Sequence: Sirens

*"Even the prettiest flower rots eventually..."*
―Pamela Isley

## Background

Following Bruce Wayne's disappearance from Gotham and, by consequence, from the lives of Selina Kyle, Pamela Isley, and Harleen Quinzel, after the assassination of Joe Chill, the three attempted to continue their lives. Most impacted, was Selina, who had come to resent that her last interaction with Bruce was filled with nothing but bitterness and anger. Her feelings regarding the situation led her work at one of Carmine Falcone's clubs, specifically the Iceberg Lounge, in order to get closer to the man himself and allow her to actually put her money where her mouth was. During her time there, though she learned a great deal about his operations and inner workings, she felt she was no where closer to being able to make any moves against Falcone without losing badly, all while her employment gained the attention of Roman Sionis, who kept a close eye on her.

The other two, however, sought after more "modest" positions in life. Harleen aimed to make a name for herself in gymnastics, while Pamela secured a position as a secretary for Marc LeGrande, a visionary at the forefront of botanical studies, research, and restoration.

## Events

### Secrets

Marc LeGrande was a visionary who was going to change the face of the botanical industry with more environmentally friendly methods and through his partnership with Ace Chemicals in developing "super-plants" which would greatly help in forest restoration efforts due to their aggressive growth speeds. Pamela Isley wanted nothing more than to be on board. She was grateful for the position of secretary, even if it was further than the action than she had initially preferred, and was practically glowing each day. However, Harleen voiced her skepticism to Pamela regarding Marc, stating that he was giving off vibes that didn't sit well with her, however, Pamela elected to brush off those concerns.

However, things changed one day when Pamela received an email intended for Marc and, in her attempt to forward it, she accidently opened it. Her curiosity regarding the inner workings took over and she looked through the email and discovered damning evidence that all the progress and achievements Marc had made were nothing but fabrications and misdirections fed to investors in order to convince them to pool in more and more money. Now panicked and unsure of what to do, Pamela copied the information to a drive.

Meeting Selina and Harleen in a bar later that night, Pamela shared her concerns and uncertainty. While Harleen argued that she could use it as blackmail material to get a better position, Selina reasoned that the information be turned over to the authorities or to a newspaper so that Marc could properly face justice. However, Pamela was hesitant to do anything and felt she needed more time to come to a decision.

### A Deal

Pamela returned to work the next day a noticeable wreck, noticeable enough for Marc to take notice. When pressed on what was stressing her out, Pamela immediately cracked under the stress and asked him about the information she had seen. Marc initially laughed it off as nothing more than libel against their work, but it was clear to him that his hastily given reason would not be enough to convince her otherwise. He felt that his suspicions were confirmed upon discovering that Pamela had made a copy of the evidence.

Fearing she would eventually leak the information, Marc, in a move of pure desperation, turned to Carmine Falcone for a favor. However, he found himself unable to do so personally, as the owner of the Black Mask club, Roman Sionis, informed him that Falcone was currently residing elsewhere. However, in an attempt to feed his own ego, Roman offered to pass Marc's message to Falcone himself, where in reality he had no intention of doing so. Though Marc was hesitant to do so, Roman pressured him, asking if he really had the time to sit and wait for Falcone. Marc folded and told Roman everything regarding Pamela in a conversation that Roman had recorded. Marc insisted that Pamela nor anyone close to her be killed, but instead be discredited. Roman promised that he would deliver the request to Falcone. As soon as Marc left, Roman dug up the file he had put together on Selina Kyle. With it he confirmed that she was close to Pamela. With the information in hand, he set a plan into motion.

### The Body

It was dusk one day, when Selina had traveled to the home of Pamela's mother, where Pamela still lived, hoping to ease Pamela's stress and, should she decide to take her advice, accompany her to either the police or newspapers with the incriminating evidence. However, before she knocked on the door, she noticed that the door had been forced open. Both suspicious and cautious, Selina circled around the house, hoping to find a way to view the inside without alerting a potential intruder. However, once she got a proper view, she caught a glimpse of the man Victor Zsasz, whom she had recognized as a hitman under Falcone's employ, brandishing a blade. Instantly catching on to what was likely transpiring, Selina called Pamela, who was with Harleen at the time, and warned her to stay away from home and to not tell anyone where she was heading. Then, as Selina was about to make a call to the police, the police drove up to the house with sirens blaring. She watched on, waiting for the cops to march out with Zsasz, but they didn't. In fact, she never saw Zsasz even leave the residence.

