A/N: Hello guys! We're heading up the grand finale!

Shadow Knight, you do have a point, Marjorie is being an idiot and believe me, this decision will come back to haunt her, but she reasoned that if Strange knows who Batman is, he also knows where Batman's base of operations is (Wayne Manor). Strange is capable of anything and won't stop to get what he wants. He has men and firepower (military grade, if I may add) so the Batcave would be no safer than Arkham City. Or rather that's her line of thought, I don't know if that makes any sense.

And yes, Stone Cold 22. Only Batman has the balls to punch a shark head on.


Abandon all Hope

"So what is Protocol Ten, Oracle?" Marjorie asked over her earpiece.

"Strange just called Dad and other high ranking city officials into City Hall for an emergency meeting. He claimed that the situation in Arkham City had gotten out of control and called for drastic measures. He's warning that the only way to control the population of Arkham City is to purge all the law-breakers."

Purge all the lawbreakers…Batman realized Strange's plan and it made him sick. "Genocide. That's his plan. He gathered up all the lawbreakers here and will kill them all."

"How?" Oracle asked. "I know that bastard is capable of anything…"

Marjorie tugged Batman's gauntlet. "Batman, some of the guys and I found a TYGER foot locker earlier. It was jam-packed full of military grade firearms and ammunition. Knowing Strange, he might have been supplying the inmates with those firearms and thus ensuring the turf war."

"Protocol Ten will commence in one hour." Strange's eerie voice rang through the earpieces. Knowing what he had in store for them only made Batman's blood turn to ice.

They had to act. They had to act now… "So what are we going to do?" Marjorie asked.

A plan formulated. They had to save as many people as they could. There were many political prisoners trapped inside Arkham City, their only crime having been crossing Strange and Sharp. "Tell Miller and the others to hole up underground as soon as possible. Make sure Freeze and Nora are in a safe place. If you find any political prisoners, help them get to the Medical Center. Then you get there yourself and have them activate the blast doors and get underground. Oracle, try to hack into TYGER remotely."

"What about you?" Marjorie asked.

"I'm going to help as many political prisoners as I can, then I'm going to stop Strange."

"Batman, Victor gave these to me. They're freeze grenades. They're freeze anything once broken, so be careful." Marjorie gave a few capsules to him. "And be careful." She warned.

"I have to be now, don't I?" Batman allowed a smile before leaving.


Time to get to work. I found Miller and the others. "Hey guys, you need to get underground and hole up."

"Why?" Miller asked.

"Strange plans to firebomb Arkham City to kingdom come in about an hour. Find all the firepower and other military grade equipment you can and put them somewhere safe. If they don't blow up, something tells me all the inmates will be in faster than an overturned anthill. They'll want weapons. That wouldn't be good."

"Good point, hey guys! Get ready!" As Miller issued orders, I got ready to leave. "Hey, Marjorie! You're not staying with us?"

"Batman sent me on an errand. But I'll be ok. Don't worry. We'll get together after all of this, swap war stories over dinner. How does that sound?"

"Awesome. You be careful…"Miller smiled. "And Marjorie? Sam would be so proud of you if he could see you now."

I felt proud. I smiled back. "I know he would be." I whispered. "Good luck."

That taken care of, I ran to find Victor. He was definitely going back to Nora's side. I could smell the fear in the air. Knowing what Strange had planned made my insides tangle into a knot. Sammie kicked when I got to Warehouse 5B in the Falcone Shipping Yards, it was gentle, almost understanding.

"Thank you, sweet-pea. Mommy isn't going to let that bastard Strange touch you." I rubbed my belly as Sammie kicked it again. "That's a promise."

"Having some one on one time with the baby, Marjorie?" I heard Catwoman's familiar voice as she landed beside me.

Groaning, I looked Catwoman over. "What kind of trouble have you gotten yourself into Catwoman? You look like you got dumped headfirst into a field of flowers."

"Yeah, well…had a little…misunderstanding…with Ivy." Catwoman brushed off the pollen as best she could. "I think I lost one of my nine lives in the process."

"Knowing you, you probably deserved it." I snapped, irritated. God, I disliked that woman…

"No I didn't! Ok…well, I did forget to water her plants…but it was an accident!" Catwoman tried defending herself.

"Sure…and I bet you let your cats use the flowers as an impromptu litter box. What are you doing here, Selina?"

