Batman and his army stood before the large centaur and his army with a piercing glare. Catwoman and Robin stood with him side by side. Robin wore a Kevlar-armored suit similar to Batman’s except he had a yellow R symbol on his chest, held his battle staff in his hand, wore a black and yellow cape, and an eye mask. On the other hand, Thorax held a chest that looked like a treasure box with keyholes. He kept it next to him.
Tirek angrily glared back at his menacing opponent. “How dare you barge into my territory?! Who do you think you are?!” he bellowed.
“Uh, Tirek? I don’t think you understand—.” Bane tried to warn.
“I’ll take care of this nonsense!” Tirek snapped. He turned back to face Batman. “Since you’re obviously not a citizen of this land, I’ll have you know that I am LORD TIREK!! I am the most powerful magic user the whole world has ever seen!! I will rule the entire kingdom of Canterlot and all Equestria, and I will not be intimidated by a wannabe thug who happens to—!”
A sudden kick to the face interrupted his monologue. The centaur fell to the ground on his back while Batman landed on his chest and looked down on him. “Enough talk. Let’s get nuts.” he growled.
“As you wish...” Tirek hissed.
Batman front flipped to a safe area before Tirek could grab him. The latter got back up on his four hooves and took a glance over his shoulder toward his army. “ATTACK!! DESTROY THEM ALL!!” he angrily commanded. The gargoyles roared aloud and flew up in the air to begin their assault on the opposing forces. Batman faced his allies with a determined look on his face. He nodded to Gordon who stood on the hill along with all the police and SWAT forces behind him.
“EVERYONE ATTACK THE GARGOYLES!! FREE THE CAPTIVES!!” Gordon commanded them.
“Yes, Sir!” they spoke in unison. They all shouted battle cries like they did during the Battle for Gotham against Bane. To them, it felt very good to relive that heroic moment of their lives when they displayed their police bravery and moral strength. The corrupt and immoral life which most of them lived was drastically changed by beholding the sacrifice of Batman and their devotion for the protection of Gotham. Now, they will manifest that spirit once more to save Equestria.
They raised their loaded firearms and rifles and aimed at the charging gargoyles. Immediately, guns were loudly blazing with bullets flying off in the air. Dozens of gargoyles were shot dead with their blood spilling out on the ground. However, some of the surviving gargoyles were very agile and fast. Seeing their brethren slain by the police, they managed to swiftly dodge the bullets. The police and gargoyles were then in a fierce battle.
Dozen other gargoyles charged at Gordon, Catwoman, and Robin. “Here they come!” Robin said, brandishing his battle staff.
“Hope you’re ready for this.” Catwoman calmly said. She sprinted toward an angry gargoyle. The latter attempted to scratch her with his claws, but she dodged the slash, extended her claws, and slashed him on the chest.
Then she flipped him over her, twisted his elbows, and snapped his knuckles. He screamed in agonizing pain. Lastly, she jumped on him and dug her sharp heels on his throat, cutting off his oxygen. He feel down dead.
Two more gargoyles ran forward. “Behind you!” Robin shouted. He threw his battle staff at one of them which knocked him unconscious. The staff spun around to the second one who was knocked out as well. It spun right back to his hand.
“Thanks.” Catwoman said.
“Don’t mention it. I’ll hold them off while you help Batman.” Robin ordered.
“Fine by me.” she said before sprinting off.
Gordon looked around him to see the police and the other gargoyles duking it out in the battlefield. Suddenly, several creatures came forward in front of him with death glares. Garble, Trixie, Flim, Flam, Gilda, and Lightning Dust were growling in their battle stances while slowly advancing towards him. “Didn’t expect filthy bipedal creatures like you to ruin our fun!” Garble growled.
“Yeah, you get your butt out of here before you get hurt.” Gilda threatened.
“On the contrary, the only ones getting hurt will be you.” Gordon spoke, holding his handgun in place.
“Well, you can’t say we didn’t warn you, stranger!” Flim said.