Ignoring Selina's warning, Pamela sped home, with Harleen accompanying her. Pamela rushed inside, while Harleen spotted Selina watching from afar. Pamela made it to her mother's garden, where she found her mother's mangled and hacked corpse posed and strung up amongst the plants. At that moment, the police turned on Pamela and arrested her, stating that she was under arrest for the murder of her mother. Strangely, Harleen was not apprehended.

### Eye-Witness Testimony

*"And you certain you've told me everything?"
"Yes."
"And you'd be willing to testify?"
"Of Course."*
―Commissioner Loeb and Selina Kyle
Selina and Harleen raced to the police station, hoping to help Pamela. There, as she observes the decrepit structure of the station, Harleen suggests actually breaking Pamela out the "satisfying way", an idea that Selina finds, not only absolutely psychotic and improbable for the two of them to actually pull off, but unnecessary. As Selina had seen the face of Victor Zsasz and Harleen had been with Pamela at the supposed time of the murder, she argued that she could make a case that Pamela was framed and that they could work to get her released the "right way."

As Harleen leaves to "find an attorney" on Selina's orders, Selina goes to confront Commissioner Loeb and convince him that Pamela was framed. However, Loeb ignored most of her statements, both in part to her approach generally being not exactly what one is supposed to do in that situation and also because of pure dismissal. However, she gains his attention when she mentions Zsasz by name. Loeb closes the door, warning Selina that "Falcone has ears everywhere," before asking Selina to explain everything to him before asking her if she'd be willing to testify. When Selina confirms that she would, Loeb pushes her out the window.

Loeb stared down at her limp and seemingly lifeless body on the street below, before moving to notify the officers of the station that Selina had committed suicide due to the distress she was feeling at seeing her friend locked up. Then, out of sight from the other officers, Loeb makes a call to Falcone, which is intercepted by Sionis, informing them that Selina Kyle is dead. On the street below, a swarm of alley cats surrounded Selina's body before she snaps back to consciousness. The wounded and dazed Selina staggers back to her apartment, where Harleen is waiting for her. There, Selina recalls how Loeb tried to kill her before suffering a severe emotional and mental breakdown. After trashing her apartment, Selina swore to make those responsible pay.

### Lingering Scars

*"I feel so stupid. Blind. Thought I was getting close to figuring out how everything works. Not even close. 'The right way.' What a joke."*
―Selina Kyle
Selina and Harleen had an idea of what they needed to do, but had very little idea of how to go about it. They needed to get Pamela out of her cell and they needed to figure out what was driving the events that lead to her imprisonment and the attempt on Selina's life. Hoping to find some form of guidance, Selina takes Harleen to a hidden den, one that was previously belonged to an old mentor: David Cain. Though initially distraught by Cain's absence, Selina quickly seizes the resources available, with a bull whip being among them.

Selina took to the rooftops with the bull whip amidst a heavy downpour, hoping to see what lessons regarding it that she had retained, while also testing out other ideas. Her inexperience with these new ideas, such as using the bull whip to swing across the rooftops, led to multiple falls and injuries. Harleen quickly put a stop to it, questioning if Selina's entire goal was merely to finish what Loeb started. Selina, in response, collapses, reflecting on how naive she truly was. Harleen quickly deduces that guilt sits at the root of Selina's current emotional state, rather than true anger or rage. Guilt and regret regarding her friends and the guilt in potentially driving Bruce Wayne away. Harleen then vows, on top of Selina's declaration to make those responsible pay, that they are not going to lose anymore friends.

Gathering her bearings, Selina decides that they need to pursue Zsasz, arguing that since she had previously seen him at the Iceberg Lounge, finding him would be easier than directly breaking Pamela out of prison. However, seeing as that Selina was to be presumed dead at the time, Harleen would have to be the one to locate and draw him out, whereas Selina would allow her access to the club. Harleen agrees and enters the club using Selina's access with her face obscured in heavy make-up. After a few close calls, Harleen manages to locate Zsasz. While Harleen's initial attempts to make conversation with Zsasz bore little fruit, only when she pretended to drunkenly ramble about a dream to be a celebrity and be "someone" did she gain Zsasz's attention. He began to probe on Harleen's daily life and routine and Harleen, noticing this, began to further elaborate on her made up dream, talking about how she spends each day fantasizing about escaping the grey of Gotham. This went on until Harleen finally convinced Zsasz to leave with her.

