DC Universe- 2100

"You're very sneaky, you know that?"

"I learned from the best."

"Two of the best."

"Oh, you want to be included in that too? All right then," Firefly jokes.

"Right, thanks.", Derek says with a small smile.

Moments later, Firefly arrives back at the cave with the samples. "All right...now then. I'll just compare the specs on the samples in the report to the one you have of Venom."

"I've got it all set up for you."

"It'll be a few hours," Lorelei says after setting the samples to scan. "And it's late."

"Hasn't stopped us before. If you need to rest then do so."

"I'll be seeing you, Derek," Lorelei says, heading off to get some rest.

"Goodnight, Lorelei", Derek tells her.

Elsewhere in the city, the Commissioner stands at the scene of yet another murder incident. A young woman had witnessed the situation. A man had been trying to rape her. Then came a dark shadow and a blood curdling screech. She opened her eyes and the man lay there dead, his neck broken, his hand cut off, and what appeared to be a blade run through his chest. The Commissioner wipes his forehead. "This is, what, the twelfth case this week alone? And that's just the criminal murders. We're almost into the 20's with the upper class ones."

"Whoever we're looking for seems to have a nick for vengeance.", Batman says from the shadows.

"That's one way of putting it. I don't know. Sure acts an awful lot like someone more up your alley."

"I don't carry combat knives, and if I did, I wouldn't use them for this.", Batman says, inspecting the corpse.

"All I'm saying is that I've been hearing the rumors about ANOTHER one of you running around. Now, listen, I-"

"You, Commissioner, are officially out of your jurisdiction," Hush says, stepping into the alley. "Batman, a word if you will? I am as bothered by this as the Commissioner. You and I both know who's responsible for this one. All of the evidence points to this Bat-Woman character that people have been on about. Now I've been trying to keep this Bat-Vigilante stuff out of public eye as much as I possibly can for you but she isn't helping. I don't know if you have any direct communications with her or not but I am telling you that I can't afford many more of these cases. I don't like to pull rank on anyone, Batman, LEAST of all you. But this will be the first and last time I tell you...find her and stop her...before I have to."

"...I thought I knew who it was, but I don't. If you can do a better job at finding her, go ahead.", Batman says and turns to leave.

"Batman...my superiors have told me and my Secret Police to shoot on sight. Please...find her before I do."

Batman was gone at that moment and flew over the rooftops.

Hush looks up to the rooftops and turns to the Commissioner. "Sir," she says before leaving, her hands in her jacket pockets. The Commissioner stays there on the scene to wrap up his police work.

Batman sits ontop of a rooftop peering over the city.

"Gee, Tiger," says a familiar voice. "And here I thought you looked down BEFORE. What's got you?" Cat-Woman says.

"Very uplifting of you to say, Cat-Woman.", Batman says. "I'm trying to figure this Bat-Woman out."

(heading to bed, see ya)

"What, she's not the last Bat-Girl? Sure fights like her. Keeps up a little better though."

"So you noticed a difference as well?"