(http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/Ilnuch/Tranquil%20Maidens/Yuria16.jpg)<br/><br/>Maria Freeze was walking slowly around the laboratory looking into the wiring of some of her latest works. These machines were to be sold to countries in the middle east as cooling devices for the rulers of Saudi-Arabia, Iran, Pakastan, and Egypt. these devices would not malfunction in the extreame heat of these nations and were considered invaluable since they could also produce fresh water from vapor particles in the air. Like her late father Maria Freeze was a mechanicle engineer who specialized in making weapons and various devices that could be applied to maintaining temperature or water purification. She was fast approaching the Multi-Billion dollar mark as a business woman and thus was able to fund her pet projects rather easily be it with legal or Illegal money. her weapons sold nicely on the black market and her appliances in the regular market. These things however bored her. What she wanted was to take revenge on the Bat for causing her Late Father so much grief when he had tried so hard to heal his wife. she owed so much to Victor that she was willing to work as Madame Blizzard the frozen criminal in order to attract the bat for her attempts at revenge. Thus far however she had remained the kind and gentle Maria that the public knew. why? well she had stopped showing up as Madame Blizzard when bat woman began running amock on the crime world. it wouldn't do for the new crusader to see her as a villain just yet. oh no she was going to keep things calm between the two for a while yet.....a sort of calm before the storm if you will.<br/><br/>"Maria you are doing well" Victor freeze spoke making the girl turn a smile on her face "papa welcome home" she smiled at him "are you working hard my dear?" he asked causing the girl to nod. the man reached out and stroked her cheek causing her to close her eyes. but when she opened them again he was gone. "remember maria......they are only illusions" she told herself sadly and quietly. She planned to visit Bruce wayne soon enough to apologize for Victors past actions even though she herself planned to resurrect the terror of the Freeze Family in a grand manner soon enough. She turned proudly to a device that sat on a platform. the sphere shaped object that was her latest invention something she was sure her father would be proud of. this device would cause an atmosphere similar to a nuclear winter. she planned to freeze all the scum out of gothom and maybe even batwoman while she was at it. Her face controted in an insane and sinister grin as she thought about it.