The Hit

November 28, 2014.

The city was quiet. It was a cold night and few lights were on, leaving Gotham covered in darkness.

They moved in the shadows, towards their prey and objective. In the last few weeks they'd work hard on getting Barbara ready to help, and it would now all be put to the test.

I'm not so sure this is a good idea.

Dick was unsure about his plan. He was certain that the man he'd locate was holding one of Bane's triggers. But, when they got the trigger from him, then what? Could they knock him unconscious, or would they have to take it it the step further? He shaked his head.

Unconscious, defiantly unconscious!

Robin looked over his shoulder at the newest vigilante of Gotham. Batgirl.

He hadn't been too trilled with her name to begin with. It sort of reminded him a little too much about Batman. But apparently it was something she'd thought about a little longer than him, and she'd refused to take any other name. So he'd given in. And now he linked it.

It suits her.

Like her suit. Almost a complete ripoff from Batman's suit. Grey and black, no bright colors.

But without the Batsymbol on the front. Barbara had asked him if it would be okay for her to wear it, and to be honest it didn't feel okay for him to give out the batsymbol to others. No matter what had happened with Batman, the symbol was his and only his to give out. And thankfully she'd been okay with that. If there was any chance Batman would return, Barbara would answer to him and not Robin anyway.

And so the weeks had passed, her training, him helping. Catwoman had worked through her network in order to try and locate one of the trigger holders.

And finally she brought him the good news. She'd locate a and Batgirl stopped, overlooking the dark alley from the roof. He gave her a glance.

"You okay?"

"Sure. You know, nothing has happened yet." she remarked, smirking.

"Right." Robin turned his attention back to the empty alley. "Looks like our guy hasn't arrived yet." he said, kneeling down. Batgirl sat down besides him. "So, we wait?"

"We wait."

oOo

Watchtower
"Any sign of him?" Wonder Woman asked, standing besides Superman.

"Nothing." the alien replied, continuing starring out in space, down at the Earth. "He is down there, alive or dead.. and we cannot find him. I cannot find him."

Wonder Woman put her hand on his shoulder. "We will." Superman turned his gaze to her, seeing the others standing behind them.

"It has only been a few weeks." Flash pointed out.

"A few weeks.." Superman muttered, looking down at Earth again. "Gotham's been under Bane's control for a few weeks and we just stand here."

"There's nothing we can do. We all agreed not to interfere, the risk is too great. And the US government agreed. It's their city, in their country. They are in charge."

Green Arrow reminded, not sounding anymore happy than the others.

"Is it really Gotham that bothers you?" Wonder Woman asked, eyeing Superman with doubt in her eyes.

Superman sighed, running a hand over his face.

"I'm worried about Robin. I talked with agent A a few days ago. He's heard nothing. It means everything is covered. Everything. Robin is one of the best hackers and tech experts on the planet, and if he can't get anything out without tipping off Bane, what chances would we even have?"

"I though we wouldn't interfere?" Flash said, clearly confused, earning a glare from the others.

"Would we?" he yelped wen Black Canary punched him. "Hey!"

"Of course we are trying to help, you idiot!" she said, folding her arms. "We just haven't been able to figure out how yet!"

"Oh. Did I miss that in the brief or something?" Flash asked, stepping further away from Black Canary as she raised her hand again.

"It's not official" Superman said, watching Flash with a slight smile on his face. "It's.. covert."

"The kids are on it?!"

"No. We are all on it. But since none of us knows Gotham like Batman and Robin does we really have a disadvantages."

"Not more than any other city without its own hero." Aquaman put in. Black Canary shaked her head.

"Not the same. Gotham is a huge city, and the first one to have a official hero. Not to mention that Batman has lived in Gotham almost his entire life. He knows everything about the city. And so does Robin."

"So, what I'm hearing you say is that we'll never get into Gotham without the help of either Batman or Robin."

Superman nodded. "That is correct. So it is very inconvenient that we can't locate him."

They fell silent for a minute.

"Robin is all alone." Green Arrow, breaking the silence. He looked at the others.

"How do you think he is holding up?"

oOo

"I'm bored."

Batgirl put down the night vision binoculars to look at the Boy Wonder.

"Are you always this annoying when you are on stakeout with Batman?" she asked, her voice dry.

"Of course. It's boring to just sit around and wait." he answered, standing up. "It's a part of my charm."

"Right." she returned to watching over the alley, concentrating.

"Hey Robin.."

"Yeah?"

"I think our guy is here."

Robin dropped down beside her, activating his computer. "Describe him."

"Around 182, in good physical shape. Bald, a weird looking tattoo on the back of his head. Looks like his nose been broken a few times."

"Nationality?"

"I don't know, mexican? Spanish? Something like that." she answered. "He doesn't look very happy."

Robin checked the facts giving to him from Catwoman on his wrist computer. "Sounds like our guy. Stay here. I'm gonna take him down, you got my back. Okay?"

"Roger that."

Robin melted into the shadows, and Batgirl returned her attention to the alley. This was her first time out for real. And by god she would show these assholeswhat happened to scum who messed with her family and city.

Robin was getting closer to the man, when he heard it. The sound of approaching people. From behind.

