He felt like he was dead, he didn't feel anything, nothing was bothering him, nothing was hurting him and he finally felt free.

"Damian…wake up! For me!"

A familiar voice entered his ears, he recognized it, Victoria was calling him, and she sounded worried, he needed to be strong, he remembered everything. Flashes entered his vision, his parents raising him, training with his father, his mother on her deathbed, kissing Victoria Queen on the lips and finally the symbol of the bat. He knew what he had to do. He was still alive, and he still had a fight to win.

"Cycle complete, he's coming out!" Barbara called out

A platform was risen by the Batcomputer and it was a giant container with a red liquid filled inside and Damian was strapped inside, a breath mask over his face and he began to stir, the liquid began to drain from the container into a series of tubes and the door opened, Damian's eyes snapped open and he fell to the ground, the mask ripping off of his face and bounced inside the cell.

He couldn't catch his breath as his eyes snapped open, Barbara smiled at him, though she was the only one he could see, as his vision began to clear, Damian saw John over by the different suits, with each case risen up, from what he could tell, Blake was looking at his suit.

As he began to stand, his skin and body began to sting, Barbara rolled over with a chair "Sit and relax okay?"

Damian nodded and began to control his breath "How long have I been out?"

"Three days in a chemical bath took care of it," Barbara smiled "everyone's been worried sick. Plus, we got a call."

"From who?"

"Bruce Wayne, he's coming into Gotham with Maria to see your mom." Barbara replied

Damian frowned, he knew his father would be a mess, let alone…his worst fear may come true.

"Barbara, lock down the Batcave, don't let my father in here."

Blake looked over "You don't think what I think you're thinking are you?"

"He comes back, Mom's sick about to die and Freeze is the only one with a cure? Yeah, he'd do whatever it would take to make sure that cure is set. We need to do it ourselves." Damian leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees

"What do you have in mind?"

"We need to find Nora, Walker wouldn't want to have Freeze as a loose cannon," he leaned back, letting his back hit the chair "Nora would be the only leverage to ensure Freeze did what Walker wanted."

"And now Walker's dead." Barbara remarked

"Oracle, check to see if Oceana is still active." Damian stood up

He slipped on a pair of jeans and a black polo and walked toward the waterfall where Victoria was standing looking out, she was standing in the water, looking out at the falls, and he walked over to her and gently wrapped an arm around her waist.

"You've been quiet." Damian smiled

She didn't change her motion or her face "Just don't really have anything to say. Figured you, Blake and Barbara had things covered."

"Look, I know that I'll need your help." Damian smiled "Besides, gives us more time to spend together."

"Even though we'll be working handsome?" She let her body hit his chest

"You know it." His fingers gently went through her blonde hair

She took a breath in and felt it hitch when his fingers touched her hair "I was so worried about you."

"Well, I'm here and soon you and I will be back in the field together." Damian smirked as he planted a kiss on her neck

Victoria leaned gently into him, her head turned as he wiped her hair away so he could look into her beautiful green eyes, they let their lips get closer together, as they were about connect, a clearing of a throat interrupted them.

Damian looked over annoyed at Blake "If you two are quite done, you're not going back into the field yet Mister Wayne, come take a look."

"Fox failed to mention that this suit does not do well against extremely cold temperatures, if you go back out in this suit again….you're going to die."

"I don't have another choice." Damian looked down at his bat suit "I have to use it."

"No, no you don't, we need to find something else for you to be safe." Tori looked at him

"Whatever choice do I have?" Damian looked at her "The suit is just going to need some sealing along the cracks, but once this is done, Fox is going to look into another suit for me, this one is too bulky anyway."

"Well, I have good news and bad news!" Barbara announced

"Hit me Oracle."

"Good news, Oceana is alive, bad news, I can't get access to the security cameras."

"So, we have to deal with a base with no form of back up." Damian shook his head "What of Nora?"

"Well, she's not in WayneCorp, so more than likely Walker or Boyle."

"Then I think it's time I pay Mister Boyle a little visit." Damian smirked "Also, take a look into Paxton Powers, see if he's involved in this."

"Damian, I'm not confident with you using that suit, but I have a great idea." Blake smirked

A platform in the back of the room began to rise and Damian's smirk grew wider.

Ferris Boyle shut the light off in his room, it was time for him to go home and get some dinner in his stomach.

A beep came from his phone in his office as he grabbed his jacket, he walked to the phone and picked it up "Yes Lucy? Does Paxton need something?"

