"Why'd you want me to meet you here?" Kate asked as she entered her dad's office before she noticed everything spread across his desk.
"What's this?" Kate asked.
"Everything I've managed to pull together on both Beth's whereabouts and the madman who owned the house she was being held in. A doctor named August Cartwright." Jacob said.
"Please tell me he's rotting in a cell at Arkham?" Kate asked.
"Not yet, but frankly, when we find him, I'm not sure if he ever will." Jacob said.
"What do you mean?" Kate asked, though she had an idea.
"That bastard is the reason I lost one of my daughters. When I get my hands on him, I'm going to force him to tell me where Beth is, by means necessary and then I'm going to put a bullet in him." Jacob said.
"I thought Batman was the person you blamed for what happened to Beth." Kate said and Jacob sighed.
"I'm still no supporter of or this woman who's taken up his symbol, but I will admit that you were right. Batman did everything he could to save Beth and your mom and he did save you and 2 dozen other kids that day. It was just easier for me to blame him, since if I didn't, I'd have to blame myself for not doing more to find Beth." Jacob said as Kate placed her hand on her father's shoulder.
"I don't know how or when, but what I do know is that we're going to find Beth and we're going to bring her home." Kate said.
"But you're worried about something about that aren't you?" Jacob asked.
"I'm not worried about whether or not we'll find Beth. I'm worried about what will happen when we do." Kate said.
"You think it will go bad?" Jacob asked.
"I wouldn't be surprised. We don't know anything about what state she'll be in. But I may have an idea on how we can narrow down the search a bit." Kate said.
"I'm listening?" Jacob asked.
"Did Cartwright have any family? Kids?" Kate asked and Jacob could see where she was going with this.
"You think we can use his family to find him." Jacob said.
"Or maybe even better, Beth herself." Kate said.
"You would've made a great crow." Jacob said.
"I like my current job, since I don't really see myself taking orders very well." Kate said and Jacob chuckled.
"On that we agree. But let's go see what we can come up with on that lead." Jacob said as they headed down to the main command center for the crows.
"Kate, what are you doing here?" Sophie asked her when she saw her.
"Helping my dad out with something, I'll tell you the full story later." Kate said.
"I know about Beth. Your dad told me." Sophie said as Kate looked at her father, who nodded.
"In that case, we're running down a potential lead on the man who held Beth hostage. Normally I'd stay out of the Crow's way, but, this is personal." Kate said and Sophie nodded.
"So what are we looking for?" Sophie asked.
"Relatives of Dr. August Cartwright. He's the lunatic who held Beth hostage and while he's disappeared, we might be able to find a trail through his family." Kate said and Sophie nodded as one of the techs did some typing.
"And it looks like today is our lucky day, since Cartwright has a son, Jonathan and he's actually locked up in Arkham now." Jacob said.
"You think he'll talk?" Kate asked.
"I'll make sure he does. This is the first lead we've gotten that actually pans out, we need to take it." Jacob said.
"I wish I could go with you." Kate said as Jacob placed his hand on her shoulder.
"I promise I'll get him to talk and I'll tell you everything." Jacob promised.
"Thanks. I'll keep trying to see if I can find anything on my end." Kate said and Jacob nodded as she walked out and called Luke.
"My dad found the link between Beth and Mouse, he's going to question him now at Arkham. I want eyes on that conversation." Kate said.
"On it." Luke said.
"Great, I'll be back soon." Kate said as she hung up and walked out.