//------------------------------// // Vengeance // Story: My Little Arkham // by ADHD365 //------------------------------// "Comin' through, B-man!" Twilight sat on the gargoyle and watched the action below. Harley sprung over two of the thugs that were right in front of her and began flipping toward the man in the cape who had just entered the church. The man didn't budge. Harley continued flipping closer and closer until she was in arms length. That’s when the man moved. In one motion, he grabbed her arm as she made another flip and struck her square in the chest with his other hand. Harley yelped as she flew backwards about five feet and landed on her side. As the man stepped closer to her, the four thugs cocked their guns and pointed them directly at the man. One of them spoke, "Let the lady go, bat-freak. Or else these people all get a bullet in their head!" The man stopped where he was. Harley slowly stood up and began to dust herself off. "I think you should do as he says. It would be a shame to get blood all over my nice new outfit! What do you think, Bat-Brain? Like it?" The man glared at her, but he said nothing. Harley spun around, showing off her apparel from every angle. Then she began to walk in circles around him, tauntingly. "What am I saying, of course you do! Who wouldn't?! So anyway, here's the deal. Mr. J is really not up for a visit right now. He's not feeling himself. Well actually, he was earlier, but that's not what I meant!" She continued to walk around him. He never took his eyes off of her. "He’s not doing so good and that idiot doctor I sent from here didn’t help! I’ve seen more smarts from these bozos! She skipped to the door and put her hand on the handle, she turned around again. "I gotta run, boys! If he tries anything funny, kill him!" She blew the man a kiss before he opened the door and ran out. Twilight looked down to her friends all huddling together. None of them looked as nervous as they had before. Rainbow snuck a glimpse up to her. Asking her, "Who is this guy?" with her eyes. Twilight shrugged slightly, then turned her attention back to the man as the thugs began to talk to him. "Don't you move, Batman! Just stay there and this'll all end okay." The thug next to him looked terrified. "What do you mean 'end okay'?! She. Left us. Alone. With. Batman!" Twilight glanced down to her friends again. Cash was leaning over and whispering something into the ponies' ears. All their eyes grew wide as they listened to what he said. Rainbow glanced up at Twilight with a look of hope across her face. Suddenly, Batman threw something at his feet while the thugs were speaking, and a huge cloud of smoke engulfed him. All the thugs jumped back and began to open fire into the cloud. The sudden noise startled Twilight, but she held on to the gargoyle very tight. The thugs continued to fire into the smoke cloud until it started to clear. Batman was gone. "Where's he gone?!" said one of the thugs. "He’s vanished! He disappeared!" said the other. They all scurried away from where Batman disappeared. The two thugs closest to either side of the church ran toward the group of hostages. The one on the right grabbed a doctor and put his rifle to his head. Then he led the doctor into the room that Applejack had used to hide in. He waited underneath the scaffolding, turned around and waited with his rifle still on the doctor’s head. The other one grabbed Dr. Hamaski, and did the same with his rifle. "Time to play hostage!" he yelled. He led the doctor into the confessional that was a few paces away and closed the door. The two thugs that remained slowly walked to the front of the church. They were nervously yelling at each other. “We need to get out of here!” said one. "He's gonna get us!" said the other. "Batman! Can you hear me? Try and get us, and these people die!" “That won’t stop him!” The other thug sounded on the verge of tears, “Oh man, I’m gonna die in here! Now Twilight was really scared. She looked to her friends, unsure of what to do. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were forced to look down, but Applejack was lying on her side, still in pain from the attack she had received earlier. She turned her head slightly to look at Twilight. She made a subtle motion with her hoof telling her to stay there. Then Applejack gave her a small smile to assure her. Twilight was at a loss. Her friends were literally about to die, and Applejack just told her not to worry. She knew Applejack wouldn't lie to her friends, but Twilight still felt like she needed to do something. The thugs guarding the group of hostages were standing in front of the organ at the front of the church. That's when she saw Batman float down to the ground behind them. He landed without making a single sound. He crouched and made his way behind the two