“My good brother of mine is correct! Don’t get angry at us for doing what we have to do to get rid of unwanted guests like you!” Flam added.
Lightning Dust rushed forward with her wings. She flew speedily toward Gordon before he jumped out of the way. She landed on the dirt and faced him again. She dashed at him again, this time ramming him to the air. His gun flew out of his hand as he flew in the air until he crashed down on the ground. Wincing in pain, he got up to see Garble and Gilda flying over him and then flying downward to strike him.
Tirek faced the Dark Knight as his magic glowed brightly between his horns. He shot his magic at him. Batman jumped out of the way and threw explosive pellets at him. They exploded all over his body; however, the pellets had very little effect on him as the magic he absorbed made him stronger.
He shot another beam of magic at him. Batman grabbed his grapple gun and shot at the roof of the Mayor’s Hall. He launched upward and stood on top of the building while keeping his eye on the centaur. He observed the orange ball of magic being formed between his horns.
“So that’s where his magic is coming from.” Batman said. He took out three silver batarangs from his utility belt and held them.
“You cannot defeat me, warrior! No matter how skilled you may be, I’ll always be superior!!” Tirek boasted.
Batman then jumped from the rooftop and threw the batarangs directly at his horns. The batarangs impaled his horns as Batman landed on the ground at a safe distance from Tirek. The latter laughed mockingly at him.
“What a pathetic attempt to strike me at my weakest point! You should have at least gone for my eyes!” Tirek taunted. He attempted once more to obliterate his adversary with his powerful magic.
However, nothing happened between his horns. Confused, he looked up and saw no orange orb formed at his will. He tried again to generate it. Still, no magic birthed. Then he angrily looked at Batman. “WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY MAGIC?!”
Batman smirked at his irritated foe.
“Your weapons can immobilize my magical capabilities, eh? Fine then. I’ll just destroy you with my bare hands!” Tirek yelled.
He launched himself at the Dark Knight. Batman jumped up and collied with Tirek’s face as they began to tackle each other on the ground.
Catwoman slashed two gargoyles across their faces until she wrapped her whip around one of them and body-slammed him against the second gargoyle. She then took her gun out and fatally shot the third gargoyle in the eyes and forehead. His eyeballs burst to blood as he fell on the torn ground.
She choked the strangled gargoyle with her whip until he stopped breathing. Twilight and her friends were beholding the fights between the heroes and villains dumbfounded and amazed. The alicorn came near the bars of the cage. “Excuse me, ma’am! Over here!” Twilight called.
Catwoman looked to her right and saw the ponies and Spike trapped inside the cage. “Hey there! You must be Twilight Sparkle, right? Don’t worry, I’ll get you guys out of this cage!” she said.
“Wait, you know me?! How do you know my name?” Twilight asked.
“Let’s just say that dear Bruce told me a lot about you six. The other explanations I’ll save for later. I must wonder where is your friend Fluttershy?” Catwoman asked, noticing she was not among them.
“I don’t know! We only know that something horrible happened to her! We have to find her once we defeat Tirek and his army!” Twilight said.
“Can you get us out of this cage?” Rainbow asked.
“I’ll see if I can try!” Catwoman said. She wrapped her whip around the cage. Suddenly, the cage sizzled that nearly electrocuted Catwoman. “This is one feisty cage. Luckily, my suit is electric-proof.”
“My goodness, darling, your suit makes you so marvelous and gorgeous! I love it!” Rarity commended. “What is your name?”
“The name’s Selina, but you can call me...Catwoman.” she smirked.
Gordon dodged every breathe of fire that Garble spewed at him. He saw his handgun several yards from him before Trixie teleported before him. Suddenly, he saw himself surrounded by all six rouges. They evilly laughed in unison.
“Can’t go anywhere now, can ya? This is going to be your own grave, old bipedal!” Garble taunted.
“Prepare to be exterminated by the great and powerful Trixie!” she added, charging her horn.
