Azrael faces Ra's al Ghul and demands the release of Brian Bryan and Sister Lilhy. Although Brian convinces Azrael to stop the hostilities, it is Ra's al Ghul who sends out five assassins against Azrael to test his abilities. Azrael defeats them, but during the fight Brian falls out of a window and dies. However, Ra's al Ghul revives Brian using the Lazarus pit. Then he offers Azrael, money, power, immortality as well as his daughter Talia. But Azrael thinks he already is a slave of the "system" and refuses to take the offer of Ra's al Ghul ...