thugs. The thugs remained completely unaware that he was there. Then he attacked. He stood up, grabbed both of the thugs' heads and slammed them together in one fluid motion. The collision made a disgusting sounding crunch, but now they were unconscious. Batman stepped over them and walked to the hostages. He spoke to them softly. "It's not safe yet. Stay here, and don't make a noise." Cash nodded in understanding. Batman pulled out a small gun, and aimed it upward. This gun was sleeker than the rifles the thugs were using, and it had a claw attached to the front of it. When he pulled the trigger, it made a small hissing noise and a cable shot out of the barrel. One second later, he swiftly ascended into the darkness. Twilight saw him climb up onto the gargoyle on the opposite side of the room. Once Batman climbed on top, turned and saw Twilight on her gargoyle. She was clinging to it, and staring at him with curiosity. He lifted his hand to her, motioning her to stay there. She held onto the gargoyle tighter. Batman used his grapple gun to silently swing to another gargoyle on the left side of the church, out of her line of sight. She looked to her friends below. They all looked up at her with the same look of confusion while they waited for something to happen. There was absolute silence for about seventeen long seconds before they heard an enormous crash of wood followed by a scream, and another loud snap. "One more to go..." Twilight thought to herself. "What was that?! What's going on?!" the thug on the opposite side of the room screamed. He got no response. "Hello?! Answer me!!" Silence. "Oh, hell no. He got you, didn't he? Stay back, Batman! STAY BACK!!" The thug sounded terrified. Twilight couldn't see him, but she knew he was on the verge of panicking. There was another long period of silence. After about twenty-one seconds, a light clattering noise broke it. It was followed by quiet, muffled screams. It was the same thug. The clattering sound must have been him dropped his gun. The muffled screams died out after about five seconds, then the silence returned for only two. Batman shouted from across the room, "The room is secure! You're safe now!" The doctors slowly started to get up. The officers were up first, and were helping the rest get moving. Cash loosened the ropes that bound Rainbow's hoofs together, and then they went on to help free Pinkie Pie and Applejack. Once Pinkie Pie was free, she quickly ran under the gargoyle and looked up at Twilight. "Twilight! You can come down now, the bad guys are gone!" "I know, Pinkie! I'm coming!" she replied. Twilight exhaled and focused. Her horn began to glow as she concentrated. Then with a bright flash, she appeared on the ground next to Pinkie. She ran to Twilight and embraced her in a big hug. "Twilight! You're okay! That was pretty scary, let's not do that again, okay?" she said in her usual, bubbly, Pinkie Pie way. Twilight smiled as she returned the embrace. "Sounds good to me, Pinkie." They separated and walked back to the rest of the group. Rainbow was kneeling down next to Applejack. She turned around to face Twilight and Pinkie. She looked very worried. "Twilight, Pinkie, Applejack's really hurt!" Applejack's cocky attitude got the better of her a few minutes ago. She didn't go with one of the thugs peacefully and tried to make a run for it. When she couldn't, a clown thug made her see the error of her ways. Rainbow would've been furious with her now if she didn't need so much help. Twilight and Pinkie quickened their pace over to her side. She didn't look good. She had a few cuts and a lot of bruises on her midsection. That thug really did a number on her. Applejack looked up as they approached and gave a weak smile. "Mmf... Howdy, girls." "Applejack, are you okay?" Twilight asked as she knelt down next to Rainbow. Applejack sat up as best she could, "Well, ah ain't gonna lie to ya Twi, ah've been better." Twilight closely examined her bruises. Then she turned to Pinkie Pie. "Pinkie, go get one of the doctors and get back here as fast as you can!" Pinkie stood up as straight as she could and gave a salute with her hoof. "Okie, dokie, lokie!" she giggled, and then she took off toward the room on the right. They all smiled at her chipper response except Rainbow Dash. She felt really frustrated with everypony. Pinkie Pie had blown her cover and gotten them both caught, Applejack didn't think about what would happen before taking off into danger, and Twilight begged her to wait with her on the gargoyle instead of saving Applejack. This place was really getting on her nerves fast. "What's wrong, Rainbow?" Applejack asked. Rainbow looked off in another direction. "Nothing, I'm fine." she huffed. "Is everything alright?" a deep voice behind them said. They all nearly jumped out of their