Batgirl of the Future: Rebirth

by Watership's Nightwish Rat

After her mother is murdered, Coba Brooklyn goes to live with her father, Warren McGinnis, and his son, Terry. Two years pass by before Warren is killed- -by Coba's mother's murderer. Helped by an elderly Bruce Wayne, the two half-siblings set off on a seemingly impossible mission: to avenge their father's death and restore order to Gotham...

1. Before the story begins

Here it is, my first Batman Beyond fanfic.

At one point while watching the show Batman Beyond, I asked myself, "What would it look like if my favorite Batman Beyond character, Terry McGinnis, had a sister?" I also wondered, "What if she had to wear a brace on her leg all the time like I do, and for the same reason as me (battle with neuroblastoma (a type of cancer that attacks your spinal chord) as an infant)? How would a leg brace in the future be different from the one that I have on now?" Throughout this story, I will also be clearing up these questions as well as some other ones I had that were not answered in the show by adding in some of my own theories that fit in with this story (and, in some cases, with the show itself).

I originally named the heroine of the story my first name, but I decided that it would be too personal to be released online. I looked in the thesaurus for words that meant the same as "blue" (in this case the color). My eyes caught sight of the word "cobalt" and I took out the "L" and the "T" to get "Coba." There you have it: the story of how the heroine's first name came about. Her last name, however, came up as I considered what to name her mother. The name "Natalie" stood out, then the other name "Brooklyn" followed.

I do not own Batman Beyond or its characters. I only own Coba and Natalie Brooklyn.

(I had this note up when I first uploaded the story, but I took it down for a while. So guess what? It's back up, people!)