare for support due to her leg being broken.
The stallion himself could barely move his arms due to the shattered limb caused by taking a fist to fist attack from supermare. He looked up at the ones who had taken him down, he couldn't help but sneer at the heroes for stopping his plans. He had never been so humiliated in his entire long life and wanted nothing more than to end his own miserable life.
Supermare looked around the battle field that was once a city bustling with life now crumpled city. She set Batmare Down to go and check for casualties. She looked down at her friend and asked "Are you going to be alright Batmare?" The hero gave a nod before Supermare sped off.
Batmare being stubborn as she is tried to get up but failed. Wondermare taken notice helped her friend up and walked over to a makeshift bench and sat the dark knight down. Just then a plane flew over head and dropped something right where Vandal was. The heroes were ready to take on a new threat no matter how beaten they were.
But nothing came the plane just flew away leaving the heroes confused, but then laughter. Batmare and Wondermare took their battle stances when they looked to where the laughter came from. Batmare couldn't believe what she was seeing, Vandal Savage the Stallion known for being cold hearted was cackling like a mad stallion, but then he stopped. He had a wide unnatural grin spreading across his face showing his gums and perfect teeth in an unnerving smile.
"Hurry check his pulse now!" Batmare yelled to Wondermare which the hero was still stunned after seeing the state Vandal was in. She snapped out of it when she heard Batmare and rushed in the crater Vandal was beaten into. After Checking that he was indeed alive due to his immortality she could feel his pulse starting and stopping, it would stop for a few seconds then start again but stop again a second. It seems whatever was effecting him was trying to kill him but failing.
Wondermare gave a concerned glance towards Batmare to which the hero could already tell what was happening due to her knowledge on Vandal Savage. She looked towards the sky to find nothing there just then Supermare landed next to her and assessed the situation. "Ah heard something happened. what happened to him?" she looked over to where Vandal was and grimaced at the sight.
"It would seem that somebody gassed him with Joker toxin" She placed her finger near her ear "Oracle Is the joker still in Gotham?" After no response she asked "Oracle?"
"Oh Sorry Batmare. yes she is still in Gotham, but she hasn't been seen for...Weeks! Sorry I got a bit distracted there." she said in a low voice.
" I have to get back Gotham to see what the joker is up to. Is everything going to be alright how is everypony?" She activated the batjet and got her grapple gun at the ready.
Supermare looked at batmare and said "Ah understand ya got ya responsibilities to take care of. And answer yer question everypony mostly made it out with some scratches and bruises. The civilians all made it out before the major damage was done, but..."
"But?" Batmare asked sounding concerned
"Some of them died at the start of the battle" Supermare turned her head in shame not wanting to face her friend look her shock she knew she had. "I know ya said we should have waited until he was away from the city but ah couldn't that little filly get hur-" she heard the sound of a grapple gun being fired before Batmare took off. She didn't need to look to know that the dark knight was feeling responsible for what happened.
Supermare turned her head to see the batjet flying off in the distance. She felt somepony touch her shoulder and looked to see it was Wondermare. She hugged her friend trying to ease the pain of failing all those lost souls. She jerked up and punched the ground in anger. Feeling something wet on her hand she opened her eyes to see tear drops on her fist, she knew she could do nothing but know that if she waited she could've saved those lives
Batmare pov
That idiot!!! I told her to wait and be careful about this, but noooooo she had to act first instead of thinking things through. I knew that Vandal was never going to kill that filly because had never killed foals he sees value in them rather than to kill mindlessly. I sighed as I laid back into my seat.
The whole plan was simple: We take down savage before he sends an energy wave that destroys all the technology leaving us in the stone age. Supermare had to get herself involved and complicate the plan I should have used the kryptonite gas to stop her but I didn't want to harm her. The last time I used it was when we fought but I thought that would weaken her not give an allergic reaction. I guess only being near the green rock should be enough to weaken her.
I just wish I could have done this alone instead of partnering with other heroes, this is why I work alone. I made it back to the watch tower and headed to the medical room I would never admit this to Alfred but there are times where I do admit I need to let my body rest.
