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Previously on Beware the Batman
Tonight was your final test.
And you aced it.
Welcome to the family.
Simon Stagg getting arrested is the best
thing that's ever happened
to this town, baby.
Don't sell yourself short, Whale.
Your arrest is going
to be right up there.
Good plan.
You're welcome.
What are you doing here?
This is Gotham PD's collar.
If that were true, you would
have gotten here before me.
We've been monitoring Stagg's holdings.
- And procedure dictates
- Procedure can dictate all it wants.
Whale's looted five Stagg
warehouses in the past month.
You're not a cop.
And now you've forced my hand.
Take 'em all. Including Batman.
Shall we follow him, Lieutenant?
No.
Just take Whale in.
Are you sure it isn't a bit much?
You said yourself she has
to be protected. And I agree.
I know, but well look at her.
There's no way
I can fight in this.
I can't even move a finger.
See? That was me
trying to move a finger.
If you're going out
on the streets with me,
I don't want you vulnerable.
There are still other Stagg
warehouses left unguarded.
What we should be doing is going
after the League of Assassins,
and getting the Soultaker sword back.
The Argus club's abandoned,
the League is scattered they
could be anywhere in the world.
I won't leave Gotham unprotected.
- So we don't even try to find them?
- We don't have to.
They still want the
ion cortex, which is
In Gotham.
- Okay, I get it. They'll be back.
- Tatsu, you must be patient.
There's patient. And then
there's spending weeks
encasing me in one
immoveable suit after another.
I want to do something.
You're not doing anything until
you're suited up and armed.
Okay, then.
Suited up and armed.
- A sword and a mask, that's all.
- I can fight in this.
See?
There's one more thing. You have
a code name, and I want one too.
Call me Katana,
when we're in the field.
But that was your name
in the League of Assassins.
I know. When I'm beating
the stuffing out of them,
I want them to know who I am.
You and your men were
caught robbing the warehouse,
and in the trade we call
that "dead to rights."
Things are going to go easier
for you if you talk to me.
- We will make a deal.
- Good. Finally.
- Now
- You have until midnight,
which would be four hours from
this moment, to release my client.
He will not be prosecuted. He
will be cleared of every charge.
This is a good deal,
Lieutenant. I advise you take it.
You've got to be kidding.
- This is a serious offer.
- Then I guess I'll see you in court.
- Lieutenant easy now.
- Where is she?
I'm sure I don't know
what you're talking about.
My daughter, Barbara. I know
you had your goons abduct her.
Oh, that's too bad.
But at least her daddy
is a police officer.
Of course, maybe nothing would
have happened to daddy's princess
If he'd just taken the
deal he was offered.
Clock is ticking.
Who knows what will happen
to that kid after midnight
Lieutenant!
Give me my daughter!
This is ridiculous.
What was I thinking?
I was thinking a phone call
would have been more practical.
- How long have you been there?
- Long enough.
I like it.
This is about Barbara.
- How did you
- Police scanner.
- I've been looking for her all night.
- You have?
Kidnapping is on my list of crimes too.
This one puts you in
a tough spot, though.
And I can go places,
do things you can't.
It's time we start trusting
each other, Lieutenant.
- We're on the same side.
- No, we're not.
But I need you for this one.
But only this one.
If you say so.
The last person to see Whale
was his lawyer, Milo Match,
but he's dropped off the map.
He's dropped off your map.
I'll find him on mine.
Bring up the
trackers I put on Whale's men.
When did you do that?
During the Humpty Dumpty
case. I like to plan ahead.
- They're in the Cauldron.
- Can you get a satellite lock?
There they are. They're
in a ghost-heavy zone.
Ghost? As in Haunted?
No, the Cauldron used
to be an industrial park.
But after Gotham's financial crisis
bankrupted so many corporations,
It was abandoned.
Now it's a no man's land.
The people who live there
have nowhere else to go.
The ghosts of Gotham city's past.
Mostly small time criminals. Nobody
gets in or out without their permission.
And the cops allow this?
They tried policing the Cauldron
years ago, but made no headway.
- The ghosts keep to themselves, so
- Out of sight, out of mind.
Ghosts working with Whale
and Match interesting.
Whale is likely storing the stolen
weaponry in one of these warehouses.
- Each heavily guarded, secluded.
- A perfect place to stash Barbara Gordon.
- Agreed. But which building?
- That one.
Surrounded on three sides.
Easy defensible.
