Salvation has come for those that deserve it, damnation for the wicked.

Orime's kidnapping was not known until the next morning when the Arkham Knight broadcast to every device in the city that the Daughter of the Bat was now his prisoner. To prove his claim, he showed her locked in her box. "Say hello, Orime." She was too tired and emotionally exhausted from being tortured to speak. "You know the rules." He pressed the button on his remote, and he tortured her some more. Her form collapsed into a puddle almost immediately. "Oracle, do not waste your time tracing this signal. We are where I was reborn as the Arkham Knight. Where my old life died. Kate, if you come looking to rescue her, I am told this remote has a setting strong enough to kill her. it will take about a minute of pure torture to do it, but you are not fast enough to find and rescue her before she goes to hell."

Kate was shocked to hear her name being called out by the Arkham Knight. "Why the fuck is the Knight calling me out? Does he know?" She had Oracle look into anyone who may have died temporarily at the Arkham Asylum, who could know her secret.

The following morning, a cargo jet flies over the city unloading a single crate. It lands in the middle of downtown. The crate explores, and a single individual walks out of the dust and debris. The individual begins walking towards Arkham Asylum. Along the way, he sees a woman being attacked by two men. He stabs one of them with a sword. The second starts to run away. The individual then throws his other sword at the fleeing attacker. The woman speaks between sobs. "Batman?" The individual turns to face the woman. "Batman is dead. He died for the sins of the city. He died because he failed this city. He died because he lacked the strength of his convictions to do what was needed. I am his successor, the one who will do what this city needs, no matter what. I have come to bless this city with salvation and liberate the damned." The individual left the woman and began his trek to Arkham Asylum.

Once in the asylum, the individual went to where Orime was being kept. The Arkham Knight was nowhere around, and one of his militia was torturing Orime. The individual grabs the militia member by the throat and crushes it, then tosses the corpse to the side. "Hello, Orime. I see he has not been treating you right. I shall have a talk with him about that." He takes his mask off, revealing his face. "No! It can't be you. It must be a trick." Her voice was clearly strained from screaming. It was barely audible. The individual puts the mask back on. "It is true. You will come to accept the truth in time." He picks up the remote. He presses a button the box falls away. "Return when you are ready to embrace your destiny." Orime hesitantly took a step outside of the area she was being confined to, and when nothing happened, she took off running. She had no clue where to go. She made several wrong turns. She ended up where the various criminally insane villains Batman fought were being kept. Several catcalled her. Poison Ivy yelled at them to leave her alone. Orime found an open cell with a broken door. She went in to rest for a moment to regain her strength. The moment she sat down, she passed out. She was awoken to the screams of the dying and those begging for help. Orime looked like the individual was killing everyone one by one. Orime ran to the control room and set them all free; the very least they deserved a fighting chance, she thought plus the smart ones would run and she could follow them. She was right some were smart enough to run, while most were stupid enough to try and gang up on him, only to be cut down. Harley and Ivy ran, and Orime followed after them.

Harley and Ivy reached a car and started to take off when Ivy noticed Orime following just before she collapsed into a trash can. "Stop the car, Harles. She saved us from that madman." Harley stopped the car, and the two of them helped Orime into a car. "Harley drove, Ivy sat in the backseat with Orime. "What kind of blood is this? It's silver and feels like liquid metal." Harley had an idea. "I heard about a shapeshifter called the Silver Nightmare on the news. Maybe she is the Nightmare and is like Clayface, but metal instead of clay." Ivy never paid attention to the news if it wasn't about something she was interested in. Harley got a good look at Orime's face in the rearview mirror. "That's Batsy's daughter, the one who took over his company after Batsy kicked the bucket. We should take her to Batsy's place."

Harley drove to Wayne Manor. Harley pressed the intercom button. "HeY! BaTsY's SiDeKiCkS got your boss' daughter right here she is beat to all shit. Oracle angled the camera to see the car better. "Prove it, I want to see her face." Ivy moved Orime to the window. "Batwoman will meet you at the front door. Don't do anything stupid."

Kate quickly rushed to the front door with Alfred. Alfred helped Orime inside. "Thanks for bringing her, you can go." Orime, barely above a whisper, said something. Alfred asked her to repeat it. "Miss Obara would like for them to stay." Kate, against her better judgment, agreed. "What the hell happened?" Harley started going on a tangent with a lot of irrelevant details and some stuff she made up details but Ivy stopped her and told them everything. "You said it was a new Batman? Show me." Ivy had Batwoman follow her out. Using one of the shrubs in the front yard, she made it grow to resemble the new Batman. "Definitely a Batman copycat, like the Arkham Knight. Not a coincidence. There was a report made by a woman who claims a black and gold Batman saved her, speaking of salvation and damnation. Police already dubbed him Saint Batman. Must be the same person. You're welcome to stay in the west wing, it's mostly unused. Cause any trouble at all and I will put you in Blackgate."

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