The character in this one is the one on the story's cover image.
This one is based on the cartoon.
The young Nightwing bat heard someone cry out, "Everyone! Fly!" Her small size would help her to avoid being knocked out of the air by the fear-driven swarm of bats, but would also make it easier for her to be floored by the battering wings of the fleeing bats.
Her eyes wide with terror, she took flight. Amid screeches of terror and confusion, she attempted to weave around the cloud of pummeling wings.
No!
The strong beat of a Graywing male's wing caught her wingtip, causing her to tumble through the air, crashing painfully down right at the exit to the Human cabin.
The nearing beat of wings startled her and she jerked her head up, but was met only with the sight of the newcomer Brightwing's face—Marina, the Nightwing thought she was called.
Marina wrapped her bright wings around her and gave her a reassuring touch on the shoulder, then helped her up.
"Go," Marina urged her, "go!"
She needed no further bidding. Immediately spreading her dark wings, she beat them and rose right back into the air. Flapping hurriedly, she caught up with the rest of the colony that had escaped, and this time managed to stay in the air until the panic of the banded bats was dulled enough for them to fly orderly.
The cold air stung, even though it had stopped snowing a while ago. It was especially painful on the young bat's band, the metal already a searing cold against her forearm. She winced; it had been a while since she had left the warm safety of the Human cabin roost.
Looking back over her shoulder, she spotted the two giant bats that the Silverwing—the one without a band—had warned her colony about. The cannibals.
She hoped everyone had gotten out safe. Had Marina? Marina had helped her escape, saved her life, and she desperately wanted her rescuer to survive. Marina didn't deserve to be eaten.
But all the Nightwing could do was keep flying and hope.
I apologize for the shortness, but I called it a 'short little one-shot' for a reason. More on the way!
