- Silver Cyclone: [holding the Phase Oscillator] We have what we came for, Owlman, Blue Bowman, Scarlet Scarab. With this we can reach other worlds, infinite Earths parallel to our own.
- Owlman: Then a new frontier has opened for business, Silver Cyclone. And the Injustice Syndicate is about to stage a hostile takeover.
- Blue Bowman: [Batman has entered the parallel world disguised as Owlman] Does that mean the dingus works as advertised?
- [the Injustice Syndicate appear behind Batman]
- Batman: [thinking] The resemblance to my friends is uncanny. Like looking into a funhouse mirror... of evil.
- Scarlet Scarab: Enough with the suspense. When do we pencil in the invasion?
- Batman: Bad news. That world is far too dangerous to invade. Everyone there has powers.
- Silver Cyclone: Which would explain Red Hood's futile attempt to seek help there.
- Batman: We need to rethink our plan.
- [throws the Phase Oscillator to Scarlet Scarab]
- Scarlet Scarab: You're the boss.
- Batman: [thinking] Something tells me it's not going to be this easy.
- Silver Cyclone: Then since Plan A is not viable, we move on to Plan B.
- Batman: [thinking] I hate it when I'm right.
- Scarlet Scarab: Plan B? But guys, we can't be serious about using Cyclone's bomb to wipe out their entire planet.
- Blue Bowman: And why not?
- Scarlet Scarab: Because after that, what other crime could possibly taste as sweet?
- Blue Bowman: [holding Batman at point] End of the line, hero.
- [Scarlet Scarab drops in]
- Scarlet Scarab: So, Bowman, you prefer your owls roasted or fried?
- [fires at Batman, but he swings to safety]
- Dyna-Mite: Up there!
- [Blue Bowman fires an explosive arrow, causing the ship monument to explode and a piece of the Owlman costume floats down]
- Dyna-Mite: Well, Owlman or not, he's a dead duck now.
- Blue Bowman: [seeing Batman's shadow] Who *is* this guy?
- [Batman knocks them all out]
- Batman: I'm Batman.
- Silver Cyclone: [he and the rest of the Injustice Syndicate confront Batman and Red Hood] Declaration: You are outnumbered.
- Batman: Declaration: Not for long.
- [releases the other heroes]
- Blue Bowman: [after Silver Cyclone reveals his betrayal] You backstabbing-!
- Silver Cyclone: Robot? It's true. I do hate all humans. Whichever world is destroyed, I look forward to an empty planet to call my own.
- [Red Hood throws a red spade into Cyclone's head, destroying it]
- Red Hood: Who's broken now, Cyclone?
- Batman: [stopping himself from hitting a parallel Earth's Gorilla Grodd] Sorry. Look like someone I know.
- Batman: Details. I require details.
- Batman: Hood, I'm in the mess hall. Now where?
- Red Hood: Fine, but let me catch my breath. I'm really exhausted.
- Batman: Exhausted?
- [spotting a ventilation shaft in the ceiling]
- Batman: Exhaust port.
- Silver Cyclone: Observation: left, right, south. Your responses contain a statistically improbable number of these words. Keeping me distracted as you pass coded instructions to your ally.
- Blue Bowman: [raiding a nuclear laboratory] The heroes aren't coming.
- Scarlet Scarab: Injustice Syndicate represent. Feel free to scream.
- Red Hood: My comrades have been captured, but I have eluded our hated enemies. And now, after one final test of my phase oscillator, I will use a wormhole to find allies on a parallel Earth.
- [opening a breach and throwing a red spade in]
- Red Hood: Good. It made it to the other side. Dimensional wave is holding steady.
- [hearing something and looking around]
- Red Hood: Huh? Which is more than I can say for my nerves.
- Owlman: You'd have to be crazy not to be nervous.
- Blue Bowman: With all of us after you.
- Silver Cyclone: Declaration: hand us the phase oscillator, or force will be required.
- Red Hood: Oh, I believe force will definitely be required.
- Batman: [thinking] A bridge to parallel Earths. Explains a lot. Owlman's a parallel me, an evil one. But why is he here?
- Owlman: Questioning me is a waste of time. This bird won't sing.
