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Carnage has received an impossible letter while Batman and RD maybe in trouble.

Chapter 6: Memories better left buried

"Oh my god what is it with you and Skittles, I just said whatever the colours were looked like Skittles."

"Wait! Are you telling me that… there are no Skittles?"

"No shit genius."

Another goon approached, "Wait who has Skittles?"

A fourth goon overheard, "Oh can I have some Skittles?"

"What? No you can't have any Skittles because there aren't any skittles! God Damn were supposed to be looking out for Batman! Now Garry stop with all this…"

He turned to his friend but found him now lying on the floor. He was clearly out cold and the goon started to panic. "Oh crap, I think it's Batman. Shit, what are we gonna do guys?"

He turned to the other two men that were previously talking to him but they too were now unconscious. The now lone goon was panicking, he tried not to show it but it was obvious to anyone with eyes that he was terrified.

"W-w-what's wrong? You to c-chicken to fight me?"

He grabbed a lead pipe close to him and held it in a threatening manner so he was ready to strike at any second. He called out to a group of other goons that were now making their way into the courtyard, "Hey all of you! Batman's here!"

They five of them made their way to the lone goon and one asked. "The hell? He took out all these guys?"

"Yeah, he's still here I think I'm just not sure where. If we all stick together then we got him, I'm sure of it."

Another goon agreed, "Yeah, I bet he's just lucky and overblown, I bet we've got him if… wait what if he's in the grates."

They all froze, and looked over the closest row, it all connected around them, it was the perfect way for Batman to hide and pick them off one by one, one goon looked at the largest one.

"Well go on then, check the grates dummy."

He nodded silently, he figured since he was the only one with a gun that it made sense.

He slowly inched towards with his gun firmly pointed at the row of grates. He eventually got there and he looked closely at them, at first he couldn't see anything but then he was certain he could see black fabric.

He was about to warn everyone when suddenly a voice called out to them from behind, "Hey losers, you're about to get face hoofed by the most awesome Pegasus in all of Equestria."

The six confused goons turned around to see a cyan pony with her chest out. She had a proud smile but none of the guards knew what to do or what they were even looking at, one guard finally found the right words, "What the fuck is that…"

Suddenly the goon with the gun that was closest to the grate heard one panel open, Batman popped out and before he could react Batman grabbed his head from behind, pulled him into a reverse headlock and performed a reverse DDT.

The goons heard the commotion and turned around again to see the Batman standing over their fellow colleague, "Oh crap it really was Batman."

Suddenly another goon had two hooves hit him in the back of the head at light speed and he knocked his head into the ground knocking him out. Dash pounded on his head a bit more to make sure but no goon help their fallen friend as they had to deal with the Dark Knight.

The four goons were now taking a beating from Batman. Batman simply took one down by simply laying a load of strikes to the head and finishing up with an elbow.

Batman then jumped up and used his gel by quickly applying some beside two goons, they tried to punch the bat but he jumped out the way and detonated it, the force of the explosion made the goons fly into the air and fall unconscious.

The last goon was the original goon and in desperation he picked up a large box, "Take this Dark Knight."

He threw it at Batman however Batman caught it in mid-air and spun around, he let go of the box and it crashed straight into the goon. The now dazed goon attempted to get up but saw the backside of the pony in front of him, "Oh fu…"

And with that, Rainbow Dash bucked his face causing the last goon to get knocked unconscious, she stood proudly over her victim and struck a victorious pose. "That's right, we're awesome."

Batman looked over the battlefield to make sure everyone had been taken care of. He was satisfied with his search and now he had to make sure his partner was okay. "Are you alright? They didn't hurt you did they?"

"Nah, they didn't even touch me, cause I'm too fast."

A small grin reach the Dark knight's lips but it was taken away by the voice of an hysterical Harley Quinn above them. She appeared through a door above them and the door was located inside the mouth of a Joker face. "What the hell are you doing here? You're supposed to be dead!"

