"COME ON!!!" Deathstroke shouted as he pulled out his sidearm and shot down towards Batman.
The Dark Knight was already on the move, using his wrist gauntlets to deflect the bullets as he ran. Seeing an opening as Deathstroke was reloading his gun, Batman quickly took out his Grappling Hook and fired it at the red shipping container just ahead of the mercenary.
The World's Greatest Detective zipped up to the container, quickly throwing three Batarangs from his Utility Belt. Quickly discarding his weapon, Slade slashed his sword in a downward motion, slicing the three projectiles clean in half. Deathstroke dashed forward as Batman landed on the snow covered container with a tuck and roll.
Batman, thinking quickly, raised his arms and used his wrist gauntlets to block the strike from Deathstroke's sword. He then used his forearm to move the blade away from him and delivered a punch to the mercenary's face.
Staggering back, Deathstroke quickly recomposed himself just in time to see Batman leap into the air, intending to kick him in the chest. Slade then rolled out of the way, throwing four throwing stars as the Dark Knight landed. The mercenary saw as the hero before him used his cape to block the throwing stars.
Slade quickly got to his feet and charged towards Batman, his blade ready to taste blood.
The Dark Knight quickly moved his body to the left to avoid Deathstroke's attack, he then ducked down as Slade tried cutting his head off. Batman then kicked the bottom of Slade's legs, sending the assassin down onto his back. Batman then leapt into the air and brought down his fist, but missed his intended target as Slade rolled out of the way.
Slade quickly got back up and tried bringing his blade down on top of Batman's head, only for his adversary to catch it in between his hands. Batman moved the blade out of the way before kicking Deathstroke in the chest, sending him off of the shipping container.
But as Slade was falling, he quickly pulled out a Grappling Hook of his own and fired it at Batman. Just as he planned it, Batman caught it with his hand. With a mighty tug, the hero of Gotham was pulled down along with him.
The two marital artists landed harshly in the snow, quickly getting back onto their feet and resuming the fight.
Slade tried hitting Batman with his sword, but no matter how hard he tried, the hero would not stand still. "Time to change it up." Slade thought to himself as he swung once more, missing again, except this time he quickly pulled out his second sidearm and pulled the trigger.
Batman, anticipating this, deflected the projectile with his gauntlets and then proceeded to knock Slade back with a shoulder charge.
Sliding to a stop, Deathstroke chuckled as he looked right at Batman and pointed his sword directly at him, "Y'know, before Luthor hired me to kill you, I had never once failed a contract. But then you and those brats you call sidekicks bested me. I never forgot that night, and I long anticipated the inevitable reunion between us."
The two combatants circled around each other, the snow and wind growing harsher as they conversed.
"You failed then, Slade, and you'll fail now." Batman responded coldly.
Once again, Slade chuckled, "Not this time. Ever since that night I have watched you. Studied you. Learned whatever I could for whenever we would meet again." He revealed, with Batman remaining unfazed, "I will not be bested again, and I won't allow anything to interfere with our duel."
Deathstroke then pulled out a remote device and pressed on of the multiple buttons that was on said device. Suddenly, two sentry guns popped up on top of the brick walls surrounding the Shipping Yard.
"No doubt that the explosion from earlier has been called in by the locals," Deathstroke continued, regaining Batman's attention, "That means that the local police will be here shortly. If they get within ten feet of the Shipping Yard, then those sentry guns will open fire, and casket makers will be having a very merry Christmas."
Batman clenched his teeth as his fists tightened into a ball, "You're going to regret this, Slade." He threatened in a low tone.
"Yes, that is what I want to see! The fire that burns within you, the thrill of the fight!" Slade shouted as he prepared to charge forward, "SHOW ME!!!" And with that, he charged toward the Batman with an intent to kill.
The Dark Knight quickly rolled to the left, avoiding Slade's strike before he quickly grappled away, dodging the barrage of bullets Deathstroke fired from his SMG. As he grappled into the air, Batman hurled three Batarangs down toward his foe. Deathstroke ran away, avoiding the projectiles as they exploded on the ground.
Batman let go of his Grappling Hook and glided back down onto the ground, avoiding even more bullets fired from Deathstroke. As the hero landed, Deathstroke leapt into the air and brought down his blade, but not before Batman turned around and roundhouse kicked the villain in the chest.
Slade tumbled across the snow, his sword flying out of his hands and sticking out of the ground where it landed. Batman walked over to the blade and removed it from the ground, snapping the blade in half and tossing the two pieces aside. The hero then rushed forward as his foe rushed toward him.
Once they met in the middle, Deathstroke threw a punch, but Batman caught it with his fist. He intended on throwing a punch of his own, but was suddenly kneed in the gut by the assassin. Slade threw another punch, but the Dark Knight blocked it with his forearm and then proceeded to punch Slade right in the face.
