The room was extremely small, around the size of a small wardrobe. It only had enough room to stone a small wooden bench, a wall sized mirror, and one occupant. Ashly.

Ashly looked at herself in the mirror and closed her eyes. In and out. In and out. She wore a Robin uniform that made her look as if her father was a girl, which Ra's had made a bad joke on, which she laughed off upon. She unconsciously looked at the mirror again as if trying to find some kind of flaw with her appearance. She adjusted a few strands of hair, and she scanned for non – existent pimples.

Then her eyes came to rest on the photograph of her and Poppy. Her features almost identical to her save for her brilliant blonde hair, their goofy smile, their tight embrace like all young kids do when they were little. Then she looked at the caption below the photo.

Do it for her

She closed her eyes and struggled to hold back a tear. Her best, and only friend was dead because of crime. Because of people not willing to break the mould, because of people unwilling to take action. Now, now people will no longer loose their Poppy. Now people can live in peace and prosperity. It was the only thing close to law and order of the past that she can bring.

True, people die, but only those who deserve it. But she knew that people like her will never loose people important to them. No more death, no more crime, no more innocent suffering. She looked at the photo again and placed her hand on it. A tear falling down her face. 'Never again' she whispered under her breath. 'Never again'

She looked at the photo and placed her hand on it one last time, then she left the room. She turned her head to look at the photo one last time before closing the door behind her.

The building was one of the tallest buildings left standing in the city. Standing at almost 40 stores tall it towered over all the other buildings. The building looked like any generic office tower, made entirely out of glass and silver metal, nothing much drew much attention towards it. However, Ashly had installed a few extra things to make it slightly stand out more. The first was the giant, metal red 'R' on the top of the roof that gleamed as if it was a giant ruby. The second was a medium sized metal balcony which gave a modest view of most of the city as well as the large flat horizon beyond. The third was a giant jumbotron like one of those giant TV's people find in stadiums that replay moves done by the payers that was placed directly above the balcony so that the people down below will know exactly who is talking to them. Finally, the streets below, namely the streets that was directly in front of the balcony has been cleared of most of the buildings so that way a large crowd can gather in front of the building.

It was as if the entire world had decided to gather there. Crowds and crowds of people all of them yelling, screaming and shouting inaudible phrases. People of all ages, of all classes and statuses were there. All of them doing their own thing.

Ashly looked down at the crowd from a small window examining them all. Ra's Al Ghul stood by next to her a thin smile on his face. "Come on." He said softly. "It's time to deliver your speech."

Ashly made a face, closed her eyes and nodded as she stepped out of the large glass window and into the balcony. Almost immediately the noise of the crowd hit her as if she was hit by a truck. All these people were here for her, all of them cheering or jeering. She made a small smile as she walked up to the stand which had a large microphone and her speech on it. She didn't need to look up to see the giant screen displaying her face to the crowd. She made a hand gesture and almost immediately the crowd fell silent.

"Good Afternoon, my friends, my people, the people of the Realm of the Robin!" Ashly said jubilantly and as if on cue the crowd erupted into applause and cheers. Ashly smiled as she looked down at the crowd, all of them cheering and applauding for her. She made a gesture and the rest of the crowd fell silent "I am Ashly. The new Robin. And I am here to deliver good news!" She paused as she turned a page in her noted "For too long... crime and chaos has ruled over your lives." She bellowed, saying the word crime as if the word itself had personally insulted her in some way

"It has torn families and friends apart, it has destroyed our businesses, our homes, our normal lives! We all lost someone because of crime! Our Friends! Our Fathers! Our Mothers! Our Sisters! Our Brothers! Our Sons! Our Daughters! Our Families!"

There was a long pause of silence. Broken only by the still wind. Nobody dared speak a single decibel. Ashly closed her eyes and continued.

"I lost my best friend to crime…Her name was Poppy. She and I, when we were little kids, we were like sisters. We weren't rich. But we had each other. That was all that mattered to us. But then. One night, someone broke into her home. Her father's head was blown off. She and her mother was raped, and then murdered by a group of thugs who wanted to settle a score! They took Poppy from me! They took their families from you! They destroyed your livelihoods and your homes! And I say never again! No longer will these thugs terrorize our streets! No longer will they rape and kill those that we love! No longer will shoplifters and looters destroy your businesses and leave you with no food on the table! No more will drugs ruin peoples lives! No longer will the guilty harm the innocent! To that I say, NO MORE!"