As soon as the two were a block away from the club, Zsasz drew a knife on her. Being another block away from where she was supposed to meet Selina, Harleen panicked and tried to fight against him, but found herself overpowered. Zsasz spoke to her about how he intended to free her from her daily struggle. However, before he could do anything, Selina arrived on the scene and ambushed Zsasz, and she, along with Harleen's help, overpowered the man, knocking him unconscious. The two took Zsasz back to Cain's hidden den and restrained him, tying him a chair.

### Interested Third Party

*"You look quite lively for a dead woman."*
―Eddie
Back at GCPD, Pamela awoke to find an officer entering her cell. The officer interrogated Pamela, asking her who else knew about LeGrande's activities. Pamela hesitated, processing the revelation that this was LeGrande's doing before noticing that the security cameras in the area were going dark. Pamela braced herself as she gave her answer, that no one else knew and the officer responded by drawing their gun and screaming that Pamela stay back and drop the weapon she was holding, despite Pamela obviously holding nothing. However, before anything could happen, the PA system glitched, distracting the guard long enough for Pamela to attempt to wrangle the gun from the officer's hands. Amidst the struggle, the gun discharges, hitting the officer. Pamela was in shock as she watched the life of the officer slowly ebb away, with the officer's last moments spent crawling towards the gun and attempting to shoot Pamela before finally succumbing to his wounds.

As Pamela is still recovering from the event, another officer enters the room, observes the scene and the still blacked out cameras before placing a sack over Pamela's head and escorting her out of the building and into a vehicle. However, after only a few minutes of driving, their vehicle is struck by another vehicle and Pamela is knocked unconscious.

As they waited for Zsasz to regain consciousness, Selina and Harleen go through his belongings, finding a specialized burner phone that, to their dismay, can only receive calls. Frustrated, Selina resumed her practice and training, showing a level of drive and focus that Harleen had only seen when Selina was much younger. Suddenly, their attention is pulled to the sudden sound of an alert notification. The two search the den for the source before finding a computer in a hidden room with one unread message entitled "OPEN ME :D". As the two debate whether or not to open up the message, another message arrived, entitled "For Ms Kyle and Quinzel's Eyes Only D:". Then, almost immediately, came another message, entitled "Not Trouble> But Helpv Open the First<" After some initial hesitation, Selina opened the first message, which asked for her to meet at an unspecified time and location, with the only clue being "the specifics are right in front of you."

Harleen speculates that the location is hidden in the subject lines, with the expressions in the first two symbolizing the masks of comedy and tragedy, with the arrows in the last one representing the hands of a clock. With these, Selina heads towards the Monarch Theater, expecting to meet their mystery contact at noon. While she is gone, Zsasz awakens. Zsasz very quickly attempts to play mind games with Harleen, but finds her less susceptible than he had hoped. Harleen then attempts to turn the tables and probe Zsasz for information, learning that he was given orders to wait until Selina was in the vicinity before he could get to work. Upon realizing what he had said, Zsasz remains silent and refuses to speak to Harleen any further.

Catwoman arrives at the Monarch theater and the moment it becomes noon, a drone flies into Selina's sight. Equipped with a speaker, the pilot of the drone introduces themselves as "Eddie" before informing Selina about LeGrande's dealing with Falcone and that he was found dead in his home less than an hour ago. He also notes that Pamela has been removed from her cell at GCPD four hours ago, and notes about how the timeline of her escape and LeGrande's death lines up. Selina begins to lose her patience, wondering if Eddie had called her out merely to ramble to her, to which Eddie tells her that he actually had blackmailed a cop to deliver Pamela to their location, but there had been some complications. He states further that he wants to help bring Falcone and his corrupt system down, but first he will help them find Pamela.

### Reunion

*"The cop... Marc... Did he do it? Did he ask Falcone? Did Falcone have my mother killed? Did you do it?"*
―Pamela Isley
Pamela awoke at the docks with her hands covered in blood. She is notified by two masked men, who are watching over her, that it's not her blood, before dropping the head of LeGrande at her feet. The men then inform Pamela that Falcone wishes her dead as well, but they were encouraged to have fun with her first. The men chase Pamela amongst the shipping containers, firing at her feet whenever they see her and occasionally waving at the cop keeping watch.

Eddie is quick to detect the sounds of the gunshots and tap into the camera feeds to confirm Pamela's location. Selina was alerted and immediately rushed to the docks.

