New Life, Same Danger

Chapter Two

The Birth of Killers

The man laid back and smiled. "Would you work for us?"

Dick felt a little taken aback. "Why would I work for you? I don't know what you do so the answer is no."

The man smiled "Oh I think you will. I represent people in Europe who are getting tired of dealing with corrupt governments and Criminals nobody can touch. Except you and your little girl friend, you know how to take people down who didn't know they could be."

Dick narrowed his eyes. "Why don't you ask the justice league or something?"

"They're too well known your predicament had put you in a very lucrative place. You and the little miss are going to need plastic surgery you can have any face you like or need. You can disappear completely because of this and that is what we want."

"If I except your offer I'll be selling my life for your gain. "

The man pulled his glasses down. "Not for us for innocent people who are being hurt every day. What happened to you is happening over and over in Europe. But those people aren't as lucky as you, their not making it. You can help so will you do it?"

Dick sinlently cursed himself, this man knew the right buttons to push. "what does my father think of this?" he asked at last.

"He doesn't like it but if you say yes he won't stop you."

'He knows he can't' Dick though. "and what did Barbara say when you asked her?"

The man looked surprised. "how did you know I asked her?"

"I see you're the kind of man who thinks ladies first so what did she say?"

"She said she'd do it if you would."

Dick nodded. "I'll do it."

The man stood up and reached out his hand. "I shall see you soon." He shock Dick's hand and left.

Barbara felt pain in the pit of her stomake every time she looked in the mirror. She was ugly the burns covered every inch of her once pretty face. The only thing not damaged was her lips. She touched them with her scared fingers. Tomorrow was the date of the surgery.

She had seen Dick the day before. He wasn't much better but he said she was still beautiful. He was always saying things like that to her.

The Day before that the man in sunglasses visited again. He told them how the two were going to pull off their little mission. They were going to take down the Evil in Europe. Form the inside. They were going to be hit men or just people who knocked around the little guy.

Barbara shivered she knew they could pull it off. And true she'd be with Dick all the time they'd be the ultamit team. She smiled for the first time in their lives they'd be free. Free over any and all rules that bound them. Even Batman's.

Dick looked at his new face. It was a cross between his and that of Bruce's. His face had a sharper cut to it now. He was even a little taller the mericles of modern plastic surgery. Of course that surgery had happened almost three months ago and had almost healed. He sat on the edge of the hotel bed wondering why Barbara had given him a note to meet her here.

Dick sighed because of the job he had excepted he had broken all ties to Bruce and the Titans. Just before he had his face redone he had seen Bruce one last time. Bruce hugged him and told his he could always come home. He had also given his watch back fully repaired. Dick never took it off for long pirodes of time.

A knock pulled Dick from his memories. He slowly walked over to the door and opened it just a crack. Throught the gap he saw a woman with familur eyes but her face seemed well wrong. It was like some one had mashed Barbara's face with that of catwoman's. the woman tucked a strand of short black hair behind her ear and gazed at Dick.

She put one hand on her hip and shifted her wait to one side. "Well are you going to let me in or just stand there gauking?"

Suddenly Dick found it hard to speak. "Barbara? Is that you?"

Babs gave him a glair. "who did you think it was Candy gram?"

"No I-you you just don't look like yourself."

Barbara rolled her eyes. "Aren't we meant to look different? I mean you now have blond hair. What's with that?"

Dick opened the door fully. "I thought it'd make me look different. Don't you like the blond hair?"

"Well I can say one thing Gypsy your hair finally fits you." Babs said as she walked through the threshold.

Dick grumbled something under his breath. His eyes ran down Barbara's back resting for a moment on her ass. Man it had never looked better. Dick tried to wipe the image of Barbara standing there with out her clothes. Barbara turned when she noticed that Dick had yet to close the door.

"Do you think the hall way needs air conditioned?"

Dick Blushed and quickly closed the door. "um so why'd you want to meet? We're not sopossed to know each other for the mission."

Barbara sat in the chair in the corner and sighed. "I needed to see you before we started and there's something else." Barbara bit her lip clearly uncomfortable with what she was about to discusse.

Dick walked over and sat on the edge of the coffee table. "What is it?"

"We're playing the parts of two hard core hit men who have done everything to keep themselves alive. We are kids who lived off the streets. And well I don't think either of us meet that order."

Dick raised an eye brow. "Where are you going with this Babs?"

The Girl looked deep in to his eyes. "We aren't virgins Dick if we had been out on the street that would be the first to go. "

"Don't lecture me on the street I know that my question is why are you bringing this up with me?"

Barbara stood up and walked over to him, she wrapped her arms around his neck. Her green eyes taking in every inch of his body.

"Because I want my first time to be with you." She snuggled her head into his neck.