Flamboyant

Episode 87 of Nightwing & Batgirl.
== Plot ==
The episode starts with a police investigation in one of Gotham's dark alleys where three people are murdered. They looked at the victims' ID's and found out their names (Jaqui Tremayne, Donny Lucido, and George Williamson). It seems like they have been burned alive. They also noticed that one of the victims' face was cut off(Jaqui Tremayne). They were horrified. They were also perplexed by the mystery. It is their first time encountering this type of murder case, where the victims are burned alive. They got back to GCPD and reported to Commissioner Jim Gordon the recent incident. 
Meanwhile, Nightwing, Batgirl, and Firestorm just thwarted Killer Moth and Firefly's scheme. Later, when police came, they also saw Jim Gordon. Batgirl was the first one to notice him. 
"Good morning, dad.", Batgirl greeted, followed by Nightwing and Firestorm.
"Good morning, sweetie.", Jim Gordon replied. "We need your help. We got an important case to solve today.", he asked.
"Alright. We're just here. What is it?", Batgirl asked.
"It's about the murder of three men. Based on evidences they seemed to have been burned alive.", Jim told them.
"Must be the work of Dr. Phosphorus.", Firestorm said.
"He had the same M.O. but that's unlikely. He's at Arkham as of the moment.", Jim Gordon told them.
"Hmm. This seems kinda new.", Nightwing said.
"Even if Dr. Phosphorus has the same abilities, that's not really his style, isn't it?", Batgirl said.
"I guess you're right.", Firestorm said.
"We need you to investigate on this.", Jim told them.
"Yes, dad. We will work on it.", Batgirl replied.
Later, the R-Mobile alerted them of trouble. It's at Gotham Heights. Nightwing and Batgirl rode the R-Mobile while Firestorm flew and they went there immediately. They saw a group of mobsters attacking a woman. Nightwing and Batgirl battled them. Some of them were taken down. The mobsters tried running away, but Firestorm blocked their path with fire. Firestorm finishes them off as he combated them and knocked them down unconscious. Batgirl got the woman away from the mobsters. Then, she asked the woman.
"Excuse me, miss. May I know your name?", she asked.
"I'm Doctor Amina Franklin.", the woman answered.
"So, why did they attack you? Did they want something from you?", Batgirl asked again.
"It's because of borrowed money by my brother who's now dead. The loan was already overdue.", Dr. Franklin replied.
"My goodness. That's so inconsiderate. Don't worry we'll deal with them.", Batgirl assured her. "You can somewhere safe now."
"Thank you very much.", Dr. Franklin said.
Now, Batgirl and Dr. Franklin parted ways. Batgirl went back to the mobsters. 
"This is their leader. His name is Perun.", Nightwing pointed out.
"Aren't you ashamed of yourselves? The woman just lost her brother. Can't you be more considerate and give her a little more time to return the borrowed money?", Batgirl exclaimed. 
"It's due for months!", Perun replied.
"Don't you know how hard it is to earn money?", Batgirl told them.
"This act of yours is enough to warrant you an arrest.", Nightwing said.
"Now, stay here while the police head here to pick you up.", Batgirl told added.
"I don't think so.", Perun said, as he threw a smoke and he and his men ran away.
"Damn it!", Firestorm said.
Firestorm used his fire to clear the smoke. However, the mobsters already got away. Now, using the R-Mobile's GPS, Nightwing, Batgirl, and Firestorm proceeded to follow and track down the mobsters. Later, they stopped Downtown. They almost had the mobsters. But suddenly, a man jumped from a building and landed on the ground. The man had a cybernetic arm. The heroes are later surprised when his suddenly launched flame on the mobsters. They were burned and screaming in agony. 
"Oh, so that's him. That's the new suspect.", Firestorm said.
"You want me? Now I'm here!", the man said, as he laughed manically.
"Hey!", Nightwing called the criminal. "Who are you? And why do you have a mechanical arm?", he asked.
"Just call me Grotesk!", the villain answered, as he laughed again.
"Come back here! We don't want to hurt you.", Batgirl said, as the three heroes followed them.
"We're not here to fight.", Nightwing told him.
Grotesk used his flamethrower to block the heroes' path with fire.
"See you next time, vigilantes!", Grotesk told them, as he got away.
"No way.", Nightwing said.
They went back to the burning bodies of mafias. Jim Gordon and police came to the scene.
"He showed up.", Nightwing said.
"Yes. That really is him.", Jim replied. "You had a close encounter with him. Have you found any valuable information from him?", he asked them.
"Only that he calls himself Grotesk.", Batgirl answered.
"That's a pretty unique name, huh.", Jim Gordon replied.
"We'll work on it. We promise.", Batgirl told her father.
"What's with the mobsters, anyway?", Jim asked.
"Our car detected trouble and when we got to the scene, we found them attacking a woman over her dead brother's borrowed money.", Nightwing answered.
"And the woman. Did you know her name?", Jim asked.
"Yes. She's Dr. Amina Franklin.", Batgirl responded.
