Chapter 16
Bonded by a ring
The night could be a blessing and it could be a curse.
For it could hide you and also it could hide others.
Batman was a pro at hiding in the dark , he could hide in the dark when there was no dark to hide in.
They called this blending in and using the environment that is around you.
From the mailman to the milkman to a little old man walking down the street.
Batman was the ninja that made all other ninja look bad and he was training another ninja to be just as good as himself.
She was Martha Wayne and he refuse to let her use any powers other then that of the mind.
“powers are like a crutch if you rely on them to much one day they will not be there”
“always keep and ace up your sleeve” He drilled in the tactics as she silently made her way overhead some of the worse hard cased villains of Gotham.
They were having a fight night and two of the best were going head to head.
Bruce was someplace in the bunch his blending in was to good for even her to find him.
On one side was the leader of the fraction of clowns a new Joker he was fast and burned through nanite enhancing drugs faster then any other. It made his mind crazy but sharp.
One second he would be doing one thing and the next he would look right up and show that the mind was not all gone.
The other side was a killer from the new gang in town.
They would strike and demand respect of others but never knew how to give it.
Brawn was dressed in a suit that made you think of high class and very rich.
The Ref came out into the middle unafraid of the two men.
A women was cheering on the Joker. She worse hardly any clothing but strips of red and black covered areas and her sight made some men drool.
She could take care of herself well enough she almost craved the attention.
Martha looked down from her place high above the scene and noticed the ref looking right back.
He coughed and she lost her footing and fell before the two fighters.
“what is this here said the ref in odd voice”
“we have a challenger for the pair and she will fight both fighters at once”
The girl in the patches smiled at Martha her body delighted at the thought that she may see little Miss hurt before her eyes. She was of the new world and loved both men and women.
She winked at Martha “you get those big mean men and if you win you can fight me”
Martha had a cold chill go down her back and she almost called her flame to herself but fault back the urge.
What would Bruce do she thought.
She could feel the power in her cells but she had never been able to use it like her father and her mother.
Her powers were of redeeming fire and it burned the soul of demons and it attacked the darkness in people. She reached for that power and this time as she could see the hand of the ref falling to start the match in slow motion.
It stopped in mid air and all the world went on pause.
She found it , she found her inner power and it came to the surface and it woke up and Martha stood a bit taller and she breathed a deep breath making her chest inflate and her stature more grand.
All the world was still in pause mode all but the ref.
“Martha , wake the hell up your power drunk”
Martha looked at the ref closer and then closer still..
It was Bruce , her champion and protector and this was the test.
She smiled at him and the fight began.
The nanites in the Jokers body was beginning to adjust to the speed Martha was using.
He came at her with force but Martha moved and he struck the gentlemen and sent him flying into the crowd.
“its just us it seems” said the joker laughing but the Gentlemen got back up and brushed himself off and came back in.
“Do not count me out just yet , I am not that fragile”
Martha Took a small peace of flame and let is come to just her palms and unleashed more of the power in her cells.
She became a blur on the Gentlemen and then her strikes stopped and one main blow later he flew across the arena and fell to the floor unmoving.
Martha sent out signals to her own armor to join in the fun and the Joker simply dropped to the ground shaking.
Never fight a girl with tech better then yours she thought.
The ref raised her hands in the air to show the winner when she stepped into the ring.
All the crowd became hushed.
“you took down my Lovey and did not even touch him”
She grinned and pushed Bruce away with little effort knocking him to the curb where he lay not moving.
This was not your normal crazed women.
Martha could smell the foul stench of Aries and this fight could kill her.
She looked at Bruce and could tell he still lived.
He stood in the crowd just beyond sight smiling down at the event.
Aries the old god of war had come to kill her.
How could she save them Martha thought.
The blow came from no place faster then anything she had ever seen before.
Years of fighting kicked in , years of living the life of battle pushed down to parts of her mind she had never wanted to visit before bubbled up to the surface.
She let the flame out and it poured from her , and the night glowed a bright red and for blocks all around the city came to life lit up by Martha.
She looked to this villain before her , this evil champion of the old war god and she awoke her own inner demons to do battle.
The people watching ran afraid for life and limb , The Gentlemen was struck again by the cleansing flame and rose into the air screaming.
The Joker still unable to move just lay in his own angry pose.
Martha blocked so many strikes , kicks and out of the thin air weapon strikes she had to focus.
Where was he, she thought.
Then she felt him raise up and she felt him move but he could not be seen , he was her champion after all and then the world of the Wayne manner was all around her and she let out a sigh of relief.
Who was that she thought to herself.
Bruce cradled her in his arms.
“This Aries is out for blood and he will not stop till you and all you know and love are dead”
In the dark out in the city an angry ex god of war stood with his champion and they both seemed lost in thought.
The game was being playing of cat and mouse.
He knew where Martha went but she was a toy to him and he wanted Diana , he wanted revenge.
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