However, all but Trixie charged at Gordon to tear him to pieces. Waiting at the right moment, he ducked under their legs and sprinted after his gun. “GET HIM!!” Lighting shouted. They ran/flew after their escaping prey.
“Wait! I thought we were just going to blast him! Ughh!!” Trixie said as she followed them.
Gordon ran as fast as he could to get his only weapon to defend himself. Just as Garble was going to catch him with his claws, Gordon dived toward his gun and grabbed it. Within a split second, he shot several rounds at his attackers. Three bullets tore through Garble’s skull that splattered his brain matter. The other three struck Lightning’s wings causing her to crash on the ground.
Gilda quickly stopped herself and saw Garble lying dead on the ground and Lightning Dust severely injured. Angered by this, she sharpened her claws and slashed Gordon’s right arm. “AHHH!!” he yelled in pain.
“You think you’re so tough, huh?! GET A LOAD OF THIS!!” she screeched. She again scratched Gordon across his chest and back, earning her groans of pain. Gordon struggled to maintain his balance from all the wounds he suffered.
“Lights out, stupid bipedal!” Gilda boasted. As she raised her claws to kill Gordon, a large sword punctured through her beak. Blood poured out of her mouth like water while her eyeballs rolled back. The sword then retracted before she fell dead on the dirt, revealing Robin.
“You all right, Commissioner?” Robin asked, extending his hand to him.
“I’m fine. Great timing though.” Gordon commended, accepting his hand. Robin got him up after the latter retrieved his gun.
“This isn’t over yet!” Flim said.
“We are not yet through with you!” Flam added. Trixie stood next to them.
Before they could do anything to the duo, the SWAT soldiers surrounded them with their guns and rifles and aimed at the three unicorns. “Get on the ground! Get down now! Do not fire your horns! Surrender!!” several of them commanded.
Flim, Flam, and Trixie looked around them with terrified looks on their faces. Realizing they were outgunned and outnumbered, two of them ceased their aggression and got on their knees. “We surrender! We surrender!” the FlimFlam brothers shouted.
“The great and powerful Trixie never surrenders!” Trixie defied. Guns then pointed at her head while locked and loaded.
“The great and powerful Trixie surrenders! Please don’t kill me!” she whimpered. The purple aurora on her horn that had always been ignited flickered off.
The magical cage trapping Twilight and her friends disappeared, freeing them all. “Hey! We’re all free again! YAYY!!” Pinkie celebrated.
“Go ahead! You need to get the princesses and Shining Armor to safety! I’ll go help Batman!” Catwoman ordered. The ponies and Spike nodded and went to assist the rulers. Twilight stayed behind.
“Wait! I want to help you! By helping Batman, I can gain some confidence as a new princess! Please, let me assist you!” Twilight begged.
“Really? Huh...it appears that my prediction of somepony needing some help in Equestria was correct. Am I that good or what?” Catwoman smirked, after pausing a moment.
“I’m sorry, what?” Twilight asked, arching an eyebrow.
“I’ll explain that later. Come on, kid, let’s help daddy beat down that big baddie.” Catwoman said. Smiling brightly, Twilight followed her to accomplish their task.
Bane was standing by and beholding all the bloody battle taking place in his eyes. The forces of good and evil were waring with each other, but as for him, he just...didn’t know what to do. He wasn’t even sure as to what side he should be on considering his previous epiphany. It’s either the side he was on or the opposite side which he vehemently opposed and fought against for so long. However, he knew that his final decision had to be quick.
Thorax flew in front of him with a frown. He also stood on top of the chest he carried with him. “Bane, it’s good to see you again. But I have to ask you a very important question: is it true that you were responsible for all the death and destruction in Gotham City years ago? Didn’t you really terrorize all the Gothamites?” he asked.
Bane stood bewildered at the sudden knowledge Thorax had. Knowing he never said anything of his past deeds to him and how displeased he would be, he tried to cover it up. “No! Of course not! I see the city is actually making progress to reform! I had done nothing of the sort!” Bane lied.
