Batmane The Dark Stallion

by Applejackderp


He Isn't Just a Thug

Narrator: Batmane

I sat atop Mayne tower with the Batwing nearby. I wouldn't need the Batwing if I wings hadn't been injured while training with the League of Shadows. Because of the injury my wings couldn't extend past going flat. They were helpful though, at least I could glide. I heard an earsplitting scream just then.

"Time to go!" I yelled to no one.

I jumped into the Batwing and flew down to the building where I had heard the scream coming from. I rushed to the rooftop door and kicked it with my hind legs. It didn't budge. I kicked it again and still nothing happened. I then grabbed my explosive gel from my utility belt and sprayed it on the door. I pressed the detonation trigger and the door was blown off of its hinges. I rushed inside.

"Help!" someone cried.

The voice appeared to be coming from this floor so I searched around. I soon found the owner to the voice. The pony that needed assistance was an office worker mare. She looked terrified. I tried to help calm her but she just pointed to somewhere behind me. I turned around and there stood a mare dressed like a scarecrow.

"I am the Marecrow!" The Marecrow cackled.

"What do you want!" I boomed at the offending mare.

"I want to know what you fear!!"

"Wha-" I was cut off by a spray of gas into my face.

My vision went blurry. I looked up and saw the most scary thing I had ever seen. It was the Marecrow but she had bats flowing from her snout, eyes, and ears all at once. It was then that I passed out of fright.
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I woke in the same place that I had been before she had gassed me. I checked my surroundings, I looked at a nearby clock and it appeared to have been approximately thirty minutes since my run in with Marecrow. I then checked on the civilian who was there when the encounter had happened. She seemed to be fine.

"Alright, time go look help the other ponies of Gothamare and find some info on this 'Marecrow'." I said to myself.

I left the building swiftly so I could get back onto the streets. For the most part it was a pretty quiet night until I found a group of thugs trying to mug a stallion. I dropped down from the rooftop that I was upon so that I could quickly stop the group. Knocking them out was easy it took me mere moments. Then I departed from that dismal alley.
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I soared above the streets of Gothamare in the Batwing. Then I heard gunshots. I looked to see if I could find the shooter and to my surprise it was the Marecrow, on a supped up biplane of all things! I started to use evasive maneuvers until I was forced to land due to a bullet hitting my right engine. As I got out I saw the Marecrow get out of her biplane on the rooftop next to me. Using the advantage because she was still getting out of her plane I threw a stun batarang at her. It connected with her skull and she was knocked out. I flew the Batwing back to the Batcave and put her in a holding cell after taking away all of her gadgets and giving them to Alfred to analyze. She started to regain consciousness at around 4AM approximately 1 hour after her capture. When she regained full consciousness I stepped in the room to question her.

"Who are you?" I boomed.

"Depends who's asking." she replied nonchalantly.

"Batmane, that's who!" I yelled at her "What is that stuff that you used on me!"

"Oh you mean my fear gas," she answered "It is a gas that targets the part of your brain that creates your fears and gives it an overdose of the chemicals inside of it."

"What are you planning?" I questioned.

"I am afraid that I have already said too much, sorry." she said sarcastically.

She then sprayed me with the toxin again using a dispenser hidden in her mask. After that she broke out of the cell and ran, but before she could get away I shot her with a dart that would wipe her memory of tonight when she next went to sleep because otherwise she would know the location of the Batcave. then I fell asleep.
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Narrator: Twilight

It was morning and it was time to confront Bruce with the info given to me by Alfred last night. I went to the dining hall to find Bruce eating breakfast alone, I guess the others were still asleep.

"Bruce, is there something you would like to tell me?" I asked.

"No, not that I can think of, does this have to do with your stay here because if it does, you can tell me you know." he replied nonchalantly.

"No, it doesn't have anything to do with my stay here, it has to do with your nightly affairs." I said flatly

"Do you really want to know about my sex life?" he replied with a sarcastic grin on his face.

"No, GAH!!!!!" I yelled "It has to do with being Batmane!"

He went pale and all the color flushed from his face.

"How do you know about that?" he said coldly.

"I found the Batcave last night, the secret entrance was left open and Al told me everything."

"You can't tell anyone."

"Why?"

"I wear the mask not to protect myself, but to protect my loved ones. If word got out that I was Batmane the enemies that I face wouldn't target me they would target them."

"Oh, ok"

That was the last we spoke on the matter for the rest of breakfast. Pretty soon me and the girls along with Brue would be hitting the town so I decided to not bug him about the subject.