Chapter 3 - Afterglow - Part 1 Subtitle: infotech
I asked you a question.
What are you supposed to be?
I'm... I'm...
I can handle her, Batman.
- Robin no. - She's just a girl.
Really?
Little twerp in short pants thinks i'm a walkover.
He's got a lot to learn.
I'm not going to let these two push me around.
- Hey! - What am i?
What are you guys? You show me your license to wear masks and act tough.
This is no game. You have no right to wear that symbol.
And you do?
This just gets better and better!
I get to kill Batman, Robin, and Batgirl all in the same night!
My rep is made, boy's! Made!
- Cops're comin; killer moth. - Get us out of here!
And so it became official.
Now i am "Batgirl"
And i can already see that i'll never be comfortable with the name.
I'd have preferred "Batwoman."
Too late to change it now.
My present just caught up with the future.
Who was she? Is she all right?
The girl disappeared but we'll be seeing her again.
I hope so.
"I hope so"? The Boy Wonder has a crush on me?
At least he's grown a few inches.
As far as Captain James Gordon will be concerned,
mopey daughter Barbara bailed on the Policeman's masquerade.
Her alibi will read thus...
Barbara likened the potential masquerade ball experience to sticking...
...herself with red-hot needles!
Having turned in early,
Barbara slept comfortably in the security of her own home...
...until she was rudely awakened by an officer of Gotham's finest.
Or some thing.
Hold on!
Central, this is bard.
Somebody better tell the captain that his daughter's not...
Whoo.
Negative on that, central.
Please inform him that Ms. Gordon is safe and sound.
Problem, officer Bard?
Only that you still don't call me Jason, babs.
I don't call you at all.
And that's the problem.
- My father he's? - Just fine, working on rounding up that killer moth nutball.
He could be hiding on this block.
Listen, babs, if...
...you're scared i could come in for a cup of coffee until the capt...
Scared?
Far from it, Officer Bard.
In fact i'm pretty exhilarated.
I could do this all night.
It must be all the bat endorphins pumping.
Good one...
Barbara, wake up.
What... what...
I know it's saturday, but you don't have to sleep the day away.
I didn't feel well last night.
Sorry, i skipped the masquerade.
You missed quite a shing.
Y- Yeah? How so?
Well, Killer Moth kayded me and tried to make...
...off with Bruce Wayne as a hostage.
Some girl in a scary costume saved the day...
Or so i'm told. I was unconscious during the good parts.
- You're okay, Dad? - I see that old trellis is holding is up well enough.
Glad i nailed it down tight back when you ignored your midnight curfew.
Last thing i needed was my daughter risking her neck to put...
...a burr in the old man's breeches.
Is that hint, dad? Are you still gathering evidence?
Chapter 3 - Afterglow - Part 2 Subtitle: infotech
You got five minutes, bugface. Don't waste'em.
I was hoping for something more private, Tony.
You said we had business. This is where i do business.
And it's Mister Bressi to you, bugface.
You have quite the setup here, Mister Bressi.
Lost of goods, volume, high profit margins.
But it's a house built on sand.
You can pay off the cops, sure.
But what about this new crowd of do-gooders?
These vigilantes and superheroes? Who's going to cover for you there?
- You. - Right, Killer Moth.
And how is that work?
With this, a moth lantern.
Those masked crumbs come around and you shine this into the sky.
I show with all the firepower you need.
I shine this lantern and you see it?
Me or one of my people.
And every cop from Bristol to Bludhaven.
You're offering me protection? I am protection.
I saw you on tv bugface. Some chippie beat you silly.
- You'll need me, somebody! - I'll take my chances. Vince. Jackie.
Take your nightlight with you.
You will be sorry.
Show you that you need Killer Moth... Somehow...
- We're here. - Look, I gave up the smokes.
I have a heart attack now, it'll be on your cowl.
Any leads on killer moth?
You and i need some sort of hotline. This wait' until dark business's silly.
I bet you were expecting theree of us tonight, right, Captain?
No, lad.
I'm still getting used to just to just the two of you.
Farnkly, Robin, i wish you were home somewhere doing your homework,
and dreaming about pretty girls.
Is that why you called us here, Jim? To send a message?
Usual snitches haven't spotted the moth.
I'm hoping you gentlemen might net him before he actually hurts someone.
We'll see to it.
And Jim, i have nothing to do with the girl.
She has her own agenda.
I didn't see the third guy.
He must be the wheelman.
Should have seen him. Dumn, Barbara. Dumb.
Still time to correct my mistake...
Good thing i've been in here before.
Time this right and it's "Score one for Batgirl."
A second off and it's "Shopkeepers and Weird Girl Found Slain."
Clean-up in Aisle Three.
That was way too close.
Way too close.
Chapter 3 - Afterglow - Part 3 Subtitle: infotech
She saved our lives!
She took those guys down! Bam!
And so you have it, another tale of violent vigilantism...
...added to the masked mythology of Gotham after dark.
This time witnesses claim to have seen a female crimefighter.
Mass hysteria or some misguided and disturbed citizen?
You be Judge.
This is Roy Eaymond Junior for...
...crimebeat. - Dammit!
It's that Batgirl!
One Bat-Bum Wasn't Enough! Now there's Two! Plus the Brat!
How am i supposed to prove i can provide protection to this town's...
...underword when the damn bats keep multiplying?
I mean what can go wrong next?
At this hour?
Yeah, what is it?
- You Cameron Van Cleer? - That's me, what do you want?
We want Mister Bresis's money.
You're in hock to tough Tony for five hundred large.
- No... - And don't bother reaching' for the checkbook, Mister Van Cleer.
- Come on... - We got enough of your kited checks to wallpaper a house.
This is strictly a demonstration.
Pony up, Richboy, or we'll be back.
First that pantywaist Killer Bug and now this guy.
I could have had the money... Been clear of debt...
If not for that girl... That damn girl...
And her damn fool ideas.
The cost of this flight of fancy alone will no doubt bankrupt Barbar Gordon,
Underpaid Librarian and Potential Defaulter of Student Loans.
I bet Batman's rich.
How else could a crime-fighter afford all this stuff?
God bless policeman's discount.
I'll have to hold off on the mini-laser and two-way wrist radio receiver.
Some items might be well worth a little overtime pay, though.
What the hell am i getting myself into?
The building closes in twenty minutes, Miss.
More than I need.
I can do this.
Goggles down. We're not voyeurs.
I can do this, then I'll be right up here with them.
Not just slugging it out with muggers and lowlifes...
...knocking over bodegas and liqour stores.
How hard can it be really?
Betcha my trust fund she doesn't go through with it.
You lost that wager before she even entered Wayne Tower.
She's already making the leap. It's the fall that'll kill her.