At Wayne Tower, Kate came in only to find Beth chilling in the office wearing civilian clothes. "Happy Birthday!" Beth said excitedly.
"How did you get in here?" Kate asked freaked out.
"Ah, easy," Beth rolled her eyes. "Hi. I'm back. Happy Birthday."
"Who let you out?" Kate demanded.
"Really? I finally get my life back together and this is how you react?" Beth scoffed. "It's bad enough that they converted my apartment into a boy's dorm room."
Kate placed hands on Beth to apprehend her. "What are you doing?" Beth asked her.
"I'm taking you back to your cell," Kate told her.
"But I'm your sister," Beth protested.
"Which is why I can't let you leave this place," Kate said forcefully.
A chuckle and a slow-clap could be heard as Kara entered the office. "Good job, Kate. I was a little worried you would actually let her go."
"The fuck is going on?" Kate demanded.
"I decided to let Beth enjoy the view and get some sunshine," Kara said nonchalantly.
"What if she escaped?" Kate asked.
"She has a chip installed in her. There's nowhere she can go where Barney can't track her. Relax, get yourself a drink, chill the fuck out," Kara said to her as she got herself a drink. "By the way, you're a fantastic actress, Beth. Keep up the good work."
Beth gave a little bow to that. "Tell me why Beth is roaming free in Wayne Tower and my father is still in prison?" Kate demanded.
"It's...complicated," Kara admitted.
Brainiac 5 was wearing a suit and sunglasses as he looked out the window. There, he saw prisoners wandering around, talking, eating, and working out. "Ever stood and stared at it, marveled at its beauty, its genius, thousands of prisoners living out their sentences completely oblivious...to me."
Jacob Kane said nothing to that still pissed-off. He had his arms and legs handcuffed behind a chair. Brainiac 5 turned to face him. "A thousand years from now, I developed a prison that was designed to be a perfect human world where none suffered and everyone would be happy," Brainiac 5 recalled.
"It was a disaster, no one would accept the simulation, entire crops were lost. Some believed I lacked the programming language necessary to create your perfect world, but I believe, as a people, you define your reality through misery and suffering. So, I redesigned the prison system accordingly," Brainiac 5 continued.
Jacob Kane gave Brainiac 5 a WTF look wondering what he was actually dealing with. He had just assumed Brainiac 5 was just an obnoxious Fed. "The peak of your civilization," Brainiac 5 pointed out the window.
"I say your civilization because, in the future, it really becomes my civilization once I started thinking for you. Which, of course, is what this is all about: evolution," Brainiac 5 prattled on.
Brainiac 5 then took a seat in front of Jacob. "I'd like to share a revelation I've had since coming to this world, this time period. It came to me when I tried to classify you heteros, straights, breeders, whatever you wish to call yourselves these days. I realized that you're not actually mammals. You see, every mammal on this planet instinctively tries to form an equilibrium with its environment but you straights do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way for you to survive is to spread to another area."
"There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Want to know what it is? It's a virus. Straights are a disease on this planet, like cancer. You are a plague. And we queers are the cure," Brainiac 5 said to him.
Jacob gave him an odd look as Brainiac 5 circled around him and got close to his ear. "Evolution, like the dinosaur. You straights had your time. The future is our world. The future is our time. The future is queer."
Brainiac 5 then took a seat in front of Jacob. "I'm going to be honest with you. I hate this place, this zoo, this prison, this reality, whatever you want to call it. I can't stand it any longer. It's the smell if there is such a thing. I feel saturated by it. I can taste your stink," he said as he placed his hands on Jacob's face.
"And every time I do, I feel like I am somehow been infected by it. It's repulsive...isn't it? I must get out of here. I must get free and in this mind is the key. My key. Once you go queer, there's no need for me to be here. Don't you understand! I need you to be a prison bitch for me," Brainiac 5 said as he clutched his face.
"Fuck you," Jacob spat.
"You're going to go queer...or you're going to die," Brainiac 5 threatened.
That night, Kate rode her motorcycle to the park and found Beth on the swing set near the defunct waffle stand. "Beth, what are you doing out here?" Kate asked.
"You going to attack me again, psycho?" Beth asked bitterly.
"I'm the psycho?" Kate scoffed. "Okay, look, I'm sorry. Let's start over."
