Batman had grabbed Roman and leaped out the window seconds before the building exploded. Joker and Black Mask's recruited henchmen watched from afar, none as intrigued as Joker however. Batman held onto Sionis as they began to fall through the air. He shot his grappling hook to a rooftop and began to pull them upwards before gliding and landing in an alleyway clumsily.<br/><br/>"My penthouse is friggin' GONE! Thanks a LOT!" Black Mask spat, evidently getting his second wind. "Shut up and tell me who the Joker is." Batman said as he stood up, feeling bruised but alive.<br/><br/>"Some freakshow with green hair and white skin! Makeup wearin' lunatic if ya ask me! He breaks in and kills my girl, and then he impersonates me to seal the deal with the assassins...and my good for nothin' men decide they wanna throw in with him and his clown act!"<br/><br/>"Got any idea who he really is?" Batman asked.<br/><br/>"No clue! Nobody does! He just shows up in Gotham and decides he's gonna take control of MY operations!? Not happening!" Roman pulled out a cell phone.<br/><br/>"Why did you put a hit on me?" Batman demanded. "Cause you killed my men and....are you sayin' that WASN'T you who attacked my men at the docks!?" Roman asked incredulously. "Obviously." Batman sighed.<br/><br/>Batman looked up then, just as Deathstroke attacked from above with his staff, knocking Sionis and Batman into opposite sides of the alleyway.<br/><br/>"You've got quite the price on your head, Bat. I've longed for this day." Slade said.