Tommy removed his cowl, flinging it across the Batcave in anger.
"An entire night, fucking wasted," He muttered to himself. He walked to the equipment bench and leaned against it, both hands pressed into the reinforced plexiglass that covered the table. Tommy hung his head and then, suddenly, slammed his fist into the table.
"Fuck!" He yelled, both in anger and because he had hurt his hand. He held his mitt in his other hand, rubbing it gingerly.
Tommy had spent all that night trying to find Black Canary and he had gotten nowhere. He was scared and confused and more than a little worried about his... girlfriend, he guessed? It occurred to him that he and Black Canary had never really talked about that.
They had talked about everything else, though. Tommy knew everything about her and she him. She had a way of getting through both his wannabe Batman AND his wannabe frat boy exterior, getting to know the real him in a way no one else did. And he liked to listen to her talk; she was nice and funny and he actually spent a good 75% of the time she talked not secretly staring at her tits.
Still, Tommy thought, there was no reason for him to be THIS upset.
'Unless you really do love her,' A voice in his head said.
Love? Tommy shook his head. Sure, he told Dinah that he loved her but that was just a thing you say. He didn't think he knew what "love" even meant. He loved, he guessed; he loved being Batman, he loved sex, he loved his mom a little. But he didn't think he had ever really loved someone, not like that.
'Until now,' A voice said.
Maybe. Tommy tried to wrap his head around the concept. He thought about Black Canary: her easy smile, her carefree laugh, the way her suit hugged her body... if Tommy could love anyone it would be her. Then he got images in his mind: her hurt, her tied up, her being beaten, her dead. It made his heart seize.
'Marry her,' A voice told him.
Hahahahahaha, no. Not happening.
'Fine, move in with her,' The voice said. It seemed exasperated.
Move in? ...Maybe. The fact that Tommy was thinking about it meant something.
"You need to find her," A voice said.
Yeah, I d- wait...
"What the fuck?" Tommy shouted in surprise, turning around. The last voice wasn't in his head; it was coming from behind him. There, standing before him, were 2 tiny impish men. One was dressed up like Batman, his round face peering out from the cowl that wrapped tightly around his face. The other was a small man in an orange suit. He had white hair that stood out straight to the side and a large stogie hung from his mouth. Tommy recognized him and began to get angry.
"It's you! That fucking, uh... Mr. Mxzzz... whatever the fuck!" He said. He ran after the imp but both of them vanished as he got close. Tommy heard them laughing behind him.
"Easy there, champ!" The one dressed as Batman said. "We're not here to fight. We're your biggest fans!"
"Biggest fans?" Tommy said. "Your buddy caused nothing but mayhem a few weeks ago!"
The man with the impossible name laughed. "Oh boohoo, I made you fuck Mary Marvel. I'm sure it was torture for you."
Tommy paused. The imp had a point.
"Relax," Tiny Batman said. "We're not here to cause you any trouble. In fact, we're here to help! My name is Bat-Mite and you know my friend here is Mr. Mxyzptlk." Bat-Mite took a small bow.
"Help?" Tommy said suspiciously. "And how exactly are you going to 'help' me?"
"Easy," Mr. Mxyzptlk said. "We're going to help you save Black Canary."
Tommy eyed the two imps suspiciously. "What the fuck are you guys?"
Bat-Mite responded. "We're just two average Joes from the 5th dimension here to watch you work. We're your biggest fans, Tommy!"
Tommy started. How did these little twerps know his name?
"So... you're from the 5th dimension..." Tommy said. "So that's why you can teleport and do all that shit?"
"Oh, we can do a lot more than that," Mr. Mxyzptlk said. "We can pretty much do anything. We can change things, send people pretty much wherever... oh, and get you laid many times over."
Tommy furrowed his brow. "Huh? What are you talking about?" He asked.
Bat-Mite laughed, a high-pitched whine emanating from him. "How do you think you've been fucking all these hot superwomen? Your smarts?"
"Well..." Tommy said. "Yeah?"
Both Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite laughed uproariously, leaning against each other for support. Mr. Mxyzptlk slapped Bat-Mite on the back as he laughed from deep in his gut.
"...Fuck you guys," Tommy said quietly.
"Sorry, sorry," Bat-Mite said through guffaws. "The point is, we're big fans of you and want to help. Black Canary has been captured by the evil villain Roulette to fight in an underground superhero bloodsport ring."