skins. Twilight and Rainbow whipped around at breakneck speed. Batman stood right behind them. They didn't hear him walk up behind them at all. He didn’t even flinch as they turned so quickly. He looked down at them, expressionless. Rainbow took a moment to catch her breath before replying. "No... Our friends are missing and she's really hurt." Batman looked to Applejack. "Why did they only attack you?" he asked. "I, uh, have a little problem when it comes to gettin' pushed around." Applejack replied. "You’ll learn." he said, "Where are your friends?" "That's the thing, we don't know." Twilight stepped forward. "We have no idea where to start looking either. We don't even know if they're still alive." Batman glanced at her. "Don't worry. If they are still alive, I'll find them. You should stay here. It's too dangerous for you anywhere else." Rainbow stepped forward. "What are you doing here in the first place? Cash said you were one of the good guys!" She said defensively. "You don't want to know what I did." he said darkly. Rainbow got chills when he said it, and backed up again. Batman turned and walked toward the entrance. He called back to them, "After I'm finished with Joker, I'll look for your friends." Rainbow paused as she processed the name in her head. "Joker?" she mumbled to herself, "Who's Joker?" She wanted to ask Batman, but he turned toward the door to the left of the entrance and went inside. Rainbow, Twilight, and Applejack all exchanged confused looks. That's when Pinkie Pie returned with Dr. Hamaski. "Here she is, doc! Do you think you can help her feel better?" she asked him. ”Well, lets take a quick look.” The doctor bent down to see Applejack's bruises better. He glanced at them and gave her a minor physical. Applejack cringed and exclaimed when the pain was too much. While she was getting checked out, Rainbow turned toward the entrance. She wanted to go out and look for Fluttershy and Rarity. She also knew it was dangerous to go alone, and she didn't want to just up and leave her friends either. If they were going to go out and look, they needed to split up. That was going to be a problem though. For starters, Applejack was in no condition to go out, and Twilight wouldn’t agree to it. She was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Staying put was the only thing she could do, even if it meant being bored, but Rainbow hated being bored more than anything. She impatiently huffed and began to pace back and forth in the hallway. All she could do was just wait for something else to happen. --- “…And now, the illness is causing his body to shut down.” Freeze had spent the last ten minutes telling Fluttershy about the Joker, his escape last year, the TITAN formula he created, and his illness. Fluttershy nervously listened to every word. “Oh my…” she breathed. “What an awful, awful person. What could possibly have made a person like him so evil?” Freeze leaned back and looked to the ceiling, “I haven’t the slightest idea.” he had obviously been asked this before and was wondering the same thing. “He is very smart. He as confused the best psychologists in the world. He’s been diagnosed with everything from insanity to split-personality disorder, and so on.” Fluttershy felt very worried. Her friends were out there in the same place with that monster. She was scared, but she felt like she needed to do something. She needed to let her friends know where she was, so they could rescue her, Rarity and maybe even Freeze. She stood up and looked around the room. There was a skylight right above them, but she knew she couldn’t get enough momentum to break through it. She was too weak and the cold outside probably made it even harder to break through. She tried to think of another plan, but she didn’t have time. From outside, they both heard the sound of footsteps coming toward them. Her eyes widened. “Oh no…” she whispered. Freeze spoke to her as comforting as he could. “Don’t panic, just stay calm. Cooperate with them, and you will be alright.” Fluttershy started to hyperventilate again. She desperately searched her mind for something she could use to escape. She knew there was a way out of here; she just needed to find it. Then she remembered something. After everything bad that happened to her, she remembered that she had an ace up her sleeve. The door opened and two henchmen walked in. They pointed their guns at Fluttershy as she stood and faced them. The fear was apparent on her face, but there was also something else there: determination. One of them spoke. “Come on, you. Cobblepot wants you in the Iceberg Lounge right now!” They both continued to point their guns at her. “Umm, no.” was all she said. She heard Freeze exhale behind her. She could picture the look of disappointment on his face, but she didn’t care. The henchmen looked taken