A five horse drawn two black stage coaches coupled together with the bat logo on the doors thundered down the road towards Tokyo. It was a question the red ranger would ask the good doctor when she met with her later today.

In the rear coach Selina, Dick, Tim and Jason were playing poker. Selina had been true to her word and over the last couple of weeks she had been trying to integrate herself with the rest of squad.

"I'm not sure I understand this game", Selina stated as she looked at her cards in confusion.

"It's more a game of luck", Jason replied, "but the real skill is in the bluff". Selina raised an eyebrow so the red hood continued, "Deceiving your opponents into thinking that you've got a bad hand when actually you've got a good one".

The catwoman still didn't get it, "How can a game that teaches deception be entertaining?"

"I think deception is a strong word", Dick said as he threw in a few plastic chips, "it's your call by the way".

Selina shook her head and looked at the cards in her hand, followed by the face up cards on the table. "Well I don't think I have anything good so I'll put a few of these plastic things in".

"See Selina you're not meant to tell us that", Tim smiled, "I'm going all in", he pushed all of his chips into the middle of the table.

"Me too", Dick added and copied the gesture, "let's see what you've got".

Selina turned her cards over, "I've only got this red and black one, is that any good?"

Dick looked at the cards on the table and shook his head, "Selina you've got a royal flush", he slammed his cards down on the table.

"Really?" Selina smirked as she pulled the chips towards herself.

Jason burst out into laughter

"You've been playing us" Tim cried, "you knew how to play all along".

"Well not really", Selina replied, "I've never played poker before".

"I don't believe this", Dick groaned. At that moment Alfred alerted them that they were approaching their destination, "Saved by the bell", she added.

The rangers got up from their seats and moved on to the roof of the coaches. They were currently passing Tokyo Bay and moving towards the city. From their high vantage point, they could clearly make out the sprawling metropolis that was the Japanese capital. "Alright we've got 15 minutes to get to Arkham Castle", Bruce began, "We should take the Gliders from here".

Flying between the buildings the rangers began to draw attention from the people below. Giving them a quick wave, they turned their Gliders in unison on their way to the Arkham Castle. The castle in question wasn't massive in comparison to others in the city. Massive white and blue with red roof, Grodd's sigil hung over the main entrance and lanterns were emblazoned with it.

Jumping from their Gliders, the rangers walked into the main entrance but the place was completely deserted. "This is weird", Jason whispered. Suddenly a television activated by itself and displayed a message, unfortunately it was all in Japanese. "Does anyone else think this is a trap?" Selina asked her team mates.

"I'll admit it's a little suspicious", Dick began, "but surely they would have done something by now if they meant us harm".

"That's a ropey bit of logic", Tim replied.

"Maybe but we're here now", Jason stated, "and don't tell me you're not curious". None of the others disagreed with the red hood so they all followed him, they headed up to the top floor felt like it was taking forever. They had arrived into a poorly lit area but they could make out a large table positioned in the middle of the room. There were several chairs surrounding the table and a large television screen was positioned along one of the walls.

As the rangers moved with trepidation into the room, the lights turned themselves on. A door opened at the far end of the room and a woman joined them. As she approached them, they could see she was of Asian descent and approximately forty years old. She had black hair that was greying in places and it was tied up into a bun. She was wearing a smart black skirt and suit jacket. When the woman got closer, Selina immediately recognised who she was, "Mom?" she whispered. The other rangers turned their heads towards her slightly but not enough for the woman to notice.

"Good afternoon rangers, my name is Cassandra Cain", she greeted, "thank you for showing up".

"Your boss's method of communication peaked our interest", Bruce replied. " I take it your not the CEO"

Cassandra sighed, She placed an oval shaped silver case on the table, " the instructions were clear. I had to transmit a message to the Bat clan and give them this", she pointed at the case.

Dick picked up the case but couldn't see a way in, "How does this open?" he asked.

"I have no idea", Cassandra replied, "but there's a video message that I have to play to you. Perhaps that will shed some light". She turned on the screen and turned to leave the room.

"Are you not staying?" Selina asked, trying her best to disguise her voice.

Cassie shook her head, "The message is for your eyes only, I'll come back once it's finished playing", with that final comment she left the room.

Selina was still in a state of shock and her gaze hadn't left the door that her Mom had just walked through, "Sel", Jason gave her a nudge, "the films starting, we'll talk about this later", she nodded and joined the others at the boardroom table.

The screen was filled with an image of Gorilla Grodd, "Hello Batman", he began, "if Cassie did what i asked then the people watching this should be the Bat Sentai".

"How dies he know this?" Tim asked the others.

"My efforts to change the world failed, now my actions to stop the Joker failed' so here i am now im trying to make up for it ".

"Now down to business", Grodd said, "if you're seeing this then Joker has forced me away from Arkham Castle. In that case is an encrypted disk that gives you the location of a castle. In that castle is a weapon created by me , i call it the Bat Megazord".

" Megazord?" Selina gasped.

"The Megazord needs a special tiles to be activated", Grodd stated, "due to security concerns I've hidden this somewhere else. The location of the keycard is also encrypted on that disk". The case opened by itself and inside was a disk, just as Grodd had told them, "Good luck rangers, the future is in your hands. I'll leave you with one final statement, its closer then you think", the screen abruptly went blank.

"What do you think he meant by that?" Jason asked.

"I'm not sure", Dick added. Whilst they were discussing the validity of Grodd's claims, Bruce had retrieved the disk from the case.

"Did you get your answers", Cassie called out, making the rangers jump.

"Erm kind of", Bruce replied, "I'm sorry to cut this short but I think we need to get back". Cassie nodded in acknowledgement, "One last question, what are you going to do?"

Cassie sighed, "This job required me to move here and as a consequence, I've missed so much of my daughter's life. I've got a few things to clear up here but I plan to return to see her" .

"I'm sure she'll like that", Selina replied.

"I just hope she forgives me for my absence", Cassie replied.

"I'm sure she will", Bruce added. With a final goodbye the rangers departed the castle.