As Pamela hid amongst the shipping containers, each fired shot reminded her of the incident at her cell, sending her further into a heightened sense of panic and stress. But the image of the dying cop began to meld with how Pamela last saw her mother's corpse and panic began to give way to anger and distress. But it paralyzed her enough for her pursuers to catch up to her, but just before they could gun her down, Selina had made her way to the docks and ambushed the gunmen from behind. In the ensuing struggle, Selina managed to disarm one of the men while the other opened fired, causing Selina to flee amongst the containers. While the gunman chased after Selina, Pamela seized the gun of the disarmed assailant.

Pamela aimed the gun at her would be killer, who mocked her by asking if she's ever held a gun in her life. Pamela tells him about the cop she killed before stating that she's "heard" that it's easier the second time. As she held the gun, she began to piece together more of the events that lead her to where she was and began to ask the mook if Falcone had her mother killed. As the thug refused to give her information, Pamela cocked the gun, but before she could squeeze the trigger, Selina reappeared and subdued her target.

Selina embraced the still shaken Pamela, nearly bursting into tears at seeing her friend again. Pamela, on the other hand, was numb to the interaction. Selina brings Pamela back to the den, where they reunite with Harleen. The celebration between the three was decidedly short lived as the three exchanged notes to piece together what might've happened. As they proceed, the trio only gets more confused by the sequence of events, with Selina wondering what was to gain from moving Pamela after the failed attempt on her life just to try to kill her again in a more open area. Harleen points out that they have a possible source for answers, they just need to figure out how to crack Zsasz open.

### Breakdown

*"I remember when my mom first taught me to pull weeds from our garden. At first, I wondered why. Weeds are plants too. Don't they have a right to live just like any other? But I learned weeds just take. They overrun and suffocate the garden. Just like your "zombies"..."*
―Pamela Isley to Victor Zsasz
Selina asks Eddie if he can find a way to crack open Zsasz's burner phone in order to find any phone numbers they can use. Eddie claims it shouldn't even take ten minutes for him. In the meantime, the trio moves to interrogate Zsasz. Harleen goes first attempting to replicate the success that she had earlier, but finds Zsasz ready for her, this time unable to make any sort of progress as Zsasz rambled on about the pointlessness of life and their struggles.

Selina tried her hand next, only to find Zsasz ready to pounce as he attacked her naivete and spoke of how her existence and an unknown connection to Falcone made her responsible for all that her friends had suffered through. The more Selina tried to press on, the more aggressive Zsasz became before Selina lost her patience and struck him. However, Zsasz's reaction to being struck strikes a chord with Harleen, and she quickly tells Selina to hit him again out of curiosity. Selina hesitated, taken aback by the request, while Pamela immediately went in, smacking Zsasz in the face and leaving a barely visible scrape. Zsasz's reaction of sudden panic provided Harleen with all she needed, telling the other two he's worried they'd break skin.

Pamela took a blade Selina and Harleen had confiscated from Zsasz the previous night and pressed it against Zsasz's cheek. She asked him if it was vanity that drove his fear. Zsasz responded by telling her of all the scars over his body, how each one marks a lost soul trapped in a pointless life that he helped free. Pamela asks him about her mother, someone filled with kindness and who dedicated their life to nurturing life, and what made her a "lost soul." Zsasz replied that they were all zombies in some way, and that what he did was akin to weeding a garden, before asking Pamela if she would like to know which scar is her mother.

Pamela snaps and slashes Zsasz across the cheek, causing the hitman to have a meltdown, screaming that the mark left is the mark Pamela will fill. Pamela seizes control of the situation by kicking him, still tied to his chair, to the floor and holding the blade against his throat, promising to make another mark if he didn't calm down. As Zsasz resorted to quiet cursing through gritted teeth, Pamela recalled to him the first time her mother taught her to pull weeds from the garden and how Pamela didn't understand why they would uproot plants that seemed to be just like any other plant. But she learned that weeds needed to be removed, as they took without giving, overrunning the garden and suffocating the plants within, like zombies, like people.

Pamela recalled the men her mother used to bring home, how no matter how many she brought home, they all treated her mother poorly in spite how the kindness she showed them. And there were so many of them, like weeds. She went on to speak about how Gotham was full of weeds rarely uprooted as they tarnish the garden the world had gifted them. She then speaks of the cop that she had shot, commenting on how hard she thought it would be and her shock to find that it turned out to be just as easy as pulling weeds, before Pamela left another slash mark Zsasz's face, sending him into hysterics. Pamela herself can't help but feel amused by his breakdown.