back at her immediate denial. “I don’t think we heard you very good. You wanna run that by us again?” the henchman enunciated as they both cocked their guns and looked her right in the eye. She looked right back at them. “I said, no.” That did it. They both walked into the room, and they didn’t look very happy. Fluttershy wanted them to. She closed her eyes, and prayed her plan would work, and then she opened her eyes. Her pupils were dilated and they were pointed right at the two henchmen. They stopped advancing immediately and began to back up. Fluttershy began to walk toward them, their fear intensifying with every step she took. She had just used The Stare. The henchmen were at a total loss for words. She was staring into their souls, and filing their bodies with fear. This is why Fluttershy hated using it. It wasn’t her, and she always felt bad afterwards. She only used the stare when she needed control of her animals or when the situation called for it. This was certainly no exception. Freeze slowly got up. He was also shocked. “How are you doing that? Why aren’t they attacking you?” Fluttershy ignored him and continued to walk toward the two henchmen. They were out of the small room and continuing to back up with Fluttershy about outside of the room herself. “Almost there…almost there….” She said to herself. Once she was past the doorway, she intensified the Stare even further. She never did this at home. If she did it for too long, then the fear would be too much to handle and they would eventually pass out. Fluttershy planned to do just that, no matter how much she hated it. She saw the henchmen experience every single horror they had ever been through at one time as they began to scream and grab their heads as it drove them insane. They curled on the ground, kicking and screaming with all they had. They pounded their heads with their hands or they banged them on the ground. They were doing anything to make the horrors stop. Fluttershy granted them their wish. She closed her eyes, and they immediately fell out of consciousness. All their fears and nightmares coming to them so vivid only to disappear all at once was too much for the brain to process, so it shuts down for a moment. She felt tired. Using the stare for too long drained any fear she had, but it also drained her energy. She did it. She was free, but not for long. Their screams were very loud, and someone must have heard them, so she needed to act fast. She turned to Freeze. “Come on. We’re getting out of here.” Freeze stayed where he was. “How did you do that?” “No time to explain! We need to leave now! Please!” Freeze shook his head, “I apologize, but I cannot leave. Cobblepot has my suit, and I need it back.” Fluttershy turned around. She heard some noise coming from the hallway in front of the room. They were getting faster and closer. She turned back to Freeze and gave him a sad nod of understanding. She spread her wings and flew up to the ceiling. “I’ll send help as soon as I can! Thank you, Mr. Freeze!” Freeze waved to her. “Good luck, young Pegasus. Be careful!” Fluttershy hugged the ceiling and flew down the hallway. She was protected by the darkness, and was very silent. She turned the corner and continued. On the ground, she saw four henchmen running toward the small room she was just in. She didn’t think she could do the Stare again to save Freeze, so as much as it hurt her, she continued to fly down the hallway. She had flown for about a minute until she reached a dead end. She was worried that she had taken the wrong hallway. She thought that this was the same hallway that she woke up in. She looked around and noticed a wooden door on the ground level. There were no guards in sight so she slowly lowered herself down to the ground and landed. She placed her hoof on the handle and paused. Hoping there was nothing on the other side, she closed her eyes and twisted the handle. The door slowly opened with a deafening creak. She froze. Nothing happened. She opened it another inch. There was another loud creak. She froze again. Nothing. She looked through the crack and into the next room. She saw a fence with miscellaneous things in the room on the other side, but not enough to tell if it was safe. She took a deep breath, and prepared to open the door all the way. “If no one heard those loud creaks, then there was no one there.” she figured. She braced herself for a quick takeoff once she was on the other side of the door. She counted quietly to herself, “One…two…three!” She threw open the door, ran inside, and flew up to the ceiling again. She hit her head on it because she flew up so fast. “Ouch!” she softly exclaimed. She started rubbing her head, and looked down. Like she thought, there were no guards in sight. There were two rooms on either side of her. Both had chain-link