Season Two

**Season Two**is the second season of *Batman: Shadow War.*It introduces new villains including the Riddler, Victor Zsasz, Catwoman, Mad Hatter and Hugo Strange.

## E1: Riddled

Suddenly, GothCorp was suddenly attacked by various cyber attacks and difficult riddles, with some threats aiming at the new CEO, Gorman Nygma, and eventually a trap was revealed to be set in the building which was meant for Gorman, but a scientist was killed by it instead. Commissioner James Gordon orders the GCPD's Head of the Cyber Crime Division, Edward Nygma, to lead his team in preventing these cyber attacks while he then orders Detective Harvey Bullock to investigate the murder before heading to te GCPD station's rooftop. As Bruce Wayne is having dinner with Harvey Dent, a signal of a bat is seen in the skies and Harvey seems amazed by this, while Bruce is confused and then leaves to attend "business". On the GCPD Building, Gordon has revealed to have built a Bat-Signal to call for Batman when needed, to which Batman was amazed by. Gordon then informs Batman of the murder and cyber attacks at GothCorp, so Batman goes to investigate.

When Batman arrives, he finds out that Gorman himself has been targeted due to receiving difficult riddles constantly on his cellphone and he analyzes the scientist's murder. After solving the riddles, this led Batman to a signal tower and he went there, taking out many armed thugs there. When Batman hacked into the tower to find who's responsible for the murder and attacks as well as to prevent any more from happening, however a guard holds Batman at gunpoint and gives him a riddle-themed box with a puzzle inside for him to solve, on his boss's orders. Batman solved the puzzle but after solving it he put it aside, before aggressively grabbing the thug and smashing his head into the panels. With the thug still conscious, Batman interrogated him but the frightened mercenary stated that the answers are in the puzzle. Batman then knocks him out with one punch before the box pops out a question mark trophy which shocks and knocks Batman unconscious.

A worried Alfred Pennyworth tried calling him several times but communications were cut and the signal on his utility belt was lost. It is revealed that Batman was trapped somewhere and without his gadgets and communication tools, a television screen then shows a man calling himself the Riddler and that in order to survive; he must solve and escape his maze along with another contestant. After making his way through it, he discovers the other contestant is Gorman. However, after solving a riddle wrong, a giant structure comes down to crush him but Batman rescues him. An angered Riddler scoulds Batman for intervening and cheating, so Batman uses his hidden gadget, Pneumatic Mangler, to destroy his screen which angers him and causes him to level up the difficulty of the maze which causes some of the walls to fall down on top of them.

Riddler managed to use a hook to capture Gorman and accused Batman of cheating, but the Dark Knight grabbed hold of him and both of them head where a shocked Riddler is. Riddler reveals his identity as Edward Nygma and that Gorman was his abusive father, desiring vengeance on him. Batman stares at Gorman angrily, so Riddler then continues to explain that the cyber attacks were just a distraction for the "real game". He then triggers a detonator set to blow up the entire place but Batman quickly takes back his utility belt before taking both men and escaping in the knick of time. A shocked and remorseful Gorman apologizes to his son, but this only enrages Riddler and he tries to use his riddle cane in an attempt to kill him but Batman disarmed Riddler and saved Gorman, punching him in the face to knock him out. Sirens are heard as the police are coming and Batman told a riddle to Gorman revolving around what he caused his abused son to become, the Riddler is then arrested and sentenced to Arkham Asylum.

## E2: Cat and the Bat

After a break-in at the Gotham Museum of Art, Batman, who was already on patrol and in contact with Alfred, manages to arrive there quick and finds the security guards unconscious with one even having a scratch on his face. After some investigating, the Dark Knight catched the thief and pursued her. After she appeared to have gotten away, he uses his Remote Control Batarang to locate her and eventually spotted her; realizing the thief had amazing parkour and agility, using the Batarang's new upgrades to scan and put a tracker on her however eventually the thief kicked it away; so Batman quickly pursued her, finding her on a rooftop with a painting in one hand. Batman threw a Batarang at her but she avoided it and attacked him, with the two matching in hand-to-hand combat.

