Batgirl pays a visit to Commissioner Gordon to express her concern over his new “Get Tough On Costumed Villains” policy. She suspects that he is experiencing some kind of post-traumatic shock because of the three days he and the men spent lost in suspended animation. Unable to persuade the Commissioner of the danger Harley, Ivy and Catwoman are in, Batgirl takes the unprecedented move of breaking them out of prison. They are safe, but Batgirl has been declared “Public Enemy Number One.”

Despite the Commissioner’s “Get Tough” policy, Harley, Ivy and Catwoman still have to make a living. Carefully they go about their business: The business of crime! But one by one, despite their care, they are captured by a mysterious stranger. The stranger reveals himself at the last moment. It’s Batgirl, come to exact payment on a promise the ladies made her.

Detective Montoya is arguing with Commissioner Gordon when the call comes in that Batgirl has been spotted on the North Side. As they head off, Batgirl is sighted on the West Side. Then the South Side. Each of these “Batgirls” is unmasked, revealing them to be Harley, Ivy and Catwoman. Under cover of this diversion, Barbara Gordon slips into the unmanned Police Headquarters and steals the key to the Dangerous Evidence Vault from her father’s drawer. As she slips the key into the Vault she is surprised by Detective Reesdale.