Batman continued speeding through town, heading towards the historic district. it was close to sundown, the sky filled with the colors produced by reactions with the gases released by Neo Gotham. ' in the middle f town wqas old gotham, filled with buildings that wre around when the original Dark Knight prowled the rooftops. ."
stripetail pausd by a reproduction of a last century car, it was a limo , that would have been driven by Gotham's elite, Like Bruce Wayne. ' " The Rich in Gotham certainly did not lack for things to spend money on, and it shows ' Stripetail mused. there was a screech of tires behind him and he turned to see batman jump off a motorbike ' a bit early in the evening for you to show up Batman.' Stripetail said, a small smile on his face as he leaned on his staff. "inque is after you.' Batman said ' I'm well aware , Dark Knight. She owes me a lunch after her attempt on me earlier today. Took the form of a waiter at the restaurant I was eating at. Slipped some poison in with the broth.' Stripetail said. " Dip-based.. " same stuff used to harm a group of tourists earlier today. They survived, fortunately, although not without bad burns ' Batman said. " why would she go after you? surely your reputation as a wizard has preceded you?' money, Batman. Presumably a great deal of it. She;s also very good at eliminating her targets, according to what Commissioner Gordon has told me. So a professional assassn , trying to eliminate me, and in so doing, ruin the games, not only to the immediate detriment of Gotham, but the long term detriment of the residents of Toon Town. " Who would do that?' Batman asked. " Stripetail chuckled ' You clearly havent been following the games, have you?' I've been.. busy with other matters.. like protecting Gotham.' Fair enough, that is your self-appointed job, after all. No, there is one woman who would benefit enormously from me being out of the way: Gabriel. She;s tried to stop or hinder the games at every turn, and she even forced us to cut short our stays elsewhere- unleashing a massive flood will do that. "
So we go after this Gabriel, and lock her up.." Batman said and Stripetail shook his head. " if it were that easy, Batman, I would have dealt with her several stops ago. She always manage to find an exit ramp, unfortunately." stripetail said.