The thief, calling herself Catwoman, beginned to grin and started flirting while fighting but Batman ignored this and focused on subduing her with Catwoman beginning to believe he's trying his hardest to protect Gotham City which makes him way too serious and stressed. Despite this though, Catwoman scratched Batman and managed to escape him, however, a bit of the nail she scratched him with was left for Batman to take back to the Batcave. However before he could, a woman named Selina Kyle had a meeting with Bruce Wayne about the new project to help wildlife on Wayne Enterprises which went well.

After the meeting and when he's about to scan the nail, he is then notified of another robbery taking place at a jewel store. Batman then had Alfred scan it and headed there to see a familiar face where she stole a rare ruby. Instead of pursuing, he just followed her in silence and discovered where she was going, Sal Maroni's place. Upon hearing, Maroni had taken her cat, Isis, hostage and threatened to kill her if Catwoman didn't collect his grandfather's painting and his family red ruby since he viewed him as a great man and he felt like he deserved to possess them. Catwoman demanded for Isis to be released and the money Maroni promised. However, Maroni instead one of his men hold a knife to Isis and demands one more job, to which Catwoman protested, causing two goons to restrain her. Batman then jumped through the glass and landed on the henchman, causing him to drop his knife and the cage, breaking and freeing Isis. Catwoman then knocked out the other goons and the two fought more of Maroni's men, including Frankie Carbone.

A scared Maroni grabbed a shotgun to shoot at Catwoman but Batman managed to disarm and take him down quickly. Catwoman smiled and thanked the Caped Crusader, who looked away and then called Gordon about the incident. He stared back to see Catwoman and Isis but they are out of sight, so he slightly smirked and claimed he had help in clearing out Maroni and his gang.

## E3: White Knight

At the city hall, Harvey Dent gives a speech about his vow on ending crime and working on a city that doesn't need Batman anymore. Black Mask is also watching this speech in his car and then receives a phone call from Mrs. Lou about the operation tonight. At night, Black Mask along with his armed henchmen meet Carmine Falcone, before ordering one of his men to bring out his beaten up hostage, Alberto, Carmine's son, to which he returns to Carmine in order to gain his cut in the weapons trade business. However, Batman sees this from a rooftop and prepares to head down to take down the criminals, but SWAT teams arrive with Dent in lead to arrest the thugs. The gangs drop their weapons and surrender, then Dent even arrests Carmine however the crime lord states he doesn't have anything on him and that he'll just get out. During this, Black Mask manages to disarm a SWAT officer, take his gun and escape with him as a hostage, so Batman chases.

Black Mask tries to outrun Batman in an alleyway and threatens to execute the officer, but Batman throws a Batarang at his face, forcing him to release his hostage and then escape into a nearby abandoned house. During their scuffle, the house is set on fire by the crime lord and it is revealed that Dent and his men are at the other entrance, waiting for Black Mask and try to convince him to stand down. However, fiery rubble prevents Dent from taking action and both Batman and Black Mask fight after he refuses to back down. Black Mask uses his brass knuckles to punch Batman in the face and injure him, but then he accidentally slips on Batman's blood and falls into fire, setting his face on fire. Batman then recovers and saves Black Mask, escaping the burning house with him and hands him over to Dent. Black Mask is then rushed to the hospital, where his doctor reveals to him that his mask has been grafted into his face. An angered Black Mask lashes out on the doctor when he tries to get him back to rest, pushing him out of the window and killing him, before escaping by the window as armed officers rushed into the room.

Later that night, while Bruce was on a date with Vicki Vale, he receives a call from the Batcomputer that Black Mask had escaped police custody so he leaves to hunt him down. Batman drives in the Batmobile while Black Mask kidnaps Dent and his fiancee, Rachel Dawes, taking them to another abandoned house. He has them tied to chairs before angrily blaming Dent for his disfigurement but Dent tries to plead with him to let Rachel go. Black Mask then sets the place on fire though Batman arrives to rescue them while Black Mask escapes, vowing to kill Batman.

