This is Part III of the My Gift To You birthday special. Last time, Blaze and a few members of both the Legion and Insurgency took off towards Slaughter Swamp, with the goal of intercepting a shipment of Fear Gas being sent out presumably to Brainiac himself. Along the way, Blaze revealed her distrust of Batman for letting Superman escape hasn't been erased by this re-established alliance, and Green Arrow and Black Canary had a slight bit of marriage counselling courtesy of Leroy. So what awaits in the swamps? Read on to discover...

(Our tale resumes at a small cabin just near a waterway in Slaughter Swamp, where Scarecrow and Deadshot appear to be talking, hidden in the shadows, as Blaze, Leroy, Sizzle, Harley Quinn, Green Arrow, and Black Canary enter the scene, trying to remain hidden from Scarecrow's goons, who are moving crates of Fear Toxin into boats.)

Deadshot: Can these guys move any faster? The last thing I need is Grodd taking my head off because your goons are too slow!

Scarecrow: You needn't fear, Deadshot. Everything will be ready for tomorrow's attack.

Blaze: Tomorrow? What could be going down tomorrow?

Leroy: No idea, but I don't want to stick around to figure it out. We need to put a stop to this, quickly.

Sizzle: Agreed. (To Blaze) Permission to strike?

(But before Blaze can grant the authorization, a set of vines sneak down behind our group and lift them into the air, entangling them completely, as Poison Ivy steps onto the scene while Scarecrow and Deadshot step out of the shadows.)

Scarecrow: From one doctor to another, excellent work Dr. Isley.

Poison Ivy: Much obliged, Dr. Crane.

Sizzle: I honestly thought Harley here had softened you up, Ivy. Gave you a new lease on life with the Insurgency.

Poison Ivy: My life's purpose is to defend The Green. The Insurgency has done as little on that front as the Regime did.

Harley Quinn: You're breaking my heart, Red.

Leroy: I tried to warn you she was bad news years ago, Harley.

Green Arrow: You're a couple of cones short of a pine if you think Brainiac and Grodd care about The Green.

Poison Ivy: They'll keep their promises, else I'll eliminate them.

Blaze: You don't speak for The Green any more than I speak for the Bat.

Poison Ivy: Enough of this.

(At this point, Poison Ivy's vines start crushing those in their binds, slowly killing them)

Poison Ivy: Looks like my vines have a crush on you.

Blaze: Save the corny jokes for Arkham.

(Now Blaze lets loose a torrent of flame and as she falls to the ground manages to tail thwack Poison Ivy into submission.)

Blaze: That's for breaking Harley's heart.

(As Poison Ivy staggers backwards, falling out of consciousness, until some of her vines catch her and pull her out of the scene.)

Blaze: Coward.

(Just as Poison Ivy is pulled out of scene, green smoke envelops the scene as Scarecrow pumps the stage full of his Fear Gas. As the smoke is noticed, we see Green Arrow and Black Canary are already down while Leroy, Sizzle, and Harley Quinn are off fighting Scarecrow's goons and Deadshot, while Scarecrow himself is focused intently on Blaze, who pulls her wing over her face as she realizes this is Fear Gas.)

Scarecrow: Your choice in allies was smart. It seems neither of them are affected by my Fear Gas.

Blaze: Kind of the idea, Scarecrow.

Scarecrow: Well then... (Pulls out a Fear Gas grenade) Let's see if they like my new formula.

(In a moment of perfect reactionary time, Blaze sees he's about to throw the grenade at Leroy and Sizzle, and leaps in front of it as he throws it, taking the Fear Gas to her own face)

Scarecrow: Blast! Oh well, we should still get some interesting data from you.

(As Scarecrow heads off to one of the boats, attempting to escape with the Fear Gas, we focus into Blaze's mind, where the scene shifts to what appears to be the ruins of Metropolis as Superman attempted to level the cities back in the first Injustice War.)

Blaze: (Realizes what's going on here) No, no not again!

(Just as Blaze realizes what's going on here, a shadow emerges from the background, and it appears to be dragging a familiar purple and black dragon into it)

Blaze: (Startled by what she's seeing) Drago?!

Dragnarok: Blaze...! Help me...!

(Seeing Dragnarok is being dragged back into the shadows, Blaze attempts to pull him from them, but as she gets there, she realizes she can't grab hold of him. Every time she tries, she phases right through him, and just as she tearfully realizes this, Dragnarok is yanked back into the shadows, which takes the form of Darkblood, laughing at her in this moment of emotional vulnerability.)

Blaze: No...!

Darkblood: It's too late, my little dreamsicle. Dragnarok is gone, Darkblood remains!

(Blaze has, at this point, dropped to the floor in tears at this point, all the while Darkblood continues to laugh. Blaze is trying everything she can to force this vision off of her, to break free from the effects of Scarecrow's Fear Gas, but it doesn't appear to work. That is until the ground starts shaking, which is somehow enough to snap her back to the real world, and now we see things that have changed. Scarecrow is gone and so are several of the boats, but a few more are being held aloft by a giant creature of plant matter, while the rest of her team are fighting off Deadshot, who's protecting the last of them.)

Blaze: (Seeing who this is) Is that who I think it is?

Swamp Thing: THIS SWAMP IS PROTECTED!

(With that, Swamp Thing throws the two boats he's holding back towards Deadshot. And as he turns to deflect the incoming boat with bullets, Blaze, still in a dizzy haze, rams into Deadshot's back, knocking him out somehow, as Sizzle steadies her)

Sizzle: You okay, Blaze?

Blaze: A... a little dizzy, but... I think so?

Leroy: You took a Fear Gas grenade straight to the face. If you're okay, that'd be surprising.

Blaze: (Seeing Swamp Thing again) Wait, aren't you supposed to be dead?

Swamp Thing: As long as The Green exists, I can regenerate.

Harley Quinn: Hey, we were as surprised as you are.)

Green Arrow: We managed to seize a good chunk of Scarecrow's shipment.

Black Canary: But he got away with about 60% of it, if I had to guess.

Blaze: We may have lost the shipment... (Points out Deadshot) But we've got someone who can tell us what's up.

Sizzle: You sure Deadshot'll talk?

Blaze: If what I overheard before we got captured is true, I think we can convince him. Let's get him back to HQ and see what we can do. (To Swamp Thing) Thanks for the help, Swamp Thing.

Swamp Thing: Our allegiances temporarily align.

Blaze: I'd say it's more than temporary, Swamp Thing. The Society, The Regime, and now The Empire, I'd say all three of them have less than noble goals for The Green.

Swamp Thing: (Thinks about it) Perhaps a long term alliance is necessary. I will keep you advised on what I can learn from The Green. But for now, go. This swamp must heal.

Blaze: Got it.

(With that, Blaze throws Deadshot on her back as the group heads back to the Batplane as our tale ends for today)

This concludes Part III of the My Gift To You birthday update. For the finale, head on over to The Violet Riddle. So, it looks like Scarecrow got a majority of his shipment out, but got Deadshot captured in the process. I'm willing to bet his life doesn't have much value left to Grodd at this point. So will Deadshot survive interrogation? Tune in next time to find out! Same time... same channel!