E22: Riddle Me This

Riddle Me This is the eighth episode of Batman: Shadow War's season two. It is a Riddler episode.

Plot
One night in the office, Marion Grange was in the office and did some paper work until on one of the papers it read a riddle, he threw it away in annoyance. However, this caused the door to be kicked down and a figure (Riddler) was shown to point his staff at him and released an electrical shock before being cut off-screen which led to Grange's kidnapping.

The next night, the police was shown at the situation trying to investigate the scene when Harvey Bullock looked through the window only for Batman to scare him and come through the window. James Gordon handed Batman a piece of paper revealed to be the riddle which caused Batman to deduce the man behind the crime is Riddler and that Batman used the riddle to find his first clue to the Mayor's wife at their home. Batman arrived there only to find her not there and a massive question mark on the wall as well as the house being vandalised with other question marks until he found Grange's butler dead on the ground with a riddle carved into his corpse which Batman was sickened of but managed to solve it and deduced his next target is Gordon and his family. Batman rushed to Gordon's home to find a van parked outside with two henchmen loading Gordon's daughter, Barbara Gordon, and wife, Sarah Gordon, bound and gagged and loaded into the van with one inside to leave the clue however Batman arrived and tried to rescue them but the van escaped. Batman then found the last thug fleeing causing Batman to subdue and interrogate him, who revealed his next targets are Harvey Dent, Gordon and Bruce Wayne, until Batman handed him over to a worried Gordon who Batman calmed down and assured their safety then told him to provide Harvey with police protection, which he proceeded to do still worried for his family.

Meanwhile, Harvey was in police protection with Rachel Dawes, but claimed he doesn't need this as he believes he can defend himself however Gordon refused to leave him to face Riddler since his too smart and dangerous. Meanwhile, Batman went to Wayne Tower as bait for Riddler also carrying his suit and equipment secretly, until a worker there collapsed and Bruce then went to go help until for the "victim" to attack Bruce but due to security and Bruce's fighting skills, he was easily fought off however the attacker managed to easily take out security with his fighting skills and poison gas. Bruce then went to attack him, only for the man to quickly restrain and take him away, entrapping the man in a riddle-themed box. While this was happening, one of the cops at Harvey's place began to cough up blood until he died for Harvey to try to help him, then the rest of the cops collapsed and died until one was left standing alive and revealed himself to be Riddler. Harvey pulled out his gun only to be easily incapacitated by Riddler who used a police stungun. Gordon asked where his family is and attacked him, only for Riddler to take him down with his riddle staff. Harvey ordered Rachel to go somewhere else, however she hesitated and tried to bring him also, allowing Riddler to have enough time to capture them both using his electrically charged staff. He had the three loaded up in his vehicle and one henchmen then put a label on Harvey's unconscious body as a mocking riddle.

With all the prisoners at one location, Bruce Wayne stepped out to find the restrained captives of Marion Grange, Mrs. Grange, Sarah Gordon, Rachel Dawes and Barbara Gordon. Riddler tasked Bruce, Harvey and Gordon with completing their own set of puzzles, traps and riddles before the time limit expires and the suspended prisoners will be dropped into one of their traps including active saws, acid, spikes, fire and an endless drop filled with poison, torturous gas. The trio desperately completed their puzzles until Bruce managed to hide himself to become Batman and went through many of Riddler's security traps to get to him while both Harvey and Gordon continued their paths. Batman busted through the door and confronted Riddler who questioned him, only for Batman to lie by saying he already rescued Bruce and is now going to rescue the others by taking down Riddler and stopping the madness. Riddler laughed at him, activating a button on his staff which trapped Batman in a tube slowly being filled with water. Batman attempted to use some of his gadgets but Riddler stated the glass was inpentrable by most things. When Harvey and Gordon are on the verge of death, Batman used his Prematic Mangler to climb to the top of the tube then threw down some Bat Bombs which caused a crack in the glass and so Batman went down to kick it, smashing it to pieces with water flooding the room and Riddler was smashed into his controls, which caused the traps to deactivate and everyone was freed. Riddler was knocked out by the attack and Batman rescued him before using Explosive Gel to destroy his control room in order for him to never use the place.

With the victims rescued and Riddler being taken to Arkham Asylum once again, the day was yet again saved by the Caped Crusader. The Grange's was shocked to see their butler dead while the rest of the families went back home and Riddler, handcuffed in the police van, stating he almost actually won and a tear came from his eye. Barbara also now began to view Batman as an actual hero instead of just a vigilante.

Characters

 * Bruce Wayne/Batman as 
 * Alfred Pennyworth as 
 * Marion Grange as 
 * Harvey Dent as 
 * Rachel Dawes as
 * James Gordon as 
 * Barbara Gordon as
 * Sarah Gordon as 
 * Edward Nigma/Riddler as

Objects Used

 * Batarang 
 * Grapnel Gun
 * Pneumatic Mangler 
 * Bat Bomb 
 * Evidence Bags
 * Fingerprint Dusting Kit 
 * Rebreather 
 * Bat-Heater
 * Thermite Grenade
 * Batlight 
 * Riddle Staff
 * Riddle Staff

Deaths

 * 1) Unnamed Butler: Stabbed multiple times and back carved with a knife.
 * 2) Wayne Tower Security: Killed by a Riddler henchmen with poison gas and some fell to their deaths and had their necks broken.
 * 3) Unnamed Cops: Killed by Riddler's poison.