## E4: Asylum

Serial killer Victor Zsasz is shown murdering a woman who screams before he finishes her off and then police sirens are heard while Zsasz waits in an alleyway. Two armed police officers run in and find the dead victim, investigating it but Zsasz kills one cop and he prepares to execute the other after disarming him but Batman intervenes and stops him. An angered Zsasz goes to get his bloody knife until the surviving cop steps on his arm and points his pistol at his head and orders him to surrender, to which he does when Commissioner Gordon and backup arrive to arrest Zsasz. In the squad car, Gordon listens to Zsasz's tragic story and also explains his reasons and satisfactions in killing others.

Zsasz is sent to Arkham Asylum and is seen being escorted by security led by Aaron Cash and Dr. Sarah Cassidy to his new cell. However, when Sarah attempts to interview Zsasz, he snaps and manages to smash a glass of water on the table, using the shard to kill a guard and take his gun to kill the others before locking the door and taking Sarah hostage. Cash and a group of security guards train their guns at the door and try to convince Zsasz to let Sarah go, Gordon then arrives on the scene and after hearing what's happening, has Bullock signal Batman.

Batman arrives at Arkham and after passing by many inmates who try to attack him from their cells, the Joker is seen maniacally laughing in his cell, before going to Zsasz's cell. Zsasz has Sarah bound and gagged, preparing to use a scalpel to cut open her head as he claims he wants to return the favor in trying to get inside his head. However, Batman uses his Explosive Gel to get through and blow away Zsasz. Zsasz grins creepily, saying he will become his final mark and reveals the carved tally marks covering his body symbolizing his body count. Zsasz and Batman then fight while Cash instructs his men to go around and through the hole Batman created and Sarah tries to free herself. Zsasz is punched in the face and disarmed of his knife by Batman, causing him to collapse seemingly unconscious. When Batman frees Sarah, he awakens and grabs a shard of the destroyed wall to try and execute the Dark Knight until Sarah uses a sedative to subdue Zsasz. This ends with Zsasz being locked up in a more secured cell and recognized as one of the more dangerous patients.

## E5: Laugh It Out

After mixing the chemicals from the janitor's room to create his deadly laughing gas to kill the janitor and a few security guards, the Joker manages to escape Arkham Asylum. While on a date, Bruce spots a wierd man enters the restaurant and recognizes Bruce, telling some sadistic jokes before leaving a Joker playing card. The Joker sarcastically asks Bruce to give the card to Batman to call him, so Bruce keeps it and cancels the date to head home, discovering on the back of the card is Wayne Tower with a smiley face drawn over it; predicting Joker's next move will be on Wayne Enterprises.

Batman arrives at Wayne Tower quickly and finds a "bomb" on a desk, but discovers that it is fake and a jester jumps up with a message "Boo!". It was revealed that it is just a hoax for the Joker's real plans which was to rob various banks simultaneously with his new gang and they are all wearing clown masks with Joker is also disguised as a common thug. Batman heads to Gotham Merchant's Bank while notifying the police about the rest and Joker has killed everyone at the bank and Batman took out the gang one by one. With one gang member having white skin and green hair, Batman grabbed and unmasked him, but it was revealed to be a thug disguised as the Joker, allowing the Ace of Knaves to use his joy buzzer to shock Batman and knock him out. When the thug questioned the Joker why he didn't kill Batman, the Joker answered that tonight would be pointless without him and then called the driver to pick them up. The thug, annoyed at Joker, aimed his machine pistol and said he was only using him for the money, suddenly the driver comes through and runs over the thug, killing him. The driver assists Joker in loading the money and then the Joker leaves a playing card behind for Batman to inspect before driving off.

The police also failed to stop any of the Joker's heists but Renee Montoya's team managed to catch and arrest one henchman which Batman ruthlessly interrogated to find out Joker's plans. After beating the information out of him, it is found out that Joker plans to use the stolen money to gather Gotham's citizens and then put a smile on their faces permanently. It then happened, Joker began a parade while tossing money at the crowd and Batman prepared his Batwing to head there. After mocking the Caped Crusader, he released his deadly Joker Venom on the people of Gotham while his gang wear gang masks. However one thug tried picking up the money, causing the Joker to use a spring-loaded boxing glove to knock his mask off, having him killed by the lethal gas. Batman arrived in the Batwing and managed to take the balloons spreading the gas away with Gotham suffering from some casulties but the majority were saved.