"A little birdie told me that Mr. Freeze was here. I wanted to ask him if he wanted to help me in my latest scheme."

"Fat chance of that happening." I barked a laugh.

"I will use my feminine charms…no man can resist me…well except Batman. He's got to be taken. He has to be."

Oh, you have no idea who you're talking to… "Twenty bucks Freeze will tell you to buzz off."

"You're on." Catwoman cooed.

I opened the door and we stepped inside. Victor stood next to Nora's capsule; I could just make out the frozen figure floating inside. "My beautiful wife, I'm so sorry that all of this happened." He stroked the ice.

Catwoman smiled. "Aw…that's so sweet. I guess Batman found your wife after all."

"Marjorie did, actually. My beautiful Nora is now safe." Victor said, not taking his eyes off of Nora.

"So…is now a good time to ask you about a plan I had to steal the Pharaoh's Diamond from the Egyptian Museum? It's really hot there and…well…all this latex makes a girl sweat…" Catwoman cooed.

I grinned at Victor's response. "Leave me with my wife, Catwoman." I held out my hand to her, flexing my fingers.

"Just asking, Freeze. Just asking." Catwoman said as she plunked the twenty into my hand. She glowered at me through half-slit eyes.

"Told you." I said to Catwoman as she was slinking away.

"What are you doing here, Marjorie?" Freeze asked, finally looking at me.

"I'm here to warn you. Strange is planning on firebombing Arkham City to smithereens. You need to get yourself and Nora underground right away. You need help?" I asked.

"No, I know an underground bunker and will be able to move her down there. You get yourself to the Medical Center and quickly. The baby won't wait. Thank you, Marjorie and be careful."

"Thank you Victor…and stop the life of crime. You're a good man and deserve better."

Victor smiled; I swear I saw a light in his eyes. "You'll make a good mother."

I hurried out…and back into Catwoman's path. She didn't look amused. I held out the twenty she had given me as a peace offering. "Look, you're in danger, hole up somewhere safe, preferably underground. We're all going to get blown to kingdom come by Strange." I warned. "And no, I wouldn't joke about something like this."

"I know you wouldn't and thanks." Catwoman glowered as she took the twenty. I watched her leave before I ran back over the rooftops to the Medical Facility.

"Hey, I'm back!" I smiled. "Sorry about that, Penguin dropped in and insisted I join him for teatime." I said sarcastically. "And it was fun…when I kicked his nuts around.

"Don't make jokes about teatime!" Ryder groaned. "Or clowns for that matter…"

That's when I noticed the grim atmosphere. Everyone was pacing around, scared. Oh no… "What happened?" I asked.


Batman heard somebody crying out for help. It was a political prisoner surrounded by thugs, the fourth he found. Dive-bombing into them, Batman scattered the group and began kicking and pounding the daylights out of the group. He found the political prisoner huddled on the ground when it was over. "If you can, head over to the church, get there. If not, find somewhere underground and stay there, it'll be safer." Batman told him.

"Thank you Batman…bless you…" he said, getting up and running away.

"Batman, are you there?" Marjorie's voice came over his earpiece.

"What's wrong?" Batman asked as he jumped to higher ground.

"Bad news at the Medical Center, Vicki Vale was kidnapped by the Mad Hatter and Dr. Stephanie Baker was taken by Harley Quinn. Where are you now?" Marjorie asked.

Batman looked up and saw the Sionis Steel Mill not too far away. "I'll get Baker. You get Vale and be careful. Don't drink any of Hatter's tea or allow him to use any of his mind control devices on you."

"No problem." Marjorie laughed. "I've been on an ass-kicking spree lately and Tetch deserves one if he tries something dumb."

"Be careful." Batman warned. "And get yourself underground."


It wasn't too hard to find Jervis Tetch's hiding place. After all, there was only one building in Arkham City that was decorated to look like a Victorian style hat shop and tea supply store. Best of all, it was only a few blocks away from the Medical Center…I carefully opened the door.

The room was decorated like my grandmother's stuffy parlor that I visited when I was a kid. But the air was filled with smoke. Off in the corner, I saw a statue of the Caterpillar smoking a hookah. It blew out smoke in rings. I sneezed and my head began to pound and throb. Goons wearing rabbit masks sat around the table, appearing dazed and not touching any of the goodies and tea on the table. Hatter stood at the end of the table, his back to me. A tall green hat sat on his head; he was wrapped in a long matching overcoat, looking like a rat. In his hand was a very large pocket watch.

