With Shotgun Smith's weapon pointed at him, Robin is forced to prove that he is not one of the Speedboyz. He tries honesty, explaining that he is Batman's sidekick, and that he was himself after the Speedboyz when Smith pulled him over. Shotgun Smith seems particularly uninformed, and doubts Robin's story, forcing the boy wonder to throw a tear-gas bomb, and escape in the Redbird. As he drives away, he silently curses the mask he wears and all of the limitations it puts on him. Meanwhile, a group of convicts including Cluemaster, Czonk, Cypher, and Electrocutioner are visited at Blackgate Penitentiary by their therapist Dr. Simpson. Simpson is affected by mind control, and smuggles weapons to them. They then make their getaway, leaving Dr. Simpson in their cell.