But this one is the closest to the
road leading out of the Cauldron,
which makes for an easy exit.
They've taken a police
officer's daughter.
If there's gonna be a siege, it'll be
right in the center of the Cauldron.
- What we have is
- A shell game.
I'll start with the
warehouse to the West.
If she's not there, I'll work
my way through the others.
- Hey! What about me?
- You'll stay here and help Alfred.
- Excuse me?
- We're not a team.
Not yet.
You've seen me in action.
I can handle myself.
You're staying here.
- You know Katana
- If you're going to tell me to have patience,
do me a favor and don't.
Because your Cauldron lacks electricity,
I am offering you
something better than gold.
You're kidding, right?
You're not actually
trying to make a deal
with ghosts, are you?
As I was saying
Hope you have a back-up plan.
If not, you should get one.
My dad's going to figure out
where I am. He's a great Detective.
So I offer you a tanker of fuel,
which is parked outside this building,
- in exchange for
- Classic bad guy mistake.
Trusting other bad guys.
Dude, you can't just give it to them.
They'll bail at the
first sign of trouble.
You are in way over your head.
- Gentlemen, ladies
- I think they're all guys.
Do we have a deal?
Wonderful. We will
make terrific partners.
Your father has two hours
left to accept our deal.
- He's not accepting anything.
- For your sake, he'd better.
What are you looking for?
These red dots are heat signatures.
This is stupid.
We should be out there backing him up.
Doesn't it bother you to sit
here? You're trained for this.
Why does he think he can do it himself?
Actions, not words
get the job done.
Understand?
Perfectly.
We have movement.
Ten and two.
Do you see them?
Very clearly.
- I told you to stay in the Batcave.
- And I decided to convince you
that you were wrong.
Actions, not words.
That sounds familiar.
You have to take them out.
- Or they'll just regroup.
- I know what I'm doing.
- Not bad, huh?
- You didn't listen to a word I said.
You have to take your ego out of
this or you'll be dead within a year.
For the record, I do not have an ego.
It's called pride in my work.
What's going on?
The Cauldron's gone nuts.
It's like a war zone.
We're getting reports of
the Batmobile down there.
- The chief wants tactical on this.
- This is gonna end in a siege.
Heh-heh.
Accepting the deal, I see.
Let's go.
Warehouse number one.
Clear.
Warehouse number two.
Clear.
This is the last warehouse.
Our priority is Barbara Gordon.
I need you to follow my lead. Exactly.
I get it. We have
different fighting styles.
But our differences make us stronger.
You know like, tomayto-tomahto.
No. Those are the same
things said differently.
- Exactly my point.
- Just follow my lead.
I can't guarantee
your safety here, baby.
I can't guarantee yours either.
Now take me to my daughter, before
the ghosts learn how to count bullets.
Now you're in for it, secondary bad guy.
- Batman and
- Katana.
Batman and Katana are
going to tenderize you.
Batman. You have exactly 60
seconds to leave this place.
- That's not gonna happen.
- Daddy!
Release her, Match.
Step away and get down on the
floor. Hands behind your head.
Did you hear me?
Oh boy, this is uh. Okay.
Let's just show him, Milo.
He's not only my lawyer,
he's my chief enforcer.
Phosphorus Rex.
Great name.
Don't you think, baby?
Katana, we need to move.
The sidekick didn't last long.
I can do this all day, Batman.
Daddy!
Putting out a fire with a bigger fire.
Rudimentary physics.
Interesting.
I know. I should have told
you what I was going to do.
My teamwork still needs help.
But it worked, right?
We got lucky.
But there's a difference between
just getting lucky, and forcing luck.
- So that's good, right?
- We'll keep working on it.
They're coming for
Whale, and that's on me.
Thank you for saving
my daughter, Batman,
but you better get out of here.
What are you doing?
You're too good a cop to
go down for *** like Whale.
He used your family. You
did what you had to do.
They'll think I forced you to break Whale
out, so he could take me to the warehouse.
- I don't want you to do this.
- You're the hero.
I'm the vigilante.
Those are the roles we play.
It doesn't change the
goal, "protect Gotham."
-That's all that matters.
- Um. Thanks for saving me.
That grappling thing is totally cool.
- Grapnel. It's called a grapnel.
- Grapnel, right.
Hey, what's your suit made of?
Wow! Batman is so cool.
And did you see?
He works with a girl!
I could totally be like her one day!
- When can I have a grapnel?
- Not until you're old enough.
- When will that be?
- Never.
