- In the batcave Bats is running a search for a criminal named Billy Wildman.
- Suddenly the seismic sensors go berserk and all hell breaks loose. There is a massive earthquake, destroying many buildings. The disaster area is huge, and there are many deaths.
- Wayne Manor and Batman's cave collapse on top of him while he is inside. Alfred is caught in the wreckage.
- Bats is knocked out and carried away by an underground stream toward a cliff.
- Anarky has tracked down Billy Wildman and is preparing to make his move on him. Harvey Bullock sees the criminal, and steps in to arrest him.
- The earthquake hits, and both try cover. Bullock still attempts to arrest Anarky as an escaped criminal, but Anarky saves his life and then they work together to rescue survivors.
- Oracle is in Clock Tower during the quake, her power goes out but building is secure (fortified by WE, all WE building built to survive 8.5 earthquake). She goes out into the street to see the devastation, she hopes that none of her loved ones were killed.
- She leads the survivors around her and starts instructing them towards damage control.
