The lack of flinch or hesitation on Buffy's part was impressive to say the least. Batman got right back to work doing the job he had been in the beginning, except now he was truly in the fight alone. The operation to take down the imports, seize them, and send a message to the mob families of Gotham went much slower than he would previously have been able to. Much of this reasoning was in part to his scuffle with Buffy, she had made sure that he was at least slightly beaten up, and the distraction she had provided proved to make things harder on him.<br/><br/>Still some of the men went down, using the numerous shadows to hide in Batman systematically used stealth to take down the men providing security, and then some of the workers. It was here that things took a turn backwards. He caught movement out of his right eye, "fuck," he muttered under his breath, Buffy was back, he had hoped she would stay away. Now he was a good 45 minutes into his recent foray and much more exhausted than their first fight that night.<br/><br/>Still, Batman stopped his present plan and used the grappling gun to swing his way over toward the demon huntress in an effort to catch her off guard. Of course there was no attack involved, he landed about 10 feet from her as the line wound up quickly and he reattached the grappling gun to his utility belt. Batman stood tall and faced the woman. "I thought you were leaving for good, why did you come back?"