Just as Batman thought he was going to win the battle of loosening the whip from around his neck a sharp pain reached his ear. It was not bad at first, but definitely noticeable. She was biting his ear, it was a surprise, something no one had done to him before, and the whole action threw him off. He relinquished his grip from her hands, and gave her full control of the whip once more, at least for a moment. As the initial shock wore off, and the whip had tightened once more he fought back. The problem was the harder he fought the harder she bit into his cowl, he was sure there would be indentations from her teeth by this point, if not worse. While unlikely, it was not impossible for her teeth to make their way through.<br/><br/>Finally he roared out in pain, it had become unbearable for him and all of his training was unravelling before his eyes. With the roar he knew he needed to try and gain the advantage, and while he was making progress with the whip it wasn't nearly fast enough. It was time to switch up tactics, he didn't care that she was a female, it was time to strike. In a swift motion his right hand went from her left wrist into a ball and connected with the stomach of Madam Payen like a battering ram. Immediately after wards he used both hands on her shoulders to push back hard. His only hope was that her grip on his cowl with her mouth would loosen enough to not cause any permanent damage. It was fight or flight and he was definitely in fight mode now. She had achieved causing him pain, he was now going to return the favor full force.<br/><br/>His eyes had been trained on her, so many thoughts ran through his mind. Would this plan work? Would he be able to make a clean escape with both Ivy and Catwoman in the room? He had been unaware of their current tryst and didn't quite have an understanding of how much time he would or wouldn't have. Both were dangerous in their own right, Catwoman had hung with him before, Poison Ivy had proven to be a thorn in his side and even made him a bit thorny in the past. This Madam Payen though was seeming more powerful and wicked then both of them combined.