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Batgirl was patrolling Gotham stopping petty crime. She saw a group of thugs that had were exiting a store they had just looted. She skillfully adjusted her route and slammed into one of the thugs back. "Shit, Batgirl." One of the thugs yelled.

"Let's get out of here." A thug in the getaway car shouted. Batgirl had noticed that that thug was sweating in fear; good if would have concerned them if they weren't sweating.

The two thugs in the car gunned it leaving two of their partners to deal with deal with her. She blocked a thugs attempt at a strike by breaking his arm. The other she did a corkscrew kick to the face knocking him out.

She quickly fired a line and followed the two in the car. It was easy to follow the car with its erratic driving. As it took a corner, she managed to catch up to it and land on its hood. Half a second later a van that the car was parallel with exploded.


Same Time, Los Angeles

"X wait up." Reptil called to the clone of Wolverine.

"What, Reptil?" Laura asked, she sometimes wondered why she was here, but she was reminded herself it was to avoid the war Cyclops and Wolverine had raged.

"Have you seen Finesse?" Laura rolled her eyes. Laura wasn't friends with her after Finesse had pinned her with the blame of Jeremy Brigg's death.

"No. I haven't see…" Laura began to say before her body began to twitch.

"X what's wrong." Reptil asked noticed her beginning to twitch.

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X was about to respond when her body jerked sideways, and she began to convulse. Reptil quickly moved to steady her head and prevent her from choking to death. He was surprised to see her roll away from him. "Help. Somebody help." Reptil yelled as Laura continued to convulse.

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Six Hours later Gotham

Batman surveyed the wreckage on one of Gotham's many streets. Batgirl had been at the wrong place at the wrong time one the roof of a car with a group of thugs in it. The bomb was in a van near one of the city's many bars. From what he could tell, the blast had all the signs of a professional job. The explosive used appeared to be Semtex. "Oracle pull up everything you have on the bar owner and if any IRA members are in Gotham."

"Bruce you think the IRA is behind Cass's death?" Barbara asked shocked.

"No, Batgirl was collateral damage. The target was the bar." Batman growled out. Unlike with Jason, Cassandra had no reason to believe that she could die. Jason knew that Joker would likely kill him. Cassandra on the other hand had no way to know that a bomb was in the van. All that was left of her was a charred husk. "Oracle, eliminate any evidence of Batgirl out of costume. I don't want the DEO finding out about her."

"And tracing her back to us." Oracle finished his thought. "Bruce this isn't your fault."

"I should have seen this coming; her death is on my hands." Batman snarled.


Ra's Al Ghul smiled the plan had gone off perfectly. Batman did not know that he had studied up on Cain's daughter. Her patrol route, her fighting style, everything. He had left nothing to chance. He had gone so far as to dress a corpse up to replace the real Batgirl.

It would take a week for the League to prepare the ritual to bring her back to life as their puppet he knew that he could not rush or less it would end in failure.