- Batman: Your silence only forces me to take...
- [cracking his knuckles]
- Batman: ...stronger measures.
- Owlman: Suit yourself.
- Batman: [opening his cell] Precisely.
- [a few moments later, he's dressed in Owlman's suit]
- Owlman: Where are you going?
- Batman: To get answers.
- Scarlet Scarab: [getting slapped after Red Hood drops the phase oscillator] Hey!
- Owlman: You break it, I break you. Got it?
- Batman: Red Hood, change in plans. I'm coming to you. But I need directions.
- Red Hood: I'll tell you whatever I can.
- Silver Cyclone: Yes, you will.
- Batman: I'm in a long, curving corridor on the 50th floor, northeast sector.
- Silver Cyclone: What was your plan to defeat us?
- Red Hood: There were just five steps left. But then you found me, and the plan went south.
- Batman: Five steps to the left, then turn south. Got it.
- Red Hood: And not just south. We're talking right into a huge mess.
- Scarlet Scarab: [his suit's antennae warble] Totally. And the others don't know what I'm capable of. But one day, I'll show them I've got the true heart of a hero.
- Batman: [thinking] Hero? A possible ally?
- Scarlet Scarab: I keep it in a big jar at the back of my closet.
- Silver Cyclone: Proclamation: before our plan is set in motion, you will tell us if you left any surprises for us in this other world.
- Red Hood: What? Don't like surprises?
- [getting electrocuted, he laughs]
- Red Hood: It tickles.
- Silver Cyclone: Observation: your spirit is stronger than most humans. Even when we found your hideout in the Ace Chemical Plant, you fought valiantly. Ultimately, it was a futile gesture.
- Red Hood: [in flashback, getting dropped into a vat of chemicals] No. No. No!
- Silver Cyclone: But your psyche, though bent, did not break when faced with horrible disfigurement. You even managed to rally a pathetic ragtag group of heroes in a final stand against the Injustice Syndicate. And then, when all your allies fell, you still believed that you could somehow save this world. But all humans can be broken, and I intend to break you.
- [he electrocutes Red Hood again]
- Silver Cyclone: Interrogative: tell me what you know.
- Batman: [over Hood's earpiece] Stay strong, soldier. The fate of both our worlds hangs in the balance. But if he wants you to talk, then talk.
- Red Hood: Just tell me what you want from me.
- Silver Cyclone: Excellent.
- Blue Bowman: You sure took Hood down easily back there.
- Batman: [posing as Owlman] Easier than you would have. So, where are we keeping him?
- Blue Bowman: Where do you think? With the other heroes.
- Batman: Of course. I knew that.
- Blue Bowman: Hey, what's up with you? You've been acting strange ever since you came back from your trip.
- Batman: [punching him] Question me again, and I'll do worse. Do you understand?
- Blue Bowman: Loud and clear, fearless leader.
- Blue Bowman: [Silver Cyclone activates a bomb] Open the wormhole, Cyclone. Destroy Batman's world.
- Silver Cyclone: Unfortunately, the phase oscillator is no longer in my possession.
- Blue Bowman: Well, then deactivate it before it blows us all to bits.
- Silver Cyclone: Revelation: your concern for all of us is misplaced. The bomb only irradiates organic tissue.
- Batman: [posing as Owlman] Stay down or they'll kill you. I'm here to help.
- Red Hood: You? Help me? Is that some kind of sick joke?
- Batman: [showing him the red spade] It's what you invited me here for, isn't it?
- Red Hood: You're from the parallel world.
- Batman: [nodding and giving him an earbud] Here, put this on. It's a bat-communicator.
- Red Hood: [removing his hood] Beware, I'm not much to look at.
- Batman: There's not a simpler way to do this?
- Silver Cyclone: Declaration: to rid that other Earth's human infestation, my bomb requires our world's sole sample of Promethium-90. Thus the need for our raid on the nuclear laboratory.
- Blue Bowman: What are you worried about anyway, Owlman? It's not like there's anyone to stop us.
- Batman: I'm worried I'm gonna have to pick up your slack like I always do.
- [thinking]
- Batman: A world without heroes: my worst nightmare.