After a week of trying, Bruce found a way into the house of the leader of Crown Point and discovered that there's something happening strange at the nearest park. Bruce left Robin the duty to take care of Gotham in his absence while he donned the identity of Donnie Maloy and managed to get a job at the Gotham Waterfront Project, which allowed him to enter the town without raising any suspicion. īatman decided to go to Crown Point and mix among the people of the neighborhood in order to reach the bottom of the mystery behind The Body. Batman was eventually saved by the timely arrival of the Penguin, who shot the creatures and left the place with a word of advice for Batman. He accomplished his goal but as a result he was surrounded by hundreds of creatures, part of The Body. Batman soon realized that the Welles were in danger and he went to their place to save them. Batman then learned of the apparent death of Cassie Welles and after going to analyze the corpse, Batman was attacked by The Body, as they were īatman located the Ventriloquist and his gang, who had been massacred by The Body. In the meantime, Sergeant Frank Ivers has found Cassie Welles, dead along with her boyfriend, which makes things worse now that his partner, Detective Lynch, has been replaced by one of the doppelganger creatures. After the confrontation, Batman tracked down Freeze, located the hideout and saved the kidnapped girl, who wasn't Cassie Welles.
Shortly after this, people in Gotham were being killed and replaced with doppelgangers. īatman fought them and discovered that the attackers weren't human, but instead were made of soil and belonged to a group called The Body. Batman located Freeze, but before learning anything from him, they were both attacked by a large number of masked assailants. Meanwhile, Robin witnessed a strange behaviour on the people of Gotham as a new villain was revealed to be part of Penguin's crime ring: Ventriloquist and Scarface. After learning of Penguin's fate, Batman tracked Mister Freeze, who might have kidnapped Cassie Welles. Penguin tried to hide from his enemies, but he was attacked on the Iceberg Lounge by a mysterious assailant, after which the penthouse of the building was destroyed by a bomb explosion. On his quest, Batman learned that Penguin and Mister Freeze are somehow involved in the crimes. The guilt of not being able to help her caused Batman to seek redemption on the latest case of a missing girl, Cassie Welles. However, hours later, the death of Haddie McNeil came back to haunt him as he learned that she was at Wayne Manor, looking for him, hours before her death and he never knew as he wasn't available at that moment. Assuming it was kidnapping, Batman informed the police about the situation. Together, they rescued some of the people trapped inside the burning building and Batman discovered a group of young girls who were all pregnant and couldn't be saved. Immediately after this a fire started in Crime Alley and Batman summoned Robin to the place. Batman searched for the responsible and found the drug distributors, putting them down.
After he dismissed her, Bruce learned as Batman that Haddie died from a drug overdose a few days later.
Bruce Wayne attended a Gala Ball in which he was approached by Haddie McNeil, a teenage girl who acted like she was an adult.