𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝙀𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙔𝘽𝙊𝘿𝙔, 𝙈𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙁𝙀𝙀𝙏 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙁𝙀𝙀𝙇 𝙐𝙉𝙄𝙏𝙀𝘿, 𝙒𝙃𝙊𝘼-𝙊𝘼❗️ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

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𝑺𝑯𝑬’𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪 𝑴𝑬𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 ❗️

#𝙈𝙑𝙍𝙋 𝙓 ##𝘿𝘾𝙍𝙋 𝙓 ##𝙊𝘾𝙍𝙋
⠀ h

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

- devastating kick towards the head. Sliding around her baton in the air to release concussive blasts of three electric waves.

❝ You’re just as annoying as the old one too. Never did like to duet. ❞

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

Interesting. So she really wasn’t affected.

There was a brief blur of soundwaves, her body moving in what looked like afterimages of sheet music as she expertly moved out of the way of the incoming attacks.

Swerving around towards her blind spot where she would unleash a -

[𝓣𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝓝𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬 @FIREOFNIKOS]

-people. Specifically at the throat.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

- that could even sing along with her like they never did. She could finally get a new ‘singing partner’. She couldn’t have her canary, but this would do.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

❝ Now that introductions are in order…
It’s time for me to cross the border…
Between spoken word and melody…
In time, even you will sing for me… ❞

The pink-haired villainess was determined, now more than ever. This wasn’t the old bat, but a new one entirely. Perhaps one -

[𝓣𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝓝𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬 @FIREOFNIKOS]

Looking in surprise as she witnessed technology in the entire area become scrambled. Though due to the protective layer over her suit, it was saved some forms of damage.

𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐄-

Though…communications were now inert. Though thankfully her suit was still able to be operable.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

- could directly interfere with her surrounding technology. Around her, cell phones would glitch out, screens would fizzle, and the digital songstress could force her way. No one was going to interrupt this performance…

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

❝ Excuse me. All cell phones must be turned off during our production. So could you please — 𝙎𝙄𝙇𝙀𝙀𝙀𝙉𝙉𝘾𝙀. ❞

Apparently, you could teach an old dog new tricks. Belting out her voice at a rather heinous pitch, she’d attempt her own counter, singing at a level that -

[𝓣𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝓝𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬 @FIREOFNIKOS]

-it was like her mentor to mouth off in her ear of any familiar threats.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

❝ . . . An unexpected cast member. ❞

She stops her vocals as she remains genuinely surprised at this new figure entering the limelight. Her pawns all freeze up like puppets with their strings cut and go limp.

How could this be? She was told the bat was… old.

[𝓣𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝓝𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬 @FIREOFNIKOS]

“Mind if I join in on this number?”

Landing down with help of the thrusters in her boots. Smirking cockily at the musician that’s allowing this musical to take place in the middle of Neo Gotham.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

- reprise…
This show’s not over yet…

The bat is gone…
But I may be wrong…
And if I am then..
Place your bets…~ ❞

Crooning to the helpless background extras who stared up at her and provided hypnotic backup vocals to the evil villainess.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

Akin the the formation of a marching band, a series of police officers simply allowed one musician to step through, dancing in without any effort at all. With a twirl of her baton, she gestured one of them to kneel before her and kiss her hand.

❝ On your knees…
For my grand -

[𝓣𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝓝𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬 @FIREOFNIKOS]

-𝐢𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝.

“Got it.”

Launching herself off a building and gliding overhead to witness what’s going on from a bat’s eye view.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

-

…musical.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝑴𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓… 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒃𝒆𝒚…

One harmonious choir of people, all twirling and dancing about in the center of the city. Mindlessly waltzing while praising some phantom individual.

Locked in some kind of…

-

[𝓣𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝓝𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐬 @FIREOFNIKOS]

Can’t leave the city alone for a moment, huh?

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados - voice scratchy thanks to the archival recordings overlapping with her own words. Then, she shivered slightly and reached out to take her hand, closing her eyes and bracing for impact.

❝ Don’t make me… regret this. ❞

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

Curling her finger as she softly vocalizes. Just luring some civilians out to make them ballroom dance with each other in the streets for fun.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados ❝ . . . ❞

She looked slightly soothed, and yet, afraid. Clenching her teeth as she did not yet know what to believe. But it felt good to be acknowledged as a person for once. Even if it might be a lie.

❝ You aren’t 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗲𝘀 me? ❞

She made out, her -

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados - songs flooding her brain. Invading her speech until she couldn’t even stop them from flooding out her lips. She had a fear that she would return her to that life of misery, alone in nothingness.

❝ How can I 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 you . . . ? ❞

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados ❝ . . . You’re not going to throw me away? ❞

She looked conflicted, a shake in her voice as her form slowly started to stabilize, though also some noticeable roughness returned. That audible tic, that constant reminder of what she was, had returned.

Constant lyrics from -

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados - other people!?

It’s either this, or staying a subservient drone! This is the only way I can exist in this world. To take this away… is to deny my right to live! ❞

She pushed her own survival instincts further, using every fiber of her body to become whole again.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados - reclaim her freedom was being taken away from her. The one thing that gave her an advantage over the people who sought to use her like a thrown-away toy.

❝ If you really knew how it felt… Why are you the one with the power? The power to choose and exert your will over -

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados - the very spirit.

[𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘦𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 @DrivesUBats]

@hercalvados -

𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐔𝐋𝐃𝐍’𝐓 𝐁𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑.

❝ Why is it so wrong when I do the very same thing… you all do to me… every day?! I’m only a problem… when I fight back… ❞

She growled . . . Taking more, and more. Data surging deeply into her eyes and aiming to crush -