Dash realised she was referring to the clock trap and she slightly nursed her burned wings, Harley noticed the blue pony. "What the heck is that? Oh wait you're probably with Mr. C… I mean Carnage."

Dash picked up on the way she said Mr. C, "Hey, why are you calling him Mr. C, back off you! I'm so going to buck your face in."

Harley brushed her off. "Well there's no way either of you are getting to Mister J. Were safe and sound up here. You both can just stay down there and burn!"

Harley walked back inside and Dash took off trying to get at her but the doors shut in her face. She tried to buck through but she could not get passed the metal doors. She grunted in annoyance and flew back down to Batman. "Well what do we do now? Oh wait a second, what about the lady?"

Batman remembered where they had taken her and their best bet would be to follow the path back to her. In his mind he couldn't leave her, and Dash seemed to agree, Batman decided to give an update to his partners. He reached up to his earpiece and Dash did the same. "Everyone, were attempting to get to the Joker and Harley Quinn who are locked up, what is your status?"

The Doctor's voice came through. "Still trying to find a safe way in I'm afraid, can't seem to find a good opening."

Dash spoke. "What about Carnage?"

Carnage's voice could be heard but it was very quiet, "Oh… yeah hey Dash, sorry I'm just hanging back at the entrance in case anyone needs me is all."

"How do you know Harley Quinn?"

There was a short silence before a response. "Oh… um… we met back at the church, why?"

"She called you Mr. C."

Another short silence, "It's nothing Dash, don't you two have more important things to do?"

Batman agreed. "Yes, some of Joker's goons dragged a doctor away. We're going to find her first, then deal with the Joker."

The Doctor responded. "Roger that… I've always wanted to say that."

Batman turned to his Rainbow partner and said. "We can't waste any time so let's go."

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A few moments ago…

Mr. Carnage looked at the letter he was holding with rage and bitterness and a little remorse. The one thing he was telling himself was that he had to be some kind of sick joke to have this letter in front of him. The only one here who knew about his father was Rainbow Dash but he had hardly said anything about him to her and only skimmed their relationship, but she knew it wasn't good. He knew she had a tendency to play pranks but to him this was sick. "That bitch! Would she really do this to me? No of course she wouldn't, this trace looks familiar though…"

He examined the letter and a few sparks were somehow coming off of it. The other thing that made him believe that the letter was real was that it was definitely his father's hand writing. The thought came to him that he should just rip the letter up and let it fall into the water near him but something in his subconscious was preventing him from doing so.

Salty tears were returning to his eyes and they started to trickle down his face. He swung wildly at the ground and punched as hard as he could letting the letter drop beside him. Vivid memories were returning to him with a mixture of pleasant ones and dreaded ones and all he wanted to do was punch someone's face in. His normally pleasant visage was melting away and he was desperately trying to cling on to it.

Suddenly he could hear the voice of Batman through his earpiece. "Everyone, were attempting to get to the Joker and Harley Quinn who are locked up, what is your status?"

Carnage stopped himself and did his best to compose himself. He sniffled and held back any further tears that were coming from his eyes and tried his best to return to his new persona but couldn't find his grip on it. The Doctor's voice then went through the com piece. "Still trying to find a safe way in I'm afraid, can't seem to find a good opening."

He remembered that he let the Doctor go ahead and kicked himself for not going with him in case he got in to trouble, then he heard a familiar mare's voice. "What about Carnage?"

He couldn't let her worry, Dash right now was the last thing he had in his life and he couldn't allow her to be scared or cry like he had seen before. Whenever that happened it felt like his soul was being torn in two. He swallowed the flem that had built up and spoke very quietly. "Oh… yeah hey Dash, sorry I'm just hanging back at the entrance in case anyone needs me is all."

In truth he didn't really know why he stayed back, that was never really him to stay on the side lines but somehow he ended up here. He tried to focus more but then he was blindsided by a question from the rainbow haired Pegasus. "How do you know Harley Quinn?"