An angered Joker fought Batman and even used a trick gun to distract him, but pulled on the second trigger to try to launch the flag reading "BANG!" which just missed Batman and accidentally cut the support on the roof of his parade vehicle, causing it to fall down on the Joker. Joker then comically waved a small white flag from the rubble to show his surrender. While being taken back to Arkham, Joker claimed he just wanted to make everyone smile, especially Batman.

## E6: Bird's Nest

After a few bank robbers have been stopped by Batman, the Dark Knight along with Commissioner Gordon and Dent have a plan in the Dent Campaign for Harvey to take responsibility for the crimes being stopped by Batman. Meanwhile, the Penguin hears from his assistants Tracey Buxton and Candy that the bank heist he organized was stopped by Batman in the Iceburg Lounge. This triggered his anger and caused him to smash a cocktail glass over a thug's head, then viewed Dent as a great threat to him as well as Batman and rounds up his men to go kidnap Dent.

After some bonding with Bruce and Dent at a basketball game, the two went to work with Bruce becoming Batman and Alfred also discussing things with him. At night when Dent had a meeting with Gordon, however Gordon collapsed and when Dent tried to help him up, he found a dart in the back of his neck and the Penguin revealed himself, showing that he only knocked Gordon out before ordering his goons into beating up and capturing Dent while he looted the place himself. Dent fights off the Penguin's thugs and after stealing some valuable items, the Penguin fired a knockout gas bomb to incapacitate Dent, then had his goons take him to his van and Batman arrived after Dent discreetly notified him, attacking the van but the Penguin used a number of trick umbrellas to fight off Batman and even shot Batman in the shoulder, causing him to fall off the van however the Batmobile caught him and the Dark Knight also fired a tracking device on the van.

Meanwhile, Penguin arrives at the Final Offer with his hostage and he has Dent tied to a chair with one goon even punching him in the stomach and blood was shown coming from his mouth, coughing up some blood even. It was then Penguin's turn to torture Dent and sadistically mocked the bleeding attorney. While the torture was happening, Batman went through the ship fighting through many criminals before confronting the Penguin. When Batman moved to hurt Penguin, his new bodyguard, Mr. Sickle, attacked Batman. Batman and Sickle fought, as well as goons joining in the fight, leading Batman to use gadgets to take down the thugs while also striking at Sickle, eventually managing to knock him unconscious with several punches to the face. When Tracey and Candy went to flee, Batman threw Sickle's unconscious body at them to stop them. After defeating the Penguin's gang, Penguin was last man standing.

Penguin used a trap on the Caped Crusader to use a trick umbrella to shock Batman and torture him, however Dent used a nearby Batarang which Batman threw earlier during his fight with Sickle to cut his restraints. When Penguin was about to finish off Batman, Dent freed himself and punched him in the face, breaking his nose. With Penguin stunned and injured, Batman grabbed the Penguin and headbutted him to knock him out. Dent then begins doubting himself, however Batman states that Gotham still needs Dent and that he will be the solution to a city that doesn't need Batman anymore.

## E7: Alice in Wonderland

During a date, Bruce has a date with Selina Kyle who was wearing stolen jewels however was notified of a crime in the sewers. Bruce left early and became Batman to head to the sewers to find five masked criminals. Batman confronted them but they didn't react initially, however they then began unexpectedly singing while holding up signs reading several numbers. However after the song, the masks shocked and incapacitated them before Batman checked their numbers.

This was a phone number for a factory that produced childrens' books however the factory was abandoned, so Batman went to investigate on the rooftop; he received a call from a man who managed to contact him after he took the bait, offering him a job as a bodyguard to protect "Alice". A girl was heard in the background screaming and struggling, causing her kidnapper to stop her, so Batman realized the situation and demanded for his location and to let her go but was caught in a trapdoor. After going through some traps, Batman encountered the man behind this, Jervis Tetch AKA Mad Hatter, who had Alice bound and gagged. Batman threw Hatter to the ground and then went to free Alice, only for his two thugs, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, to appear armed with guns and they fight.