Uh uh.

oOo

Batgirl watched as five new men walked into the alley, placing Robin between their target and these unknown-but-not-friendly-looking people. She chewed her lip, unsure of what she was supposed to do. They had agreed that she should sit this one over, and just observe. But that plan had only involved one guy, not six!

oOo

This isn't good.

Robin watched as the newcomers approached his target. They were yelling and talking loudly, which obliviously meant that they knew this guy.

Which means that if I jump him and knocks him out, they'll probably try and help him. Damn it!

He looked up to where he knew Batgirl was hiding. Could he count on her to join him? Or would she do as they had agreed before splitting up?

What I wouldn't do to have miss Martian right now. Or at least a secure communication line.

He quickly validated the situation. He would have to attack, they couldn't afford to loose any more time than they already had!

He moved.

oOo

Batgirl watched with awe as Robin attacked the newcomers first.

Duck, jump, kick, hit. In a series of fluent motions he managed to knock out the guys before they even had a chance to grab their weapons.

Feeling a bit better she turned her attention back to their target, and almost forgot to breathe. The guy looked different now. He had turned when the fighting began,
and was now watching. With a gun in his hand.

Batgirl looked back. Shouldn't he be done with those already!

Robin sure was taking his sweet time bringing down those thugs. Or perhaps.. she thought as she saw them picking themselves up from the ground and not running away .. they aren't normal street fighters. They are trained.

oOo

He'd managed to duck most of the blows coming his way from his enemy, but Robin was a little surprised at their endurance. A normal street thug in Gotham weren't this hard to take down. Okay, they could be hard. But normally they stayed down or ran away! They didn't stand up, continuing fighting!

"Kill him!" one of the men yelled, and Robin managed to duck just in time before a well placed kick to his neck would've done just that.

Okay, screw laying low and out of sight. These guys are going down.

He moved faster, hit harder and twister like there wasn't a single bone in his body. Robin grabbed the two escrima sticks and attacked.

And they weren't prepared for that.

Figures Robin thought, as the fourth guy went down. They probably thought they could scare me by fighting back.

He felt a sudden tuck, when one of the two last standing grabbed his cape. He freed himself a second later, but unfortunately that was all his enemy needed. He kicked his attacker hard on the jaw, sending the guy tumbling backwards only to receive a severe kick to his back which sent him tumbling forwards. He fell to his knees. This isn't going as I hoped it would.

"What do we have here. A baby vigilate." a new voice. Robin looked up. Their target looked down at him, smirking. And pointing a gun. Robin froze. He couldn't move to safety from his position, not in the middle of the alley!

The thug who'd kicked him, walked behind the man pointing the gun. With some grim satisfaction Robin watched the blood flow from his broken nose. Then his attention was brought back to his target, the man holding the gun.

The man's smirk deepened as he watched the Boy Wonder. "Well well well, what do we have here." the gun made a faint click as he prepared to fire. Robin cursed himself. I could've taken him down! Stupid!

"It's the little batbrat. Or Bat bird. You know, Bane warned me that you were still in town, that you probably would try and do something to stop us. And look, here you are. I saw you. Wearing all that colour isn't the wisest of choices."

"Like I would take fashion advice from a guy with a tattoo on the back of his head!" Robin shot back, more annoyed with the man's talking than anything else. The mans eyes narrowed.

"You are not in a position to insult me, boy. Did you really think that Bane would give the triggers to just anyone? He's brought in a lot of mercenaries, trained killers! Not the low life you are used to fight against! But since you don't kill, I fail to see what you will do.. "

He was cut off, when the man behind him made a strangled noise and then fell forward, revealing Batgirl behind him.

oOo

Batgirl was boiling with retribution. These men were so going to get it!

She jumped down from the roof soundlessly, landing in the dark shadows, her uniform hiding her comepletely. As their target continued on talking to Robin, while holding him at gunpoint (!), she soundlessly sneaked up behind the last standing thug. He never saw what hit him. Thanks to one of the fancy gadgets given to her by Robin, the man was tied up even before he realized it and with a powerful kick to his back to tumbled forward.

Their target jumped up when the other man nearly fell into him. And the gun went off in the confusion. Batgirl jumped into action, her ballet coming in handy as she quickly brought a well placed kick to their targets head. He fell to the ground, and didn't move. Batgirl quickly turned to the tied up (and yelling) thug, hitting him hard on his temple. His cries died out instantly. She turned to her partner.

"Robin!" she gasped. The Boy Wonder stood in front of her, clutching his shoulder. Blood was running from a gunshot wound, dripping to the ground in the now silent Gotham night.

Finally some action. I wasn't quite sure how to write this chapter. But there was a thing or two I needed to add to the story before taking it to the next level. I'm okay with how it turned out, given the fact I know close to nothing about fighting and weapons.
Oh well, live and learn.

Thank you so much for all of your reviews! I really appreciate you taking time – thank you!

I'll return to work tomorrow (thank god, I'm bored out of my mind!) so updates will get more irregular from now on. I hope for one or two chapters every other month. I haven't really decided how long this story is going to get. Guess we'll figure it out when it's done.

Have a nice Monday!