Although Nightwing is able to regain his sense of reality in time to save his own life, the bomb serves as enough of a distraction to allow Two-Face to shoot Carol in the chest. She begs for Harvey to take control and save her but it's all too clear that the mad-man Two-Face is firmly at the reigns as he escapes into the night. By the time Nightwing is able to return to the room, Carol has bled out.

With Carol dead the investigation into the scandal she testifying about is put to a stand-still. Two-Face arrives to receive his payment but one fateful coin flip later and Harvey Dent re-surfaces. Dent is enraged over Carol's death and blames Nightwing for not being able to protect Carol from himself. He kills the man who put the contract on Carol's life and heads out to exact his revenge.