The knight then paused and stared at Batman. He wasn't the only one.
The many citizens looked at him in confusion and wonderment. They must have never seen anyone dressed in such odd clothing.
His sharp ears pointed upwards and his color scheme of grey and black seemed to be not that common among the clothing they were wearing.
His cloak flowed downward and around him, making him appear almost phantom-like. A few nearby children were standing behind their parents, looking at him out of curiosity.
When Batman turned around to look at them, they became frightened and hid. Batman sighed at this.
He turned back to the knight.
"I have recently gotten lost and need some directions to get me on my way."
"Ah! Yes, well. We are in the eastern provence of the Capital as you know."
"And the country?"
"Excuse me? "
"The name of the country. Humor me."
Batman kept a stern look as he said this. The Knight looked unnerved by the question but still answered.
"Um. Lugnica. The Dragon Kingdom of Lugnica."
"Hmmmm…Lugnica."
He had never heard of this country before, but by the name alone he could tell it was just as medieval based as the world around him.
Not cars, but carriages driven by dinosaur like creatures cluttered the streets and half human-half animal beings intermingled with regular folk.
Batman had to accept the idea that he wasn't going to have an easy time getting back to his world.
"Sir? Sir."
"Yes?"
"Where are you from exactly?"
Batman quickly pondered what to say next, he noticed the knight slowly move his fingers around his swords hilt.
"The West."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Legally or illegally?"
Batman realized he might have screwed up, he did not know of the relations of this country and its neighbors.
He needed to get out of there, and knew exactly what to do.
"My friend over there can vouch for me."
Batman pointed behind the knight as he said this. The knight quickly turned around to see what he was pointing at.
Seeing nothing of importance he turned back. Only to see he disappeared.
"What the?! Where did he?!"
The Knight ran through the streets searching for the man he just lost track of.
Batman was looking down at the commotion from a nearby rooftop.
Batman jumped from one rooftop to another, getting a feel of the vibrant city.
Finally, he found a tall enough building that he could get a good view with. He pulled out his grappling gun and fired it, pulling him to the top.
He perched on top of the rooftop edge and looked out and saw the vast green forest that was on the other side of a large wall ahead of him.
"Swamp Thing might have liked it here. "
For a moment, he could only think of an old friend who was obsessed with nature, but to a lesser extent than Poison Ivy.
What happened to her?
Did their mission fail?
Is she alive?
What is happening in Gotham?
Are they looking for him?
He couldn't think as normally as he wanted to. He had to find a way back. He began to make his way to the other side of the rooftop…
"NO WAIT!"
He heard something he has heard countless times. A scream. A cry for help.
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"I'll have it tomorrow! I SWEAR!"
Batman ran back to the edge he was on, he looked down and saw a grungy looking alley below.
He used his eye cameras to zoom in on what was occurring. He saw four men surrounding a young lady.
The young lady, who would ordinarily be described as pretty with her pink hair, freckles and blue eyes, was anything but.
Her hair was a mess and her left eye was horribly swollen. She could barely stand and was visibly exhausted.
Batman activated his other devices to listen in better on the occurrence.
"Look we gave you a chance to pay up. Now you owe us some interest with it! Or should we burn down that store of yours to teach you all a lesson?!"
"NO! I can pay I swear."
Two of the other thugs converged on her as she backed in the wall.
"Look Linnea! You were supposed to pay today! Not tomorrow or when the Dragon comes back. TODAY!"
Linnea looks down at the floor, too scared to look up at their scary features and tears forming around her last good eye.
"YOU LISTENING?!"
A large smack topples her over and she lands hard on her sides. She whimpers in pain and tries to speak.
"I'm-I-I'm sorry. Please just-."
The leader thug grabs her hair and begins pulling her up as she screams in terror.
In a seedy part of the capital near the slums, no one would even bother intervening.
That was the way it was there.
"Now let's see if we can-!"
The thug then notices a large shadow has now covered her face. Looking up a large black mass floats down at them.
Landing behind them was a cloaked figure with white sharp eyes.
As he began to stand to face them, those very eyes narrowed to an angered form.
The closest thug to the figure pulled out a blade and walked over to him with an obnoxious expression.
"Huh? Who the hell are-?!"
Before he could even finish, the figure jumped up and kneed him in the chin.
He began falling back from the blow, but was caught by his collar and pulled forward.
The figure then proceeded to punch the thug several times in the face before he threw him against wall, causing a small crater to form on it.
The thugs were incredibly stunned. The woman could not believe what she saw.
And the figure began to walk towards them with the same angered look in his eyes. The leader motioned his other two thugs to rush him.
The two thugs pulled out their own blades and circled the figure. The figure moved a foot slightly forward and the thugs charged with their weapons.
The figure leaped to his left and grabbed one thug by his shoulders, using the momentum he lifted himself and brutally kicked the other thug in his face.
Blood and teeth exploded from his face as he fell into some boxes and winced in utter agony, while clutching his face.
The figure then turned his body in the air and kneed the other thug in the ear knocking him to the ground and making him lose his knife.
Quickly doing a flip and landing on his feet, he rushed to the thug that tumbled on the ground.
The thug attempted to pick up his knife, but had it kicked away. He was then rewarded with three solid blows to the face, knocking him unconscious.
The other thug began getting up from atop the boxes and was met with a solid uppercut.
His body rose into the air and fell back into the boxes crushing them, as well as possibly a few bones.
"OI! OI! WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS?!"
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