Carnage froze. He cursed himself for his silly flirting with Harley, she didn't mean anything and he had to keep Dash focused so after a short pause he simply said. "Oh… um… we met back at the church, why?"

She responded with a flat and angry tone. "She called you Mr. C."

Carnage cursed himself again, he didn't need this right now and just wanted the conversation to end so he tried to change the subject. "It's nothing Dash. Don't you two have more important things to do?"

Lucky for Carnage, Batman appeared to agree but he noted the slight suspicion in his tone, "Yes, some of Joker's goons dragged a doctor away. We're going to find her first, then deal with the Joker."

The Doctor made his final comment. "Roger that… I've always wanted to say that."

Carnage then breathed a sigh of relief, he was thankful that it was over. He normally would have laughed at that kind of joke from the Doctor and he realised how much the letter was now bothering him, he picked it up from the ground and stared at it again. The idea of actually opening it was a fleeting one as he was again consumed by rage, he again muttered. "I should just destroy you… set you ablaze right here… I don't know if this is Luna playing another joke on me or… no this has to be real… I don't know how but…"

The Doctor's voice then suddenly rang out to him. "Carnage are you alright? Who are you talking to?"

He realised that he left his com piece and the Doctor had heard him "I'm fine Doctor, I'm just great."

"Are you sure?"

Carnage looked at the envelope one last time and entertained the idea of actually telling the Doctor but in the end he put the letter back in his jacket pocket. He decided if he was going to read it he would do it later. He looked around and thought that he just needed to get out of here. "Listen Doctor I think I'm going to go back to the church, I going to make sure that everyone there is alright, I'll see you all later, can you tell them about this?"

"Sure, I think I've found an entryway so I'll tell them when I find them."

Carnage then proceeded to walk away with his head swimming in nostalgia…

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Batman and Rainbow Dash had a new priority, save the doctor. She had been dragged off by Joker goons and the pair we're now hot on their trail. Along the way they had passed lockers, a broken down elevator and other such things that told them this place may have been operational but no way near a hundred percent condition. They had also come across a group of men with firearms but Batman had snuck up on them and had taken them out with ease.

Dash was slightly uneasy, there was something about the atmosphere around them that didn't make her feel right but she was determined to save the doctor but as they walked through the door to the smelting chamber they could see two goons with their backs to them. And they were armed.

Both Batman and Dash ducked out of their sight. This was the place they were supposed to take the doctor. They were on a steel railing and couldn't see her from their position. Batman didn't waste any time and made his way to knock the pair out but Dash accidentally kicked a spanner lying on the ground and it made a loud, echoing metallic sound.

The sound alerted the two guards and it gave one enough time to make a large enough sound to alert the others in the room. Batman immediately knocked the pair's heads together forcing the unconscious but it was too late. Batman shot up and Dash followed as they could hear the screams of the doctor "Help me! Someone!"

They were on one of the pedestals hanging above the ground, they saw that the doctor was now in a separate small room with one of the goons, he said that she was his ticket out of here and this made Rainbow Dash mad. Dash was now seeing red as the four other goons left in the room found the scene of their fallen comrades. Dash flew off saying "Screw it, I'm gonna save her."

It was too late for Batman to stop her so he focused on the men dispersing below. Luckily one was nervously strolling right below him so without any wasted movement Batman hooked his line wire on the platform, fell, and grabbed the goon below. He pulled him up and held him by his throat for a moment and then let him drop, the goon's foot was attached to the wire and he was left dangling off the floor. However the shock and the blood rushing to his head caused him to pass out.

The noise once again alerted the other three men and while Dash made her way towards the one with the hostage, Batman placed some of his explosive gel underneath the dangling man. He shot up to another platform and waited for the two men to walk near it and then Batman pressed the detonator. The force of the explosion sent the two goons flying backwards and landing in an unconscious heap.

Meanwhile Dash had gotten into position, she launched herself from where she was hovering and smashed through the glass, there her head collided with the goons and he went flying back. Luckily for Dash her years of crashing had toughened her up so all it took after shaking the cobwebs out of her head was to buck the goon in the face and it was over.

