Chapter 1: New Things
"Gotham...." A man said as he sat in the dark. "An interesting place for a ceremony....As the prophets foretold....the sacrifice in the legend is in that area....Not only that...but an old FRIEND should be here....I can't wait........" He looked at a picture of a girl and ripped it in half.
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"Noooo! MOM! DAD! TAMMY!!!!!" A little girl shouted as she saw her family on the ground, dripping of blood. She dropped to her knees and sat beside them, crying her eyes out. She looked up at the front door to see a masked-man standing there, with his attached
claw to his hand dripping of blood. He also had a tattoo on his chest, wrapped around as a snake. He glanced at her and walked away,
hearing the sounds of police cars. The girl ran to the front door to see where he went, but when she did, he was gone.
Dawn awoke suddenly as lightning from outside stuck violently, litterally springing up from her bed. She breathed heavily in fear.
Not again, she thought to herself as she held her head. Why does this keep happening to me...? Why does his face always appear to me?
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"Rise and shine sleeping beauty...." A voice said. Dawn turned onto her side and pulled the covers over her head. "C'mon, Dawn. Get
up."
"Ugh...." She groaned. Suddenly, the sheets were pulled out and she felt a cold draft. She slowly opened her eyes, and noticed that a
guy was standing there with a grin.
"Terry," She began as she rubbed her eyes. "What are you doing here at this hour?"
"What are you talking about? It's quarter to eight. We're gonna be late for school if you don't hurry up." He explained.
"Yeah right...I bet if I look at my clock it's not going to be anywhere near the time for school and-!" Dawn's eyes widened fast once she grabbed her clock on the nightstand to see that he was telling the truth. "Oh no! I slept in really late! I feel like I just
went to bed an hour ago....Mr. Parker is gonna kill me!"
"Trouble sleeping last night?" Terry asked.
"Most definately...I had the worst flashbac-er, I mean nightmare.." Dawn replied, trying to hide her truth.
"Oh.." He said. "Well, get dressed. I don't think we would want to get a detention for being late.." Terry walked away and closed the
door behind him. Dawn let out a sigh. She then shook her head. Get a grip of yourself, Dawn, she thought. You shouldn't let this get to
you. You're Batgirl, remember? Batgirl is supposed to be strong.
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"Made it...." Dawn huffed as she got into her seat.
"Luckily..." Terry replied, still out of breath.
"Terry McGinnis!" A voice said from behind them. Terry recognized the voice and immediately jerked at the tone. He turned around.
"D, Dana!" He greeted. "Good morning!"
"Don't you 'good morning' me! You set me up last night....AGAIN!"
"Uh oh...." Dawn said as she turned her chair the other way, pretending not to hear it.
"Dana, I can explain....Bruce really needed me last night and I had to stay-!"
"But Bruce always needs you around! What about me?? I need you too, you know!"
"I understand that, but you know, this is my job, and-!" Terry said as he tried to explain to Dana. Meanwhile, as Dawn was setting up her things together, and Nelson *the pain* comes up to her and sits next to her.
"Hello, sweatheart." He grinned at her. She groaned and turned her head away from him.
"All right class...settle down." Mr. Parker said as he walked into class. They all got back to their seats. "Now I have a surprise for all
of you today..." He began.
"A pop quiz?" One asked in a groaning tone.
"No....We have a new student today...." Mr. Parker replied. "C'mon in." The door opened up and in cam a handsome guy with
blond hair and the prettiest blue eyes. "I want you all to meet Josh White."
"Hi.." He said in a polite tone.
"Josh, you can take your seat next to the girl in the white blouse." Mr. Parker explained as he pointed to Dawn. He nodded and sat in
his desk. He looked over at Dawn and smiled. She looked at him and blushed, then staring back down at the desk. Terry looked at her
and then looked up at Josh and frowned.
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"Flowers are always something good to give to a girl..." Dawn said as she took a piece of one of her french fries. "Candy too. Candy is a
very good thing. Very popular and it says many things to a girl."
"I agree with Dawn." Maxi said as she sat down next to Dawn and Terry at lunch.
"Can't..." Terry groaned.
"Why not?" Dawn asked.
"Dana hates any type of candy and shes' allergic to flowers..." He replied.
"Oh...That's gotta bite...." Maxi said.
"Speaking of flowers...." Someone said behind them. Dawn turned around to see that Josh was standing there. "These are for
you...Pretty roses...for a pretty lady.." He walked up to her and handed them to her, and kissed her on the cheek, which made Terry
feel a little jealous and both Dawn and Maxi surprised. "I'll see ya around, sweetheart..." He said and walked away. Dawn was
blushing pure red now as she looked at the roses.
"Looks like Joshy has a crush on you, Dawn..." Maxi grinned. Dawn then glanced up at her.
"Wha-? No way!" She denied.
"Oh, c'mon, Dawn! Look what he just did! He handed you a bouqet of roses and kissed you on the cheek! What more do you want?? I think that he'd be a perfect date for the prom." Dawn was silent.
"Prom? I....Don't think so..." She replied.
"Aren't you going?" Max asked.
"I probably have to work that night....The Boss never lets up."
"Will you go, Terry?" Max ask.
"Yeah.....I hope that Dana are going out together. I really want to go."
"Prom isn't for me. While Terry goes...I'm just gonna do my thing...I never really cared for it." Dawn said leaning back in her chair.
