Barbara traced the edge of her new cowl, still slightly amazed that after everything, she was about to step into the night once again. She paused as a slight tapping came from the Clocktower window.
"Hello, Stephanie," she greeted as she pulled it open and allowed her successor inside. Steph paused once she closed the window behind her.
"Oh, Barbara," she breathed, grinning. "You're wearing it! I can't believe it!"
The original Batgirl smiled and examined her uniform. "I know, I can't quite believe it myself." A beeping came from the Womb and Barbara ran to her Crays. "Looks like Batwoman is already busy," she said as Stephanie followed her into the room. "She just stopped a drug deal by Dixon Dock." She paused and glanced up. "You know, that's not far from here. If we made a quick detour, we might be able to talk her into joining in."
Stephanie raised her eyebrow behind the mask. "I doubt it will work, but we can certainly try." Barbara grabbed her cowl from next to the keyboard and pulled it on. "Let's go."
They found Batwoman on a rooftop in sight of Dixon Dock, which was currently swarming with police and sirens as the cops took the beaten smugglers into custody. "Nice work," Barbara said, coming up to stand beside the other redhead.
The other woman shook her head. "No, this is just a piece of something bigger. I think someone new is making a push for Gotham. Actually – " here she seemed to hesitate.
"I think this is something we should compare notes on," Stephanie said, coming up beside the other two. "Batman said something similar last night."
Barbara nodded. "Unidentified smugglers brought in crack to the docks north of Aparo Park last night. Bats was looking into it. Two shipments in such close succession with unknown players? Definitely a connection." She studied Batwoman for a moment. "I know you like to operate independently, but we're on our way to meet up with the big guy at the Courthouse right now, if you wouldn't mind comparing notes."
Batwoman nodded curtly. "Fine. Just don't expect me to stick around for the obligatory 'you should work under me' speech."
Barbara raised a hand. "I should warn you, everyone else is likely to show up as well."
Batwoman stared. "Everyone else? You mean all of your little posse? You're never in the same place all at once. Is this some kind of setup?"
The original Batgirl sighed. "You read the paper this morning?" Batwoman nodded. "Then you probably noticed the headline. Nightwing got the idea in his head that we should answer and scare the bejeezus out of Gotham's criminal element. If you don't want to be involved, we understand. Bats can meet up with you later on his own to go over the docks thing. Your choice."
Batwoman snorted. "I've met Nightwing a couple times. Somehow it sounds like something he'd do. Sure, I guess I'm in."
Stephanie smiled. "Alright, let's go!" She flipped off the rooftop before pulling out her grappling gun and swinging towards downtown.