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To call Barbara Gordon a survivor would be an understatement. Having survived as Batman's partner Batgirl only to be shot through the spine by his most dangerous and frequent adversary the Joker would be more than enough of a life to live for most people. To this day she and the Bat-clan have kept the shooting a deep secret even from their closest allies outside the clan. She suffered depression for weeks afterward. Flying through the night skies and fighting crime is a heavy loss to endure. But endure she did. She threw herself into her rehab, she reinvented herself to get back into the superhero game. Within a year she established herself as the super hacker Oracle. She works mainly with the Bat-clan but also works with the larger superhero community. She could be called on 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The last few years have been chaotic to say the least. She lost her headquarters the Clock Tower in a battle with Black Mask. She then went on a world tour with her black ops team the Birds of Prey fighting crime and corruption. She eventually relocated to New York City into an old abandoned firehouse turned hi-tech fortress.
While she still mourned the loss of her mobility. She knows she has grown much as a person, and now does some of her best work. But at this moment, all she wanted was sleep. It had been a busy last few months. Getting three hours of sleep straight was a rarity
Breep!Breep!Breep!
And tonight was going to be no different. Putting her glasses and looking at the clock it read: 11:00pm. "Almost two hours of sleep." Barbara muttered as she pulled herself into her chair that was strategically placed by her bed. Wheeling herself into her living room to the computer terminal she turned on her holographic system and smiled when she the words flashing: Baxter Building.
"Oracle here." She said into her headset. Immediately two familiar faces appeared on screen. "Hey Sue, Reed, what can I do for you?" She asked brightly at the couple; one half of the Fantastic Four.
"Sorry to disturb you so late, Barbara but we're in need of your assistance." Mr. Fantastic said.
"It's ok Reed, what do you need?" Barbara replied with a giggle.
"We just had a fight with some sort of human cyborg hybrid in mid-town; he had a repulsor canon on his right arm." Susan explained.
"This is the third such attack in two months, are you guys ok?" Barbara asked with concern as she brought up the case files on the other attacks. The Great Lake Avengers were attacked similarly in their headquarters, and Luke Cage and the Heroes for Hire were also ambushed while on assignment.
"We're fine but there was some structural damage to some buildings, and our assailant has escaped unfortunately." Reed replied with a hint a frustration.
"What did he look like?" Oracle asked.
"Tall, Caucasian, light brown hair, medium build, jeans, red-hoodie, and spoke with a Latverian accent." Sue added as Babs typed down the information to send out an alert to the rest of the hero community.
"Oh, boy." Barbara sighed.
"Yes, we need you to look into Doom's old files especially anything on human genomes, bio-engineering; those were Victor's pet projects when he was alive."
Victor Von Doom has been imprisoned for the last four years by the Thor's father Odin after Doom's uprising during the events of Ultimate Alliance. Doom had actually achieved total domination of the planet and would have destroyed the entire universe had it not been for the timely intervention of Uatu the watcher and the rescue of Odin by the hero's. Right after a team of heroes defeated Doom, he was teleported to Asgard by the gods subsequently imprisoned along with Loki. "Give me a minute Reed, Doom's firewalls were always top of the line." Barbara stated. It actually took her less than five minutes, but she found what Reed was looking for and almost immediately she saw a reason for concern. "Reed, I got what you were looking for."
"Excellent Barbara, is there anything out of the ordinary with regard to the files?" Mr. Fantastic asked
"Unfortunately Reed yes, someone accessed these files a number of times within the last four months."
"That's not good, do you have any idea who?" Reed asked in reply.
"Well on the surface I would say someone with access, but there is traces of a hack." Barbara replied.
"What do you mean?" Reed asked.
"The firewalls were activated, although briefly before they were shut down, only someone with access would be able to do that."
"I see, I suppose you wouldn't have any ideas who could have done that would you?" Reed asked.
"I can't say definitively because our most likely suspects are all dead or in prison, except one, Phineas Mason."
"The Tinkerer." Reed muttered in exasperation.
During the events that became known as Secret War Mason AKA the Tinkerer was secretly supplying Lucia Von Bardas, the leader of Latveria after Doom's defeat a year earlier with high-tech knowledge and was upgrading her troops who in turn re-sold to supervillains all over the world. After discovering this, then SHIELD director Nick Fury took it upon himself to recruit a number of superheroes including Batman to launch a secret mission into Latveria to Apprehend Bardas. Barbara assisted over comm link. During the mission, Batman, Babara's good friend Spider-Man and Wolverine got into a battle with Tinkerer who was operating a quad-pedal tank. A resulting explosion leveled Castle Doom and presumably killed Von Bardas, and Mason. The mission though successful in achieving its goals, was a complete fiasco that resulted in tension between Batman and Fury because of the deaths that resulted. However Bardas reemerged a year later as a cyborg where she launched a deadly assault on New York. Once again Batman with his Avengers teammates stopped her. Mason however has never been found.
