"What the hell is going on here? Where is Damian?" Victoria demanded

"Tori, just calm down," Barbara went to the screen "Damian foresaw this."

"Is he Batman? You tell me right now!" She shouted to both Oracle and Blake

"I think he'll have to show you." Barbara pressed a button

The screen she was looking at came to life and Damian stat in front of it, a calm look on his face.

"Is it on? Are you sure Barbara?" Damian asked

"Yes Damian, go on ahead."

"Alright," he looked at the screen "hey Tori, I know you more than likely found all this, I was going to meet you when you got here, but something just caught my attention and I'm being called out. I guess I have some explaining to do, there's a reason why Batman has been fighting so hard against Black Mask, there's a reason why I was fighting to protect you. In case you haven't figured it out already…I am the Batman."

Tori looked at him, tears building up in her eyes as she cupped her chin in her hand, her other hand gripped her arm.

"I didn't tell you for a reason, I didn't…because I love you, I've always loved you, ever since high school I've had a feeling for you that's strong enough that I almost can't stand not to be with you."

Tori felt the tears begin to flow down her face, she couldn't believe how different he seemed, even in his voice he was so determined and so truthful.

"And I've known about you as well, ever since your dad told me about what happened between after Roman captured you. I knew about your identity as Lady Arrow, and I have to say, you have a good track record….by now, if I haven't returned, it means I've been captured or injured with no help, so I'm going to need you, I know your costume was modified so you could become the Black Rose, but I have something that you might like to see."

At that, a platform rose up from where Damian would normally keep his suit, it slowly opened and Tori smiled at what she saw.

"The suit has pieces taken from Wayne Enterprises, so you can't be connected to Starling City because this…is the new Lady Arrow."

Batman slowly opened his eyes, his entire body felt frozen, almost like he had stepped into a giant freezer, upon further inspection, he found he was hanging upside down, with his boots being encased in ice while his arms were bound by a sheet of ice by his wrists and his utility belt was shattered to pieces.

"Do not attempt to break free Batman, you'll find you are quite frozen in place."

There stood Mr. Freeze on an ice built throne, beside him was a table also made of ice with a small cylinder made of glass sitting on it, inside was a woman who appeared to be a ballerina, it slowly rotated on a circle.

Batman glared as Freeze stood from his place and approached him, a sinister look on his face.

"Mind telling me who you are?" Batman asked

"You already know, we met once before."

Batman thought for a moment, and then it dawned on him "Victor Fries."

"That name means nothing to me anymore."

"I was there…I saved Nora."

"No, no you didn't." Freeze glared at him "You simply saved her and bought her a few precious hours."

"What happened? I stabilized her."

"You do not deserve to know what happened but I will tell you anyway."

One month before…

Victor Fries sprung up with a series of heavy breaths, he felt like he had just woken up from a really bad nightmare, something about Boyle and Nora dying and an explosion. He was lying on a metal bed, a gown wrapped around his body

As he set his hands on the table, he found that he didn't feel the normal cool temperature of the solid steel table, he lifted his hands and tried again, but still nothing, what was going on?

"Relax Doctor Fries, you are still alive."

Fries turned, the room he was in was a heavily encased room, the doors were bolted shut, speakers were in the corners of the room and a TV came to life, showing an elderly man in his early sixties with snow white hair, tan skin and a tired look in his eyes and he walked with a cane.

"Who are you? How do you know you I am!?" Fries questioned

"Relax, my name is Grant Walker, I'm someone of interest to you Mr. Fries."

"Where is my wife? Where is Nora?"

"She died in the explosion, it was a choice; we could either save the patient, or save the doctor who created the cure McGregor Syndrome."

"Nora!" Fries called out as he fell to his knees

"I know you're angry, but how about you channel your anger at something….or someone else."

"What do you mean?" Fries asked coldly

"I can give you the equipment necessary to strike back against WayneCorp and show them the true cold feeling of revenge."

Fries finished strapping on the last piece of armor and looked at him hardly even recognizing himself in the mirror as Walker approached.

"You'll find the suit increases your strength three fold and you will be able to survive in subzero temperatures, the goggles can scan for heat signatures and even the freeze gun works."