After an hour of healing I made my way to the launch pad and there I saw Green Arrow sharpening his arrows. He looked up and gave me and smirk. He Had hated metaponies to a degree that he was skeptical of joining this team, to be honest I did to but I saw it as more of an opportunity to see and keep other metapoines in check.
" I saw the battle on the news. I thought you said no causalities" He said as his smirk turned into a frown. He couldn't be more angry at me than I was at myself. So no point in letting him get to me. I made my way past him and to my jet when he stepped into my path. "Why did you do it?"
"Do what?" I responded already knowing where this conversation was headed.
"Letting it get like that."
"I didn't Supermare was the one who ac-"
"So you did let somepony else join you. Where was my invite huh?" He interrupted
"Supermare was useful for finding the device quicker than anyone here so if you don't mind I need to check on Gotham." I knew I was just making excuses but I had no time for this my city is in constant danger with that clown on the loose. I made my way to the jet and was about to get in when I heard.
"So you're going to go back to your ex-marefriend, Back to her to the Joker?" I stopped mid climb to look at him. How much does he know? I made sure all records of that disappeared or deleted.
"What was that Arrow?" I asked stepping off my jet to confront him.
"I said..." He stepped closer "You're going to go back to you on going mistake. The one mistake you should have killed when you met her after she changed" He started to walk around me taunting me " Of course I wouldn't kill the person I once loved, but killing a entire TV station just to get your attention. You should have thrown her in a dark hole instead of Arkham." HE stopped right infront of me pointing his arrow at my chin. "How many ponies has she killed? How many poor houses has she destroyed just to get you to throw her in the same place every time you catch her"
I didn't wanted to answer him but it was too many to count...no that's not right I did count... seven million ponies and Gotham is half that. She has killed way to many people and I couldn't bring myself to throw her in prison, because I still think I can save her and I still can. She was once everything to me, my light in my dark world my pinkie. In some strange way I do like seeing her but could never kill her not because of my morals but because in some twisted way she is still my light in this dark world
I walked back to my jet and left. I still remember the time Joker and I calmly talked no fight, no traps, and no pony dying.
3rd pov
Flash back
The church alter was filled with screaming ponies as they ran due to the arrival of the famous Joker. As all of the ponies ran out of the church there the Joker sat staring at the altar in longing. Soon Batmare walked in the church find the Joker sitting in the front row looking at the alter.
"I'm not here for a fight Bats...just here to remember something that was lost to me a long time ago." She said with a sigh
For the first time since the third time she met the Joker she felt relieved that she didn't want to fight for once in a long time. She sat down right next to her former lover now nemesis. She looked over at the Joker noticing her usual purple suit was replaced with a black suit and her normally frizzy hair was a bit straighter but still had its frizzyness. Batmare wanted to take off her cowl right then and there but she couldn't risk exposing her identity to her nemesis. So she asked "What did you want to remember, Pinkie?"
She flinched at the name but said nothing continued to stare at the alter as if it would change something about her. "You know I had a Marefriend once, She was the sweetest thing to ever happen to me. I use to run a bakery down the street of this church and then stuff happened and I owed some people some money and I was struggling, but she was always the light of my day every time she came into my shop and I never stop smiling because of her." She leaned forward and shed tears down her face " And you know the worst part I can't even remember her face or name" She cried
Batmare felt a ping of pain in her heart. She reached over and pulled Pinkie, her Pinkie into a hug. Pinkie for her didn't push or pull away but leaned into the hug and cried. After a few minutes she pulled away keeping her head on Batmare's shoulder looking at the alter. "You can still stop you know? Stop this madness."
Pinkie started chuckling Which confused Batmare before realizing it wasn't Pinkie she was talking to. The chucking turned into full blown laughter before Joker stood up and tore her black suit off revealing her usual purple suit underneath. She stepped up the podium and placed a button on it "You know Batsy I would but where Batmare be without her Joker. Somepony to deliver the punchline" Joker pulled out a gun and pointed it at Batmare and pulled the trigger shooting out a flag with the word 'bang' on it.