### Revelation

Eddie alerts the trio that he managed to crack Zsasz's phone and that he send out a call and connect them too it. While Pamela is quick to move forward, Selina is concerned by Pamela's behavior, noting it to seem out of character for her. Pamela notes that these feelings might've always been a part of her, just buried deep down. Or perhaps she did change and Selina should allow herself to change as well. She then presses that it is a matter that they can sort out later, before ordering Eddie to connect them with Zsasz's employer. After waiting for the employer on the other line pick up, they are greeted by the voice of Roman Sionis, which Selina immediately recognizes. Sionis appears surprised at hearing Selina's voice before regaining his composure, stating that he is relieved to hear that she is alive.

As the trio presses Sionis for answers, he tells them that Zsasz was charged by Falcone to kill Pamela's mother in a "truly gruesome" manner per his request due to the pleading of LeGrande. When Harleen brings up Zsasz's orders to wait for Selina and the supposed connection between Falcone and Selina, Sionis pauses before stating that it might have to do with the fact that Selina is actually Falcone's illegitimate daughter. Sionis works through the logic, reasoning that Falcone must've seen Selina as a weak spot and wished to deal with her in a way that couldn't directly tie back to him should anyone find out their relationship.

Selina was shaken by the revelation. Sionis then offers the three a chance at retribution and to take down a mob boss as corrupt and cowardly as Falcone, offering them information on where he would be located, but nothing else as he would not want anyone to catch on that he was their informant. Pamela agrees on the behalf of the three and they learn that Falcone would be located at the Iceberg Lounge's lower levels that very night before Sionis wishes them luck and hangs up.

### Prep Time

*"You do understand that revenge isn't likely to provide us with the catharsis we're looking for."*
―Harleen
As Selina was still reeling back from the revelation of whom her father was, Harleen tried to walk through the logic of Falcone's plan, stating that she doesn't buy Sionis's explanation. Pamela, on the other hand, disregards her suspicions and states that they need to make Falcone pay for what he has done to them. Selina snaps out of her trance, remembering the declaration she had made earlier. She agrees with Pamela that they need to make Falcone pay, but they need to be smart about it. The three of them put their heads together to concoct a plan that would minimize casualties and potential danger towards them.

As Selina worked with Eddie to isolate Falcone and scatter his men across the city, Pamela and Harleen ventured to Pamela's old work place. Per Selina's advice, the two have dawned red beanies that could easily double as ski-masks. After breaking in and disabling the silent alarm, Pamela brought Harleen to the company's personal botanical garden. There, Pamela laments about how she truly thought LeGrande was going to change the world and make it a "Perfect Garden." She had hoped that she would be there alongside him to help, before mentioning that now it'll just be up to her to make the perfect garden. Pamela then collected a number of plants from the garden with the intention of synthesizing a paralyzing agent that would allow them to walk into Falcone's location unimpeded.

Selina scouted the exterior of the Iceberg Lounge, looking for extra entries and potential escape routes. While she was out, Harleen and Pamela returned to the den. As Pamela worked to synthesize her concoction, Harleen attempted to mimic and practice martial arts moves she had seen Selina practice earlier. Their efforts are mocked by a still restrained Zsasz, leading to Harleen to allow him the role of training dummy, wailing on him until she was able to successfully knock him unconscious.

### Swan Song

The trio reconvene back at the den and go over their plan once more: Selina, per her own request, will enter the Iceberg Lounge and keep Falcone's attention on her, allowing her to keep him distracted long enough that he wouldn't have time to make it to a saferoom or evacuate. While she is there, Eddie will work to disable surveillance and power while Pamela and Harleen hook up Pamela's chemical concoction to the ventilation system, allowing them to easily take down Falcone's men. Then, Harleen and Pamela will scale the elevator shaft and join Selina, execute Falcone and make their escape.

Selina heads to the Iceberg Lounge ahead of the others and uses her knowledge of Falcone and Sionis's dealings to grant her access to his loft. As Selina conversed with Falcone, Pamela and Harleen entered the building using Selina's access. Quickly, they made their way to the control panels, knocked out the mooks guarding it and gave Eddie his way into the mainframe. Eddie drew away several guards and began to work on stalling the backup power as Harleen moved to cut the power and Pamela worked to disperse her concoction through the ventilation.

Taking note of the time, Selina began to get to the point with Falcone, beginning with the day Joe Chill was assassinated, and spoke of how much she lamented his influence in her life. She then begins to speak of her mother and how Falcone left her behind. To her surprise, Falcone seemed confused by the mention of her mother and her relevance to the situation. Selina pressed on, laying out more of what happened to her and her friends, only to draw more confusion from Falcone, before stating outright of his intentions to snuff out his own daughter. Selina then saw from the expression on Falcone's face that this was the first time their relationship had been made clear to him and that what Sionis had told her must've been false.

