NEW STORY! So this is the origin of Batgirl, Barbara Gordon. I based it kinda off of Batgirl: Year One, the comic series but put my touch in it that I feel the creators of Young Justice would use but with a little more Dick Grayson in it. Because I think Dick Grayson is just to awesome, so, yeah... I hope you like!
~Kat
In my dreams, I'm the new commissioner, making plans to put the bad guys away with the Dark Knight and the most charming Boy Wonder.
Then I wake up. "Stupid alarm clock..." I slam the snooze down. I get up, take a shower, brush my hair, and I get into the Gotham Academy school uniform. I eat breakfast, then Dick meets me outside my small town house to walk with me to school.
"Hello, red." He greets me.
"hey." I say glumly.
"Babs, whats wrong?"
"Why can't Dad understand I want to be more than just Barbara Gordon?"
"But Barbara Gordon is awesome. Your my best friend."
"Yeah, well, how many friends do you have?"
"A lot more than you give me credit for..." He sneers back.
"I just want to fight crime, fight for Gotham."
"Barbara, I'm sure..."
"No, Dick! Your not! How would you understand anything of what I'm talking about? What would you know about fighting crime, wanting to help this city? You weren't even born in this country, let alone city! Your just Wayne snot." I finish, then look into his eyes as he stopped walking. Maybe I went to far. I couldn't quite get my words out... My mouth just kind of lip sank the words. "I'm sorry... I went to far."
"no, your just angry. Just, don't assume so much, even with me, Babs." He seemed a bit down by this. I guess I should consider myself very lucky. Dick puts up with me, even is I'm a jerk to him or just an annoying girl. He still calls me his best friend. At his 14th birthday, we kissed at midnight. I love him but how in the world does he still love me?
"I'm so sorry, Dick. I didn't mean..."
"It's fine, Babs. I know what being angry can do to a person. I'm going to act like it never happened and get on with my life." And he smiled, making me smile with relief.
"How do you do it?"
"What?"
"Act like bad things never happened."
"It's my super power."
"Right."
Dick and I don't have the same grade averages, meaning we don't have many of the same classes. He is one of the smartest kids in the school. The top mathlete, winning 1st place in the competition before we even became a freshman. I on the other hand hate math. As well as his other top class, science. He also stars in all is encore classes. I star in Language arts, he hates that class. He hates english. Dick know more than 8 different language fluently, though he also comes from the circus.
Point is, school, we only see each other during one after school activity, social studies, gym, lunch, before, and after school. OK, not that bad... But still...
"So, we still on for dinner?" He snaps me out of my thoughts.
"Um, yeah." I answer him.
We get to school. He meet up with Artemis. I wonder what it's like being a boy always hanging out with girls? He doesn't usually care. I don't think anyways. Because Dick is in advanced soffmore math and average softmore science, he and Artemis have the same two classes. Though Artemis normally needs helping math, he helps her out, but he isn't a very good teacher.
But we all separate for the morning.
Nothing goes on during school, nothing interesting anyways. So when school lets out, Dick, Artemis, and I walk home. When I get home, I say good bye to Dick and go inside to see that no one is home. I do my homework than wait. Tonight, when the bat-signal goes up, I'm out. I leave early so I can be there in time to see them.
The signal goes up and I sneak up to the roof, hiding behind the exit door. I see the arrival of Batman and the charming bird boy, Robin. He's even cuter in person, kinda short though.
"Killer Moth escaped again."
"Again... sheesh." Robin snickers. He's so much more different than Batman. Batman is so serious and scary. He wears black. Robin wears yellow and red, he's called Robin and he likes to laugh, he is also my age.
"He isn't a hard one to track. Any news on Penguin yet?"
"No, but I trust you can find him to?"
"Ea-" Batman doesn't finish when Robin begins walking towards my direction. Please don't open the door. "Robin? Is everything alright?" Batman asks, I see a slight grin on Robin's face as he approaches me. He opens the door and 3 pairs of eyes glare at me.
"Miss Gordon, I do believe its late for an academy student to be up." He says, sticking out a hand to help me up. I take it shyly.
"Barbara, what are you doing out at all? And here?"
"I was curious Daddy. I just wanted to see them." This seems to brighten Robin's smugly grin.
"Robin, by any chance do you think you could make sure she gets back home?" Great...
"Sure, I can do that." And he seems to look at me again. I don't know, the white optics are a bit creepy to stare into up close. You can barely see his eyes through the mask. But if you look closely, straining your eyes, you might see them a bit. Maybe a bit. Maybe. I can only see the outline of them, no color or anything. "Lets go then." We go downstairs. The grin never leaves his face. I have a good feeling he isn't one for following orders by others. When we start walking, he pulls me into and ally way and within seconds, his bike is right there.
"Are you really taking me home?"
"Not unless you want me to. I was more of thinking a ride around town. What do you say Miss Gordon?
"Totally." A grin grows on my face. He hands me a helmet and then puts his on. He hops on the bike and I sit behind him. To hold on, I wrap my arms around his waist. I smile.
