I Do Not Own Batman or anything else, except my OC(s)!
AN: Welcome to the third installment of my Batgirl series. If you had not read the first two stories, Before the Storm and Rise Above the Storm, stop right now and go read them! Now this story will be updated on every Saturday.
Life in Gotham had returned to normal. A few weeks after the reading of Bruce's will, John and I decided to move into the penthouse with each other. Penelope with no choice in staying or going went with us. I worked during the day at the restaurant once known as La Bonne Nourriture, but now known as Pennyworth's. In honor of Papa, since it's most of his recipes I use there.
I was still going out at night as Batgirl. Penelope went with me only on weekends though. School came first for her. As for John he stayed at the penthouse or at the cave training during the day. The first two weeks of training John to be a night crusader was hard. He fought with his anger and not his brain. I beat him a lot of times, he however got a few lucky chances of winning. The fourth week I decided to take him out with Penelope and I. He did surprisingly well, though he did need to get a few stitches on his shoulder. I was sure in a couple of months with some more training he would be able to go out on his own.
"So any idea on your super hero name?" Penelope asked John as she sat on a rock skipping rocks into some water.
"No" He said as he punched a punching bag.
"You need to hurry. I'm dying to find out" She groaned and I rolled my eyes.
"Huntress, quit bothering John. He needs to concentrate" I told her as I watched him punch the bag.
"How long do I have to do this? I think I'm ready to be out there" John said looking at me.
"Not yet, you let that criminal jump you and he almost killed you with that knife" I told him, "You were careless and lucky that Huntress was close by and only cut you in the shoulder"
John shook his head and let out a sigh before continuing punching the bag.
"I never thought you would have a partner, Batgirl" John said and I rolled my eyes.
"Well she wasn't my first" I told him and the two looked at me confused.
"Then who was?" Penelope asked me.
"He was" I told her looking at John and she nodded.
"And I'm not any more?" He asked still punching the bag.
"You always will be John" I told him and decided to trip him.
He fell and I shook my head.
"What was that for?" He asked as I helped him up.
"Always be on guard, rookie" I told him with a playful smirk on my face.
He shook his head and grabbed a water bottle that was on a table near by. An alarm went off then. Penelope jumped and fell off the rock into the water. I laughed as I ran over to the computer screen.
"There seems to be some kind of trouble going on in the rich district of Gotham" I said seeing live news feed, "How do you feel about suiting up, boy wonder?"
"Boy wonder?" He asked and I rolled my eyes.
"What else am I suppose to call you? You don't have a name yet" I told him as I pressed the button that would make John's suit appear.
"How about Nightwing?" He asked walking over to the suit.
"Sounds good" I told him as I walked over to where Penelope was at. I pulled her out of the water.
"You stay here and watch the screen. Keep in contact" I told her and she nodded.
"Aye aye, Captain Batgirl" She said and I shook my head.
When I turned to John who was now wearing his suit. It was sort of like Batman, just with out a bat symbol. It's body was a dark red, and the arms and legs were a dark green with a golden belt around his waist. He had a black domino mask around his eyes.
"Let's go" I told him and ran over to the tumbler with John following me.
I drove quickly to the Narrows and swerved a car that was frozen. A giant snowball flew by the tumbler making me stop.
"Was that a snow ball?" I asked John confused by what I just saw.
"I think so" He said as a man in a blue metal suit walked out into the street.
"Stay here" I told and climbed out of the Tumbler.
I stood on top and stared at the metal man. I could see his face through a clear round helmet. His skin had a light blue tint to it.
"Hey! Mr. Frosty!" I shouted at him as he froze a car with this type of freeze gun he held.
He turned around and glared at me.
"It's Mr. Freeze!" He shouted and I jumped off the Tumbler when he shot an icicle at me. I rolled onto the ground and crouched behind a car. I got out a smoke bomb and tossed it over at the man.
When he was covered in smoke and could not see. I got out my grappling gun. I shot it at a building and flew up to the roof. I watched down below as the smoke cleared away. My eyes went wide when I saw Mr. Freeze cornering a child.
"Huntress, try to find anything on a blue man named Mr. Freeze. He's bald, and looks to be in his forties" I told her before shooting a grappling gun to a building across from me, "Also get some blankets and hot chocolate ready when we head back to the cave"
"What am I a butler?" She asked and I rolled my eyes.
"No, you're a sixteen year old who should have a bed time" I told her.
"No need to give me a bed time, Batgirl. I'll get the blankets and hot chocolate. You go save that kid" She said and I jumped off of the building swinging towards Mr. Freeze.
I kicked him in the face making him fall to the ground. I let go of the grappling gun and rolled on the ground. I stood up and ran over to the child. I picked the child up and ran to a hotel building. I pushed the child into the building and was knocked to the ground by big snow ball to my face. I spat some snow out of my mouth as I stood up glaring at the ice man.
"Tell me where Bruce Wayne is!" Mr. Freeze demanded.
"Sorry to break it to ya, Frosty, but Wayne's dead" I told him.
Mr. Freeze growled and aimed his gun at me.
"It's Mr. Freeze!" He shouted and I jumped out of the way from his blast.
I looked to where I had stood moments ago and saw half of the wall frozen in a thick layer of ice.
"Why do you want Bruce Wayne?" I asked him as I stood up.
"That is none of your business little girl!" He growled as he shot his gun at me.
I kept dodging it until I was trapped between to walls of ice. I looked around for anyway to escape, but I couldn't find any. Just when Mr. Freeze was about to shoot his gun at me, John appeared out of no where with a mini-bomb. It exploded making Mr. Freeze fly away into the sky.
I walked away from the ice walls and over to John.
"I told you to stay in the Tumbler" I told him.
"Well I couldn't let you get frozen" He said and I rolled my eyes.
"We better get back to the cave, it's freezing and we need to find out more about our little ice friend, who's probably in outer space now" I told him and he nodded his head.
I drove back to the cave with the heat on full blast. Getting out of the vehicle, Penelope handed us each a mug of hot chocolate and a blanket. I wrapped myself tightly as I walked over to the computer.
"Found anything useful?" I asked Penelope as I sipped the warm liquid.
"Not really" She said and I let out a sigh, "Maybe Mr. Freeze is just his villain name"
"Most likely" I told her and let out a yawn.
"Seems like you're getting sleepy, Batgirl" Penelope said.
"Shut up" I told her and took another sip of hot chocolate.
"I better get going" John said as he began to change out of his suit, "Lily's probably wondering where I'm at. I don't think she's buying the idea that I'm working night shift at a security office on the other side of Gotham"
I nodded my head.
"Go on, Huntress and I can take care of it from here" I told him as I stood up.
When John left I took off my suit and changed back into my pajamas. Penelope did the same and we left the cave through the manor entrance. It was easy sneaking through the place as everyone was asleep. We got into the camaro and drove through the city quickly, until reaching the hotel.
Penelope and I ran into the building and rode the elevator up. Reaching the main top we walked into the penthouse. I shut the door behind me as Penelope went to her room. I walked to mine and John's room and laid on the big soft mattress. I shut my eyes and fell asleep, but was awoken a few minutes later when John got into bed. I fell back to sleep a few minutes later.