After Batman took down the Tweedle brothers, Hatter though tricked Batman into looking into his stopwatch, causing him to hallucinate and is put into an insane version of Alice in Wonderland. Batman was forced to fight various terrifying creatures and characters, though began to tear the world apart. Hatter began crying at the mess and both of his henchmen attempted to kill Batman only to utterly face defeat. Hatter then quickly held Alice hostage and threatened her life with a knife, only for Batman to use a Reverse Batarang after stalling him and then punched him in the face for a knockout. Batman attempted to help the crying Alice however she said it wasn't over, and the police arrived to arrest Hatter and the Tweedle brothers, with the Mad Hatter being incarcerated at Arkham Asylum.

## E8: Scare You?

Dr. Stephen Kellerman is seen going through the many cells in Arkham Asylum, featuring Victor Zsasz, Ventriloquist and Mad Hatter, then Kellerman opens a cell and reaches Batman in a straightjacket. He's now the latest addition to the Arkham line of maniacs and nobody, especially Kellerman, will listen to a word he says, due to his apparent insanity. With no other choice, Batman starts recounting how he ended up in such a situation.

Scarecrow manages to break out of Arkham by tricking and manipulating a doctor, he then causes havoc across the asylum by spreading his Fear Toxin and Batman arrives witnessing some of the inmates and staff getting affected, with Batman subduing one inmate after he saw Batman as a demon and attacked him. The police then arrive with Commissioner Gordon arriving, with Batman informing him what has happened. They then go through the asylum in an attempt to find Scarecrow, but suddenly Gordon is shot dead by an armed Joker. Joker finds this hysterical and Batman is angered, who is in shock and devastation over Gordon's sudden death, so this pushes Batman to the edge and he beats the clown severely before snapping his neck in anger.

The SWAT team under Bullock's command then surround Batman and attempt to arrest the Caped Crusader only for him to fight off the officers, leading Bullock to use a taser to knock out Batman and has him admitted into Arkham. Scarecrow is then seen on a ship within the cave network below Arkham, which supplies Gotham with water. After filling it with his new Fear Toxin, he plans on releasing massive amounts into Gotham's supply, transforming it into a fear-filled inferno.

Batman then manages to break out of his cell and locks Kellerman in the cell before escaping and reaquring his utility belt. It is revealed that the victim Joker murdered was a security guard trying to take him down and that Joker wasn't actually killed but beaten badly, with Batman hallucinating the whole time and people realized this, believing the toxin drove him insane and he had to be locked up before he actually killed someone.

Batman then travels to the cave network, but before he can confront Scarecrow, he is attacked by hallucinations of his rogues gallery and even relives his parents' murder, before being dragged into the abyss by a giant Scarecrow and devoured. Barely snapping out of it, he finds the giant pump Scarecrow is using to contaminate the waters and attacks it, but the hallucinations kick in again and he is left to attack from his point of view a horde of monsters while in reality, it is just Scarecrow's gang. He again manages to overcome the fear and destroy the master console. However, Scarecrow foresaw that and had installed a second console for such an eventuality.

When Batman reaches the second console, however, he is finally plunged in a nightmare without end and sees a simpler power cord as a bat trapped by a chain. After freeing the bat, he triggers the machine's destruction, and manages to pull it together and defeat Scarecrow, who is exposed to the gas when a tank containing it bursts. A frightened Scarecrow imagines a large amount of bats attacking him. Later, Scarecrow ends up once more imprisoned in Arkham Asylum and when Bruce is sleeping, a large bat shadow covers him.

## E9: Riddle Me This

One night in the office, Mayor Hamilton Hill is doing some paperwork until one of his papers it read a riddle, he threw it away in annoyance. However, then his door was kicked down and a figure pointed his cane at him before releasing an electrical shock subdued Hill and the figure kidnapped him, which was revealed to be the Riddler. The police was then shown in he morning at the situation trying to investigate the scene and Bruce also appeared, asking Gordon what happened. Gordon informed him that Hill was kidnapped and showed Bruce the riddle left behind on the paper. Bruce solved the riddle which led to Hill's home and he had Alfred anonymously notify the police of to investigate it first. At night, Batman arrived at the house which the police investigated led by Gordon, finding a large question mark painted in the living room as well as it being vandalised with other question mark graffiti.

