Vicki “Yes.  After that…I didn’t hear from him again.  He left and said something about ‘Keep an eye on her.’  I’m guessing to the goons.  They were instructed not to touch me.”

Renee “Did any of them touch you?”

Vicki closes her eyes and shakes her head.

Vicki “No.  One of them taunted me.  He got close…it was threatening.  One of the other men would tell him to ‘shut up.’”

Renee “Tell me about what you saw when you were rescued.”

Vicki “Before I saw anything, I heard violence.  And then I heard the voice of this woman…her voice sounded rough.  She said I was safe now.  She freed me and when I saw her…there bodies everywhere.  It’s like she singlehandedly knocked them all out.”

Renee “And she was one of these Crusaders?”

Vicki “Caped Crusaders.  She had a blue cape and mask with these pointy ears…a gray looking outfit and this yellow bat on her chest.  She called herself ‘Batgirl.’  She…has this belt.  She grabbed me and used some kind of rappel hook to swing us from building to building.  I had to bury myself against her, I didn’t wanna look at Gotham from that far up.  Batgirl…whoever she is…she knows what she’s doing.  She dropped me off at the hospital, but I refused treatment.  I came straight here.”

Renee “You should probably visit the hospital to make sure you’re okay.”

Vicki “Honestly, I’d rather go home.”

Renee “…Is there anything else you remember?  About this Batgirl?”

Vicki “Um…when she wasn’t talking to me, she was talking to someone else.  Some kind of communication device as part of her outfit.  There was someone named ‘Robin’ on standby.”

Renee “Miss Vale, it’s possible that this Batgirl or Robin or one of the others has been trailing you between the hospital and here.”

Vicki looks up and around and grins.

Vicki “Well…it’s good to have guardian angels.  Especially in this city.”

Renee “We did find the men in the abandoned building.  We’re waiting to hear back from Bullock on what they saw…and also who’s behind this.”

As the night progresses, Commissioner Jim Gordon finds himself atop the roof of the G.C.P.D. building.  It is another long day and late night for him at work.  He has spoken with both detectives Montoya and Harvey Bullock about the events surrounding Vicki Vale.  Lighting his up his cigarette, he looks out to the sky and for a moment can almost swear that someone is looking at him from one of the other buildings.  Off in the distance, figure scatters off leaving Gordon to feel that it was probably just a cat with a large shadow.