After a lengthy sprint, Batman had finally arrived a Ponyville. 'It's a lot smaller than Manehattan...' he noticed. The Dark Knight noticed the destroyed buildings and injured ponies. Upon seeing the sight of a still one, he immediately ran to it, and pressed his fingers on their necks, checking for vitals.
'Good. He's alive...' he stood back up, 'Now to see whoever was behind this. There is no possible way Ra's could do this much damage in a short amount of time.' with that he began running again, activating his Detective Vision.
Batman noticed a large figure breaking through the town andd grabbing ponies. He noticed that they were harming them, but seemed to avoid killing them. He saw another pony get tossed through a wall as the figure seemed to laugh.
'The figure is has I predicted,' his vision revealed to hima small piece of trivia that immediately reveal who it was, 'Wait... I'm getting signs of the Venom chemical in his body... There's only one person who has enough Venom to give off that kind of signature.'
Batman found himself behind the figure, using the element of surprise, the Dark Knight hopped on the giant's back, freeing the pony from the man's crushing grasp. The man laughed once he figured out who saved the pony, "Well well... I am surprised to have finally found you, Batman." he said.
"And I'm surprised to see you here as well, Bane," Batman replied in a cold tone. "I was hoping to find Ra's Al Ghul here, but you will have to do in the meantime."
Bane laughed, "Finally. Now to finish what we had started so long ago." he said. Batman threw a batarang aimed for the tank on Bane's back, but it missed.
"Nice try, Batman. But I shall break you and you stand no chance this time!" he yelled, flailing his hand, making it collide with Batman and sending him flying through a building. The Dark Knight picked himself up and grunted.
'I need to find a way to get to the tank, but if I hide, then Bane could harm more ponies. No... I need a distraction. Something to hold him off until I can get through the tube.' he thought. He walked out of the wreckage he made.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I may have to find the ponies I fought earlier.' he sighed. Bane was looking for the Dark Knight, but he wasn't able to see him in the shadows. 'It would be better if I stay out of his sight for now.'
"C'mon! He couldn't have gotten far!" Rainbow Dash hurried her friends to chase after Bane.
Applejack huffed, "What do ya think we can possibly do against 'em, Twi? He looks mighty powerful and hard to budge." she asked the genius alicorn.
"I-I'm not sure... He's capable of destroying buildings and grabbing ponies with ease... So we might have to play things safe until we can devise a plan to stop him." Twilight answered, facing the farmpony to answer her question.
"H-He said that he was after Batman..." Fluttershy reminded her friends, "Do you think that we should tell him where he's at?" the pegasus wondered aloud.
"No. As much of a rude pony he was, nopony deserves to be placed under that creature's wrath." Rarity answered, defending Batman in this case.
"You don't have to worry about that."
The familiar voice made the girls and Spike stop dead cold in their tracks, "Is that who you mentioned?" Spike asked. The six mares nodded in response. "Let's see what the big deal is, shall we?" the young drake muttered.
Batman stepped out of the shadows, revealing himself to the ponies once again, "Bane is someone that isn't easy to take down. Believe me, I've done it before. I..." he paused, "Need your help in stopping him and send him back to my world."
"Oh! So now you come to us!" Dash spat.
"Rainbow Dash!" Rarity scolded, "And as for you! You are on your own! You hurt all of us and ruined my beatiful mane!" she yelled at the Dark Knight. Batman remained still as she budged him, not saying a word back to her for the time being.
"I may have to agree with them on this one. Ya beat us up then think that we'll just help ya? Sorry, but yer on your own." Applejack added to Batman. Not wanting anything to do with the Dark Knign as well, following their incident.
Batman scowled, "Fine." he said before walking away, 'I may have to defeat Bane on my own. Good. I gave Solar's idea a shot and they turned it down as expected. I've found a way to weaken him before and I can do it again.' he pulled out his grapnel gun and pulled himself to a rooftop to get a better vantage point to fight.
Once Batman was out of sight, the girls decided to converse amongst each other, "Good riddance." Rainbow Dash and Rarity huffed at the same time.
"That was Batman!? That guy was so cool!" Spike gushed at finally seeing a hero like the Power Ponies.
"Cool? He was really mean and took away my party cannon for a bit! And he hurt my bestest friends ever!" Pinkie retored. The pink pony gestured to the five to prove her point.
"I'm not sure we made the right choice, girls..." Twilight finally said.