After investigating the house, Batman found a hidden casket which contained Hill's dead butler with a riddle carved in his body. Batman and the cops were sickened by this but managed to solve it and deduced the Riddler's next target is Gordon and they rush to the Commissioner's home to find a van parked outside with Barbara and Sarah Gordon being bound and gagged and loaded into the van by two thugs. While one henchman escaped with his hostages, the other one was left behind, allowing Batman to interrogate him, who told Batman a riddle provided by his boss, allowing Batman to reveal his next targets are Harvey Dent and Bruce Wayne, Batman then assured a worried Gordon that he will save his family and told him to protect Dent, while he claims he will assure Bruce's protection.

Meanwhile, Dent was in police protection with Rachel, and Gordon informed him about the Riddler's crimes. At Wayne Tower, Bruce waited there as bait for the Riddler and had Lucius Fox set up security for him. A worker then suddenly collapsed, causing Bruce to help him up however the victim turned out to be the Riddler in disguise, and Lucius tried to send the guards, but the Riddler had set up traps of his own which killed the guards. When Lucius himself went to help, it was too late as, despite Bruce's fighting skills, Riddler managed to use his cane to shock Bruce and capture him. Meanwhile, one of the cops at Harvey's place began to cough blood until he died, until all of the cops died and was left which was revealed to be Riddler's right hand man, Eli Knable. Harvey went to get a cop's gun only to be knocked unconscious by Knable. It was also revealed during this, Knable had his thugs subdue and kidnap Gordon too and beat Bullock into submission, writing a mocking riddle onto his forehead before leaving.

With all the prisoners in the Riddler's hideout, Bruce stepped out to find the restrained captives of Hill, Sarah, Rachel and Barbara, with Riddler tasking Bruce, Dent and Gordon with completing their own set of puzzles and traps before the time limit expires and the suspended prisoners will be dropped into a hole with acid. The trio desperately completed their puzzles until Bruce managed to hide himself to become Batman and went through many of Riddler's security traps to get to him while Dent and Gordon continued their paths. Batman busted through the door and confronted the Riddler, who was shocked and questioned him, only for Batman to lie by saying he already rescued Bruce and is now going to save the others by stopping Riddler.
Riddler laughed at Batman, activating a button on his staff which trapped Batman in a tube slowly being filled with water. Batman attempted to use some of his gadgets but Riddler stated the glass was inpenetrenable. When Dent and Gordon are on the verge of death, Batman used his Prematic Mangler to climb to the top of the tube, then threw some bombs which damaged the glass and then Batman kicked it, smashing it to pieces with water flooding the room and Riddler was smashed into the controls, which deactivated the traps and everyone was freed. Riddler was knocked out by the attack and Batman captured him before using Explosive Gel to destroy his control room.

With the victims rescued and Riddler being taken to Arkham Asylum once again, the day was yet again saved by the Caped Crusader. The Hills were shocked to find out their butler was murdered while the rest of the families returned home and Riddler, locked in his cell, stated that he almost won and a tear came from his eye.

## E10: The Strange Cure

At Arkham Asylum, Professor Hugo Strange is shown speaking with several patients comprising of the Joker, Riddler, Scarecrow, Killer Croc, Victor Zsasz, Poison Ivy and Ventriloquist along with Scarface. Scarface, through Ventriloquist, tried to tell Strange that he shouldn't be in Arkham and insulted the inmates, so Scarecrow asked Ventriloquist if he's too old to be playing with dolls. Scarface then angrily tries to attack Scarecrow, so Ventriloquist attempts to calm him down and Scarface then strikes Ventriloquist. Strange comments that the Ventriloquist has an interesting friend before ordering the guards to take the other patients back to their cells. Strange took Scarface away from Ventriloquist, telling him that this will help him.