Just then, Eddie cuts the power and Pamela's chemicals spread through the club. Immune to the effects due to an inoculation, Pamela and Harleen don their red masks and use David Cain's equipment to scale the elevator. Meanwhile, Falcone is able to get his hands on a gas half-mask before the chemicals completely affect him. He then turned on Selina, figuring out she was involved in this attack. The two engage in a scuffle, in which Selina claws at his face, leaving behind visible cuts. However, Falcone quickly gained the upper hand. Just then, Harleen and Pamela arrived at the scene, with Harleen striking Falcone's elbow with a hammer.

Pamela then seized Falcone, held him against the nearest window, and pressed a gun into his fresh facial wounds. Still recovering from Falcone's attack, Selina attempted to plead with Pamela, telling her they might've been set up, that the story Sionis had fed them was potentially a lie. Pamela, in turn, chastised Selina for still being naive after everything they had gone through and began to dive into paranoid rantings about where Selina's loyalties truly lied.

Harleen attempted to intervene once again and seemed to finally get through to Pamela, who lowered her gun and released Falcone go. However, at the last moment, Pamela spun back around and fired, hitting Falcone in the throat and knocking him out the window, where he fell to his death. Showing little remorse, Pamela took Selina's planned escape route, leaving Selina and Harleen behind in a momentary shock. After breaking out of her trance, Selina snaps Harleen out of her shock and the two barely make their escape before Falcone's men regain consciousness.

Sionis entered the loft shortly after the Sirens had fled. Indeed, he had planned to use them to take Falcone out, ye he was not foolish enough to place his faith sorely in them. They just happened to be the plan that worked due to some quick thinking on both their parts, and for their luck, he allowed them the courtesy of a two day head-start. As he looked out the broken window and at the cityscape, he mused about the other pawns that never got their chance, but now he has far more pawns to choose from...

### Separate Ways

Selina and Harleen searched the rooftops for Pamela, but could not find her. They returned to the den and found Zsasz dispatched of, killed from ingestion of weed killer. As the two look over the body, Selina laments how Sionis had played them and that his next likely move would be to tie up loose ends. Harleen quietly speaks of how she failed to sway Pamela and how she wishes to leave the city in hopes of finding a way to help and heal her old friend. Selina makes contact with Eddie, looking for ways to escort Harleen out of the city safely and to help her stop Pamela. However, Eddie reveals that not only does he know where Pamela is, but he will continue to hide her from Selina. After all, all he wanted was Falcone dead and a Gotham free of his corruptive influence, and through supporting Pamela, he believes he'll get what he wants. However, he does offer to help get Harleen safely out of the city, which Selina accepts, stating it to be the last favor she'll ever ask of him. Knowing Harleen will need a larger sum to build a new life outside of Gotham, Selina attempted to scrounge up what little money she had. When that wasn't enough, Eddie suggests they get the funds from somewhere else. However, he mentions that while he can clean up the trail from which the money came from, the money would have to come from somewhere. Frustrated, but understanding what Eddie was asking for, Selina grabbed a whip and some equipment and set out into the night.

The following morning, Sionis seized control of Falcone's operations, fully intending to rule Gotham unopposed. It was also the next morning that the news was flooded with a series of reports, mostly regarding the death of Carmine Falcone and the sudden appearance of incriminating evidence against Commissioner Loeb. Both became overshadowed when Pamela, with the help of Eddie, hijacked the airwaves to deliver a message. Donning her red mask, Pamela took credit for both Falcone's death and the extortion of Loeb, before declaring "We are the Red Hood and we are taking Gotham back!"

With this action, very few citizens and news outlets thought it worth mentioning a break-in/burglary at the lofty Lacey Towers during the night. One the other side of the city, Selina saw Harleen off. There the two promised they would do what they could to find the old Pamela they once knew. However, Harleen was skeptical how much of their old selves actually remained, given that Pamela was now a vengeful vigilante and Selina, now a cat-burglar. With that in mind, Harleen promised Selina that despite her reservations, she would find a way to help her too. As Selina watched Harleen leave the city, a stray cat nuzzled up against the now alone Selina's leg. As Harleen finally disappeared into the distance, Selina carried the cat back into the city and quietly lamented that nothing was ever going to be the same again...

## Key Figures

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