'Ampule Zero will be occupied with another mission so you, Ampule One, will be going in without back-up. Your target, Takazaki, is a known cocaine dealer in the South District. Taking him out will benefit children in the schoolyards. He is a black label.'

"On call." Arashi responded. Arashi and his partner, Mikoto, rode on the motorcycle to their destination.

"Oriha, how's it look?"

'It looks pretty well guarded but you guys should be able to get in through infiltration point A.' Oriha's speech was interrupted by the sound of crunching.

"The fu... are you eating?!"

'Nope~!'

Arashi and Mikoto stopped their bike on a hill, overlooking the apartment slum that Takazaki was in. The intel had him pinned on the fifth floor, in the apartment 43. Arashi revved up the bike before rolling down the hill, the two men who stood outside the building instantly noticing them.

"What's that?!

"The Iron Mask motherfucker?!"

"Shoot him!"

Before they could pull out their guns, Mikoto put bullets through their skulls, their bodies dropping dead. Arashi rode the bike inside the building where more thugs took notice and tried to shoot them. Mikoto took care of a few, while Arashi ran over others. They made a sharp turn on the stairs, moving up to the next floor. The bike leaped up from the last few stairs and landed on a thug's head, killing him.

From behind the corner, a thug tried to hit them with a shotgun but Arashi made a semi-turn, avoiding the shot and allowing Mikoto to shoot him in the heart. They continued upwards, shooting past thugs until they rode to their final set of stairs. By now, the whole building had heard the shots and so at the fifth floor, an army of thugs were waiting. They waited with a mixture of anticipation and dread as the revving of the bike got closer and louder. The minute they saw headlight did they fire their guns rapidly, not waiting to know whether or not Arashi and Mikoto were on it. The bike itself wheeled past the group but with no one on it.

"What the fuck? It's just the bike?!"

"Yoo hoo!" The group turned around to see a pink haired girl wearing a hockey mask standing in the hall. She was casually spinning a grenade ring on her finger yet without the grenade. They didn't have the chance to glance down as the grenade beneath their feet exploded, killing them all and sending their blood and body parts all over the walls. From downstairs, Arashi and Mikoto walked up.

"Ah, that felt soooo good!" Oriha exclaimed.

"Stay alert." Arashi warned. "We're not done yet."

The team pulled out their weapons and walked in front of the door that held their target. Arashi nodded to Mikoto and Oriha, the two taking their positions against the wall by the door. Arashi kicked the door down and aimed the gun in the room. Their target was sitting a chair away from the door. Arashi kept the gun trained on him, with Mikoto and Oriha keeping themselves alert for any surprise attack. Arashi circled the chair until he came face to face with Takazaki or what was left of him.

"What's wrong, Arashi?"

Mikoto and Oriha came around and what they saw made them gasp. Takazaki was dead, overdosed on the same drugs he himself sold.

"Oh, fuck... did he overdose 'cause he knew we were coming for him?"

"Probably." Oriha replied grimly.

"In any case, our target is dead. We'll exit with the bike and then-"

Arashi was interrupted by the sounds of sirens. Walking over to the window, Arashi clicked his teeth upon seeing police surrounding the building outside.

"Shit, is that the cops?"

"Yeah." Arashi replied.

"How did they know there was an incident?"

"I don't know. But right now, all that's clear is we have to escape."

"How are we supposed to do that?" Oriha frantically asked.

"I've got an idea."

Downstairs, the police began ascending the stairway with their guns at the ready. As they passed all the dropped bodies, the police couldn't help but take in all the carnage.

"Damn, these guys got done in. Was it a rival gang or something?"

"I don't know. Maybe it was the Batman?"

"Don't be stupid! The Batman doesn't kill people. He's like us."

"I don't know about that. I heard he's not even human. Nothing can hurt him – bullets, fire, nothing. He can move faster than a bullet and can disappear when you're not looking. Nasaki said he saw the Batman rip into the roof of some guy's car like it was paper, pull the guy out and then fly away. That doesn't sound human to me."

"So, guys, if it wasn't the Batman, do you think it's that terrorist organization we've been hearing so much about? The Iron Mask gang?"

"Maybe." The trio of policemen were interrupted by a smoke bomb that was shot down. Their visibility now zero, they were unable to stop the motorcycle that sped past them. The bike sped downstairs until Mikoto skid to a stop outside where police cars were stationed. Upon seeing her ride out, the police aimed their guns at her.

"Freeze!"

"Sorry, no can do, coppers!" She revved up the bike and sped off, with the police outside jumping into their cars and racing after her in pursuit. The policemen inside came out too and gave chase.

Inside the building, Arashi and Oriha began making their way downstairs. "Good," Arashi thought. "With Mikoto leading the police away, me and Oriha can get away unseen. Mikoto will lead them into a district where Ran can remotely cut off the power and then Mikoto will make her escape as well."

"Will Miko-tan be all right?"

"She'll be fine. We don't need to worry about her. For now, let's just get out of here."

"Right!"

The two made their way back to the hill overlooking the apartment. Crouching to the streets, Arashi turned to Oriha and nodded. "Do it."

"Wooh!" She pulled out a detonator and it lit up the entire building, sending the whole structure toppling down. From afar, from a safe distance, Yuu sighed in relief.

"Whew... Got out of there just in time." She pulled her camera and surfed through pictures that were taken of the three. "This should be enough... Now, time to go work!"