"Dawn, prom is supposed to be fun....You can't miss it...." Max said. "Besides...it isn't that far away....like next week. And don't tell me you haven't even thought about it all year.......Josh would be perfect for you....."
"I just think he's playing with your mind, Dawn." Terry said. "Better stay sharp with him."
"Terry....? Do I sense a little bit of jealousy?" Max asked, in her sly tone.
"No! Absolutely not! Why would I be jealous....? I'm just looking out for Dawn. That's all."
"Uh huh....I still say it's still jealousy."
"Max!"
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"My, aren't we a little late." Bruce said as he sat in his chair.
"Sorry, Bruce." Dawn replied as she yawned.
"What's wrong?"
"I'm just a little tired, that's all. I had a rough time sleeping last night."
"Try not to let it to get to you. You still have the rest of the night....let's just start the training first." He said. "Terry, Dawn, I want
you to work on the obstacle course today."
"Gotcha." Terry answered.
"This one is set specifically for two allies. You must work together on it in order to reach your goal."
"Right." Dawn and Terry walked over to the line. At the moment that they heard the buzzer, they both ran at the same fast pace,
dodging, hitting, kicking dummies as they came out. They jumped away from lasers as they shot at them, Just straight up ahead of them
was a baby doll that was too high to reach. Terry looked over at Dawn as she did with him to get the same idea. Terry quickly kneeled
down, immediately having Dawn following, and getting on his back to push off. She caught her self on a bar, and flipped herself up.
She finally arrived at the doll, and when Dawn touched it, something happened. Something had triggered her brain to see strange
visions. Dawn saw a man and then saw the bad guy from her dream. She fell back from the side and luckily, Terry was able to follow up
and catch her into his arms.
"Whoa...Dawn, are you all right?" Terry asked. Dawn shook her head from the vision and looked up at Terry's concerned look.
Bruce walked up to the both of them with Ace following.
"What happened?" He asked.
"Dunno...Dawn just suddenly collapsed..." Terry explained. He set Dawn on her feet and she handed Bruce the doll.
"What did you do to this thing?" She asked.
"What are you talking about?" Bruce asked.
"This isn't funny, Bruce. If you think I would laugh at what you did, then you are so wrong. It seemed to easy just to get the doll. You
must've put some device in there to make me see those strange things."
"It's just an ordinary doll. I didn't do anything to it." Bruce said. "And what is this about seeing strange things?" Bruce asked.
Dawn was silent. "Then, if you didn't make me see those things....then who....or what did?" She asked, confused. Suddenly, there was
an alert sound that rang throughout the batcave. Bruce walked over to the computer and analyzed Gotham.
"There's a disturbance down by Gotham Museum...Better go suit up and get out there. We'll deal with the situation later." He said.
Terry and Dawn nodded both at the same time. They both got their suits and went into the batmobile. When they had arrvied, they
snuck inside into the museum and hid behind some artifacts while they saw a gang picking out stuff.
"On three, we go....ready.....one....two....th-!" Batman began, but Batgirl just went ahead and did it, without him finishing his
sentence.
"Hey, you!" She called to them and they turned to her. "Party's over....It's way past your curfue kiddies..." One man came running at
her. She dodged his punch and kicked him right into the stomach. Batman sat up and shook his head in disbelief, and went in to help.
Batgirl was handling a couple of guys at once and suddenly, at the corner of her eye, she saw a guy in a trench coat stealing something,
beginning to run off. She took the guys and flung them into the wall.
"Batman, you take care of these guys, we let someone loose. I'll get go get him." Batgirl said and ran after the guy.
"Well, gee, thanks...I love you too..." Batman groaned in his sarcastic tone and continued to beat on some more guys. Batgirl ran as
fast as she could, still not able to catch up to him, but then used her rocket boosters and flew over him and knocked him over.
"Get up...!" She said. Just as he slowly got up, he kicked her into the stomach and she fell back. Batgirl came back at it and the man in
the stomach. She still couldn't make out his face, until the light shined onto him. His face was in a mask and he had long hair in a
brain.....Then, he took off his trenchcoat and she gasped in fear. Batgirl saw his snake tattoo all over his body.....It's him again! She
thought, horrified. Bruce, from his vid link awed in surprise.
"I don't believe it..." He said to himself quietly. "He's back..." The man charged at her quickly and attempted to slash her with his
claw. Batgirl back-flipped away from him and then came back at him with fury and anger. He seemed too fast for her and she just
couldn't get a real good shot yet. The man kicked her into the face and slammed his elbow into her back. He turned his back to her with
his bag and ran off. Batgirl got back up and went after him once more. She followed him up the stairway that led to the roof. He closed
the door after him once he reached the top. Batgirl, right behind, tried to open the door, but it wouldn't open. She busted it down and
by the time she got out, he was gone. She looked around, keeping up her guard, but was nowhere to be seen. She dropped to her knees in
anger and pounded her fist into the ground. Batman finally caught up to her and noticed her anger.
"What's wrong....?" He asked.
"I let him get away..." Batgirl replied.
"It's okay...you'll get another chance. I got his gang all tied up and Commisioner Gordon will be taking care of them. We better get
out of here-"
"NO! You don't understand...I let HIM slip through my fingers! You don't know how much that meant to me!" Batgirl said
angrily.
"Why is it so important?" Batman asked. Batgirl looked at him, got up and flew off with her anger still burning. "Batgirl! Wait!
Come back!" He said and flew after her.