"Mister Boyle, I wanted to remind you that you have a meeting with Mister Powers in the morning at nine, you are needed to go over the information regarding the missing pieces of WayneCorp equipment."

Boyle turned on his light and began to sift through his files "Yes, I have everything ready, thank you for reminding me."

As Boyle was prepared to turn the phone off the lights went out and something shot at his hand and sent the phone down to the ground, as he bent down, he picked up a golden shuriken shaped like a bat.

"Oh no, oh no," Boyle smirked "this should be…"

His sentence was interrupted by a foot slamming into his stomach, as Boyle was sent backwards; the figure grabbed him by the throat and slammed him into the wall.

"Hello Ferris." Batman growled

The moonlight revealed Batman; he was in a black Kevlar plate armor, bat suit was held within the plates, black cape hung down to his legs and the high collar hung around his neck.

"Well, well, new suit? Not like your current one." Boyle sneered

"You are going to tell me where Nora Fries is and you are going to tell me right now."

"She's dead…" This was met with Batman tighten his grip

"You're lying to me Boyle." Batman growled "Now, tell me, where Nora Fries is."

"I don't know!" Boyle yelled trying to breathe, Batman let go and he slumped to the ground "I was told to leave her and someone would pick her up."

"Who?"

"Black Mask!"

Batman's eyes went wide "That's impossible, he's in Arkham."

"I don't know how, all I was told was that I needed to leave Nora in Fries' lab and they would take care of it."

"You fool, is Paxton apart of his…"

"Yes, he's been on Sionis' payroll since he first took control."

"Thank you." Boyle was met with a swift punch in the side of his head, knocking him out "That's for Fries."

The door to Selina's hospital room opened and Damian walked inside, he smiled when he saw Selina, she wasn't up and running, but she was awake and she was reading one of her books, he was just happy she was up.

Selina looked up from her book "Hey kiddo."

"Hey," He sat down on the edge of her bed "how are you feeling?"

"Better, all things considering, Thompkins told me I was dying." She said grimly

"You have McGregor Syndrome Mom; no one's found a cure."

"From what I heard," she set her book down and leaned back "You found someone who made a cure."

"Only problem, he's dead."

"Not from what your friend the boy in blue told me." Selina smirked "He stopped by to check in on me, told me about Mr. Freeze and how you almost died."

Damian frowned "Yeah, he almost killed me."

"Hmm, your father won't be too happy with that one." Selina smirked

"You know Dad and Maria are coming here?"

"To Gotham?"

He nodded simply.

"Great, that's just what I need. Your father gawking over me while I die." She quickly coughed as she finished her sentence

"Mom, just relax okay?"

The door opened and Thompkins walked in "Afternoon Selina. Hello Damian."

"Grandma Leslie." Damian smiled

"So, tell me Doc, how long do I have?"

"Best I can say, until Christmas, which is only a few days away…I'm sorry Selina."

Damian looked at his mom, a worried and fearful look on her face, something he had never seen from her before, she always was a woman with a high amount of confidence and strength, to see her fearful, it would be a bad thing.

"Mom, I'll find that cure." Damian stood, kissed his mom on the side of her head and walked out, tears going down his eyes

"Alright, so I managed to find out what Freeze is planning to do with those parts."

Barbara began to type a few keys on her keyboard and the pictures of the parts came up, one represented a cannon like shape, another was a series of domes and finally one that represented a generator.

"Now look what happens if you combine each part together."

She pressed a key and the pictures began to merge together, the domes sat on the ground, the cannon stuck out, a circular part held the cannon in place and the generator was placed behind the chair.

"It forms a cannon."

"One that could be capable to fire an extreme amount of cold at a specific target."

"He's going to target Gotham." Damian frowned

"You know what you have to do right?"

"Yup, but I'll need help." Damian went to his old Batsuit "Tell Tori I'll need her in the raptor, I need you to find Nora, and tell Blake to text Jim and give him Nora Fries, as well as the information on Boyle and Powers."

"What are you going to do?"

"Going to Oceana." Damian began to pick up his suit

Twenty is up and running! We're descending into the end here, this next part will be three parts which should be done this week assuming things go well personally and writing wise, there will be three chapters after that, so we're looking at about twenty-six to twenty-seven chapters for this story then book two won't be up for awhile yet, so for now, I hope everyone enjoys and stay tuned for what is to come!