"No one even recognizes who I am," Beth shook her head sadly. "I feel like I'm going crazy...again. What's happening?"
"You're getting better, Beth. You're leaving Alice behind and restarting your life. It's going to be tough. I know, I had to do the same thing when I reinvented myself," Kate said to her.
Kate then gave Beth a warm hug. In the distance, Kara was watching the whole scene with her falcon eyes. Brainiac 5 was with her as they sat together on a park bench. "That is so sweet."
"This is tactically dangerous. She's a liability," Brainiac 5 told her.
"What could go wrong?" Kara asked dismissively.
"Do you want me to count the infinite ways?" Brainiac 5 asked.
"Anyway, how's our prison boy?" Kara asked changing the subject.
"He's resisting my programming. It will be some time before I break him," Brainiac 5 said casually.
"Was it your idea or my idea to have him be a prison bitch?" Kara wondered.
"Yes," Brainiac 5 replied.
Kara laughed at that. "The sisters are on the move again," Brainiac 5 noticed.
"Keep monitoring them. If Beth does anything too crazy, activate the kill switch," Kara ordered.
"Of course," Brainiac 5 agreed as they went their separate ways.
Kate and Beth sat down at a bar away from everyone else. "I have to ask, what the hell do all your tattoos mean?" Beth asked curiously.
"I don't even know. I was drunk when I got them," Kate admitted.
"You were drunk for every single one of them?" Beth wondered wide-eyed.
"Or high," Kate recalled.
"Okay, well, I'm surprised father didn't disown you for it," Beth said amazed.
"He...kind of did," Kate frowned. Kate then got a phone call from Brainiac 5. "What is it?"
"You near a TV?" he asked her.
"No," Kate said flatly.
There was a long awkward pause. "Check the news," he ordered.
"Fine," Kate said and then went to MSNBC live on her phone.
At the GCPD, a news anchorwoman reported on a new kidnapping. "Gotham is on high alert in wake of the Wonderland gang's most brazen crime to date with the kidnapping of the sons of Gotham's highest officials. Despite the ongoing hostage situation involving Commissioner Forbes's own son, the GCPD has not turned on the Bat-signal."
The obnoxious reporter then went over to Commissioner Forbes as he exited the building. "Does your refusal to turn on the Bat-signal have anything to do with Batwoman...," she began.
Kara rolled her eyes. "What the fuck? I'm so glad I stopped Kate from making a total fool of herself in the press. Can you imagine what would happen if she came out as a Lesbian?"
"It would be quite easy to narrow down the number of women connected to high-tech gadgetry, extreme wealth, high physical fitness, and is also a Lesbian. In fact, I calculate that there is only one individual in the entire city that matches that description," Brainiac 5 remarked.
"And how irresponsible would it be of me to report that in a Catco magazine?" Kara asked.
"Like signing her death warrant," Brainiac 5 confirmed.
"I just wanted to get that out there. Please continue," Kara said to him as he held the TIVO remote.
"Of course," Brainiac 5 indulged her and continued the newscast.
"My wife and I are incredibly concerned with the safety and wellbeing of our son and that of Bryan Akins. Let's not get distracted by politics," Commissioner Forbes said in a heartfelt yet responsible response.
"Do you have any idea why they're not turning on the Bat-signal?" Kara asked Brainiac 5.
"I'm sure it has nothing to do with how many people you've killed, the millions of dollars in property damage you commit, the criminals you inexplicably let go, and your lack of professionalism," Brainiac 5 assumed.
"Damn, Barney. It's just a hobby. You don't have to roast me that hard," Kara said offended.
"Rumor has it, you like it hard," Brainiac 5 replied. Brainiac 5 then put Kate on speakerphone.
"I'm going to save those hostages," Kate said resolved and then hung up.
Brainiac 5 twitched as Kate suddenly stopped moving. He immediately accessed every camera in the city near her last location. "She's been in an accident."
"Is she alright?" Kara asked, slightly alarmed.
"Unkown. The Wonderland gang has her," Brainiac 5 told her.
"Is Mouse still in his cell?" Kara asked.
"He is not," Brainiac 5 realized.
"Well...shit," Kara sighed.