Staggering back and leaving himself open, Deathstroke received multiple punches to the face and knees to his torso. Batman threw another punch, but Slade ducked under the attack and punched Batman in the stomach. He then knocked the hero down with a sweep kick.
Coming back to his senses, Batman quickly rolled away as Deathstroke punched the ground where his head rested. As the assassin recovered, Batman hurled a Smoke Pellet at his foe. Slade saw this coming and caught it in his hand, only for it to explode in the palm of his hand.
Taking advantage of the confusion, Batman used the smoke to his advantage and struck Slade from multiple angles, not giving him time to think or recover. Unfortunately, Slade caught on to his attack pattern and tilted his head to the right to avoid a punch from behind. He then rotated his body around and punched Batman in the jaw, the smoke finally dissipating.
The two stared each other down for a moment before resuming the fight... That would've been the case had it not been for a speedster who rushed into the Shipping Yard and punched Deathstroke when he wasn't looking.
Rainbow slid to a stop across the snow as Deathstroke crashed into the side of a shipping container, creating a dent where he impacted the steel structure. The prismatic athlete turned around to see Deathstroke fall to his knees. Her fist shot up into the air in victory, cheering at how she knocked the villain down.
Her celebration was cut short by a stern and authoritative voice, "What are you doing here?!" She turned around to see Batman looming over her, her ego no longer inflated by her dumb luck.
Rainbow shrunk back at the gaze of the Batman, gulping a ball down her throat as she began to sweat nervously, "W-Well... It seemed like y-you needed help..." She stuttered before her eyes shrunk, "N-Not that you're incapable of handling yourself... It's just--"
"You should not be here, Rainbow Dash," RD ignored the fact that Batman knew her name as he continued, "Get out of here before you get yourself killed."
"Ugh, teenagers." The voice of Deathstroke caught the attention of the both of them. They both then noticed Slade pull out a detonator from behind him, "I hate teenagers." Deathstroke sneered before pressing his thumb on the detonator.
Suddenly, the snow covered ground began blinking on and off with red lights.
Knowing what they were, Batman quickly grabbed Rainbow Dash and grappled them both over the brick wall surrounding the Shipping Yard. As Batman and RD flew over the wall, the entire Shipping Yard was engulfed in an explosion, propelling the two of them forward, crashing into the snow covered road.
Groaning, Rainbow Dash rubbed the back of her head and rolled onto her back, the sound of incoming police sirens blaring in her ear. She set her sights onto the now blown apart Shipping Yard, which had flames dancing around it. Her eyes widened in fear as Deathstroke slowly walked out of the blaze, his singular eye set on her and the unconscious hero beside her.
Before she could move, Deathstroke pinned her to the ground. Dash tried struggling out of her predicament, but couldn't due to the weight of Slade's boot. Much to her horror, Deathstroke pulled out a gun and aimed it directly at her head.
He reloaded the gun and prepared to pull the trigger, "Lights out kid."
That would have been the end of Rainbow 'Miriam' Dash, had it not been for Batman, who had regained consciousness and hit Slade in the side of the head with a flying knee. Deathstroke let out a grunt of pain as his helmet shattered to pieces, the various pieces falling onto the snow.
As Slade staggered back, Batman darted forward and punched the mercenary right in the nose, shattering it and knocking the villain out cold.
This fight was done.
Batman folded his arms as he stared at the unconscious form of Slade Wilson, "Sorry Slade, looks like I win again."
"HECK YEAH WE WON!!!" Rainbow shouted as she jumped up in victory.
Her celebration was cut short when Batman snapped around and gave her a glare that made her want to use the bathroom. Her form shrunk as the Dark Knight's menacing form shrouded her shaking form. As a bead of sweat trickled down the side of her head, Batman's eyes squinted, showing just how serious he was about the situation.
Rainbow couldn't help but let out a nervous laugh, "Ehehehehehe.... Whoops."
What the actual f*** is wrong with her!!!!????
Slade/Deathstroke had a frickin PISTOL right in front of her head from seconds ago, and won't hesitate to take her pathetic dumb life. And after that, she celebrated and wasn't even phased by the very traumatizing near death experience!!??
Batman, I hope you take her to her own parents, and they will most definitely get to her dumb skull of how they almost LOSE their own daughter, due to her incompetent, reckless and arrogant ego!!!!!
Wait, if you moved out of arms reach while still on your back, then how did Slade catch you? You're a speedster, you should be able to go zero to sixty in seconds.
If the bomb didn't get Batman, there's no way you should be caught unawares by a guy that you already knew was there, and were already accelerating away from.
