And it was only then that young Stephanie truly realized gravity would forever be her enemy. 
- — Batgirl
Batgirl (Volume 3) #16 is an issue of the series Batgirl (Volume 3) with a cover date of February, 2011. It was published on December 8, 2010.
Synopsis for "The Lesson: Grass Before the Scythe, Part Two"
Batgirl is on the run from the GCPD for the murder of Newton Flitwik. Oracle sends the Ricochet, but it won't reach her for another four minutes and she has to continue evading her pursuers through Devil's Square. She jumps through the skylight of an abandoned building and falls several stories to the ground, dislocating her shoulder. She is found by Detective Gage, who believes her innocence. He gives her the bloody batarang, thinking she can find something the crime scene techs didn't, and he pops her shoulder back into place and promises to buy her some time so she can escape. Oracle listens to their flirtatious banter in discomfort.
Steph hides in plain sight the next day and attends class as normal, albeit with her arm in a sling. Jordanna has started a campaign against Batgirl, and she is claiming her “grief” over Newton's death is negatively affecting her studies, which has already gotten her a pass on one quiz. She tells Steph to do the same, but instead she walks away. Oracle has analyzed the batarang and discovered the blood was added after Newton's time of death, meaning Batgirl is being framed, as well as trace radiation from a unique isotope that in all of Gotham is only present in an abandoned tech warehouse across town.
Proxy breaks into the computer lab at Gotham University to reassemble Newton's flash drive. She is caught by a guard, who points out the security camera directed right at the computer Newton used. This gives her an idea.
Batgirl bursts into the warehouse and confronts four out of the five reapers, who have used the manhunt for Batgirl as a distraction while they stole high-end black market machine parts. Gage arrives with the GCPD, who arrest the reapers, and he explains that they received video of the reapers chasing Newton across campus. They now know Batgirl didn't kill him. The fifth reaper runs in, wearing a speed suit, to whisk away the reapers and the machine parts. Thanks to the flash drive Proxy reassembled, Oracle has figured out that Newton designed the suits and told the Order of the Scythe how to find more parts for it, but they stole more than needed.
The Order of the Scythe regroups in parts unknown. They argue over what they should do now that Batgirl is onto them until Slipstream declares that from now on they stick to the plan, and if Batgirl gets in their way, she'll be gone in the blink of an eye.
Appearing in "The Lesson: Grass Before the Scythe, Part Two"
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- Order of the Scythe
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