Shrike and Nightwing square off against one another, but Nightwing is injured and not as quick as he usually is. Thankfully, when Shrike has his knife at Nightwing's throat, proceedings are interrupted by the high-pitched emissions of one of Black Canary's handy Canary Crys - Babs has tracked him down. Meanwhile, Torque asks prison dealer Chili Vasquez to get hold of the anti-histamine Acrotin for him.