"Drink your tea, Alice, dear…" Hatter's soothing and yet creepy voice filled the room. "It's my special tea…my special tea…my specialty." He childishly giggled at the word he had managed to conjure up.

"No, stop it; Jervis…you bastard…go to hell…" Vicki mumbled from behind the Hatter. I managed to catch a sight of her…Jervis had dressed her up look like Alice, complete with a pinafore and a large black headband. She was tied up in a chair, Hatter holding a tea cup up to her face. Oh God…

"Who's Jervis?' The Hatter asked childishly. "I'm your friend the Hatter. Oh why don't you have some tea with me, please? After teatime, then we can play." He whined.

Enough was enough. Fighting the dizziness that was beginning to swamp me, I fired a round into the air. The Hatter jumped, turning around and mumbling in fear. I knew he wouldn't listen to me if I didn't use references to Alice in Wonderland. "Hatter! Let Alice go or I'll blow that hat off your head!"

"Oh Marjorie, you really had to spoil everything now, didn't you?!" Tetch yelled at me. Marjorie?! Did he have any idea what was going on?! Usually he addressed me as the White Knight during his stay at Arkham. Don't stop to think! Stop him before he hurts Vicki! "Get her, White Rabbits!" Tetch ordered. "Just don't hurt her! Strange promised me a brand new hat!"

The goons jumped to their feet and began fighting me. My muscles and nerves felt like they were pulled around and poked by a red hot wire and my mind felt fuzzy, almost hazy. But they were stronger…Tetch must've done something to them to make them stronger. I can't fight back much longer…I felt like I was falling asleep. The pocket watch's ticking was defending and I felt it rumbling throughout my body. Or was that the baby kicking? I didn't know anymore…

No! Fight back! Otherwise, Strange will win! Everyone… even that damned Caterpillar statue…looked like they were smirking at me…the Caterpillar! It was belching out hypnotic smoke. I had to destroy it. Pulling what little free will I had left, I aimed my Smith and Wesson at the statue. BANG! The Caterpillar shattered into pieces, the smoke stopped. Immediately I felt my head clear.

"No! No! My lovely, lovely Caterpillar! How could you do that?!" Tetch whined. The hat! Destroy the hat! I shot that off his head. The hat flew off, sparking. "My hat…my beautiful, beautiful hat!" The goons, finally having lost their will and exhausted, collapsed into a heap.

I cut Vicki free. She looked a little dazed, but was otherwise unharmed. "Vicki! Run back to the Medical Center! Hurry! I'll catch up!" Vicki wasted no time and ran for it. Jervis yelped as I picked him up by his collar. Normally, I felt sorry for Tetch. A bright and childlike mind troubled by mental illness. But after today… "Don't ever try getting into my head again, Jervis Tetch…" I growled.

"Strange, where is my hat?! I've got the White Knight!"

White Queen…it was a trap… HISS! There was a hissing and something pierced my neck. I screamed as something was injected into me. Letting Tetch go, I collapsed. Like before, my muscles felt like rubber and my eyelids were getting heavy. Panting, I reached out.

Why oh why didn't I leave Arkham City when I had the chance?!

"Very good, Jervis…here's your pretty new hat." Strange was appearing before me, a gun in his hand. I'm dead…I'm so sorry Sammie. He aimed over my head.

"What, what are you doing?!" Tetch cried out. "No!" BANG! Strange fired a single shot. There was a loud thump as something fell. Hatter cried out no more. Did that bastard shoot him…? I don't think I want to know…

"Hello Marjorie." Strange leered at me as I passed out. Batman…Bruce…I want you here…


Joker had upped the ante at the Steel Mill. Batman couldn't go through the chimney as he did before and the patrols outside the factory had been doubled. But he was now inside and watching beneath the floor grates. "No! Please!" Dr. Baker cried out as Quinn pulled her by her braids across the factory floor.

"No dice, doc!" Quinn dropped the quivering doctor. "You refused to save Mr. J…so that means you die too…"

"No! He's too far gone!" Baker cried.

