The wind blew and the bat just stayed there for a moment, letting his eyes search the ground. Tony stared at him for a moment, gazing at him. H could now see arms and legs-the bat was a human.
Gunshots and shouts drew Tony's attention back to the dark ally way were they where. He could see a tall man dressed in a purple suit with deathly white skin and green hair. His lips were bright red, as if he applied too much lipstick. Standing a few feet away from him was woman wearing a black and red skintight outfit that showed off her figure. Her face was also white. In front of them, facing them stood a solitary figure. A young boy, Tony couldn't guess his age, was clad in a bright out fit of red, yellow and black. He had a mask over his eyes.
Tony allowed his eyes to wander back to the skyline. Standing opposite the bat was a smaller, slimmer creature. Her cape only comes down to her lower back. She stands, and Tony can feel that she is waiting. The much larger bat stares back at her and then-nods.
It's only a small nod, a slight tilt of the head. But the girl-bat seems to take this nod as a signal. A moment after the nod, she is flying towards the ground. No, not the ground. The man in purple is right below her. Without a moments notice, she locks onto him. She grabs him as she falls, and wraps her legs around his torso. Her arms and fist tighten around his neck.
" AHHHHHHHHH! HARLEY! GET THE GUN!" he shouts. The girl-bat only tightens her hold on his neck. His slender fingers grasp at her own gloved ones. The woman has pulled out a gun, and she points it at the girl. The trigger is pulled.
There is no bullet. Instead, a huge fist is released. It shoots straight at girl and hits her. Tony hears her gasp of surprise. She lets go of the man and falls back into the darkness. Tony hears a soft "oof!" as her body hit the ground.
Tony wanted to help, really he did, but his body aches and he's exhausted. He looks around again. He does a double take when he sees the large bat standing right behind the boy. For what feels like forever, he and the man in the purple suit have a stare down. Nobody moves. Even the girl-bat, emerging from the dark, is perfectly silent. Then the bat lunges.
The man in purple is ready. Quick as lightning, he whips out a bottle full of some weird blue liquid. He screams something Tony can't hear and throws the bottle on the ground. The glass breaks and some sort of gas is released. The bat gasps and falls on all fours, coughing. The man in purple grins an huge grin. He leans down towards the bat.
" There is a long, scientific explanation for what this gas does, but we'll skip that. All you need to know is that this is a poisonous gas from a poisonous flower that will kill you. And if it doesn't kill you, it will make you very sick. Harley, next time you see her, say thank you to Poison Ivy for sending these poisons to me for me, will you?"
" Absolutely, Mista J! Sure thing!" the woman says cheerfully. The man, satisfied, turns back to the bat. "Well, I would love to stay, Batsy, but I've gt to run!"
The colorful boy runs forward. He, too, is coughing hard, but he manages to gasp, " Batman!"
"Get them!" the bat cries pointing at Tony.
Both the girl-bat and the boy nodded, then run toward the scattered Avengers. The boy reaches Tony first. He picks Tony up, and then, Tony doesn't know how, they are soaring. They land on a close rooftop. The boy lays Tony on the ground, and the girl lays Steve down. The gas is clearing, and Tony can peer over the edge of the roof to see the man and the woman getting beat up by the bat. The boy and girl are running around, collecting various members of the avengers team. When the last person-Loki- is layed out on the roof, the boy and girl go assist the bat. Moments late, both man and woman are lying on the ground in handcuffs. The bat looks up and stares at Tony. For a moment, they stay that way, staring into each others eyes.
The bat flys up to where the roof where the Avengers are. Tony watches him as he takes in the team. A small man wearing only pants. A man in a red, white and blue skintight outfit. A woman in a black leather outfit. A muscular man holding a hammer. A man holding a bow and arrows. A man in a red and yellow metal suit. A man in green robes, who has yet to wake up. The bat shakes his head.
" Are you alright?" he asks. It's a simple question, but Tony panics.
" No! We aren't alright! Where are we? What happened? Why aren't we in New York?"
" Calm down" the bat advises. " You're obviously confused and upset. I'll take you home so you can sort your mind out. Also, we should look at that man right there-he hasn't woken up."
The bat pressed a small button. A sleek, high tech car came out of nowhere and pulled up right next to them.
And so they were herded into the car. For a brief while, the man and woman had to sit next them, but a stop at the police station changed that.
Tony kept drifting in and out of sleep. He was exhausted and by the looks of it, so where his teammates. When they arrived where ever they were, it took all his strength to stumble out of the car and onto the hard bed he was offered. He fell asleep for about five minutes and when he woke up he heard
"-and if they wake up?"
" Then get them food, water, whatever they want. But don't let them upstairs. I'll be back at my usual time."
"Very good, sir."
"Oh, and Alfred?'
"Yes?"
"One of them mentioned a thing called New York. I looked it up. New York, whatever it is, doesn't exist."