"Have you found Victor?" asked Dr. Leland, as she saw the shadow of Batman at the window of her office.

He climbed inside. "No," he murmured. "But I found his suit."

He placed Freeze's helmet on the desk. "It was on the floor of the laboratory in the old Gothcorp basement, where the accident took place," he murmured. "The room was frozen solid."

Dr. Leland looked at him. "What…do you think happened to him?" she asked, slowly.

"To him? Nothing," he replied. "But the machines had been recently used. And the chemicals in the tubes were similar to the ones in Freeze's blood."

"I don't understand," said Dr. Leland.

Batman was silent. "I think…his wife recreated the accident," he murmured. "Except she used the chemicals on herself."

Dr. Leland stared at him. "You mean she voluntarily made herself…like Victor?"

Batman nodded. "Love can make people do strange things, Dr. Leland," he murmured. "I guess she would rather be a monster with him than a human being without him."

Dr. Leland sighed, going over to look out the window. "Any ideas where they've gone?" she asked.

"Away from Gotham," he replied. "That's all I care about."

"You mean you're going to let them go?" she asked, gently.

Batman paused. "Freeze was a criminal only to save his wife," he murmured. "His wife has now been saved. And they're together. I doubt they want anything more to do with crime, let alone the rest of humanity. If they don't bother my city, I'm not going to leave it in search of them. Gotham is my concern. If they start causing trouble elsewhere, I'm going to hunt them down. But I sincerely doubt they will."

He climbed to the window. "I always thought Victor's heart was completely frozen toward the world and everything in it," said Dr. Leland. "But I guess true love can melt even the iciest heart. Wherever they are together, I hope they're happy."

Batman jumped out of the window and glided off into the night. "So do I," he murmured.

The End