<div class="floatleft">(http://tansyrr.com/tansywp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/batwoman-1.jpg)</div><strong><em>Name:</em></strong>Katherine 'Kate' Kane<strong><em>Moniker:</em></strong>Batwoman<br/><strong><em>Affiliation:</em></strong>The<del>New</del>Bat Family;  Department of Extranormal Operations<br/><strong><em> Location:</em></strong>S.T.A.R Labs; Foyer<br/><strong><em>Time:</em></strong>October 17, 2015; 2026 hours | Saturday<br/><strong><em>Speaking To:</em></strong>Oracle<br/><strong><em>Mentioning:</em></strong>Spoiler,  Deathstroke,  Superboy,  Nightwing<br/><strong><em>Scene Music:</em></strong>West One Music - Battle Scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTn-b9lcCVE)<br/><hr/><hr/><strong><em>Summary:</em></strong>Kate avoids physical harm and retrieves a strange device inside the black cube Deathstroke carried with him during her pursuit into the foyer.  Unwanting to risk clustering the fight currently, she deposits herself at the exit and attempts communication to Oracle only to receive no answer...<br/><hr/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>A</strong></span>t this point, Batwoman was analyzing every fraction of a second to a meticulous degree.  She needed to understand how this opponent moved, what edges he had over them as a whole, what was successful or failure and how to best approach him again.  Everything leading up to this moment was testing waters and now she believed she had a confident grasp of things.  First, however, she had to react to his counter against her initial attack.  It was designed specifically to place herself in potential harm's way so the team could attack in unison.<br/><br/>It seemed everything went according to plan initially.  The trio of non-lethal throwing blades created an opening of false pretense, resulting in her half-a-step advance which was accompanied by the staff's thrust towards Deathstroke's center of gravity.  Deathstroke dodged with a counter-clockwise pivot and grabbed the staff, tugging after a ham-fisted attempt at insulting her.  When he tugged, he decided to spin around instead of going directly for a strike, which left her free to assume control of momentum.  Instead of fighting physics, she tucked and crouched into a roll, allowing momentum to carry her forward and beyond Deathstroke's striking range to avoid the punch to her side.  During this roll, she caught something in the corner of her eye and spared fractions of a second to glance at it directly.<br/><br/>An object rest underneath the receptionist desk which she recognized as the object Deathstroke had carried with him during her pursuit.  That was obviously what he came here for and he was coincidentally confident enough in his belief to take all four of them out then make a casual escape.  Thankfully, she was able to reorient on the fight quick enough to spot Superboy land a decent blow to Deathstroke's torso, sending him spiralling away and towards the floor.  Deathstroke's attempt at a counter was clumsy too.  Batwoman simply moved her head to avoid his staff and decided to roll towards the desk while Spoiler and Nightwing followed up on the attack.  All in one movement, she rolled and fished the black, nondescript cube close enough for her to inspect it.  Batwoman lifted it and twisted it about to see all sides, before opting to keep it in hand.<br/><br/>She was confident he was too busy fighting her team to really understand what she had done.  She had wasted enough time however.  By the time she oriented on the fight again, she took instant note that Spoiler had come out of stealth and issued a rapid series of strikes to Deathstroke's legs.  With Nightwing hoisted up and Superboy closer, she opted to keep her distance and move towards the foyer's exit.  This would allude Deathstroke to the fact she was serving as a final obstacle to his escape when he spotted her.  Once in position, Batwoman tried to contact Felicity.<br/><br/><em>"Oracle, what is the remaining ETA on Star Labs security personnel?"</em>she asked, only to receive nothing in response.<br/><em>"Oracle?"</em>