"[♪]" "What?" "Get a load of the freak in the long johns." "You really haven't been in Gotham long, have you, kid?" "Halt, or we'll shoot!" "Get him!" "[ALARM SOUNDS]" "Can't you read?" "That soup is hot enough to turn your arm to ash." "It's all right, I brought protection." "[GROANING]" "You'll excuse me if I don't stay to chat." "But I've got to deliver this while it's still hot." "Nice try, but you're playing with fire, Batman." "[LAUGHS]" "[GASPS]" "[ALL GASP]" "The vial contained a rare man-made isotope." "Beta Sterillium." "How rare?" "That was the only sample." "It's very unstable." "That's why it was stored in the metacaloric liquid." "I couldn't even touch him." "He repelled everything." "The Batarangs, the bolo." "I've never seen anything like it." "I have." "This center is dedicated to developing new and better iso-environments for those patients whose immune systems are unable to cope with the toxins and microbes of the real world." "You mean they live alone in these little boxes?" "Glacial." "Well, that's why we've been hard at work trying to come up with better solutions." "These bubble suits, developed in the last decade, allowed our patients access to the real world for the first time." "However, they're much too cumbersome for day-to-day living." "That's why we're so excited by our newest invention." "The iso-field generator rings." "When worn properly, these devices create a dia-gravitational aura which repels all matter, forming a safe barrier between the patient and the environment." "Impressive." "As you can see, Irene is completely protected by the aura, and yet it allows her near normal dexterity." "I'd be interested in examining the specs, if you don't mind?" "Of course, Mr. Wayne." "Right this way." "For you." "Thanks." "Ow!" "Thorns." "Sorry." "It smells beautiful." "Does it?" "Can't you smell through that?" "Nothing gets through the aura." "Then how do you breathe?" "An oxy device." "Recycles the CO2 into breathable air." "It's kind of like carrying my own ecosystem around with me." "Does anyone else use the device when you're not using it?" "Like when you go out to dinner?" "[LAUGHS]" "Did I say something funny?" "Yeah." "Dinner?" "Out?" "I've lived here my whole life." "The furthest I've ever been from my iso-cell is the top floor of this building." "You mean you've never been outside?" "BRUCE:" "Fascinating." "Can I get a copy of this data?" "I'd give you a download, but our security system won't allow it." "BLADES:" "Dr. Suzuki!" "What's going on here?" "Uh, Dr. Blades, this is..." "I don't care who it is." "No one outside R  D is allowed access to the files." "Understand?" "I'm sorry, Dr. Blades." "It won't happen again." "I'll..." "I..." "And you!" "What makes you think you can rummage through my files like you own the place?" "Because I do." "Bruce Wayne." "The rules apply to everyone, even to you, Mr. Wayne." "I was just curious about the power capabilities of the device." "What about them?" "It seems to me that if the overload problems could be addressed, the iso-field would make a rather formidable weapon." "Ah, so that's it." "Well, you can tell your Board of Directors that I will never participate in that kind of research." "Not for you." "Not for the Defense Department." "Not for anyone." "Now if you'll excuse me, Mr. Wayne, I have real work to do." "Phew!" "This place stinks." "Don't get overheated." "He'll be here." "So you say." "Power down, dog." "That's our contact." "Always the dramatic entrance." "Let's have it." "Isotope Beta Sterillium." "You only charged us half as much for the Alpha Sterillium." "This turned out to be a bit more complicated." "Yes, we heard about Batman." "My people are concerned." "We still need the Gamma isotope." "You'll get it." "If he gets in my way again..." "Scratch one bat." "Considering she lived her whole life in an iso-lab, it's amazing how mature she is." "Yeah." "Mature." "At the same time, she's kind of naive." "Like a little girl." "Sounds like your dream girlfriend." "I hope you two will be very happy together." "Come on, Dana, it's not like that." "She lives in a bubble, for Pete's sake." "Couldn't even touch her if I wanted to." "Maybe that's why you find her so attractive." "What?" "Boys." "They always want the unattainable, and they're willing to sacrifice what they have to get it." "Dana, I'm sorry I went on about Irene." "I'm done, okay?" "[PHONE RINGS]" "Hold on a sec." "Hello?" "Terry?" "It's me, Irene." "Oh!" "Uh, hi." "Look, I'm a little busy