Deathstroke is so slow by comparison, that the only way he should be able to get to her without a ambush, is to be in striking distance once he makes his move.
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Adrenaline is one hell of a drug. I'm surprised she came down as fast as she did.
Although if she's anything like her pony counterpart, I suspect this won't be the last time.
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Probably high on adrenaline, it'll settle in that she almost died sooner or later. Ofc, she won't admit that quickly
Rainbow 'Miriam' Dash, prepare to be called out by the Batman, cause you've done goofed up this time.
I just read the newest chapter and this kicked ass! The fight between Batman and Deathstroke was excellent as I'm sure it would have gone on further but then Rainbow Dash showed up and man she's in deep shit. I'm glad Batman was able to save her and knock out Slade but I can tell right now that Rainbow is going to get a verbal lashing from him and I really hope her parents even yell at her and ground her for being reckless and stupid.
But this makes me wonder will Batman confront the rest of the Rainbooms and would go as far as to warn them to never interfer again or else there will be consequences? I do want to see them help Batman but they need to be guided properly. I can also see Rainbow getting yelled at by her friends for this.
This is getting good and I hope to see more soon.
Good Luck Battwell.
Let's recap:
During the fight between Batman and Deathstroke, Rainbow Dash arrives in time to join up, only for the villain to prepare to kill her, had it not been for the Dark Knight's intervention.
As the fight ends, Batman glares at Rainbow Dash, leaving her flustered.
Have I forgotten something?
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To be fair, Deathstroke DOES have experience against super-speedsters (Wally West and Bart Allen, both of whom make Rainbow look like a slowpoke).
Again, really good job on the exchanges, action, characterizations and future chapter set-up. Yeah, really appreciated how Batman and Deathstroke's fight was pretty evenly matched for a while AND how Deathstroke mentioned all the things he learned from Batman since their last encounter as well as the rather nasty surprise he had for the cops. And, yeah, Rainbow's showing up was a mixed bag. On one hand, getting there before the cops did probably saved a lot of police officers by setting off Deathstroke's booby-traps prematurely. On the other hand, Rainbow almost got herself killed (and would have if Batman wasn't there). And Deathstoke's comment about hating teenagers makes a lot of sense when you consider that he IS the Titans' arch-enemy. But, yeah, Rainbow is REALLY in for a well-deserved ear-full - both from Batman AND from her friends (and is lucky that it wasn't worse than that).
Anyway definitely looking forward to more of this.
Some time after the 'contest' begins, "You or Nigma got a camera on this for later review?"
Yeah that fight was epic!
Oh Dashy, you Done Fucked now.
Also which Sonic Frontiers OST?
Rainbow, you mess up
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I mean, if you've seen "Born to Break Free" then you know EQG Rainbow Dash is insanely fast.
Plus, again Rainbow Dash evades Deathstroke while on her back. I don't think I've ever seen a speedster move super fast while on their back.*
Moving out of arm's reach implies she's out of leg reach too, as his arms give him a much greater range than his legs could hope to have, as long as he is bending in her general direction.
If the phrase had been something like "before she could move, Deathstroke pinned her to the ground with his boot" then it would be much more believable.
I could buy a off balance Rainbow Dash being pinned by Slade, and because the Speed Force follows some physical laws, there's a argument to be made that Dash is weaker without velocity.
As it is, if she can evade a guy with super fast reflexes of his own, from a position of physical disadvantage and utter surprise, than I have no reason to believe she can't outrun him, even transitioning from a back crawl to a run.
*Most likely because Speeding seems to be a instinctive power, and you have to focus to be able to maintain your balance in that position.
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Find your flame
I think a gibbs smack is what Rainbow needs
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Ironically so did Bats. He took his eyes off his surroundings to chastise Rainbow Dash.
I do get why he's so upset, and it's not entirely out of character (at least for the 2003 series).
That being said, it seems like Bruce has his own issues he needs to work on here.
Not every bystander will be as adept as Rainbow Dash. Quite a few would probably be more distracting to have around.
Since I'm kinda of particular about this sort of thing, and since you've already taken some of my suggestions, mind if I make two more?
A: Don't have her see Deathstroke coming. Her being unable to avoid him is much more believable if she doesn't see him coming.
B: If you have to show him, then describing how he pins her is a great way to set the scene.
Not trying to cause drama or anything, it's just something I noticed.
And I'm not going to even try to address Slade telegraphing the usage of his bombs, because psychology in comics is something of a wash.
That was an epic chapter!
Despite Rainbow Dash's interference, Batman defeated Slade/Deathstroke and knocked him out cold!
And Rainbow Dash... you're in trouble now! And Batman is NOT happy!
Ooooh, Rainbow's in troubllllllllle.
Seriously, and I thought Pinkie and Derpy were the absent minded one.