"I see, thank you Barbara, I need to speak to Tony about this." Mr. Fantastic replied.
"I suppose." Barbara replied really hoping not to hear from Iron Man, the current director of SHIELD this evening. Tony Stark took over as SHIELD director after the events of Civil War.
Civil War was the result of several high-profiled incidents including Von Bardas attack on NYC that subsequently revealed the events of Secret War that outraged the American public. For a while it seemed the bad PR would blow over. But tragically, just weeks later in Stanford Connecticut, The New Warriors led by Speedball, and Dick Grayson's former fiancé Namorita, attempted to apprehend a group of villains they had no business going after including Nitro. All while filming a new reality show. During the fight Nitro ignited an explosion that leveled an entire neighborhood including an elementary school. There were over 600 fatalities. This time there was no avoiding the public backlash. Within weeks the government enacted the Superhuman Registration Act; a law that was designed to forcibly register all super-humans. The law forced a split down the middle with the superhero community that ultimately led to the war. Forces commanded by Captain America went against the group led by Iron Man. Batman and the rest of the Batclan along with a few other neutral heroes abstained from taking sides, choosing to instead to fight crime underground while the rest of the heroes fought the war. A decision which angered everyone on both sides. Iron Man seemed especially hurt by Bruce's decision. Tony is the only hero; possibly the only person besides Alfred in the entire world that has known Bruce Wayne since childhood. Civil War came to a climatic conclusion in the streets of Lower Manhattan with a fierce battle between the Pro and Anti factions. Only a timely intervention by Batman, did the chaotic fight end. A truce was finally mediated by Batman publicly as Bruce Wayne that left Tony Stark in charge of SHIELD and most heroes pardoned for actions taken during the war. Steve Rodgers opted to retire from super-heroics. He currently works as a Sherriff in a small town in Virginia under an assumed name. He calls on Barbara at times with help for some of his cases. She owed it to him after he trained her in self-defense after she was shot by the Joker. Nick Fury was tried and acquitted for his role in Secret War. He was however forced to retire and forbidden from ever working with super-heroes ever again by Tony Stark. He lives in the Colorado wilderness.
Shaking the memories aside Barbara refocused herself. "Is there anything else Reed?"
"Just one more thing." He responded.
"What's that?"
"Happy Birthday." Sue said with a smile.
Barbara let out a surprised giggle. She had been so busy that she had forgotten her birthday was tomorrow. "Thanks guys." She added sweetly.
"You should come by the Baxter Building sometime this week for dinner." Sue offered. Before Barbara could turn down the offer, Sue spoke again. "Franklin and Valeria miss their aunt Barbie so much, and Ben and Johnny miss you too." Barbara smiled sweetly at the mention of her 'niece and nephew.'
"Aww, Susan are you trying to manipulate me." Barbara teased half-seriously.
"Can you blame me; what was the last time you were out of that lab?" Susan asked honestly. Barbara's smile faded, she knew she had barely left the firehouse in months.
"Take it from me Barbara, even the strongest of minds can burn out without a break once and while." Mr. Fantastic said.
"Okay, okay, I'll do what I can to come see you guys this week." Barbara conceded. This seemed to please the fantastic couple. "I got to get some sleep, kiss Val and Frankie good night for me, and Ben and Johnny too."
"We will, good night Barb." Sue replied with a smile as her image faded out. Babs sighed contently as she put down her headset and wheeled herself back to her bedroom, glad to have spoken to some old friends but also happy to have ended the lecture. The Fantastic Four were the first heroes Barbara helped as Oracle, even before Batman. It was during one of their many battles against Dr. Doom that the team got help from a mysterious hacker named 'Oracle'. After a few more missions she finally introduced herself to them in the flesh; Barbara got so close to the Fantastic Four that she even allowed Sue to join the Birds of Prey after her separation from Reed after Civil War. Putting her glasses down on the nightstand she put her head down to sleep again. She hoped to keep her promise to see them again as she drifted off to sleep.
So that's the first chapter. The whole point of this story is to set up an Alternate Universe where the Batman universe exists in the Marvel Universe. I'm hoping to set up more fan fictions either as sequels and prequels. If anyone likes this idea go ahead shoot some ideas my way. This idea has just been giving me the worst itch that I just needed to scratch so please read and review. This is taking place from Oracle's POV because Babs is a personal favorite of mine from Batman's universe. This particular entry isn't the best because its sole purpose is to set the rest of the story. Anyway please read and review and thank you.