Thorax however suspiciously raised an eyebrow at him . “I do remember how distasteful you were of Gotham whenever you talked about it. Now, you’re being positive about it? Do not lie to me, Bane. You should know that friends trust each other.” Thorax sternly reminded.
Seeing his attempt at deception was futile, he sighed in defeat. “Okay...fine. Everything you said is true. I did bring Gotham to ruins.” Bane confessed.
“WHY?! How could you do those horrible things to a city full of innocent humans? You see why I never agreed to that type of lifestyle which Chrysalis tried to force me to live? How come you never told me this? I thought we were friends?!” Thorax yelled.
“We are friends! But you must understand, at that time, I was too arrogant to see the full truth and—!” Bane tried to explain until Clavicle jumped at them menacingly.
“AHH-HAAA!! I knew it! I knew you couldn’t be trusted! So it was YOU who killed Clawbreak, didn’t you?!” Clavicle accused.
Bane stood his ground while Thorax hid behind his legs in fear. “Guilty as charged.” he confessed.
“YOU TRAITOR!! You shall be executed for your treachery, Bane!! And you, Thorax shall be my dinner!! PREPARE TO DIE!!” Clavicle exclaimed with his fangs displayed.
Bane held Thorax close as he prepared himself to fight his then-former ally. Suddenly, a zooming creature flew by and latched itself on Clavicle’s head. “Ahhhh!! GET OFF ME!!” he screamed. The creature unleashed its sharp teeth and tore off Clavicle’s skin from his face. It then ripped off his brain, cheek bone, tongue, and both eyes. Green blood soaked the grass beneath him. His whole body fell limp.
The creature hissed violently at Bane and Thorax until it flew off. The duo looked a bit spooked and shaken by what they just witnessed. “What...was that creature?” they both asked in unison.
Tirek grabbed Batman’s whole body and threw him against a house, causing it to crumble to pieces. Batman got out of the rubble and threw more explosive pellets toward his face. The exploding pellets only distracted Tirek as he tried to wave off the smoke from his face.
Batman then wrapped a rope around Tirek’s hooves and tried to trip him over. Unfortunately, Tirek’s might was too much for the rope. He easily snapped the rope in half and grabbed Batman again. He slammed him on the ground and punched him repeatedly. Then he lifted him up and tossed him across the town.
“You are a fool to stand against me! This is what happens when someone tries to face me while I possess the ultimate power that Equestria will tremble towards!!” Tirek declared.
He once more seized Batman and held him with his mighty hooves. He closed his red fists and raised them high up. “Prepare to meet your maker!!” he evilly smiled. Batman desperately tried to reach to his utility belt but his hands were stuck under Tirek’s hooves.
Before Tirek could kill Batman, the same deadly creature smote Tirek on the face and enveloped him with its dark magic. “WHAT?!? WHAT IS THIS TRICKERY?!? NO! NO! NOOOOOOO!!!!!” Tirek screamed in agony and pain as the twirling magic consumed his whole body, causing an explosion in the midst of Ponyville.
Batman managed to jump out of the explosion. Once the fire and the smoke quenched, all that remained of Tirek was his skeleton in its skinny and weak form. All the magic he stole returned to the surviving ponies including Shining Armor. The magic he got from creatures he killed vanished to thin air, never to exist.
Catwoman and Twilight rejoined Batman and saw Tirek’s remains. “BATMAN!! I’m sooooo glad you’re okay!!” Twilight yelled, hugging Batman tightly and kissing him on the cheek.
“Twilight...it’s good to see you too...but not in front of her.” Batman admonished. Twilight glanced over to Catwoman and blushed in embarrassment.
“Oh, sorry.” Twilight smiled sheepishly.
“What happened to that big guy?” Catwoman asked. Suddenly, the creature landed before them and growled monstrously.
All three of them gasped as they recognized who exactly that creature was. They couldn’t believe it with their own eyes. “Fl—Fluttershy?! Is that YOU?!” Twilight exclaimed.