"There's no reason to jump off a roof."

"I wasn't going to jump."

She kept him entertained; distracted, from what he maybe was considering doing.

"Selina."

The Dark Knight followed Catwoman into the building through a back door. In her haste, she almost walked into a guarded hallway, but Batman pulled her behind a wall just in time. He threw a stun grenade into the hall and took out the guards before they could grab their guns. Catwoman kicked a man's head in as a finishing touch.

The pair snuck and fought their way to the lobby, where there were two staircases. One winded up, the other went to the basement. To the experiment lab.

Selina took the initiative, telling the Batman of her findings.

"Upstairs' the big boys. The labs are down stairs. You want the monsters, I want the animals. We split here?" She said with her hands on her hips, impatiently pacing as if waiting for him to shout go.

"I don't have an antidote yet," The detective warned.

"I'll be careful not to get scratched," she smirked at him.

He nodded and finally made his way to the stairs going up, shooting his grappling gun to the top, but she stopped him.

"Hey! Try not to get shredded!" she was impatient still, but had worry in her eyes,

" I can take care of myself," he reminded her, showing a hint of smirk.

She walked away, but as he tugged on the rope, she stopped him again.

"Hey!" she called out to him. He rolled his eyes before facing her. As soon as he did, her hand went around his neck and she pulled him in for a kiss on the lips, and he hooked an arm around her waist. She was the first to pull back.

"Good luck kiss."

He nodded and finally flipped the switch on the gun, grappling up the floors as Catwoman whipped herself down a couple flights of stairs.

Selina walked fast paced in the basement, looking for the main lab. At the same time, her mind itched, bothering her. It was as if she'd kissed the Batman before, but she'd never gotten the opportunity before today. So why the deja vu? She got distracted from the thought when she found the lab. The heavy metal door had a window on it, and she caught a glimpse of cages with sleeping animals and carts full of chemical vials. Catwoman flicked her fingers out, which protracted the claw like nails from the tips of her glove fingers, and she used them to pick the lock. She held on to the turned knob till it returned to its position, and lifted the door slightly as she pushed it open, not making a noise. The basement was freezing cold in Gotham's fall weather, despite the heat coming through the vent.

She was taken aback as she walked into the room lined with cages on either side. The animals inside were rolling or scratching out as if they were drunk or in pain. She stopped next to a cart and examined the chemicals in the bottles. When she picked one up and swirled it, the liquid inside began to smoke and she quickly put it back down.

"Poor babies, what have they done to you?" she whispered aloud behind a fog of breath, and a meow responded to her, one she recognized.

Catwoman rushed to the cage holding her kitten. She sweet talked her through the wires then nailed her way through the lock. Isis was groggy as Selina pulled her out, but soon as she squeezed the cat in a hug, Isis screeched and bit Selina on the shoulder. Catwoman dropped her pet in pain and bent over as Isis ran out the open door.

Batman landed on the floor below the heavily guarded penthouse, seeing the place above through his sonar lenses. He counted the men and noted the artillery, and worked his way to the room directly below the boss's room. A couple thugs walking around, a few sitting at the bar with a huge dog chained to it. The detective turned on the listening gadget Fox had fixed in the cowl's decorative ears.

"The speed at which the toxin overtakes the animal's systems is something to behold, Mr. Daggett." said the voice with the light blue aura, walking towards the dog with a syringe. "Even with a species this large, the change is almost instant." The rabid growls that followed proved the point.

Roland Daggett, his pulsating red aura calmed a bit, walked closer as the dog's adrenaline shot through the sky.

"Careful sir," Milo pulled Daggett back to a safe distance, "one little scratch and the toxin will go through you with the same virulence."

"Good work, Milo. Speed is of the essence. Can't let the Batman get here too soon." The millionaire said as his figure moved to the door, and the detective below saw the trace of another man racing towards the door.

Just before Daggett's hand touched the knob, the door burst open as someone came running in, exhausted, angry, and scared.

"Boss! Catwoman's broke 'to the lab!" The newcomer announced and the other criminals for hire ran down without orders.

Batman scowled in frustration when the man took the name of his recent partner, and quickly put a plan in action. As the thugs ran down the stairs, he tossed a grenade into the hallway and pressed the button at the bottom of his boot, attracting wild bats to the already chaotic scene.

"It's the Batman!" Milo shouted as a stray bat bird flew in.

