Chapter 1

This is the first chapter of this fanfiction. I know it's a little short, but the next one will be longer.

One night Barbara Gordon was working late at the library when she heard screaming outside. She raced out to locate the source of the sound. She turned into an alley where she found herself standing in the midst of a robbery.

There was a man, about six feet tall with short brown hair mostly concealed under his cap; his face was unshaven with bits of hair on it. His build was massive compared to the red-headed woman he loomed over, and although his size alone would scare a person half to death, he held a gun in his hand. The man reached for the woman's purse to snatch it as she let out a horrified screech.

Barbara couldn't take it anymore; she snuck up behind him and, after picking up a long board, bashed him over the head with it. "Humph, that'll teach him," she thought.

"Th-th-thank y-you," the woman managed to say. "How can I ever repay you?"

"Don't worry about it," Barbara replied as she turned to go back to the library, leaving the woman in the alley alone. "I'll have to let Dad know that he's there," she mumbled as she entered the building.

Barbara sat down in her desk chair and picked up her cell phone.

"Dad?" she said after her father picked up. "Um... There's a mugger in the alley by the library."

"What the hell are you calling me for? I'm pretty sure 911 is easier to dial."

"Well..." Barbara started, "I heard this woman scream and I went to investigate."

"Go on," her father encouraged.

"He had her at gun point and..." she trailed off.

"Well come on spit it out," he demanded.

"...I grabbed this piece of wood and knocked him out with it," she finished as the woman she just rescued entered.

"Barbara, we can't put him in prison without the witness," her father explained.

"Well you're in luck," she countered, "because the witness just walked in the door."

"Fine. You win. I'm on my way. See you soon," he said before he hung up.

"Bye Dad," Barbara said before turning to the woman. "I don't think we were properly introduced," Barbara said offering her hand, "I'm Barbara Gordon."

"I'm Kati Ekberg," she said shaking Barbara's extended hand.

"My dad is the police commissioner, and he's on his way to pick up the mugger," Barbara explained, "he's going to need you to testify against this guy if it makes it to court. And I'm going to need your phone number so they can contact you if they need to. That's how you can repay me."

"Alright," Kati said as she began to write her name and number on a piece of paper, "I'm okay with that."

Outside a black police car pulls up. "There's my dad now," Barbara pointed out as she received the slip of paper.

The two women made their way outside as two men exited the car, one, a tall man with short, grey hair and a mustache wearing a brown trench coat and a red and black striped tie exits the driver side, the other, a shorter man with brown hair wearing a black jacket and a black police cap exits the passenger side. Barbara walks into the alley and gestures at the big man. The man in black steps forward to handcuff the mugger. He then tried to move him. Unsuccessfully, he turned to the tall man.

"Commissioner," the shorter man said as he tried to move the mugger again. "Commissioner Gordon, Imma need your help movin' 'im to the car."

"Alright," the commissioner said as he moved over to the officer to assist him. They picked up the mugger and dragged him to the police car, opened the door, and strapped him in.

"Thanks Dad," Barbara said walking over to the car.

"You're welcome Barb," he said then, turned to Kati. "I'm going to need your name and number ma'am."

"Already got it Dad," Barbara said raising the paper into the air.

"I'm more than willing to help, commissioner," Kati said.

"Goodnight Dad, Kati," Barbara said before once again turning to go into the library. Once she sat down in her chair she sighed saying, "finally, I can finish my work."