Dash didn't waste any time in trying to bite through the rope that kept the now very confused doctor in place, but suddenly Batman appeared and drew a Batarang from his utility belt. He carefully cut her free and spoke in a soft tone that Dash was surprised to hear "Can you stand?"

She nursed her hands slightly, trying to shake of the pain the binds previously had on her hands but the mental scarring of the torture she had endured would take longer. "Give me a second. What is wrong with these people? That crazy woman thinks I can fix the Joker. And I don't mean to sound rude at all but what is that."

She pointed at her pony saviour who proudly said, "I'm Rainbow Dash!"

Batman quickly took the conversation back but kept his soft tone, "What's wrong with him?"

"There's something in his blood, some kind of toxin, it's killing him. He blames something called Titan."

Both Batman and Rainbow Dash spoke at once "TITAN!?"

Dash looked up at Batman, "Hey Bats, what's TITAN?"

Suddenly the Harley statue behind them started animating. It was a figure of Harley in her old costume but in with an enlarged head. Harley's voice emitted from it, "Uh uh Doc! Isn't that information supposed to be confidential?"

Suddenly the three of them could hear a sparkling sound coming from the door, the goons were sealing them in and Harley spoke again. "Lock them up nice and tight boys, we don't want the vermin escaping."

The doctor apparently found the positive side to this, "At least they won't be getting in right?"

Batman turned to the medical equipment behind him and said "Wait here doctor. I need to get out of here. Someone needs to stop the Joker."

Dash stood beside him. "Hey, we're going to top him."

Batman didn't reply as he reached inside the dangerous device, the female doctor was confused. "What the hell are you doing?"

He pulled out a long electrical device from the machine, he then took out another device from his utility device and connected the two together. After a little bit of tinkering the long device now resembled a gun. Batman then headed out of the small room with Dash in tow, he told the female doctor "Stay here, you'll be safe."

She questioned "You sure?"

"If you hear anyone coming, hide. I'll be back."

Batman didn't waste any time, the pair couldn't go through the way they came in so they went through the door on their far left. They zoomed across the room but found the doors were shut by a metal door in the way of the real one, it was connected to some kind of electrical device above them. Dash showed her frustration "Buck! Were stuck again."

Batman took the gun like device and shot an electric spark at the device above the door. Suddenly the door shot up and the real door was there before them. Out of fear the door would close again they both hurried through.

They found the only way out was another ventilation shaft so they hurried through. As they did they could hear the voices of several goons beyond. "And what? We just wait for the Bat to break through the door, and then we jump him?"

"That's the plan."

"It's not a plan, it's a suicide note."

When they reached the end they found the voices were the goons keeping the door shut from earlier. Batman told Dash to stay put and this time she did as she was told. As she could hear the sounds of screams, bones cracking, the overused line of 'it's the Bat' she thought about Carnage for a moment. Is he really over me already? He was definitely flirting with that Harley girl. I guess he never did care for me in that way as much as he does as a friend.

The noises stopped so she took this as a sign that she could get down now. Batman led her the way they had come before and eventually they came to where the Joker was hiding before. Dash looked annoyed. "Why did we come back here? We still can't get to him."

Batman retorted "Actually thanks to this, we can."

He pulled out the electric gun and he fired it repeatedly at a generator. Dash looked above and saw the end of a crane starting to move back and forth, back and forth it went until eventually it collided with the door to the Joker's office and broke it down. Dash jumped for joy but Batman kept his stern expression "Stay here Dash for the moment, I'll check it out."

They could hear the voice of Harley Quinn. "What's wrong with you B-man? You come into Mister J's home and start smashing it to pieces; don't you know he's sick?"

Batman shot up to the entrance way but as he climbed up a foot met his face and he fell back down. Rainbow Dash rushed to his aid as fast as she could and shook him in an attempt to get him fortunately it worked and they saw the assailant jump down after him.

