I do not own any characters, but the Swagger sibling. I got the name Swagger from Stephen Hunter's Bob Lee Swagger novels. Or 'Shooter' if anyone saw it. The name "Donny" is the name of Bob's spotter in the war, who was killed in action.

Bruce watched as they lowered the three soldiers into the ground. The Swagger brothers were killed in Iraq almost a week ago, leaving behind their younger sister, Danni. She tried to stand strong, as they began to fold three American flags that had been draped over the coffins.

The brothers were Matt, a Navy SEAL, Mike, an Air Force Paratrooper, and Donny who was Army Ranger. Rick and Mike were twins and Danni and Donny were twins as well. They were the children of the late Marine Corps Colonel, Brian and Mary Swagger. Even though the Swaggers were a rich family, the men never the less joined the military and preformed the most dangerous jobs in the services. Brian and Mary were killed in car accident almost 10 years ago. Danni and Donny were only13 at the time and their older brothers requested to be on limited duty so they could raise they siblings. Once the other twins turned 18, Donny joined the Army and one by one, the brothers were sent to war and basic. She was also Commissioner Gordon's only niece. She was a sniper for GCPD and a damn good one at that.

Danni clung to her brother, Donny's partner Ricky, as the honor guards folded three American flags and presented them to her. As she took them she clutched them as if they were her brothers. Ricky held his brother in arms baby sister as she wept into the flags presented to her. All around them were men and women who served with her brothers, and did their best to comfort the young women who had to go on with her life the most important men in her life.

Both Danni and Bruce jumped as the seven honors shot off the five rounds for the 21 gum salute. Once he had heard about their deaths he arranged for a military funeral with all honors for the men. He had gone to school with Matt and Mike and all the Swaggers were friends of the Wayne's, even after his parents murder.

As the guns were lowered, Danni came up to the podium, still holding the flags

"Thank you all for coming, my brothers would be glad to know there are people who appreciate that they gave their lives for this great nation. Standing up here I can't help but think about the nick name everyone called my brothers and I. They called us the Pack, as in a wolf pack. We were always together and sticking up for on another even when we apart." She ha to pause to take a shaking breath. Bruce was on his way up when several uniformed men and women of all branches beat him to her. Several of the women took her back to her back to the Sergeant that been holding her earlier.

"Thank you all for coming again" an Air Force Lieutenant informed everyone. As the crowd began to disperse, Bruce watch as Danni return to where her brothers coffins were and kissed and hugged a on each one, before being lead way and back to the Swagger home, only few miles away from the grave sites.

At the house, every gave their condolences to the remaining Swagger. Danni stood by her brothers commanding officers. The three men were in their dress uniforms, each one representing each branch of the military and her brothers. Only two men caught her eye, Bruce Wayne and Alfred Pennyworth. The two approached her and each man held for long time.

After the guests had left, Danni was stood on the rifle range her family had installed. She stood her stance grasping 9mm gun in her hand and fired at the target. Once the magazine was empty, she put another in the chamber and kept firing. Once she finished with the pistol, she took a 22 rifle with a sniper scope. Walking to the far end of the range, she got on her stomach, lined the center of the target in the cross hairs and fired till once again she was out of ammo. Being a former Marine brat and the sister to special forces men, she knew how to fire any kind of gun, use hand to hand combat and how to handle swords, bow staffs , sais. Her father and brother want to may sure their "baby girl", as they all called her, could handle herself if need be.

She went to the gym, where there was numerous workout equipment and punching bags. She hit the play button on the CD player, hard rock music began to fill the room. Donning a pair of gloves, she began to beat the punching bag, like it the men who took her brothers way from her.

That's how Bruce found her, pounding the bag to the rhythm of the music. She was wearing a sports bra that showed he tattoos, each one a symbol of the branch her family served, and a pair of ARMY shorts. She turned and saw him. She wiped the sweat from he brow and gave the bag one more punch, before throwing off the gloves. She fell to the floor and cried the tears she had been holding in for the past hour. Bruce came up to her, sat beside her, put his arm around her and held her.

"Want to now what their last words were?" she cried between sobs.

"What" he replied

"Take care of baby girl for me" and started to cry again. "They were dying all they thought about was me. Each one of them said that to who ever held them in their arms as they laid dying"

"They loved you more then anything. I was always a little jealous about close you all were. " he said continuing to hold her.

That night Danni laid in bed holding the last Swagger family portrait, her graduation from the police academy. It had her brothers all holding her. Matt behind her and Mike and Donny on either side. She was in her dress uniform while the brothers were in their camos. She remembered the day she told her brothers, aunt and uncle she not only wanted to a cop, but a sniper. Uncle Jim looked shocked. Her brother used to joke she would have the most dangerous job out of all them. Jim tried to talk her out of it, but the thing with the Swaggers, they were stubborn.

That was how Batman found her at home that night when he was returning from patrol. She was asleep still holding the photo in her arms. Dried tears ran down her lovely face. He looked at the photo closely. All the twins had their mothers brown hair and their fathers dark brown eyes. He remembered Alfred had saved the article of the youngest Swaggers accomplishment. She had graduated at the top of her class for both the academy and her sniper classes. He looked at another photo, she was in the sniper position, on the he stomach, ear and eye protection in place, she was looking at the camera and just smiled. He looked around her room and found she various movie and military recruiting posters on her walls. A poster for the movie 'Shooter' was over her bed. She also had framed targets she had shot on her walls along with photos of different types of guns, swords and knifes.

Danni heard a sound. She grabbed the revolver she kept by he bed and aimed it at the intruder, only to see the vigilante Batman looking at her, hands raised.

"I could have shot you, you know" she said putting the gun away.

"Why didn't you?" He replied gravely

"Reflexes must have been slow" she said smugly. She got to revel a GCPD shirt and Marine Corp shorts.

Bruce look at her well toned body. All the weight lifting and training she did with her brothers had paid off. He knew things not many men knew about her. She could shoot better then most men and knew how kill someone with her bare hands. He knew from experience. He had found her practicing in her back yard. He offered to spar her.

They bowed and took their positions. She blocked every punch and kick he threw at her. He went to strike, but she grabbed his arm, twisted it behind and knocked him to the ground. She put her foot lightly on his throat, preventing him from getting up. She later helped him up. While she took a long swig from her water bottle he asked

"Where'd you learn to fight like that" trying to catch his breath.

"When you have three brothers all who are in special forces, you pick up a few things. Plus my dad taught me kill a guy 5 different ways with spoon"

"Metal or plastic" almost afraid of the answer

"Both"

The two shared a laugh as they went into her house to cool off

"You look lost in though" her curious voice brought him back to reality.

"I heard about your brothers. I wanted to send my condolences"

"Been getting that a lot today" she said sadly walking to her window. As she lifted the back of her shirt, he saw a tattoo of a wolf print scratching her lower back, drawing blood. She saw him looking at it.

"My brothers and I all got one after Donny got back from ranger school. We wanted something menacing our wolf pack, as most called us, was. It was just before I went sniper school. Uncle Jim about had a stroke when we all showed it to him. Shortly after that my brother were deployed. Can't believe their really gone. Who an I gonna talk guns with? Who's gonna walk me down the aisle at my wedding, if I even get married?" She looked at him with new tears in her eyes. She was surprised when he hugged her. She couldn't help but think about when Bruce held her the same way hours earlier.

She stepped out of his embrace and walked back to her bed. As she sat down, she ran her hands through her short brown hair and looked at where he was standing, only to find him gone.