"Uh, Twi? I'm pretty sure we did. He made us look like idiots when we met and now he thinks that he can just ask us to help him when he wants it?" Dash crossed her hooves in disapproval.
"I know that, Dash. But still, from what he said, Batman fought this Bane person before. We could've used his knowledge and had a way of stopping him before more ponies were hurt." the alicorn responded in a stern yet still worried tone.
"I agree with Twilight..." Fluttershy muttered, "I-It's only fair that we give him a chance. We did sort of walk into his hideaway uninvited... He had every reason to be mad at us... Even though what he did was uncalled for..."
"They have a point," Spike interjected. "He came to us for help. You never once thought to do that. Doesn't that say something about him to do a thing like that?"
"Well, sure, but still..." Rainbow Dash paused, not having anything to counter the argument with, "Oh alright. But just this once, then he's going to answer to everything!"
"Very well... If we must in order to stop that Bane monster, then I shall join him." Rarity sighed.
Applejack nodded, "What about you, Pinkie? You willin' to help us and Batman?"
"Okay!" cheered Pinkie.
"Then it's settled. We'll help Batman this once in order to save Ponyville from Bane."
"Ah... I see you came back again, Batman."
Bane chuckled once he felt the Dark Knigh tackle him on his back. The large man reached his right hand onto his back to grab Batman and throw him off to the ground. Batman staggered his way back to his feet, spitting blood in the process, "You'll never hurt a pony here again, Bane." he declared.
"Oh, really? You think that the ponies are safe with you? Ha! You never could stop me easily, Batman. Now I shall break you and then the asesino!" delcared Bane, charging after Batman. The vigilante readied himself for the attack.
Batman flipped to his right, throwing another batarang in Bane's way, but the luchador swiped the projectile out of his way, allowing him continue his charge. He turned, catching Batman off guard and ran over him, making him lose his breath, 'No... Not now... Gotta get back up...' he struggled to think, holding his chest.
'My armor wasn't designed in mind for Bane... I should work on that upgrade once I get to the Batcave...' he thought, gasping for air. Once he got the proper oxygen intake, Batman got back to his feet, a lot slower this time due to exhaustion.
Bane snickered, "Now... Dark Knight..." he smacked Batman once again, the tired hero feeling the force of the hit. The detective fell to one knee as he looked up. "It is time to finish what I had wanted to do when we first fought."
Batman tried to punch Bane, but his fist did nothing to hurt him. Bane smirked and kicked the Dark Knight in the chest. He got back up again and spin-kicked his torso, but the villain felt nothing from the counterattack. Bane slammed his fists down on Batman and he tried to hold himself up.
Laughing, Bane pushed his hands further, pushing the vigilante beyond his capable limits. Eventually, Batman collapsed on the floor, his arms aching from being held up to push something as heavy as a truck.
The Venom enhanced luchador grabbed Batman and lifted him over his head, his hands grabbing his back. "Any last words, Dark Knight?" he asked. His response was silence from Batman. Bane was ready to throw him upon his knee, but he felt something hit him in the back, stopping him and shoving him.
Batman felt the grasp Bane had on him weaken and pushed himself free. Once he fell to the floor, he noticed that Twilight had shot Bane with a beam of magic, "You..." he panted.
"Less talking! More stopping him!" Dash interrupted, flying toward the luchador. Bane attempted to grab the speedy pegasus, but his hands continued to miss. Once the opportunity was seen, Applejack tied his hands together with a lasso.
"What the hell is this?"
Rarity held the rope together with her magic while Pinkie distracted him with confetti. Fluttershy remained out of the battle, frightened by Bane's larger than a norrmal pony's appearance. Twilight looked at the Dark Knight, "You offered for help. But we're only doing this one to save Ponyville."
"Fine."
Batman then started to run, leaping into the air. He landed on Bane's back and held onto the tank. He yanked the tube off of it, making him lose connection to the Venom streaming in his blood. The luchador fainted from the loss and collapsed on the floor.
The Dark Knight flipped back onto his position, watching the luchador vanish before his eyes. "Did you do that?" he asked Twilight, who shook her head.
"No!"
Closing his eyes, Batman grunted, "Ra's."
"Ya mean it was that man you were after?" asked Applejack.
Nodding, Batman spoke, "Yes. He brought Bane here. I'm sure of it. He'll probably repeat what he did. I have to hurry before he does this again."