"Don't try pressing a pregnant woman's buttons, Baker!" What?! Batman felt himself fall over. She's pregnant?! "Now when my little baby asks me why their Daddy isn't here, I'll just say that it's because a doctor was too useless to save him!" Quinn held up her revolver.

"Oh no! Please!" Baker sobbed. Enough was enough…Batman jumped up through the grates and took down Quinn. She wriggled and tried to get loose, but Batman held her down. "Oh thank God!" Baker cried.

"Baker, run! Get somewhere safe!" Batman ordered. Baker got up and ran for it. By this time, Quinn had gotten free and began kicking and punching. Batman took her down without much trouble. "Listen…if you want you and your baby to live, you'll do exactly as I say." Batman growled.

"Why should I listen to you, Batbrain?!" Quinn argued, hissing.

"Because Strange plans on killing all of you!" Quinn paused, her eyes wide.

Just then, Strange's voice came over the intercom. "Protocol Ten commences now."

"Understood, sir." A TYGER guard responded in Batman's earpiece. "Begin firing."

BANG! The building began to shake and rattle. Batman grabbed Quinn's shoulders. "Get somewhere underground and get there now!"

"But Mr. J…" Quinn whined.

"NOW!" Batman yelled. "Unless you want to tell him you lost the baby trying to save him!" Quinn, shivering, ran. "Dr. Baker!"

BOOM! The wall next to him began to collapse. Batman was blown backwards. A large slab of concrete fell onto him, pinning him from the neck down. He looked out and saw the TYGER guard aiming his high powered rifle into his face; the helicopter was right behind him.

"Sir! We've got the Batman! He's trapped under the masonry of the Sionis Steel Mill!" The guard touched his ear, where he no doubt he had an earpiece.

"Is he dead?" Strange hissed over Batman's earpiece.

"No sir…but he appears stunned."

"Excellent. Bring him to me alive. Make sure he can't escape. I already have Mrs. Wayne." Strange responded.

He has Marjorie?! No! No! Batman struggled to get to his feet, but the slab was too heavy. It was a miracle he wasn't killed.

"Understood sir…" The guard fired something into his neck. Batman looked down and saw a tranquilizer dart sticking out.

Marjorie…hold on…I'm coming…Batman thought as he passed out.


Batman grunting beside me was the first thing I remember hearing along with explosions and people screaming. I slowly came to, feeling hot and cold all over. I was lying on an incline; it felt like a flat board, my hands tied behind that. My jumpsuit had been taken off of me and I was wearing something soft. It looked like a purple dress hemmed with white…that had been hiked up to reveal the lower-half of my body. My ankles and calves had been tied together.

What happened?

Where am I?

I looked over and saw Batman lying beside me, chained to a dumpster. He was groaning and slowly regaining consciousness. "Batman? Batman! Wake up!" I cried out. A lone street light shone down upon us. Flurries flew into my face. I saw two familiar chalk outlines before us, surrounded by flowers.

"Strange got you too, Marjorie…?" he groggily asked me. "Where are we?"

We were in Crime Alley…where Bruce's parents had been gunned down in front of him when he was eight…I was wearing a copy of the dress Martha Wayne wore to the Monarch Theater that night, right down to the pearls. "Crime Alley. But why did Strange bring us here?"

Footsteps sounded behind me. "How does it feel, Wayne? To kneel on the very stones that ran with your parents' blood and will soon run with your wife's?" I watched as Strange walked up to Batman. "Do you feel sad? Full of rage? Or does that outfit help bury your feelings? Hiding your true self?" Batman was now fully conscious and began struggling to get free. Strange pulled Batman's cowl off his head, revealing his bruised and battered face. "Oh…you are a truly extraordinary specimen. I look forward to breaking you." Hugo Strange knelt before my legs, smiling.


A/N: Here we go…we're here at the grand finale. I know you guys wanted to see Marjorie take down Zsaz and Quinn (and I wanted to too) but decided to be fair to poor Marjorie. Come on, I know I was pressing it with how much Marjorie was able to do while she was in labor. She might be Batman's wife and a trained fighter but she's not Wonder Woman.

I'm afraid I overdid Marjorie's second interaction with Catwoman and Strange though…

The usual. So how about at least at least 10 or 81. At least one thing you liked and at least something for fixing…and one more thing.

I would like to do a sequel, that is if people want one. So if you want a sequel, tell me what you want to see in it.