While the gunfire and shouting coming from outside the room, the men inside were distracted waiting for the vigilante at the door when he came crashing up through the floor. It took the crew a couple seconds to redirect, but the Batman was ready for them. He ducked from the bullets as he broke their backs, and used a couple of them as human shields when the infected dog was set loose on him.

He saw Daggett try to make an escape from the chaos and went after, but before he could get to him, the detective was intercepted by the drug lord, who sprayed a chemical at him. The Batman was able to get a few blows in, but not before the effects of the drug set in, and he was apprehended with less difficulty.

As his vision corrected, he opened his eyes to Milo standing in front of him with a smile of his face.

"Well looky what the cat dragged in, I suppose."

"What did you do to me?!" He growled deeper than he intended.

In the pause Milo took to answer, Lucius Fox's voice came through his earpiece, telling he was already working on it.

"Relax!" the chemist said in a cool tone that wasn't afforded to most criminals. But then again, most criminals hadn't been able to catch him in a good mood, let alone be able to apprehend him.

"It's not the drug the doggy got. Your mind's still intact, least till I'm done with it." He grabbed Batman by the jaw, but the detective jerked free.

"Antsy Batsy!" Milo joked to the amusement of his audience. "Now, your visit to Mr. Daggett's abode tells me you're not exactly sure of the situation. Well let me tell you, all this couldn't have been possible without your help detective. See when you got in our way at the museum, we had to find a detour. And the grand resort we've arrived at, thanks to you, is SO much better than our original schematics." The nasal voiced man raised a glass to the Batman when he got to the bar.

"Why haven't you used it one me yet?" Batman rasped.

"Who said we planned it that way! See, after the chaos of a while ago, we made a realization. You don't give bat shit, mind the pun, if anything happens to you. So we figured it'd be better to get to you through the people you care about."

Daggett nodded to the door and two henchmen exited. The detective's mind raced as his muscles ached to reboot.

"Really, it was your girlfriend who gave us the idea, after she up and got herself bit." Milo teased as Catwoman's struggling legs kicked through the door, her arms caught by the henchmen who'd left.

"Ngyah!" she tiredly wriggled and kicked, fruitlessly.

"Now now, Batsy." the chemist leaned in front of the vigilante as if talking to a child. "Does that make you feel guilty?"

"No," he growled. "Angry."

Milo was allowed a split second of shock and fear before the Batman headbutted him and jerked his arms down, knocking his captors off balance before he knocked them out. The rest of the thugs open fired on him and more came running up the stairs still intact. He initially planned to grab the drug lord, but a gut slamming wince from Catwoman redirected him. He fought only with the intention to get to her. When he did, he grabbed her by the waist and jumped out the window as a horde of sirens grew closer.

Detective Blake lead the stampede of S.W.A.T and DEA agents up the building, taking fire from every direction. Captain Gordon stood outside by the vehicles and other medalled, high ranking officers, with a radio on his belt and a bullhorn in his hands. As media vans rolled up, the iconic black Tumbler leaped overhead and landed on the roof on the other side of the road. Gordon was following cameras and eyes when the phone in his back pocket buzzed.

"Usually you're jumping TOWARDS the scene," Gordon reminded the Batman.

"Already did. I got someone infected by Milo's drug. You'll get the antidote on your desk soon enough." Gordon believed him for it, saving himself the headache of wondering how it would get there.

"The lab's in the basement. Don't get bit." Batman warned the Captain and ended the call, ringing Lucius Fox as soon as it ended.

"Fox."

"There's a device in your glove compartment; looks like an Epipen. It'll collect her blood and analyze it. I'll see the analysis on the computer, the antidote should be ready by the time you get back."

"Got it,"

Batman put the Tumbler on self drive and rummaged for the pen. When he had it, he rolled back the collar of Selina's suit, revealing her burning neck.

"You're hot," he noted, trying to find a good point to inject the needle.

Selina coyly smiled, "Now you notice."

Batman chuckled and clicked the pen like instrument into her jugular vein and Catwoman let out a wince. A screen on the Tumbler's control panel lit up, assuring that the pen had did its job. Batman switched the setting back to manual, pressing down harder on the gas pedal as Selina became more drowsy.

"Just hold on!" he begged her and she drunkenly stared at him.

By the time they'd reached the hidden entrance of the Batcave, Selina's head rolled to the side and Bruce screamed her name as the Tumblr jumped through the waterfall.

"Selina!"