The crowd erupted into applause and cheers as they all chanted one word "ROBIN! ROBIN! ROBIN!" Ashly smiled, relishing the cheers and cries of the crowd. She made a hand gesture and the entire crowd slowly became silent as she continued

"As you may already know." She said "I have now installed a new order in the Realm of the Robin. Something that my predecessor didn't have the balls to do." She pointed up at the screen as she continued to speak "I have here footage of something that has just happened almost an hour ago. And believe me, the people involved, deserve what is coming for them."

As if on cue the screen changed from Ashly's face to what looked to be a multi – story carpark. The carpark was made completely out of concrete and it was filled with the shells that used to be people's cars. There were cars that looked as if it had exploded, and then there were cars that were complete dust and rust balls, and then there were cars that looked like Frankenstein's of other cars put together into one big mess of junk. At first it looked as if the carpark was completely deserted, not a soul in sight. But, on the very highest level the camera showed a very ugly scene indeed. There were a handful of wreaked cars on the top level, but one of them looked as if it had just come out of the conveyor belt. It was a pure white limousine the sort that supermodels and actors ride in when they go to big, well publicised events. There were three people on the carpark rooftop. The first was a tall woman that looked like a supermodel or an actress. She had long, Rapunzel like black hair, overblown lips that was painted with lipstick, eyes that belonged to a wolf and a face that made her look as if she was looking at a pot of gold. Every part of her body was over – exaggerated from her breast size to the shape of her chest to the length of her arms and legs made her look as if she had stepped out of a cartoon for adults. She was wearing a large grey dress that was both too thick and too thin at the exact same time. In her right hand she was holding what looks to be a fusion between a machine gun, a revolver, a flame thrower, a missile launcher, a laser gun, a cross bow, a bow and arrow, a harpoon gun and a spear launcher. On her left she was holding a video camera that an amateur film maker would use.

In front of her, on their knees were two young children. The first one was a little boy who was wearing a red fox costume, the other was a girl that was a year or two older in a peach rabbit costume. The crowd immediately knew what was going on. This woman worked in the black market and was making an adult film with underaged actors.

The woman barely had the time to press any button on the camera before there were several flashes on the screen, a brief pause and the woman collapsed down. Dead.

The crowd erupted into applause and cheering as if they were football fans who watched their goalkeeper do a spectacular save. Ashly applauded as well, a wide smile on her face as the screen showed the two kids run for their lives as if the woman was a bomb about to explode.

"Let me make this clear to everyone!" Ashly bellowed, as she produced a small stick out of thin air. "Alone, when we fight against this plague, we are weak and vulnerable." She bent the stick, which snapped cleanly in two. "But together, when all of us…The People of the Realm of the Robin…" Ashly then produced a large pile of sticks and held it up to the sky trying to break it. Not a single stick snapped. "…When all of us, unite against crime, unite against this plague. WE. ARE. STRONG!"

The crowd erupted into applause and cheers. Ashly smiled, looking down at each face looking up at her as if each person in the crowd had saved her life. She looked up into the horizon and made another smile at what she saw. A large vehicle that looked a bit like a tank from the distance.

She knew who it was and turned to see Ra's Al Ghul directly behind her a small remote in his hands that had a single red button. "Nice speech." He said under his breath

"Thank you." Ashly said

"They are early." He said grimly looking at the approaching vehicle in the distance "Shall we give them a greeting? My people are ready to face them."

Ashly nodded "Why not?" She said with a thin smile "You're the guest, and you are in charge of the main event."

Ra's Al Ghul smiled and made a mocking bow. Ashly mirrored him.

"Thank you." Ra's Al Ghul said "Let us begin…"

He waved a single finger in the air, then he pressed down onto the big red button.

"Let us begin, the main event" Ra's Al Ghul said with a wide smile, as he looked into the distance waiting for his men to strike.

"Shall we partake ourselves?" Ashly said with a thin smile, "Just for effect?"

"Of course!" Ra's Al Ghul said with a smile "I'm not afraid to do my own dirty work, and anyway, I've missed these fights."

"You do realise that we can't kill some of them though," Ashly said following Ra's Al Ghul.

"I do." Ra's said talking more to himself then Ashly "As do my people. But what I've had planned they might as well be dead, Lazarus Pit or not."