Batman and the purple haired woman dodged the wild and feral attacks of the enlarged children. Batman narrowed his eyes in thought as he analyzed the situation. "The fact that not only the scientists left but also the guards means that they're not expecting these... abominations to kill us. They're planning to destroy everything, intending to use their experiments for something useful before they die. If I'm going to cure future victims, I need to extract a sample of their blood."

Batman rolled out of the way of a tackle, but wasn't able to properly protect himself from a punch from another enhanced child. The punch sent him flying into the wall, the impact strong enough to create a dent. The purple haired kept her distance, merely avoiding their strikes. Batman recover fairly quick and hastened to grab some batarangs and gas pellets from his belt. Batman tossed the pellets first, the anesthetic gas knocking a few of them out. He then used his batarangs and threw several of them into the backs of the their necks, knocking three more out. Six remained now and their rationality were completely gone.

The purple haired woman reloaded her gun and aimed it at the enhanced children when a batarang knocked it out of her hand.

"No! Don't kill them!"

"They're going to die, anyway!" She retorted. An explosion from behind reminded the pair how the place was about to blow.

"I need that sample before I escape." Batman ran forward at an enhanced child that charged him. The child tried to grab Batman, but he slid under his legs while simultaneously planting a syringe in his leg. The child didn't even feel it and continued to attack Batman while his blood was extracted. The purple haired woman simply avoided the strikes, trying to wait them out until they dropped dead. She didn't see in time, however, a backfist that was speeding her way from behind. Batman did, but he was too late to warn her as she was knocked forward to a wall. Batman jumped and grabbed her body, allowing his back to take the impact of the wall instead.

"Are you all right?!" No response. Batman gritted his teeth as he held the girl in his arms. He felt her pulse to reveal her heartbeat. He had no time to sigh in relief as the remaining enemies began to corner and surround him. Just before they could raise their hand to attack them did a sword penetrate through the heart of one while a hand impaled the chest of another. The enhanced children fell and standing behind them were Yuko and Sayo, clad in their costumes and gear.

"Great..."

Sayo attacked another enemy while Yuko raised her sword to slice Batman's head off. He moved his body to the side, before shooting his grappling launcher to the wall near the elevator. The launcher pulled his body forward, allowing him to slide until he was at his means of escape. While he slid, he had managed to grab the syringe from the enhanced child's leg. The two women apparently came from above, as the elevator door at the top was open and the machine blocking door was cut in half.

"Hitsugi, he's escaping through the elevator. Go after him while I clean up here."

Hitsugi knocked one on its back before coming down from the air and putting her fist through its skull. "Aye aye." Batman grappled through the hole of the elevator and made his escape, glancing down to see Hitsugi climbing the wall after him. Her fingers were like claws as they pierced elevator shaft and allowed her to give chase.

Yuko cut the head off of one as a count down began to be announced. She glanced at the escape door the scientists went through and ran to it, cutting it in half. She sprinted downstairs, sheathing her sword as the laboratory exploded, sending fire speeding up the elevator shaft. Batman and Hitsugi had already escaped the blast and were sprinting through the rooms. On his shoulder was the purple haired woman and behind him was Sayo, who was chasing him down the hall. The entire facility was counting down to self-destruction and the faculty members were rushing to salvation. Batman made it outside with Sayo hot on his tail. He grappled away with Sayo trying to jump to catch his leg but her finger only managed to tap his boot. Landing on the ground, Sayo contacted Miki.

"Miki, he's getting away."

'I see him.' The sniper aimed her gun at Batman and fired the bullet, the speedy projectile hitting him in the shoulder and making him lose the grip on his launcher. His cape allowed him to slow down enough to land in an alleyway without harm.

"Damn!" Miki thought. "I lost him..."

Batman got on his bike, strapping the woman in the back with his belt. Revving the motorcycle, he rode away as the facility exploded, leaving a huge plume of black smoke in the air. Miki turned back to the exploded building and pressed her fingers to her ear.

"Yuko. Yuko! Can you read me?! Yuko!" She shouted with a hint of urgent panic in her voice.

'Don't worry, Senpai.' Sayo's voice came over the comm-link. 'She's fine.' She said with assurity.

"I hope you're right..."

On the road, Batman contacted Oracle.

"Oracle, do you read me?"

'Ryu! Thank God. I lost eyes on you down there and then the countdown...'

"I managed to get out and with a little company as well. I have the arsonist."

'Are you bringing her here?'

"Negative. I'm taking here to another facility I set up for an occasion such as this."

'On the camera feeds, I saw those women from Black Label coming your way. Did you guys fight?'

"We did."

'Are you alright?!'

Batman glanced at his shoulder. "I'm fine. I just got bit by a mosquito."

'Mosquito...?'

"I'll update you further when I'm at the facility. Stand by."

Yuko made it far enough to the underground passageway that she avoided the blast. She had tried and failed to contact her team several times. She was running down a corridor now, an exit just ahead of her. When she came through, lights flashed in her eyes, blinding her. She was unable to see but she could feel the presence of at least two dozen people. She heard guns clicking and she assumed they were aimed at her.

"What's this?" A man came forward. "I expected the Batman..."

As Yuko's eyes slowly adjusted, she saw the owner of the facility – Yamamoto himself. "You...!"

"Hmm? It seems like you've heard of me? The news... or perhaps, you're in allegiance with that pesky Bat? This might be a prime opportunity to draw him out and kill him. A businessman always sees that opportunities wherever they reveal themselves. Commander! Tranq her."

"Yes sir." A dart was shot into Yuko's jugular and she stumbled, before falling to the ground unconscious.