Fries felt his suit spark to life, the tubes attached to his chest and the gun slowly began to glow a bright white, his goggles inverted revealing infrared vision, he primed the gun at a nearby wall and fired, a jet of white streamed from the gun and made impact on the wall, turning it from a solid structure into a block of ice.

"See, now we can use it on WayneCorp and then we can move onto the rest of the world. With you at my side, Oceana will become the dominate way of life in Gotham."

Fries glared at Walker "You intend to use me to build your little life you have built down here? I do not think so; you took Nora away, now I will take you away from this world."

Walker slowly began to back away as Fries approached, terror spread on his face as Fries grabbed him by the collar.

"Please! Show me mercy! I have a family! My wife is suffering the same as Nora!"

""It would move me to tears... If I still had tears to shed."

The sound of Walker's neck breaking in two echoed through the halls of Oceana.

"My god…Victor…I'm sorry about Nora."

"Save it. I do not want any form of compassion from her true murderer."

"But you know Boyle did it, why not spare me and go after him instead?" Batman questioned

"You both are," Freeze primed his gun "once I'm done with you, I will be moving onto Mister Ferris Boyle, then after Boyle, all of Gotham will know the feeling I have."

"And that would be…?"

"Think of it Batman….to never again walk on a summer's day with a hot wind in your face and a warm hand to hold. I'd kill to feel that again."

Batman could only glare at Freeze I think my hands are going numb here.

"Now." Freeze backed a few feet and primed his gun so the barrel was pointing at Batman's head "Let me show you what…"

He was interrupted by something flying fast toward Batman's feet, within an instant the ice at his feet began to melt and he felt a warm feeling come to them as he felt himself drop to the ground, then with one motion, he used all of his strength to break the hold on his hands.

"How did you..."

Another object flew by and struck at Victor's feet, as Freeze drew it from the snow, it was nothing more than an arrow with what appeared to be a small object attached to it, with a snap it exploded, letting a warmth spread on Freeze's body, within seconds, his suit reactivated, though Batman could see how much pain it caused him, even though it was only for a minute.

"Victor Fries!" A figure called out

Freeze and Batman turned to the new figure arriving on the scene, wearing a black long sleeved top over a green sleeveless jacket with black stripes, golden shoulder pads with gold lines going from her shoulders to the middle of her chest, black pants, a quiver over her back, bow in hand, black fingerless gloves over her hands with metal studs on the knuckles, black boots with green stripes going up to her calf, her blonde hair was tied back in a ponytail and a domino mask was over her eyes.

She stood in front of Batman and primed another arrow, ready to fire. Batman took a spot next to her "Surprised?"

"We'll talk about it later." She primed another arrow "I'm not all too happy Batman."

"You'll be even unhappy with this." Freeze fired a burst straight at her

Batman jumped in front and took the shot clear to the chest, his body moving backwards and he slammed into the wall, he could feel his armor begin to crack as he slumped to the ground.

"You have a choice to make my dear," Freeze fired his gun at the wall, which broke

Revealed inside was a large tank like vehicle painted white, crystals jetted out of the front with a giant gun in front, a full windshield was in the front.

"Save the Bat, or pursue me. Your choice." Freeze pressed a button on his belt

The hatch on the top of the van opened and he climbed inside, as Lady Arrow glared at him, she ran toward Batman, causing Freeze to back out slowly, but not before she went to her wrist where several smaller arrows were situated, he removed one and fired it, the arrow soared and made impact on the back of the Freezemobile, it began to change from the original black to now the same color as the car, blinking red.

"Batman, come on, wake up!" She pleaded as she got down on her knees

Batman didn't move at all, she knew she had to see, she still didn't believe John and Barbara but she had to see it, she didn't believe it. Her hands went to the graphite cowl, her fingers gently went to the seals and clicked them open, her hands gripped the sides of his cowl and lifted it up, she almost shrieked when she saw Damian's head, his face bloodied and his body was shaking.

"Damian? Damian, come on wake up."

His eyes slowly opened and he looked at her, a weak smile spread on his face as he lifted a hand and cupped her cheek, his armor continued to crack "Take care of my mother."

Damian's hand dropped and his eyes closed, Victoria felt the tears go down her face as she pressed her fingers to her ear "John, we need help. Now!"

A little bit of suspense for the end of the chapter, I honestly am loving what I have planned with Mr. Freeze, so just stay tuned for chapter 20!