right now." "Not anymore you're not." "Dana." "IRENE:" "Terry, you have to come get me." "I'm out in the city and I'm lost." "They let you out on your own?" "No, I escaped." "[GIGGLES] Come on in!" "No, thanks." "I don't want to get my feet wet." "I wish I could get my feet wet." "I can't feel the waves at all." "I can't even smell the ocean." "But the sound?" "The sound is incredible." "Sometimes it's the only way I feel like I know something." "Like the sound of my favorite music." "Or someone's voice." "I'm sorry." "The aura creeps a lot of people out." "It's not that." "It's..." "There's this girl." "[GASPS] Oh, my gosh!" "We've got to go!" "What?" "Hurry!" "I've only got about 20 minutes of power left!" "We have to get back to the lab, now!" "[GASPS]" "Dr. Blades, we..." "I don't want to hear it." "You have violated your privileges, Irene." "And my trust." "It wasn't all her fault, Dr. Blades." "Young man, as of this moment you are banned from this institution." "Permanently!" "No!" "And you." "You will go to your iso-cell and remain there without access to the dia-grav rings until you learn some responsibility." "Now!" "I know I should have told her about Dana, but she's so vulnerable." "And besides..." "You liked the attention." "Yeah." "No!" "Not exactly." "I..." "I do like her and I like being with her, but it's not like..." "You wouldn't understand." "Actually, I do." "When I was younger, women used to throw themselves at my feet." "What'd you do?" "I stepped over them." "Smooth." "I thought so." "Another isotope was stolen this month, from the university, probably by the Repeller." "Ingredients for something." "But what?" "BRUCE:" "Together, they make nothing." "But throw in a third, Gamma Sterillium, and you have the makings of a very powerful explosive, which in the wrong hands..." "I'm guessing you can't buy Sterillium at the Sav-O Mart." "No." "But there's a good supply of it at the Bloodhaven Nuclear Facility." "And I was hoping to catch up on some homework tonight." "Don't worry." "I won't be late." "I'm going to be gone all evening, Irene." "The lab will be rather empty, I'm afraid." "But it should give you time to reflect on the irresponsibility of what you did." "[SIGHS]" "[PHONE RINGS]" "Yo." "IRENE:" "Is Terry there?" "Nope." "Can you give him a message for me?" "Tell him Irene called." "I found a way to get to the iso-rings." "Tell him to meet me tonight at the beach." "Got that?" "It's important." "Mm-hm." "Who was that?" "I don't know." "[GROANS]" "I had a feeling you'd drop by." "[♪]" "I think you should put away the spitballs." "But these are the extra special ones." "Titanium." "The strongest alloy known to man." "It's unbreakable." "Nothing is unbreakable if you apply enough force." "[GRUNTS]" "Ah!" "Like drowning a rat." "[PANTING]" "[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]" "I have the isotope." "Batman?" "He's dead." "Uh." "[GASPS]" "Irene?" "What's going on?" "BRUCE:" "Anything broken?" "If I said "yes", could I go home?" "No." "I've been going over the lab's invoices and purchase orders." "Someone's put in a lot of requests for power-boosting servocircuitry." "Suzuki, what have you done?" "Only what you were unable to do, Dr. Blades." "Boost the power of the dia-grav rings." "But the theoretical limits...?" "Limits?" "There are no limits." "And I decided it would be more profitable if I kept that discovery to myself." "I knew a control freak like you would catch on to me eventually, doctor." "Ah!" "Uh." "I'm sorry you had to be drawn into this." "Ah!" "[GRUNTING]" "Ha!" "[MUSIC BLARING IN WOMAN'S HEADPHONES]" "Hey!" "Workday's over!" "Ahh!" "Haven't we danced this waltz before?" "Humor me." "[BEEPING]" "What are you going to do?" "Blow me away?" "Something like that." "[GRUNTING]" "[GRUNTING]" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Ah!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "[MACHINE POWERS DOWN]" "IRENE:" "It was a terrible thing what Dr. Suzuki did." "But at least it got Dr. Blades to lighten up a little." "Say, there's a new roller coaster opening down at the beach." "You want to go with us?" "Listen, Irene, you probably don't want to hear this, but my friend, Dana, she's more than..." "Us?" "Come on, Irene, we're gonna be late." "Be right there, Larry." "Larry?" "We've been friends for years." "Actually, he's more than a friend." "I'm sorry." "I meant to tell you about him, but I could never find the right time." "So how'd she take it?" "Better than I thought."