So, I've made it a personal challenge to start updating sooner. Starting in two weeks. Sorry guys, I'm going out of town tomorrow and the only internet I'll have is my phone. I'll be sure to write while I'm away so that I can super update when I get back though!
And boo! No more summer episodes! D:
Batgirl's PoV
Barbara Gordon was not happy. Pulled out of psychology class so that she could rush over to the Bat-Cave, change into her Batgirl costume, only for Bruce to be late.
Again, Barbara Gordon was not happy.
"Barbara." She heard that deep, monotone voice behind her, and was so tempted to turn around with a snarky remark. But then she remembered how serious the situation was.
Or how serious she'd guessed it was.
It was a pretty good guess though, considering it was the middle of the day, on a Wednesday, when he could've easily called Robin and then vouched for him. But he called her. Either Robin was, for some reason, highly unavailable, or Batman had a job only for a girl.
"Bruce." Barbara replied curtly. "What's up? I'm missing school, and my dad's going to kill me."
"I need your help." He said.
"Well yeah. I didn't think you'd ring the emergency Bat-pager if you wanted to take me out to lunch." Barbara said, a small grin on her face. Oh, if only Dick were here.
"Robin and his new team have been kidnapped." He said simply.
Shocked, Barbara went straight to business. The jokes and thoughts of 'if Dick were here' immediately vanished. The childish expression washed off of her face as if someone had slapped it off. "Where are we starting?"
"Their last coordinates show that they had split up and gone separate directions. The last known locations are on your map." He explained. Even Batman was in a hurry. This must be serious. Scary serious. "I'm assigning you the farthest East ones. I'll take the west. We meet where Robin and Kid Flash were taken and compare notes." Without anything but a nod from Batgirl, Batman headed to the Batmobile.
Great. Now I've got to grapple way east of here and start looking for everyone BUT Robin. Barbara thought.
The sun had sunk below the depths of the clouds long ago. It must be tired. Barbara thought. I know I am. She'd been searching for hours on end, not overlooking any small detail. Her cowl had night vision, so she didn't have to stop.
Which was good, because it was well after eleven o'clock, and the only light outside was the street lights, which, in this part of town, thugs liked to take out. Most prefer to do drug deals in the dark, especially if they're not official or daring enough to break into a run down ware house.
She'd seen the place where Artemis and Miss Martian were last, and had scavenged every little detail. Batman would be furious if she did anything but.
All she'd found were blood splatters (Archer Girl's, no doubt) and burn marks on the cement. A few broken and used trick arrows, and some tipped over trash cans had been scattered about; all the basic signs of a struggle.
She was now waiting for Batman to arrive where Robin and Wally had been taken. It was a small alley way, a small blood stain on the ground and some more burn marks. These ones had probably come from Robin's exploding disks if anything.
The one thing that she didn't see was the Joker's gift box hidden away in the shadows. She tripped over it, and found herself crashing to the ground.
The small box was covered in green and purple striped wrapping paper, with a light green ribbon tied in a bow on top.
She walked up, inspecting it from all different angles before gingerly removing the lid. Inside there was nothing but a small device. It could've been anything. It looked like a small walkie-talkie.
"Batgirl, get out of there!" Batman's voice rang out through the silence, frantic and out of breath.
Before she could react, a large explosion sent darkness crawling into her brain before she felt her spine wrap itself around a telephone pole and then everything was gone.
The last thing she heard was Batman, screaming her name and begging her to wake up.
Sorry if this chapter was kind of rushed, I'm just already thinking about the next chapter. :D
Heads up, we go back to the maze in the next chapter!
