The Phoenix Behind The Truth

By: Catwoman

Disclaimer: I don't own the BOP actors, writers, or set (since they took it off). But If I did this is what it would be like! ^.^

Warning: This is a hardcore BOP fanfic! With actual facts from the comics and show to combine together and bring peace to between BOP comic lovers and BOP show lovers. Enjoy! Genuine Series

Readers Note: This is has been a year since Helena and Reese have been working together. I've been working on this since Lady Shiva and studying comic and show characters to level out the confusion of the show. It's after Reunion and Helena did not tell Reese her name. Then she, Barbara, and Dinah succeed in taking Harley out of NG. There's no such thing as "Feat Of Clay" and "Devil's Eye".

Special Thanks: To my twin sis, Maria for pointing out the obvious. To John Stinizi (I know I'm spelling your last name wrong but you know it's you) for convincing me to take on the character of Bruce Wayne. To Trace Messmore for role-playing as Bruce (what? You guys think I actually know this guy?). Last but not Least, Shadow Walker for peer editing my work. Thanks A Bunch Huns! And too my fans ^.^!

*Authors Note: The first seven chapters do look familiar. I took them off of the WB pasted them there. Proceeding there is my twist. I know many people like the last three eppies but the truth is that, it wasn't necessary. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and this is the way I thought it should have gone, that being which why the rest of the fic goes that way.

Summary: Trust is a hard thing to piece back together once it's broken. When one detailed is left out of a truth it is automatically lie, it cannot be toyed with. No matter how hard we try, the past always comes back to haunt us. And when you think you know someone they show you the real them in the strangest ways. How can the birds combat these errors? Run or stick in for the fight? These are the Birds of Prey!

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                                                                                                                        Prologue

Bound at every limb by my shackles of fear
Sealed with lies through so many tears
Lost from within, pursuing the end
I fight for the chance to be lied to again
You will never be strong enough
You will never be good enough
You were never conceived in love
You will not rise above

~Evanescence

                In the days when Batman patrolled the dark streets and rooftops of New Gotham, the world's master criminals were drawn to the city to prove themselves against the greatest crime-fighter of them all. Now, Batman has vanished, but New Gotham still seethes with generations of criminals. For the good citizens of this dangerous place, hope comes in the unlikely form of a trio of beautiful and relentless heroines, the "Birds of Prey." In this exciting action-adventure series, the Batman legend takes an unexpected turn.

The story begins on a terrible night seven years in the past when The Joker attacks the two women at the center of Batman's life: Catwoman and Barbara Gordon, who fought at Batman's side as Batgirl. With Catwoman dead, Batman mysteriously disappears from New Gotham. Batgirl, now confined to a wheelchair, redefines herself with a complicated double life - by day, she is Barbara Gordon, a teacher of computer sciences, but by night, she is "Oracle", a master of cybernetics and weapons design, who monitors the activities of New Gotham's criminals from her secret lair in the city's Clocktower.

Barbara takes under her wing the secret daughter of Catwoman and Batman, young Helena Kyle. Helena has inherited Batman's strong sense of justice, along with Catwoman's meta-human abilities. Although she longs for a normal life, she quickly grows into the fierce and beautiful "Huntress". The pull between good and evil is strong within her, and Barbara knows she must guide Helena carefully.

Into the lives of these two remarkable women comes an innocent teenage girl named Dinah who is drawn to the Clocktower by powerful, haunting visions. Unsure of her background, but impressed by her budding meta-human powers, the two crime-fighters take Dinah in, and the trio is complete. They are now the "Birds of Prey."

In this city full of crime and corruption, there is one honest cop. Detective Jesse Reese is wrestling with his own dark secret - he is the son of New Gotham's most ruthless crime lord. Atoning for the sins of his father, Reese is on a personal mission to fight crime wherever he finds it, and he refuses to turn a blind eye to the strange events that always seem to involve the mysterious Helena Kyle.

            In the center of this mix of heroes and villains is Harley Quinn, a brilliant madwoman who was the paramour of The Joker. Carrying on his dream of creating a criminal empire, Harley uses her daytime persona as a therapist to achieve her savage purpose - to release all the lunatics from mental institutions and use the resulting chaos to take control of New Gotham. Though Harley crosses paths of ten with Barbara and Helena, they are unaware of each other's secret identities.

As the leader of the "Birds of Prey," Barbara has gone from being Batman's protégé to the leader of a new generation of crime fighters who are determined to carry on his legacy. To her own surprise, Barbara finds that the responsibility of family - even a self-made family like these three amazing women - is ultimately just as important as any mission to save the world.

            Ultimately, trust plays a major role in the bird's life. Detective Reese joins the crime fighting females creating an unconquerable foursome. People come and go teaching new lessons in each case about friendship and hope. Helena becomes more attached to her new family and Harley Quinn, veiled as her therapist, Harleen Quinzel. However she still doesn't tell Reese her identity as they've worked on cases. The detective goes away on a businesses trip and asks Helena to join. Torn between her identity and attraction for him she is given time to make her decision.

Harleen Quinzel finally discovers the secret identity of Helena as Huntress, the woman who spoils her plans. John aka Dark Strike, who in there time spent with the birds discovered he had a split personality as The Crawler, a serial killer.  After being stationed in the Arkham Asylum, Harleen traps John into revealing her identity. From there, Harleen finds the right time when her boyfriend, Joker, is being transferred from another station and has to go through New Gotham. Manipulating Helena's trust, she scams her into the Arkham Asylum and freeing the patients within it, before she can go to the trip with Reese. Mean while, Barbara grows closer to her boyfriend, Wade Brixton. She reveals her secret identity as a crime fighting hacker. At first he was skeptical, but learns to love her identity. Not knowing of Helena's whereabouts, Harleen, with the help of Joker, and an old ally- Poison Ivy, they brew havoc throughout the city, and rebuild the criminal empire that stood before.

            They take over Oracle's Clocktower and transform it into their fortress. With Helena confined in the asylum amid no means of communication to the outside world, along with Oracle and Dinah thrown out their home, Harley takes it upon herself in making things personal. She kills Barbara's boyfriend, Wade. When all hope seems lost, an unlikely hero rises. Dark Strike frees Huntress from the clutches of the asylums torture chambers. However, when The Crawler inside of him takes over, he turns on the frail Helena. Before The Crawler kills Huntress, Dark Strike breaks through and makes a climatic decision. He kills himself in front of Helena leaving her another plaguing memory.

            Finally liberated from Arkham, Helena gets connected with Barbara and Dinah who were hiding in Bruce Wayne's Manor. However, trouble brews in the paradise fit for criminals. Finally having control over New Gotham was a dream come true for Harley, but being second place to her boyfriend was not. Joker takes a liking to Ivy and makes it noticeable to the rest of the mob. Like Rome, the empire starts to break as sides begin to form. Wounds healed, on the outside anyways, and the birds decide to break up their little festivities. Good vs. evil, past vs. present, and loss vs. gain collides. Joker and Ivy leave Harley as they flee from the city and the empire they've longed for. The birds triumph over a difficult time and claim the city that was rightfully there's. Harleen Quinzel is stationed in Arkham in all irony of a therapist in an asylum. The patients were sent back to their rightful place, and then bond between the birds grew stronger. Now, two months later, out story begins. These are the Birds of Prey!