Batmare sat there unfazed and a little heartbroken. Here she thought she could get back her old pinkie but that was still a far off dream. She stood ready to fight her nemesis but what stopped her was the lustful look Joker was giving her, suddenly Batmare Felt small compared to the predator to the Joker before her. She shook her head to clear those thoughts and prepared to fight her nemesis.
Little did she know that church would be destroyed two days later and Joker was not happy
Present day
The batjet pulled into the bat cave through the waterfall and landed on the landing pad. Batmare exited the batjet and proceeded to her console to search for the Joker or anyone associated with her. She found out like what Starlight said there had been no sign of the joker or any activity involving her for weeks.
She sighed 'Guess there is no point in trying to waste time like this. Better head to bed then I'll go out tomorrow night' .She got up to change out her batsuit and into regular clothes which was a dress shirt and some jean pants. She made her way out of the batcave.
The Sparkle clock moved outwards as Twilight came out behind the clock. Her eyes widen at the sight of sparkle manor, book shelves on the ground, broken glass on the ground, couch stuffing scattered about the floor. Panic flew through Twilight as she ran through the manor for her little brother and butler.
"Spike, Alfred are you there?" She yelled as she ran into every room and searched every hidden location she knew about. As she heard no response she turned on her communicator "Oracle I need you to find the tackers of Alfred and Spike" Hearing nothing but static she tried again "Oracle do you read me?" Hearing nothing again she turned to the last place to check her bedroom.
She opened the door and was greeted by a clean room despite the rest of the manor. Inside the white sheets on the bed were replaced by dark red coverings, and the rugs which were dark blue now were white with smiling lips. She stepped into the room and noticed a white sheet covering something on the bed. She pulled the sheet off to reveal a old TV set with a VCR player built into it.
In the VCR player there was a cassette tape that said 'play me' written in red. She pressed it down and pressed rewind. The scene showed a beaten up Alfred and Spike with the camera zooming into focus. Then the camera shifted to Joker's face before going back to the two. A chair spun in front of the camera before falling down sideways. Joker scrambling to set the chair upright before sitting down resting her arms on the back of the chair.
"Heya Batsy!!! Now you're wondering why i broke into your house and foalnapped you butler and brother. Well you see i have gotten tired of our back and forth and want to settle this in a grand fight." Joker turned the camera to reveal Starlight, Rainbow dash and Scootaloo all beaten up and bruised and all wearing their classic outfits. Rainbow wearing her old Robin costume and it look like it was made to fit her seeing how she was a teenager when she died in the old costume. Starlight was also wearing her Batfilly suit before time as oracle. Scootaloo was wearing a Jokerized version of her costume, instead of red it was green and the green sleeves was replaced by purple.
"Now I want to celebrate a blast from the past. I even went through the liberty of digging up some old costumes and having your kids wear them in remberance of all the times we had together." This was worrying for Twilight because not only had her identity had been found out but her family had been foalnapped. While she was trying to find out where they are she was also trying to find out how the Joker Knew she was Batmare.
The camera panned to Joker choking Rainbow with a crowbar. "Hey!!! Pay attention my love or else i will give this one a reminder of our little crowbar incident a few years ago" Twilight snapped out want ever thought process she had. "That's it my love. Now i want you to pay attention only to me." She said as she lowered the crowbar. She walked over to the camera keeping it on her face.
She turned the camera to and old abandoned factory that has been laid with traps and jokerized contraption. Then a card board showing the address was on frame. "I want to you come home to me Batsy, i miss you, i want you i need you here with me, and tonight we end it all. You and me together forever." Joker turned the camera on her face giving an uncharacteristically soft smile "Come home to me Twilly willy."
The the camera cuts of showing the reflection of Twilight with tears streaming down her face. She knew where those addresses lead. She has to stop Joker this time she had gone too far.
Twilight turned to walk down to the batcave to suit up. As she was suiting up she caught a glimpse of photo before turning to look at it. It was a photo of Twilight and Pinkie cuddled close together on a couch watching a movie. Both of them were sleeping and drooling on each other. She remembered Alfred being the one to take that picture and telling him not to do something like that again, but also asking to make two copies so she could give it to Pinkie.
She stepped away before making her way to the batmobile and speeding off.
To be continued...