fences blocking entry. Not that she wanted to stick around and explore or anything. In front of her on the ground was a set of stairs leading up to a very large room. Beyond the stairs was a large case with a woman inside. She was sitting cross-legged. She appeared to be meditating. Behind her was a large statue of a Dinosaur. It wasn’t facing her. Fluttershy flew out of the small hallway and into the large room. This room was filled with glass cases. She flew up even more to see the ones next to the dinosaur. In the one to the left was another man. This man had no shirt and was bald. He was frantically throwing himself at the glass, trying to break free. Fluttershy watched from the air. It looked like he also had rocks or something inside that he used to force the glass to crack. With one more body slam, the glass gave way and broke. Fluttershy flew up into the far corner away from the cases. She heard him mumbling something as he picked himself up. She only understood a few words among his mumbles; words like ‘cut’, ‘mark’, ‘Batman’, and ‘knife’ were all she got before he started to laugh maniacally to himself. Then he ran toward the stairs to the left and went up them two at a time. Once he was at the top, he turned right and bolted out the main door. That was her way out. Those doors must have been to the outside. She could already see herself with her friends. She was a little worried about the crazy man who had just ran out, so she decided to wait for a moment. She didn’t see any wings on him so she figured she would be fine in the air. She slowly made her way toward the door past the dinosaur statue. Once she was there, she landed, and tiptoed toward the door and twisted the handle. She was finally here, seconds away from freedom, and one step closer to her friends. She almost smiled as she opened the door and flew outside. It was too good to be true. Blinded by her euphoria, she totally forgot about the temperature outside. After she took off into the night, it hit her like a freight train. The icy air stung her all over. She had only gotten a few feet into the air before she reflexively brought her legs in close to her body and folded her wings tight to her body. She didn’t even have time to think about it. Shocked, she looked to the ground as she fell. She was past the small balcony that was in front of the museum entrance, although she wished she wasn’t. She was falling a much larger distance to the cold ground below. The only thing that was between her and it was a slightly damaged glass roof. She closed her eyes as she fell through it. It broke beneath her with a loud shatter. She flipped in the air a few times before she landed headfirst on a dumpster. She made a soft moan as she rolled over the edge and fell into a pile of garbage. Everything around her eyes was foggy and getting darker. She couldn’t tell if it was because of the tears that were starting to well up or if it was because of the impact. Either way, she couldn’t find the energy to stay awake any longer. So she let the darkness engulf her vision entirely as she slowly slipped out of consciousness. --- While she sat in the corner, Rarity pondered over her memories. Fluttershy would never make it if they were both put together to try and see who was better. She refused to be responsible for Fluttershy’s death. Fluttershy would not be responsible for Rarity’s death either. She made this decision herself. She knew that her friends would be all right, and that they would all get home in one piece. They would be here soon enough to rescue Fluttershy. This was just something that needed to be done. She began to remember all the wonderful times she had in ponyville. She laughed at the moments that were amusing, and cried at the moments that were sad. She thought about her family. She hoped that they would understand the situation that she was faced with. She felt so bad for doing this to them, especially Sweetie Belle. She was the best sister that anypony could ever ask for. She only regretted the fact that she wouldn’t be there with her whenever she finally did get her cutie mark. Then she thought of her five best friends: Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle. They all represented the Elements of Harmony. Strange may have had the Elements themselves, but without the Spirits of the Elements, she hoped that they would become nothing more than exquisite jewelry. It was unlikely that would be the case. Strange was very smart. She knew he would have a backup plan if such an event would occur. She lost her concentration when one of the doors in the Iceberg Lounge slammed open. Cobblepot was walking with two of his henchmen toward the room she was in and he was holding a radio. He looked furious. She didn’t quite hear what the henchman on the radio was saying but she