"...What," Tommy said. That couldn't be a real thing... could it?
"Oh yeah, it's all very exciting," Mr. Mxyzptlk said. "Bat-Mite and I have been betting on it and it's a lot of-" Bat-Mite elbowed him in the ribs, telling him to be quiet.
"We'll take you there and help you get to Roulette so you can free Black Canary," Bat-Mite said. "...If, you know, you do something for us."
There it was, Tommy thought. He wasn't sure if he could trust these two; they seemed a little weird, even for magical imps from the 5th dimension. But, if they did know where Black Canary was, he couldn't exactly afford NOT to trust them.
"What do I have to do?" Tommy asked.
"Simple," Mr. Mxyzptlk said. "You just have to let us go with you. Oh, and you have to let us watch you fuck Roulette."
"Yeah, and you have to fuck her REALLY hard," Bat-Mite added.
Tommy sighed. "Look, guys, I really need to save Black Canary and I don't really have time to fuck around this ti-"
"Fuck around!" Bat-Mite said, laughing once again. "Oh ho ho, that's great!"
Tommy continued. "...Don't have time to mess around with anyone this time."
Bat-Mite looked glum while Mr. Mxyzptlk angrily tossed his cigar to the ground. "C'mon, we're helping you!" Mr. Mxyzptlk said angrily. "You get your little girlie back, we get to watch another high & mighty super get fucked!"
"Yeah," Bat-Mite added in, "You have to fuck her. Besides, she's hot! Look at her!"
The monitor on the Batcomputer suddenly flicked on and Tommy glanced at the screen. A beautiful dark-haired woman looked back at him, her eyes obscured by a set of small sunglasses. Her hair was done up with pins in it, holding it tight against her head. Two small Japanese characters were tattooed on her left cheek.
Roulette's tall, curvy body was bound in a showy red dress that hung tightly to her neck and clung to everywhere else. The dress had a hole at Roulette's navel, showing her toned stomach. It then cut short at her right leg, showing at least one of her long, slender legs. The woman was a monument, a shining example of beauty for the world to worship. And then there was the tattoo...
"Does that..." Tommy struggled to say, "Does that tattoo go from her leg to her stomach to her...?"
Both Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite nodded eagerly. Roulette had a dragon tattoo that started at her exposed leg before winding up her stomach (the tattoo visible through the hole in her dress) and ending at her exposed left shoulder. Tommy couldn't decide what was hotter: the tattoo itself or the fact that Roulette knew it was hot and picked a dress that exposed it. He badly wanted to fuck her. And yet...
"No," Tommy said, snapping himself out of his day dream. "I'm sorry, guys, I can't. Even if Roulette is super... super hot... no, I can't. I need to focus on Black Canary."
The two imps sagged at the shoulders, clearly disappointed.
"Fine," Mr. Mxyzptlk said sadly. "I guess we understand."
"Will you guys still help me anyway?" Tommy asked. "I promise that next time I'll fuck whoever you want."
The two imps huddled together, whispering. Tommy tapped his foot impatiently. He heard Bat-Mite snicker in delight and then the two unhuddled, apparently having made their decision.
"Sure, we'll help you," Bat-Mite said. "We figure we owe you one."
"Awesome!" Tommy said, smiling widely. He was finally going to get Black Canary back! "Thanks, guys. So, what's the plan?"
Mr. Mxyzptlk smiled back. "We got it all planned out. This Roulette likes to gamble, you see? So, all you have to do is bet her for Black Canary's freedom. One spin of a roulette wheel... get it, because her name's Roulette... and you'll have Black Canary back!"
Tommy was skeptical. "I'm not sure leaving my girlfriend's freedom up to a roulette wheel is such a good idea..."
"Don't worry!" Bat-Mite said. "We got it all set for you. We'll make sure you can't lose."
Tommy was still a little skeptical but he figured that if these little guys could make things disappear then fixing a roulette wheel would be a piece of cake.
"Alright," He said finally, "Let's get-"
***
"Started... wait, where the fuck are we?" Tommy asked. They had gone from the Batcave to a hallway. The hallway was painted blood red and there were a series of pictures up along the walls. They were costumed heroes, long passed. A sign hung above one, stating, "In Memoriam."