Disclaimer: I don't own Batman, Green Lantern, and W.I.T.C.H these all belong to their respective owners and the companies that publish them. This applies to every chapter in the story.

Chapter 1

Then

"We're almost there"

"Are you sure"

"It's getting brighter and brighter"

"There, right in this spot"

"Which cell is it?"

"The one to the right"

"Who…who...are you?

"My name is..."

NOW

The night was young as it consumed the city of New York, while the other boroughs were dead and quiet throughout the long dark; Manhattan was the only place where it was continuous and bustling non-stop. However, this past week, the constant activity of New York had diminished greatly. With the increased crime rate striking Manhattan, many people were afraid to leave their homes at night and to make it worse, 23 people have disappeared without a trace from their homes and no one knows how. To many people this meant to pray for the best, to one man however, it was another day at the office.

"PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" A man said as he was on the ground in a dim lit alley, looking terrified as his 5 attackers were hidden by the shadows but surrounded him as he was then knocked out.

One of them asked "Should we take him?"

"Does our master want him?" Another asked

"It doesn't matter our master said to capture any human we see for his goals. NOW SHUT UP?" Another said.

"I can't wait to see what the master plans to do with them, Pathetic humans." One said gleefully.

As they approached the body, a shadow had passed over them quick. One of the attackers noticed this and halted everyone.

"Did you see that?"The first attacker said

"See what?"The second asked

"Someone is here"

"Who?" the third asked

"It must be nothing, just the shadows playing your mind" The fourth said, he then gestured the others to take the body. As he got closer though, he was hit by an object from out of nowhere and fell down to ground hard.

The others saw this and were startled by it, as the fourth groaned in pain, he picked himself up to see what had hit him and saw an object shaped like a bat on the ground. He picks it up to investigate it and all of sudden currents of electricity shock him to unconsciousness. The others were now frightened.

"WHOS THERE?" The second asked

"Show yourself!" The third yelled

"Do as he says or we will kill you!" the fifth said.

"Brave words from you all, but futile at best" a voice said, it sounded dark and monstrous. The words gave chills to the attackers as they look around their surroundings to figure out who had attacked one of their own. They attempted to stand firm and ready, but nothing could stop the shaking of their legs or the sweat dripping down from their face.

"WH...WHOS THERE?" The first attacker said

"Someone you should not have crossed" The voice said

"A…and how did we cross you?"

"By deciding to kidnap people in my city, now you're going to tell me where they are." The voice says. It didn't cease to bring chills to their bones, every word made them scared; good he needed them scared, he needed them to be afraid.

"HAH! WHAT DO YOU THINK WE ARE, A BUNCH OF RATS?" The fifth boldly said, although his body language told differently. Then all of a sudden, another object flies towards them and hits the second attacker straight in the face, knocking him out completely. As the remaining 3 stay together, a figure lands in front of them. The figure was dark and hard to fully see, they could see the blank red eyes and the red bat symbol on his chest.

"What are you?" They all asked

The figure then stepped forward to fully reveal himself and said "I'm Batman" and then proceeded to switch to a combat stance.

The attackers thought of this as fear to fight and ran forward revealing themselves to be not humans but monsters wearing leather armor and carrying swords and weapons. This surprised Batman for a moment, although he was not shocked. Several eyewitness accounts described the kidnappers as somewhat monstrous and big. Batman waits for them to attack at once and when they attempt to strike, Batman swiftly moves away by jumping over them and landing behind them.

He kicks the one in front of him, making him fall to the ground and then counters the two on his sides by grabbing one of their weapons and hitting the wielder with the wooden end of it and then strikes the other enough for him to bleed, knocking him back. He hears a roar behind him to see that one of the kidnappers has regained consciousness and is currently charging at him. Batman, in a quick reaction stops his charge by stunning him with his coat and then pulls out a series of concentrated punches and strikes at his opponent only to end it with an uppercut. The kidnapper is knocked back and dazed, but he quickly regains his composure and continues his assault. The other three also join in and they all attempt to attack him at once by striking with their weapons. Batman anticipates this and counters this but blocking all four of them with his arms then punches and kicks them all back several feet away to scatter them.

After that, Batman is surprised at best as not only could one of them could withstand such a series of attacks hard enough to knock a person out completely. But they all are still standing with minimal bruising at best. This was going to take a while, and he will certainly need to be when he gets home.

Batman maintains a martial arts stance; he could not leave himself open and vulnerable to them, these punks don't seem the type to leave a person alive after a fight.

At this moment all the last one to be knocked out has fully regained his senses and without hesitation joins the fight. But before anything can happen, a green burst of energy comes out of nowhere and hits one of them back toward a brick wall making him break it. 'Oh great him' Batman thought as he instantly knew who was capable of energy blasts like that, and he was hovering just a couple feet above with brown hair, a confident smile, and his green lantern attire. Yes, this was William Collins, otherwise known as Green Lantern N.Y to his peers and every person on the planet.

"Need any help?" He asked

"Now is not the time lantern."

"You soooo need my help"

"I can handle it thanks."

"You sure? Because if I was seeing this correctly you were close to having your ass kicked by these well, um fake ugly gargoyles looking guys." He said with a smug smile saying its true and you know it.

Batman growled in annoyance but his attention was focused elsewhere as now the monsters are once again resuming their attack. However this time since Green Lantern has officially joined the fight, Batman had the upper hand in outmatching them since three of them had focused on Green Lantern who was using his constructs to easily take them out, one was knocked out and stuck in a brick wall, and one was focused on Batman entirely. It didn't take long for Batman to overwhelm his opponent with multiple strikes bringing him down entirely to the ground and leaving him spitting out blood.

As the remaining attackers back away having gotten one of their own out of the brick wall they realized that they would be defeated if they continued fighting.

"Grr…It's too late, we will never win we have to go back now." One of them said and that same monster then did something with his hand and before the two heroes realized it, they were blown away by a portal that appeared behind the kidnappers. As they walked into it, Batman realized he was too far away to catch up to them, so he took out a batarang and threw it to the monster's belt, cutting off the pendant he saw and making it fall to the ground.

The portal then closed, leaving only Batman, Green Lantern, and the victim who was unconscious this whole time. Batman approached the Pendant. It glowed for a second then stopped as he picked it up. He analyzed it using his lenses and detected strange energy signatures. He then turned back to Green Lantern.

"Take him to nearest hospital you can find, and make sure the cops get his story, when you're done with that meet me at the Batcave. I assume you know where it is?" Batman asks with Green Lantern nodding although he raised an eyebrow at what the vigilante was saying

"Alright then" Batman says, Green Lantern then picks up the victim and looks back to see Batman gone

"sigh One day he will know what that feels like." Green Lantern remarks to himself.

Tonight was going to prove interesting indeed.