It was the large one armed man with the clown makeup from before and he was still carrying the same hammer. Harley stood at the edge of the entrance and said "Surprise B-man, this is Mister Hammer, he's going to teach you some manners!"

Suddenly the pair were surrounded by goons and Mister Hammer seemed focused on the Pegasus. Dash found herself genuinely afraid as the large man made his way towards her but Batman was now being cut off by the other eight goons. She was on her own.

She backed away slowly as she could see goons flying in different direction s behind Mister Hammer. She decided her best bet was to fly up and away from him but as she did this Mister Hammer swung his hammer and it just clipped the edge of dash's wing. A mixture of surprise and panic caused her to fall but she wasn't in any real pain, the large man spoke, "I will bury you tiny creature."

He swung his hammer straight down at her while she was in her prone position but she narrowly managed to dodge the attack. She wildly bucked at him and managed to clip his face but it didn't seem to have any effect on him. One of the goons tried to grab Dash in order to hold her still but she grabbed onto his arm and flew under his legs which caused him to flip over himself.

When Mister Hammer swung again he accidently hit the fallen goon effectively killing him, this turned Dash white as a ghost but it didn't seem to faze Mister Hammer in the slightest as he kept going toward Dash who was now trapped in a corner and was too afraid to fly upwards.

He lifted his hammer to strike but found Batman cape in his face which stunned him. Dash saw that she was still alive and noticed that all the other goons had been taken out. The now dazed Mister Hammer was being served shots left and right to his cranium but he shook them off and swatted Batman away. Dash found her courage and flew as fast as she could and bucked Mister Hammer in the back of the head. Batman then pulled out his electrical gun and shot it at Mister Hammer which caused him to swing wildly and when he turned his back Batman jumped on top of him and smashed his head into the ground knocking him out cold.

Before Dash had a chance to celebrate their victory they could suddenly hear a loud no coming from Harley in Joker's office. They shot up into the room as he could hear loud sobbing and they could also hear a loud continuous beep tone that was coming from a monitor next to the Joker who was sitting limp in a chair. Harley was desperately shaking him, "Why, why, why, why, why?!"

It appeared that the Joker was dead, Dash didn't know what to say, she didn't like this guy but she didn't want him dead but all Batman could do was stare at the scene before him. Batman then started walking towards the deceased Joker while Dash stayed back, Harley looked enraged, "YOU!"

"Get out of my way Quinn."

He had to see this, this was too good to be true that his mortal enemy was finally gone from this world, Harley would have none of it, "Leave us alone B-man… just leave me with him."

Batman had to know and Quinn would not stop him, he threw her out of the way which surprised Dash as he said, "I SAID MOVE!"

Dash suddenly felt something covering her mouth, her eyes opened in horror as gas filled her nose and suddenly she found herself unconscious. Batman wasn't paying attention however as he was looking over the body with his detective vision. To his surprise all vital signs were off, no heartbeat, no pulse, no nothing. The Joker was dead. Harley screamed hysterically at him "This is all your fault! You've hounded him for years, beat him to a pulp, and for what?" Why are you so mean?!"

Batman didn't know what to feel, it was over. Gotham's greatest nightmare was finally at an end but then he felt an oxygen mask cover his face with gas seeping through it, he violently tried to swing whoever was on his back off but he could hear a disturbingly familiar voice yell "Surprise!"

He managed to shake them off but then Batman started to feel very weak like he was slipping, he tried to focus but just couldn't. He couldn't even stand fully up and he could now recognise the voice did indeed belong to the Joker. "You fell for the old fake Joker gag Batman!"

That laugh was to distinct to belong to anyone else, he looked up to see Harley Quinn standing before him with a bat in her hand and she took one mighty swing to his head, he heard her say 'Batter up' and then he felt a second shot. He was almost completely out. He desperately looked for Dash who was lying on the floor unconscious and then the third and final strike hit and all he could see was black.

Next chapter, Riddle me this. What kind of man is an upset man who literally flirts with danger and has an ability to find trouble?

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