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Light footsteps sounded around the boy as he held his staff tightly in hand.
He was on high alert, but calm.
It took experience.
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A swift movement from behind him. He reacted in a split second, turning and swinging his staff right to the victim.
"Got y-" Nightwing's hand froze before hitting the supposed enemy.
"Barbara?" he said, wide eyed as the redhead pushed his staff from her face.
"Easy there, you might poke an eye out with that thing." she smirked as she pressed her hands on her hips.
"What are you even doing here?" he asked, separating his escrima sticks and putting them into his side compartments.
Batgirl leaned against the cold brick wall, she looked at him with a raised brow beneath the mask.
"Ohhh y'know, just checking up on an old friend."
Her smirk grew as she walked up to the masked man.
"Well thanks for checkin up Babs, but i'm kind of busy."
She walked right past him.
"Who says that old friend was you?"
The raven haired boy stood confused as she made her way to the planks of Gotham Harbor behind him.
"Have you lost your bats batgirl? There's no one else here."
She stopped in front of the ocean and took a deep breath of the wind zooming by.
"Yeah there is. She's all around us." Barbara smiled and turned around.
"It's good to be back."
Nightwing scoffed as he was preparing to leave,
"Well glad to have you back, I guess"
Batgirl spun on her yellow heeled boots and glared,
"You're still mad at me?"
Nightwing stopped before pushing into the shadows,
"'I'll only be gone for a little while' she says after disappearing for three years."
Her eyes narrowed to the man in her sights,
"From what I heard Grayson, you got along just fine without me."
Barbara spat, reaching for her grapple and zipping onto a rooftop.
"I miss you too" he heard her say under her breath bitterly.
The former boy wonder remained stoned face, but as his former partner 'in crime' slipped away again, a strong feeling arose.
He was alone.