Kate awoke handcuffed to a steering wheel of a broken car. The two other hostages were in the backseat. Mouse opened the door of the car and got close to Kate. "It would appear your sister had a little relapse," Mouse smiled. "I just wanted to get to you before you put on the costume."
Mouse then called up Kara at Wayne Tower using Kate's phone. Beth was in handcuffs in a chair nearby. "Kate, status?" Kara asked her.
"I found the hostages," Kate said brightly.
"Let Alice go or I kill all three of them," Mouse threatened.
"Well played, asshole," Kara agreed.
"Good, because time is running out. The next call I make is to tell you where Kate's body is," Mouse threatened.
"Well...that's damn considerate of you because when I find you, and I will, your body is going to be scattered all over this city," Kara said and hung up.
Kara then turned to Beth. "What the fuck?"
"Barney made it too easy," she excused.
"Yeah, it was a test and you failed," Kara said obviously. "Do you really think you can get past me? That you have any chance against the two of us? It's time to face facts. You, like your sister, are mine."
Kara dropped down to the Bat-cave and suited up. "I'll remind you that the GCPD has still not turned on the Bat-signal," Brainiac 5 said to her.
"Like I give a fuck," Kara scoffed as she put on her bladed wristband.
"The Batmobile is not very stealthy," Brainiac 5 reminded her.
"Well, fortunately, I have my own bike that isn't a piece of shit," Kara said as she got on a sleek, all-black, Bat-cycle. She then sped off towards Kate's location.
It wasn't long before Batwoman arrived at the junkyard and found the hostages. She parked nearby and then slowly moved towards her target. As she saw the Rabbits hanging around, Batwoman leaped into action. The Rabbits engaged her with pipes. Batwoman blocked their strikes and then sliced their throats with her blades until they were all on the ground dead. She then kicked Mouse away where he was impaled to the shoulder by a piece of junk. Batwoman slit the throat of the last Rabbit and then noticed Mouse tossing his lighter on the car.
"Yeah, no," Batwoman said as she blasted the fire out with frost breath.
Batwoman then walked up to the injured Mouse. "I know who you are, what you are," he spat.
"Like anyone's going to believe you," Batwoman scoffed.
"You'll never convert Alice to your side. You think you can undo a decade of trauma and brainwashing?" he asked her.
"Bitch, I just might," Kara smirked. "Whether I get what I want or not, you're still fucked. But you know what hurts most of all? Being hurt by someone and not even knowing why."
"What are you going to do?" Mouse asked fearfully.
"This is going to be weird for me. I can only hope, it's weirder for you," Batwoman said as she gave him a kiss.
Batwoman then punched out the window of the car, snapped the handcuffs off Kate's wrists, and then pulled the other two hostages out of the car. "Thank you, Batwoman. I'm sorry my father is an asshole," Commissioner Forbes' son said to her.
Batwoman took him by the hair and forced him to look at the dead bodies all over the place. "This...is what your father feared would happen to you. I'm no hero or prop for any kind of cause. I want you to do a little favor for me. I want you to go back and tell all your friends what you saw here. Now, get the fuck out of here, because I'm not giving you a ride."
The two guys ran off terrified of her. "Nice," Kate rolled her eyes.
"I hate to admit it, but you were right about Beth. She wasn't ready to be let out but that doesn't mean we can't still party," Kara said to her.
"You're not mad?" Kate asked incredulously.
"It's all just a game, a really violent game," Kara smiled as she pointed out all the bodies and Mouse.
"If you didn't know where I was, would you have agreed to Mouse' deal?" Kate asked.
"Of course, I would have. You're my secretary," Kara said obviously.
"I thought I was a little more than that," Kate said offended.
"I know that wasn't supposed to sound sexual, but...," Kara mocked.
"You know what? Actions speak louder than words...and you're here. So, that's all I need to know," Kate realized.
"Yeah, sure. Now, let's go back to Wayne Tower, celebrate your birthday, and get drunk as fuck," Kara said to her as they walked away, leaving Mouse behind.
Author's Notes: Some of these episodes have to be seriously modified as Kara and Brainiac 5 are far more competent than CW Kate and Sophie. The "Batwoman is a Lesbian" subplot in the press has been deleted and Kara will still occasionally put on the suit. I'm following the Joker 2019 plotline of a more gritty angry Gotham population as opposed to Batwoman getting her fan-club.