"Wait. I know her. She's a doctor at Leslie Thompkins' Medical Center.", Jim told them. "However, I did not know that her brother died."
"So, what's the plan? We go interview her?", Firestorm asked.
"We can try.", Jim Gordon said.
Now, Nightwing, Batgirl, Firestorm and Jim Gordon went to Leslie Thompkins' Center to interrogate Dr. Amina Franklin.
"Dr. Amina Franklin.", Jim Gordon said, as they confronted her.
"Oh, it's you, Jim Gordon.", Dr. Amina replied. "What can I help you?", she asked.
"Oh, we just want to know something. I know it's very confidential and sensitive but, can we ask you what happened to your brother?", Jim asked.
"Oh, my brother.", Amina said, as she shed a tear. "Well, Wayne Franklin was a famous plastic surgeon here in our city. However, everything changed when he contracted Parkinson's disease. After that, he wasn't able to perform plastic surgery the same way again. Due to this, he began develop a cybernetic surgical tool. However, due to lack of funds, he resorted to borrowing money from multiple sources--one being the mafia boss Perun, and the other being a Yakuza leader. One day, he asked my help to euthanize Robert Doe, a man with the same disease as my brother. He made a deal with him to painlessly euthanize him, give his mother $50,000 in exchange and leave him burning at Wayne's warehouse lab. However, while setting fire to the warehouse, it was my brother who was burned alive instead."
Jim and the heroes were all in shocked after hearing her story.
"Oh, God. That's horrible.", Batgirl said, as she gave Amina a warm embrace.
"Thank you for listening.", Amina told them. "Thank you for being here. Now that I let out my emotions, I feel better."
"Don't worry. We'll protect you from the mobsters. However, we have a criminal to deal with.", Nightwing told her.
"Do what you must. I'll be alright.", Amina replied.
"We'll be back, Ms. Franklin. We promise.", Jim Gordon assured.
Later, just outside the medical center, they saw a clash between the man they've just been after for. Grotesk was clashing against a Yakuza mob boss. Grotesk was Some of his men managed to escape as well. Later, the heroes decide to intervene. 
"Go!", Firestorm told the mobsters.
"It's you vigilantes again! You really just won't get out of my way, huh?", Grotesk said, "And you're protecting criminals now? You're a shame."
"No. It's you who should be ashamed!", Firestorm said, as he battled Grotesk's flames with his flames as well.
You're taking out criminals by committing crimes. What makes you different from them?", Nightwing told Grotesk.
"I'm different from them, because they no longer deserve to live!", Grotesk replied, as he continued attacking the heroes. 
Later, Dr. Amina overheard the confrontation between Grotesk and the heroes and she went outside. She was shocked. While Grotesk was battling the heroes, he later noticed his sister Amina and immediately ran away. Nightwing, Batgirl, Jim Gordon and Firestorm chased him. They followed him through the corners and alleys of streets of Gotham. 
"What's the matter? Suddenly afraid?", Firestorm asked him, as he was cornered. 
Grotesk shot his flamethrower at them. Nightwing, Batgirl, and Jim Gordon jumped to evade it. Firestorm battled fire with fire, and was later able to overpower Grotesk. Grotesk was sent back, seated on the ground.
"Why did you run away all of a sudden?", Nightwing asked.
"I saw someone. The person I'm closest to.", Grotesk answered.
"Where did you saw her?", Batgirl asked.
"Outside Leslie Thompkins' Center.", he answered.
"Who was it?", Nightwing asked.
"She's a girl. My sister.", Grotesk said.
The heroes were surprised at the reveal.
"So, Dr. Amina Franklin", Jim asked, "Is your sister?"
"So you're the brother she told us about just earlier?", Nightwing asked.
"You're Wayne Franklin?", Firestorm asked.
"Yes. Yes, I am.", Grotesk admitted.
"What a revelation", Firestorm said.
"But, she told us you're dead.", Jim said.
"Oh, really? She must've mistaken my body for Robert Doe's. That was very sad.", Grotesk replied. ''But I rather let it stay that way. To protect her."
"Why was she being hunted down by these mob bosses all of a sudden?", Batgirl asked.
"The truth is, my debt grew so large, I am unable to pay all of them. That's why the easiest way I thought to get away from them, is to fake death.",
"With what you did, you just put your sister to even more trouble.", Jim said.
"That's why I turned my cybernetic surgical tool, into my weapon.", Grotesk said.
"That still doesn't justify your actions.", Batgirl said.
"No matter who you kill, murder is never right.", Nightwing followed.
"How do you know? You don't know my pain!", Grotesk told the heroes, as he attacked them again.
"I don't wanna do this, but you force us to.", Nightwing said, as he and Batgirl threw explosive Batarangs and Birdarangs at Grotesk's cybernetic arm, then it exploded.
"No! My arm! How would I be able to do things without one of my arms? You ruined me!", Grotesk exclaimed.
"Actually, I know your pain. In fact, I experienced worse. I saw my parents killed at a young age. Still, I knew better than criminals. I thought hard and realized that still doesn't put me in position to take anyone else's lives.", Nightwing told him.