wasn’t really listening until Cobblepot yelled at him. “You mean to tell me that you couldn’t bring that damn yellow Pegasus up here, because she apparently made you shit yourself?!” That’s when Rarity snapped her gaze to him and listened closely. “I-I’m sorry, Mr. Cobblepot! She did something with her eyes! Its like she made us more scared than we’ve ever been before!” the henchman replied on the radio. Cobblepot stopped walking and stomped his foot on the ground as hard as he could. He began to violently yell into the radio. “YOU THINK A LITTLE YELLOW THREE-FOOT-TALL FREAK IS SCARY?! YOU AINT SEEN NOTHIN’ YET! JUST WAIT ‘TILL I GET MY HANDS ON YA! I’LL SHOW YOU A NEW KIND OF SCARY!” “No! P-Please, Mr. Cobblepot! I-I’m really sorry!” he replied “Ooh not as sorry as you will be, son! I can promise you that!” Cobblepot then threw the radio on the ground and it shattered into a million pieces. He turned to one of the henchmen behind him. “Go get Mr. Abromovitch and let him have a little fun with those bastards!” “With pleasure, sir.” Said the henchman. He took off out the door he just entered in. Cobblepot turned and started to walk towards Rarity’s room. Now Rarity was worried and confused. Something had happened to Fluttershy and Cobblepot was not happy about it. Which meant she either escaped, or she died before Cobblepot could see her. She prayed it was the first choice. Cobblepot shouted as he approached the room. “Hey! Get your pony arse out here! NOW!” Rarity cautiously complied. She slowly walked out into the open space and held her breath for what he was about to say. “You’re little friend is a bit of a surprise! Who’d think that something as small and cuddly as that could ever find a way to get outta here in one piece?” he said to her. Rarity felt the smallest feelings of hope build inside her when he said it. “I’m terribly sorry, but what to you mean by that?” “Your friend, Flower Sky, or whatever managed to freak some of my guys out, survive inside a little room with Freeze, and escape my museum in one piece.” Rarity almost exploded in tears. She was so relieved that Fluttershy was clever enough to find a way out. She was also a bit surprised as well. She didn’t know Fluttershy could manage to fight back against mean henchmen and a man who was apparently more evil than Cobblepot. She started to shake in her place. She wanted to run around the room, but she held as still as she could. “Uhm…I…I don’t, uh…” Her excitement left her speechless. Cobblepot continued. “Well, I’d count myself lucky if I were you. If she didn’t escape, she’d be the clear choice of who I’d keep. But since she’s gone, looks like I’m stuck with second best, you.” That’s when Rarity got annoyed. “Excuse me? Second best?” She took a step forward. “I’ll have you know that I am nothing short of perfection when it comes to competitions!” Cobblepot sneered. “Well if you’re as good as you say, then you’re gonna have to do something to show me just how good you are.” Rarity looked at him as confidently as she could. “Give me your best shot.” As Cobblepot walked with Rarity down the hallway he had entered from, she boasted about her home, her job, and everything else that she was good at in Equestria. He seemed completely uninterested until she talked about her unicorn magic. He asked her questions about stuff she did with it, and how powerful it was. That’s when she told him the story about using it to get her cutie mark. “So you’re tellin’ me that your horn actually dragged you to a giant boulder that was littered with gems inside?” Cobblepot asked. “Yes it did. I used those gems to make the costumes look spectacular, and everypony loved them!” she exclaimed. Cobblepot seemed very interested in her magic. “So you think you can use your magic to find anything else?” Rarity thought for a moment. She never tried to use her magic to find anything else like she used it to find diamonds. She wasn’t sure if it was possible. Cobblepot looked disappointed when she didn’t speak after about seven seconds. “So you just use it to find diamonds, eh?” His tone suggested that he already knew the answer. “Well, it serves more purposes than that.” She said. “I can use it to shape plants into certain designs, or manipulate nearby objects so they’re more accessible, or-” “Manipulate?” Cobblepot cut her off. “What do you mean manipulate?” Rarity paused for a brief moment, annoyed that he had just interrupted her. “Well, I can make something I need from across the room come to me instead of having me come to it. Like, I can make it float.” “Really?” Cobblepot sneered. “Well, I for one would love to see a demonstration of your abilities.” They had been walking down a number of hallways for the past few minutes. They had arrived at a small room where two of his henchmen were leading a man outside to