After a few months, Arnold Wesker was declared sane and released from Arkham by Strange. Now trying to make a living for himself as an actual ventriloquist in comedic ways for children, Bruce began following him to see if he's actually reformed and this turns out to be true. However one night, Strange decides to return Scarface and with many of his puppets in pieces and disfigured, Wesker is terrified and finds Scarface who yet again controls and strongholds him into committing another crime again with Rhino and Mugsy. Wesker was saddened to having to go back to his old criminal life.

At a childrens' birthday party, Scarface was disguised as a friendly doll until Ventriloquist had him tear apart his disguise and threaten the rich family and friends with a chainsaw, with Rhino and Mugsy holding everyone at gunpoint while Ventriloquist and Scarface went to go collect the cash. When Ventriloquist argued with Scarface, Scarface insulted him and even accused him of betrayal, which Ventriloquist briefly apologized for reluctantly but still went against the evil puppet. Batman arrived after the police was notified, who quickly rescued the hostages and took down Rhino and Mugsy effortlessly. Batman then confronted the Ventriloquist and pulled out some Bat-Cuffs, questioning him why he returned to crime. When Ventriloquist tried to explain, Scarface then attempted to kill him with a chainsaw but Batman disarmed and cuffed Ventriloquist, however Rhino and Mugsy ambushed and fought Batman while Scarface used the chainsaw to free the Ventriloquist and the four escaped with Batman in pursuit.

At their hideout, Scarface accused Ventriloquist of betraying them and then claimed his heart is now broken, tying the man up to a table where a saw would cut him in half and had a confused Rhino activate it reluctantly, however a Batarang was thrown to stop the saw and Batman then battled Rhino and Mugsy. Afterwards, the saw overcame the Batarang and the saw nearly killed the terrified Ventriloquist, but Batman managed to rescue him while Scarface was left behind and "killed" by the saw, with the doll screaming in fear and pain in Ventriloquist's head. A tearing Ventriloquist was arrested by the police and Batman discovered Strange was behind the incident, so he confronted the professor. Batman voiced his disapproval of his methods and claimed he'll watch him from now on.

## E11: Pyro's Funland

Bruce Wayne was at Wayne Manor with Alfred watching football until it switches to the news suddenly where it reveals Firefly has broken out of Arkham Asylum after setting a security guard on fire by mixing some flammable chemicals. Meanwhile, Firefly reveals that he kept a spare battlesuit and equipment in his hideout, so Bruce became Batman to hunt him down. Gordon then informs him that there is a heist in progress at the Gotham National Bank and several people are being held hostage with some guards had been killed when they tried to fight back. Batman arrives and takes out Firefly's gang stealthily while rescuing the hostages while Firefly is in the bank vault, collecting money where he notices the Dark Knight and tells him that he's using the big score to make his biggest blaze yet before escaping via jetpack and set off explosives in the vault with Batman escaping.

Batman tried to place a tracker on him but Firefly destroyed it. Continuing the night, Bruce returned to the Batcomputer wondering how he could find the pyromaniac until an announcement from Firefly, who hacked every network across Gotham, is holding several hostages on Gotham Bridge while also causing havoc around the bridge. He demands for Batman to face him in order to clip his wings permanently and also warns the police to intervene or he'll blow up the bridge and kill the hostages. Batman goes there although Alfred tries to talk him out when worrying tha he'll most likely die this time however Batman goes there anyway and encounters an armed Gordon who nearly shoots Batman due to sneaking up on him and thought he was a criminal, but Gordon realizes who it is and the Dark Knight explains he'll go after the middle bombs while Gordon should split up his police force into two teams for the bombs at each end of the bridge: with one bomb squad led by Gordon and the other led by Renee Montoya.

Firefly, who has a woman held hostage with him, constantly mocks and threatens her, then one of his henchmen contacts him to report Batman being sighted to Firefly's delight. Batman takes down the thugs and disarms the central bombs, then confronts Firefly and the pyromaniac lets the hostage go. Meanwhile, Montoya successfully manages to disarm the bombs while Gordon's team becomes nearly successful, while in the process of disarming the bombs, a thug manages to contact Firefly about the police. While fighting Batman, Firefly said he warned them and pressed the detonator despite Batman trying to convince him otherwise, however nothing happened and it was revealed that the bomb was disarmed and Gordon managed to knock the thug out. Frustrated, Firefly and Batman's fight rages on, but Firefly then gathers a number of explosives and sets the area nearly completely on fire, forcing Batman to use his Grapnel Gun on Firefly and the two fly around. Firefly crashes onto the bridge's support and Batman beats him into submission and destroys his jetpack, then leaves him hanging and restrained for Gordon to return him to Arkham.

