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// At Blackgate's...Gate 
// Story: Arkham Equestria 
// by Mr-Astounding 
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Third person POV


Sometime later, Batman landed outside the walls of Blackgate Prison, the Mane 6 nearby. Before anyone could do anything however, the Dark Knight declared, "This is where we'll part ways."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa: you're telling me that you show us to THIS," Rainbow Dash exclaimed, pointing at the burning building for emphasis, "and expect us NOT to help you?"
"Unless you want to be declared criminals on the spot, YES," was the Caped Crusader's immediate reply, before giving a sigh. "You came here to apprehend a criminal, correct?"

"That's what we told you earlier, yes," Twilight Sparkle deadpanned, to which Batman replied, "Then I'm the LAST person you want to be seen entering a police building with: I'm a vigilante, and the minute they see you hanging around with me, they'll already have a reason to not trust you."
"Hold on, Sugarcube: if that's true, why'd you bring us here in the first place?" Applejack demanded. What happened next? Well, see for yourself:


Pinkie Pie: "Because one of the few clean police officers in the city is on site right now and if we want to get any headway with our goal, he'll be the one we'll want to talk to. He doesn't WANT to leave us, as he already can tell we support his cause, but here cops can be bought, judges can be leveraged, and witnesses can go missing. He knows we come from a world different than that in so many ways, which is why he wants us to work INSIDE the law whenever possible, as well as keep an eye on the crooked cops that we'll no doubt encounter." (Squee)


Needless to say, Gotham City saw something it never saw before: Batman was speechless.
"I've said it before, and I'll say it again," Rainbow Dash remarked, "Pinkie Pie: you are SO random."
"She is, but she's also not entirely wrong," the Dark Knight replied, "Which makes me wonder how she pieced all that together." 
Pinkie's reply: "Just a hunch."

Fortunately for the multi-billionaire's sanity, Bruce Wayne knew when NOT to look into a mystery, master detective or not. With a sigh, he declared, "Never mind: just look for a man named Captain James Gordon: he's the best bet to tell you who to talk to in finding your foreign criminal WITHOUT having to resort to anything drastic."
Nodding, Twilight replied, "We'll help however we can from within those walls, but don't be afraid to have Alfred ask Spike contact us if you need us."
With a sigh, the Dark Knight simply turned to enter the prison. "Don't count on it; I didn't have the luxury of allies before tonight and probably won't have it afterwards: I won't delude myself by thinking I can have it now." Needless to say, Batman was gone before anyone could reply to that.


Sometime later…



Captain Gordon's POV


You know, if someone had told me before moving to Gotham that I would be setting up a temporary alliance with pastel horses…sorry, PONIES from another dimension to help them find a literally chaotic being while dragging a human crocodile to a holding cell while a vigilante did an admittedly better job at capturing criminals then the actual police, I might have put said someone into a straitjacket. However, I've lived in Gotham for some time and if I were to be completely honest with you, this doesn't even come CLOSE to our strangest day and I highly doubt that we'll ever see a "normal" one around here anytime soon. As such, I was currently escorting three of said ponies…Applejack, Rainbow, and Fluttershy, I believe it was…to help me interrogate one Waylon Jones, aka Killer Croc while the other three keep a collective eye on the other cops and my daughter, Barbara, even though I'm not entirely sure which one needs to be watched more closely. (mentally sighs) I'm probably going to be seeing some grey hair after tonight…