meet them. Rarity watched them push the man out into the hallway right in front of them. He fell on his face at her hooves. The second that he impacted, Rarity got a slight chill. She could have easily guessed who this was. She started to feel anger toward the supposed ‘evil’ man who was locked in that room with poor Fluttershy. “You know that this here’s the snowman, right?” Cobblepot asked her. She nodded slightly and continued to glare at him as he looked up to meet her eyes. “Mr. Freeze…” --- Rainbow continued to pace in the hall. Twilight had helped the doctors in moving Applejack onto a mobile hospital bed so they could patch her up more comfortably. The doctors had fixed any major injuries she had and had just given her a small sedative so she could relax. “Okay,” Dr. Hamaski said to her, “The sedative will take effect shortly. Once you wake up, you should be as good as new.” “Thank you so much for this, doc. It means a whole lot.” Applejack replied. “How long will she be out?” Twilight asked him. Dr. Hamaski faced her. “She should be out for about an hour-and-a-half. Once she-“ Pinkie Pie appeared suddenly, cutting him off. “Twilight! Applejack! My tail is twitching!” She held it up and sure enough, her tail was twitching like crazy. Rainbow zoomed right next to them in a flash. “Twitchy tail?” She saw Pinkie’s tail and they both ran to Twilight and huddled closely together. Applejack curled into a ball and covered her face with her hat on the bed. They all looked around the inside of the building while Dr. Hamaski stood there awkwardly. “Um, what are you doing?” He asked them. “My Pinkie-sense says that stuff is gonna start falling!” Pinkie exclaimed. “Pinkie-sense?” He scratched his head, confused. “Yeah! It lets me know when random stuff is gonna happen!” She said. He looked extremely confused. “That doesn’t make any-” He was interrupted by the sound of a huge explosion. Everyone inside exclaimed at the sudden noise and small tremors. Accompanied with the explosion was the sound of shattering glass, and wood shattering from the direction of the entrance. A second later, they heard more enormous reverberating smashes as they saw the bells from the tower fall onto the concrete ceiling above the entrance. Once again, another Pinkie-sense prediction had come true. There was a big cloud of dust that came out of the openings above the entrance. The three officers ran through the door to the tower to investigate. The three mares released one another and Rainbow also went to investigate. She flew through the door and into the next room. It was even dustier inside. She squinted her eyes, and covered her mouth with her hoof as she progressed. She flew up to the place where the bells impacted, and looked up. There was a small fire at the top of the tower, and some small debris was still falling down. “It’s all destroyed up here!” She yelled to the officers behind her. “Is Batman up there?” She heard officer North reply. She looked around on the ground for him. He wasn’t there. “No he’s not!” While Rainbow was looking with the officers, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack talked among themselves. “What was that?!” Pinkie Pie asked. “I think its what the thugs were carrying when they barged inside here!” Twilight said. “But why would they want to blow up a church? It’s crazy!” “Ah ain’t sure, Twi.” Applejack yawned. The sedative was starting to take effect. “But we need to find Fluttershy and Rarity before it gets any worse.” “How are we going to do that while you’re recovering?” Twilight asked her. “Ah’ll be fine, sugarcube.” She said with another yawn. “These guys are nice, and they’re in control again.” Pinkie Pie spoke up. “Yeah, Twilight! All these doctors will make sure nothing bad happens again!” Twilight didn’t like the thought of leaving Applejack alone in this place. She decided to see what Rainbow thought about it. Rainbow returned about a minute later. “Everything up there is destroyed! Batman’s gone, but officer Cash said that he made it out.” The rest of them looked at her. “Lets hope so.” Twilight said. “Rainbow, we need your honest opinion on what we should do.” Rainbow landed in front of Twilight. Pinkie sat behind her, looking at both of them. “Applejack wants us to go out and look for Fluttershy and Rarity right now. If we did, we would be leaving her all alone here.” Rainbow looked to Applejack. She was asleep. “Well…” She paused for a moment. She knew that they had to find their other friends, but she also didn’t want to leave Applejack here all alone. Here, however, she was safe. Like officer Cash said, ‘This is the safest place in Arkham City’. She was worried about another assault on here, but she was positive that the officers wouldn’t let it happen again. Her mind was made up “Lets get out there and find them.”