"Ready?"
"Yeah."
"Hold on." He says and we take off.
"You won't get in trouble by Batman, will you?"
"I already told him what we're doing, and if your dad is mad, blame it on me." Is it even possible for someone to be so carefree?
We go through the city, it seems kinda at peace tonight. Or maybe it's because we are in a different part of town. He seemed to of slowed down a bit. I put my head against his back, the black cloth of his cape gently rubbing up against my cheek. My arms around him gracefully, I closed my eyes, then a thought came to mind. If Dick knew what I was doing, he's hate me. This would be crossing the line for him. Maybe I should stop, ask him to stop, Barbara. He'd understand. Besides, Robin probably has a girlfriend, maybe she's a superhero to. But, he willingly is doing this, he's got to know I'm comfortably leaning against him, he knows my arms are around him. His double life is probably as double as it gets.
Barbara! Snap out of it. Dick would hate you if he knew what you were doing. HUH! Dick! We had dinner tonight! Why hasn't he texted me yet?
I don't even realize Robin was talking. He wasn't talking to me though. "If you don't mind fixing that for me." I didn't catch it all, and I heard a response through his ear piece, I couldn't make exactly the response. I think it was only a *Will do.* They probably have a tech guy working in their hide out.
"What was that for?"
"Nothing."
"Hey, by any chance can you stop by Hoppers, I kinda forgot a date tonight. I just want to make sure is still not waiting."
He hesitates an answer. "Yeah, sure."
"Is something wrong?"
"What we are doing is wrong, to start with, but if your supposed to be somewhere..."
"Almost positive he forgot. Or suddenly became busy."
"You sure?"
"I think." He slowed down as we passes Hoppers, I didn't see Dick. "He isn't there." I tell him.
"Do you want to go home or keep riding around?"
Go home, ask Dick why he wasn't there, "Can we keep riding?"
"Sure, just hope we get home before you dad."
"As far as he knows, you dropped me off and I went off on a date."
"Whatev-" I hear a beep when he is cut off. I focus my ears, I shouldn't snoop in his business, because right now, Robin is being the guy I've dreamed he was. But I'm too curious, so I focus and just rest my head on him again.
*Zatanna to Robin.*
"Hey, Zee. Whats up?"
*We have a mission.*
"Then how come I wasn't informed?"
*Bats said you were busy, but I thought I could get you down here. I got a kiss waiting.*
"I'm kinda busy right now. Is it important?"
*Nothing usually holds you back from the mountain. Robin, is something wrong?*
"Jeesh, all I said was that I was busy. Zee, I'll be there in a few. Is it important?"
*We're taking off in a bit. Zeta tube working again?*
"Up in running like a puppy. I'll zeta over there in a few. Just give me a minute."
*One, two, three...*
"Hilarious. Robin to Zatanna, out." He pulls over to an ally way and turns his head to me. "Looks like its going to be taking you home."
"Who was it you were talking to?"
"A friend of mine."
"Superhero girlfriend?"
"Um... actually, yeah. I mean, she isn't... I don't really know anymore." He goes off again, but slowly.
"What does that mean?"
"She doesn't know my real name, so of course she may not realize what goes on when I'm, well, me. I like a girl from my school, probably more than Zatanna."
"What school do you go to?"
"You wouldn't just so happening to be trying to figure out my secret ID, would you?"
"Um..." Kinda, I'm curious.
"Be a detective, figure out the puzzle yourself, Miss Gordon."
"Can you by any chance call me Barbara instead of MIss Gordon? I already feel like I should me calling you Mr. Bird Boy."
"Alright, Barbara." For the rest of the ride, I just leaned on him, smiling with my eyes closed. Dick won't know... Right? He stopped in front of my house. "This would be your stop." He says sitting up. I unwrap my arms from around him and remove the helmet. I hand it to him.
"Thanks."
"No need. It got me out of fighting moth. And I enjoyed it. I hope we can do that again sometime."
"Um... maybe." I thought about giving him my number, but then the thought of Dick came into my mind again.
"See ya later, Miss Gordon. Maybe sooner than you may think."
"What does that mean?"
"Just keep an open mind, you don't realize how much you may actually be seeing me."
"OK. Good night."
"Night." He then took off.
I went back inside and grabbed my phone. I saw a message from Dick. *I'm sorry, Bruce held me back. Some work meeting I forgot he wanted me in. Learning about the business :P I hope you didn't wait long for me.*
I called him then. He answered. "Hey, Dick."
*Hey Babs. I'm sorry about...*
"It's fine, I ended up being busy. Dick,"
*What?*
"Do you have a few minutes?"
*Um, my phone is actually about to go out. Want to talk during a make up dinner tomorrow?*
"Promise?"
*Totally, Babs. You?*
"Always."
*Then talk to me about it tomorrow. Got to go, bye.*
"Bye." And he hung up. I decided to go to bed. I let the thought rest about what just happened. But soon fell asleep.