I promised you a sequel to Batgirl Origins, and here it is. The second story in my four part Batgirl Saga Batgirl: Betrayal. If you haven't read Batgirl Origins yet I highly suggest you do so first because of overlapping themes.
For everyone else, please enjoy.
She couldn't feel her legs as she was dragged farther and farther down the grassy field. All she could see was the darkness of the night sky and all she could hear was the manical laughter of the man dragging her away.
The Joker had broken out of Arkham and had gone on a wild killing spree ever since his escape, killing cops, doctors, all while plotting his newest attack on Gotham, turning Gotham as mad as he was.
And the worst part of it was, Joker was freed by someone Batgirl considered a friend. Batgirl didn't know how Joker did it, but somehow while in Arkham Joker had brainwashed and convinced one of Batgirl's closest friends to break him out of Gotham, and kill for him. In fact it was Batgirl's friend that was the one that pulled the trigger and shot Batgirl. Batgirl had Joker down and defeated when she felt the bullet enter her spine. Now as she was being drug through the grass didn't know what hurt her the most, the fact that she got shot in the spine and was being drug through the hard grass by her feet by Gotham's most imfamous super criminal, the clown prince of crime, or that her best friend was responsible for all of this, having fallen in love with the mad man and betrayed her? Whatever it was, she was power less to fight back, and after being dragged across the grass for what felt like a eternity, she finally caught a glimps of where the clown prince of crime was taking her, Arkham Asylum.
Three weeks earlier.
"Step on it hurry!" A thug shouted as his getaway car sped down the busy Gotham streets. Four thugs, all dressed in clown masks went speeding down the streets in a black Cadillac, one of the thugs had half of his torso hanging out of the open window shooting a machine gun at the person chasing after them.
That person just happened to be Batgirl. Getting notified from Alfred about a robbery at a popular gun shop downtown Batgirl went to interfere. She arrived on her bat cycle just as the thugs were trying to escape.
It had been a little over a year and a half since the defeat of Black Mask and his gang. Batgirl had done a pretty good job keeping the streets clean during that time. With the help of Commissioner Gordan Batgirl flushed out the rest of Gotham's underground crime lords trying to take advantage of Batman's absence and shut them down for good. Now the majority of the crime involved armed robberies that posed no real challenge for Batgirl. Sure there was those that tried to pull a weapon on Batgirl and fight back. But the vast majority of them the second they saw Batgirl turned high tail and ran.
Then there was those that both ran and tried to fight, like these guys. These men worked for the Joker and the second they spotted Batgirl they sped off, hoping in vain that they could escape her. Joker's men had came out of the shadows for the first time since his arrest and had started pulling robberies at gun shops. This robbery had been the third one within a week. Batgirl didn't know why they waited until now to strike but with this being their third robbery she was desperate for answers. As Batgirl sped after the robbers the robbers knew Batgirl was to fast and with no chance to out run her, their only option was to try to shoot her down. Batgirl was having none of it, the second the bullets came flying Batgirl tilted her body to the right, easily escaping the bullets that were sent flying her way. She waited patiently, until the thug ran out of bullets, then she made her move. Taking out a batarange she knocked the gun out of the thug's hand, sticking the sharp end of the batarange in the process. The thug screamed in pain as he went back inside the car, then Batgirl made her next move. Taking out another batarange she threw it at the rear tires, puncturing them. Due to the high speed the car was going the car started spinning out of control. It soon flipped over and slammed into a light pole.
Three of the thugs were knocked unconscious, but the driver still was awake enough to attempt a foolish escape. Opening the drivers door the thug tried unsuccessfully to try to crawl his way to freedom. He was soon met with Batgirl's boot to his back. He was quickly picked up by the back of his collar and slammed against the light pole.
"I know you work for Joker," Batgirl growled "What are you planning to do with those weapons?"
"None of your business bat freak!" That answer only made Batgirl madder, she lifted the thug up off the ground only to slam him even harder against the light pole.
"You robbed and attempted to steal over thirty heavy caliber assault rifles, that makes it my business. Now I'm going to ask you again, what are you planning to do with those weapons?"
"Your the detective, you figure it out. I'm not telling you nothing. You think I haven't been interrogated before by the Batman? What makes you think I would be scared of you?"
Furious, Batgirl through the guy hard against the pavement, and delivered a blow to his head knocking him out. She then tied all four of the thugs up against the light pole and left a note for her father to pick them up along with the weapons. She then drove off to the Bat cave to try to figure out just what Joker's men was planning to do with those guns.
Alfred was there to greet her when she arrived, as Batgirl parked the bat cycle Alfred was there with a box wrapped up in a bow.
"Happy Birthday Miss Gordon."
"Alfred, you know my Birthday isn't till tomorrow right?" Barbara responded taking off her cowl and accepting the gift from Alfred.
"Actually Miss Gordon it is ten minutes past midnight which means it is now technically your birthday. It is also the day of your big presentation at Wayne Tech, I highly advice going home and getting some sleep. Master Wayne often fell asleep at many of his own meeting by staying up late playing hero.
"Joker's men are planning something Alfred, something big. I have to find out what it is."
"Well will you at least open your gift first before you continue? I worked really hard on that."
Barbara sighed and opened the gift "A motorcycle helmet?" Inside was a midnight black helmet with a yellow bat symbol painted above a black tinted visor
"If your going to be driving that motorcycle Miss Gordon I highly suggest wearing protection."
"I'm pretty sure my armored cowl provides enough protection."
"A little extra wouldn't hurt. Who knows if you ever end up in a horrific crash."
"You don't trust my driving?"
"Well you are taking those turns sort of sharp."
"Were you always this tough on Bruce?"
"Oh your getting it easy compared to him."
Barbara let out a small chuckle imagining some of the overprotective dad comments Bruce has received from Alfred. "Thanks for the gift Alfred, now let's get to the more important stuff, Joker's gang." Barbara set the helmet down and walked toward the bat computer. She pulled up the recent crime reports and highlighted the most recent attacks pulled by the Joker gang.
"Over the past week there has been three attacks on local gun shops, all pulled by the Joker's gang."
"Putting Joker away was one of the last thing Master Bruce did before he left Gotham." Alfred pointed out.
"Here's the thing, Joker's gang has been mostly silent for the past year and a half after Joker's arrest. Why wait a year and a half before committing crimes again?
"Perhaps they are planning a possible break out maybe?" Alfred suggested
"I hate to imagine what would happen if that madman got out." Barbara thought "Before Batman put him away the last time Joker was working on creating a army of Jokers to over run Gotham. Ace Chemical's got destroyed in the battle and several of Joker's men got blown up in the battle before Batman could save them."
"He's had a whole year and a half worth of time to plan and plot his next move..." Alfred thought
"And Joker's men are now working on freeing him." Barbara finished "Alfred set a anonymous tip to my Father, tell him to double the security at Arkham Joker must not escape again.
"Will do and in the mean time I will also have him set up extra security at any and all shops in Gotham that sells weapons. In the meantime Barbara I do suggest you get some sleep, you don't want to come across as drowsy at your presentation do you?"
"Yes dad!" Barbara sassed as she left the Batcave and headed home.
Alfred just chuckled to himself. "Well at least she has more of a sense of humor compared to Master Wayne."
You all knew the Joker was coming, I left hints all over the first story. Hope you liked this chapter, if so please favorite and follow and leave a review and I will see you next chapter.