Barbara reacted quicker than Temblor moved, she shoved Pamela to one side before cart wheeling the other way. Temblor kept going however and ran straight into one of the supports that kept the building sturdy, and the building trembled with the impact.
"Pam, you got a phone?" Barbara called to her friend as Temblor stalked towards her and Barbara did the first thing that came to mind, she grabbed a rock from the floor and flung it at him. Temblor lifted up and arm and blocked the rock and looked down triumphantly only to see that Barbara and Pamela were running towards the barricaded door.
"Stupid girls" Temblor chuckled and twisted the two yellow energy packs on his arms, before slamming his hands into the ground.
Barbara heard the impact before she felt it, she was flung into the air and hit another one of the concrete pillars and heard the crunching of bones, and then she felt it. She let out a cry of agony as she fell to the ground limply and tried to stop herself from passing out.
"Barbara!" Pamela cried out stumbling backwards into the metal bolt on the door and it dug painfully into her back but she ignored it as Temblor stalked towards her unmoving friend.
"Don't even think about it!" Pamela roared in anger and slammed a metal pole down on Temblors head, he gasped in pain and Pamela grabbed Barbara's arm and she scrambled up and Pamela pressed her phone into her hands.
"You calling the cops?" Pamela whispered to her and Barbara nodded her head.
"Yeah, time to call pops" Barbara replied as they both ran in opposite directions as the ground exploded where they had just been standing.
Barbara dialled her father's private number and waited anxiously whilst at the same time never taking her eyes from Temblor.
"Gordon here"
Barbara wanted to pass out with relief, but she figured passing out right now would probably end with a funeral.
"Hey pops, me and Pam might have bitten off a little more than we can chew here" Barbara spoke into the phone and yelled when the ground underneath her shook violently.
"Pam! Comish on the phone!" Barbara yelled and threw the phone to Pam who caught it and continued the conversation while Barbara worked on not dying.
"Your no match for me sweetheart, just give up" Temblor told her and Barbara raised an eyebrow, his voice was hoarse and dark, like someone Barbara could imagine stalking her in the streets.
"Sorry, Gordon family motto, never give up" Barbara told him, she was backed up against the wall but that was fine, she had once been taught that it was better to be backed up against a wall. It meant that no-one was behind you.
Temblor barked out a laugh and ran at her, Barbara had to fight the natural instinct to run and waited a moment. Temblor reached back with one of his huge armoured fists and Barbara jumped up and used the wall to propel herself onto Temblors head.
"Bitch" Barbara muttered and stamped on the glasses he was currently wearing, they shattered into his eyes and he yelled out in anger and shock as she flipped forwards and landed behind him, she kicked his back and sent him stumbling forwards before she ran over to Pamela who chucked the phone back to her.
"They're on their way" Pamela told her and they both picked up a piece of metal from the debris on the ground, both planning to crack his head open like an egg with their new weapons.
"How is he so strong?" Pamela asked as he came towards them and Barbara stared at him in concentration.
Every time he twists those yellow things he gets a charge of electricity that he can use to create small earthquakes, they are powered by the pack that's currently strapped to his back. Hs natural strength comes from his size, but he's old and slow, and that power supply wont last forever.
"We need to use up all his power, get him to charge those things up as much as possible, but try not to die" Barbara told her friend before they both jumped to the side and Temblor rammed into another concrete support and once again the building shook, but this time it was a whole lot worse.
"This place is gonna come down on us if we do that! We need another plan!" Pamela yelled at her friend as she ran from Temblor and threw a few pieces of rock at him, these only managed to annoy him.
"Stay still pipsqueaks, I'm gonna look bad if I can't take out two kids" Temblor growled at them and charged on of his hands and slapped it against a wall, the vat in the corner started shaking and some of the chemical splashed out onto the floor.
That however didn't concern Barbara, what concerned Barbara was the piece of rubble that had just fallen on top of Pamela.
"Pam!" Barbara yelled and went to run to her friend, but she was backhanded by Temblor and flung against a wall and dark spots danced in front of her eyes.
She groaned and pulled herself up as Temblor loomed over her.
"Nighty night" He told her charging his hands up, but before he slammed them down on Barbara, she was snatched away and suddenly she was in the air and clinging to whoever it was that had saved her.
Barbara was placed on the ground and she stared at the Batman for a moment, he had just saved her life, and now he was kicking butt.
"So cool" She whispered to herself slightly in a daze, but then she heard Pamela.
"Anytime now Babs!" Pamela called and Barbara went running over to her friend completely unaware of what Temblor was doing.
Temblor growled at the Batman before he turned to the huge vat of toxic chemicals in the corner, he grinned maliciously and gripped it with both hands before he started to tilt it over.
"You can't save them both Batman, take your pick!" Temblor grunted as the vat tipped and Batman turned to see Barbara desperately pulling away the rubble that was keeping Pamela pinned down, they were both right under where the chemicals were about to poor out.
Batman made the choice without really thinking, Pamela was trapped and Temblor was right, he could only save one of them
"Almost there Pam!" Barbara told her friend dragging the rubble off of her friends legs, but Pam was looking more than a bit scared.
"Barbara, run! RUN BARBARA!" Pamela screamed and Barbara looked up to see the vat tipping down and the chemicals began pouring down in thick lumps.
Barbara stood frozen, and if the Batman hadn't have swung in (quite literally) and grabbed her she would have ended up with the same fate that Pamela got.
"Pam! Pamela!" Barbara screamed as she and the Batman hung from the ceiling waiting for the chemicals to pour down the drain.
"Let me go! I have to help her!" Barbara ordered the Batman and kicked at his shins but he just tightened his grip.
"You can't help her if you get contaminated, stay still" Batman told her but she didn't listen, she did however not the slightly familiar voice and how he was soothing her, not like how her father had described her.
"Pam!" Barbara yelled and she stared as the chemical poured down the drains and Pamela's limp body was visible on the ground, she wasn't moving.
"Pam?" Barbara asked in a small voice and the Batman started to lower them both down to the ground, but he didn't let her go when they did both have their feet on the ground.
"Don't touch her, she's been contaminated with toxic chemicals" Batman warned her releasing his grip and letting her go forwards but she stopped before her friend, she couldn't touch her, so how was she supposed to help her?
"Pam, wake up Pam, come on, wake up" Barbara pleaded with her friend and then she realised she was in fact crying, she didn't want to lose Pamela, no, she couldn't lose Pamela.
She was just about to tell Batman to stuff not touching her and perform CPR when Pamela started coughing, and some of that sickly green chemical flopped from her mouth.
"Babs?" She asked weakly and Barbara sighed in relief, she turned to thank the Batman but he was busy searching for clues of Temblor and she didn't want to disturb him.
"Wait until pops get's here Pam, we are both dead" Barbara sighed and stood waiting for her father, the police and hopefully an ambulance.
"Rather death by cop than death by Temblor" Pamela managed weakly before she drifted back into unconsciousness.
"I might disagree with you there" Barbara muttered as flashing lights pulled up outside the factory.
"I am so dead"
Heeey guys!
Another chapter for you! Aren't I lovely. BlakDawn, I mean one of those huge water guns that you need to hold in two hands, and don't feel like your moaning, I should have been more specific. Thanks for pointing it out to me!
Also Knightmare1986, I liiiiike the ideas you have, and I can really see Barbara doing that, thanks for the help!
Okay guys, enjoy this chapter, read and review my wonderful peeps!
Also, I've started doing requests, so if any of you have any ideas you like and haven't found the time to do I'd love to give them a try.
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