"Is that true?", Grotesk asked. "Then I guess, you're right."
"You see, you don't need to kill to protect the people you love. Remember you can depend on others.", Batgirl said.
"We can take care of the mobsters who are after you and your sister.", Nightwing told him.
"Really?", Grotesk asked.
"Really.", Nightwing answered, smiling. 
Grotesk smiled as well.
"For now, I think you need to meet your sister.", Jim said.
For sure, she misses his brother right now.", Nightwing added.
"Let's go", Grotesk said, as he carried his cybernetic arm along with him, and walked with the heroes.
Later, they got back to Lesley Thompkins' center, and asked to meet Dr. Amina Franklin again. They got to Amina's room. She was terrified at Grotesk at first.
"Calm down. He won't hurt you.", Jim told her.
"I know it's hard to believe, but it is", Nightwing said, as Grotesk continued.
"I. Your brother Wayne Franklin.", Wayne told his sister.
"Wayne? Is that really you?", Amina asked, as she touched his face. "Yes. It really is you!", she said, as she approached him and they hugged each other. 
"How is this possible? Does this mean that, the one I mistaken for you was actually", she said.
"Yes. You've mistaken me for Robert Doe.", Wayne told his sister.
"Thank God, you're alive.", Amina said. "But... what happened to you? Where have you been all this time?"
"I... all I ever wanted was to protect you, since you thought I was dead. I was actually looking after you. Keeping you safe from the mafia bosses who are after you. I realized that a weapon would be the solution. Instead, it turned me into a monster.", Wayne answered.
"Is that really true? Then thanks.", Amina replied.
"I'm afraid we'll have to part ways. I'll most likely be sentenced to prison, for all the murders I've committed.", Wayne told her.
"It's alright. You can turn yourself in. I'll be just alright.", Amina told him. "When I earn enough money, I'll come for you, I promise."
"Thanks, sister.", Wayne said.
"I hope you're both alright now.", Jim Gordon said.
"We are now.", Wayne replied.
"However, I'm worried. What if the mobsters come back for me?", Amina said.
"Don't worry. We'll handle them. We'll ask them to give you enough time to return all the money you borrowed. We promise.", Batgirl replied.
"What about my arm? Can you fix me?", Wayne asked.
"We know just the right person who could fix that.", Nightwing answered him.
"We thank you a lot.", Amina told the heroes. 
"No problem. It's what heroes do.", Nightwing replied.
Now, Wayne surrendered himself to Jim Gordon. Gordon called his men. Later, they arrived, and picked up and cuffed Wayne Franklin. Wayne waved goodbye to his sister and the heroes as they got away. Firestorm also said goodbye to Nightwing and Batgirl as he need to get going. Nightwing and Batgirl now got to the R-Mobile and searched for the mobsters who were hunting down Amina Franklin. They beaten them up and forced them to agree to give Amina ample time to pay for her brother's debts. The mobsters soon agreed and Nightwing and Batgirl let go of the mobsters, untying them from their Batropes. 
The scene now moves 2 weeks later. At Arkham Asylum, someone paid a visit to Wayne Franklin. It was Bruce Wayne, bringing with him a new cybernetic arm, free of weapons. Wayne Franklin thanked him and said he was in debt. Bruce said it was no big deal. He even offered to bail him out of prison. Wayne thought he was undeserving. Bruce threatened him that if he dares attack him and run away if he bails him out, he'll activate the cybernetic arm's defense mechanism and aim it on him. Wayne became afraid and later agreed. Now, Bruce bailed him out of prison. After Franklin got out of prison, he revealed that he was joking when he threatened him. They both laughed and Franklin thanked him anyway. The episode ends with Bruce Wayne driving his car along with Wayne Franklin as they headed back to the medical center where his sister Amina Franklin works.
== Characters ==
=== Heroes: ===
* Dick Grayson/Nightwing
* Barbara Gordon/Batgirl
* Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm-a teenager who gained energy manipulation powers in experiment gone wrong.
==== Other: ====
* Gotham police
* Jaqui Tremayne-one of the dead bodies found.
* Donny Lucido-another dead body found in an investigation of Gotham police.
* George Williamson-another dead body found in a mystery crime scene.
* Commissioner Jim Gordon-father of Batgirl.
* Dr. Amina Franklin-brother of Dr. Wayne Franklin/Grotesk.
* Robert Doe
* Arkham Asylum guards
* Bruce Wayne
=== Villains: ===
* Drury Walker/Killer Moth- a man with the power to control moths.
* Garfield Lynns/Firefly-a notorious arsonist.
* mafia mobsters
* Perun-threatened Dr. Amina Franklin's life for not paying his dead brother's debts on time.
* Yakuza leader-Perun's group
* Dr. Wayne Franklin/Grotesk-a surgeon who contracted Parkinson's disease making him unable to perform surgeries and lost his hand due an explosion. He developed a cybernetic hand which he can use as flamethrower and then turned to a life of crime.