Title: Start Counting
By: Xmarksthespot
Disclaimer: I don't own YJ
Words: 900+
Notes: Amnesia fics are fun to write. I swear I've written over a dozen different amnesia fics in my fanfic-writing career, though this is the first one I've uploaded. I think.
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Day -284
"Dick, do you think we'd be in the Justice League one day?"
"Of course, Babs. Why?"
"I don't know… I just feel that maybe it'd be great to have our own team one day. Separate from Batman and the others."
"But the Justice League is the best!"
"Yeah, but if we had our own team, you could be leader!"
"And you?"
"Obviously I'd be the brains behind everything. You wouldn't want to know where you'd be without me, Dick."
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Day 0
"Batgirl, can you hear me? Babs!"
"Don't move her head, Robin! She hit the wall, head first. You might further damage her skull."
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"Robin, you stay here while Black Canary changes Batgirl out of her uniform and into her civilian clothes. Explain to Jim Gordon the story."
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"I'm sorry, Commissioner Gordon, but we – Batman and I – we didn't know that there was a civilian nearby when we were fighting Bane. Had we known… had we known it was Barbara, we would've been more cautious. I – I… I'm sorry."
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Day 3
"Hey, Mr. Gordon! How is she?"
"Son, there's something you should know about Barb."
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"Hi there, Babs! Remember me?"
"Yeah, I do actually; Bruce Wayne's ward, right? Dick Grayson? I didn't forget everything."
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"Dick, can you pass me my phone? I should call Erica and Rachel to let them know how I'm doing."
"Uh, Babs, I'm not sure if you should do that."
"Why not?"
"They're… not really your friends anymore."
"What? Why aren't they my friends anymore?"
"You started hanging out with me."
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Day 4
"I'm going to go see – "
"No you're not, Dick."
"But Bruce, I have to go – "
"She's still adjusting to her new life. Not to mention she just left the hospital. Let her have some space – you don't want to invade a girl's space when she's tired and cranky. Trust me."
"Hmph, fine."
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"Barbara has gone through a lot of trauma in the past few days. Martian Manhunter thinks that if he were to try to go through her mind to retrieve her memories, it might be too much for her body to handle."
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Day 5
"Master Richard, why don't you go outside for some fresh air?"
"…"
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Day 7
"Babs! You showed up to school!"
"Oh hi… Dick. I'm told I can remember things better if I go back to my regular lifestyle."
"That's great!"
"Hmm, yeah. Say, how in the world did I get into Gotham Academy?"
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"How were your first few classes?"
"I still don't know how I got accepted to this place. And this skirt is annoying."
"Haha, yeah, you used to say that a lot. Anyway, want to go sit by the trees for lunch today?"
"… Oh, sorry, Dick. I promised Bette I'd eat lunch with her today. You're welcome to join."
"No, that's alright."
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"It's been a week, Batman. Maybe Babs is ready for Martian Manhunter!"
"The answer is still no, Robin."
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Day 10
"Isn't it ironic that I have photographic memory and yet I can't recall anything that's happened in the past year?"
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Day 11
"Dude, what are you doing?"
"Nothing, Wally."
"Are you still waiting for her to text you back? You know she has a new phone."
"Yeah, well maybe she'll get tired of her new one and use the old phone."
"Bro, you and her put so many firewalls on that old thing – and for fun too – I'm not even sure if Batman can use it let alone an amnesiac – oh, sorry, Rob."
"It's alright."
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Day 12
"You, Kid Flash, Aqualad, and Speedy will be initiated into the Hall of Justice."
"And Batgirl?"
"…"
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Day 14
"Hey, Dick… I know we haven't really been talking for a while, but I was wondering… Could you help me get caught up with math, please?"
"Of course, Babs."
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Day 15
"Urgh! This is too hard. I might as well just leave Gotham Academy and go back to my old school."
"Babs, don't say that. You worked really hard to get in and – "
"But that's not me, Dick! Not anymore. I'm not the same person. I don't know how I handled it before, but now, now I can't do all this work and…I just can't."
"No, you're not giving up. Come on; let's look at this question again."
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Day 17
"Isn't there an easier way to solve this problem?"
"Er, I guess, but Babs, you have to learn the basics first and–"
"There was a formula."
"What?"
"There's a formula. Instead of solving this geometrically, there are a variety of identity formulas that… Dick? Are you okay?"
"You remembered."
"What?"
"You remembered! We learned that stuff last year and you remembered!"
"I… I don't know, I could only recall that stuff. It's not really anything – "
"YOU'RE REMEMBERING! WOOHOO!"
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Day 21
"So any plans for this summer, Babs?"
"No, not really."
"Oh. Well maybe we can hang out or something…"
"Um, sure, Dick. Hey, sorry, I gotta go. I promised some friends I'd meet up with them."
"…Okay. See you later, I guess."
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Day 25
"And Alfred, you should've seen it! They had these little creatures called genomorphs and they captured us and tried to clone us! Oh and the best part was when we ran into Supes – no, not Superman, but Superboy! A clone and, oh my God, it was amazing! I can't wait to tell Batgirl… oh."
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Day 27
"Hello?"
"Hi, Mr. Gordon! It's Dick. Is Babs there?"
"Sorry, kid. She just left with a few friends of hers. I'll tell her you called."
"...Yeah. Thanks, Mr. G."
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Day 29
"Still thinking about her?"
"She would've liked Happy Harbour, Wally."
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Notes: This was supposed to have be in a regular story format, but it got too long and too boring, so I made it a dialogue only fic - I hope it's not too difficult to understand who's talking. Also, I used wikipedia to keep track of dates so that the days followed along with the show's timeline.
Edit: If there is a scene/day that you really like from this chapter or any other chapter, and want to see in a regular-descriptive format, please say so in the review. Just indicate which scene or which day (ie. day 17) you'd like to see and if I am able to write something out of that, I will.