## E12: Ice Heist

In his cell, Mr. Freeze begins crying with his tears freezing in front of Nora Fries and states that Wayne Enterprises' limited resources and funds, he can't develop a cure and needs more money to do so. Freeze begs security guard Frank Boles to get someone to help him with his problems, however Boles instead refuses and insults him. Later, when Aaron Cash goes to check on him, Freeze, using an ice grenade he secretly developed while imprisoned, freezes the cell door and knocks Cash unconscious. Freeze then steals Cash's keycard and uses his life support to survive in the warmer asylum area. Freeze then uses the keycard to enter a room containing inmates' belongings, where he finds his suit, Cryo Gun and other equipment.

Armed guards enter the room and try to subdue Freeze only to be frozen effortlessly. Batman is then seen in Arkham, bringing in Poison Ivy, and hears when the alarm goes off on Freeze breaking out. After witnessing an orderly trying to plead with Freeze, Freeze whacks him with his gun to knock him out and is then confronted by Batman. Batman attempted to convince Freeze to surrender but Freeze refuses and while he apologizes for his actions, he states he needs to correct things in order to go with his experiments. Freeze then freezes Batman's arm, warning him not to pursue him and escapes Arkham. Batman then frees himself.

Batman then contacts Gordon about the situation, who sends the police to try and recapture Freeze and the escapee manages to infiltrate the GCPD, freezing several cops who try to stop him. Freeze confronts Gordon, saying he requires the upgrades for his Cryo Suit and tosses him aside before stealing it and then attacks Wayne Tower. He confronts Fox, who discreetly alerted Batman, holding him at gunpoint and demands for the funds he needs to save his wife, so Fox stalls him until Batman arrives.

Batman arrives and attacks Freeze, trying to reason with him by stating he'll work on a cure for him and funds for curing Nora. In combat, Lucius uses a prototype EMP rifle to shut down Freeze's suit, allowing Batman to effortlessly take him down while using life support to keep him alive. Batman then takes Freeze back to Arkham in the Batmobile.

## E13: Toxins and Poisons

Poison Ivy, seen in court after her recent attack on Gotham City, the judge sentences her to Arkham Asylum again however Ivy manages to land a kiss and seduce him; killing him. The guards try to restrain Ivy but she manages to break her cuffs and fight them; breaking one's neck and kicking the other out the window. Ivy then escapes the courthouse and plans to wreak havoc in Gotham.

Batman is in contact with Alfred, telling him that Ivy was sighted going to her hideout, so he drives there in his Batmobile and Ivy is seen planning to use her mutant plans in her new assault on Gotham. A GCPD helicopter was also sent to the scene by Gordon with Montoya in it armed with a sniper rifle, where she demands for Ivy to surrender or she will be taken down. However, Ivy responds by simply using her plants to take down the helicopter, causing Montoya to fall into a tree and survive. Batman then breaks into the hideout through the ceiling with a rebreather to protect himself from the toxins, using his gadgets to fight off the plants.

Ivy though ambushes him, kicking him away, causing plants to restrain him and Ivy desired to kill the Dark Knight. She lit up some pumpkins filled with deadly toxins filled with deadly toxins which could kill a human in minutes, so she removed his rebreather and started lighting them up in an attempt to kill him. However, Batman faked his death, and then revealed a smoke pellet inside his mouth which he spit out; creating smoke to allow him to escape. A dying Batman got back his rebreather and called in the Batmobile, causing the car to crash into the hideout and nearly hit Ivy, Batman then used the car's anti-toxin antidote to cure himself. Batman then stopped the poison from spreading by utilizing an ice pellet to freeze the pumpkins and Ivy was shown fleeing however Batman caught up to her in his car and managed to use an electrified Batarang to subdue her.