Beware the Batman

That's a good boy, Joe. Just a little longer.

Shiny, shiny.

Hey, you just hit a girl.

No, l just hit a criminal. You've given me quite a run.

Six warehouses. Stolen high-tech electronics worth millions.

Really? Millions? l just liked the way they sparkled, Mr., uh....

Batman.

Magpie.

Ooh. Nice belt.

Shiny, shiny. Can l have it?

l'm using it right now. How about a shiny pair of handcuffs instead?

Who are you?

l.... l don't know.

Just you and me, Lieutenant Gordon. Mom's at an early meeting.

We're having eggs-in-a-hole with bacon.

So, what perp are you after today?

First, it's ''Dad,'' not ''lieutenant.''

Second, ''perp''?

Yeah, perp. Bad guy.

l know what perp means, Barbara.

Just figure maybe l can help. Take a look at the case file.

And if l do a good job, you'll introduce me to Batman?

Not this again.

Aw, come on, Dad. l know he helped you out with those Pyg and Toad guys.

Barbara, for all we know, Batman could've been working with Pyg and Toad.

l've told you before, Batman is not a hero.

No one who takes the law into their own hands is.

The vic's at Gotham General. Mind wiped clean. Freaky, huh, lieutenant?

Dust here has been disturbed.

Lunkhead.

TmSU: What do you know about Batman?

Uh, something of a crime fighter, isn't he?

TmSU: More like a nut.

Dresses like a bat. Skulks in the shadows.

Well, nut is a relative term.

Compared to his enemies, he seems quite sane.

Uh, no. Sory, still nut.

Gotta say, cushy lifestyle you got here, major. l can see why you stay.

l sense a ''but'' coming.

Don't get me wrong. l owe you more than l can ever repay.

And l'm happy to stay until your leg is healed, but....

Things are not always what they seem, Tatsu.

Consider that before making any decisions.

Hope l'm not interrupting.

Oh, come in, Bruce. We were just having some coffee.

-Would you like a green tea? -Thank you, Alfred. That would be fine.

So how are you fitting into our little family, Miss Yamashiro?

Alfred told me you were in the militay before this.

Stationed in Kahndaq.

Wayne Manor must be a big change from the desert.

Definitely a change, but the major's been taking good care of me.

Major? Is that something you called Alfred as a child?

Uh, yes, as a matter of fact.

l didn't realize Alfred had--

Oh, he didn't tell me. It's just a little trick of mine.

l find in business, it's helpful to learn to read people quickly.

l noticed that whenever you call Alfred ''major''...

...your voice lowers and you unconsciously look up.

The same way a child would look up to an adult.

lf l was to guess, Alfred worked with a member of your family when you were a child.

Your father? Was he Ml-6 as well?

Quite amazing, Mr. Wayne.

My father and Alfred did work together. They were partners...

...before he died.

Why didn't you ever tell me you had a partner who died?

He was in a car crash. An accident.

So Tatsu, she's not just an acquaintance, she's--

My goddaughter.

l knew you might respond like this. That's why l didn't say anything.

l don't like secrets, Alfred.

You are the vey definition of a secret, Bruce.

Tatsu is more than capable of being your bodyguard and driver.

Test her. You'll see.

l had the Batcomputer do a sweep of anything it could find on Joe Braxton...

...and his connection to Magpie.

Braxton was part of some sort of research team at Blackgate Penitentiay.

-What were they doing? -Doesn't say...

...but there were boxes from Blackgate in his warehouse. Could be the connection.

lt says here there was another member of the team.

A psychotherapist named Bethany Ravencroft.

BmMAN: And she has a practice right here in Gotham.

[MEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLM

Huh?

Shiny, shiny.

You know, after we last met, l couldn't help wondering...

...what makes someone put on a bat costume?

-Something to hide? -Who said this was a costume?

Mm, l like that.

You and l should be friends. We've so much in common.

Not gonna happen.

What's the matter, bat boy? Too much bird for you to handle?

Too bad. l was looking forward to getting my hands on that shiny, shiny belt.

Goodbye, my little bat.

Braxton. Why did you wipe his mind?

l was looking for something that belongs to me.

What?

Catch me and maybe l'll tell you.

l hope you can fly, Mr. Bat.

No one is going to cage this bird again.

Caged again?

Alfred, Magpie was a prisoner at Blackgate Penitentiay.

That's the connection to Braxton and Ravencroft.

l need to quey the computer for women between the ages of 25 and 35...

...who were there when Dr. Ravencroft conducted her experiments.

lf l'm right, l should get a hit.

Hmm?

Lunkhead don't like you.

Lunkhead, you're not in trouble. l just wanna talk about Batman.

Aah! Batman not hurt Lunkhead again.

Barbara, sweetheart, now is not good.

Lunkhead, l'm sory. l know it was Batman who put you away before.

That he put you in a coma for two months.

Lunkhead not go back to prison.

Lunkhead been good.

l know. l just have a few questions, and l'll go away.

l brought candy.

l have a file with me from the time that you spent at Blackgate.

lt says you were involved in an experiment. Something about mind control.

Uh-huh.

Wanted to fix Lunkhead brain. Didn't work.

More candy now.

Why would Batman care about this experiment?

Don't know.

One more question.

Was there anyone else in the experiment with you?

Lady. Nice to Lunkhead.

ln other cage. Took her away.

Do you remember a name?

Margaret Somow.

According to the Gotham P.D. database, she was a kleptomaniac.